When he heard this, Ruan Ming's expression changed immediately and he was about to scold him. Zhou Shixian waved his hand at him with a wry smile and signaled him to forget it.

If people's hearts are so devoted, it is useless to curse people. Why bother to make things difficult for an honest postman?

Even if he can say something, he will not be able to speak out, at least he will not be like Li Zicheng, who will kill officials and rebel, kill people and rob money, otherwise there will be really trouble.

Li Zicheng's postmen who came from Shaanxi knew that this was the case. What Zhou Shixian didn't expect was that Li Zicheng had become a kind of guardian of the postmen business?

In fact, Li Zicheng's treatment of the post station belonging to the Ministry of War is not much different from other official troops, so Li Zicheng does not harm the post station, and I don't know where the post station heard from.

It can only be attributed to the support of people, Zhou Shixian sighed in his heart.

However, this incident gave him an unexpected reminder. If these lower-level postmen had this attitude towards Li Zicheng, then on the other hand, they might not be very friendly to them, such high-ranking officials from the capital. Are you a little embarrassed to stay in such an environment until the night?

Zhou Shixian thought for a while, if it was because of his greed for temporary comfort and the consequences of losing the big picture due to small things, it would be really stupid.

Then just set off early. There is about an hour left before lunch. Start preparing from now on, and you can just start after lunch.

He called Gu Shiba in and asked him to inform the officers and soldiers who were escorting the lords, and asked Ruan Ming to go to the second floor to inform Wang Chengen, Zhuzi, and three people in Li Banghua's room.

"Also," he said to Ruan Ming, "When they have done it, I will invite Lord Li, Lord Ni and Eunuch Wang to come here for me, and I will say I have something to discuss."

Soon, Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu rushed down because there was really not much to pack. Unexpectedly, Wang Chengen arrived with panting. Zhou Shixian originally thought he would have to wait for her for a while.

"Long live, tell me to come down and do business with the prince consort first, and he will pack his own things."

This is not easy. Several people looked at each other and smiled at the corners of their mouths, and they stopped mentioning this matter.

"There is a reason to start early, so I won't talk about it now." Zhou Shixian said, "Since this is a station, there is one thing that I thought about for a long time and thought I could try to do it."

What we need to do is to draw an imperial edict, which will be sent to Nanjing with a speed of 600 miles. If you are lucky and have a smooth road, you can deliver it in three days.

"I ordered Nanjing to send troops north! Even if we were three hundred miles away, we could walk three days less. If we received it one day earlier, the lord would be safe one day earlier."

This idea is good! Everyone thought about it and felt that although there was a little trick in it, the bandits should not have much force to go south. Since Zhoujia Post is still operating, how can we know that other post stations are not operating?

"I think it's OK, at least there's no harm." Ni Yuanlu said, "but there's no cabinet minister right now, then..."

The rule for issuing imperial edicts is drawn by the cabinet, and the eunuchs who write to the pen of the literati and use seals to seal the eunuchs. Of course, the emperor must be approved by the emperor in the middle.

Ni Yuanlu means that there are no cabinet ministers here, so how should we draw an order?

Zhou Shixian thought to himself that this man is good at everything, but he is the ruler.

"If you are urgent, why bother to be too rigid? Just borrow Mr. Ni's big money."

"Yes, yes." Wang Chengen also echoed, "I'll ask Lord Ni to draft a manuscript here. I'll go up and report it, and then pick up the paper and print it down."

"It's a bit difficult to move the pen without any action..." Ni Yuanlu muttered while opening the ink pen. He was a talented man, and he could do it in just a few words.

"Meng Weng, you are the most familiar with Nandu. Who should you write to the title?"

"Tell it to Shi Xianzhi, now he is in charge of the Ministry of War."

Shi Xianzhi is Shi Kefa, the current Minister of War of Nanjing.

Zhou Shixian knew that there was no clear unity between the various yamen in Nanjing. The Nanjing garrison ministers, Nanjing garrison eunuchs and Minister of War were the biggest. However, in the current situation, military affairs were kings, so the ministers in Nanjing were still dominated by Shi Kefa.

While speaking, Wang Chengen also came back and spread the special paper for writing the order on the table, pressed the edges with both hands, Ni Yuanlu copied the draft manuscript in neat small calligraphy on it, used a seal, and gently blew it dry.

It was difficult to use a sleeve for the imperial edict outside, so I asked Ruan Ming for the official document seal bag from the Ministry of War and put it inside and sealed the mouth.

"Eighteenth, go and invite Chu Yicheng here for me."

Shiba agreed and left, but not long after, Chu Sining rushed over.

"Chu Yicheng," Li Banghua said, "Do you know, is the Yi Road from here to the south connected?"

"It's clear," Chu Yicheng nodded, "I dare not say that it's far away. It's clear within 800."

Li Wanhua and Zhou Shixian exchanged glances. If they were eight hundred miles away, they would be almost at Huaibei.

"Great. I have a document to send to Nanjing. Please send it to you via 600 miles."

"Yes, the official will explain it first. Just ask Mr. Ruan to add a pledge."

After saying that, knowing that the matter was urgent, he took the bag with his own hands and strode out to make arrangements.

Not long after, there were loud shouts and horses neighing. The gate of the station opened and the sound of horse hooves quickly left.

Several people were very satisfied with Chu Yicheng's efficiency in doing things. When he came back, Li Banghua made a special statement.

"Chu Sining, you are very capable. There is no need to say anything about this situation now. If you have a chance in the future, I, Li Banghua, will you be promoted."

Chu Sining bowed to the ground and shouted: "Thank you, Lord Li, to cultivate it."

After saying that, he asked respectfully: "Several adults, I said I would leave after I had dinner. Now I see that the soldiers outside are moving. Is the plan changing?"

"Yes, the journey is long, let's leave early and feel at ease." Li Banghua smiled, "You can also be quiet early."

"What a pity. I wanted to listen to the teachings of the adults more, but it seemed that I had to wait for the next time." Chu Yicheng said regretfully, "I will go and ask for lunch to start preparing. I will serve tea to the adults to see them off."

When they were ready, lunch was indeed launched. The team still divided into shifts according to Zhou Shixian's regulations, and Zhou Shixian, Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu and Wang Chengen, just ate in a temporary office on the first floor in a hurry, in case there was something to do at any time.

Before leaving, Chu Yicheng did what he said and took out the best tea.

"This is the cinnamon rock tea produced in Wuyi. It is made from fresh leaves of the cinnamon-quality tea tree. It is made of local masters with secret recipes in the tribe. It is a good oolong product. It has a unique burnt fragrance and is mellow and sweet." He introduced solemnly, "To be honest, the officials are reluctant to drink it themselves, and they are specially used to flatter the nobles who come and go."

After saying that, he poured a cup of each of them with a special porcelain pot. It looked sweet and red, and before he could drink it, he felt a strange fragrance.

Seeing that Li Banghua and others were amazed, Zhou Shixian thought that this was really a good thing, and he didn't know what secret recipe it was. So he picked up the tea cup and smiled at the tea soup in the cup.
Chapter completed!