This trip is to go to Huairen County first, and then to Shuozhou Mansion. Huairen County is about 350 kilometers away from the capital, and this trip team walks about 30 kilometers every day, and it is the twelfth day to arrive in Huairen County.

Although the team is very high-profile, as long as it is marching again, the band basically does not stop, even if there are few people on the official road. However, the team did not enter the county seat along the way, and only replenished supplies at the post station and stayed overnight. Zhu Houwei also observed the post station of Xia Daming by the way.

Because they knew that it was a Qincha team, the officials of the post station were very respectful, and although the food was not very good, this time everyone in the team could basically see some meat. There are more than 10 post stations along the way, the closer to the big city, the bigger the post station, and the conditions in all aspects are better.

The post station has always been responsible for transmitting military information, and will also provide accommodation for past officials, and will also work part-time for officials' courier business, and the most important thing is that officials do not need money to use. In the late Ming Dynasty, the post station became the main business of delivering express delivery to officials, but relying on the money and grain sent by the imperial court every year was simply not enough, resulting in the dilapidated post stations in various places and could not be used effectively. When the last emperor, the Chongzhen Dynasty, had no choice, he abolished the post station. As a result, Li Zicheng, a laid-off post station employee, could only be re-employed, and devoted himself to the peasant uprising that was very prosperous at that time, and his performance repeatedly reached new highs, from the original small supervisor, he was slowly promoted to CEO, defeated the state-owned enterprises at that time, and also very shamelessly accepted many Bai Fumei as concubines, and completely stood at the peak of life. It's a pity that it didn't take long for the good days to lose to the provincial enterprise that claimed to be a foreign company at that time and lost his life.

In any case, the post station is also very important, and if it is done well, it can provide a lot of jobs. But now Zhu Houwei doesn't have the strength to change, so he has to write it down and talk about it later. Anyway, staying in the carriage was boring, so I slowly wrote something about the development of the post station. Zhu Houwei wrote something, and he didn't have time to take care of Zhu Houzhao, so Zhu Houzhao got out of the carriage and rode a horse. Usually, Zhu Houzhao's time is more than Zhu Houwei's, so he took the time to learn to ride a horse, after all, a general who can't ride a horse is not a good general.

Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye, it has been 12 days since I left the capital, and today I finally arrived in Huairen County. I saw a group of people waiting there from afar, looking at the clothes, it should be the county, the county, the main book, the head catcher, and there are 7,80 in the back are the officials, catch fast or something.

When the team arrived, one of the people in the team shouted "get off the sedan chair" After a while, everyone surrounded Zhang Shilang and slowly walked to the front of the team. Zhang Shilang took out the holy decree, all the people in Huairen County knelt down, Zhang Shilang raised his voice to read the holy decree, everyone kowtowed three times, and the mountain shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Zhang Shilang nodded slightly and said, "Get up." Then they got up. Huairenzhi County is a Jinshi at the end of Chenghua, and he only became an official in the Hongzhi Dynasty, and he only stayed in Huairen County for less than 5 years, and after Jingcha, it will change. In the Ming Dynasty, if you were not among the top few in the Jinshi, you might not be able to be an official immediately, but only as a backup, if there was a shortage of officials in the imperial court, it would be activated.

Huairen's magistrate is called Yan Ying, about 50 or so, the meter is well maintained, and he can be regarded as a handsome old guy. After getting up, he walked in front of Zhang Shilang in a few steps, bowed his hand, and pretended to be anxious on his face, "Lord Zhang, the lower official is wronged, the lower official governs this Huairen County, not to mention that the road is not forgotten, at least there will be no people who communicate with foreign enemies, Lord Zhang is aware of it." ”

Zhang Shilang said lightly, "Yan Zhixian doesn't have to be like this, if you are wronged, it will definitely come to light, and this official will not let you suffer grievances in vain, don't worry." Yan Zhixian immediately became very relieved, and he looked very happy, "With Lord Zhang here, the lower officials will be relieved." The lower officials have already prepared a reception banquet for the lord and the two highnesses, and please appreciate your face. Why didn't the two Highnesses see each other? Zhang Shilang said lightly, "The two highnesses occasionally feel unwell and are resting in the carriage, so take us to the residence first." Yan Zhixian immediately nodded, and said with concern on his face, "Okay, Lord Zhang is here." There are still a few people with good medical skills in Huairen County, if the two highnesses do not give up, the lower officials will call Lang Zhong to treat His Highness. Zhang Shilang glanced at him and said, "This time I came with the imperial doctor." Yan Zhixian smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's a lot of trouble for the lower officials." With that, he continued to lead the way and introduced the team to the county seat.

Zhu Houzhao's brothers are there, less than 30 meters behind Zhang Shilang, both of them are wearing band clothes, and they are still holding suona in their hands. After Zhang Shilang led the team forward, Zhu Houzhao asked Zhu Houwei next to him, "What do you think of this Yanzhi County?" Zhu Houwei looked at the team in front of him and replied, "Old fox." ”

The county seat of Huairen County is not big, about 5 miles long, and the width is about the same, and it is roughly a square. The walls are about 6 meters high, which is quite complete, and it seems that they have been maintained all year round. It's just that there aren't many weapons on the city walls. The streets are quite clean, it seems to have been cleaned, and most of the streets still have water stains, which is estimated to be splashed by the county. There are about 10,000 households and more than 50,000 people in the entire Huairen County, probably knowing that the Qin Cha is coming, in order to avoid colliding with the Qin Cha and the two highnesses, there are not many pedestrians on the street.

The whole team was arranged in two large courtyards in the southeast of the city, with a gate in the middle of the courtyard, and the two courtyards were connected. It was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon when I entered the city today, and by the time we were all settled, it was almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Zhang Shilang went to the reception banquet, and the Zhu Houzhao brothers rested in the courtyard.

Originally, the two brothers planned to pay a private visit in the afternoon, but Huairen's shops today were covered with door panels, and there were no business, and there were few people on the street, so they had to dispel this idea and stay in the yard to kill time.

Zhu Houzhao said to Zhu Houwei, "After 12 days in Beijing, I finally arrived in Huairen, and I rode over all the way, and my butt hurt a little, but fortunately I have good riding skills, otherwise my thigh will bleed now." Zhu Houwei looked at the sunset and replied, "You will be miserable in 12 days?" Thinking about Huo Quai, who wants to be a general and win a battle, he has to endure a lot of hardship. Zhu Houzhao said, "I didn't say that I couldn't bear it, by the way, when are you going to learn riding, you can't ride in a carriage for the rest of your life." ”

Zhu Houwei turned his head and said with a smile, "What do you know, my journey is in the sea of stars, it doesn't matter if you ride a horse or not." Zhu Houzhao said curiously, "Why are you so obsessed with overseas, what is there overseas, isn't it just some small countries, indigenous people, or something." ”

Zhu Houwei glanced at him with disdain, "Have you seen "Da Ming Mixed One Picture", you haven't paid attention to so many countries on it?" Know Sri Lanka? The gems there are all in the river, which is farther away, let alone the closer, Cochin Vietnam always knows. There is a large plain there, and because of the hot climate and abundant water sources, the land there is at least three crops a year, which means that one acre of land can produce at least 7 stone of grain. As long as you open 1 acre of land there, you can feed 2 or 3 people, have you ever heard of a place where so much food can be produced in the land of Daming. ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Really?" Doesn't it mean that it's full of cannibals, smoky miasma? Zhu Houwei looked at him with disdain again and ignored him. Zhu Houzhao smiled, "Don't mind, you can tell me." Zhu Houwei then said, "Those places are all good farmland, and there must be dangers, such as malaria, floods, locust plagues, etc., if there is no danger, the Han people would have occupied it a long time ago." Danger and opportunity are directly proportional. Zhu Houzhao interjected: "What is proportionality?" ”

Zhu Houwei shook his head helplessly: "You can read more of the textbooks in Chaoyang Courtyard if you have time, okay." In short, there are many good things overseas that I don't have, and there are also great dangers. There are also places that are not drawn in the "Ming Mixed Picture", there are also many countries, maybe the country, the population is not large, but the military strength is very strong, especially the technology of sea ships and firearms, may have surpassed the Ming Dynasty, and their sphere of influence is approaching us. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with some amusement, "It's so serious, it seems to be true, but how do you know?" Their firearms are more advanced than the flintlock pistols we use today? ”

Zhu Houwei frowned, then rubbed his brows with his left hand, and said indifferently, "I'll just say that, you just hear it, just forget it, don't take it to heart." Zhu Houzhao knew that his younger brother was really angry, so he said with a smile, "Okay, I believe it, when did I not believe you since I was a child, look at you, I'm really anxious." ”

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's cheap smile, Zhu Houwei shook his head with a wry smile, but there was a burst of warmth in his heart. After a while, he said, "Go back, you can take a good look at the mixed picture, it's pretty good." ”

"Ming Dynasty Mixed One Map", is the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang court specially drawn the world map, the whole map has no obvious territorial boundaries, only to the different colors of the place name blocks, to distinguish the inside and outside. This map of the world of the Ming Dynasty, centered on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, from Japan in the east, to Europe in the west, to Java in the south, and to Mongolia in the north, is the largest known size, the oldest and the most well-preserved ancient world map in China. There are no obvious boundaries in the whole map, and only the different colors of the place name blocks are used to distinguish the inside and outside. The map focuses on the relative location of the Ming Dynasty's various levels of governance, mountains and rivers, and there are more than 1,000 places such as towns, forts, canals, ponds, weirs, lakes, lakes, lakes, islands, border islands, ancient ruins, and ancient rivers. The time of completion of the picture is about the 22nd year of Hongwu (1389 AD) painted on silk, the size of the picture is 386×456cm, at this time Zheng He has not yet gone to the West. The ships of the Yuan Dynasty can only be described by hehe, judging from the painting style of the map, it should be painted according to the data of the Song Dynasty, which may not be accurate from the perspective of later generations, but it is still an important and valuable map information.