Facing the sun, squinting one eye, Lu Hanqiang carefully looked at the small three-colored piece of paper pinched between his fingers.
This small thing is square, just an inch in size, there is a row of uniform half pinholes around it, this is to make it convenient to separate from the mother, within the white teeth, is a square inch between a pattern, with the color technology printed three colors of a ship, is Yang Fan ready to go, in the upper part of the ship, printed with a line of small characters, Ming mail, the bottom of the boat, a line of small characters, full money ten Wen.
Lu Hanqiang cherished this stamp, yes, this is the world's first stamp.
This stamp is designed by Lu Hanqiang himself, please carve the best miniature carving craftsman in the capital, the choice of the pattern Lu Hanqiang resolutely chose a big ship that is about to sail Yang Fan, which not only means their own firm, this postal set sail, but also to remind all people that in the implementation of the sea ban, the Ming closed themselves outside the world, the door side, there is a vast sea.
Carefully handed the first stamp of the Ming Dynasty to Li Huailiang, the head of the post office, "I bought this as a souvenir." ” As he spoke, he took the ten-yuan money in Chang Sui's hand, and gently lined up in front of the honest and terrified bookstore.
The clerk looked at his boss Li Huailiang at a loss.
Li Huailiang smiled and nodded at him: "Accept it, this is the first business of our post office, the first one opened."
Then he picked up the stamp, solemnly stamped it with the black stamp of the Royal Post Company, and then let out a long breath, stood up straight, and bowed his hand to Lu Hanqiang, and Lu Hanqiang also bowed his hand to Li Huailiang, and the two of them said to each other together: "It's good to open." ” Then in front of the excited Lu Hanqiang, Li Huailiang also took out ten cents, carefully tore off a stamp, took out an envelope in his arms, picked up the prepared paste and glued the stamp to the upper corner, stamped a postmark upright, and handed it to the bookstore with both hands, and the bookstore took it with both hands.
"This is a safe family letter I wrote to my father and mother in Nanjing, please thank you."
The scrivener's hand trembled a little, and he took the first letter and gently placed it on a huge wooden shelf behind him, marking the location of Nanjing.
The wooden shelf is divided into thirteen grids, each grid corresponds to a province of the Ming Dynasty, this letter will be sent to the Nanjing Branch, and then the Nanjing Branch will be distributed to the area indicated by their address below, so that the station will be passed on, and the Ming Dynasty, the real post office will appear.
After doing all this, the two people glanced at each other again, and then pushed open the huge hall door in front of them together, a ray of spring sunshine couldn't wait to rush into the post office lobby, with the spring breeze of sunshine rushing in, and there was a tide of people, they couldn't wait to squeeze to the counter, holding up the letters in their hands, or packages, clamoring to do the book to report their business, for a time the whole lobby was already overcrowded.
Such popularity thanks to two reasons, first, the country has long had a private letter bureau, everyone is no stranger to the postal business, in one is the newspaper's vigorous propaganda played an absolute role, not only the detailed analysis of the operation of the post, the most important thing is that the huge potential capacity of the royal post house has long been distinguished, the huge network and the letter bureau is incomparable, there is also a credit, royal, at this time this is definitely a gold signboard, and because it is a group operation, Joining forces with the carriage and horse dealers, this greatly reduces the cost, so the price is also greatly reduced in the mail, making the people feel more convenient.
Squeezing out the crowd, Lu Hanqiang smiled and asked the director, "General Manager Li, how many stamps are we selling this time" The stamps sold by Lu Hanqiang refer to the number of stamps bought by branches in various places.
As soon as he mentioned this, Li Huailiang's eyes glowed green, like a wolf, and he had long lost his original freedom, "Three million sheets, my lord, just this is the first time that the provincial branch has purchased four million sheets." ” "Well, very good, this is indeed worth celebrating," Lu Hanqiang is not surprised, now it is still the primary market, if this post office is recognized by the people, it will be infinite, in the future, when the telephone has not been widely popularized, a province is hundreds of millions of sales a year, now where is this point, the family letter is worth 10,000 gold, report each other's safety, this is the foundation.
"We collect three documents according to one piece, and the provincial plus one document is distributed to the following branches, and the following plus one article is distributed to the hands of a post station, then, the bottom of the real post station is enough to get the benefits of five documents, and we stipulate that these five documents are not to be handed over, it is really in the hands of those post guards, ah, now called the hands of the royal family, why don't they do it" "Yes, interests drive everything, interests unite everything, as long as there are interests related, everyone will improve efficiency to the highest level."
"What the co-organizer said is that as long as everyone gets real money, then everything will be easy to do, especially this time the co-organizer uses the best method of direct purchase stratification, which not only reduces our burden on financial management, but also allows everyone to see the benefits for the first time, which is definitely a good way."
Not listening to Li Huailiang's emotion, Lu Hanqiang said after making a silent calculation in his heart: "According to this calculation, this first income, four million zhang, according to the calculation of three wen each, that is, 12,000 copper coins will be concluded in various places next month, which is 10,000 taels of silver." ” "Yes, co-organizers."
"And what is sold in this capital is calculated according to Qiwen."
Looking at the crowd that was still in the lobby, Lu Hanqiang silently calculated: "Today's about this site, if you count the package weight and more stickers, you can sell three or five thousand pieces, let's be conservative, even if it is four thousand, ten online stores in the city, that is, 40,000 pieces, that is, you can get 280,000 wen, which is about 250,000 taels when converted into silver, and these online stores can also get close to 80 taels by themselves, this is still just the beginning, so throughout the year, just this initial income is 80,000 or 90,000." ” "Just more, no less."
Li Huailiang said with confidence: "The Minxin Bureau is no longer as good as us in terms of operation, and even worse than us on the Internet, but their annual income is also around one million silver, and our income will definitely not be lower than theirs.
If we deduct the freight we pay to the carriage and horse dealers, millions of silver are absolutely fine. ” Li Huailiang's eyes were red and he said affirmatively: "Only in this piece, the commercial bank can get a huge income, and the most important thing is to let those post soldiers really get income, this is your high morality, this is more than 100,000 post guards and millions of people behind them are celebrating, and the Civil Information Bureau should cry bitterly." ” Lu Hanqiang shook his hand, stopping this and singing praises to himself, "With a million taels, you won't worry about more, as long as we do a good job in service, spread out the network, and the reputation will go up, the natural income will also go up, tens of thousands of people crying is better than millions of people crying, who cares about the life and death of the Civil Information Bureau" The two talked and chatted, and went down the steps, but saw that there was already a tent outside the post office lobby, where there were tables and chairs, and when they went in to look, it was a group of down-and-out scribes who were writing letters for the endless stream of people to earn a few copper plates.
At this time, a gray-haired old lady was wiping tears at a table while writing a letter to her son, who had not heard from her for several years.
When the letter was written, it was put into the envelope and the specific address was about to be written, but he cried and could only say that his son said that he was going to Jiayuguan to guard when he was leaving, and he didn't know where it was, and the scribe shook his head with a smile: "Auntie, according to the rules, this letter must be written with a clear address, and if there is no clear address, it will not be sent, sorry Auntie." ” When the old man heard this, he grabbed the scribe's hand tightly and cried: "Sir, you are okay, hand it to me, my son has been in the border for ten years, my daughter-in-law has remarried, my little grandson has also died of illness, and there are only two of us left in this family, I just want to let my son know that we are dying, let him come back to bury our body, and let me see him again when we breathe." ” Lu Hanqiang couldn't help but feel red in his eyes when he heard this, and his heart ached.
"Auntie, it's useless for you to hold my hand, the post office really stipulates that, and I can't be the master."
"Please, sir, I'll give you more money, and you'll do it."
As he spoke, he dug into his tattered gown for a long time, and tremblingly took out a cloth bag, opened the inner and outer three layers, and shuddered to pick out ten shiny copper coins that had been groped and handed them over. ” The gentleman stood up in a panic and waved his hand again and again to delay: "It's really not good, I really can't help you." ” "Sir, all this money is given to you, you can help."
As he spoke, he ruthlessly poured the remaining few pieces of literature in front of the gentleman, "I'll kneel down for you."
As he spoke, he bent his knees, and the scribe who was in a panic rushed out, overturned the stool, and grabbed the old man by his hand, and said again and again that he could not help it.
At this time, Lu Hanqiang stepped forward, grabbed the letter without a detailed address, and said in a choked voice: "Auntie, I am the head of this post office, it is time for you to tell your son's detailed appearance and side, and I will definitely hand over this letter to your son." ” Li Huailiang immediately picked up the stool, let the lady sit down, grabbed the scribe's pen and paper and quickly recorded the details of the lady's description, and when the crying lady finished talking about her memory, Lu Hanqiang also picked up the pen and wrote on a letterhead: "Mail brother along the way, please look for this person carefully, if you get a bounty of ten taels."
Finally, I signed my name and took out my co-organizer's seal in my sleeve and stamped it carefully.
Then he carried the old lady into the post office, affixed the letter with the bounty order, and solemnly handed it out.
Looking at the back of the old man who was staggering away, Lu Hanqiang's heart ached, and he couldn't help but burst into tears, the father and mother of the world, are they also like mothers, they are wailing looking for their own son and want to report peace to your old man, but it is difficult to send books on this day, but what is it, what is it. t1706231537: