Building a road!

This is understandable.

After all, the old Zhu family has always attached importance to post stations and roads since Emperor Taizu Gao.

The so-called post station is an official office that provides transportation means to convey official documents and information, facilitates food and accommodation for officials, and provides transportation. It is usually set up on transportation main roads across the country and is under the jurisdiction of the government's specialist.

The establishment of the post station began in the Warring States Period, and the post station system became complete during the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Ming Dynasty was the pinnacle of the development of the post station system. The post station network covered the whole country and spread across the major transportation routes from the capital to various provinces.

After Emperor Gao of Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang, established the Ming Dynasty, he opened up ten large water and land channels with Nanjing as the center and radiated across the country. He set up post stations, delivery stations, and emergency delivery shops on each large water and land channel, and built a complete post delivery system.

This made Nanjing, the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, very convenient water and land transportation conditions, and was known as "Jinling tied with two capitals and scattered all over the world."

In fact, Hu Yuancheng can also understand the importance of the post road.

As Emperor Taizu Gao said: "The post is to spread the mission and achieve the policies of all directions, so even though the special direction is absent, it must be avoided."

If there were no convenient post roads with all connections, the imperial court would not be issued at all, let alone the local governments would be governed according to the court's policies.

However, it is a bit outrageous that the Han prince suddenly wants to build a road!

After all, the funds for postal stations and postal transmission funds are huge expenses. In the tenth year of Yongle, the money spent on postal stations nationwide was as high as 3.13 million taels.

The funds for each inn are generally provided according to the size of the inn, the number of personnel and chariots and horses. They are used to supplement the inn material, improve and maintain the inn infrastructure, and pay for the inn husband's remuneration.

Especially when some high-ranking officials and nobles stay in the inn, they must eat and drink well, which will increase the expenses of the inn.

The post station is nominally affiliated with the Ministry of War among the six ministries. In fact, its funds mainly come from taxes and services collected by the people, which means that the local government is responsible for the local post station costs.

In this way, in order to maintain the normal operation of the station, local officials have to raise money from multiple sources, such as making a name for increasing taxes, or directly owing funds to the station.

No matter which method local officials take, they will either suffer the lower class people or the post station yamen runners.

To put it bluntly, this inn is just a mess, and anyone who takes over will make you feel slutty.

His Highness the King of Han wants to attack the post station now, but Hu Yuancheng will never agree.

So he did not hesitate and immediately pointed out the hidden flies hidden in the post station, hoping that His Highness the King of Han would understand the interests and not participate.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu just smiled faintly.

"Old Hu, your situation is still not opened. Who told you that road construction is a money-making business?"

Hu Yuancheng: "???"

What?

Don't pay for money?

Are you in a ghost?

How can you dig a gold mine?

Seeing Hu Yuancheng's disapproving expression, Zhu Gaoxu was immediately angry and laughed.

Hu Yuancheng is the god of the Great Bright Firearm. He doesn’t understand economics or business, but it’s understandable.

"Old Hu, I ask you, if a truck of goods is transported from Yingtian to Shuntian, how long will it take?"

"Hmm? This..."

Hu Yuancheng hesitated for a moment, then replied, "At least it will take a few months, right?"

"Then it is calculated in a month, but if the road is completed, the time will be shortened by at least half. It only takes half a month for a truck of goods to go from Yingtian to Shuntian!"

Hu Yuancheng nodded in confusion, but still didn't understand.

This is the truth, but what does this have to do with road construction?

"It's still a truck of goods, from Yingtian to Shuntian, it seems that there is no change in this, right?"

"But what is important? It is time and efficiency!"

"The businessman could only go this way a month to make money, but now he can go two times a month to make money!"

"In other words, after this road is completed, all cargo transportation efficiency can be increased by more than twice!"

Hearing this, Hu Yuancheng finally understood, and light burst out from his eyes.

However, before he could speak, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "How prosperous will Peking be after this road is completed? By then, the successful construction of the Peking business circle will attract merchants from all over the world to gather here, do business and make large-scale consumption!"

"And, Lao Hu, you can imagine that if all the post roads in the Ming Dynasty were replaced with such highways, what would be the scene of the Ming Dynasty?"

Hu Yuancheng: "!!!"

hiss……

More than double the efficiency!

Business will be more prosperous!

Communication will be more convenient!

People no longer have to worry about the pain of parting!

Such a Ming Dynasty is probably a real prosperous era!

"If you want to get rich, build roads first. If you want business prosperity, you must put road construction on the agenda!"

"So your Royal Manufacturing Bureau must pay attention to this core business. It not only needs to expand recruitment of craftsmen, but also cultivate surveying and mapping capabilities, and build a professional Royal Engineering team to be responsible for this matter!"

"If this big project is really done, even if you, Hu Yuancheng, is an Annan native, it will be enough to leave a name in the history of the Ming Dynasty and be remembered forever!"

Hearing this, Hu Yuancheng was so excited that his face turned red, but after calming down, he was a little suspicious.

Why do he always feel that what Prince Han said just now seems to have heard of it before?

Leave a name in history!

Falling forever!

Why is it?

"Ahem, Lao Hu hurried back and prepare. I will come to Xishan to inspect it tomorrow, and then start to form a royal engineering team."

Seeing Hu Yuancheng looking at him with a suspicious face, Zhu Gaoxu's heart skipped a beat and immediately issued an order to expel guests.

Damn it, after this fooling you once, it will be difficult to fool the second time!

Zhu Gaoxu used this set of rhetoric when he asked Hu Yuancheng to learn basic science and cultivate new youths in the new era for the Ming Dynasty.

I didn't expect that this old comrade Hu still remembers it.

After seeing off Hu Yuancheng with a strange expression, Zhu Gaoxu fell into deep thought alone.

Why didn't Zhu Gaoxu know about the shortcomings of the station system mentioned by Hu Yuancheng just now?

The official station of the Ming Dynasty was like a high-end hotel, with many wing rooms, kitchens, warehouses, horse houses, etc., including the main gates, drum towers, etc.

Most of the stations are standard, including VIP rooms for officials to live in, and ordinary rooms for travelers to live in. Accommodation that can accommodate dozens of guests at the same time is of course food beyond the standard is indispensable.

After all, it is a place for officials to live on business trips. No matter how high the grade is, the food should not be poor.

What's more, the post station actually has a Yicheng house and office, so it needs a set of offices and related service personnel, and of course there must be a supporting kitchen and stable.

These buildings and halls that obviously exceed the functions of the station are not only occupies a large amount of funds, but also have corresponding management and service personnel. The annual commission expenses alone are a huge amount.

In addition, there are layers of exploitation and oppression.

No matter how big or small officials come to the inn, they can not only enjoy travel expenses and service items, but also get money from the inn. If they don’t get the money, they will beat the inn until the money is reached!

However, you know that this thing has its disadvantages, but you can't act rashly and just cut it with one knife.

Because the Daming Station System supports dozens or millions of relevant officials and people, if the station is suddenly reformed, it will probably cause a huge chaos.

Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion who ended the Ming Dynasty, was once a postman.

Because the national treasury was empty, Zhu Youjian, the god of war in Coal Mountain, reformed the post station in the first year of Chongzhen and streamlined the post station. As a result, tens of thousands of postmen and postmen were cut off. Li Zicheng was also sacked for losing official documents and returned home unemployed and owed debts.

Then, this ruthless man became a gravedigger in the Ming Dynasty!

So this matter must be done, but you cannot be rushed to do it. At least you must first ensure the livelihood of the innkeepers.

To get rich, build roads first!

The road has been repaired and some toll stations are set up to support the needs of the station.
Chapter completed!