I have a magical tree

In Xu Dao's opinion, this emperor is indeed a wise and powerful man. The post station controls information and intelligence, and builds roads to connect the world.

It can be said that the existence of every road and every post station is actually an extension of the imperial power. With such insight and courage, it is no wonder that such a huge dynasty can be established.

You must know that there are extraordinary powers in this world, which actually increases the difficulty of establishing a dynasty to a certain extent.

Entering the post station, Xu Dao found that although the post station is small, it is fully equipped and has a special protective array. It is a magic array of the same level as the county town, but the range is smaller.

This is understandable. If the arrays of these post stations need the same range as the county town array, the cost is too high!

The empire's finances cannot support it at all. After all, the post station is not only built, but also needs maintenance and garrison. Maintenance requires money, and the garrison requires salary. These add up to an astronomical figure.

Therefore, the scale of the post station is not large, with only a few official residences and three postmen. There were even only two postmen in some places.

The three postmen were surprised to see two carriages coming along the official road, and hurried out to check. When they saw Ge Lao coming down in the uniform of a sixth-rank official, they immediately bowed and saluted.

A big shot, even if he was a medical officer, in this remote place, a sixth-rank medical officer was definitely a big shot!

"Greetings... uh... Lord Ge?" Several postmen suddenly realized that they didn't expect that they knew him.

But it's not surprising. They are postmen, stationed here all year round, welcoming and seeing off officials. Officials travel through this road. Although they don't stop at the post station every time, there are always exceptions.

Last year, Ge Lao went to the capital city to exchange the art of refining medicine with others, and he stopped here. Although it has been a year, several people still remember it clearly.

In fact, this is a professional instinct. As a postman, you need to face various emergencies, which requires memory and adaptability far beyond ordinary people, otherwise it may delay important things.

Old Ge didn't expect that these people would recognize him: "It's you again this year?"

The three of them smiled bitterly, "Master Ge, you are joking. If we are not here, where can we go? Master Ge, although we haven't seen him for a year, his style is better than before, like riding on the blue sky!"

Old Ge waved his hand, "Wait a minute, is there any food here? Get some good food! There are children in the car!"

As he said, Old Ge took out three blood-enhancing pills.

This thing is the real hard currency. Gold and silver are not as useful here. After all, this place is in the middle of nowhere.

The three of them took the pills and almost smiled with wrinkles on their faces, "Master Ge, wait a minute, we will prepare it immediately!"

Xu Dao helped Liu get off the car, and then took the little sister down and put her where she would not get wet in the rain. When he looked at Abao again, she had jumped down by herself. Although she looked pale, she looked in good spirits.

She had suffered even more. Although it was hard to travel today, she didn't have to walk by herself. She just suffered some bumps, which was really not worth mentioning.

The raccoon slave was left on the carriage. At this time, he was right at the door of the carriage. He stretched out his claws to touch the shaft of the carriage tentatively. It looked like he was afraid of getting his claws wet.

Xu Dao picked it up in a bad mood and threw it into the arms of his younger sister under the eaves.

The younger sister immediately became energetic, "Brother, what should I do if it breaks?"

"This little thing has been a little undisciplined recently! It's good to fall!"

At this time, the master's wife also got off the carriage with the help of the maid. In fact, the master's wife was in a better state than the mother. Because the master's wife was at the peak of the eighth rank, she was stronger and at a higher level, so this distance was really okay.

"Master's wife, you go in first, leave this to me and Zhong Bo."

"Okay, come in quickly after you're done!"

Xu Dao and Zhong Bo also had to unload the two carriages from the horses, then lead the horses to the stables and feed them.

The post station is not responsible for these. The postmen are soldiers, not clerks. Although being a big soldier is not necessarily more comfortable than being a clerk, there is one thing. These postmen are directly under the Ministry of War. Local officials have no right to interfere. Even those officials with military power cannot be mobilized unless there is a military order.

Only in this way can the purity of the post station be maintained.

So, to a certain extent, these three people are not afraid of Ge Lao, a sixth-rank official, and the reason why they came out to greet the management as soon as they saw it was not because they were afraid, but simply because, in their eyes, these officials were all financial sponsors.

Yes, the postmen can earn money by entertaining officials. First, it is not realistic to prevent welcoming and sending off. Second, this is also a subsidy. The money earned by entertaining officials is divided into half for public and private, which not only subsidizes the life of the postmen, but also earns part of the maintenance cost of the post station.

After all, most of these officials are rich. So it is completely reasonable and legal to earn money while doing your job well.

I heard that the previous dynasty also had post stations, but the scale was not as large as that of Dali. Moreover, although the post stations of the previous dynasty were also responsible for receiving officials, it was free and the food standards were set according to the official's rank.

Under such circumstances, the situation of the post stations was getting worse year by year. There was no other reason, no money!

Sometimes, those postmen had to pay to entertain officials. Who would do it?

There are also rumors that Dali Taizu was a postman in the previous dynasty. I don't know whether it is true or not. If it is true, it is quite legendary!

"Young master, go in first, leave it to me!" Zhong Bo saw that Xu Dao was really going to stay and help him unload the car, and he spoke quickly.

Xu Dao waved his hand, "Uncle Zhong, stop talking nonsense. Let's deal with this place as soon as possible and then go in early."

He and Uncle Zhong pulled the carriage to the backyard of the post station, unloaded the carriage, and then led the horses to the stable.

"We left in a hurry today and didn't prepare blood and flesh. We can only use pills to deal with it first!" Uncle Zhong tied the horse and took out two big pills from his sleeve.

It was really a big pill, one as big as a young man's fist.

"What kind of pill is this?" Xu Dao was surprised. This pill was specially prepared for horses.

"It has no name. The master took the essence of blood and flesh and added some herbs to refine it. After the horse eats it, it can not only resist hunger, but also enhance its strength."

"It's a good thing. It's much more convenient when traveling." Xu Dao nodded. This thing is simply a must-have for long-distance travel. After all, if you feed raw meat, it's okay if you can buy it on the road. If you can't buy it, you can only bring it yourself or rob it. It's too troublesome!

How could it be so simple as it is now? Just one pill solved it!

After the two horses swallowed the pills, Zhong Bo and Xu Dao returned to the post station together.

As soon as Xu Dao entered the door, he was refreshed and in a good mood because he smelled the aroma of meat.

In this kind of weather, coupled with the bumpy road and fatigue, nothing can be more delicious than a bowl of meat soup.

"Go take a shower and change into dry clothes!" Ge Lao said to the two people at the door: "Then come over for dinner!"