Jia Taijun said: "Don't come, I'm bothering you." Everyone laughed again and chatted a few words. Because they were young and had a rough time, they were sent down to rest.

Jia Huan and Jia Cong went to the courtyard to meet the brothers. This courtyard has no name. People in the high house call it Dongke courtyard. I heard that it is used to entertain very important guests. The courtyard is more than twice as big as Lixiang courtyard.

There were many houses, and everyone settled down comfortably. Because many things happened on the road, and now that we didn't have to be on guard against thieves when we got there, we all felt tired and went to have a rest.

In the evening, Jia Taijun sent someone over to invite Jia Huan and Jia Cong to have dinner together. Jia Cong looked at Gong Kun with a smile and said, "My cousin has probably been bragging for us all afternoon."

Gong Kun said: "Please be more modest. It's not the serious day yet, so important things don't have time to talk about today. Let's talk about a few strange things to relieve Jia Taijun's boredom."

Jia Cong nodded, and the two brothers followed the visitor.

Now we went straight to Jia Taijun's yard. Gao Ying and his three younger cousins ​​were there, and a group of children had dinner with Jia Taijun.

After the meal, Mrs. Jia said to the two of them: "I heard about Yushanzi. Fortunately, you intercepted it. I'm afraid that Mr. Shi also secretly concealed the gift given by the emperor. You can check it carefully when you go back.

Ichiban. Although the imperial court will probably not care about these matters, if it falls into the hands of some villain, it may cause trouble."

Jia Cong and Jia Huan responded hurriedly, and then said: "We have never thought of this. Thanks to my aunt for reminding me, it turns out that you are always thoughtful."

Jia Taijun sighed: "No one is born well-behaved. We old fairies just learn to be good after a lifetime of suffering."

Gao Ying looked at Jia Cong and said: "First of all, you said that you asked Ma Xing to deliver important things because of a story. I have been thinking about it for a day. Now it is easier to speak. Please tell me quickly!"

Jia Cong said: "It's also a Western story. In the West, there is a country called England. With the power of its soldiers and horses, it seized a huge diamond mine in South Africa and found a diamond as big as a fist there. Westerners love diamonds very much.

, so it was particularly expensive and worth countless millions. They thought of transporting it back to pay tribute to the king. Because of the long distance, they were afraid of being robbed by thieves, so they hired one of the most prestigious escort agencies in the West with a huge sum of money.

Escorted from the sea to the country. The escort agency tried their best to protect the diamond, but still provoked countless green forest experts to use all kinds of tricks, but they couldn't find where the diamond was hidden. Of course they couldn't find it, there was no diamond on the ship at all.

" He laughed, "That thing was put into an ordinary package, and it was sent from the British post office in South Africa to London, the capital of England, with only one stamp affixed."

After he finished speaking, although most of the people in the Gao family understood, they were still a little confused. One child asked: "I understand everything except the last sentence, what are stamps? There is also a post office."

Jia Cong said: "The post office is a business store that delivers letters and small items for ordinary people. My horse store will be designed to look like this in the future. Stamps are somewhat similar to banknotes, but the denomination is quite low.

"Then he explained to them the stamp mailbox of Huizi Post Office. "For ordinary people, delivering letters this way is faster and cheaper than sending letters. The cost of transportation to send a letter is not much different from sending a thousand letters.

, if you send more letters to the post office, the share of the transportation cost divided into each letter will be less. You can still make money."

Gao Ying sighed: "No wonder you are already a rich man at such a young age, and you really know how to think of ways." He then turned his head and glanced at Jia Taijun.

Jia Taijun said: "How can ordinary people have so many letters to write?"

Jia Cong said: "Because it is not easy to send letters these days, letters from home are worth tens of thousands of dollars, so there are fewer people writing letters. In addition, most people can't write. If the post office is really set up, everyone will see how easy it is to send letters, and gradually

Everyone will love to write letters. The post office will also hire a few gentlemen to ghostwrite letters there. Although they earn the money themselves, the post office only provides the plates, which is a win-win situation. Many times, consumers are

It can be guided.”

Gao Ying was confused again and glared at him: "What does the last sentence mean?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's hard to describe in words. It can only be understood but not expressed in words."

Jia Huan said from the side: "He often says things that no one can understand. We all pretend we didn't hear it and ignore him."

Jia Taijun thought: "Although I don't quite understand, I can somewhat guess what it means."

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "Did you hear me? My aunt is the smart one."

Jia Taijun glanced at him: "I'm not as smart as you."

Jia Cong heard something in her old man's words, but he didn't understand it for a moment. Gao Ying didn't understand either and secretly glanced at Jia Taijun several times.

When the two of them returned to Dongke Courtyard and told Gong Kun about the matter, Gong Kun slapped his thigh hard: "What a good idea!"

Jia Cong pouted and said, "I have a hunch that the good method you mentioned is different from the one I mentioned."

Gong Kun smiled and said: "This post office does it! It's really done."

On the other side, Jia Taijun said to Gao Ying: "Do you think he can't make much money from this post office?"

Gao Ying nodded: "It's just a small fight, the profit is too thin, even if it can make money, it won't be much."

Jia Taijun sighed: "The important thing is not money. If he really sets up such post offices everywhere, he will give countless poor scholars in the world a way to make a living, and it is not charity! The most important thing is to get scholars.
Chapter completed!