The words before the Infinite Gate made Wei Zheng further strengthen his heart to follow Yi Feng.

On the same day, Yi Feng separated from most of the people at the Infinity Gate, crossed the Great Wall Daningguan Town first, and slept comfortably and sweetly in the landlord Li Jing's town general's mansion at night. Those who slept early and got up were also looking for it, and the next day the chicken just called the second time Yi Feng had already gotten up, and played a set of Tai Chi under the plum tree in the small courtyard outside the bedroom, and danced a set of swordsmanship, and suddenly felt that the whole person was in good spirits, and then Li Wenxiang Cheng Mingzhen and the two flag guards on duty fetched water and took a towel to brush their teeth and came in. After washing, Yi Feng went to the front living room, and when he entered, he saw a young Daning soldier bringing in a few newspapers. Yi Feng took it directly, and the first one was the familiar iron-blooded weekly printed by Huaihuang, and he flipped through it, and the following ones were business newspapers, daily newspapers, evening newspapers, and a polo express that had just been launched. Looking at the date, except for a few weekly publications and magazines, and yesterday's issue of the evening newspaper, that daily newspaper was actually the same day's newspaper that was published in the early hours of the morning. Just looking at it, Li Jing had already come in and bowed to Yi Feng: "Yi Shuai got up really early." ”

"Mo Daojun is early, and there are even more early pedestrians." Yi Feng said with a smile, shaking the morning newspaper that had just been printed last night, "I didn't expect you to subscribe to so many newspapers and periodicals, well, the post office has been extended to this side." Li Jing said with a smile: "These newspapers and periodicals in Huaihuang are good, business newspapers, daily newspapers, evening newspapers, and various magazines, clothing, food, housing, transportation, firewood, rice, oil, salt, and even the size of the military country, local customs are everything, a newspaper in hand, everything in the world is under control, and you can stay at home." but he can know the things of the world. There is a copy of the newspaper printed in Huaihuang, and I have ordered one here. Well, the post office in Huaihuang is very efficient. At first, I could only see the previous day's newspaper here, but since this month, when I wake up early in the morning, I can already see the Huaihuang Daily that morning. I heard that this post office was built by Yi Shuai with all his might, and it cost a lot of money, but the effect is excellent. ”

Thanks to the innovation of Huaihuang papermaking technology and printing technology and ink technology, Huaihuang has a large number of merchants and merchants. All kinds of information spread very quickly, and the merchants were also very attentive to all kinds of information collection, so Huai Huang began to print the first newspaper. It was very successful, especially the market mechanism introduced by Yifeng, and after the introduction of the advertising system, the newspaper industry in Huaihuang was not only to disseminate information. A means of directing public opinion. It has also become a convenient and profitable industry. Huaihuang now has the highest sales volume of Huaihuang Morning Post, with a daily circulation of more than 10,000 copies of the amazing performance, and the income of various advertisements makes Huaihuang Daily very profitable. Although the circulation of other newspapers and publications is slightly less than that of daily newspapers, there are also many newspapers with a daily circulation of more than 1,000 copies, and even the daily sales of commercial newspapers have exceeded 10,000 copies many times, and the average daily sales volume is also more than 5,000 copies. Although the newspaper industry is not the most profitable in Huaihuang, it is indeed an industry that cannot be ignored, and in addition to making money. It also has many benefits such as guiding public opinion, facilitating the people, and promoting the commercial economy of Huaihuang. The first Polo League playoffs just started not long ago, after Yi Feng led 100,000 soldiers and civilians to visit. It has been a great success. Advertising sponsorship of various shops continued, and also gave birth to the first exclusive polo league polo express, after the release, in a short period of time, has achieved a daily circulation of 3,000 copies, in addition to the detailed report of the polo league, and then also began to report on various newly established competitions, faintly has become an authority on sports reporting.

Of course, Yi Feng is not only willing to see this new newspaper industry can only gain a foothold in Huaihuang, he also hopes that these new newspapers and magazines can be promoted to more places.

The post office is the most important boost for the expansion of Huaihuang Newspaper.

After Yi Feng controlled the wilderness, he began to build the military town castle, and also began to build a smooth road network between the towns and cities in Huaihuang. The newly built military towns and cities have become an important node of Huaihuang, with a variety of workshops lined up, and began to focus on some unique industries in each town, and initially formed some special markets, such as the salt market in Yancheng, the wine market in Qixing City, and such as the coal market, the iron market, the sugar market, the paper market, and so on. And on those newly built roads, there are inspection divisions every 100 miles to set up cards to check and charge. In addition, new military stations were set up every 20 miles on the basis of some of the original stockades. These military stations are a combination of supply depots, patrol stations, and post stations. It has many important responsibilities, among which the post is a new important responsibility. The post mission of the military station is the same as that of the imperial court station, but it is not controlled by the imperial court, and it also has a special way of moving.

There is a special post team in the military station, which is responsible for the post mission full-time, and they are directly under the newly established post office network in Huaihuang. However, in that their main task was not to serve as a place for people to deliver official documents and military information, or for officials to and from to and from the station, to eat and lodging, and to change horses. Although this duty is also carried out in the military station, this part of the personnel is carried out by another post system. To put it bluntly, the traditional post office function is handled by a special team post office, while the post office system is dedicated to passenger transportation and private mail transportation tasks. This changed the original post station only for government officials and messengers to and fro for food and lodging and horses, and began to take on civilian functions.

The post office system has a special mail car, using the new four-wheeled carriage of Huaihuang, which is a special mail carriage specially produced and customized by the carriage workshop, which is very large, and the closed four-wheeled carriage is drawn by two to four horses, and the speed of travel is forty miles per hour. The distance between the post stations is twenty miles, and when the mail truck arrives at a post station, it will make a short stop, put down some of the letters that have been delivered to the station, unload the guests who carry it to the station, and at the same time carry the letters and waiting guests who need to be delivered to the station and drive to the next station. There are two post office personnel on the mail car who are responsible for the safety of horses and letters and passengers, and the mail car has to change horses every three stops, and each mail car travels 400 miles a day, and in addition to the two post office staff on the car, the car can accommodate ten passengers and more than 10,000 letters.

The seats in this specially designed mail car can be lowered to become beds, and passengers can sleep on such beds or lie on letter bags. In addition to the rest of the carriage at each stop, there are two long stops for half an hour each. It's also a mealtime every day. According to the regulations of the post office, the fare of one penny per mile is paid, and the post station eats. You also need to buy your own food.

After the establishment of the Huaihuang Post Office, there are many mail trucks every day from Huaihuang City to the towns below Huaihuang, from the center to the surrounding cities, which can be reached within one day, and the farthest Shuanghe Town, which is newly established in Xizeng, can also be reached in three days at most.

Daning Town was able to see the morning newspaper early in the morning, thanks to the results of the Huaihuang Post Office. Every day before dawn. The morning newspaper printed by the printing workshop in Huaihuang City will be immediately distributed to the post office, and then sent to Daning by mail truck. Huaihuang City to Daning Town is only a hundred miles away. It had been delivered to Daning in more than two hours, and the newspaper distributed in the middle of the night was just dawn when it was delivered to Daning.

The post office was established not long ago, and it cost a lot to set it up. But the results are also excellent. Thanks to the prosperity of Huaihuang commerce, the post office, which is a business for private merchants and ordinary people, is thriving day by day and has excellent prospects. According to the analysis report submitted by Gao Mingyue, it even shows that the post office has begun to make profits, and even it will not take long for the income of the post office to make up for the quick investment of the Shuai Mansion in the post office. The post office is for official use, and this piece cannot be profitable at all. It is a pure investment, but now the civilian post office can solve this expenditure.

"In fact, Yi Shuai can use the post station of the imperial court to go south. Horses can be changed directly at each stop, and food and lodging are prepared. Li Jing said to Yi Fengjian. The post office and post office in Huaihuang Town belonged to the Huaihuang Shuai Mansion itself, not to the imperial court. Moreover, for the time being, both the post office and the post office were only repaired to the surrounding borders of Huaihuang, and they did not leave the country. If Yi Feng wants to use the post station to go south, he can only use the imperial court's. However, this mention of Yifeng was denied, although using the post station of the imperial court can bring a lot of convenience, but this time he went south to secretly go to Luoyang to meet with Yang Guang, the post station of the imperial court can only be used by officials, and he has a superficial identity, so how can it be called secret.

"Well, this time it's the brigade going south, and the imperial court's post station is not needed." Yi Feng said casually, without explaining.

Li Jing nodded, "I also want to go back to my home in Chang'an for the New Year, but I just arrived in office, and now I don't have a chance to go back." But I also have some things to send home, some nostalgic specialties and a few letters from home, I arranged for someone to take them back, and I want them to follow Yi Shuai's team together, I don't know if it's okay? For this request, Yi Feng did not refuse. Li Jing sent someone to ask him to arrange for someone to come back to Beijing, and the two of them soon came in. After stepping forward to salute Yi Feng and standing aside, Li Jing introduced: "These two are my brothers, one is a certain righteous brother Zhang Sanlang, and the other is a certain brother and guest teacher, the fourth in the family, Yi Shuai can directly call him Li Si." ”

Zhang San and Li Si, these two names are very compatible.

However, Yi Feng didn't laugh rudely, and when he saw Zhang San for the first time, he immediately remembered a person in his mind, the bearded guest Zhang Zhongjian. It's really that Zhang San's appearance is too distinctive, first of all, he is very ugly, a fiery red and curly beard is extremely conspicuous, in addition, the bridge of the nose is very high, and the eye sockets are also deep, and Yi Feng found that Zhang San's slightly squinted eyes were actually a little turquoise. This is a full bearded appearance, especially his curly red beard, which makes Yi Feng immediately think of a legendary figure. Bearded guest, Zhang Zhongjian!

Li Jing saw Yi Feng staring at Zhang San fiercely, and thought that he was also shocked by that appearance like other people who had just seen the righteous brothers, and hurriedly said: "Although Zhang Sanlang is a little unattractive, he has extraordinary skills and extremely high martial arts. Moreover, Zhang Sanlang's hometown is Yangzhou, and his father is Zhang Jiling, the richest man in Yangzhou. A few days ago, I came to Daning from Yangzhou to see a certain person, and now I am about to go to Beijing, so I can go with Dashuai. Zhang Sanlang traveled widely, from south to north, from east to west, and had his friends everywhere. He walks with the marshal, and can also act as half a guide. ”

Hearing that Li Jing confirmed that the person in front of him was a bearded guest, Yi Feng did not refuse the invitation of his companions. What he didn't expect was that Zhang Zhongjian was actually from Yangzhou, and his father was the richest man in Yangzhou. The status of merchants in this era was very low, and those who were the richest people in the local area were basically very close to those local officials. Yang Guang has been in Jiangnan for many years, Zhang Zhongjian's father is the richest man in Yangzhou, if Zhang Jiling is not from Yangguang's side, he will never believe it. Li Jing's uncle Han Hong is from Yang Guang's side, and he is not sure whether Li Jing is or not, but he must be related to Yang Guang. Now Li Jing has a sworn brother Zhang San, and his father is the richest man in Yangzhou, Yi Feng can't help but think a little more, Zhang San appears at this time, and he has to go with him, is there any deeper arrangement behind this?

"Okay, there are many companions on the way." Yi Feng said with a smile, "That's it, let's leave after breakfast, Zhang Sanlang and Li Shilang will also go to prepare first, and they will leave in a while." ”

Zhang Zhongjian didn't bring any extra luggage, two horses, a brocade robe and a fox fur, plus a long sword, and not even a retinue servant, if it weren't for Li Jing's previous introduction, it would make people think that this is a chivalrous man fighting with swords, not the son of the richest man in Yangzhou. On the contrary, Li Jing's younger brother Li Keshi brought more than 30 horses, as well as several large bags and small bags on the saddle, and there were also many bird cages of different sizes hanging on the back of some horses, in which all kinds of birds, Yi Feng even saw a pair of extremely majestic and snow-white Liaodong Haidongqing.

is just a simple estimate, these things brought by Li Si, regardless of the value of the things in the baggage on the back of those horses, just these more than 30 good horses and this pair of Hai Dongqing are estimated to be worth no less than 10,000 yuan. This guy, the Northern Bank still owes him 500,000 yuan, so let the brother bring back to Chang'an tens of thousands of yuan.

However, Li Jing looked very calm, and did not feel a little uncomfortable in front of Yi Feng, the creditor.

However, what surprised Yi Feng was that he originally thought that Li Si should care most about the pair of Hai Dongqing, after all, when he met a master he liked, he was willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars. But the bird that Li Si cared about the most was not the pair of Hai Dongqing, but more than a dozen cages of pigeons.

"This is not an ordinary pigeon, but a specially trained pigeon." Seeing that Yi Feng was a little puzzled, Li Si proudly pointed to his pigeons and said, "These pigeons can send letters back and forth thousands of miles apart, not only from Daning to Chang'an, but also from Chang'an to Daning, and even to Chang'an or any place in Daning on the way." ”

Astound! After listening to Li Si's boasting, Yi Feng's heart was full of shock! (To be continued......)