"Qiu Dalang! Qiu Dalang! You didn't say you wanted to send a letter home, go to Datongfang to check it out!" One afternoon a few days later, someone shouted in an alley in the market.

"What's wrong?" The young man called Qiu Dalang came out of his yard.

"What kind of express delivery did you Hedong people get there? It is said that you can help people deliver letters and items. I heard that they also have to open a shop in your city. As long as you have relatives in the city, they can deliver them. I'll help you find out. If it's just a letter, it's only five cents." The neighbor said excitedly.

"Take it seriously!" Qiu Dalang was also surprised when he heard about this.

Recently, his wife became pregnant again. She wanted to write a letter home to her parents at home, which made them happy. However, the letter was written, but she couldn't find anyone to help me take it back. After all, not everyone can deliver letters through the station. If those merchants who are not familiar with each other, even if they ask for help, the other party may not be willing to help. They are worried these two days, but I didn't expect to hear such a message today.

"Go quickly! They collected a lot of goods today, and I heard that a batch will be shipped out tomorrow morning." His neighbor urged.

"Hey, I'll go now." Qiu Dalang put on his shoes and wiped his hair, held the letter in his arms, and hurried to the Datongfang.

On the side of Datongfang, Wang Dang and others were very busy at this time. After hearing Luo Yong's proposal two days ago, they were all itchy. Several brothers discussed and decided to do it.

To be honest, they have been a little tired of the life of wandering around over the 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 batches in the future and find a place to open a shop. If they make money, they can buy a house and buy land in the local area, take over the wife, children and children at home, and live a stable life. Although household registration is also very troublesome, it is better than now.

After making up their minds, they began to look for shops in Chang'an City to make freight express business. The shops had to be closer to the city gate, but the house prices and land prices of the several shops close to the city gate were relatively high, so they settled down and chose the place in Datong House.

Entering from Anhua Gate on the south side of Chang'an City, the second yard on the left is Datongfang. To the west of Datongfang is Guiyifang where Xing Er and others are located. The price of this house is not very high, and it is relatively convenient to enter and exit. Wang Dang and others rented a courtyard here, which is specially used to collect and release goods.

Qiu Dalang rushed to Datongfang and followed the instructions of passers-by to find Wang Dang and their shop. What caught his eye was a rather simple courtyard. There was a plaque "Dingda Express" hanging on the gate, and the courtyard was bustling.

Qiu Dalang entered the yard and someone asked him: "What are you sending a letter or sending a gift?"

"Send a letter." Qiu Dalang replied.

"Go over there." The other party pointed to the direction of the main hall: "Send a letter to the left and a package to the right."

"Can the letter from Xicheng really be delivered?" Qiu Dalang saw that although the other party was full of rash aura, he spoke kindly, so he asked more questions.

"If it's in the city, you can give it to me. If it's not in the city, you can write a address of a relative or acquaintance in the city. The place where you leave the city is too big and you can't give it to me." The other person said.

Qiu Dalang's family also had relatives in Xicheng. In the past, they asked someone to bring letters, but they also asked someone to bring them to the relative's house. At this time, when he heard what he said, he felt at ease and was very happy and hurriedly lined up.

He came to Chang'an City a few years ago with his uncle. His uncle runs a shop in Chang'an City. Although it is a small shop, he can earn some money all year round. His uncle and aunt have no children. He brought his nephew with him, so he naturally wanted him to inherit the shop in the future.

Life in Chang'an City is very good. Although it is hard to do business and not much money, after seeing the prosperity of Chang'an City, Qiu Dalang and his wife no longer want to go back to Xicheng. They are often worried about their parents and brothers at home, and it is very inconvenient to communicate with each other.

This time, Wang Dang and the Dinghu people opened such a shop here, and they were willing to send letters to others for just a few cents. This incident was a huge blessing for a small businessman like Qiu Dalang.

It’s better to spend five cents and ten cents than Qiu Dalang and others, so they can’t afford to spend it. It’s better to spend these few cents than to ask grandpa 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, and a team of neither long nor short.

Next to them, there were people who came to send goods. Some people held bags in their arms, and some people had loads at their feet.

"...Silver hairpins? Silver hairpins are not collected, gold and silver utensils, fragile porcelain, and those that are easily corroded will not be collected."

"Hey, look, this little hairpin is given to my wife. I hope this gentleman can be more compatible."

"If you can't get along, you won't accept any gold, silver and porcelain. Our Mr. Wang, cough, the rules set by the Wang Dang family."

"Then these clothes?"

"You can give clothes. You can first clad oil paper on the inside, then put a layer of sack on the outside, sew it on the sack oil paper. But you have to pay for it. The needle and thread are not charged, so you can borrow it and use it."

“…”

Qiu Dalang was queuing here. When he heard the conversation between the two people and learned that they did not collect gold and silver utensils, he felt that these people should be reliable.

In the past, he asked those merchants to bring letters, and some people accepted his thank-you money, but they did not bring the letters. Those people were just cheating money. As long as they collected money, who would care about your letters, and they would just find a place to lose them.

Send the letter faster, just write the address clearly and give it another five cents.

Some people came over without putting envelopes and took a piece of letter paper.

It’s not their fault. The writing of letters has just emerged in the past two years. In the past, there was a lot of things that asked someone to bring a message. They had no paper and pen and could not read the words, so naturally they did not write a letter.

In recent years, there has been more hemp paper on the market and the price is cheaper. The people have gradually increased their correspondence. Some people help people write letters. One letter costs one or two cents or just a few letters, which is much more than some people who work hard all day long.

Qiu Dalang had an old neighbor, who was in his forties or fifties, and was still trying his best to recognize words, so he wanted to earn the rice he had written by his previous generation.

Qiu Dalang didn't have this intention, but when his eldest son was a little older, he would still have to send him to Kaimeng. In Qiu Dalang's opinion, there were good deals and bad deals, and running a shop might not last long, but as long as he could recognize the words, he would never starve to death no matter what he did in his life.

"You don't have an envelope. We have an envelope here. Do you buy it? Otherwise, you can take it back today and take it over after it is sealed." At this time, another voice came from the front.

"Oh, buy, I'll buy an envelope." Another voice responded quickly.

"The envelopes here are five pennies."

"Then buy a penny."

"You need to write the address on the envelope, can you write?"

"Won't."

"Okay, I'll write it for you."

"Oh, thank you."

"Next time, remember to seal the envelope, write the address and take it over. Look at how many people are waiting behind you."

"Hey."

“…Okay, five cents.”

"Why."

"Next."

"Wait a minute, one of my neighbors asked me to ask, he wanted to send some goods to Jiangzhou, but he didn't know what the price?"

"The goods from Jiangzhou are not currently accepted. At present, we plan to set up shops in Puzhou, Linfen, Xicheng, Dinghu and Taiyuan. Lishi's cargo letters can be brought, but we cannot deliver them in other places for the time being."

“It’s time for me.”

"It costs five cents to Puzhou."

"I heard that it was also five cents when I sent it to Taiyuan Dinghu."

"It's all five cents, will you send it?"

"send."

"The letters to Hedong Road are all five cents. If you feel you are at a disadvantage, send them a little further next time."

"Haha! I have a relative in my family, who is in Yunzhou. When will you receive letters from Yunzhou?"

"Yunzhou, that's far enough. According to our old age, ahem, Wang Dang's plan, it's about one year."

"Can Jiangzhou be faster?"

“That’s natural.”

On the other side of the delivery, a customer packed his own package, the recipient took it to check it, weighed it, and then quoted it: "Seventeen cents."

"Ouch." The other party felt aching, but he was somewhat mentally prepared. Before coming here, he had inquired about the price.

After paying, the other party used a thick needle to lead a twine thread through a corner of the package, then put on a small wooden sign and tied two dead knots.

The wooden sign contains the words "Chang'an-Linfen" and a string of numbers. The person in charge of receiving the receipt copied the words on the wooden sign on a note, and wrote down the specific shipping address on the note, one copy, one copy is handed over to the shipper, one copy is kept at the bottom, and the other is placed in a wooden box. When the time comes, the goods will be followed. When you arrive at Linfen, you will ship according to the specific address on these notes.

"That's fine."

"alright."

"How many days will you arrive?"

"As long as it doesn't rain heavily, it will be guaranteed to arrive within ten days."

"Where is Taiyuan? How many days does Taiyuan need to arrive?"

"It's normal to arrive there within 20 days."

"Why does it take so long?"

"When the cargo is shipped, sometimes it is faster and sometimes it is slower, and there are always some. If it is rainy, it will inevitably take more time to delay."

The people in the hall were specifically responsible for receiving goods and receiving money. In the yard, several of Wang Dang's subordinates were loading the goods.

We will set off tomorrow morning. When we arrive in Puzhou, some people will leave the team and stay in Puzhou to deliver goods, and then look for shops to settle down. Puzhou is still a very unfamiliar place for them, so everyone is a little nervous, but as long as this thing can be accomplished, the benefits will be endless in the future.

In the future, they only need to guard their respective shops, receive goods and deliver goods. They can receive commissions for one item, receive commissions for one item, and also receive commissions for helping with the transfer.

The road from Chang'an City to Dinghu County was divided into several sections. Each section was only about two or three days away, and it took only five or six days to make a round trip. For those who have been wandering outside for many years, five or six days is nothing.

Early the next morning, Wang Dang and others transported the first batch of goods out of the city. At this time, they did not have a express delivery point other than the shop in Chang'an City.

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 could not take root in the designated cities. He had traveled around the world for so many years, and had seen some strong winds and waves, and had better ability to solve problems than before.

What Wang Dang was most worried about was the management of the team. He broke up his brothers and sent them to various places in Hedong Road. After a long time, the interests were in the present, and some people would inevitably have strange intentions.

Luo Yong could not give any good advice on this matter. After all, even in later generations, the management of the company's team is still a headache for every business operator.

No matter how worried Wang Dang was, he did not retreat. Boss Wang wanted to do only two things, one was to let his wife, children eat and wear food and clothing, and the other was to lead his brothers to find a good life.

In the past, he felt that as long as he could go far away, sell goods outside and come and go freely, he would have been considered a perfect merit.

Now he has done both of these things. As he stands higher and farther he has been to, what he longs for and yearns in his heart will no longer be as in the past.
To be continued...