The post road in ancient times was today's "national highway", so it is also called the official road. It is a national highway system invested by the central government and built in accordance with unified national standards. It is mainly used for the transmission of official documents and information such as government affairs, economics, military affairs, and other government affairs, economics, military affairs, transportation of materials, military mobilization, military logistics supply, and official business trips, transfers and inspections. The establishment of the post station marks the area actually controlled by the army. Therefore, the post road system is a symbol of the effective rule of the central government to the marginal areas, and its political and practical significance cannot be underestimated.

The roads on Hainan Island had existed before the Qin Dynasty and were limited to the hard-working of people and animals. Since the establishment of county magistrates in the Han Dynasty, with the gradual migration of the people of the Central Plains, the exchanges of officials, the movement and defense of the army, the circulation of goods of merchants, the delivery of official documents and letters, etc., people have walked more and gradually improved from small roads. During the Kaibao period, in order to adapt to the governing pattern of Hainan's "one island is set up with four prefectures", the post road traffic that emerged in the Song Dynasty began to implement island-round post roads on the basis of the post roads on Qiongdao.

The entire island is based on Qiong, the north of the island, the north of Qiong, the west, the south, the south, and the east, and the inner Baolidong, the post road is based on Qiongzhou Prefecture in the north, and the south is the terminal. There are post roads running through the coastal prefectures in Qiongdao and the west of Qiongdao. There are post roads on the post roads that are dedicated to transfer or resting for Qin officials and postmen. However, due to the harassment of the slang, the local governments are unable to maintain it, which is actually useless and has little effect. To this day, the island is completely controlled by the government, and the communication between the various yamen can only rely on sea routes.

Although Zhao Bing had not conducted on-site inspection, he thought that the post road had been abandoned for many years and the road was unmaintained, and the bridges were collapsed, and the museums along the way were disrepaired and unbearable. Reopening the post road was equivalent to rebuilding. Not to mention the huge manpower and material resources, but maintenance also requires continued investment in the later stage. The roads are inevitably under the threat of the area controlled by the Liren. They are always under the threat. They are powerless to resist by handing over the pavement alone, and they also need to send troops to protect them, which involves all aspects.

Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea. Although they judged that the enemy would focus on Qiongzhou as the offensive focus, they could not rule out attacking from other places, which required mobilization of troops to reinforce. Although the sea route can also be reached, it is slow and will be affected and restricted by the climate. Otherwise, it can pass almost all day and is less affected by the climate. Not only does it convey messages quickly, but the army can also reach the war zone in a fast manner.

Furthermore, in my previous life, I didn’t it be said that if you want to be rich, you should first build roads. One road will bring about a city. Therefore, building roads can not only facilitate access, but also accelerate the turnover of materials and the flow of population. The inns set up along the way on the post road will also become a distribution center for business and travel to exchange goods, driving the exhibition of other industries, attracting people to settle nearby, gradually expanding into towns, promoting commercial exhibitions, and bringing taxes to the government. Therefore, it is a realistic need to open up post roads.

"Sir, I think it is imperative to reopen the post road, and it must be implemented as soon as possible." Zhao Bing figured out the key point and said.

"Your Highness, I don't know. But there are more than 2,200 miles around the island in a week, and there are also mountains and bridges that need to be built. The project volume is huge and it will not be able to be completed in a short period of time. In the later stage, the place alone is unable to maintain it, so it won't take long to make it happen." Ying Jieyan said.

"Sir, I don't know if I have a suggestion. I would like to ask Mr. to take a look." Zhao Bing thought for a while.

"Please speak with your highness!" Ying Jieyan said. He couldn't think of a solution to the problem, so it would be better to listen to your highness's opinions.

For the need of ruling, this dynasty established a complete postal system. However, it changed the previous dynasty's form of serving the people as the main body, and was controlled by the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, and used military soldiers to replace the people as the husbands. Later, it set up special postmen to completely arrange the institutions for delivering letters according to the military organization. The food and wages allocated by the state on a monthly basis were treated with good treatment, which reduced the burden on the people. However, since then, it could not resist the layers of deductions from the officials, leaving them in a situation where they had no food and clothing, and so that the soldiers and the husbands gathered in the mountains and forests and became bandits.

At the same time, the inn has been completely separated from the communications and postal service, and only performs the duties of a government guesthouse, responsible for the welcome and sending officials and resting along the way. Not only does it cost a lot to eat and stay with the official coupons given by the court, but it has been a huge expense. Since then, corrupt officials have abused their official coupons and made profits from it, local finances have been ineffective, which has become a huge burden.

"I think I can merge the delivery shop and the inn to build it. One can increase the utilization rate of the building, and the other can subsidize the inn income to the delivery shop to use it for daily expenses such as repairing houses." Zhao Bing said slowly.

"Your Highness, all the needs of the inn are from officials. In this way, it is just a left hand to the right hand, and it still cannot reduce the needs." Ying Jieyan smiled bitterly and said, thinking that Your Highness had some clever plans!

"Sir, I finished listening to me..." Zhao Bing was not surprised by this and smiled and said his idea.

Why didn't Zhao Bing know that this management model will sooner or later be counted on his account, and it is simply a hole that cannot be filled. Of course, he did not dare to mention the modern model of "loans to build roads, charges to repay loans", otherwise no one else would have to be used. Only these two gentlemen would be labeled as a tyrant and scolded him to death, and could only make a decision on the management rights of the inn.

His idea was actually very simple, which was to contract out the inn and expand the business scope. The government only provided preliminary construction costs, and then the facilities were all allocated and repaired, and the personnel expenses were funded by the contractor. The inn could not be used only by officials, but also opened to ordinary business travelers to provide them with food, accommodation and other services, as a profit point.

"What Your Highness said is feasible and can reduce the expenses of the court, but who is willing to invest in the remote and wild places of Qiongzhou?" Ying Jieyan thought for a while and said. In his opinion, this was a loss-making transaction. Not only did he have to pay the contract fee, but he also had to bear the expenses of staying in the officials. Just earning some money from the business and travelers will definitely lose money.

"I think your highness's law is feasible. The government and the people can control it, so that the court can save a lot of expenses and benefit the people. It is a move that benefits both sides of the country!" Deng Guangjian didn't care about those, as long as it was beneficial to the court, it could be implemented.

"The idea is good, but the merchants are pursuing profits, and they are afraid that they will give up halfway and will suffer." Ying Jieyan was still worried that no one would take over or that he would give up halfway, and the court would eventually suffer.

"If no one is willing to do it, then the Ministry of Affairs of the Inner Government will take it first and let me try it first!" Zhao Bing looked at the two and said.

"Of course it's good to do it, but..." Ying Jieyan was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment and hesitated.
Chapter completed!