Today, Ablin, as usual, knew that all his efforts for the Rus would be "in vain" as always, so he didn't even look at the Rakshasa captives who were working around the castle, and went straight to his destination.

"Oh? My distinguished guest, what are you going to do here? ”

As soon as he walked a short and halfway way, Wu Enqi, who was hanging his arm, appeared unconsciously. He had just returned to his barracks from Ulan-Ude to take on a new mission.

"Your Excellency Centurion, may Allah Allah bless you! Wishing you a speedy recovery! Ablin hurriedly sent a "sincere" greeting.

"Thank you! Immortal Heaven will also bless good people like you! "Unqi looks in a good mood today, and for the first time he is talking and laughing with Ablin with "nonsense".

"With your permission, I would like to pay a visit to your 500-man master!" The shrewd Bukhara merchant saw that he was happy and hurriedly spoke his mind.

"Good! No questions asked! Wu Enqi heartily agreed.

"Yes...... Is it! That's great! Can I go now? "For the first time, Ablin was a little flattered to be so easily and cheerfully accommodated!

"No problem, let's go now. You, hurry up and get ready for the horses! "Unqi shouted an order to a soldier behind Ablin!

"Huh!"

"Prepare a horse? Want to ride a horse? Your Excellency the Centurion, is the Your Excellency the Fifth Centurion not in the barracks? Ablin asked inexplicably.

"Five centurions? Haha, I almost forgot. But I know who you're talking about now. Naturally, our 'great general' will not sit in this place, he is in Ulan-Ude, half an hour's journey from here. If you are in a hurry to see him, we should go now. Let's go, my esteemed guest! According to the instructions of Jidu just now, Wu Enqi revealed the true identity of the "Dingyuan General".

"What? General? He's a general? Is he in Ulan-Ude? But where is Ulan-Ude......" Ablin's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe his ears.

"Haha, you'll know when you go!" Wu Enqi sleek up again, and brushed it off. It's better to leave these questions to General Jidu to give an official answer!

Ablin, who was held by Eunqi's shoulders and reversed. Thinking nervously. Long. He finally realized that he seemed to be a pawn in a game of chess again. It's just that this game of chess was not played by Moscow on its own initiative, but by the "Khan Bali City" thousands of miles away......

Along the way, Ablin asked questions on horseback if he had anything to do. Wu Enqi just smiled politely, and said those innocuous words without a word. Let Ablin be even more cloudy.

There are many dense woods on the way. But there is always a neat "horse path" in front of the horse. The fallen trees on both sides also emitted the fragrance of freshly broken trees.

Ablin understood that it was a post road for communication, albeit in a short time. But it shows the seriousness of the Chinese - the road is not wide, just enough for three horses to go in parallel, but it is very smooth, and there is even a thick layer of sand and soil paving; In the place near the river, the water retaining stone slope was also built tirelessly; It was necessary to cross the boundary of several slightly deeper rivers, and a simple wooden bridge was built......

Along the way, from time to time, a cavalryman with a yellow satin burden would gallop by, and every time he was far away, the cavalryman would shout at them a language that he did not understand. When the clever Chinese soldiers saw him from afar, they would have Aberin park on the side of the road with them, giving up most of the road to the people on the other side. Although the cavalryman would not make any indications, they would definitely give him a kind of "one-fist chest beating" military salute at a distance, showing great respect.

What Ablin didn't know was that this was a messenger who transmitted military information between the various camps of the Qing army, and what they shouted loudly was "idle and avoid, military information galloping" and "urgent military information, military intelligence flying!" Or "Whoever stands in my way is killed, hurry up!" And so on, which are similar to the "300 miles of delivery", "500 miles of flying delivery", and "600 miles of express delivery"[1].

"Is this your country's postman?"

After doing this several times, Ablin was surprised by the frequent transmission of military intelligence by the Qing soldiers, and finally asked questions.

"The postman? Hehe...... Guests are still in a hurry, aren't you in a hurry to see our general? Unqi ignored his question, but cautiously chose to change the subject.

"Yes, yes!" Ablin kept a big question in his mind, and stopped talking.

In fact, the Bukharan businessman saw that "the big difference is not bad", and what he said was "not bad, it is not bad". These cavalrymen who came and went were not the "post men" in the post transmission system of the Qing Dynasty, but the "meteor horses" in the Eight Banners Army who were responsible for the liaison between the battalions, commonly known as "meteor horses", that is, the "signal soldiers" of later generations. They are different from the "immediate delivery" of the "post delivery" and the "infantry and shift express delivery" of the "shop delivery", and they are mainly responsible for the communication of intelligence in the army.

However, the reason why Wu Enqi avoided answering was because in the past few months, on the 10,000-mile journey from Ulan-Ude to Beijing, Jidu had already laid out a post road, roughly forming a post road composed of more than a dozen "posts and stations" and hundreds of "platforms and ponds" from north to south.

On this post road, in the territory of Mobei Mongolia, which had just been completely subjugated, three "central posts" were set up, namely "Darkhan Station" [the capital of Darkhan Ulle Province in Outer Mongolia and the second largest city in Outer Mongolia], "Urgeyi" [now Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Outer Mongolia, or "Kulun"] and "Saiyin Shanda Station" [the fourth largest city in Outer Mongolia], and a certain number of flag soldiers were stationed. From this to the south, after the post road entered southern Mongolia, Jidu set up forty or fifty "stations" in one go on the grounds of war needs, such as Sinagotl Station, Mergou Station, Rasutek Station, Qilai Yimuhur Station, etc., which went straight to the Mongolian banners and entrusted them to be led by the Mongols, collectively called "Mongolian stations". From this, the post road extends all the way to Zhangjiakou, and then passes through the "Han Station" where many Han post guards are stationed, and you can finally arrive at the "Huanghua Station" in Jingshi [2]!

That is to say, in the setting pattern of post roads [3] in the early Qing Dynasty, there was finally a post road leading directly to Suwu Lake! Not only that, Jidu also wisely connected the many walled cities near Ulan-Ude and around Suwu Lake, connected by more than ten "shops", forming a "shop" line, which was used to transmit daily government decrees, and the "shopkeepers] mostly used local Buryats and other natives, and paid monthly silver. In this way, supplemented by a large number of "military stations" and "Yingtang"[4], an "information transmission network" that combines military intelligence and local government affairs covering the entire Suwu Lake region has begun to take shape.

Wuenqi knows more that there is another "big event" on the post road that is particularly worth mentioning, that is, a large amount of iron ore was found near the Darkhan Post Station a month ago, and it is in excellent condition, enough to build elite high-grade weapons, which is really great news! It is estimated that the imperial court has now begun to organize craftsmen to go to this place in batches ["Darkhan" means "blacksmith" or "iron-smelting yard" in Mongolian. And all this cannot be revealed to Ablin!

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding tears of joy

[1] In the Qing system, all horses handed official documents were added to the fire tickets of the military department, and the posts along the way were delivered. Those who are delivered to Beijing from outside Beijing, or those who are delivered to each other from other provinces, will be attached to the order, so that the time of registration in the single according to the schedule. At the same time, the delay of the schedule shall be determined according to the urgency of the document. The limit of the journey is as follows: those who are limited to flying immediately shall travel 300 miles (Huali) per day, that is, day and night, and travel 50 miles per hour for six hours a day. Its urgent official documents are marked with 400 miles, 500 miles and 600 miles per day, etc., and they will be delivered according to the limit. For example, on the third day of the first month of the 43rd year of Qianlong (1778), Gaozong issued an edict to severely reprimand Guotai, the governor of Shandong, for using 600 miles of post to report to the eastern province. Not all official documents can be handed over to the post, where the military aircraft office to send the northwest two road generals and ministers to seal the documents and the place to send Beijing folding, allowed to be delivered by the military station, other internal and external yamen and the northwest two road generals and ministers should be sent by horse, all by the post station, not to the military station. The provincial governors and other ordinary consultations are delivered by the soldiers of Tangpu, and they are not allowed to be delivered by horses.

[2] Huanghua Station, a post station set up in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, was subordinate to the Military Department of the United Nations. Manage the affairs of the Kyoshi Post Station. There were 500 soldiers, 250 horsemen, 150 chariots, 150 chariots and horses, and 150 charioteers. The annual funds shall be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the amount approved by the Ministry of War.

[3] Before the Qing Dynasty, most dynasties were responsible for delivering official documents and the post was responsible for providing transportation and accommodation. By the Qing Dynasty, the two sets of organizations were integrated - the post station went from indirectly serving messengers to directly handling communication affairs. As a result, the communication system is simpler than before, and the efficiency of the work is greatly improved.

[4] Juntai and Yingtang, the Qing Dynasty set up institutions to transmit military newspapers. In the Qing system, in addition to a considerable number of post stations in the hinterland of the country, the leading to the border areas were stations, ponds, and platforms. Each station is set up with a pen post type or Mongolian Zhangjing, which is unified in the general or the court of the domain; Gansu Jiayu Pass set up a "pond", each pond sent a thousand generals, the general management, and by the ad hoc capital or garrison superintendent to lead it; There is a "military station" in the northwest, and each station is managed by Zhangjing or pen-post, and is unified in each local capital or general and minister. For example, the Mongolian station of Xifengkou Zhangjing belongs to the sixteenth, and the Mongolian station of Gubeikou Zhangjing belongs to the tenth class; The Altai military capital is under the military platform of 44, and the military of the minister of Kulen is under the 25th and so on. Both the military station and the barracks are military facilities, and their main tasks are to deliver official documents and military newspapers, and to receive the transfer of personnel and official items from the past. (To be continued......)