Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Oh, express delivery shops are much simpler than post stations. It's okay to build some."

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said it was feasible.

When a son travels far away, not only the mother worries, but he as a father also worries.

But there are some things that Zhu Zhanji, as the current crown prince, future prince and emperor, must do.

"I remember that there was a station every 10, 15 or 25 miles, with one station manager and 4 to 10 soldiers. Let's change it, set up one every 10 miles, regardless of size, and equip it with ordinary civilian horses, so that the relay race will not waste people or horses."

Zhang Xin took the opportunity to express her thoughts.

In her impression, there was a shop every ten miles, with a shop manager in each shop. A large shop had ten shop assistants, while a small shop had four to five.

All these express delivery stations were self-sufficient by cultivating local land. The soldiers in the stations were just like the sergeants in the garrisons, fighting in wartime and farming in their spare time.

The equipment that each soldier needs to be equipped with is also very simple - a splint, a bell, a tasseled spear, a stun club, a calendar, a straw hat and a raincoat.

These don't cost much in total.

Can afford it.

"All changed to Madi?"

Zhu Gaochi raised his eyebrows and asked.

Express delivery shops have always provided three delivery methods: walking delivery, horse delivery, and express delivery.

It is said that horse couriers are only used to deliver urgent official documents and military reports, but in reality, few express delivery shops have horses available, and everyone has to rely on walking.

"Wouldn't it be faster to deliver by horse for a distance of ten miles? Now that Tonobuhua has so many horses, the old horses in the army should be retired. At most, each courier station would have to pay for horse fodder. If it were many times faster, it would also save manpower for farming. If the land produced an extra 1.5 stone of rice, the soldiers in the courier station would also have more income."

Zhang Xin has been in charge of things for a long time.

I feel more and more that there is gain in loss.

The late emperor was very reluctant to give up things and was always stingy.

Whether it was the water horse post, the delivery office or the express delivery shop, they all employed people without any mercy, and among them, the soldiers in the shop suffered the most.

All of them were chosen from nearby families, and they had to be young and strong.

The food is bad and the accommodation is bad.

The work is urgent and heavy, and if something goes wrong it means death.

Even when there is no work, you have to go to the fields to work. If you can't grow any food, the entire express delivery shop will have to suffer.

Speechless.

"Sure. I'll just tell Dad tomorrow."

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

"Well, ask the Ministry of Revenue to pass me a note for how much money you want. I'll stamp it and go directly to my private vault to withdraw the money."

"That's not urgent. Not that fast. We have to give them some time to calculate."

"Add a few more people to the Ministry of Revenue. They are always slow to act. Even though there are a lot of things to do, we can't keep delaying things."

Zhang Xin had some complaints about this.

No matter what they do, as long as it is related to people and money, the Ministry of Revenue cannot escape it, but the efficiency of the Ministry of Revenue is really not high.

“It’s normal to be afraid of making mistakes.”

Zhu Gaochi defended the Ministry of Revenue.

"Just add more people. The territory will get bigger and bigger in the future. If we don't hire some experienced people now, we will be too busy to take care of everything when the time comes."

Zhang Xin felt that Xia Yuanji was a little too strict in controlling spending.

"That's our father's problem. Xia Yuanji can't do anything about it."

Zhu Gaochi spread his hands.

There was an energetic emperor, and he thought all his subjects should be energetic.

For example, he would get up before dawn, attend the morning court, debate with officials, and then review 180 memorials. After that, he could go horseback riding or inspect the military camp. After coming back, he would attend another meeting and review another 180 memorials. After dinner, he could work by lamplight until after three o'clock in the morning.

It's like this every day, day after day, who can bear it!

In any case, Zhu Gaochi couldn't keep up with this pace.

"I'll talk to mom later. Don't treat the people below as iron arhats."

Zhang Xin understands.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you! If I tell my dad, he'll just dislike me for being fat."

Zhu Gaochi was very self-aware.

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The couple has settled the matter.

The next day, Zhu Gaochi naturally went to tell Zhu Di about this matter.

The express delivery shop had nothing to do with ancestral etiquette and was not a big deal. Moreover, no money had to be taken from the national treasury or the inner treasury. Zhu Di agreed very readily.

Xia Yuanji took the job very quickly.

When Zhu Gaochi came out of Zhu Di's study, he met three uncles, the twenty-second uncle, the twenty-third uncle and the twenty-fourth uncle, who came to discuss something with Zhu Di.

After saying hello to everyone, Zhu Gaochi left.

Just as a group of people left the palace, the young eunuch serving in Zhu Di's study caught up with them and called Zhu Gaochi back.

"What's the matter, Dad?"

Zhu Gaochi's face fell.

No one would be in a good mood if his boss called him back to work after he was busy and was about to go home. Even if he was the prince, it would not work.

"Smile!"

Zhu Di didn't say what he was doing, he just raised his chin.

"hey-hey--"

Zhu Gaochi grinned with a fake smile.

"Tsk tsk tsk, your smile is uglier than your cry." Zhu Di curled his lips and pointed at his three younger brothers who were secretly laughing at the side. "Well, they have new ideas. You can tell the crown prince about it."

Zhu Gaochi looked at the three uncles who were smiling like three flowers, resigned himself to his fate and asked someone to move a chair for him and sat opposite the three uncles.

"My nephew seems to be getting stronger recently?"

Prince An Zhu Ying, as the eldest among the three uncles, always brings up things that are not relevant to the topic.

"Ugh! I'll ask your nephew's wife to deduct your year-end benefits later!"

Zhu Gaochi rolled up his sleeves and wanted to hit someone.

He says he is Uncle Wang, but actually he is younger than him. What's wrong with his tone of being so senior?

"Hahaha, nephew! You're so angry out of shame!"

Tang King Zhu Gao burst into laughter.

"Let's get down to business!"

Prince Ying Zhu Dong, as the only serious person, couldn't stand it and knocked on the table seriously.

"Come on, Uncle Twenty-four, tell me, why does the Crown Princess use the things that you guys are most comfortable with? Day after day!"

Zhu Gaochi was actually quite puzzled.

These three uncles Wang indeed don’t seem to be very useful.

As the youngest princes of the Hongwu Dynasty, their father had no energy to take care of them and their mother could not control them. When Zhang Xin arranged them to the Royal Commerce Bureau, he was just giving it a try.

I didn't expect that I would do this for so many years.

There were no mistakes.

But Uncle Twenty-Second and Uncle Twenty-Third are really bad-mouthed.

"My nephew's wife is always critical of the matter, not the person. It's fun to hang out with her."

Prince An Zhu Ying retorted.

"Since you guys are praising my wife, I won't bother with you uncles. Tell me what's going on."

Zhu Gaochi didn't want to go on and get straight to the point.

"Well, there's a new business in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas recently, and I think we should get involved."

Zhu Dong glared at his two brothers and told them his purpose directly.

"Is the People's Credit Bureau also considered a business?"

Zhu Di interrupted.

He had just listened to half of what his three younger brothers said, and felt that the express delivery shop that Zhu Gaochi wanted to set up was similar in nature, so he called Zhu Gaochi back.

But he doesn't think this is a new business, as he still sends things internally and externally.

"Fourth brother, it's worth it. If you manage this business well, it will be very useful."

Zhu Dong replied.

"A private letter?"

As the name suggests, Zhu Gaochi understood it immediately.