The catering and entertainment business of the Ming Dynasty Zhenjiang Water Station, which was making a lot of money every day, has been sold to private merchants - in fact, it was originally a private contract, and the restaurant and passenger ship were purchased by the boss. After the Datong court forcibly took over, the original
Investors redeem at half price.
However, the horses and clippers of Zhenjiang Water Station are still retained and are supported by funds provided by the government.
This situation is very common, including some of the post stations that were abolished by Chongzhen, and were restored by the Datong New Dynasty. Many low-level constructions were converted into post offices on the spot, saving the trouble of having no place to resettle them.
Yi Cheng belongs to the official, while Yi Pu is just a contract worker.
This treatment is already good. The ordinary postmen of the Ming Dynasty were often in the form of corvées. The more remote the place, the more so. Because there was no oil and water, and they had to provide food and drink for the officials who came and went, the local finance could not afford it, so they actually had to rely on the postmen themselves.
Post money.
So no one wanted to be a postman, so they could only serve as a kind of corvee, forcing people to work in the post station. After a few years, the postmen often broke up their families and perished.
Now, Datong Dynasty’s various post stations, catering, accommodation and postal services are divested.
All the catering in the inn is run by private parties, and officials traveling to and from the station must pay for their own food and accommodation. Gone are the days of eating and drinking for free.
Early in the morning, Zhenjiang Water Station became lively.
The postmaster He Yipeng ordered the postmen to change the plaque, and the sign "Zhenjiang Shuiyi" became "Zhenjiang Post".
The owner of the restaurant next door came to watch the fun and said, "He Yichang, why did you change the brand for no reason?"
He Yipeng said with a smile: "Your Majesty has ordered that from now on the post station will also serve as the errands of the letter bureau, and people can also deliver letters to the post station. The general rules are as follows: the private letter bureau will handle it, except that the post station must affix stamps when delivering letters."
"That's rare. Show me the stamp." The shopkeeper was quite curious.
In the late Ming Dynasty, express delivery services had already appeared in both the official and private sectors.
The official express delivery business is the most developed in Liaodong and is divided into delivery offices and express shops. The delivery offices are responsible for transporting official materials, and the express shops are responsible for transporting letters and official documents.
The private express delivery business is most developed in Jiangnan and Shanxi, and is called "Xin Bureau". The main customers are gentry merchants, who not only help deliver letters, but also occasionally transport goods. They can be regarded as SF Express and Debon in the Ming Dynasty.
There are three payment methods for private express delivery: payment for shipment, payment on delivery, and half payment each for collection and delivery.
Unknown customers must pay when shipping.
Familiar old customers can not only pay cash on delivery, but also keep accounts and settle payments quarterly or annually.
The war raged for three months, and letters from home were worth tens of thousands of dollars. The war caused most of the credit bureaus across the country to close down. Even if they did not go bankrupt, they continued to shrink their business. In the past few years, they have finally begun to recover.
Now, the government has actually entered the express delivery industry and launched some damn stamps.
"Well, this is it." He Yipeng took out a stamp.
The shopkeeper asked: "How much does one cost?"
He Yipeng said: "It depends on the weight of the letter and the length of the journey. For letters within the province that do not exceed six taels, a stamp of five cents can be affixed. The heavier the letter and the farther it is mailed, the more expensive the stamp will be, and the letter is not likely to arrive.
Payment. Also, we won’t accept anything over one kilogram. If you want to send something, go to a private credit bureau.”
This is also to generate income for the post system, otherwise the expenses will be too high, after all, there are so many post soldiers to support. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the post soldiers had to pay back, but now they are paid.
An official ship came, and the postman stood on the ship and shouted: "Come here and help us get the things!"
"Just come!" He Yipeng responded.
The Zhenjiang postmen ran quickly, carrying a sack, while the postmaster himself got off the ship with the official document.
He Yipeng asked: "What's in this sack?"
"The newspaper," said the postmaster, "will no longer have a newspaper. It will be renamed, and more copies will be printed than before. Each local government office will distribute one copy free of charge. A copy will be posted on notice boards everywhere for the people to read. The rest will be sold on consignment at the post station. For every newspaper sold, the post station will get a commission of two cents. If it cannot be sold, it will be taken back to Nanjing after two months."
He Yipeng nodded: "Understood."
The postman added: "The ones left in Zhenjiang Prefecture will be sent all the way to Shanghai."
The level of Zhenjiang Station is also very high. The official ships from Nanjing will go north along the canal after arriving here. Things in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River need to be forwarded by Zhenjiang Station.
The postman then took out more than ten official documents and said: "Send these two to the Zhenjiang Prefecture Office, this one to the Zhenjiang Prefecture Court, and this one is for the post stations in various places. The rest are not from Zhenjiang Prefecture, so they will be forwarded together." .You sign for it, and you sign for it after the newspapers are counted."
He Yipeng verified the official documents and newspapers, and quickly stamped and signed them.
The postman got the signature form and immediately returned to the ship. After storing it, he went to the store to eat.
The Datong Navy has finally been disbanded, and now only half of it remains. The dismantled ships were not sold, but their weapons were dismantled and thrown directly into the post system. Some navy officers and soldiers were also converted into post messengers.
He Yipeng opened the newspaper curiously, and the shopkeeper also came over to take a look, completely ignoring the business of his restaurant.
The emperor personally wrote the founding message: Di Bao began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. In the old days, Di Bao copied edicts, official documents, and important matters to inform the vassals and local officials. By the Ming Dynasty, gentry and merchants also It is worth noting that there are newspapers printed with movable type. We, the Great Harmony of China, were born to serve the people. The common people are the most important thing in the world. Even the old and young people should be aware of the national affairs. Because of this, the government orders can reach the people smoothly and directly. This is my heart. I know it, I appreciate it.
The shopkeeper said: "He Yichang, give me one."
He Yipeng glanced at the official document about the newspaper, which gave the selling price, and immediately said: "Thirty yuan a piece."
Thirty cents, according to prices in the New Dynasty of Datong, can buy six kilograms of rice in good harvest years, and two kilograms of rice in disaster seasons.
But not expensive!
Because in the past, if you wanted to get the imperial newspaper as soon as possible, you would need several taels of silver for the handwritten version. If you got it that month, a copy of the imperial newspaper would cost about one tael. It would take two or three months for the movable type printing version to be released. At that time, it was also It costs tens or hundreds of cents to sell.
The shopkeeper bought a newspaper and returned to the store, only to find that it was divided into several sections.
One section is for current affairs, and the first news is related to the emperor. The newspaper summarizes the content of the court meeting, in which the emperor and his ministers discussed post-disaster reconstruction issues, and also discussed the gains and losses of disaster relief in previous dynasties.
The emperor once again emphasized that when encountering natural disasters, one should not rely on offering sacrifices to gods. Both the government and the people should contribute. Those who help themselves will be helped by God. If people do not help themselves, God will not help them.
The main content of the North Korea meeting report is presented in the form of a dialogue, with a comment from the editor at the end.
The shopkeeper thought it was so novel. After reading this newspaper, it was like listening to the emperor speak with his own ears. For the first time, he felt so close to the emperor. The emperor visited the north some time ago and did not get off the ship at all. The shopkeeper felt that the emperor was far away.
"Your Majesty is so wise!" the shopkeeper sighed while holding the newspaper.
A businessman happened to pass by the counter. When he heard this, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Has any new decree been issued?"
The shopkeeper took the newspaper and said, "Dear guest, please read it."
The merchant took the newspaper, glanced at it casually, and said happily: "Which newspaper office printed this newspaper? It's so novel, you can even get the details of the court meeting."
The shopkeeper was speechless: "Please look at the first message, it was written by His Majesty himself."
The merchant hurriedly read and then looked at the pages at the back. It actually contained government auction information and a military material bidding information.
"Good stuff!"
The merchant was overjoyed and asked: "Where can I buy it?"
The shopkeeper pointed to the inn next door: "I heard they are sold in inns everywhere."
The merchant immediately ordered his attendants: "Go and buy a copy and bring it back!"
After ordering food and drinks and sitting down, the merchant read carefully, and the more he read, the more surprised he became. In the newspaper, he also saw official transfer information three months ago, which were all promotions and transfers of officials above the fifth rank - the release was deliberately delayed.
To avoid letting the public know in advance about the relocation of officials.
Zhenjiang Shuiyi Restaurant has an extremely prosperous business, and most of its customers are businessmen from other places.
At noon, the news that newspapers were sold at the post station had spread quickly, and they were sold out of stock. They would definitely not be sold out in remote places, but at Zhenjiang Post Station, newspapers were definitely a hot commodity, and they could only apply for an increase in sales next month.
In the lobby of the restaurant, two groups of businessmen actually started arguing on the spot because of the contents of the newspaper.
"It turns out that the previous rumors were all false. The royal family genealogy was published in the newspaper. Your Majesty is the Zhao family of Tianshui Hall in Gansu Province. He moved to Shanxi during the Tang and Song Dynasties and immigrated to Hebei in the early Ming Dynasty." A businessman said enthusiastically.
Someone at the same table said: "Isn't he a descendant of the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasty? Yang Zhenqing, the fierce general of Liaodong, is said to be a descendant of the generals of the Yang family. The general came down to earth specifically to help his old master."
"Hey, those are all made up by the people." The businessman said before.
The businessman at the next table was unhappy and stood up to retort: "My surname is Zhao. Everyone in the world with the surname Zhao comes from Tianshui Hall in Gansu Province. The royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties also came from Tianshui Hall. Today, our family and Zhao Song are all from the same ancestor."
.In addition, there are countless descendants of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and it is possible that one of the princes moved to Shanxi."
"That's nonsense. Your Majesty has published a newspaper to clear up the relationship."
"Who said we should cut off the relationship? His Majesty only said that he was from Tianshui Hall, and his ancestors moved to Shanxi during the Tang and Song Dynasties."
"They moved to Shanxi in the Tang Dynasty, so it doesn't matter if they are in the Zhao or Song dynasties!"
"..."
The people at the two tables were quarreling so much that they were blushing because of a small newspaper.
No matter who loses or wins, everyone knows very well that in the future, a lot of information will be indispensable, and a lot of information will have to be obtained from this thing.
Some businessmen have also used their brains. The imperial court can run newspapers, why can't they themselves?
The main content of the previous newspapers was copied from Di Bao, and also contained some business information. In addition, there were major news, such as the explosion at Wang Gong Factory.
And the magazines and publications that originated from literati gatherings were all poems, novels, and operas.
Why not combine the two types, report some interesting folk stories, and compile it into a kind of reading material that ordinary people would like to read more?
A private tabloid is about to be born.
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