Chapter 1014 The Most Elegant Criminal Officer of the Great Song Dynasty (Middle)

Half of the beauty of the scenery lies in its place, and the other half lies in the people who enjoy the scenery.

Su Dongpo is a poet, and he can see and feel the beauty that others can't see even in heaven. In the past, he used to use the official family's money to support his family Hukou; Only now did he really know the fragrance of grains. When he saw a green seedling as small as a needle rising from the ground, he would jump for joy like a child; He felt proud and satisfied when he watched the rice stalks stand upright and sway in the breeze, or at the dew-stained stems sparkling in the moonlight like strings of pearls.

Living in this simple mud house, Su Shi also boasted everywhere: he woke up from a nap, forgot where he was, the curtains were drawn, and on the couch, he could see the sails on the water up and down, and the water and air were connected from afar, and there was a vast expanse.

At the moment, the door of the mud hut was not completely closed......

Seeing that there were people working on the hillside, Xu Zhizhou did not slow down, he urged the officials to run with him again and again, and when he ran close to the riverside hut and heard the snoring sound of a cow in the house, Xu Zhizhou had a smile on his face, and he walked more and more slowly...... When they got closer, the snoring sounded like a cannonball.

Xu Zhizhou stopped, turned around and reprimanded the master: "Listen, listen—where did he run away?" Can someone else snore so loudly. ”

The master is ashamed.

Su Dongpo's snoring voice is a must, he not only once admitted in the poem that he "snores like a cow", in fact, this is his humble statement, Zhao Xing is immersive, can be responsible to say: his snoring is like a cannon roaring, therefore, he admires his wife.

Xu Zhizhou turned his face and explained to Zhao Xing: "Leaving people, this person is here, and your wine name has fallen...... Let's not bother this man today, and when he wakes up, I'll bring you to bother. ”

Xu Zhizhou was speaking, and the officials had already begun to greet the official sedan chair behind him.

The habit of sitting in a sedan chair began in the Song Dynasty, and at first, sitting in a sedan chair was a kind of treatment given by the emperor to the prime minister, but immediately afterward, local officials repeatedly forbade them to sit in a sedan chair. In the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the lack of transportation, the imperial court simply agreed: all officials can sit in a sedan chair.

Xu Zhizhou was anxious just now, he trotted all the way and threw the official sedan chair behind, and now, he was out of breath, and the officials hurriedly greeted the sedan chair driver in order to show their loyalty.

When Xu Zhizhou got into the sedan chair, he found that Zhao Xing was still standing by the river looking at the riverside hut, his face was full of yearning expression, and he had no intention of moving at all...... Today he is tired, don't disturb him, and go back to the inn to rest......"

Zhao Xing was a little ashamed, he lowered his head, and said cautiously: "Lord Envoy, is this the person who made 'The boat will die from now on, and the rivers and seas will live for the rest of their lives'...... The student had seen him by the river and happened to make a bet with him, but unfortunately, the student lost the bet and owed him half a boat of mountain goods and half a boat of wine. Since they met today, the student plans to call his family to pay off his gambling debts. ”

When Zhao Xing said this, Xu Zhizhou was relieved, and he nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay, this person has a difficult life, with your half a boat of wine, and a few days later, he has something to entertain his friends...... Wait, you said you have half a boatload of wine, do you have a lot of wine? ”

Generally speaking, how can there be half a shipload of self-produced wine?

But the truth is: Zhao Xing has more than half a boat. He replied honestly: "The student's family has a lot of money, and if he is not careful, he brews a little more wine, and after paying off his gambling debts, there is still a lot left, and the student plans to transport the rest to the capital city to sell it in order to ......."

Xu Zhizhou understood: "That's why you want to give the wine a good name...... How much are you going to sell this wine? ”

Zhao Xing replied very vaguely: "Students are not good at business, so they plan to sell all the same money for a pot no matter what kind of wine." ”

When Xu Zhizhou heard this, he first felt that he wanted to take a sip of Zhao Xing - it's too dark, money can always buy ten pigs, and the purchasing power is equivalent to 10,000 yuan, which is ...... It's extremely dark.

But the Song Dynasty was so rich.

At that time, good wine selling more than five guan abounded, according to records, Cai Jing drank wine once reached one hundred and fifty guan one jar, and the small wine jar that Cai Jing drank was not much larger than Zhao Xing's wine bottle.

With this thought, Xu Zhizhou's heart was also calm. Zhao Xing has always sold two things: one is wine, and the other is a wine jug.

Just now the six bottles of wine have been opened, except for the last two bottles of high wine, the rest of the fruit wine is actually packed in a beautiful wine jug, the wine jug is finely made, it is a full and vivid handicraft, used as a teapot, the taste is not low.

Such a fine wine, such a pottery burning skill, only sell for the same money, this person is quite honest, this thing to Hangzhou, or Tokyo to sell, how can it be sold for more than 50 times.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhizhou's eyes lit up, and he asked kindly: "Are you willing to 'enter the industry'?" ”

The so-called entry into the industry refers to joining the "business membership".

The policies of the Song Dynasty on merchants can be summarized into guild policy, tooth man policy, and merchant policy. In order to set up a shop in a town, one must join a guild. Once a merchant joins a guild, he is listed as a "trader", just like a craftsman's "craftsman", once a merchant is included in the "guild", not only can he not escape, but also his descendants are affected—this is mainly to ensure that there are enough merchants to undertake the official service.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, it was not only the "hang" who joined the guild that were merchants. Under normal circumstances, the government does not use guilds to control foreign merchants, peasants who come to the cities to buy and sell, and a large number of small barnyard peddlers in the cities who engage in sporadic trading, and the taxes are extremely low, 3 percent for the former and 2 percent for the latter.

Cheng Jiaao's agricultural products used to be the latter kind of mobile sales, which circumvented the scientific distribution. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court encouraged them to set up stalls to earn a living.

Regarding Xu Zhizhou's expectations, Zhao Xing did not hesitate: "I am willing to listen to the envoy's arrangement." ”

Xu Zhizhou is quite satisfied, which is equivalent to opening up a new tax source during his tenure. And he can also understand what Zhao Xing said about the limited output. After all, smart people like Su Dongpo have not made good wine, which shows that the mastery of wine-making technology is not so simple.

When he was in a good mood, he was pleasing to the eye, Xu Zhizhou kindly asked Zhao Xing to come back tomorrow, and solemnly explained: Because the exam is imminent, he is not good at interacting with Zhao Xing too much, so he can't be invited to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. However...... Zhao Xing's wine can't be sent, because there are many guests, so it has to be sent more.

Zhao Xing was very deferential, and he was a little embarrassed by Xu Zhizhou. This old man's humanity is not repaid, and when he learned that Zhao Xing took two students to take the autumn exam together, he winked meaningfully and reminded Zhao Xing to take the students over the house tomorrow to talk.

When Xu Zhizhou left, Zhao Xing kept hunching his body and saluted respectfully to the sedan chair that was going away, and only when the official sedan chair disappeared at the city gate did he straighten up and his face returned to normal. Twisting his face, he found that Cheng Xia tilted his head to look at him, with his index finger in his mouth, and a very puzzled expression on his face. And Cheng Shuang was pouting, as if he was puzzled by Zhao Xing's humility.

"What? Am I shameless? Zhao Xing asked calmly.

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