The house was built day by day, and Wu Shaogang, who was making fast progress, was dumbfounded, even after a thousand years, he had rarely seen such a fast speed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the investment in this is also amazing.

For example, the three-way mud used for the wall, there is no cement mortar now, all rely on lime and sand, weld a piece of chiseled neat bluestone, but this kind of three-way mud, the solidity is not particularly good, the big family starts the house, generally in the three-fold mud with some flour, so that the stickiness is very strong, even not worse than the cement after a thousand years.

Wu Shaogang asked for a different amount of time, in order to make the wall more solid, and to speed up the progress of the project, so a lot of flour was mixed into the Sanhe mud used to build the wall.

Wu Shaogang learned this from Wu Qirong, and he was also a little distressed, he was not a rich and noble person, and diligence and thrift were also one of his character traits.

On the eighth day of February, the family came to the house again.

This time, Wu Shaozun and Wu Shaolan were very generous and not afraid at all.

In just a few days, the two of them exercised, after all, hundreds of people are busy here, this kind of big occasion, it is easy to see, exercising in such an atmosphere, it is very exercised, Wu Shaozun and Wu Shaolan are learning from their elder brother, imitating their brother's every move, but in a few days, they can cope with it freely.

Wu Shao was very surprised when he first saw the guests who came.

This person he knew, it was Ma Xiangbo, the public servant of the Luzhou Mansion.

Ma Xiangbo came to Jiangxia Village this time to bring news to Wu Shaogang.

After sitting down, Ma Xiangbo couldn't wait to speak.

"The palace newspaper of the imperial court arrived at the palace yesterday, and there is news from Lord Lu on the newspaper, and Lord Lu was enshrined as a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and the left servant of the Ministry of Officials. . . ."

Before Ma Xiangbo finished speaking, Wu Shaogang's face changed slightly, he got the news from Li Siqi, Lu Wende was appointed as the direct bachelor of the Fuwen Pavilion and the right attendant of the military department, but he didn't expect that he had not returned to the capital for a long time, and there was a change.

In terms of position, Lu Wende has obtained benefits, Longtuge straight bachelor, among all university scholars, ranked first, Bao Zheng was the first to be a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and concurrently served as Kaifeng Mansion Yin.

However, it is a little strange to serve as the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, no matter what, Lu Wende can be regarded as both civil and military, even if he is appointed as the left attendant of the Ministry of War, it can be regarded as a professional counterpart.

If you don't understand something, Wu Shaogang won't spend his energy, it may be that there have been some subtle changes in the capital, which he doesn't need to worry about, and Lu Wende's appointment as the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites is more beneficial to him Wu Shaogang.

When Wu Shaogang kept Ma Xiangbo for dinner at home, Ma Xiangbo showed special respect.

Of course, Wu Shaogang understands the meaning of this, but he will not express his position casually, on the one hand, he doesn't know much about Ma Xiangbo, and on the other hand, he also wants to see if Li Siqi will be very happy to help.

While eating and drinking, Ma Xiangbo talked about the post station.

In Wu Shaogang's impression, the post station has often appeared since the Tang Dynasty, and the post station is specially used to transmit the news of the imperial court, as well as many matters reported to the imperial court below, but what is the situation of the post station in the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, he really does not know very well, only knows that the gold plate of the Song Dynasty is very famous.

Therefore, when Ma Xiangbo talked about the post station, Wu Shaogang listened very carefully.

The soldiers who deliver the news in the post station are called post officers, these post officers are the elite selected from the army, and the horses prepared by each post station are also good war horses, which is to ensure the speed of news transmission.

The official letter is also divided into a variety of types, of which the six-hundred-mile expedited and the eight-hundred-mile expedited are the two highest grades, the eight-hundred-mile expedited is only eligible for the emperor, the left and right prime ministers and the Privy Council, which is generally enabled in wartime, and the six-hundred-mile expedited is used to deliver the palace report, as well as the local government to report urgent matters to the imperial court.

The money and food of the post station are enough to guarantee, even when the court is in difficulty, the cost of the post station will never be in arrears.

The reason for this, the above is clear, whether it is the Northern Song Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, they have encountered many wars, large and small, one after another, the post station is the only postman who can report the military situation at the fastest speed, and it is also the postman who can deliver the holy decree at the fastest speed, and every time there is a battle, the imperial court will send high-ranking officials to command, and the families of these high-ranking officials can only understand the situation ahead through the post station.

Especially after the disgrace of Jingkang, the food and salary of the post station did not decrease but increased, from the emperor to the ordinary sergeants in the army, they all knew the importance of the military situation, and they had no opinion on the imperial court to increase the food and salary of the post station.

The golden plate system of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty was the most prominent feature of the entire Song Dynasty.

The appearance of the gold plate, from the Northern Song Dynasty Song Taizong period began, the first post station used the post coupon, with this coupon in the post station unimpeded, and then there was a fraud post coupon, a middle-level official's son, pretending to be a post officer, fraud along the way, was discovered, Song Taizong abolished the post coupon, changed to a silver medal as a post station certificate.

This silver medal is two and a half inches wide and six inches long, engraved with the pattern of flying phoenix and unicorn, with years and months on both sides, and a book in the middle.

Later, with the passage of time, silver medals gradually evolved into three types: gold, blue and red.

Among them, the gold plate is used by the emperor to transmit the holy decree, the blue plate is used by the imperial court to transmit news or the palace newspaper, and the red plate is used by the yamen of Fuzhou County to report the news to the superior or the imperial court.

The gold card is 800 miles expedited, and the blue card and the red card are in principle 600 miles expedited.

Yue Fei back then was recalled to Lin'an from the front line by the golden plate of the Twelve Dao.

Before the meal was over, Wu Shaogang had an idea.

Why don't you use a red card and send a letter to Li Siqi, specifically talking about Wu Shaowu's matter, it should be said that such a small matter is not a matter in Li Siqi's hands, and if he can let Wu Shaowu take office before he Wu Shaogang left the village, then his Wu family will really have an impact in the village.

Next, Wu Shaogang inadvertently asked about the passing speed of the blue and red cards.

Ma Xiangbo also told the truth.

In addition to the gold card, the rest of the blue card and the red card, the speed can not be so fast, to Luzhou Mansion to the capital Lin'an as an example, the two places gather eight hundred and fifty miles, if it is a gold card, must arrive within two days, no matter what the situation encounters there is no exception, if it is delayed, the post officer, even including the local officials, will encounter punishment, as for the blue card and the red card, it will be divided into specific circumstances, the fastest also takes three days.

When Ma Xiangbo was still explaining the time in detail, Wu Shaogang's mind had already turned away.

Even if it is four days, the back and forth is about eight days, plus Li Siqi's time to do things, about ten days is enough, and it is a little later, no more than half a month.

It is not a difficult thing to let Wu Shaowu go to the official room of the Luzhou Mansion to be a servant, it can be said that in Li Siqi's eyes, this is not a thing, so it should not take half a month to do such a thing.

The next step is how to use the red card.

Wu Shaogang pretended to say that he needed to write a congratulatory letter to Lord Lu, and if it could be passed to the capital through the red letter, it would be the best thing.

Before Wu Shaogang's words fell, Ma Xiangbo quickly stood up and said that this matter was on him.

Looking at Ma Xiangbo, who had a serious expression and an oath, Wu Shaogang was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine that Ma Xiangbo, a public servant of the Luzhou Mansion, could do such a thing.

After getting Ma Xiangbo's affirmative reply, Wu Shaogang didn't waste any more time, he asked Ma Xiangbo to wait outside, and he went into the back room to write a letter.

A letter was written to Lu Wende, congratulating Master Lu, and a letter was written to Li Siqi, which directly talked about Wu Shaowu's entry into the office of the Luzhou Mansion.

Ma Xiangbo, who was waiting outside, kept his eyes purring, and he didn't know what he was thinking, maybe he wanted to see if Wu Shaogang had a relationship with Lu Wende, why did Wu Shaogang say that Lu Wende was a straight bachelor of Fuwen Pavilion and the right attendant of the Ministry of War, but now Lord Lu is a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion and a left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

The official position will not be wrong, does that mean that there is actually no relationship between Wu Shaogang and Lu Wende.

Seeing Wu Shaogang enter the back room, Ma Xiangbo was half-convinced, if there was no relationship between Wu Shaogang and Lu Wende, then his Ma Xiangbo's attitude would also change significantly.

Soon, Wu Shaogang took out the letter and handed it to Ma Xiangbo.

"Brother Ma, please take care of this matter, tell the post officer, the letter will be sent directly to Mr. Li Siqi, so that Lord Lu will definitely be able to see it, I can't imagine that in such a short time, Lord Lu will become a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, I must congratulate."

"Vice General Wu rest assured, I can guarantee that within three days, the letter will be able to be sent to the capital."

"There's Brother Rauma."

After Ma Xiangbo left, Wu Shaogang thought for a while, stood up, and walked towards the construction site.

There are three supervisors on the construction site, namely Wu Qiming, Wu Qirong and Wu Qibiao, Wu Qiming is the chief worker, Wu Qirong is responsible for the carpenter's supervisor, and Wu Qibiao is responsible for the supervision of the civil construction room.

After a few days of contact, he found that the ability of the eldest uncle Wu Qirong and the second uncle Wu Qibiao was still good, and the worse was his father Wu Qiming, so he let his father Wu Qiming manage the overall situation, and let Wu Qirong and Wu Qibiao manage carpentry and civil engineering respectively.

According to the progress, on the tenth day of the second month, the roof of the hall can be erected, that is, the beams of the house can be installed.

This step is very important, according to the rules, the top of the beam, but also put gold or silver, which is used to suppress evil, the more valuable the better, large families are choosing to use ninety percent of gold to suppress evil.

Wu Shaogang is certainly no exception.