- Hangzhou

As the saying goes, there is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou, Hangzhou began to develop greatly from the Sui Dynasty Yang Su chiseled through the Jiangnan Canal, and in the late Tang Dynasty, there were Jiangnan counties, and Yuhang was a great praise. More than 500 years of accumulation has made Hangzhou has become the second only to Kaifeng at this time, even better than Kaifeng of the rich city, if you take the city of later generations to compare, then Kaifeng is Beijing, and Hangzhou is the Shanghai of later generations.

In a huge garden, a well-dressed old man is walking accompanied by a middle-aged man, talking from time to time.

"Daddy, this garden is not bad, this is one of the best gardens in Hangzhou, then Zhu Mian has sent people to take care of it, you see, those flowers are extremely rare." It was Cai Qian who spoke, and the old man was naturally Cai Jing who had retired.

It's also interesting to say, Cai Jing is obviously from Fujian, but Zhao Ji let him live in Hangzhou, which naturally has the meaning of taking care of Cai Jing, but the political meaning also makes people think twice, Cai Jing came down from the prime minister's position for the first time in the past, Zhao Tingzhi was the prime minister, but it didn't take long for Cai Jing to kill him back, such an experience made the henchmen who attached to Cai Jing not immediately disbanded with Cai Jing's retirement, but hibernated, waiting for the opportunity, they believe that Cai Jing is not really over like this.

"Well, it's not bad, the official family likes the things in the south of the Yangtze River so much, the old man guesses that there will be a big move in the future, we will come to Hangzhou this time to observe the mountains and rivers here, understand the trend of the mountains and rivers, and return to Tokyo in the future, and live up to this time." Cai Jing said with a smile, and asked after a while, "Then Zhu Mian came to look for you?" ”

Cai Qian nodded and said, "Yes, he wants to see his father, I told him that my father is no longer an official and is not suitable for guests." ”

Cai Jing snorted and said, "Zhu Mian is panicked, it seems that the actions of those traitors are not small, too, even your brother-in-law has been relegated to a small county, which is also ridiculous." ”

Cai Qian smiled bitterly and said, "When Zhang Xiang took the throne, it happened to rain heavily, which made him have the destiny of heaven, there are no taboos, he constantly revised his father's new law, first abolished the ten coins, and then the salt money law, and then reverted to the general warehouse, and recently persuaded the official family to stop the Jiangnan Ying Feng Bureau, the first few officials have agreed, Zhu Mian has to panic, after all, he has offended too many people over the years, and has taken too many benefits, in case the real Huashigang is abolished, he is afraid that he will soon be forgotten by the officials, and when the time comes, it will be his death." ”

Cai Jing squatted down, held a flower and sniffed it, and asked, "Do you really think that those new laws are being abolished and slapping the old man in the face?" ”

Cai Qian looked at Cai Jing incomprehensibly, Cai Jing continued to smile and said, "Don't forget, although those new laws were advocated by the old man, but after all, the official family agreed, if the old man's new law is all wrong, then is this talking about the old man's wrong, or is it saying that the official family is not?" After the new law of the former princes was abolished, why did Emperor Shenzong end up depressed so quickly? ”

Cai Xuanxi said: "Daddy means that the official family is already dissatisfied with Zhang Xiang?" ”

Cai Jing nodded and said, "What is your brother-in-law's identity?" Fubunkaku servant! It was from the fourth product, but it was sent to Neihuang County, you said that when the official family approved it, he felt guilty about the old man? Or do you want to repay Zhang Shangying with kindness? ”

Cai Qian sighed, took a long breath and said, "If you say this, there will be nothing wrong with my brother-in-law." ”

Cai Jing snorted, "Rest assured, how can you have a county from Sipin?" This is just a desire to promote the first to suppress, outsiders say that Zhang Shangying likes Buddhism, but the official family likes Taoism, I think he will definitely find Taoist people around the official family to make friends, so as to stay away from the Buddhist family, after all, no matter how good this Buddha is, can he be a servant? ”

Cai Sui's eyes lit up, Cai Jing stood up, patted his body and said, "Wait and see, don't worry, Zhang Shangying helped us solve a lot of problems this time, when the old man of ten dollars wanted to abolish it a long time ago, this was good governance, but it became evil government, and it also made the old man helpless." ”

When ten coins is actually a helpless move under the lack of copper in the Song Dynasty, to put it bluntly, it is to take three copper coins of about the weight of copper to make a big copper coin, and then engrave the words worth ten, indicating that this is worth ten ordinary copper coins of copper coins, to put it bluntly, it is to print currency, but if the printing of this currency is really mastered by him Cai Jing, forget it, but the result is not, a large number of ten coins worth of ten coins into the market, the market is prosperous, but soon by the various magnates found loopholes, they first collected the original copper coins, Then after melting, the private minting was worth ten yuan, and this turnover almost doubled the profit, making the value of ten yuan depreciate rapidly, and even the ordinary copper money also depreciated, inflation intensified, and the price of rice more than doubled in just a few years, which made the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty suffer a heavy blow.

When Cai Jing found the problem and wanted to correct it, he suddenly found that he couldn't change it at all, first of all, those officials grabbed this every day to attack him, and he wanted to take the initiative to change it, that is, to say that he had really done something wrong, so that his majesty was completely lost, and the second type of money when the issuance of ten coins made the court's income continue to increase, and these money also made Zhao Ji have the capital to squander, if it is abolished, then how to coax Zhao Ji has become a big problem, and finally, most of the counterfeit currency is all powerful people, These people have faintly become allies of their new law, and if they invalidate themselves, they will undoubtedly cut off their own arms.

Therefore, when Zhang Shangying was invalidated as ten yuan, Cai Jing actually breathed a sigh of relief, but he also quickly knew that Zhang Shangying's future was over, not to mention anything else, he lost the magic weapon of over-issuing currency, what money did he Zhang Shangying take to squander Zhao Ji for fun?

- Neihuang County

"This is it, how's it? Big enough. I have already negotiated the price with the rich businessman, and it is only 520 yuan in total, which is not too high. Zhang Wenxing said to Jiang De and the others as he walked.

Jiang De and the others went to the rich merchant's courtyard after drinking, and felt very satisfied, but because the rich merchant was not there, he entrusted Zhang Wenxing to help negotiate, and after a few days, Zhang Wenxing sent someone to spread the news that it had been said, because Yue Fei and others could not fall too far behind in their homework, this time they did not follow, only Jiang De and Wang Ming came to the county seat with a few servants and villagers.

Jiang De looked at this place that was enough to run a primary school in the later generations, but he really felt that the five hundred and twenty percent was not much, and the five hundred and twenty percent was probably five or six hundred thousand in the later generations in terms of the price of gold, and if it was calculated according to the price of rice, it was about two or three hundred thousand in the later generations, of course, the real purchasing power could not be calculated in this way, but it was really worth it to buy such a big place near the central street of the county at such a price!

Jiang De nodded with satisfaction and said, "Wow, but this is a residence after all, and many layouts of restaurants are still different, I think it needs to be greatly changed." ”

Zhang Wenxing looked at Jiang De interestingly and asked, "Xiao Langjun will still build a house?" ”

Jiang De smiled, "No, but I can teach those who can build houses to build, just like Sun Bin is not good at fighting on the battlefield, but he can also train the master of tigers and wolves." ”

Zhang Wenxing touched his nose with a smile, and did not refute, after all, it was not interesting to argue with a teenager like this. Win or lose is dishonorable.

Jiang De turned back to Wang Ming and said, "We are in the oil business, but now most hotels will have their own sources of oil, and we can't kill them at once, so the most important thing now is to open our brand and reputation first." ”

Wang Ming nodded in agreement and said, "That's true, but how to do it?" ”

Jiang De continued, "Merchants are actually profit-oriented, but our soybean oil is a new oil, they will not dare to try it so much, so we want to teach them the benefits of this oil, which is why I want to open a restaurant, but this restaurant seems to take time to do it, so let's beat our soybean oil reputation first." Master Zhang, I wonder if the officials in the yamen are willing to help? ”

Wang Ming asked curiously, "Tell me, if you can, I will naturally help you say it." ”

Jiang De said with a smile, "Actually, it's simple, it's just to help us publicize a few words, and then send some brothers to us to see the field, in case some people destroy it, of course, we won't tire the brothers in vain, and we will give five catties of soybean oil to each brother who helps!" ”

"Jiang Xiaolangjun is exquisite!" Zhang Wenxing gave a thumbs up and said, these five catties of soybean oil are a lot, at least worth five or six hundred Wen, you must know that these officials have nothing to do, now they just shout a few words, look at the field, there is such an income, I am afraid that those people will rush to come at that time.

Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Of course, as the most tired Zhang Zhushu, I naturally have another thanks." ”

Zhang Wenxing smiled, he was not one of those clear streams, he was busy because of Zhou Tong's face, and secondly, he also knew that it was profitable.

"Jiang Xiaolangjun, you haven't said what you want to promote!" Zhang Wenxing said.

Jiang De smiled and said, "Let's just say that we can exchange soybeans for oil here, ten catties of soybeans for one catty of soybean oil, one hundred catties of soybeans for eleven catties of soybean oil, and two hundred catties of soybeans for twenty-three catties of soybean oil!" ”

Zhang Wenxing is the main book, and he is also good at arithmetic, he estimated it in his heart and said, "Wang Baozheng, does Xiao Langjun mean what you mean?" In this way, I'm afraid you'll lose. ”

When Wang Ming heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said, "No, no, peace of mind." ”

Zhang Wenxing shook his head and said, "The current market price is only seven wen for a pound of soybeans, and this ten catties is only seventy wen, but what about a pound of oil?" You are a vegetarian oil, and it will cost seventy or eighty yuan at the most, not to mention that the more soybeans you repay, the more you change, although you want to make a name for yourself, but it is not a way to burn money like this. ”

The pride in Wang Ming's heart, loss? It's going to be a rhythm to the death, okay? One hundred catties of soybeans is about seventeen catties of soybean oil, and this time it earned six catties of soybean oil in vain, which is not low at all, even if you add past taxes, it is also a lot, after all, the Song Dynasty was an era of low commercial taxes.

Jiang De continued, "In addition, let Mrs. Gao come here to set up a stall, teach a few smart cooks, and make fried fish, fried meatloaf, fried spring rolls and other things on the spot, these things have no secrets at all, do it on the spot, sell it on the spot, and let them know how delicious the dishes with our soybean oil are!" ”

Zhang Wenxing asked curiously, "How is this bombing done?" ”

Jiang De said, "Actually, after the oil is hot, put things in, but sesame oil and other things are not suitable for making such dishes at all. ”

Zhang Wenxing laughed and said, "Then it's decided, my mouth is also a very picky eater." ”

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Life in ancient times was very peaceful, and the owner's dog gave birth to a puppy that could be used as news for a day, not to mention other interesting stories.

"Aunt Li, do you have beans at home?" A village woman mysteriously pulled a village woman who was drying her clothes and said.

"Yes Wow, what? Do you Liu family want to eat tofu? Then Aunt Li smiled and said, "I still have a lot at home, I will lend you some first, and then I will pay it back later." ”

"It's not tofu, my family isn't on an errand in the yamen, I heard him say that a new one is about to open in the city called... Called.. What kind of oil mill is it, you can exchange beans for oil! The village woman thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't figure out what the oil mill was called.

"Oil change? What oil? How to change? Aunt Li's eyes suddenly lit up, as a housekeeper, she was extremely sensitive to the prices of all firewood, rice, oil and salt, the price of pork in the West Village was low, and the price of eggs in the South Village was high, and he knew all this. After all, there is only this little belongings at home, and if you don't save it, God knows when you won't be able to eat hot meals.

"Ten catties of beans for a catty of oil, a hundred catties of beans for eleven catties of oil, I think it's cheap, these ten catties of beans are only seventy yuan, and this pound of oil is more than seventy yuan!" Aunt Liu counted the shrewd little ledger and said, "We still have one hundred and eighty catties of beans at home, and I am ready to change them all to oil, so much oil, enough for our family to eat for a year!" ”

Aunt Li shook her head and said, "Don't worry, there must be a reason for this cheapness, I think it may be lard!" Even if it's a vegetarian oil, it's not necessarily a good oil, I think we're going to go, but don't be the first to change it, let's see what others change first! ”

Aunt Liu nodded hurriedly, and said with a grin, "I know that you are the most shrewd, when your family married you, we all said that he was blessed!" ”

Aunt Li said hehehe, "Actually, as long as you go to those big families for a few years, you will be more shrewd, so as soon as my daughter grows up, I will persuade her to go to those big families to be a maid first. ”

The common people have the calculations of the common people, and the businessmen also have the calculations of the businessmen.

Mingyang Oil Mill is one of the largest oil mills in Hebei, and there are also branches in Neihuang, and at this time, there have been several owners of oil and grain stores. Everyone had a serious face, and it was obvious that the owner of the oil mill in the bright day and another smiling boss were the main ones.

"Shopkeeper Han, what do you say is the origin of the IKEA oil mill that is about to open? What kind of oil is this seventy liters? Are they making money at a loss? Or is there really such a cheap oil to sell? A shopkeeper couldn't help it, and asked the shopkeeper Han of Mingyang Oil Mill who was sitting in the middle.