Li Sangrou's Shunfeng Express shop opened for business on the day the dragon gate opened in autumn.

was locked up for ten days and nine nights for the exam, dizzy and dizzy for the exam, and the soldiers who were covered with urine and feces smelled of feces came out of the dragon gate, and almost everyone was stuffed with a notice that was delivered with a smooth wind.

The notice is simple and clear: Shunfeng Express Shop is dedicated to delivering letters to the whole territory of Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Shouzhou, and Wuwei Prefecture.

Chenzhou Huaiyang Mansion was delivered the next day, Yingzhou Ruyin Mansion was delivered in two days, Shouzhou Shouchun Mansion was delivered in three days, and Wuwei Mansion was delivered in five days. One day is added in counties and counties under the jurisdiction of each prefecture, and two days are added in villages and towns.

The price is cheap, to Chenzhou a letter of 200 big money, next to the two lines of small marking: one line is not more than one or two five dollars per letter, the other line, is to Yingzhou plus 100, Shouzhou plus 200, Wuwei State plus 300.

The gatehouses of the major yamen, major chambers of commerce, and major academies in Jianle City have all been put on stacks of notices of different thicknesses.

Outside the Donghua Gate, where the middle books under the door and the six large and small officials enter and exit, they often hold a stack of notices and give them when they see people.

The big officials on the road to the scattered court, as well as the petty officials and officials who get up early to go to work, almost everyone has one.

The most conspicuous place of the various tabloids sold in Jianle City that day is four sets of big red characters: Shunfeng Express, and the content of the notice is printed below.

Gu Xi was on the road to Sanchao and got the poster, only to know that Li Sangrou's courier shop had opened.

Gu Xi rode on the horse, stared at the poster, took a moment, took a breath, handed the poster to Wen Shunzhi, frowned and ordered: "Go and see!" ”

Wen Shunzhi looked at the big address behind the poster, and hurriedly signaled to the guards.

Li Sangrou's Shunfeng Express shop is very close to Donghua Gate, along Gaotou Street to the south, just turning the horse's head, Gu Xi saw the two big characters of Shunfeng raised high.

Wen Shunzhi laughed out loud, stretched out his hand, aimed at the East Corner Tower and the big pole with the wind, compared it, and sighed, "It's a little shorter than the East Corner Tower, where did Miss Li get such a tall pole?" ”

"Pan Qi must know." Gu Xi snorted coldly.

Gu Xi urged the horse and rushed to the intersection, under the pole, at the door of a small shop, Li Sangrou was sitting on a bamboo chair, one foot on the chair, and was leisurely munching melon seeds.

Wen Shunzhi tilted his head to the highest, looked at the tall and eye-catching two big characters of Shunfeng, and then looked at the small door, very impressed.

The two cloth flags on the pole, as long as one piece, are enough to cover her small façade, well, I'm afraid there will be surplus.

Gu Xi jumped off the horse, Li Sangrou put away the melon seeds and stood up, in the shop, the black horse rushed out, and as soon as the prince shouted the word "world", he stretched his neck and swallowed back, grabbed his feet hard, collapsed his shoulders and neck, put on a respectful face, and stood behind Li Sangrou.

Gu Xi took a few steps back, looked west, and then looked north.

To the west of Li Sangrou's small shop, there is a wall from the prison of Dali Temple, to the north is a boot shop, and then to the past is a crude medicine shop, diagonally opposite, there is a coffin shop.

"How did you pick such a place?" Gu Xi looked around, and asked with a frown.

"The boss said, the Dali Temple over there, called relying on the law, that's the boot shop, run fast, that, the coffin coffin, there are officials and wealth." The dark horse rushed ahead of Li Sangrou and explained proudly.

Wen Shunzhi couldn't hold back and laughed again.

"First, it's easy to find.

Second, a letter costs 200 dollars, and there are no poor people who come to deliver the letter, most of them have cars and horses. This is a corner, the entrance of the shop is large, the prison side, the open space in front can also be used, and the business will start in the future, and there will be more horses and cars, and it can be parked;

Thirdly, I should be able to raise horses behind this shop, the door of this shop is a little smaller, and the back can be very spacious, with a large yard and a well.

Besides, it's cheap, this shop has been sold for three or four years, and it can't be sold, so I only spent twenty taels of silver and bought it.

Among all the shops that can't be sold, this one is the most suitable. Li Sangrou smiled, and as she spoke, she beckoned to Gu Xi and went in the back.

"All the shops that can't be sold?" Gu Xi followed Li Sangrou to the back, and from Li Sangrou's words, he grabbed the key point.

"Well, the money has to be used on the blade, look at this yard, how is it, it's big enough." Li Sangrou waved her hand.

The yard behind the shop is really large, and horse sheds have been set up on both sides of the yard, and the horses are shaking their babes and eating grass, and they are strong in spirit.

Walking out of the courtyard, Li Sangrou pointed to the front and left and right, and said with a smile to Gu Xi:

"You see, it's a moat, there's water and trees, and you see how clear the water is, and it's definitely cool in summer.

There's a prison over there, and you see how high that wall is, it's safe.

Here, this row of houses, all the way to Donghua Gate, is said to be all empty warehouses, this row, except for my one, other shops have no backyards.

You see how good this is, no one will be disgusted with any number of horses.

Also, that vacant land, you see, the small half acre, that's also mine, go back and plant vegetables, dig a pit next to it, pile up horse manure and manure, so much fertilizer, the vegetables must grow well.

These warehouses here, Qi Gongzi said, the dozens of warehouses close to our side, have been empty for five or six years, and he said that he will help me ask to see if I can rent them cheaply.

In the future, the business will really be done, and there will be a place to raise a few more horses. ”

Wen Shunzhi, who was following the two, looked left and right, looked at the row of houses pointed by Li Sangrou, and laughed again.

From where they stood, the row of houses that stretched all the way to Donghua Gate were the warehouses of the front division of the palace and the ordnance supervisor, and there seemed to be a few warehouses in the middle of the Ministry of Works.

Shizi is the commander of the front division of the palace, and the ordnance supervisor is now in charge of Shouzhen, as for the Ministry of Industry, it seems that she has a good relationship with Pan Qi.

"This is the warehouse of the Ordnance Supervisor, if you want to rent it, go find Shouzhen." Gu Xi's complexion was much calmer than just now.

Walking out of the shop, Gu Xi raised his head vigorously, looked at the two big characters of Shunfeng, frowned, and said: "The wind has no roots, no reason and no support, why do you use this word?" ”

"The boss said that the wind is faster than the water." The dark horse hurriedly answered.

Wen Shunzhi couldn't help laughing, looked up at the cloth banner again, and after a moment, patted the black horse, pointed at the cloth banner and asked with a smile: "You guys, how do you look like, is there a hole or something?" ”

Wen Shunzhi was embarrassed to say the broken word.

"The fourth master has good eyesight!" The black horse gave a thumbs up and praised first, "That's our boss's idea, it's so high, the wind must be strong, you have to leave room for ventilation, so as not to scratch it, the fourth master doesn't know, just two big characters, four taels of silver!" The finest silk! ”

Gu Xi was speechless when he listened, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, but he laughed.

Okay, that's it, her shop has been opened, and the notices have been scattered all over the city, no matter what, it can only be like this.

Alas, he had already asked Qin Tianjian to pick a few auspicious firms for her, and he also looked after a few shops for her......

"Shopkeeper Li!"

A small servant rode on a horse and waved from afar. rushed to the front of the shop, jumped off the horse, saw Gu Xi, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Lord Shizi!" Fourth master! ”

Gu Xi saw that it was Pan Dingbang's little servant Tingxi, raised his eyebrows, and didn't wait for him to ask, Tingxi had already replied with a smile, "Our seventh master instructed the little one to come over and hand him a few letters, and the seventh master also specially instructed the small one, saying that it was Li Da's shopkeeper who had a small business and couldn't afford to pay the bill, so let the little one bring the silver and copper coins over." ”

Gu Xi raised his hand and motioned for Tingxi to go in and deliver the letter.

Hearing Xi bowed again and again, bypassed Gu Xi, and entered the shop.

Gu Xi stood outside the threshold, looking at the black horse, as well as the two old tents and Tingxi handover.

Hearing that the handover was good, he paid the silver and copper coins and came out, and retired and left.

Gu Xi looked at Li Sangrou and said, "If there is anything, or there is a lack of manpower, just go to me, or keep the truth, and find Zhihe." ”

"Okay." Li Sangrou smiled in response, watched Gu Xi get on the horse, turned around and entered the house.

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After dinner, Gu Xi went to Ming'an Palace before going to the household department.

Gu Jin saw Gu Xi and reached out to pick up the notice in the corner of the case, "You saw it?" Two hundred big money to Chenzhou, it will arrive the next day, and I want to hand over this pile of official documents to this Shunfeng Express! ”

Gu Jin said, laughing.

"She opened the shop next door to the prison in Dali Temple, saying that it only cost twenty taels of silver to buy it, and a pole was erected in front of the shop, only slightly shorter than the east corner tower.

Gu Xi sat next to Gu Jin, and there was an indescribable meaning in a series of words.

"Is there a business?" Gu Jin put down the notice, looked at Gu Xi and asked.

"I took a look and left, but after a few words, in the middle, Pan Dingbang's little servant Tingxi sent more than a dozen letters over, and I watched the dark horse and the two new old tents collect the letters before leaving."

"How?" Gu Jin asked with interest.

"Very organized. After receiving the letter, he first registered it in the book, who sent it and where it went, and then tied it to the letter with a hemp rope cross, and sealed it with lacquer on both sides, and the note with the number written on it was in duplicate, one was pressed on the letter with lacquer and hemp rope, and one was given to Tingxi.

It is said that it can be checked with the number within one year, and it cannot be checked again after one year.

There are four large cabinets against the wall, with four states written on them, and each cabinet is divided into grids. Gu Xi looked at it carefully and said it carefully.

"Hmm." Gu Jin laughed when she heard this, "Her business, the receiving side of the letter is nothing, the difficulty is on the other side of the letter, how did she arrange it?" ”

"Listening to her, the first time she delivered the letter, she was going to let the golden retriever go to Wuwei, the dark horse to Shouzhou, and Dachang to Yingzhou, she looked at Chenzhou herself, and also took care of Jianle City."

"Well, here in Jianle City, you pick an old man to take care of, you don't have to meddle in it, just watch from the side. Those riders,"

Speaking of the word rider, Gu Jin couldn't help laughing, the name she gave was appropriate.

"There are also horses and grooms, this one, let Zhihe pay attention to one or two, and watch a little for her before she straightens it out, so that nothing goes wrong."

"Good!" Gu Xi readily agreed.

Li Sangrou's downwind express shop, the thirty newly recruited riders, and the dozen or so grooms who took care of the horses, were all entrusted to him by her, and he handed them over to Wen Shunzhi, selected from the retired soldiers.

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On this day, in addition to the friendship support letters of Pan Dingbang, Wen Cheng and Wen Shunzhi, the others, Shunfeng Express only received a total of seven letters, seven letters from three states, plus a bunch of friendship letters, all four states are complete.

The next day, just after dawn, the golden retriever and the black horse were one by one, and Dachang rode one by one, led by one, out of Chenzhou Gate, and went south.

Li Sangrou first took a look at the shop, and rushed to Chenzhou with a few letters.

These letters to Chenzhou are all friendship letters, and they are all in Huaiyang City.

In the matter of delivering a letter to her home in Huaiyang City, Li Sangrou found a collaborator who was Nie Pozi, the head of the medicine woman's shop.

When Li Sangrou arrived at the delivery shop outside Huaiyang City, Nie Pozi had already stretched her neck and waited for most of the day.

"Alas, the big shopkeeper is here!"

Seeing Li Sangrou rushing straight over, Nie Pozi suddenly smiled, and ran to catch up.

"I had an early meal today, and I came over at noon and waited.

First of all, Uncle Mao, the horse was ridden, alas, like a quick gust of wind, he changed his horse and left.

Behind is a black-faced uncle, that lord's face is black, alas, it's a blessing!

Later, said that it was surnamed Chang? Chang Ye's body is terrible! It's the same as the gods descending to earth! ”

Nie Pozi's mouth is not idle, her hands and feet are even more neat, she raised her head and stretched out her hand, although she couldn't reach it, but it was still a picture of helping Li Sangrou, helping Li Sangrou, turning around, carrying a pot and holding a cup, and poured tea for Li Sangrou.

"Thank you." Li Sangrou took the tea and drank it, put the cloth bag in his hand on the table, motioned for Nie Pozi to sit down, pointed to the cloth bag and said: "There is a cloth bag everywhere, when you take it, you first look at the words on the cloth bag, whether it is from Huaiyang City, it is not that it cannot be accepted." ”

"The great treasurer has taught, remember!" Nie Pozi stretched out her hand to push the cloth bag flat, and her fingers tapped the three words Huaiyang City.

"Hmm." Li Sangrou pulled out the cloth bag, took out a thin bundle of letters from it, untied it, and handed the top list to Nie Pozi, "You check it, the number must be correct, and the name and address on the letter must be the same as the list." ”

"Good!" Nie Pozi pointed to the list with one hand, flipped through the letters one by one with the other, read them carefully, and without waiting for Li Sangrou to say, she touched the ink, pressed her finger print on the list, and pulled the blank brand new thick booklet on the table, wrote the number of copies on it, and then pressed the handprint.

Li Sangrou also reached over and pressed the handprint behind Nie Pozi's handprint.

"Then I'll go, five big dollars for a letter, a total of seven, and ten big dollars for a daily guarantee! There are forty-five big bucks today. Nie Pozi stood up, held the letter, and settled accounts with Li Sangrou first.

"If you receive seven receipts tomorrow, it's forty-five big money, one less, one or two silver." Li Sangrou pointed a finger at Nie Pozi.

"You can rest assured, you can't say anything!" Nie Pozi shook off an old baggage, carefully wrapped the seven letters, and went out of the delivery shop, simply trotting all the way back to Huaiyang City.

Li Sangrou sat at the door of the shop, watching Nie Pozi walk away, before standing up, far behind, and also towards Huaiyang City.

These seven letters from Huaiyang City are all friendship letters from Pan Dingbang.

Pan Dingbang's daughter-in-law, Tian, has her mother's old house in Huaiyang Mansion, and the seven letters are all written to his daughter-in-law's mother's family.

Nie Pozi held seven letters and went straight to the Tian family's old house in the east of the city.

Li Sangrou was far away, watching Nie Pozi go straight to the east of the city, starting from the three-bay gatehouse of the Tian family, walking half a street, delivering seven letters, wrapping the seven lacquered receipts with a bag, holding them in his arms, and going home briskly.

At the door of the Cao's dim sum shop, which is still one street away from home, Nie Pozi stopped, hesitated for a moment, leaned over, looked at the past, weighed and calculated for a while, and bought half a catty of hemp chips.

Li Sangrou watched her hold the burden in one hand and the hemp tablets in the other, and went straight home, stopped, showed a slight smile, turned around, and found a place to have dinner.

Li Sangrou ate, returned to the delivery shop, picked a horse, and rushed back to Jianle City overnight.