Evening.

In the inner hall of the restaurant, Wang Chen saw Li Yuanwai, who was about to slap himself up.

It is a 50-year-old man with a square face, who is still called middle-aged in modern society, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, he is already an old man, and the life span of the main ancient people is generally short.

The main reason is that there were many wars in ancient times, especially when the dynasty was changed, for example, the last year of the Sui Dynasty was 46.02 million, and in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there were only 12.35 million, and now in the eighth year of Kaibao, according to records, there were about 6.5 million households in the Song Dynasty, and there were about 4 to 10 people in the average family in ancient times, with an average of 6 people, that is to say, there are about 40 million people in the Northern Song Dynasty today.

As an aside, at the peak of the Song Dynasty, there were 23.4 million households, about 126 million people, and you must know that the land area of the Song Dynasty at that time was only 2.8 million square kilometers.

In fact, the reason why the population of the Song Dynasty is so large, but also thanks to a country - Vietnam, during the Song Dynasty, Vietnam cultivated a variety of rice, historically known as Champa rice, this rice is high-yielding, early-maturing, drought-tolerant, adaptable, does not pick the soil and climate, and the maturity period is very short, only about fifty days, Vietnam took this rice as a tribute gift, contributed to the Song Dynasty, so it was promoted throughout the Jiangnan region, and then promoted to the whole country, this high-yield crop suddenly solved the problem of Chinese eating.

The so-called people take food as the sky, eating was definitely the top priority in ancient times, and after eating a full stomach, there was naturally the motivation to create a population, so the population explosion of the Song Dynasty was logical.

Because of the existence of Champa rice, the Song Dynasty did not lack food at all.

Back to the point.

Wang Chen communicated with Li Yuanwai under the translation of the soldiers, "Li Yuanwai, you have lost your money today." ”

"It's a matter of 180 yuan. Li Yuanwai smiled and waved his hand, "It's Bu Zhouzi, it's the honor of the old man that you can appreciate your face." ”

"That's a big deal. Wang Chen said modestly, "Thank you for looking at it." ”

Li Yuanwai said with a straight face: "I have something to ask for." ”

Wang Chen knew what he was thinking, but he couldn't take the initiative to say this kind of thing, "What's the matter?"

"I want to open a Wang Ji in Sizhou City. Li Yuanwai said very seriously: "The shop is still called Wang Ji, what rules do you have, just say it, as long as the supply is supplied to me every month, the price is slightly cheaper than Tongzhou and Chuzhou Wang Ji." ”

The retail price must be cheaper than the wholesale price, and when people join, Wang Chen does not have to pay rent and labor money, so the price is naturally lower, he thought about it, "Just supply it at the price of ninety percent of my shop, do you think it is feasible?"

Li Yuanwai said happily: "It's feasible, of course it's feasible." ”

According to Wang Chen's rules, the supply of 1,000 sets is limited to each month, and if Li Yuanwai opens a family in Chuzhou City, he can earn at least 3,000 yuan a year, which is roughly equivalent to more than 3 million yuan in modern society in terms of purchasing power, and for ordinary people, they must be ecstatic.

It's just that Li Yuanwai is rich in Sizhou City, according to the information Wang Chen learned, Li Yuanwai can earn at least 50,000 yuan a year, how can he be so happy because he can earn more than 3,000 yuan a year from Wang Ji?

It's kind of weird.

This thought flashed through Wang Chen's mind, he didn't think much about it, and instead said, "Are Tu Zhizhou, Ning Tongju and others here?"

Li Yuanwai looked at the sky outside the window, "It should be about the same, let's go out?"

"Good. ”

The three of them went out of the inner hall.

……

Come to the second floor.

In addition to Xiao Feng, Leng Yan and others who had been there for a long time, there were many unfamiliar faces, and Wang Chen didn't know any of them.

Li Yuanwai knew each other, and he laughed and stepped forward to say hello one by one.

"Tuzhizhou, you have come from afar. ”

"It's been a long time since I've seen Lei Yuan. ”

"Fei Zhixian, are you busy with official business today?"

Subsequently, Li Yuanwai introduced Wang Chen to everyone.

The identity of the founder of Zhengwupin is not low, Wang Chen can also be regarded as a figure with a head and a face, Tu Zhizhou, Ning Tongju and others are very affectionate.

After getting acquainted, everyone sat and chatted.

After another ten minutes or so, everyone arrived, and Li Yuanwai asked the servants in the restaurant to start serving wine and food.

Wang Chen had just sat down at the main table, and was using the soldier's translation to contact Tu Zhizhou, when Leng Yan, who was not far away, suddenly gave him a look.

"Tuzhizhou will come in a moment, I will come when I go. ”

"Bu Zhouzi, please. ”

Rise.

Come to the railing.

Wang Chen wondered, "What are you calling me over?"

Leng Yan said with a serious expression: "Li Yuanwai is wrong. ”

Wang Chen was dizzy, just now he and Li Yuanwai had negotiated business, there was something wrong, but he couldn't refute the "enthusiasm" of the private security consultant, so he smacked his lips and said: "What's wrong, you tell me." ”

"The shopkeeper, more than ten shopkeepers in the restaurant are strong and strong people, not like shopkeepers, more like people who practice martial arts all year round. Leng Yan Nunu mouthed, and said to the shopkeeper who had just come up about one meter seven or eight at the staircase with a vegetable plate: "You see that he is unfamiliar, and at first glance he is not a person who does the shop, in addition, this person walks quietly on his toes, but looks like a person in the military camp, and his fingertips holding the vegetable plate are calloused, which is obviously caused by often grasping the stone lock to practice kung fu." ”

Yo, you're very careful.

However, Wang Chen still didn't take it to heart, if Li Yuanwai was really wrong, he wouldn't have talked about business with himself just now, and he and Li Yuanwai had no grievances or hatreds, and when he came to Sizhou City for the first time, there was no reason for the other party to do anything bad for no reason.

In his heart, he didn't think so, Wang Chen still said, "Well, I'll pay attention." ”

"Also, I went to the East Kitchen to investigate, and I smelled a strange smell. Leng Yan's face was a little solemn, "like the smell of sweat medicine." ”

Wang Chen almost laughed out loud, what do you think of "Water Margin"?

If you take sweat medicine at every turn, you can't be a good man in Liangshan, right?

In fact, he knew that Meng's sweat medicine was not fiction, and there were indeed records in the history books, such as Sima Guang's "Records of Lianshui": "Wuxi barbarians, Du Qi lured them out, drank mandala wine, got drunk, and killed them." The preparation method, the Ming Wei Jun in the "Lingnan Trivia" and the Qing Wu Qijun in the "Plant Names and Illustrations" have the same record: "Use the tomato as the end, throw it into the wine, drink it, that is, go to sleep, and the wine must be exhausted." ”

It is true that there is a sweat pill.

But Li Yuanwai has no reason to deal with himself, even if he wants to rob money, there are still rich people in Zhizhou, Tongju and local squires today, unless Li Yuanwai is tired of eating bear's heart and leopard gall, he can't do this kind of thing.

"yes, I see. Wang Chen didn't want to communicate with Leng Yan anymore.

However, Leng Yan instructed again: "The sweat medicine is powdered, avoid greasy, if it is on the meal, there will be a peculiar smell, most people will not do that, most of them are in the wine, because the wine appears yellow, and then the wine can stimulate the effect of the medicine, and you will soon fall asleep after drinking." ”

Wang Chen pouted and said, "If that's the case, you can give me an antidote." ”

"There is no antidote to sweat medicine. Leng Yan said calmly.

"Hey, that's because you don't understand. Wang Chen said casually: "Have you seen Sun Simiao's "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions"? It is said that licorice juice can solve it. ”

Leng Yan said in surprise: "You have even read the unique book "Thousand Golden Prescriptions" by the medicine king Sun Simiao?"

Wang Chen sighed, and then remembered that the ancients cherished all kinds of stunts, regardless of medical skills, craftsman skills or even various formulas, they refused to show people easily, naturally, and Sun Simiao's "Thousand Golden Prescriptions" has a total of thirty volumes, some of which have temporarily fallen to the people, and some of them are still hidden by people with intentions, and it was not until the Song Renzong period that Song Renzong ordered Gao Baoheng and Lin Yi to make it completely public after correction.

Now is the period of Song Taizu, and it is normal for the world not to know some of these recipes.

But Wang Chen is different, he came back from modern society, and naturally knows that licorice juice can relieve sweat medicine, in fact, it is not only him, as long as anyone who has watched "Water Margin" knows, there is a paragraph written very clearly, the antidote used by Sun Erniang on the cross slope is licorice juice, but it is not named in "Water Margin".

"Okay, I'll go and set up friendship, you eat first. Wang Chen ended the conversation.

Anyway.

He turned around and went back to the main table, laughing and chatting with Tu Zhizhou and the others.

Most of the dishes and drinks have been served.

Li Yuanwai took the lead in filling his own wine glass, then stood up and raised his glass and said: "Today, Buzhouzi is in Sizhou City, it is an honor for our Sizhou, I, Li Changgui, am the east, and I am here to give you a glass." ”

"Full. ”

"It's done. ”

"I don't have anything left. ”

The atmosphere was enthusiastic, and everyone raised their glasses in response.

At first, after listening to Leng Yan's words, Wang Chen really paid a little attention, but when he saw Li Yuanwai being the first to drink, he completely relaxed, hey, everyone took the initiative to drink, it was still wine in a wine jug, what else to worry about, he also raised his wine glass and took a sip.

Finish the first drink.

Someone else began to toast.

The degree of wine in the Northern Song Dynasty is very low, and Wang Chen will not get drunk no matter how he drinks it in the Northern Song Dynasty, so he does not refuse to come, and he has already drunk more than ten glasses in a short time.

After a few drinks on an empty stomach, everyone began to eat vegetables.

Three rounds of drinking.

Li Yuanwai was a little overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol, and began to wave his hands and stop drinking.

Some people also joked that Li Yuanwai drank lightly.

After making fun of a few words, Wang Chen took the time to decide to sell his goods, he got up and said to the dignitaries at the main table and the rich squires at the two tables next to him: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is Wang's honor to have the honor to meet you today, and I will toast you here." ”

Bu Zhouzi was polite. ”

"I did it, whatever you want. ”

The crowd responded.

The high-ranking officials, including Tu Zhizhou and Ning Tongju, were very face-saving and drank it all.

Only Li Yuan didn't move.

Tu Zhizhou looked over with some dissatisfaction, "Li Yuanwai, Bu Zhouzi took the initiative to toast, and you didn't drink it?"

Li Yuanwai's face was flushed, and he waved his hand and said, "I really can't drink it, I can't drink it." ”

Tu Zhizhou was a little unhappy, but he didn't say anything more.

To tell the truth, it is a bit rude to be like Li Yuanwai at the wine table, after all, Wang Chen's status is noble, and tonight is the first time he has taken the initiative to toast everyone, even if Li Yuanwai can't drink it, at least he sipped a little to show it, but his wine glass didn't move.

Even Wang Chen was a little uncomfortable to watch, Li Yuanwai didn't give himself much face at this wine table, but thinking that everyone was a treat, he had to hold back his unhappiness and change the topic: "You all know that my Wang Ji is novel, right?"

"Yes, I asked someone to go to Chuzhou to buy toothpaste and toothbrushes, and they are comfortable to use, more than 100 times better than tooth incense. Ning Tongju exclaimed.

Another chubby middle-aged man said, "Could it be that Bu Zhouzi is going to drive Wang Ji to our Sizhou City?"

"It's a matter of time before we get to Sizhou City. Wang Chen replied vaguely and began to get down to business, "What I want to say is that since everyone knows the novelty of Wang Ji's things, then, today, I will bring you three rare treasures in the world!"

Dude, Sizhou City Auction is about to open!

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