In May of the eighth year of Yuanzhen, Zhao Hanzhang gave birth to the second son, the whole country celebrated, this year, the imperial court finally opened up the Silk Road, the post station of Xiliang was completed, and the post station system of the Central Plains was connected together.

The post station of Huaguo was built as far as Qiuci, the former station of Wusun.

Wu Liang is a native of Anping, Jizhou, he is a student of Anping Guojun School in Jizhou, and when he was seventeen years old, he clearly knew that he could not be admitted to the state school, let alone the national examination.

You can give the county exam a try.

But he was not willing to do this, he had a brother who joined the army in the second year of Jianxing, so he was admitted to the army through his brother.

That's right, the Zhao family's army, no, now it's not the Zhao family's army, but the army of Huaguo, because of the strict management, there is no offense against the people, and the treatment of the army by the imperial court is also the most in all dynasties, so the people no longer complain about military service, but compete to join the army.

Wu Liang couldn't pass the national examination, and he could only be a small official in the county examination, so he planned to fight in the army.

When he was studying, he was excellent in martial arts, and he had the best shooting.

So he plans to go to the battlefield to fight for his feats.

It's just that he didn't expect that two years after joining the army, he only participated in three bandit suppressions and one battle in the Western Regions, and he just became a team leader from an ordinary soldier.

This time, he was transferred to Qiuci in order to build Qiuci Station.

Through the unremitting efforts of the imperial court, the countries of the Western Regions on the Silk Road finally agreed to set up Huaguo post stations along the way to receive and send letters and messages to the merchants who left their hometowns, and also to provide a certain amount of armed protection for the merchants of the Chinese countries.

Wu Liang's team was conscripted as a post soldier at the Qiuzi Post Station, and Wu Liang became a post soldier.

On the edge of an oasis, the post station occupies a large area, and the houses made of loess form a circle, which is connected in three rows up close, and a circle in the distance, protecting the area in between.

As soon as Wu Liang and the others arrived, the engineering team that undertook the construction of the post station immediately handed over to them and left in a hurry.

Wu Liang said, "Why don't you stay and have a meal together?" ”

The foreman sighed: "Of course we want to meet in a foreign country, but we also led the construction of the Qiuzi Palace, and the time cannot be delayed." ”

Wu Liang's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "I heard that you are powerful, but I didn't expect that you would be so powerful that you could lead the construction of the Qiuzi Palace." ”

The foreman said proudly and modestly: "Where, where, that is, relying on His Majesty's prestige to earn a living outside." ”

Wu Liang gave some of the things they had brought out of the Central Plains to the foreman to delay time.

The soldiers who had already finished surveying the house took this opportunity to get a lot of news from the members of the work team, and ran to whisper to Wu Liang, "They are not taking over the construction of the palace, but a corner of the palace of King Qiuzi." ”

That's enough, Wu Liang decided to have a good relationship with him, and it was best to get a map of the other palace, who knows if he can use it in the future?

Wu Liang sent the people five miles away, and then came back to look at their barracks, oh no, it was a post station.

In addition to receiving and sending letters and parcels, the so-called post station also has the duty of entertaining Chinese officials, envoys of other countries, as well as surveying military intelligence and escorting intelligence;

In addition to the above functions, the post station set up by Zhao Hanzhang also has the responsibility of protecting Chinese business and foreign temporary diplomacy, which is equivalent to the existence of the yamen.

Therefore, only one row of these three rows of houses is where they live, and the remaining two rows are office areas, and the first row is the front three rooms, one is responsible for the reception of post accommodation, one is responsible for the receipt and delivery of letters and parcels, and the other is for the public.

For example, if anyone comes to report that they are Chinese, and they encounter bandits, and their money and goods are robbed, then they will go out to suppress the bandits and snatch the money and goods back.

Of course, there were only a hundred of them, and they had to do what they could.

But it doesn't matter, there is a post station two hundred miles to the east and two hundred miles to the northeast, and there is a communication between the post station and the post station, and they can cooperate.

The second row is occupied by guest rooms, kitchens, baths, etc.

Wu Liang checked every room, and went to the water source lake to take a look, and after making sure that there was no problem, he asked people to take out the motor and install it in the middle of the third row, and then pulled the line to the first row of room A, that is, the room marked for receiving and mailing.

There's a radio station here.

There were three people on duty in the radio room every night, and next door was the rest of them.

There are not many telegraph operators in Wu Liang, and only one person can do it, so the duty is a rotation system, and every tithe is a day.

But he felt that this would not work, there were still not enough people, so he decided to let the whole team study after settling down, whether they could learn it or not, they had to attend classes anyway, and if they could teach it, one would be counted as one.

The post station opened quickly.

He hung up the sign, and the chief of Sanshi took out the firecrackers he had brought from the Central Plains, and they crackled and lit up.

Wu Liang was a little stunned and asked, "You went out to take this?" ”

Chief Sanshi said with a smile: "I thought about it before I went out, how can I put a string of firecrackers when the post station opens, not only prosperous, but also to drive away evil spirits and keep safe, this thing is not available in the Western Regions, so I will take it myself." ”

Wu Liang had nothing to say, and was a little happy.

But the sound of firecrackers here frightened the Qiuzi people who were staring at the place.

It wasn't until the next day that anyone tentatively inquired here.

In addition to receiving officials, the inn also received ordinary business travelers, but they had to pay for it.

Wu Liang was doing business for the first time, and his soldiers were also doing business for the first time.

But it doesn't matter, they had trained before coming, so when they saw the string of money thrown in front of him, Wu Liang pulled the corners of his mouth vigorously and smiled, "Please go to the room or the middle room?" ”

The guest was frightened by his cruel laughter, and the pleasure of smashing people with money disappeared instantly, and there was a moment of stammering, "Stay, stay in the room." ”

Wu Liang waved his hand and asked the soldiers to lead the way.

The soldiers in the lodging area of the post house wore not military uniforms, but uniform regular uniforms, which was to reduce the feeling of the barracks and make the guests feel at home.

This is also what they trained before they came.

The soldiers grinned, showing eight teeth according to the trained neatness, not much, definitely not much, and laughed all the way to the guest room,

Guest:......

Huaguo's post station is a bit scary, does he have to inquire about this news?

The guests stayed unwell in the post station for one night, enjoyed their "meticulous" service, and quickly checked out the next day, but did not leave, but tentatively asked: "How long will it take for me to send a letter to Luoyang?" ”

The soldier said, "Are you in a hurry? If you are in a hurry, you can spend a little more money, and you can receive it on the same day. ”

The guest smiled awkwardly, "You really love to laugh, I'm serious, I really have a friend in Luoyang and want to send him a letter." ”

Soldier: "Honorable guest, I'm also serious, no jokes, it's true that you can reach it in one day, as long as your address is correct." ”

The guest's eyes widened, and then he and the soldier went to the reception room, where they saw the radio.

See you tomorrow