In the early morning, the city gate had just opened, and two knights in embroidered gold robes were riding horses from a distance. They rode all the way, shaking bells in their hands, and the rapid jingle sound was clearly heard from miles away.

Pedestrians on the road avoided the orders, and they rushed to deliver the emergency documents.

There is a business shop number on the back of the outer robe. These two people are the senders of the famous Wang Kuai Foot Delivery Shop in Beijing. The express delivery business in the Song Dynasty was very developed, and there were more than 20 delivery shops in Beijing alone.

There are also five delivery shops in Pingjiang Prefecture. For example, Yangjijijiufu in Mudu Town is the largest delivery shop in Wu County. It is extremely convenient to send letters and deliver goods.

Handling shops are generally divided into step delivery, ship delivery and horse delivery.

Step delivery mainly delivers slow pieces, ship delivery focuses on freight, while horse delivery is emergency delivery.

Since these two people were Ma Di, they were obviously here to deliver emergency letters.

The most urgent express delivery is called the Golden Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano Piano, which specializes in delivering urgent edicts to the emperor, etc. Private delivery shops also undertake this kind of business, requiring a trip of 500 miles a day.

The general horse delivery requires a trip of 300 miles a day, and you need to change horses and run at branches in various places along the way.

The express delivery of horses used in the Song Dynasty was generally very expensive, and the quantity was slightly cheaper.

This trip, specifically to ride a horse from the capital to Pingjiang Prefecture to deliver a letter, costs at least ten cents of coins.

If it is a stub, it will be cheaper, at most a few hundred cents.

Two letter-giving knights rushed into Wuxian County and came to the front of the county yamen. They turned over and got off the horse, ran up the steps and said to the yamen runners: "Tell you the county magistrate quickly, the capital city will send you a quick letter!"

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The next morning, Zhu Pei's gorgeous carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn.

It immediately caused a sensation among the contestants. This was the only carriage in Wu County, and it was three strong horses pulled.

You should know that from the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty to Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, there were only more than 200,000 horses in the Song Dynasty, far lower than the millions in the Liao Kingdom and the more than 700,000 horses in the Western Xia Dynasty.

The limited horses of the Song Dynasty must first meet the needs of the army, and secondly, they must meet the needs of the court's official affairs and post shops. In this way, there are very few horses flowing into the people.

This is like the out-of-print luxury cars in later generations. Almost all families who can ride horses are rich and wealthy families.

The animal power in the north is basically dominated by ox carts and donkey carts, while the water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is well developed, with not many animal power, and horses are even rarer.

In many people's memory, it seems that only the county magistrate in Wu County was riding horses, and there were no horses for others to see, and there were no horses for rent even if they could do their best.

But today, a gorgeous carriage parked in front of the inn, how could it not surprise everyone?

In fact, Zhu Pei’s family has two such luxury carriages, one used by his family and the other is used to welcome and see off guests.

These days Zhu Pei participated in the competition in Wuxian County, and this carriage that welcomed and gave away distinguished guests was specially transferred to her for use.

As soon as Fan Ning came out of the inn, the carriage door opened, and Jian Meizi, who was sitting next to him, waved to him.

At this time, countless pairs of eyes looked at Fanning, making Fanning uncomfortable. He didn't want to ride in such a gorgeous carriage in full view of everyone.

Fan Ning was about to decline, but Pei Guang reacted quickly. He was afraid that Fan Ning would make Zhu Pei angry, so he winked at another assistant coach Zhang. The two of them held Fan Ning on the left and right and pushed him onto the carriage.

"I feel embarrassed to sit in my carriage?"

Zhu Pei, who was sitting in the back row, saw Fanning's barrage, and she stared at Fanning with dissatisfaction.

Jupei spent half an hour dressing up today.

She wore a sapphire blue satin sack, a gold silk belt on her waist, and a high-quality black gauze hat on her head. Her jasper was inlaid in the middle of the hat. Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, her skin was as white as porcelain, and her small mouth was like bright red cherries.

No matter how you look at it, they are all a little beauty in men's clothing.

"Why would I be dissatisfied with getting into such a beautiful carriage?"

Fanning smiled and looked at the decorations in the carriage, "I have to be polite if someone invites you kindly!"

After getting on the carriage, he immediately fell in love with the luxurious decoration inside the carriage. The seats were covered with satin cushions embroidered with gold silk. Be good, there were gems inlaid on the walls of the car.

He reached out and touched a ruby, "Is it true?"

"Look at your unpromising look!"

When Zhu Pei saw Fanning touching the ruby, his eyes shone brightly and couldn't help but curl his lips contemptuously.

But she was still very proud, and she liked to see Fanning revealing her true nature as a country kid.

"Let's go!" she waved.

The carriage started and walked around the back door of the county school.

Yes! Fan Ning suddenly realized that the county school was opposite the inn, so why did he have to take a carriage to do? Does this girl have something to say?

He looked up at Zhu Pei, who really had something to say.

"Fan Ning, in a few days it will be my grandfather's 60th birthday, so you can also attend!"

When Fanning heard that she actually called her name, she smiled and said, "Is this a formal invitation?"

"Our yane said, of course, it was a formal invitation, but the premise was that you had to give me the Taihu Stone that promised me, otherwise... Humph! Humph!"

"I can give it to you, but you have to return that Lingbi stone first!"

Fanning knows this little girl too well and doesn't make any promises to her in advance, she will change her mind at any time.

"I'm afraid not!"

Zhu Peiman thought casually: "I have given that Lingbi stone to my grandfather as a birthday gift."

"etc!"

Fan Ning suddenly heard something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Since you have already given a birthday gift, why do you still want Taihu Stone?"

Zhu Pei covered his mouth and sneered, and said seriously: "I asked you not to ask for Taihu stone as a birthday party. I want to attend the stone fighting. Little guy, do you understand?"

Fanning rolled her eyes, why?

The favor she owed her has paid off. Taihu stone is so expensive. She thought it was a stone on the side of the road. She could pick up as much as she wanted.

Of course, she is a wealthy girl, and dozens of taels of silver are similar to the stones on the roadside in her eyes, but why didn’t she think about it for herself?

Zhu Pei observed his expression and immediately saw that Fan Ning was unwilling to accept it. She also understood Fan Ning. The more he used tough methods, the less he would give in. He had to use gentle means to make him hand over the stone obediently.

She turned against the normality of being fierce and looked delicate and said in a soft voice: "Aning, I don't want your stone. Every year on my grandfather's birthday, there will be a stone fighting. I just want to participate in the stone fighting. I will give it back to you after the battle. A broken stone. Do you think I will be rare?"

Now the name has been changed to Aning again. How much does this little girl want that stone?

However, Fan Ning had another idea. Zhou Lin told him that the stone fighting was held in a small circle and outsiders could not get in. This little girl wanted to participate in the stone fighting, which was a chance for herself.

Thinking of this, he pretended to be pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "You can lend it to you, but I have a condition!"

"Boy, do you have the conditions?"

Zhu Pei blurted out, and she suddenly woke up and had to use soft methods. She said angrily: "Tell me, what are the conditions?"

"I also want to participate in Doushi. You can take me with you, just this is the condition."

Zhu Pei felt relieved and just a little effort. She smiled happily and said, "Then we have a promise. After we go back, I will send you an invitation."

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There were not many students participating in the second round today, with only six students in total, representing three schools to participate.

Yanying School, County School Affiliated School, and Changqing School, these three schools are the winners of each group of the first round of the competition in District B.

Although they are just a deputy team, their strength is really not weak, and they are even better than the main team. Like Changqing Academy, they put the first and second places in the joint examination in the deputy team.

Although there are few students today, there are many examiners, with six examiners in charge. The chief examiner is Zhang Ruoying, who is an elder in his sixties and one of the four chief professors of the county school.

In addition to the examiner, the leaders of the three schools are also allowed to listen, but there are no prompts, otherwise it will be considered as cheating in the game.

"I'm afraid there will be bias in today's game?"

Zhu Pei glanced at the seat arrangement, leaned forward and whispered to Fanning.

"How do you see it?"

"You can tell by looking at the seat arrangement. You actually arranged the county school affiliated schools in the middle. As far as I know, many county school professors have taught them."
To be continued...