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Chapter 312

Hearing Wei Renshi's question, Li Liang thought about it and shook his head.

However, a man under Ding Liuyong said, "This young man knows that there is a Taoist priest behind Xuandu Temple who likes to raise pigeons very much, but I'm afraid he has raised more than a hundred of them."

"Okay! That's great!" Wei Renshi said, "But I wonder if there is any way for you to get me a hundred pigeons?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Wei Renshi's words. Li Liang scratched his head and asked, "Brother Renshi, what are you making so many pigeons? Even if you cook them, you don't need that much, right?"

"Uh, of course it's not for roasting. I want to imitate the ancients Hongyan to pass on letters!" Wei Renshi smiled and shook his head, saying, "I just heard Mr. Ding say that Guangzhou is too far from Chang'an, and the transmission of reports was slow, I suddenly remembered that for these very urgent information, even the 800-mile rush, I could use Fei Ge to pass on letters!"

"Flying pigeons pass letter?" After everyone heard this, Ding Liuyong said again: "I have heard that someone used Fei Ge to pass letters in the Han Dynasty. However, if the Fei Ge was lost or was taken down by others, wouldn't it be leaked?"

"Then you're not afraid." Li Liang smiled and said, "We have already done a solution now. Even if the Xinbao is intercepted, they will not be able to know the meaning of the Xinbao."

"Oh?" Ding Liuyong was curious, but he didn't ask much, but asked, "Will the Fei Ge send a letter be faster than the 800-li expedition?"

Wei Renshi nodded and said, "Mr. Ding, it is 800 miles to travel 800 miles a day. Among them, it must be based on the route of the official road. The official road must not be straight, so the distance of the official road is much longer than the actual straight line distance. And on the way, there are very few horses that can travel thousands of miles a day. However, a trained pigeon can reach 200 miles a day. Moreover, due to the habit of the pigeon, it will basically return to the nest day and night as soon as possible in addition to eating, and will also look for the nearest route without being restricted by the official road."

"So fast?" Everyone was shocked.

Wei Renshi said to everyone: "If these pigeons are trained as carrier pigeons, they will take some of them from Chang'an when the spy sets off. For example, they will go to Guangzhou. If there is an urgent matter there, they can write the newspaper in secret, tie it to the pigeon's legs, and release the carrier pigeons from Guangzhou. Those carrier pigeons will immediately leave Guangzhou and return to Chang'an's nest cage. In an hour, two hundred miles are calculated. Apart from the time of eating, they can fly at least two thousand miles a day, so they can fly back to Chang'an in just two or three days! Half the time they arrive in Chang'an can be saved!"

Everyone gasped, and then their faces were suddenly awe-in. They all knew what it meant for a war or other things if they could save half of their time to obtain military information in the front.

"It was just that I suddenly thought of this that I wanted to ask you to think of ways to see how to get hundreds of pigeons in the event of little noise. It is best to find someone who is good at raising pigeons so as to try to train some carrier pigeons." Wei Renshi said.

"This..." Everyone thought about it, but there was no way to make a lot of noise for a while.

But soon, Ding Liuyong suddenly smiled.

Wei Renshi immediately asked, "Mr. Ding has a solution?"

Ding Liuyong smiled and said, "If we do this, we will never make any noise. There is only one person who will make people unsurprising and will not think too much about doing this. Moreover, if Mr. Wei can inform him of the use of the pigeon, that person will definitely help."

Wei Renshi was stunned and then immediately understood.

"A good way!" Wei Renshi immediately understood who Ding Liuyong was talking about.

Apart from Li Shi, who else can there be!

Isn’t he the most suitable child for doing this kind of thing?

Wufang is a divine house set up by Li Shi to obtain hawks and dogs for hunting and entertainment, Yaofang, Foxfang, Eaglefang, Dogfang, and Children refer to the staff members of each house. In the Tang Dynasty, the servants of the staff were called children.

The children of the Wufang hang nets everywhere in the neighborhood, catching birds and using this name, they are all domineering and using various despicable means to seize the money and goods of the people. Some even hang the nets on other people's doors and prevent people from entering and leaving; some are hanging on the wells so that people cannot draw water from the wells, etc. The public grievances are very deep and they do many bad things.

Borrowing their hands, even if you trap a large number of pigeons in captivity, it will only make people scold them a few words, and will not remind people of the function of flying pigeons sending books.

Anyway, the Yongzhen reform will also ban the Wufang. At that time, punishing a few bullies Wufang waiters will also quell the public's grievances.

"Thank you, Mr. Ding, for your reminder! Please go with me tomorrow and say a few words to me." Wei Renshi said.

Ding Liuyong's eyes lit up, he nodded immediately and said, "Thank you, Lord Wei, for your support!"

Wei Renshi asked him to give him a piece of the merit, how could he not hear it?

The next morning, Wei Renshi, together with Ding Liuyong and Li Liang, headed to the imperial city to take a horse.

When they arrived outside the palace gate, they bothered the guards to report, and the two of them waited outside. Soon, they saw the guard running back and letting them in, saying that His Majesty was in the Tai Chi Hall.

Wei Renshi, Ding Liuyong and Li Liang went to Tai Chi Hall together. When he arrived outside the hall, the eunuch informed him and took the three of them in.

Li Shi was reviewing the memorials and seemed to be in a good mood. When he saw the three of them coming to see the ceremony, he smiled and said, "Don't give up the ceremony, what's the matter with my dear friends?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I, Mr. Ding, and Li Duwei were ordered to train spies. When discussing, I suddenly realized a very serious problem." Wei Ren actually took a step forward and bowed to Li Shi and said.

Li Shi put the memorial in his hand on the desk in front of him and said, "Oh? Let's hear it."

Wei Renshi said: "Your Majesty, please dare to ask, how long will it take for the information about rice seeds sent from Guangzhou to reach Your Majesty?"

Li Shi didn't expect Wei Renshi to ask this question. He thought for a while and said, "If it is a normal situation, two hundred miles are enough. If something big happens, depending on the situation, from 600 miles to 800 miles to 800 miles to rice seeds, I ordered them to treat them with 800 miles to speed up. From Guangzhou to me, it will take eight or nine days to speed up. Why, Wei Qing asked what this is done?"

"What if it weren't rice seeds, but the two armies were fighting?" Wei Renshi asked, "Your Majesty, you also know that the situation in the military formation and on the battlefield changes rapidly. In the past eight or nine days, the situation of the former army will be very different. The outdated information we obtained has a huge impact on the combat, and even the decisions made are no longer in line with the situation in the army."
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