Chapter Seventy-Eight: Yizhou City

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"Mianzhou?" Li Su took out the map, which was something that Li Su had prepared in Chang'an, and it was a color Tang Dynasty drawing that he downloaded and printed from the Internet, and the places marked on it were all according to the state capital of the Tang Dynasty at that time.

Li Su took out the map, and Cui Yingying also leaned over and glanced at it, she had never seen such a magical thing, which could gather all the mountains and rivers of the state capital of the Tang Dynasty on a piece of paper, and she could understand where she was at a glance.

Mianzhou in the Tang Dynasty administrative area belongs to Jiannan Road, that is, today's Mianyang City, Sichuan, and Yizhou is now Chengdu City, the two states are very close to each other, separated by more than 200 miles, both states are in Shu, that is, the territory of the Sichuan Plain, the terrain here is flat, just suitable for carriage travel, no accident at most three days they can get to Yizhou.

Cui Yingying found Mianzhou, and found Yizhou, there is a Zizhou in the middle of these two states, after Zizhou is Yizhou City, looking at the distance between the two, Cui Yingying showed a smile, finally arrived, this day's carriage and horses are tired, she is really unbearable.

Answering Li Su's words, Tong Meng stood at the table with some restraint, although the post general belonged to the officials of the Tang Dynasty, it was just a consolation title given to them by the imperial court, which made them feel better psychologically, his previous identity was just a rich merchant near this post station, and his status was very low.

The post station of the Tang Dynasty cost a lot, in order to ensure the normal operation of the post station, so the court thought of a way, designated the local rich households to be responsible for the preparation of the post station, and the loss was made up by these rich households, so these merchants were miserable, but with the passage of time, some businessmen with shrewd minds came up with a way, they used the convenience of exchanges between post houses to start trading, not only to achieve the purpose of making up for losses with business, but also to earn a lot of money, and this Tong Meng is a smart person, after opening this post station, He specializes in running merchants for people, and also sells all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry in the post house, and the people who come and go to the post house are officials and nobles, and they buy a few when they see something strange, and the court also turns a blind eye, after all, they don't dare to force these rich people to be in a hurry, and if they don't do it, they will be in trouble.

Li Su saw Tong Meng standing there, his face cramped as if he was anxious, he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, his mouth opened and closed, he was uncomfortable, because he asked, "Does Tong Yi have anything to say?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

Glancing at Li Su, Tong Meng gritted his teeth when he thought of the current situation, and said: "Your Highness, don't hide it, since receiving the order of the imperial court, the lower official has opened this post station, and contributing to the imperial court is what the lower officials should do, but this post station costs a lot, and most of the lower officials' family assets are consumed on it, although the lower officials use the post station to do some small business, but it is still not enough to make up for the deficit of the post station, and if this continues, the lower officials can only take off this official uniform!" ”

Li Su was a little strange, and he didn't understand why this post general poured this bitter water on him, just waiting for him to tell him the following.

"Although Xiaguan is in this difficult place in Mianyang, but thanks to the well-informed news of this post station, he also knows His Highness's reputation in Chang'an, and he just wants to buy some goods from His Highness's Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, buy and sell in this post station to make up for the shortfall, and ask His Highness to complete it!" Tong bowed sharply.

It turned out that the purpose of Tong Meng was this, after listening to his description, Li Su's heart moved, this post station is actually the country's logistics system, and the imperial court now only regards him as a place for letters to be passed on, and officials are to and from the place of food and lodging, but Li Su knows that this logistics is a fragrant bait in the 21st century, I don't know how many people are competing to eat this bowl of rice, and now in the Tang Dynasty, these businessmen are a little avoidant, Li Su understands, this is mainly the reason why the Tang Dynasty people and people have less exchanges, and the flow of goods is not very large, But he is engaged in business, logistics is a problem, the cost of hiring people to transfer goods is too high, but if the use of post stations is different, not only fast but also safe, can greatly reduce unnecessary cost waste, and this Guanzhong main road is still Yizhou direct route to Chang'an, this is clearly the national highway, if these posts will be able to use for their own use, their future contact with Chang'an is not more convenient, their own new products in Yizhou can also quickly arrive in Chang'an, bring a lot of wealth to themselves.

Thinking of this, Li Su felt that it was necessary to have a good relationship with this Tong Meng and buy his heart, he said: "Tong Yi will serve the imperial court, but now he is facing such a dilemma, how can I, as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, sit idly by, so let's leave a letter for you, you take the letter to the Sheng Tang Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an to find a person named Tong Nian, he will receive you and provide you with the goods of the Guild." ”

Tong Meng is now in a desperate situation, and when he met Li Su, he gave up his life to fight, but he didn't expect to get Li Su's willingness so smoothly, he is a lowly businessman, but how can he not be excited when he gets the generous help of the prince, he trembled his lips and slowly knelt down in front of Li Su, "Your Highness, your great kindness and great virtue, Tong Meng will never forget, if there is an envoy in the future, Tong Meng's liver and brain will not be resigned." ”

A soldier needs to be proficient in the art of swordsmanship to survive, a general needs to be proficient in command to win, a strategist needs to be proficient in scheming to assist the monarch, and for a leader, the only skill he needs to know is to make soldiers, generals and strategists use it for himself, and it is difficult and simple to do so.

After coming to the Tang Dynasty, Li Su has been studying, learning how to use people, learning how to buy people's hearts at the right time, Li Su personally helped Tong Meng up, "Tong Yi will be invited to get up, no need to say thank you, come and sit down!" ”

"This ......" Tong rubbed his hands together and stood awkwardly, not daring to sit down, his eyes rolling back and forth on Li Su and Cui Yingying.

Li Su glanced at Cui Yingying, and was blinded by her, she smiled and said, "Tong Yi will please sit down!" ”

Tong Meng dared to sit down, but he pulled the stool far away from the table, and his ass only sat on the edge of the chair, nervously in a cold sweat.

Thinking of the logistics system in the future, Li Su still has a lot of questions to ask for advice, so he asked Tong Meng a few questions, it turned out that this post station is nominally the imperial court, but the operation is purely a personal matter, the post station will be responsible for providing horses and forage, and the death of horses is also a penny compensation, in addition to these official things, they also provide forage and accommodation for passing merchants, but this has to be charged, I don't want Li Su to be like this, room and board are free, so it is called self-financing.

Although it was personal, it delayed the letters of the imperial court, neglected the officials, and the generals had to be punished according to the law, so they were dumb and ate coptis, and they couldn't say anything about their suffering.

After listening to Tong Meng's narration, Li Su couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic, Cui Yingying also frowned, if Tong Meng said so, it would be better for the post house on this road to be contracted by one person, so that the cost would be reduced a lot and the efficiency would be much higher.

Of course, this is only Li Su's initial idea, and I don't know how it will be implemented.

After eating, everyone rested and prepared to hurry tomorrow, Yizhou is almost here, and then think about it slowly.