Just a few years, many courier has become an indispensable part of people's lives, in ancient times, people have no Sent Items express it? There is some, but not like the ancient courier today, just posted an online job posting, just to find a few young and strong lad able to line up, you know, ancient pieces of art, but the courier to live, most people really dry not!
[Zhou had an official courier]
"Red Feizixiao a ride, no one knows to litchi." This is Du Fu "quatrains through the Huaqing Palace" in the poem tells of love lychee Yang, after the reign know specially sent to pick litchi Lingnan region of origin take the best quality litchi, full speed back to the empire, so that Yang eat fresh lychee, litchi which send "express little brother" was in fact passed an emergency military court specialized public officials. This is the first show of the popular poem of the Tang Dynasty "Express" situation, but "Express" is really the industry, when it will have to be traced back to the Xia and Shang.
Xia has been generated when the physical transfer, but in general are "on the way" to pass, and there is no clear division of to the Shang Dynasty, people began to go to special purpose to transfer token, such as today to help Zhang to send a letter tomorrow to help run a Li legs, earn a little money supplement the family income, but not too far away from the pass, the vehicle also rely on people's the Western Zhou Dynasty, the court began to have a responsible official in charge of Post Station express "Yukio", and set the purpose of the express industry, "although the road is difficult, from time to time will be up." this is a modern express are very difficult to do that, and since then the courier also have a relatively clear categories, including "fast light rail vehicles pass (pass)." "border pass book (Post)" and "emergency line step transfer (Act)" in several ways.
Spring and Autumn Period, "Ma Biography" officially appear, the horse became the main means of transport, at close range transfer letters, often using "cycling Communication", while long-distance pass the message you can use the "Relay." Qin unified after the transfer documents are divided into according to the urgency of the "urgent word instruments" and "ordinary instruments," the two, with the current perspective, is divided into express and regular mail, the difference is that both daily road mileage requirements above. Ordinary instruments for express delivery date is not too demanding, courier to be and endorsement of the "fly immediately delivery" of the document, you must travel to reach 150 kilometers per if the endorsement of the "Urgent", that speed it must be faster.
[Courier] on horseback
After the Han Dynasty, all express courier must be delivered by a horse, riding couriers since become compulsory courses emergency Northern and Southern Dynasties requirements document courier rode 200 km daily, Sui and Tang dynasties when this figure increased to 250 km, Song , the emergence of a faster courier - a swift delivery, according to "with garden notes," recorded the fastest possible delivery of emergency foot "on line six hundred."
It is now converted into a 600 mile scale is about less than 250 km distance, although the modern point of view, this distance aircraft fly more than 20 minutes, drove two hours to it, but in ancient times, but the courier sent to ride, and general horse will run every hour a normal run of more than 20 kilometers, if run continuously throughout the day, the 12 hours will probably be able to run just fine 600 miles. But different horses and cars, the car is able to run on gasoline, which is made of steel, not tired, do not need to eat, but not the same horse, even the best horse that is need to eat, need to rest, so re-count the horse rest of the time, wanted to run alone, an estimated 600 miles during the day is not enough.
Some people say, there is frequently not the ancient Maxima it? Maxima rode 500 km on line is not a piece of cake? In fact, this should be regarded as a misunderstanding of history. Ancient unit of measurement and modern different, such as the Zhou dynasty mile length together only about modern 300 meters, so the "Historical Records" and other official history described in "Maxima", said "Trinidad" in fact, is 300 kilometers per hour but 30km up and down, so it seems, the history can be called "traveling thousands of miles, nocturnal eight hundred" horse of God, speed is not as fast as people think.
Given the limited speed horse, riding high even if it is impossible to greatly reduce the time now, it can only making a fuss in the horse finishing time, each to a post, a transfer at this inn to rest a good horse to run before the horse tired rest is stored in the inn, horses are not replaced, so that we can greatly reduce delivery time. But the horse is rest, no way people can rest, some send expedited express courier Lianpao days and nights can not sleep a wink, to a destination, directly tired fainted, this spirit is really worth modern courier Learn. Want to be seen in the ancient courier government to seek a job, then it is physical strength, endurance, stamina, one less.
[Escort fact, private courier]
Above we talked about in the ancient official courier, equivalent to the current national postal official courier are taking the Official Road, also an official stop, military and are generally delivered such important things, outlaw general, the robbers robbers definitely not start with them. However, there is a private courier industry ancient, ancient courier costs extremely expensive, so a private courier are usually transported valuable property, which became bandits highway robbery targets.
As a result, private courier became a hot meat and potatoes, although this delivery charges are generally high, but can not endure, guaranteed delivery can be safely delivered, it depends on the "Express" the ability, if not to pick up a living, but the value of the original price of the goods according to reparations. And that ability to say plainly to two points: First, the use of force, you force value is high, the robbers to kill a one to two kill a pair, it is estimated that no one will come to our eyes do not rob your the second is the network of people, If you force the handicap, but popular, Heibailiangdao are put on, it is generally the robbers will not find you trouble. Only with these two conditions, you can in the ancient open a private courier company, then with words, it is the Escort.
Escort originated in the Ming and Qing, originally called the standard line, until the Qing ticket number appears, Escort was changed, the word from the golden dart from the ticket, one to let people understand that this is a place with a force transducer drafts. Want to seek private escort the private express delivery companies in a job, not doing something that is absolutely impossible, and force the value of the courier also generally linked to job and income, the lowest level called Tang Zaishou, that the white attendant trainee, can not be said to be full-time employees, the next step is an ordinary personal bodyguard, then a high level, experienced good effort would be Young Master, the most powerful is the total Young Master.
In folklore, there is a master of the late Qing Dynasty ten list, there is a chart of specialization knife chivalrous, chivalric his life, prominent, martial arts skills, and Fearless, Once Upon a Time, and other famous martial artist par he was Hebei Cangzhou Wang Zhengyi Wang Zhengyi. Wang Zhengyi tutelage "pole" Li Fenggang, early bet Biaohang mountebank along with uncles Liu Shilong, and later he went to Beijing as a bodyguard bodyguard.
So did 10 years, Wang Zhengyi in Beijing he opened a half wall street Shun Yuen Escort, north to Shanhaiguan, south to Huai'an business can undertake. Since Shun Yuen Escort has standardized management, plus reasonable charges, Wang Young Master is a virtue, so quickly out of the Escort name, business is booming. Later, due to the participation of boxers fight with the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion Wang Zhengyi was shot, his story was later made into a movie people, has spread so far.
From the sword king five story, we can easily see that the ancient can become private courier companies staff, most are not ordinary people, many of which are modeled after the training shijiazi has no points and martial arts ability, forget the courier industry mix head, or lost his life did not say, victims have to lose money to the courier company owner.
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