He Tie looked at his frostbitten fingers, was silent for a while, and said to the monkey: "What are you going to do, do you still go to sea?" ”

When the monkey heard this, he said: "Go out, what else can you do if you don't go to sea, I'm different from you, I'm now a person who eats the whole family and is not hungry, if I can live to the end, the reward is enough for me to live the rest of my life comfortably, and then I will go to find a place near the capital to build a house, and find a few young ladies as wives, this day is comfortable to think about, what about you?" What are your plans? ”

"I also plan to go to sea, although the sea is very dangerous, but the money comes quickly, I estimate that after this time, I will go home, I hope I can come back alive."

The monkey nodded and said, "That's it, worry about what to do so much, even if you die one day, at least you have a queen, we are comfortable every day now." ”

While the two were talking, the shopkeeper walked over with a strange-looking copper pot.

Both of them had seen this thing for the first time, and they stared at this strange thing curiously for a while.

"Is this a hot pot?" The monkey sniffed.

The shopkeeper nodded and said: "This is the hot pot, the two of you see that there is no stove in the middle, here is used to add charcoal, so as to ensure that the soup in the pot is always hot, when eating, just throw the meat and vegetables into it and soak it, this thing is said to come out of the palace, I used to be a cook in the capital, this is the authentic taste of the capital, I guarantee that you will be satisfied." ”

"I didn't expect that there would be a chef in Ningyuan City." He Tie said with some surprise.

The shopkeeper smiled innocently when he heard this: "What kind of chef, it's just an apprentice who has been in the capital for a few years, you two sit down for a while, and I'll go get food for the two." ”

The monkey swallowed his saliva and said, "Kuroko, I didn't expect you and I to be able to eat food for the sky, damn, it's good to be rich." ”

"That's right, I've lived in the capital for nearly ten years, I haven't been in this food once, it is said that if you eat a meal in it, the cheapest one will be five copper coins, and that's where we ordinary people go."

"Damn, before the lamp Laozi earns money, he must go to the capital to see the world, just say that the capital is full of people, all kinds of new things are everywhere, is this true?" The monkey asked.

He Tie nodded and said: "It's true, the capital is much more fighting than this Ningyuan City, and it's usually fine, especially on the night of the New Year, when the people in the city watched the performance of the royal performance troupe, and there were tens of thousands of hot fish and dragon dances together, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you don't know that there is such a spectacular thing in this world." ”

After hearing this, the monkey's face was full of yearning, and then he sighed and said: "Alas, my luck was also unlucky, how did I be arranged to go to Tongshan City, where birds don't, where in addition to mining, every hair is every hair." ”

"Tongshan City is not bad, isn't there a bread tree there, the flour made from that thing is much more delicious than the ground one, and your side must be cheaper than the capital." He Tie said slowly.

"The shit bread tree, it was okay a few years ago, but there are not a few bread trees left that have been cut down recently, if it weren't for the well, it is estimated that there would not be a single bread tree left. In recent years, I have focused on planting trees near Tongshan City, and I don't know how long it will take to grow up. The monkey cursed.

"And that kind of thing?" He Tie looked at the monkey with some surprise.

The monkey nodded and said, "There is no river on the other side of Tongshan City, so it can't be planted at all, if there is not a copper mine, it is estimated that the city would have been abandoned long ago." ”

"Tongshan City is also an old city, and it will become like this."

"Who said it wasn't, I thought I had gone to a good place, but now it seems that it is the most comfortable in the capital."

At this time, the shopkeeper came over with a tray and placed plates of vegetables and meat on the table.

"Two, these are the ones used to brush the hot pot, the two bowls are dipping sauces, and you can eat them after dipping them in them after shabu, at this time, the wine of the two of you, this wine is very strong, and it is suitable for warriors like you two." The shopkeeper talked eloquently.

"You're a talker, but it's none of your business here." The monkey laughed.

"Then you two use it slowly, call me at any time if you need anything." After saying that, the store walked in the direction of the counter.

Due to the small variety of vegetables in Xia Kingdom, especially in the colder north, there are only two or three kinds of green vegetables, most of which are all kinds of unknown meat cut into thin slices.

The monkey licked his lips and eagerly added these things to the pot with his chopsticks.

The charcoal in the stove emits this scorching smell, boiling the soup in the hot pot, and the red soup looks appetizing.

Thin slices of meat and vegetables are cooked in boiling water for a while, and when they are dipped in dipping sauce, they take a bite of it, and this unique taste immediately makes their eyes light up.

The two of them didn't care to speak, and the food on the table was swept away like a whirlwind.

"Shopkeeper, serve, serve." The monkey roared loudly.

After a while, another tray of vegetables was delivered.

It wasn't until they both leaned back in their chairs and touched their bulging bellies that they burped with satisfaction.

At this time, the two remembered that they had to eat just now, and they didn't even have time to take a sip of this jar of wine.

The two of them rested for a while, opened the jar of wine of love, and the strong aroma of the wine wafted out.

Hot pot with spirits makes people feel refreshed in this winter weather.

The two of them spent ten copper coins on this meal, and the rich monkey took out ten strings of copper coins from the money bag without blinking, threw them on the table, and the two of them walked to the door of the store with each other in a dashing manner.

As soon as they went out, the cold wind outside suddenly made the two of them shiver, and the strength of the wine was relieved a lot.

"Kuroko, do you want to brother, I'll take you to find the little lady, I've been floating on the sea for half a year, but I haven't even seen a woman." Kuroko said with a lewd expression.

He Tie shook his head and said, "No, take me to the barracks, I want to get my money." ”

The monkey pursed his lips when he heard this, and said, "The money won't fly there, forget it, it just so happens that I'm a little sleepy, so it's good to go back and sleep." ”

After the two returned to the barracks, the barracks were as the monkeys had guessed, and now less than half of the people were lying in the barracks with nothing to do.

After learning about the captain's Wei Ming's residence from the monkey's mouth, He Tie went there to collect the money alone.

After explaining his intention to the guards outside the tent, He Tie walked into the tent.

Inside the tent, Wei Ming was carefully studying the map on the table, which could be said to be the most mysterious thing in the Xia Kingdom.

In his impression, the ships of the Xia Kingdom had only sailed around the Shenzhou Continent, and he really didn't know anything about what was outside the Shenzhou, but on this map, not only the location of the Shenzhou Continent was drawn, but even the rest of the continents in this world were also drawn.

This kind of almost miraculous thing, when Wu Gang handed it over to him before going to sea, really shocked him for a long time.

Knowing that his next goal was to go to the continent of Shenzhou and the nearby islands.

His mission is to see if there are any humans, or dinosaur people, and if it is a borderless land, Xia will unceremoniously take it for himself.

"Crew He Tie, meet the captain." He Tie bowed and bowed.

"Ten to receive the reward?" Wei Ming asked.

He Tie nodded and said, "I was treated in the yamen clinic yesterday, but I didn't get it." ”

"He Tie, right?" Wei Ming confirmed.

He Tie nodded.

Wei Ming rummaged through the list of crew members and three for a while, and said, "He Tie, a native of the capital, has a wife and a four-year-old son at home. ”

"It's a subordinate!" He Tie said in a deep voice.

Wei Ming got up and walked to a box, took out a bag of copper coins, and threw them to He Tiedao: "Here are thirty copper coins, temporarily for your expenses during this time, this is counted in the reward for the expedition, and the reward will be paid to you naturally after the task is completed." ”

He Tie was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected joy, and hurriedly thanked Wei Ming, took the heavy bag of copper coins, and almost couldn't close his mouth with joy.

"If you don't plan to spend it, you can keep it in the fleet, but you have to collect the money you keep it." Wei Ming reminded.

"How much does it cost to store in the fleet." He Tie asked.

"Ten times to collect a copper coin."

He Tie looked at the copper coin in his hand and said secretly: "It doesn't cost much on the sea, but the monkey has spent a lot of money today, and I have to repay this kid when I find a chance." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "There is no need to save money, if it is a reward money, it must be saved." ”

Wei Ming nodded and said, "It's okay to eat, drink and have fun in the city, but you can't do illegal things, if you are targeted by the officials, it will be more troublesome on my side." ”

He Tie nodded and said, "My subordinates understand!" Then I'll quit. ”

Wei Ming waved his hand and motioned for He Tie to step back.

With a heavy money bag hanging around his waist, his mood was suddenly extremely comfortable, although he had nothing to spend, but it was also a pleasure to have money around and listen to the sound of banging.

Back in the tent, He Tie saw that the monkey had slept like a dead pig, smiled, and found an empty bed to lie on the bed.

Touching the bulging money bag, the corners of his mouth curled, the wine surging up, and in a daze, He Tie fell asleep deeply.

Yancheng.

Since Wang Lang only made the first pendulum clock, after several days of testing and improvement, finally perfected the pendulum clock, although there are still some errors, in addition to the appearance is not very beautiful, it has basically not affected the use.

Resistant, according to his own habits, engraved twelve scales on the dial of the pendulum clock, marking the time with Arabic numerals.

The first pendulum clock was placed in Wang Lang's study, and after this new thing was made immediately, it immediately aroused the interest of his wife, children, and ministers.

From time to time, there will be officials from the court and the central government in Wang Lang's study, under the pretext of reporting work, to come here to take a look at this thing that can show the time.

The design drawings of the pendulum clock have been handed over to the Ministry of Industry to study, and the pendulum clock is currently very expensive, and only a small number of people in the Xia Kingdom can have this kind of purchasing power except for officials.

Of course, Wang Lang doesn't want to see this situation, but the cost of production can't be reduced if he wants to.

The idea of building a bell tower came to his mind again and again.

Although it costs a sum of money to build a bell tower, as long as the bell tower is built, it can be convenient for the people to live, and a bell tower is equivalent to tens of millions of pendulum clocks.

As for the miniaturized pendulum clock, it is indeed equivalent to the existence of a luxury, which can allow those wealthy families who have some surplus money at home to take out their money and buy such dispensable things, and put the money in the market for circulation, instead of keeping it at home and letting it rot.

Although the Xia State was self-sufficient in its small-scale peasant economy, through perfect transportation, commodity trade in various places was also frequent.

After so many years of development, Xia Guo has a new class, that is, the merchant class, these merchants earn the difference by reselling goods, this kind of speculative behavior, although Wang Lang is not ashamed, but he also knows that the society is not good without these people.

The class of Shinong industry and commerce has been basically formed, compared with the other three classes, merchants belong to the lowest status in Wang Lang's eyes, and like the ancient Chinese countries in another world, the merchants of Xia Kingdom are not engaged in production, and they are completely a parasitic class.

Because Wang Lang is from a modern society with a very developed commodity economy, he despises the money-first lifestyle very much, he has been influencing human morality through his words and deeds since the tribal era, money can be earned, but it violates morality and law, then I'm sorry, it doesn't matter if you are a prince or a hero, in Wang Lang's dictionary, it means that the future is not bright.

The people who followed Wang Lang knew that his Majesty the Emperor could allow you to be untalented, but they would never tolerate their despicable behavior.

It stands to reason that the guards are Wang Lang's cronies, and it is a normal thing to accept bribes, but since the establishment of the Xia Kingdom, there have been only a few cases of bribery, and those guards who accept bribes often end up very miserable, the ubiquitous Jinyi guards will come to the door the next day after they accept bribes, and take them to a secret place for interrogation. Because of this reason, it fell into the hands of Jinyiwei, although it was not sentenced to death, at least it had to be peeled off, and the stains on their bodies were destined to follow them for a lifetime, and even affect their next generation, and they would never be able to raise their heads in people's contempt and ridicule.

Merchants are also the focus of Jinyiwei, and Wang Lang believes that these idle businessmen are an uneasy factor affecting social stability.

Although there are state-run trading posts to stabilize prices, human beings are very smart and will use various means to exploit loopholes, and after this fact, the behavior of raising prices and disrupting the market will be taken down immediately once discovered, and Jinyiwei Prison is the best place for these people.