Han Xiao's stomach in early February, officially ordered to travel, along the Tu Song territory of the local officials received the news, knew that his trip was important, so the spirit of the twelve, the waiter was thoughtful and proper, Han someone but there was a need, all satisfied, walking along the way, and the privy mobilization of the forbidden army cavalry protection, in order to be in order.

Kankan walked for half a month, has reached the border of Dehua Prefecture, and further on, it is no longer the jurisdiction of the Song people, most of the escorted forbidden cavalry retreated, only a small group of cavalry continued to follow, until the end of Beijing.

Han Xiao's stomach was in middle age at this time, and although he was a scholar, his physique was strong and tall, because he was depressed in the car, he simply asked the accompanying cavalry to ask for a good war horse, straddled it, and marched leisurely.

At this time, the sky is close to evening, the breeze is blowing, a ray of sunset is gradually swallowed by the mountains in the distance, the climate is the warm season of Hexi, a group of more than 100 people marching in the sunset, although it is rushing to the enemy territory, the mood is comfortable and soothing.

Everyone walked more than ten miles, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the deputy general who was in charge of the safety of the envoy was a lieutenant, and after calculating the time, he drove to Han Xiao's stomach and smiled at him: "My lord, there is a post station in front, let's rest there tonight, and Ming'er will go to the territory of Jinren." ”

Han Xiao's stomach was still immersed in the soothing atmosphere of Shicai, and he was disturbed by this general's words, and glanced at him with disgusted eyes, but he knew that the safety of the past few months was in the hands of this person, and it was not easy to reprimand, so he smiled at the moment and replied, "Okay, it's up to you." ”

The deputy general said with a smile: "Please also speed up the horse's pace, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up before dark." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing that Lord Han had an impatient look on his face, he was also a privy secretary who signed the book, and he was one of the top bosses of the soldiers, and the deputy general did not dare to urge him anymore, so he had to retreat to the side.

Fortunately, Han Xiao's stomach also felt tired and wanted to rest early, so he quickly whipped up his horse and was carefully guarded by everyone. Accelerate forward. Half an hour later, the lights gradually appeared in the dark places on the roadside in the distance, and in the dark night, they were very visible.

Everyone was in good spirits, Han Xiao smiled, and turned his head to the crowd: "Everyone, hurry up, the post station has arrived." ”

In fact, without waiting for him to say, his servants and servants and guards are not fools. More than a hundred knights escorted five or six carriages, marching rapidly, and after a pillar of incense, they had already arrived outside the Deyi Station.

Because it is facing the enemy's territory, this post station actually has the front line of the enemy, and is responsible for sentry to detect the enemy's situation and detect the enemy's movements. Even at the beginning of the war, it was possible to resist a little, and the entire post station was built into a ring, with high masonry courtyard walls full of arrow holes, and enemy towers at the four corners. The houses in the courtyard are not made of wood and stone, but are made of pure brick and stone, and in the dark and dreary night, there is a great power and solemnity.

The post man of the post station was a petty official of the seven grades, and he saw Han Xiao on a horse from a long distance, wearing a vermilion waist hanging fish charm, and hurriedly stepped forward, while ordering the servants from the station to step forward and lead everyone's horses to feed. He also made people cook and wash their faces to arrange the house, and they blushed and had a thick neck, but they squeezed out a smile on their faces, and smiled at Han Xiao's stomach: "My lord must be Lord Han who was ordered to send an envoy, and the lower officials received a report from the hospital five or six days ago, and they knew that the adults must pass through here." After looking forward to it for a few days, it can be regarded as an adult. ”

Han Xiao smiled slightly, saddled up, and replied, "Not bad." It's the official. ”

The hospital newspaper he said was actually set up by Zhao Huan's order. The government hall is out of the court, the Privy Council has a newspaper, all the government measures that can be made public, financial statements, military deployment, are above these two newspapers, and the emperor's edict is often published on it, so that it is very convenient to issue the situation, and the printing industry of the Song Dynasty is extremely developed, coupled with the new post and communication department responsible for transmission, Chang'an two newspapers a day, ten days can go to Guangzhou, very convenient.

It was rare for this post to see such a big official as Han Xiao's stomach, so he sent a greeting message in a car, personally helped Han Xiao's stomach off the horse, and ordered someone to immediately send a towel basin to let Fu Xiao's stomach scrub the dust on his face.

After a busy time, Han Xiao wiped his face with a hot towel, changed his boots, and immediately felt refreshed and full of energy, and immediately stood up again, paced outside the door, looked at a few carriages in the corner of the courtyard, and saw the bronze medal with the word "post" hanging on it, so he asked with a smile: "This is the carriage of the Post and Communication Division, right?" ”

"Yes." Yi Cheng folded his spirits, and replied with a smile: "Now the Post and Telecommunications Department and the post station are integrated, sending letters, sending people, transporting goods, and mailing money, all of which come, so that the post station not only does not cost the court to replenish, but also makes a lot of money." In the past year, the post stations across the country have been gradually restructured, and they have made a lot of money for the imperial court. ”

The Han Xiao stomach he said naturally knew that Zhao Kai was the main proprietor of the court that day, and it was specially planned by the Transit Department, and in a year, it had earned millions of yuan for the imperial court, which was a great good governance.

In addition, the abolition of the yamen, the abolition of redundant personnel, and even the abolition of a large number of prefectures and counties, and the merger of institutions will all be carried out in the sixth year of Jingkang, and the construction of water conservancy and roads will also be carried out simultaneously.

The small change in front of me is just the beginning of a big change in the world.

Thinking of this, Han Xiao's stomach was not interested.

He was afraid that Wang Anshi's party dispute would recur, and even the Qingmiao Law would harm the people, causing turmoil up and down for decades. If it is a political struggle at this time, and now it is a war between Song and Jin, it is not as peaceful as it was back then, and if there is a mistake, the overall situation will hinder the whole loss.

Na Yi Cheng was still smiling when he saw him at the beginning, but his face suddenly turned solemn, and he didn't know what made this court's privy displeaser, so he had to bend down and hide behind Han Xiao's stomach, not daring to say more and move more.

After a long time, the aroma of food came from the courtyard, and the accompanying soldiers and servants were arranged in the side compartment, and more than a dozen post officials and servants in the station had already sent the food, and although Han Xiao's upper room was full of wine and food, the two Hanlin scholars and the deputy general of the forbidden army who accompanied him had already taken their seats, but Han Xiao's stomach was in a daze outside, and everyone had to sit and wait.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, the post had to step forward and say, "My lord, the food is ready, why don't you go and eat first?" ”

"Oh, yes, yes." Han Xiao smiled to himself, came back to his senses, turned around and walked towards the upper room of the main hall, and said with a smile: "It's really confused, it's actually a god." ”

In the middle of the line, he heard a gurgling pigeon next to the corner, Han Xiao stopped his steps, turned his head to take a look, and said with a smile: "This is a carrier pigeon?" ”

Na Yicheng secretly blamed him for being troublesome, but he said with a smile on his face: "Yes, what the lord said is that this is the carrier pigeon." The various armies in Shaanxi have all used carrier pigeons to contact, ten times faster than fast horses, and the post station and the government are still mainly based on horse transmission, and carrier pigeons have just been used. ”

"Yes, this is the first to be used by Quduan, and now it is used in various places, it is indeed convenient and fast, and I am not afraid of leaking secrets."

Seeing Han Xiao's stomach praising repeatedly, Na Yi Cheng sneered and replied, "Is it Qu Da to be able to write and martial arts!" ”

What he said was a proverb of the Western Army, the so-called: "Being able to write and martial arts is Qu Da, and being brave and resourceful is Wu Da." "What I said is Qu Duan and Wu Jie.

"Well, you say yes."

This Yicheng was so eloquent, answering the words without revealing a drop of water, Han Xiao's stomach was very satisfied, but he just looked at the few attachés in the room and looked at him, smiled to himself, stopped talking, raised his feet and climbed the stairs, and went up the room.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves not far from the post station, Han Xiao looked surprised, turned around, and saw that the post man was also confused.

Everyone in the room heard the movement, and also hurried out of the door, the deputy pressed the sword with his left hand, held his head high, listened quietly for a moment, only felt that the sound of the horse's hooves was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but be anxious, strode in front of Yicheng, and asked sharply: "What's the matter, is the enemy coming?" ”

Although the post man showed a blank expression, he did not panic, and replied with a smile: "No, five miles away, there is a battalion of forbidden troops stationed, they have sentinels to spread out reconnaissance, and the movement of more than 100 enemy people is well known, why did they let people come to us without saying a word?" ”

Seeing that everyone was relieved, he said: "Besides, even if a small group of enemies comes, they must come to this town, and our post station has nothing to do except for some living creatures to eat." ”

As soon as this was explained, Han Xiaojiao and the others also put their minds at ease, but there was such a force of cavalry approaching, no matter what business it was, everyone didn't have the heart to eat again, they just stood in front of the steps one by one, waiting for the other party to arrive.

The accompanying deputy general was responsible for it, although the Jin people had already received the news and agreed to enter the mission, even if the Jin soldiers came, he was not afraid, but he was nervous in his heart, and immediately ordered the accompanying guards who were resting to unsheath the sword and protect Han Xiaojiao and the others, so he felt a little relieved.

They heard the sound of horses' hooves very close, in fact, because the post station was located on the side of the official road on the plain, and the cavalry of the brigade rushed up with a sound that shook the earth, and they could hear it from a distance.

Everyone stood on the steps and waited, but after half an hour, the sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and only then did they really reach the gate of the post station.

Na Yi Cheng had already ordered someone to light a torch and wait outside the door, and ordered someone to look at the enemy tower in the corner, but at this time he heard someone shouting from the enemy tower: "Don't worry, adults, it's a forbidden army." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the courtyard breathed a sigh of relief, but the post man shook his head strangely, and only said: "They didn't come to the barracks, but they came here to do something." ”

He was also reasonable, a few passing officers came to the post station to rest, there was no problem, a large group of people ran here, although this post station is not small, but how can it accommodate the underground.