Zhenjiang.

The Daming Zhenjiang Water Station, the catering and entertainment business, has been sold to private businessmen - in fact, it was privately contracted, and the restaurant and passenger ship were purchased by the boss, and after the Datong Imperial Court forcibly took over, the original investors redeemed it at half price.

However, the horses and fast boats of the Zhenjiang Water Post are still preserved and supported by the government.

Such a situation is very common, including some of the post stations that Chongzhen has dismantled, which have also been restored by the Datong New Dynasty. Many low-level works have been converted into posts on the spot, saving the trouble of having no place to settle.

The post man belongs to the officials, and the post man is just a contract worker.

This treatment is already good, and the ordinary post guards of the Ming Dynasty are often in the nature of forced labor. The more remote the place, the more so, because there is no oil and water, and there is still food and drink for the officials to come and go, and the local finances cannot afford it, so they need to rely on the post guards to post their own money.

So no one wanted to be a post officer, so he could only forcibly order the people to work at the post station as a kind of conscription. After a few years, the family is often ruined.

Now, the local post stations, catering and accommodation and mail services of the Datong Dynasty are divested.

All the catering at the post station was handed over to private operators, and the officials had to pay for food and accommodation by themselves, and the days of eating and drinking for nothing were gone.

Early in the morning, the Zhenjiang Water Station is lively.

He Yipeng commanded the post guard to replace the plaque, and the sign of "Zhenjiang Water Station" became "Zhenjiang Post Station".

The shopkeeper of the restaurant next door came to see the excitement and said, "Chief He, why did you change the brand for no reason?" ”

He Yipeng said with a smile: "Your Majesty has an order, in the future, the post station will also be on the errand of the letter bureau, and the people can also deliver the letter to the post station." Roughly the rules, according to the civil letter bureau to handle, but the post station to send a letter to the stamps. ”

"That's rare, show me the stamps." The shopkeeper was curious.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, both official and non-governmental express delivery business has appeared.

The official express delivery business is the most developed in Liaodong, which is divided into delivery offices and express delivery shops. The courier is responsible for the delivery of official supplies, and the express delivery shop is responsible for the delivery of letters and documents.

The private express delivery business is the most developed in Jiangnan and Shanxi, and its name is "Xinju". The main customers were gentry and merchants, who not only helped deliver letters, but also occasionally transported goods, which can be regarded as SF Express and Debang in the Ming Dynasty.

There are three payment methods for private express delivery: payment for delivery, payment on delivery, and half payment for receipt and delivery.

For unfamiliar customers, payment must be made at the time of sending.

Familiar old customers, not only can pay on delivery, but also bookkeeping, quarterly or annual payment.

The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 dollars. The war led to the closure of most of the nationwide credit bureaus, and even if they did not go bankrupt, they continued to shrink their business, and finally began to recover in recent years.

Now, the government has actually entered the express delivery industry, and what a hell of a stamp has been launched.

"Well, that's it." He Yipeng took out a version of stamps.

The shopkeeper asked, "How much is it?" ”

He Yipeng said: "It depends on the weight of the letter and the length of the journey. For letters in the province of no more than six taels, a five-penny stamp can be affixed. The heavier the letter and the farther it is mailed, the more expensive the stamp will be, and the letter will not be allowed to be paid. Moreover, more than one pound is not accepted, and I want to send something to the private letter bureau. ”

This is also to generate income for the post station system, otherwise the expenses are too large, after all, there are so many post guards to raise. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the post man still has to pay upside down, but now he has a salary.

An official boat came, and the messenger stood on the boat and shouted, "Come and help get something!" ”

"Come on!" He Yipeng responded.

The Zhenjiang post guards ran quickly, carrying a sack, while the post messenger himself disembarked with an official document.

He Yipeng asked, "What's in this sack?" ”

"The newspaper," said the postman, "will no longer be a newspaper, but it will be renamed Datong Monthly, and it will be printed more than ever." Local yamen, each yamen will be issued one copy free of charge. A copy of the bulletin board is also posted for the people to read. The rest was sold on consignment at the post station, and for every newspaper sold, the post house received a commission of two cents. If it can't be sold, it will be taken back to Nanjing after two months. ”

He Yipeng nodded: "Understood." ”

The post messenger said: "Those who stay in Zhenjiang Mansion will be sent to Shanghai all the way." ”

The level of Zhenjiang post station is also very high, and the post official ship from Nanjing will go north along the canal after arriving here. And the things in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River need to be forwarded by Zhenjiang Station.

The post messenger then took out more than a dozen official documents and said: "These two copies were sent to the Zhenjiang Prefecture Government, this one was sent to the Zhenjiang Prefecture Court, and this one was sent to the post stations in various places." The rest are not from Zhenjiang Prefecture and are sent out together. You sign for it, and you sign for it after the newspaper is counted. ”

He Yipeng verified the official documents and newspapers, and quickly sealed and signed.

The messenger got the signed form, immediately returned to the ship, and stored it before going to the restaurant to eat.

The Datong Sailor Division has finally been dismantled, and now only half of it is left. The ships that were cut were not sold, but the weapons were dismantled and thrown directly into the post system, and some of the sailors and soldiers were also turned into post officers.

He Yipeng opened the newspaper curiously, and the shopkeeper also came to see the strangeness, completely ignoring the business of his restaurant.

The emperor personally wrote a message for the founding of the journal: Di Bao began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. In the old days, the palace newspaper copied edicts, official documents, and important matters to inform the feudal lords and local officials. In the Ming Dynasty, the gentry and merchants could also be observed, and there was a movable type printing of the mansion newspaper. I am the same as China, the people are born in response to the people, the people are the most important in the world, and the people should also know the major affairs of the country. Because of the "Datong Monthly", the government decree can reach the people smoothly. This heart and this meaning, knowing it, admiring this.

The shopkeeper said, "Chief He, give me a copy." ”

He Yipeng glanced at the official document about the newspaper, which gave the selling price, and immediately said: "Thirty wen a copy." ”

Thirty yuan, according to the price of the new dynasty of Datong, you can buy six catties of rice in the harvest year, and you can also buy two catties of rice in the disaster season.

But not expensive!

Because in the past, if you want to get it as soon as possible, the manuscript needs several taels of silver. Obtained in the same month, a newspaper is also about one or two. After two or three months, the movable type printing version will be released, and at that time, it will also sell for dozens or hundreds of dollars.

The shopkeeper bought a newspaper and went back to the store to find that it was divided into several sections.

One section is the current political news, and the first news is related to the emperor. Newspaper summaries published the contents of the court meeting, in which the emperor and his ministers discussed the post-disaster reconstruction, as well as the gains and losses of the previous dynasties.

The emperor once again emphasized that in the event of a natural disaster, one should not rely on sacrificing to the gods, and the government and the people must contribute. God help those who help themselves. If people don't help themselves, they won't help others.

The main content of the report on the meeting was presented in the form of dialogue, and a comment by the editor-in-chief was added at the end.

The shopkeeper felt so novel, and when he read this newspaper, it was as if he had listened to the emperor with his own ears, and he felt so close to the emperor for the first time. The emperor toured north some time ago, and he didn't get off the ship at all, and the shopkeeper felt that the emperor was far away.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The shopkeeper held the newspaper and sighed.

A businessman happened to pass by the counter, and when he heard this, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" Are there any new decrees? ”

The shopkeeper took the newspaper and said, "Distinguished guest, please see." ”

Shang Jia took the newspaper, glanced at it casually, and immediately said happily: "Which newspaper office printed this newspaper?" It's so strange that you can even get the details of the court meeting. ”

The shopkeeper was a little speechless: "Please see the message at the front, which was written by His Majesty himself." ”

Shang Jia hurriedly read it, and then looked at the back page, which actually contained information on the auction of the government and a bidding information for materials from the military.

"Good stuff!"

The merchant was overjoyed and asked, "Where can I buy it?" ”

The shopkeeper pointed to the post station next door: "I heard that post stations are sold everywhere." ”

Shang Jia immediately instructed the entourage: "Go and buy one and come back!" ”

After ordering wine and food and sitting down, the merchant read carefully, and the more he looked, the more he was surprised. In the newspaper, he also saw that the information on the transfer of officials three months ago was the promotion and transfer of officials above the fifth grade -- the release was deliberately delayed, so as not to let the people know about the transfer of officials in advance.

Zhenjiang Shuiyi Restaurant, the business is extremely hot, and the customers are mostly foreign businessmen.

At noon, the news of the newspaper sold at the post station had spread rapidly, and it was sold out of stock. Remote places will definitely not be able to sell out, but Zhenjiang Station, newspapers are definitely a hot item, and they can only apply to increase sales next month.

In the lobby of the restaurant, the two business travelers actually quarreled on the spot because of the content of the newspaper.

"It turns out that the rumors are all false, the newspaper published the royal family tree, His Majesty is the Zhao family of Tianshuitang in Gansu, who moved to Shanxi in the Tang and Song dynasties, and immigrated to Hebei in the early Ming Dynasty." A businessman said with great interest.

The person at the table said, "Isn't it a descendant of the Zhao Song royal family?" Yang Zhenqing, the fierce general of Liaodong, heard that he was the descendant of the Yang general, and the star went down to help the old master. ”

"Hey, that's all made up by folks." Before, the merchant said.

The merchant at the next table was not happy, and stood up and retorted: "My surname is Zhao, and the surname Zhao in the world is from Gansu Tianshui Hall, and the Zhao and Song royal families are also from Tianshui Hall." When today's family, and that Zhao Song, they are all the same ancestor. And there are countless descendants of Zhao and Song, and it may also be which prince moved to Shanxi. ”

"Nonsense, Your Majesty has published the newspaper to clear up the relationship."

"Who said to break up the relationship? His Majesty only said that he was from Tianshuitang, and his ancestors moved to Shanxi during the Tang and Song dynasties. ”

"If you move to Shanxi in the Tang Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you are Zhao and Song!"

“……”

The two tables were arguing because of a small newspaper.

No matter who wins or loses, everyone knows very well that there will be no shortage of "Datong Monthly" in the future, and a lot of information will have to be obtained from this thing.

There are also businessmen who use their brains, the imperial court can run newspapers, why can't they themselves?

In the past, the main content of the newspaper was copied from Di Bao, and it also contained some business information, in addition to major news, such as the explosion of Wang Gong's factory.

The magazines and publications that originated from the literati gathering were all poems and operas.

Why not combine the two genres and report some folk anecdotes to make a kind of reading that ordinary people prefer to read?

Folk tabloids are about to be born.

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