Chapter 876

"Burst!"

No one thought that the post station communication was so popular that it was almost a sensation all over the country.

Before that, Manchu officials had not been optimistic about the post station, and even the original driving doctor did not hesitate to report illness, but only Li Chengqian insisted.

One of the reasons why they acquiesced was that Li Chengqian was the prince's supervisor and wanted to make some achievements. People knew that if they obstructed it, it would only make future emperors resent them. This is how unwise. At least at present, Li Chengqian's position as Prince has not been shaken at all.

Second, the post station is a gold eater of the imperial court. It spends a lot of money and food every year, but the effect is not obvious. If Li Chengqian can really make the post station self-sufficient and save a sum of money for the imperial court, they can also get a lot of benefits.

Even Li Chengqian did not dare to make big moves at the beginning. He thought that at the beginning, there would not be many people sending letters, but only put in 500 carriages first.

However, what everyone didn't think of was that the post station communication was too popular. Originally, Datang didn't have communication demand, but it had been suppressed due to the inconvenience of traffic.

The post station suddenly began to deliver letters for the people all over the world, and suddenly opened the breach. Almost all the Wanderers far away from their hometown picked up paper and pen at the same time and wrote a letter to their families. The families who miss their relatives far away also picked up paper and pen.

There are more than a million wanderers in Datang who are far away from their hometown. These millions of letters directly flow into the post station. Only 500 carriages are overloaded and still difficult to turn around.

Fortunately, under the strong command of Su dingfang, he directly called the carriages originally supplied to officials in the post station. In the post station, everyone participated in sorting letters, which ensured the smooth communication.

"Tell your highness, the end will send ten men to supervise the post station communication in the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty. It has been nearly two months. It has been preliminarily completed. I am here to reply to your highness." in the Tai Chi hall, Su dingfang came back from the dusty journey and said proudly.

"Speak!"

Chengqian's eyes were a little anxious. Now it's almost two months. Seeing that Li Shimin is about to return, he must finish the post station before Li Shimin returns.

The other courtiers were excited and ready to listen. This was Li Chengqian's first show in the court. All officials also wanted to take the opportunity to weigh the prince's ability.

Su dingfang took a deep breath and solemnly said, "after the people all over the world learned that the post station delivered the letter, everyone praised it as a benevolent government."

Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction. The reason why he strongly supported post station communication was that he saw the benefits it brought to his reputation.

The officials nodded disapprovingly. The post station communication is a benevolent policy, but it consumes a lot of human and material resources. If the cost of Datang post station can not be solved, the best benevolent policy will be in vain.

Su dingfang continued: "so far, the post station has received millions of letters, with an average of nearly 50000 letters sent to thousands of households in Datang every day, including about 100000 letters in and out of Chang'an and Luoyang every day."

"A total of one million letters, 50000 letters a day!" the officials were shocked when they heard this number. This is not a small number! "

According to Dai Zhou, the Minister of civil affairs, there are 50000 letters a day, or 1.5 million letters a month. According to the price of one Wen per letter, it is a full 1500 yuan, and the annual income is nearly 20000 yuan. Although it still can't meet the cost of the post station, it can save 20000 yuan for the imperial court every year, which is also a great achievement.

"No, that's not enough. The cost of 600 miles of expedited construction, coupled with the profits made by the post station delivering newspapers for Mo and Ru, the post station's monthly income is at least 2000 yuan." Su dingfang said proudly.

"Two thousand passes! Wouldn't it be possible to earn twenty-four thousand passes a year?" all the officials were in an uproar.

The imperial court only invested 500 carriages and 2000 wounded soldiers as post soldiers, which increased the income of 24000 Guan every year. With these 24000 Guan, the imperial court only needs to allocate a small amount of money to maintain the operation of the post station every year. This is great news for the imperial court. What's more valuable is that the post communication benefits the people all over the world, In particular, the military's effect of calming the morale of the army has attracted the attention of all officials of the court.

"Let the crown prince really do it." all officials immediately looked puzzled. Who could have thought that Li Chengqian had done a headache for the court in less than two months.

"Your Highness, Prince!" all the officials congratulated one after another. Maybe some officials thought that the post station had just opened the mail delivery service, and the traffic increased sharply, but everyone knows that in this era of extremely inconvenient communication, communication can never bypass the post station, which must be an endless source of money.

Li Chengqian also breathed a sigh of relief. When he withstood all the pressure and gambled on the post station, on the one hand, it was because the plan came from Merton. You know, the plan from Merton never failed.

In addition, even if this plan fails, it can also gain a good reputation for benevolent government, and he will not lose all his money. Fortunately, he won the bet this time, and no one will despise him as the crown prince again.

"Retreat!"

With a wave of his big hand, Li Chengqian withdrew from the Tai Chi hall. When he came to a place invisible to all officials, Li Chengqian couldn't help dancing excitedly.

This is his first show in the court. How can he not be excited about such a perfect ending.

"Prince brother!" suddenly a crisp voice interrupted Li Chengqian's excitement.

Li Chengqian immediately stopped all his actions in embarrassment, resumed his serious appearance, and looked sideways and saw: "it's sister Gaoyang!"

It was Princess Gaoyang who was waiting for Li Chengqian. Princess Gaoyang held a letter in her hand and handed it to Li Chengqian: "It's said that the prince's brother reformed the post station so that everyone in the world can communicate with their relatives. It's a great blessing in the world. However, the prince's brother only cares about the people in the world, but he doesn't remember that his father has left the palace for nearly two months. Gaoyang also misses him very much. Here is a letter written by Gaoyang to his father. I wonder if the prince's brother can send him to his father."

Looking at Princess Gaoyang's resentful eyes, Li Chengqian couldn't help but have a headache. He knew that Princess Gaoyang usually had a lot of ghost ideas. Now his words gave Li Chengqian no reason to refuse.

At that moment, Li Chengqian had an idea and said, "sister Gao Yang is right. My father is far away in Jiuhua Mountain. He will certainly miss us. I'll ask the prince and princess to write a letter to my father and report their schoolwork. Isn't it the best of both worlds if the Emperor sends a courier to send it?"

Sending a letter to Princess Gaoyang alone won't annoy other princes, so Li Chengqian simply wrote to Li Shimin in the name of reporting his schoolwork. Just as the crown prince has the right to supervise the prince's schoolwork, he can also take this opportunity to show Li Shimin the results of post communication.

"Thank you, Prince and brother!" Princess Gaoyang said helplessly.

If you send a letter to her alone, she will naturally be more popular with Li Shimin. If it is mixed with a group of letters from Princes and princesses, I'm afraid Li Shimin won't pay attention to her at all.

At present, after the news that he wanted to write to his father came, almost all the princes and princesses were excited and wrote letters one after another. As for the imperial concubines in the Imperial Palace who asked to send a letter, Li Chengqian ruthlessly refused. As the crown prince of the eastern palace and the Imperial Palace, he could not be involved in the slightest. Otherwise, he could not jump into the Yellow River.

However, this is not difficult for the concubine of the harem. She can't send letters, but she can borrow the hand of her own children.

It was night. Zheng Chonghua, who had just entered the palace and had no children, angrily tore his written letter to pieces.

The next day, when the letters handed over by the princes and princesses to Li Chengqian were obviously much overweight, Li Chengqian pretended not to see them, and without hesitation handed them over to the waiting post soldiers and ordered: "use 600 Li expedited stamps."

Today, the eight hundred mile expedited stamps of the post station have not been constructed, and the six hundred mile expedited stamps have only been put into trial operation at the place where the brick road is built.

"Yes, your highness," said the Posthouse soldier solemnly.

Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly became deep when he looked at the figure of the post soldier leaving. This time, he carried out the post station reform without informing Li Shimin, and Li Shimin could not have heard any news without stopping it. Now it's time for their father and son to have a showdown.