In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, as a courtier, there are probably only two people who can leave a strong mark in the history books, one is Fan Zhongyan, who presided over the 'Qingli New Deal', and the other is Wang Anshi, who presided over the 'Xining Reform'.

After the Lu family touched the soft nail, Xiao Wang was not as discouraged as everyone imagined, and when he came to Luoyang, someone had already told him that the Lu family had been operating in Luoyang for many years, and it was definitely a difficult bone to gnaw, in fact, he himself had made mental preparations.

People and things that seem to have no connection, in Wang Anshi's eyes, he always feels that they have an internal connection, and the people in the government look very respectful to him on the surface, but Wang Anshi, who climbed up from the bottom, knows that they don't think so.

Liu Cao's accounts are innocent, he has looked at it for a day and a night and he hasn't even found the slightest error, everything looks in order, as if there is no garrison of his own, which makes him very uncomfortable. There is a strategy to secure the country and enrich the people, but there is no place to use it.

What's even more excessive is that the three thousand Luoyang garrison actually dared to disobey the words of their direct boss, as soon as they heard that they were going to the Lu family, they didn't speak one by one, or they were looking for all kinds of reasons, anyway, you said that I just wouldn't go to the Lu family's Zhuangzi.

A slight temptation is like this, that is really a real thing, what chance does this lonely person have to have, even if the conditions are bad like this, Xiao Wang still did not give up, he is convinced that no one can do 100% without loopholes at this time.

Wang Anshi, who couldn't sleep at night, was kicked several times by his wife on the bed, and scolded in a daze: "You don't sleep, and you don't let others sleep, if you don't want to sleep, go to the study, don't bother me here." ”

Wang Anshi returned to the study, he really didn't know how to start the work at hand, so he sat quietly all night, and the next morning he left the yamen with only a few people, he felt that it was a good choice to open the gap from somewhere else.

People who go out in Luoyang in mid-October need to wear jackets, the fog has not yet dissipated, and the ground is white, Wang Anshi said regretfully: "Find a place to eat something!" ”

The guard said, "My lord, this person who can't go to the village or the store behind is probably someone who hasn't opened a shop." ”

Wang Anshi said: "Let's take a look! The living can still be suffocated to death by urine, how can they forget this stubble? ”

The five of them walked and walked and really let them find a place to eat, don't look at the small place, there are still a lot of people, and the pungent fragrance seduces their stomachs to growl.

"My lord, you really got it right! It's hard to find a place like this in Jiangning Mansion! ”

Wang Anshi smiled and said to the lady in the stall: "Auntie, what are you selling, give us a five-person portion." ”

The eldest lady saw the guests and said happily: "We have fried buns, fritters, soy milk, pies, you see what you want to eat." ”

Unexpectedly, there were a lot of such categories, Wang Anshi ordered a few things casually and asked casually: "Auntie, who are you selling your meals this morning!" These people are going to do something. ”

The eldest lady pointed to those sturdy men and said, "The officials say they! After the geography farm work is over, isn't there a lot of workers in the city now? They just go to work, don't underestimate them, they earn hundreds of dollars a day. ”

A few hundred wen is not a small amount, with the current grain price in Luoyang, a few hundred wen can buy nearly fifty catties of wheat, which seems to be a little different from what I think!

The amount of breakfast is very sufficient, the young men from the south eat very refreshingly, especially the spicy taste of the chili pepper to add a lot of calories to them who are not high in temperature, of course, it is also very refreshing when paying, five people ate a full hundred yuan for breakfast.

Walking on the country road, Wang Anshi touched his round stomach and sighed: "What kind of official are we going to be on this day!" It's better to follow someone else to set up a stall than this, and you haven't noticed anything different along the way? ”

How can the guards understand this, their thoughts are very simple, as long as I come out with you without suffering, everything is good, and today's breakfast really made them feel the different national customs in the north.

The number of people working in the fields gradually increased, and Wang Anshi found a middle-aged man without any purpose and asked, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" ”

The uncle didn't recognize the student, and when he saw that Wang Anshi, a junior student, was so polite, he said: "Are you from the Yamen or students from the school who came out for internship?" Judging by your age, you should have come out of the yamen to investigate! ”

Wang Anshi didn't expect to find someone at random to be so talkative, and said with a smile: "Uncle's eyesight is good!" We have just come to Yamen, and we have nothing to do today. ”

"This is Baogu straw, we call it Baogu, and those children who read books call it corn, it's the same anyway, this thing is good! The yield is high, it can be eaten as food, even this straw is also very useful, it can be fed to cattle and sheep, and now Luoyang is basically planting. ”

Wang Anshi said: "Uncle, why haven't I heard of this baogu you said, Luoyang if I remember correctly, I have always grown wheat and sorghum, have you ever eaten this grain?" ”

The uncle said unhappily: "Look at you young man, what are you talking about, don't you dare to plant if you haven't eaten it?" Besides, the Lu family has already experimented, we just follow them to plant, and there is more than one new crop? ”

"What's more, uncle, you introduce us, I just came back from the south, and I'm not very familiar with the situation on our side."

"At the beginning, it was sweet potatoes, that thing can also be eaten, can be stored, but it is to eat too much stomach bloating, the only benefit is the yield, the amount of that thing is more than the amount of wheat produced by your nearly ten acres of land, and then the brother of sweet potatoes came,

It's still the same, and then it's the bread grain, which is a serious grain that can be used as a staple food.

Next year, Lujia Zhuangzi will also provide us with a seed called chili pepper, which is a kind of seasoning, and the eldest master of Hucao said that if there is excess land, he will plant it, and how many dollars can he sell for an acre? ”

The more Wang Anshi listened, the more wrong it became! There are farmers who use their land to grow things other than rations, and in addition to the annual taxes, it is already good to be able to leave a little food for their families, and these people still want to sell the output of the land for money.

"Uncle, you don't believe what you say! There is no such situation even in the capital. ”

The uncle looked at Wang Anshi and said, "Look at you, you are a fool, your uncle will lie to you, go, take you to my house to see." ”

This is exactly what Wang Anshi wants to see, if he arrives at home, everything can't escape his eyes, the two of them chatted for a while on the road, and Wang Anshi also knows about the situation at his uncle's house.

The uncle has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son works in the Lujia Zhuangzi, the younger son studies in the Zhuangzi, and the daughter marries the next village, leaving the family with their old couple taking care of more than a dozen acres of land, which sounds definitely a well-off family.

Before he arrived at the uncle's house, Wang Anshi had already believed most of it, and he saw a taste called happiness from the uncle's face, this kind of expression can't be pretended, and this is a chance encounter, even if someone wants to mix sand, it is impossible.

What he saw at the uncle's house made Wang Anshi even more frightened, the first thing that caught his eye was more than a dozen strings of air-dried meat, in the era of food shortage, it was definitely a luxury to be able to eat meat.

"Old man, you don't work hard in the field, why did you sneak back."

"Isn't this the government from the government who wants to come to the house to have a look? Let's do it again in the afternoon! You cook a few dishes in a while, leave a few adults to eat at home, don't nag, go quickly! ”

This Wang Anshi was a little embarrassed, the uncle took them to the place where the grain was stored, and when they passed by the cowshed, a big bull lay quietly in the cowshed, and on the side of the cowshed was a sheepfold, which contained more than 20 fat sheep and a few little lambs.

"There are still seven or eight cubs that are going to give birth in these two days, so they are locked up alone, these are all made by two women in the family, and they can earn a hundred and ten yuan a year."

"Uncle, this big bull has to have two thousand! You can come up with so much money at home. ”

The uncle looked at the big bull like his own child, and said with a smile: "This big bull was given to us by the county magistrate, and it was more than 500 yuan at the beginning, skinny, and the family didn't dare!" But my youngest son is studying in Lujia Zhuangzi, he didn't say a word and took a hundred yuan from the family and brought it back, now that I think about it, I still have a brain! ”

Wang Anshi said: "She gave you, then a lot of money? Uncle, are you still finished? ”

"It was over last year, don't study, say it's for his eldest brother, now it's a good life!"

Cattle are definitely the rarest labor of farmers, a cow can top ten manpower, and many cattle can do people may not be able to do, in many families, cattle are even better than people, this bull in the uncle's careful care, the value has doubled, on this point the uncle's family has exceeded most of the people in the Song Dynasty.

In the grain depot, Wang Anshi saw corn for the first time, the golden color was very pleasing, he picked up a grain and bit it and tasted it, there was a sweet taste, it was good grain.

The grain in the north is put in the mat bag, the diameter is five meters wide, the three meter high mat bag, the uncle's house has three, two are wheat inside, one is corn, this is called the real hand of the grain, the heart is not panicked.

"Uncle, didn't you say that there are other sweet potatoes and potatoes? Can you show me? ”

The uncle said, "Then you have to go to the cellar with this one, that thing can't be left here, or it will all rot." ”

More than a dozen square meters of cellar is full, all kinds of vegetables, radish, cabbage is the main force, the rest of the body is a little pimple, the uncle said: "This is what you want to see, adults can take a few back to taste, roasted and eat is still good." ”

Wang Anshi felt that he couldn't understand the world anymore, a common people's family was so rich, so how did those people who couldn't eat come here, why is the gap so big, is Luoyang so special?