Many people think that logistics and express delivery are modern nouns. In fact, logistics and express delivery have appeared in ancient China. It is just that ancient and modern forms, meanings and names are not the same. Today I will talk about the ancient logistics and express delivery modes.

As early as in the Xia and Shang dynasties, there were physical objects, but many times they were carrying them. For example, today, I sent a letter to run a leg tomorrow. The distances are not too far apart, and they are all passed by people’s feet, and many of them are It’s not a separate errand.

At the time of the Zhou Dynasty, the government set up a specialization service, and set the rule of "Although the road is difficult, and must arrive from time to time." In the Spring and Autumn Period, the delivery method of express delivery is no longer a foot force, but instead of using Ma Chuan, if you are close at a distance, you can use a single ride, and a long distance is a transfer method. When the Qin Dynasty arrived, the express appeared to be fast and slow. If the words "immediately flying" were marked on the item, the transfer personnel were required to walk 150 kilometers every day. If the above is to write "100,000 urgent", then the speed should be more almost. At this time, the government has taken many measures to prevent the items from leaking or being dropped. For example, the papers are bundled before the transfer, and the seals are used at the knots to cover the seals to prevent private separation; the ones written on the rafts are to be placed in the book pockets. And people who are old and weak and who are not honest can't be couriers.

There was not much change in the form of the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. It was only a great breakthrough in speed. According to the relevant historical records, the fastest can be "six hundred miles a day", which is about 250 kilometers now. In the age of underdeveloped traffic, this can be said to be fast.

In the Tang Dynasty, the types of items that needed express delivery began to enrich, and began to have aquatic products and fruits. For example, everyone familiar with "a riding red dust scorpion laugh, no one knows that it is lychee", which was very extravagant at the time.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a letter bureau, and the main business of the letter bureau delivered letters, parcels, and money. Some of the letters received the goods. At this time, there were two kinds of postage, one was ordinary postage, and the other was mail. Insurance premiums, the standard of fees is set by the letter bureau itself. At this time, the payment method is also different from other periods. One is paid by the sender, and the other is paid by the sender of the sender. The last one is paid by the recipient. For the old customers can also be made by monthly, quarterly, and even annual, and there are discounts.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty opened a post office. The national registration bureau in the post office was said to have more than 300. However, the official post office and the letter bureau began to compete. The letter bureau had no advantage of competition, and the letter bureau was completely closed.

In addition, in the many TV dramas, we saw which Green Mountain King robbed a picture of a dart. In fact, the Escort is also an ancient way of logistics. With the continuous advancement of the society, the business undertaken by the Escort has become more and more extensive. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were letter darts, ticket darts, silver darts, grain darts, physical darts and personal darts.

For those who are transporting darts, they must ask for martial arts, because most of the goods escorted by the Escort are valuables or protect important people. This is the main business of the Escort. In addition, the Escort is also responsible for escorting the silver two. They not only give the silver number. The merchant will ship the silver two and will also deliver the silver to the government. This can also be said to be the prototype of modern logistics! Editor / Zhao Jing