Under Zhao Xin's order, the dried fish was soon on the market. Because it was something ordered by the Tang King, and it was profitable, the Inner Servant Province and Kaifeng Mansion were particularly active in doing this thing!

Kaifeng Prefecture even immediately gave up the sale of dried fish, vacating a government-run shop on Bianjing Royal Street as a sales point.

The flow of people on Yujie is dense, and it is conservatively estimated that the daily flow of people is more than 100,000.

In later generations, this was the flow of people only in the commercial streets of big cities.

As a result, as soon as these dried fish were placed on the shelves, they immediately attracted the attention of the people of Bianjing.

The coarse salt particles on the dried fish immediately attracted the attention of passers-by.

"What are these?" As soon as the door opened, someone immediately entered the store and asked.

Because it was the first day of opening, Zhang Weiji personally sat in the store, of course, he was a big official of the Inner Service Province, and he would not come forward to sell, so he sent his adopted son Zhang Ruoshui to operate outside.

Zhang Ruoshui has been adopted by Zhang Weiji since he was a child, he is very alert, and he is also good at business, and when he saw a guest coming to the door, he immediately smiled and stepped forward: "Guest officer, this is the dried sea fish that has just arrived in Bianjing on Guangnan East Road......

"You see, it's covered with grains of salt, and there's a tael on each of them!"

"Look at the dried fish with golden color and firm flesh, it's really a first-class delicacy!"

Hearing this, the man picked up a dried fish on the counter with some suspicion, leaned in front of his nose and sniffed it, and immediately frowned: "Why is it so fishy?" ”

Zhang Ruoshui listened, and immediately replied with a smile: "Guest officer, have you ever seen dried fish without a fishy smell?" ”

In these days, most of the dried fish sold in large quantities on the market have a fishy smell.

After all, it's all sunburned.

Of course, there are also fire-roasted fish that are fragrant and good-looking, but this kind of fish is hand-baked at home, usually for personal use, and few people sell it in the market.

The man shook his head and said, "However, I have never seen this kind of dried fish, so I don't know if I can eat it......

Zhang Ruoshui listened, laughed, immediately clapped his hands, and instructed his subordinates: "Go and put a bowl of freshly cooked fish soup for this guest officer to taste!" ”

"No!" A moment later, a servant brought a small bowl of boiled fish soup to the man.

The man took the fish soup, took it in front of his eyes and looked at it, the pure white fish soup, steaming, there were a few kimchi leaves floating on it, smelled it slightly, there was not much fishy smell, so he was bold, picked up the spoon and tasted it.

His eyes immediately widened, and the cells on his taste buds almost sang happily.

The deliciousness of deep-sea fish is mixed with the rich saltiness and sourness of kimchi, and it goes straight to the brain.

Although, there is still a faint fishy smell, but that is negligible.

"How much is this dried fish?" He put down his spoon and finally had an intention to buy.

"Two hundred pounds a pound...... Zhang Ruoshui said with a smile: "Do you want to buy a few pounds to go back?" ”

"Two hundred wen!" The man hesitated.

The price of 200 wen is expensive, but it's actually okay.

In the Zhouqiao Night Market, the cheapest sugar water costs 20 yuan a bowl!

But when it comes to cheap, it's not quite.

The tea merchants in Bianjing City sell this year's new tea, and one pound is only two or three hundred wen.

The current price of rice is only eight or nine hundred wen per stone, which is still due to the fact that it has risen by more than 300 wen due to the impact of the war along the border, otherwise, the price of rice per stone in the Jingyou period is often only 600 or even 500 wen.

Two hundred wen can buy a pound of ordinary new tea or twenty pounds of coarse rice.

"Can't it be cheaper?" He thought for a moment and asked.

"Guest officer, this is a compendium!" Zhang Ruoshui said with a smile: "This is a government-run shop...... Let alone...... This is still the price set by His Royal Highness the King of Tang......" He bowed in the direction of the imperial city: "Where do you dare to change it!" ”

"The price set by His Royal Highness the King of Tang?" The man exclaimed.

And this sentence immediately attracted the attention of several other people who followed into the store, and they came over one after another: "The price set by Tang Wang!?" ”

Now in this Bianjing City, there is only one Tang King.

is the heir of the Great Song Dynasty who is surrounded by halos and myths.

A two-year-old can ascend to the vertical arch hall, listen to the government on behalf of his father, and can handle state affairs in a reasonable manner without the queen's curtains.

A holy king who is protected by his ancestors, preached the law by the gods, sheltered the world, and saved the people of the world from pox!

There are countless legends about him, both inside and outside Bianjing.

There are also the monks and avenues of the Buddha and Taoism, which are fueling the troubles.

So, in the eyes of the general public and ordinary people, the Tang King has been bound to words such as sacred, intelligent, and bright.

Even the family members of the ministers and nobles basically think so.

The noble children who were sent to the Spring Fang, every time they came home from the holidays, the clothes they wore would be taken off by their families and lent to their younger siblings to wear.

The reason is that many people think that these people are bathed in the holy grace, have the protection of the Tang King, the rain and dew grace, and when there is also a little stain on their clothes, they can wear them for their younger brothers and sisters, and they may be able to borrow the Holy Grace of the Tang King to protect the health and safety of these people.

In these days, many legends related to this have been circulated inside and outside Bianjing.

One of the most widely circulated legends is particularly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It is said that Cao Wan, the son of Empress Cao's younger brother Cao Tong, was sick and obese since childhood, and his family often worried that he would not live to marry his own son.

However, when Cao Wan came home from the Spring Fang of His Royal Highness King Tang, the Cao family was pleasantly surprised to find that the boy was in good health beyond imagination, and his weight had lost more than 20 pounds, and he was already able to run and walk like other people's children, without worrying about being out of breath after running a few steps.

What's more, after entering the palace, Cao Wan has never been sick again!

Therefore, the Cao family specially consulted the monk Fahui of the Great Xiangguo Temple.

When the monk heard this, he smiled slightly, and pointed to the Medicine King Bodhisattva enshrined in the Great Xiangguo Temple.

The Cao family immediately gave the pharmacist Wang Bodhisattva 5,000 yuan of sesame oil and 1,000 catties of sesame oil.

It's just that the status of the Tang King is noble, and only the top dignitaries and nobles have the opportunity to send a son to the king to receive teachings and supreme divine protection.

The general public, on the other hand, can't even think about it.

Now, there is a thing, the price set by His Highness himself?

How is this not exciting?

You need to know that in these years, even if it is the smallest temple in Bianjing City to incense, please go home with a consecrated charm, and you have to give the great monk the sesame oil that has always been money!

So, after getting Zhang Ruoshui's affirmative answer, these immediately took out all the copper coins they were carrying from their pockets and bought one or two catties of dried fish each.

And only half an hour later, there was already a long queue in front of Zhang Ruoshui's store.

As a result, 100 stone of dried fish was sold out in just one morning.

Zhang Weiji was overjoyed and immediately reported the good news to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin listened and was very happy.

Because he knows that everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as the dried fish is sold, then the people of Bianjing will gradually accept the existence of this kind of dried fish in their diet.

This is equivalent to opening up a market.

But he knew that at this moment, many merchants and officials in Bianjing City had a bowl of fish soup in front of each child.

"This is what you Aya finally got from Uncle X......"

"This Tang Wang soup is more effective than the rune water sought by the Taoist temple in the temple......

"After drinking, I will be able to bless my grandfather and Emperor Xuanzu with health and longevity, peace and tranquility," the kind grandmothers looked at their grandchildren, extremely loving and full ......of anticipation.

It wasn't until she saw them drink up the fish soup in the bowl that the old grandmother smiled with relief.

Since then, there has been a tradition in the Bianjing area.

On the fifteenth day of the new year, children under the age of fourteen must drink a bowl of Tang Wang soup to ward off cold and evil spirits.

This is mainly the children of the eunuchs, the family of the lady of the scholar, who attaches great importance to this point, and strictly implements it without moving.

So, under their influence, the general public also began to follow and follow suit.

This is also the way in which most Chinese folk customs are transmitted and formed.

So much so that many years later, the people of Bianjing, and even the entire Gyeonggi region, began to drink Tang Wang soup instead of the rune water of the past as a placebo.

Later Chinese medicine even believed that boiling soup with dried Tang King Fish (dried large yellow croaker) can replenish qi and benefit the middle, nourish the stomach, prevent colds, treat stomach diseases, strengthen bones and nourish the yuan, in short, it is versatile.

This is something that Zhao Xin couldn't have imagined.