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Chapter 419 The First Snow - Falling

end of october.

On the last day of October, the clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, and it was so dark that it seemed that the sky would collapse in the next moment.

At the first post station outside the Liaoyun pass, Zhao Duan and his party saw that the weather was not right, so they hurried into the post station, not daring to continue on their way.

After paying some money, the room was fixed, and the postman drove the carriage to the backyard to settle it. Zhao Duan and his party sat in the lobby of the post station and watched the increasingly strange weather outside.

The postman put tea and pastries on the table for them, and said while putting them on:

"It's really lucky for you guys to arrive at our inn before the snow falls, otherwise, if the snow comes later, the road will be difficult to walk!"

Zhao Duan picked up the tea, and Cao Shuang who was on the side wanted to stop him, but he secretly raised his hand to stop him. After taking a sip, he asked:

"Your station is opened by the boss himself?
Your boss is quite business-minded. Opening an inn here can make a lot of money coming and going. "

The postman laughed immediately when he heard the words, put the tablecloth on his shoulder, and then laughed and said:

"You guys are joking, don't look at our station as a hotel, but we are a public sector with a establishment.

Although our postmaster has no rank and is not a high-ranking official, he is also organized by Yunzhou County. He is a proper official, not a businessman! "

"Oh? Are you a public servant?"

His words immediately aroused the interest of Zhao Duan and his party, and Qi Qi looked over.

The postman also seemed to be very proud, nodded heavily, and refilled the cups of four people with tea while saying:

"That's right, all the post stations on our way were built with funds from Yunzhou County. Although we are now responsible for our own profits and losses, we are all receiving public food.

Even if we don't have a single guest, we all have a salary, which is much better than farming. The former scholars in our village may not be as good as me. "

Zhao Duan keenly noticed the key information in his words and asked again: "You just said the journey?"

The postman nodded, and said indifferently: "Yes, from our first post station to the vicinity of Yunzhou City, there are a total of sixteen post stations, all of which were funded by the Yunzhou County Governor's Mansion. Guests, you only need to walk along the post station to reach Yunzhou City."

"There are sixteen stations along the way, are each of your stations as big as yours?"

Zhao Duan asked.

The postman nodded: "They are all the same size."

"hiss!"

Zhao Duan couldn't help but gasped, it's not his fault.

When he came in just now, he had already taken a rough look at it. The post station covers an area of ​​nearly five mu of land, not to mention Ma Peng and other places. If the post station is fully occupied at one time, the three-story wooden building can accommodate two to three hundred people.

Not to mention the lobby that is nearly an acre in size.

If such a large post station is changed to Bianjing, there is no 1 taels of silver that cannot be taken down.

But Yunzhou County Sheriff's Mansion actually built sixteen directly on this road!
This is the cost of 16 taels of silver.

This is only the initial investment. After the station is put into operation, the daily consumption of materials and staff salaries are estimated to be around a hundred taels of silver a day.

But judging from what Zhao Duan has seen so far, the flow of people in this post station is not very large, most of them are just some caravans coming and going, and half of them may not be satisfied.

With such an occupancy rate, the inn is operating at a loss all day long.

In other words, these sixteen post stations not only failed to collect their capital, but also repaid their expenses every year.

This is not much easier than raising an army of about [-] people. This Yunzhou County Sheriff's Mansion actually does such useless work, it really has enough money!
That's right, it's useless.

In Zhao Duan's view, there is absolutely no need to build so many post stations like this, two or three along the way is enough, building so many is a waste of money.

What he didn't know was that for the money spent on building and maintaining these post stations, having such a post station that could quickly transfer materials and information would do more good than harm to Yunzhou County.

That little money consumption may be a lot for Zhao Duan, but it is just a drop in the bucket for Yunzhou County.

"Are you so rich in Yunzhou County? Your inn is operating at a loss, at least nearly a thousand taels of silver every day!
Regarding this, the postman said proudly: "Hey, what is this little money?"

Just when Zhao Duan wanted to say that you, a postman, might not understand what 1000 taels really means, at this moment, the guests at the next table smiled and said, "Brother, is this your first time in Yunzhou County?"

Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted, cupped his hands and replied, "It's indeed the first time here."

"That's no wonder."

The man said: "You don't have to worry about whether there is any money for the Yunzhou County yamen. I came to Yunzhou County after the autumn harvest this year. Before that, Yunzhou County was not open to the outside world. Even if you leave the customs, you can't come here. When it comes to Yunzhou City, no one is allowed to come here.

After the autumn harvest this year, I don’t know why the ban was suddenly lifted. I thought of coming here to collect some cattle and sheepskins and cattle and sheep to sell back, which has always been the case.

Who would have thought that when I got to Yunzhou City, hey!I was taken aback!

That's not the Yunzhou City in my impression, even Bianjing might not be that prosperous.

To tell you the truth, brother, since I started running a business, I have traveled all over the world, and I have been to countless big cities, but I was naturally taken aback when I saw Yunzhou City today.

As far as the prosperity of Yunzhou City is concerned, let me just say that the yamen of Yunzhou County is definitely not short of money!

The consumption of a few thousand taels of silver is nothing more than soup leaking from the corner of the mouth to others.

With this inn, they can attract more businessmen to Yunzhou City, and then they can earn much more money than this! "

The guest was excited, but Zhao Duan and his party were confused.

Is Yunzhou City more prosperous than Bianjing?
How can this be?

This is Yunzhou County, and it would be great if Yunzhou City can be like a normal city, and it is impossible to think about it as prosperous as Bianjing.

But looking at the businessman's swearing, Zhao Duan was a little suspicious.

But when Zhao Duan went to ask about the Prosperity Law, the businessman had a mysterious smile on his face, shook his head and said, "Don't say it! You guys, you should see it for yourself. You may not believe what I say. That place is quite different from what you imagine now. At the beginning, I had the same idea as you.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it, where would it be Yunzhou City! "

After finishing speaking, the businessman stopped talking, turned his head and continued eating on his own, making it difficult for Zhao Duan and the others to ask.

At this moment, snowflakes finally fell outside the inn, and everyone who was sitting in the lobby got up together and came to the door, looking at the snowflakes outside with great emotion.

Zhao Duan stretched out his hand, caught the falling snow and said with a smile: "This year's first snow, the auspicious snow heralds a good year, I hope the weather will be better next year, and the common people will have a better life!"

The rest of the people also stretched out their hands one after another, feeling the cold feeling of the first snow falling on their hands this year, chatting non-stop.

When it snows, the temperature starts to drop.

At this time, in the lobby of the post station, a stove was lit at some point, and as soon as the stove was lit, everyone in the hall felt warm immediately.

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(End of this chapter)