"Qiu Dalang, Qiu Dalang, didn't you say you wanted to send a letter home?
Come and have a look at Datongfang."
One afternoon a few days later, someone shouted in an alley in the place.
"What's wrong?"
The young man he called Qiu Dalang came out of his courtyard.
"You Hedong people have got some kind of courier over there.
It is said that it can help people deliver letters and things.
I heard that they are also going to open a shop in your Xicheng.
As long as you have relatives in the city, they will If you can send it, I'll help you find out.
If it's just a letter, it only costs five cents," the neighbor said with excitement.
"Seriously" Qiu Dalang was also surprised when he heard about this.
Recently, his wife was pregnant again.
He originally wanted to write a letter home to his parents to make them happy.
However, after the letter was written, he could not find anyone to help him take it back.
After all, not everyone can pass through the inn.
Delivering letters, if the merchants who are going back and forth are not familiar with each other, even if they ask for help, the other party may not be willing to help.
I have been worried these past two days, but I did not expect to hear such news today.
"Hurry up and go.
They collected a lot of goods today.
I heard that they will ship out a batch early tomorrow morning."
His neighbor urged.
"Hey, I'll go right away."
Qiu Dalang put on his shoes and wiped his hair, holding the letter in his arms, and hurried to Datongfang.
Over at Datongfang, Wang Dang and others were very busy at this time.
After listening to Luo Yong's proposal two days ago, they were all very excited.
Several brothers discussed it and finally decided to do it.
To be honest, they are a little tired of the life of wandering around these years, but if they don't do this, what can they do.
If Luo Sanlang's method works, they can divide the team into several groups in the future and each find a place to open a shop.
If they make money by then, they can buy a house and land in the local area and bring over their wives, children, and children. , live a peaceful life, although household registration is also very troublesome, but it is better than what it is now.
After making up their mind, they began to look for shops in Chang'an City to make a living by doing freight and express delivery.
The shops had to be closer to the city gate, but the housing and land prices in the few squares next to the city gate were relatively high.
So I settled for the next best thing and chose Datongfang.
Entering from Anhua Gate in the south of Chang'an City, the second square on the left is Datongfang.
To the west of Datongfang is Guiyifang, where Xing Er and others are located.
The prices of houses in this area are not very high, and access is relatively convenient.
Wang Dang and the others rented a large courtyard here specifically for receiving and releasing goods.
Qiu Dalang rushed to Datongfang and followed the guidance of passers-by to find Wangdang's shop.
What he saw was a rather simple courtyard with a Dingda Express plaque hanging on the door and the courtyard was bustling with people.
When Qiu Dalang entered the courtyard, someone asked him: "Send a letter or something?"
"Send a letter."
Qiu Dalang replied.
"Go over there."
The other party pointed in the direction of the main room: "Send letters on the left, and send packages on the right."
"Can the letter from Xicheng really be delivered?"
Qiu Dalang saw that although the other party had a rough aura, he spoke kindly, so he asked one more question.
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"If it's from the city, I can deliver it.
If it's not from the city, just write the address of a relative or acquaintance in the city.
It's too big outside the city to deliver it," Fang Yan said.
Qiu Dalang's family also has relatives in Xicheng.
In the past, they would ask someone to bring letters to that relative's house.
Now when I heard what he said, I felt at ease and very happy, so I hurriedly queued up. .
He came to Chang'an City a few years ago with his uncle.
His uncle ran a shop in Chang'an City.
Although it was a small shop, he could still make some money throughout the year.
His uncle and aunt had no children, so they took his nephew with them. , and naturally I want him to inherit this shop in the future.
Life in Chang'an City is very good.
Although doing business is hard and they don't earn much, after seeing the prosperity of Chang'an City, Qiu Dalang and his wife no longer want to go back to Xicheng, but they often miss their parents and brothers at home.
It was very inconvenient to send letters.
This time, Wang Dang and others from Dinghu opened a shop like this here, and they were willing to deliver letters for just a few cents.
This was great news to small businessmen like Qiu Dalang. .
Qiu Dalang and the others had five cents and ten cents, and they were willing to spend it.
Spending these few pennies was better than asking grandpa and grandma to ask someone to bring the letter back.
At this time, there were many people who wanted to send letters, and there were more than ten people in front of them, forming a queue that was neither long nor short.
Next to them were those who had come to deliver goods, some with bundles in their arms, and others with burdens at their feet.
"Silver hairpins will not be accepted, gold and silver utensils, fragile porcelain, and perishable items will not be accepted."
"Hey, look, it's just a small hairpin given to my aunt.
I hope this husband will be accommodating."
"If you are not accommodating, we will not accept any gold, silver or porcelain.
This is the rule set by our Mr.
Wang, ahem, Mr.
Wang."
"Then these pieces of clothing" "The clothes can be delivered.
You first wrap the inside with greaseproof paper, then put a layer of sacking on the outside, and sew it on.
There are sacks and greaseproof paper over there, but you have to spend money to buy them.
There is no charge for sewing and thread.
You can just borrow it and use it." "" Qiu Dalang was queuing up here.
Hearing the conversation between the two people and learning that they did not accept gold or silverware, he felt in his heart that these people should be reliable.
In the past, he asked the merchants who came and went to bring letters.
Some of them accepted his thank you money but did not bring the letters.
Such people are just cheating.
As long as they receive the money, who cares what letters you have, just find a place to throw them away.
That’s it.
It's faster to send a letter here.
Just write the address clearly and pay five cents.
Some people just came over with a piece of letter paper without putting an envelope.
It’s not their fault.
Writing letters has only just begun in the past two years.
In the past, when something happened, most people would ask someone to leave a message.
Since they didn’t have paper and pen and were illiterate, they naturally didn’t write.
Believe this.
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In recent years, there are more linen papers on the market and the prices are cheaper.
People are gradually exchanging letters.
There are people who write letters for others.
A letter costs one or two cents.
It is better to write a few letters casually.
People earn more if they work hard all day.
Qiu Dalang has an old neighbor who is forty or fifty years old.
He is still struggling to read and write, just because he wants to eat the rice that the previous generation wrote letters to.
Qiu Dalang didn't have such thoughts, but when his eldest son got a little older, he would send him to enlightenment.
In Qiu Dalang's view, there are good times and bad times in business, and running a shop may not last long, but as long as you can read, you will never starve to death no matter what in this life.
"You don't have envelopes here.
We have envelopes for sale here.
Do you want to buy them or take them back today?
You can bring them over after they are sealed."
At this time, another voice came from the front.
"Hey, buy, buy, I'll buy an envelope."
Another voice responded quickly.
"We have five envelopes a penny here."
"Then buy it for a penny."
"You need to write the address on the envelope.
Can you write?"
"Won't."
"Okay, let me write it for you."
"Hey, thank you."
"Next time, remember to seal the envelope and write the address before bringing it over.
Look at how many people are waiting behind you."
"Hey, hey."
"Okay, five cents."
"Why."
"Next."
"Wait a minute, a neighbor of mine asked me to ask.
He wants to send something to Jiangzhou.
I don't know the price."
"We will not accept goods from Jiangzhou for the time being.
At present, we plan to only set up shops in Puzhou, Linfen, Xicheng, Dinghu, and Taiyuan.
We can also carry goods and letters from Lishi, but we cannot deliver them to other places for the time being."
"It's my turn.
It's my turn."
"To Puzhou, it's five cents."
"I heard that the price of sending it to Dinghu in Taiyuan is also five cents."
"It's all five cents, do you want to send it or not?"
"send."
"Letter to Hedong Road costs five cents.
If you feel that you are at a disadvantage, send it farther next time."
"Haha, I have a relative in Yunzhou.
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When can you receive letters from Yunzhou?"
"Yunzhou, that's far enough.
According to our old, ahem, Mr.
Wang's plan, it should be within a year."
"It should be faster here in Jiangzhou."
"That's natural."
On the delivery side, a customer packed his package.
The recipient took it, inspected it, weighed it, and quoted a price: "Seventeen cents."
"Ouch."
The other party felt a pain in his body, but he was somewhat mentally prepared.
He had inquired about the price before coming here.
After paying the money, I saw the other party used a thick needle to lead a piece of twine through the corner of the package, then threaded a small wooden sign through it and tied two knots.
This wooden sign has the words "Chang'an Linfen" and a string of numbers.
The person in charge of receiving the sign copied the words on the wooden sign onto a piece of paper and wrote down the specific shipping address on the piece of paper.
Three copies, one should be given to the consignor, one should be kept, and the other should be placed in a wooden box.
When the time comes, it will go with the goods.
When it reaches Linfen, it will be shipped according to the specific address on these notes.
"That's it."
"alright."
“How many days will it take to arrive?”
"As long as it doesn't rain heavily, we are guaranteed to arrive within ten days."
"How many days does it take to arrive in Taiyuan?"
"Normally it will arrive within twenty days."
“Why is it taking so long?”
"During the transportation of goods, sometimes it is faster and sometimes it is slower.
It always happens.
If there is heavy rain, it will inevitably be delayed for a while."
The people here in the hall are responsible for receiving goods and collecting money.
In the yard, several of Wang Dang's men are loading goods.
They will set off early tomorrow morning.
When they arrive in Puzhou, some people will leave the team and stay in Puzhou to deliver goods.
Then they will find shops to settle down.
Puzhou is still a quite unfamiliar place to them, so everyone’s I feel a little uneasy, but as long as this thing can be done, the benefits in the future will be endless.
From now on, they only need to guard their respective shops, receive goods and deliver them.
They will get commissions for receiving goods, commissions for delivering goods, and commissions for helping with transportation.
The road from Chang'an City to Dinghu County was divided into several sections.
Each section only takes about two or three days to travel, and a round trip only takes five or six days.
For people like them who have been wandering outside all year round, He said, five or six days is not a big deal at all.
Early on the next morning, Wang Dang and others transported the first batch of goods out of the city.
At this time, except for this shop in Chang'an City, they did not have a courier point anywhere else.
Luo Yong drove the donkey cart out of the city to see them off.
Wang Dang had talked to Luo Yong several times in the past few days.
In addition to asking Luo Yong for advice, he also told Luo Yong what he was most worried about.
For Wang Dang, what he was most worried about was not that their business would not be able to take root in the cities that had been decided.
After traveling all over the country for so many years, he had seen some big storms and waves, and he was more capable of solving problems than before.
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What Wang Dang was most worried about was the management of the team.
He dispersed his brothers and assigned them to various places in Hedong Road.
As time went by and interests were at hand, it was inevitable that some people would have different intentions.
Regarding this matter, Luo Yong couldn't give any good advice.
After all, even in later generations, the management of company teams will still be a headache for every business operator.
Worried, Wang Dang did not back down.
There were only two things that Boss Wang wanted to do.
One was to feed his wife, children, food and clothing, and the other was to lead his brothers to find a good livelihood.
In the past, he felt that as long as he could travel far away, sell goods outside, and come and go freely, then his merits would be considered complete.
Now he has done both of these things.
As he stands higher and travels further, what he longs for and longs for is no longer what it used to be.
After hearing about Luo Yong's idea about freight logistics a few days ago, the more Wang Dang thought about it, the more he felt that this was what he should really do in his life.
Even if there were many difficulties ahead, it would not change what he wanted.
The determination to do this.
At the end of July, I heard that Dingda Express already had a store in Puzhou.
Later, another batch of letters were sent to Chang'an City by the people in the shop over there, and then sent to various households by people from Chang'an City riding Yanerfei.
"Chang'an City and Puzhou can communicate" “Dingda Express now has a store in Puzhou” “Letters and parcels come and go with ease” "It only costs five cents to send a letter."
“Quite fast” "It only takes three to five days to get here from Puzhou."
"Do you have any letters to send home?"
“Have you ever heard of Dingda Express?”
Chang'an City is in commotion
Because of this first express delivery in history, and also because of the impact and changes this express delivery has brought to their concepts and lifestyles.
The author has something to say: I suffered too many kicks last night and suffered internal injuries, so I couldn’t update.
I will revive with full blood after a good sleep. . . gd1806102: