open sea

Chapter 20
Anyuan Station not only has a cave, but it is not far from the station. Standing in front of the gate of the station and looking up, one can see the cave entrance exposed in the depths of the forest.This kind of location, the temperature is shady and cool in the mountains, and the underground water source is very developed, which means it is a good cave.In a good cave, there will be no shortage of natural resources, and after thousands of years of accumulation, there will be no shortage of nitrate.

Then the problem came——Chen Mu casually explained to the Anyuan postman that he was on duty to set up checkpoints along the main road in the future, and all he thought about was how he should lead people up.

It was a good karst cave, but it was on the mountain, and there was a mountain path, but the karst cave was more than ten meters higher than the mountain path.

It is not easy for a single person to climb up, and no matter whether it is filtering nitrate or boiling nitrate, water is needed.Not to mention whether the water in the cave is enough, it must be difficult to collect, so it needs to be carried from the mountain to the cave, which is a troublesome thing.

Even though Chen Mu had thought about these ancient methods before he started, knowing it was one thing and doing it was another, but only when he was really ready to take action did he realize that he had imagined things too easily.

Where in the world is such an easy thing?
Anyuan Post Station is not the small pavilion on the side of the road as Chen Mu imagined, but a huge group of houses covering an area of ​​several acres. There are dozens of houses within the high walls, as well as granaries, stables, donkey cattle and pig pens; , Soap officials, cooks, grooms, porters, bearers, boatmen and more than ten people.

The earliest post stations in the Ming Dynasty were only used for military affairs and state affairs, but just like the good Weisuo, Louzeyuan, Yangjiyuan, Huimin Pharmacy and other institutions at the time, problems will arise when a system goes on for a long time.Today's inn has become a place for officials and their relatives and friends to enjoy along the way. It is necessary to have a copy of the local official's official record, and the visitors and their servants can enjoy all-round care such as food, clothing, housing and transportation for free.

The Anyuan post on the Qingyuanwei side is located in a remote place, and it can only receive Lianzhou and other counties leading to Guangzhou, and there are not many pedestrians. It needs to be spent and all depends on the subsidy of the local county government. A post station in Yangzhou provides grain and rice and hundreds of stones every day, which can be imagined as extravagant.Over time, the post station has become a place that brings huge costs to the local area. In fact, the reform has long been bound to be implemented.

Later, Huang Lai'er, a postman, was abolished because of the post station, and became Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.

However, no matter how long-standing these problems have been, it has nothing to do with Chen Mu. He is a single-family military family who has died and no one cares about it. The problem that needs to be solved is to have enough food and live a good life. The national policy should be handed over to the temple first. Go to those scholars to take care of it.

Let the postman lead them to look at the temporary house and put them down to salute. There are five of them, even if Zheng Cong comes, there are only six people. The guest room in the posthouse is very large, so they declined the postposter's idea of ​​arranging six rooms for them , only took a big house for the servants to buy a few more beds, and then Chen Mu told the postmen what they needed to guard the post. Only then did he understand why Shao Tingda and the others said it was a good job.

"Back to Junye, the only way to go west is on the Feilaixia Bridge and on the water. Every day, boatmen sail on the river, and bearers, porters and horsemen bring sedan chairs, chariots and horses to meet and guide visitors by the bridge. Junye only needs to assign A military household set up a card by the bridge to guard against robbers, and it can be rotated day and night." The postman said with a smile: "However, if there are more than one under the command of the military master, it is best to send one more person. At night, the postmen come back to rest. It can also give the military households who are on duty at night a companion."

Although the postman has no rank and is not considered an official, he is just an official, but his status is neither high nor low. From his words, Chen Mu can tell that he has no respect for military households, and calling himself a military master is only for himself.The postman was doing the work of welcoming and sending dignitaries and dignitaries. Chen Mu nodded and smiled, and then the postman smiled and said that the cook would prepare meals for them, and slowly retreated.

"Tsk tsk tsk!" As soon as the postman closed the door and left, Shao Tingda swung his arms and looked left and right in the room, still making strange envious sounds, turning his head and sitting on the bed, and kept using Patting the bed and mattress, he said to Chen Mu: "My baby! Brother Mu, look, the house in this post station is better than our nest!"

In all fairness, although the inn is simple and simple, there are interior furnishings. Although it is not as cold as in the north near the winter moon, the charcoal basin is full of charcoal for guests to take at will, not to mention the clean room and strong bed boards.

Sitting on the edge of the bed and lying down, Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh with emotion while resting his arms on the pillow: "Finally, I don't have to be tortured by the broken bed at home anymore - am I stupid!"

Just after lying down, Chen Xiaoqi sat up suddenly as if being electrocuted, patted his legs and said, "I have money! Is there any carpenter in Qingyuan City who can make beds, tables and cabinets?"

Anyway, Qingyuan is also a county seat, Chen Xiaoqi's words are too contemptuous.Chen Mu's big action startled several banner men in the room, who knew he just said this, Wei Balang, who had just scooped up a ladle of water, looked at the water stains splashed on the ground and secretly thought it was a pity, Shao Tingda said: " It’s on Fenghuang Street, Brother Mu, I’ll order it with you when the time comes!”

After walking for half a day, Banner Ding was very tired, and each of them sat or lay down to rest for a while, but Chen Mu came on horseback without any fatigue, and looked at the cave on the mountain wall outside the post station with his hands behind his back for a long time.

Although the meals prepared by the post office were not as delicate and delicious as those prepared by the store in Guangzhou, the portions were sufficient, and there was no shortage of Tommy, which made Shao Tingda and several other military households very happy. Even Chen Mu looked at the post soldiers with a little Good impression.The Anyuan post station changed defenses three times a year, and the postmen treated them like this. Even some military households asked the postmen to ride a posthorse, and most of them would be allowed. This is not without reason.

In the eyes of postmen, military households are also divided into ranks, and those who can be on duty at the post station are undoubtedly the best group of military households.The military households who go to work in the fields are naturally treated the least, and their status is the lowest; above them are those on duty in the city, because they have the opportunity to practice and relax a bit, and it is impossible to defend the enemy, but it is difficult to guarantee that they can catch a thief at the city gate to make some meritorious deeds Above them are the military households who can go to Anyuan in the southwest or Qingyuan in the northeast to be on duty. They are leisurely, able to practice, and better able to intercept thieves and make meritorious deeds. Not to mention, when they catch up with good luck, a summer will pass It is possible for a small flag to raise the general flag.

The postmen who welcome and send you know this best. Even if you can look down on military households in your heart, you must entertain them properly in terms of rations and accommodation, and guard the Qingyuan Guards. If you can not offend the officers, you will not offend the officers. Who knows who will be used in the future? Woolen cloth?Anyway, the food at the station is all from the Guangzhou government, so he doesn't feel bad about it!

After dinner, Chen Mu borrowed a post-horse and sent Shi Qi and Fu Yuan to lead the horse to guard and patrol the Feishui Bridge, just learning how to ride a horse while driving, so that they would not be too idle; he himself took Shao Tingda He and Wei Balang took two axes from the post house, went outside and picked a few trees for Shao Tingda to chop down. Shao Tingda was naturally puzzled, and Chen Mu pointed to the cave and said: "I want to go up, and I want a ladder, so you cut it down." Tree."

Note: The earliest nitrate production in karst caves was recorded in the Huangjindong nitrate refinery in "Da Ming Yi Tong Zhi". The local chieftain dug and boiled nitrate. There are more than 120 mining and nitrate refinery sites and 218 nitrate pits, with a total area of ​​about 20 square meters. .It is the earliest record in my country and the largest gunpowder site in the world.The hole Chen Mu discovered was small, and there was little nitrate that could be boiled.

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