Although everyone thinks so, Fan Yu is not wrong about one thing. With the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty, at the peak of the army, it failed to take the sixteen states of Yanyun from the Liao State.

Therefore, the matter of expanding the territory should be put aside for the time being.

Miao Zhen raised his eyebrows at this time and said: "According to Hou Ye's thoughts, wouldn't there be no way out for my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Actually, there is a simple rule in this, and you must already know it." Fan Yu smiled, pointed to the lively street outside Panlou and said: "At present, the daily consumption of Bianliang is tens of thousands of stones. Therefore, when the population grows, there is more food. But if there is more food, the population of the Great Song Dynasty will be more in ten or twenty years. Is this matter unsolvable? ”

The proud men of the field couldn't help but be silent. What does this An Lehou want to say when he goes around?

Zhang Tangqing couldn't help but speak: "The situation that Hou Ye said is not impossible, but how can this world be peaceful all the time?" Floods, droughts, natural disasters, or wars and man-made disasters will eventually reduce the population. Although this is cruel, it is true. Therefore, it may not be as Hou Ye said. ”

Fan Yu smiled: "Indeed, but as long as the world is well governed, it will eventually be like this." The future here will be crimson and purple, and how to make this situation appear later is something to think about. ”

Xu Shou had the most contact with Fan Yu, and knew that Fan Yu would often come out of the way, so he arched his hand and said: "Since Master Hou said so, he must have some ideas of his own, right?" ”

"There are some ideas, but they are not mature. If you want to hear it, I can also throw bricks and stones. Or everyone brainstorms, there will be a better way. Fan Yu smiled.

He dug a pit and waited for the people in the room to jump down.

Yang Ge couldn't help but nodded and said, "Master Hou, don't hang our appetite, please tell me quickly, let me wait for a detailed look." ”

Fan Yu smiled: "Okay, then I'll talk about my own thoughts." The four people of the world, Shinong industry and commerce. Since the unification of Qin, it has emphasized agriculture and light industry and commerce. The scholars rule the country, and the peasants are full. However, the industrial and commercial people are few and not prosperous. I thought it was a bit biased. The four people are like the four legs of a table, and if only two legs are long, they will not be able to stand firmly. Workers can use tools, and merchants can circulate what they have. If these two people can be revitalized, the world will be stable. ”

Chen Shimei listened to Fan Yu's words, and retorted: "With three legs, the table can also be stable." ”

All the scholars looked at Chen Shimei, and Hou Ye raised the bar, okay? However, three points can support a plane, and there is some truth in what it says.

Fan Yu glanced at this guy and said: "The workers and the people are good for the tools, the farmers are the crops, and the merchants sell the tools and grain to balance the world's wealth." Scholars who do not work are not among them. ”

"Master Hou, we and other scholars still have the work of the case, how can we not be among them." Zhang Tangqing also retorted.

"Scholars can be counted as tabletops, ruling over the other three people." Fan Yu laughed and said: "Governing the world, that's it, do you think so?" ”

"Comparing the scholars to the table, Hou Ye's statement is also appropriate." Miao Zhen said: "But Master Hou hasn't said yet, how can we untie the dead knot between this population increase and food?" ”

Fan Yu couldn't help but spread his hands and said: "This is a dead knot that can't be untied, but it can be delayed." Develop industry and commerce and make it prosperous. Let me tell you the simplest example, if there is not enough grain in our Great Song Dynasty, and the craftsmen build a large sea ship, and the merchant goes to Annam by sea boat to buy millions of stone of rice, then the people of the Great Song Dynasty can be fed. Craftsmen who can create new tools and build ships of the sea should be rewarded. Businessmen who dare to venture out can be given some convenience. This is just my superficial opinion, and it depends on your thoughts. ”

"What Master Hou said is good, but if that businessman goes to Liaoxia and other places to sell ironware, won't it ruin my Great Song Dynasty's side affairs." Yang Cha frowned.

"As I said, it's just my own opinion. If you are not in your position, you will not be in charge, and these things will be left to you to solve in the future. Fan Yu dug a pit and didn't care, looked left and right: "Since you're here for a feast, why don't you serve wine and food, I'm a little hungry." ”

As soon as he turned around, he saw Di Qing and Yang Wenguang still standing behind him, and he was really a little disappointed. So he invited the two of them to go out to order food and wine, and then they would settle the account.

Zhang Tangqing couldn't help but smile bitterly, this Hou Ye is also willful. When he said these words, he was tantamount to giving a problem to the people present, and as for how to solve the problem, they were each looking at it. However, this is just small talk, and for now the relationship is the main thing.

"Man, hurry up and get some food." Zhang Tangqing is the champion and the person in charge, so he commanded.

Immediately, Pan Lou's guy responded: "You ordered all the guest dishes, and you will come right away." ”

As the guys passed the dishes, they quickly served all the dishes on the table in this box.

Pan Lou is the top restaurant in Bianliang, and those who can come here to eat are either rich or expensive, and the dishes are naturally good.

There are stewed sheep's head, red and white kidney, cold belly lung, roasted lamb, carp belly, mixed belly, braised rabbit meat, steamed quail, steamed turtle dove, clear soup pigeon and so on.

Although Pan Lou's dishes are sumptuous, in Fan Yu's opinion, they are either steamed or boiled, except for the roasted lamb, which is too light.

Zhang Tangqing even took matters into his own hands, sifting the wine into the cup with a wine spoon in a wooden barrel.

He raised his glass and said: "Today's small gathering, I wish you all a great future in the same year, and I wish the Hou Ye a higher level." Come on, come on, this is Pan Lou's self-brewed Qiong liquor, don't be disappointed, drink it! ”

Everyone's mood suddenly became warm, and they all raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

In this Pan Lou's dish, what interests Fan Yu is the roasted lamb and mixed belly. Needless to say, Pan Lou's craftsmanship is quite exquisite. Fan Yu sandwiched a piece of roasted lamb and put it in his mouth, and immediately the pure smell of mutton and cumin came out. Moreover, the roasted meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, especially the meat with a little fat, which melts in the mouth, and lives up to its name.

However, that portion of belly is just a plate of garlic mixed with beef shutters, but it is nothing unusual in later generations, and it is a must-order thing for shabu-shabu.

But being able to eat beef shutters is also a great thing in the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty forbade the killing of cultivated cattle, presumably sacrificing the cattle of a hundred leaves, which died in an accident.

Fan Yu drank a cup of Pan Lou's Qiong liquid, which was fragrant with rice and slightly sweet, and the taste was not bad.

Soon, after three rounds of drinking, he pretended to ask Chen Shimei casually: "Brother Chen's talent is extremely outstanding, and he writes good articles, presumably the official family has a deep impression of you, and his future destination will definitely not be bad." ”

Today, I heard from the official family that there will be happy events in the palace in the near future, but don't recruit this Chen Shimei to attach the horse. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a scourge to a princess? Now that he is also a royal prince, he must have the consciousness of maintaining the royal face.

Fan Yu is not at ease no matter what he thinks, now his position and mentality are different, and he is always afraid that the cabbage in his own field will make the pigs arch, and there will be some gains and losses.

"There is a Hou Hou asked, the whereabouts of the next have been decided. After the year, he will go to Xiangzhou on Hebei West Road and serve as a judge. Chen Shimei saw Hou Ye asking, so she said very sincerely.

Fan Yu frowned, this guy was not recruited to be attached to the horse, why can't he be right.