Be a master through ancient times

After eating a bowl of hot porridge, everyone felt that their limbs were warmed up a lot.Old Yicheng's nephew has already cleared out a room, and now he is also sitting here drinking porridge.

Chu Ci wanted to find out something, so he asked: "Mr., it is reasonable to say that there are one postman, four postmen, grooms and veterinarians in each posthouse. Why are you here today, but you don't see anyone else?" Woolen cloth?"

The old Yicheng was stunned for a moment, and then said nervously: "They... have something to do today, and they will come back immediately tomorrow."

Chu Ci raised his eyebrows. You must know that the post house is not only a place for passing officials to rest, but also needs to deliver official documents, military information and palace reports issued by the court. Those people are not here. In case of an emergency military situation, wouldn’t it be Will there be a delay?

Faced with Chu Ci's questioning expression, the nephew of the old Yi Cheng helped him out, and he said: "My lord, you don't know something, in fact, almost no one came to our post as early as two years ago. .If every county had to have one, I'm afraid the whole place would be demolished."

"Even if there is no one, there are court reports and official documents to be delivered. If there is an emergency military situation, isn't the county magistrate afraid of delaying the time?"

Yi Cheng's nephew laughed: "My lord, may I ask how many people you met along the way?"

Chu Ci was a little inexplicable by his question, why did he count people when he was so polite?He thought for a while and said, "There are not many people, but they are not a handful. I don't know why my brother suddenly mentioned this?"

The nephew laughed again: "The villain is just trying to confuse the adults. Our road is an official road, which extends in all directions. In the past, there were many merchants coming and going. You can meet someone within a few steps, which is called a bustle. But A few years ago, a new wharf was opened in the next county. Whether it was merchants or others, they all went by water. Even the official documents of our county grandfather were sent to the neighboring county by boat, so naturally there was no need for this. It's the posthouse."

"The magistrate of the county doesn't pay much attention to the post house. How many times my old uncle begged and handed over the post, but he didn't see the money allocated to repair the house. Those passing officials shook their heads when they saw this house. They would rather walk a few miles longer. If you go to an inn to stay, you don’t want to come to us. Unless you are very poor——I’m not talking about a few masters, you just look at it and come from a rich family!”

Chu Ci smiled and nodded, expressing his indifference.Through this person's words, he understood that under the strong competitiveness of the waterway, the post house failed miserably.

"Then what are the other people doing instead of guarding the post?"

Just as the man was about to speak, he was pulled away by the old postman, the man stopped talking and took a few sips of gruel with a bowl in his hand.

Chu Ci knew that the old Yicheng was trying to help them out.But anyone with a discerning eye should be able to tell that the old man has to go to his nephew to clean a room. It can be seen that other people don't live here at all, and maybe they don't care about the affairs of this post house at all. .

"Don't be nervous, old man. I'm just a passer-by, just a little curious. As for the other things, as the saying goes, they perform their own duties, and I'm not in charge of this aspect." Chu Ci smiled lightly, Signal them not to worry so much.

What he said made the old Yicheng feel relieved a little. He said: "This matter should not be told to others, but since the adults want to know, then the little old man will tell. Those people who have the ability to go to the county government office The local servants, and those who were close to each other went to make a living, like the groom, he went to solicit customers. We only get together for a few days every year when the people from the government office come down to inspect."

Chu Ci didn't know what to say, the county government was obviously using these people to pay for nothing, what a trick.It may not be too much money for just one post house, but having a few more of these is still a lot of money.

"You two counties are adjacent to each other. They built a wharf. Why don't you build one too?"

"How can the government have the money to build this? It was built with the money of a businessman in their county. I heard that his business is so big that he can even rank among the rich in the provincial capital." Well." The old Yicheng shook his head, according to the temper of their county magistrate, it is impossible for him to take out a penny.As the postman, he hasn't seen money for two or three months.

"Yes, last time he paid for the construction of the wharf, I was still working there! Fifty Wen a day, and two meals are included, don't mention how generous you are! I also heard that he is an orphan. To repay the kindness of the neighbors for nurturing him back then, the money was paid to build the pier. No, once the wharf is built, their county's business will boom!" There was a bit of sourness in the words of the old post-cheng nephew, obviously Back then, the two counties were about the same, but now they are much better than them.It's a pity that the elder was not born in their village.

Hearing their description, Chu Ci couldn't help feeling a little curious about the old man, who sounds like a kind person who would give back to the villagers after a successful career.

"I don't know the name of this old man? Chu really admires what he has done. If he sees him in the future, he will inevitably go up and bother him."

Hearing his question, the old Yi Cheng frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. In the end, it was his nephew who thought of it: "It seems to be called Zhao... Zhao Kuan!"

Zhao Kuan?Chu Ci read a few words silently, and then remembered them in his heart.Maybe in the future he can also get some sponsorship from this person to support education or something.

The next day, Chu Ci and the others bid farewell to the old Yicheng after packing up.After the carriage was on the road, Fu Mingan sat in the carriage a little uneasy, his body always twisted unconsciously, and his face was a little embarrassed.

"Ming An, what's wrong with you?" Chu Ci asked.

Fu Mingan blinked his eyes, showing a bit of pitifulness, and his voice also brought out tears: "Sir... I'm so itchy." After speaking, he rubbed his back against the carriage, but the cotton coat on his body was too thick, It still looks a bit uncomfortable without rubbing the right position.

Chu Ci was a little worried, and asked Fu Mingan to stand up and show him.After Fu Mingan got up, Chu Ci lifted his shirt and took a look, only to see several red bumps growing on his back, which were hot to the touch.

Chang Xiao looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "It may be that yesterday's bedding hasn't seen the sun for a long time, and there are bugs crawling inside, which made Ming An itchy."

When Chu Ci thought of the little bug, he suddenly felt that his body was itchy, and he felt uncomfortable all over.Fu Mingan's eyes were filled with tears, which could not fall off his eyelashes.

"The bottles of ointment that Dr. Li prepared for me are under the seat. Chang Xiao, go and look through them to see if there is anything in them that can relieve the itching?" Chu Ci said while gently helping Fu Mingan scratch the itching with his hands.

Chang Xiao bent down to search for a long time, and finally took out a small green porcelain bottle with its functions written on it, including anti-itching.

Chu Ci quickly helped him paint all the red bumps on his back.As soon as the slightly cooling ointment was applied to his body, Fu Mingan stopped making trouble, and obediently lay on Chu Ci's lap, waiting for him to apply the ointment.

At the end of the day, Chu Ci helped him apply it three times before the pimple on his back stopped the itch.

When the sky was getting dark, Chuci and the others arrived near the Fucheng of Nan'an Mansion, not far in front of the local post house.Zhang Hu pulled the rein to stop the horse, and then shouted inside: "Master, shall we still go to the posthouse to sleep?"

"Go on, get off the car and find an inn when you get to Fucheng." Chu Ci didn't dare to sleep in the post house anymore, he would rather spend some money than stay in the post house again.Even if they are better adults, a spoiled and raised baby like Fu Ming'an can easily be infected by those bacteria.

It has to be said that Chu Ci's decision was correct.In the next few days, Fu Mingan didn't have any red bumps on his body anymore.

Chuci and the others finally arrived outside the provincial capital of Nanfu Province after noon.Today is the last day of office deadline written in the official document.

After entering the city, Chu Ci asked Zhang Hu to go directly to the governor's office.After Zhang Hu inquired about the route, he didn't take any detours, and drove the carriage directly to the governor's office.

After tidying up his clothes, Chu Ci got out of the carriage, and walked forward with his official documents, official seal and official uniform, but was stopped before he reached the door.

"The Futai yamen is an important place, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter!"

Facing these dedicated yamen servants, Chu Ci stopped, informed them of his purpose of coming, and showed them the official document, asking them to help inform them.

These people heard from Chu Ci that he was an official who came to take office, and he came to the governor's yamen to meet him, and there was an official document with the official seal of the Ministry of Officials.

After a while, the yamen who went to report came out.Chu Ci was about to follow in, but the man said apologetically, "I'm sorry, my lord, you can't go in yet. Please hand me the official document you are carrying, and I will present it to Lord Futai for personal review." OK."

"..." Chu Ci was a little annoyed, what does it mean to see it in person? Could it be that he is just pretending?And can't you let him go in and watch it again?

Seeing Chu Ci's unhappy face, the man didn't urge him, but just quietly waited for Chu Ci's decision.Chu Ci finally took out the official document and handed it to the yamen servant. Fortunately, Mr. Xu from his family had already vaccinated him before.Just accept it!

However, what Ling Chuci did not expect was that the power of this majesty was not small.