Father can be an enemy to the country

After writing his first letter, the next day happened to be the day when Qianhu Office received letters, so Yu Min got up early and sent the letters from all Hundred Household Offices to Yanglin Town.

There were three official relay systems in the Ming Dynasty.

The inn and express shop have already been introduced, and there is another one called the delivery office.

The first two are used to transport people and official documents, while the latter is mainly used to transport materials. During the expedition to Yunnan the year before last, the sergeants at the delivery station were responsible for transporting the army's food and baggage.

In order to facilitate the soldiers to contact their families in the mainland, the prince decided to use the official postal system to send letters home to the soldiers.

The first two are all about efficiency and cannot be delayed at all, so this task falls on the delivery office.

The delivery station would collect the letters from the soldiers when passing through the Qianhu Station, and then deliver the letters to the garrison in their hometown through layers of transport.

With the generosity of the prince, of course this service is free. But if you want to ensure that the letter is delivered and is not lost or damaged on the way, you still have to give some benefits to the soldiers at the delivery station.

Yu Min gave me another half a pound of money and asked the delivery office to deliver the salary he had saved for half a year to my mother.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, as the Ming Dynasty's finances improved, and in order to appease people after deposing the prime minister, Boss Zhu increased the official salary. In the eighth-grade year, the official salary was 75 shi and 45 guan; in the seventh-grade year, the official salary was 100 yuan. Stone, sixty notes. For Yu Min, who was still a top soldier before, this is definitely a huge sum.

Moreover, the prince will never default on the food and salary of the officers and soldiers, and the salary of civil and military officials will be paid in time, so Yu Min's economic situation has been greatly improved. It's just that he followed the example of Qi Qianhu and Niu Baihu and sent money to the homes of his brothers who were killed in battle, and those who were disabled and returned home would also receive a share.

Qi Qianhu told him at the beginning that only in this way would the soldiers be willing to sacrifice their lives for them.

But Yu Min was still too young to think so much. He simply wanted to feel better. So he never saved any money last year. It wasn't until this year that I settled down in Dashao Township and saved ten guan of treasure money. He also exchanged the endless lumi for twenty guan with his brothers, and collected thirty guan notes, plus another five guan copper coins issued by the prince. I sent them all to my mother.

He originally planned to let his mother and brother come to Yunnan, but after talking to Niu Baihu yesterday, he temporarily gave up the idea. Even the Li family is unwilling to come to Yunnan, so he is willing to let my mother travel across mountains and rivers to suffer?

Let’s wait and see again in two years.

…

When handing the money to Ji Zhenfu, who collected it on his behalf, Yu Min also specifically told him to tell the person at the delivery office that he had written the amount in the letter.

It's not that he doesn't trust the people at the delivery office. Well, I just don’t trust them…

After finishing the work, Yu Min felt relieved and rushed back to Dashio Township without delaying the day's farm work.

After that day, he continued to lead his brothers to open up wasteland while waiting for the news.

However, before he could wait for a reply, Niu Baihu over there had already found a good partner for him...

One day in July, Niu Baihu called him away from the fields and took him to the river to wash him from head to toe. Yu Min's greatest advantage was her absolute obedience to orders. After cleaning herself up as instructed, the sergeant took two blue official robes from the cage on horseback and presented them to them.

"What are you doing standing there, put it on?" Niu Baihu said to him while putting on his official robe.

"What are you doing wearing this on such a hot day?" Yu Min looked at her head in shock.

"What are you doing? Let's go on a blind date!" Niu Baihu rolled his eyes at him angrily, and then said happily:

"My cheap one... Oh no, brother-in-law, I have found a good girl for you. She is the girl from the nearby village. The father and daughter should be arriving soon. Let's go to my brother-in-law's house quickly."

"I don't want to go. I haven't waited for a reply yet." Yu Min refused at first.

"I don't care whether you want to go or not, this is an order!" But Niu Baihu's eyes glared, and he could only obey the order honestly.

After a while, with the help of the sergeant, the two men put on their official robes. There are obvious differences between military attaches' official robes and civilian officials' robes. First, the two wings of the black gauze hat are shorter and rounder. Then there are the wide-sleeved robes worn by civilian officials, but the tight-fitting narrow-sleeved robes worn by military attachés make it easier to move around.

Of course, the most obvious difference is the patchwork on the chest. Civil servants have patches on their chests with various birds, while military officers have patchwork on their chests with various beasts. It’s no wonder that they were labeled as “dressed beasts” by later generations.

The two of them don't have to worry about dressing up, because the official robes of the sixth-grade and seventh-grade military attachés are exactly the same, both are cyan, with a plain silver belt, and a embroidery patch on the chest.

Sure enough, Buddha relies on gold and people rely on clothing. After dressing up neatly and hanging their sabers on their waists, the two of them immediately changed completely. From two sunburned farmers, they instantly turned into mighty Ming Dynasty officers.

In order to strengthen his momentum, Niu Baihu also pulled out all the eight war horses in the guard. They each rode one horse, and the remaining six horses were also ridden by their brothers to serve as personal soldiers...

The group of people rode horses for more than 20 miles and entered the mountains in the western part of Songmeng. After walking for more than ten miles in the mountains, they came to a village called "Fake Head".

It is said to be a mountain village, but in fact it is a mountain village surrounded by wooden fences on the mountainside. The leader of the village, Aqie, is Niu Baihu's uncle Baiyi. The date of this blind date came from the nearby Zhena Village and was also a Bai Yi.

The Baiyi people mainly live in Dali, and the Duan family is the Baiyi people. When the Dali Kingdom ruled all of Yunnan, the Duan family naturally wanted to send tribesmen to guard strategic places like Songmeng Prefecture. However, after the Yuan Dynasty destroyed Dali and took over Yunnan, the Duan family and most of the Baiyi people were forced to retreat to Dali, but a small number of people stayed and retreated to the mountains to form villages.

This is the situation in Faketou and Zhena Village...

Until this moment, Yu Min was still full of reluctance.

But when he followed Niu Baihu into Aqie's hut and saw his blind date, he was willing to do so.

It was a sunny summer afternoon, and the golden sunlight shone through the simple wooden window on the Bai Yi girl named Nuo. It also shined into Yu Min's heart, and he would never forget this beautiful picture of 'Sunlight Girl'.

Even after many years, the colleague still clearly remembers the four words that popped out of his mouth at that time: 'So white, so big...'

However, Yu Min later emphasized repeatedly that what he said was 'the eyes are really big', so don't get it wrong.

In short, this nineteen-year-old virgin was hooked instantly. Then my mind kept buzzing and my thinking completely stopped. The little remaining will he had was used to remind himself not to giggle.

In this case, it is naturally up to Baihu to make the decision...

The other party couldn't speak Chinese, and they couldn't speak Baiyi dialect, so the two sides were naturally at the mercy of their uncle, who knew a little bit of Chinese.

Aqie said to Niu Baihu: "Bride price."

Niu Baihu quickly asked the sergeant to bring in the betrothal gift that A Qie had ordered. There is a rooster, two bottles of wedding wine, two pieces of cloth, and a jar of salt...

The other party accepted it and gave a box of cakes in return, and Ache told Niu Baihu, which meant that they agreed.