Chapter 616: Gu Ting

Outside Jinzhou City, about a dozen miles away from Northwest Daying, there is an extra row of solid concrete houses.

There is also a large warehouse and courtyard behind the cement house.

In the early morning, the sound of horseshoes on the official road outside the door shook the sky, stirring up dust all over the sky.

A group of big men in the army stopped in front of the cement building.

The one in the lead looks extremely handsome, but he is a bit darker.

He looked up at the wooden plaque hanging on the gate of the concrete house, [Sanhe Express Jinzhou Luomahe Substation].

Gu Ting grinned, looking proud.

Pointing to the writing on the wooden plaque, he said to the people around him, "See, it's my sister's property."

"cut!"

All the big men booed him in unison.

Gu Ting didn't take it seriously, and walked into the gate of the substation with a burden.

"Send Express!"

Ma Gui hurried out from the room.

After Ma Gui came out of the capital, he traveled thousands of miles and finally arrived at his work site, the Luomahe branch of Sanhe Express in Jinzhou.

He worked as a courier here.

Half a year has passed since I left the capital at the beginning of the year.

From late spring to mid-winter, the two years of Wende are about to pass.

And he has also become a senior courier, skilled in business.

"Where? Fill out the form yourself, or should I fill it out for you?"

Today's Ma Gui is not as nervous as when he left Beijing.

He seems to be an old fritter at the express station, enough to train newcomers.

boom!

Gu Ting put the burden heavily on the table, "Send it to the capital, I will fill out the form myself. I heard that Sanhe Express has now cooperated with Shaofu Bank, can you send money?"

Hearing this, Ma Gui couldn't help but look at Gu Ting twice more.

He knew this person, the Sirius Army of the Northwest Camp, and it was said that he was still a small leader.

I have delivered several packages,

All are going to the capital.

Ma Gui nodded, "Master Jun, take a look, this is a new service launched by our Sanhe Express. It helps send money to the Shaofu Bank, and only charges a small handling fee."

Gu Ting pinched his chin, looking at the colorful brochures, thinking what a waste!

This kind of thing doesn't need to be printed in color. Could it be that my sister was cheated by the people below? Someone greedy for money?

He thought about it and was very worried.

He asked Ma Gui to prepare the Four Treasures of the Study, and he wanted to write a letter to his sister in the capital, reminding her that she was deceived by the servants. A brochure is also printed in color, how expensive it is!

Those bullying bastards, when he returned to the capital, he had to skin them.

Ma Gui said to Gu Ting: "Three pennies of pen and ink."

"There's so much nonsense, I told you to prepare the Four Treasures of the Study, so you should." Gu Ting roared impatiently.

Ma Gui secretly rolled his eyes, he is not afraid of these big men who are soldiers now.

Sanhe Express is jointly run by Sihai Commercial Bank and the Shaofu of the Ministry of War. The stationmasters of the courier stations are also veterans who have retired from the military camp.

These big men who are soldiers are domineering in other places, but they dare not mess around at the express delivery station.

Thinking of when he first came to Northwest, Ma Gui wanted to laugh at himself.

At that time, when he saw the big man in the army, he was so scared that he died. When he helped someone write the express bill, his hands were shaking. Once, several soldiers rushed into the express delivery station, all of them were so fierce that he almost peed in fright.

Unlike now, I don't even bother to lift my eyelids.

He handed the Four Treasures of the Study to Gu Ting, and then took a pen to thank the other big men in the army for the express slips.

Most of these soldiers are illiterate.

The address on the courier bill has to be filled in by the courier.

No wonder every courier was required to learn at least 500 words during the training.

This is illiterate, so he can't be a courier.

These days, being a porter to deliver goods also has such high requirements.

Fortunately, he was very satisfied with the treatment.

"Can you help me write the letter?" A soldier with a scar on his face asked Ma Gui.

Ma Gui nodded, "You can write it on your behalf, but the handwriting is not good-looking. Look at my handwriting, it's not as good as Master Xiucai."

"You have beautiful handwriting, but I still haven't found you. You write a letter for me and send it back with these things."

Master Xiucai writes beautifully, and the fees are also expensive. In summer it costs at least eight Wen, and in winter it is cold, so the scholar also raised the price to twelve Wen.

But at the courier station, the paper, pen and ink plus the written letter cost only five cents. This price is the same all year round.

It's not like the scholar master, who also increases the price according to the weather, he doesn't pay attention at all.

Ma Gui took out the letter paper, pressed it with a paperweight, and asked, "What do you want to write?"

Datou Bing chuckled, "Hua, I'm Dagui, do you miss me..."

While writing letters for others, Ma Gui's teeth ached.

These big soldiers, in the words of the manager, are yellow and violent.

In the words of the master scholar next door, it is vulgar. He speaks bluntly, without any literary spirit, and is not particular about it.

Chief Soldier: "..."

The last time I was out of my mind, I spent twelve pennies to ask a sour scholar to write a letter. As a result, Hua'er couldn't understand what Suan Xiucai wrote. Pissed him off.

It's better to spend five cents and ask the courier at the courier station to write the letter for you. Although the handwriting is ugly and there are typos and typos, it is straightforward! Hua'er can understand his mind just by looking at it.

Ma Gui wrote two pages in one breath, and seeing that there were only the last few lines left, he began to yell, "Enough is enough, I can only write two pages at most. If you write any more, you will have to pay more!"

The big soldier was a little bit reluctant, he still had a lot to say.

The courier's writing is straightforward enough, it's just waste paper.

It's not as good as a sour scholar who writes a letter and can summarize it, which saves time and paper. It's a pity that Hua'er can't understand the letter written by Suan Xiucai.

Ma Gui reminded again, "I can still write some more, so hurry up and be serious. Stop talking nonsense."

The big soldier scratched his head and pulled Gu Ting who was writing a letter next to him, "General, can I really send money now?"

Gu Ting hummed, "If you're worried, I'll send it first. If you can really receive it, you can ask them to send the money. If it doesn't work, next time when the people from the wool workshop come over, I'll help you and drag them along. Take the money back."

"That's so troublesome!"

Gu Ting said: "That can't be helped, we can't go into the city casually. People from wool workshops can't come all the time. But I read this booklet says that if you lose money, you will be compensated. The premise is that you have to spend some money to buy it." a guarantee."

"Really guarantee compensation?" Datou Bing looked surprised, and he asked Ma Gui again, "If the sent money is lost, will you guarantee compensation?"

Ma Gui rolled his eyelids, "You have to charge twice the handling fee to guarantee the compensation. One tael of silver, the normal handling fee is ten Wen. If you want to guarantee the compensation, you will have to pay a handling fee of twenty Wen."

"Okay!" Datou Bing grinned, "spend more money, peace of mind. Last year, I dragged my fellow villagers to help me bring the money back, but that bastard, who was greedy for my money, lied to my mother that I was injured." , I cheated two taels of silver from my mother.

I only hate that bastard for refusing to come to this land again, otherwise I would have killed him long ago. But I keep this account in mind, and when I go back and find him, I have to ask him to return me the principal with interest. "

Hearing what happened to the big soldier, Ma Gui shook his head.

This kind of thing, since he became a courier, he realized that it is really common. Happens almost every day.

These days, when people earn money in other places and cannot go back for a while, they entrust fellow villagers to help them bring the money back.

It can be said that the most unreliable thing in the world is for fellow villagers to help bring money

If you are lucky, eight taels of silver will fall into the hands of the family. If you are unlucky, if you have ten taels of silver, it would be nice to have four or five taels left over.

What's even more unfortunate is that at the end of the ten taels of silver there was not a penny left, and the family was still cheated out of the money. Such as titans.

Who should I talk to about this?

Folks in the village, if they bring money back for their hard work, they have to worry about it on the way, so what if they get some money for their hard work.

What can be done?

Even if there is a lawsuit, the county master doesn't like to take care of it.

This kind of thing can't be explained at all.

But if the villagers don't bring the money, the money won't reach the family.

Count on the bank?

Small people, hundreds of Wen, a few taels of silver, the bank is not willing to deal with it.

Another one, Xiaomin has a natural awe of the bank. Xiaomin would never take a step into the bank until he was desperate.

Moreover, most people actually don't know what business projects the bank is carrying out.

I don't understand! I don't understand!

Since you don't understand, then stay away from it.

The big soldier asked Ma Gui to write: "Flower, I will send you back five taels of silver this time, and two taels to buy medicine for dad. You save the rest, and I will send you money back next time."

"Wait!" The big soldier stopped Ma Gui's pen and told him to stop writing, "After my money is successfully sent back, how can my family get the money?"

Ma Gui said: "Whenever you send money, the money will be remitted to Shaofu Bank. The bank will issue a receipt together with your package and send it to your hometown. After your family gets the receipt, bring the road guide and identity documents, and you can Go to the Shaofu Bank in the county seat to withdraw money."

Datou Bing frowned, "If I lose the money, who am I going to pay for it? Will you be foolish?"

Ma Gui rolled his eyes, but still patiently explained: "You come to check after three months. If the money has not arrived, we will verify it. We are sure that the money is lost, and we will definitely pay you back within half a year. But if your money is called We are not responsible for impostors.

Therefore, you must think clearly about the name of the payee on the receipt. Your father, your mother, or your daughter-in-law, your son? Only the payee himself on the receipt can go to the bank to collect the money with the identity documents and guides.

But even so, some people will still take the remittance receipt to claim it. For example, you wrote your brother as the payee, but it turned out that your brother-in-law received the money, and the bank couldn't tell the difference! We don't care about this, and you resolve such disputes by yourself. "

The chief soldier scratched his hair with a troubled expression on his face.

What people say makes sense.

Brother and brother-in-law, the bank can't tell the difference.

Therefore, the bank only recognizes the payee's name on the receipt, as well as the identity document and road guide of the payee. Pay as long as you agree.

"Then, then I will write my father's name."

A colleague next to him laughed at him, "Don't you write your daughter-in-law's name?"

"It's not that I'm worried about her running away to the county town as a woman."

"Hahaha, you are worried about your brother-in-law claiming your money."

"go away!"