When the king heard that He Libo seemed to see the moon falling, he jumped out of bed with a "Teng".

He Libo muttered: "It should also live in this store, I see that I have entered the second ear room on the east side."

The king was about to open the door and look for him, but He Libo grabbed him. "Why are you going, it's dark outside and I can't see it clearly, and I don't know if it's or not. If this is wrong, it's a shame. ”

The king ignored him, and went out to see that the light in the room had not been extinguished, and there seemed to be a figure, and he was about to go over to ask, but when he saw that the candle was blown out, his hope that had just been lit up was also blown out.

At dawn, the person in the room had already left, and the king asked the shopkeeper if he remembered what the man looked like, and the shopkeeper said that he must remember that the woman was sixteen or seventeen years old, and the daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper next to him slapped the account book on his head, and the shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and said, I didn't see it clearly.

His father-in-law and mother were in a hurry, and the shopkeeper really didn't see it clearly. Seeing it clearly, he couldn't describe it, so the king asked if the girl could carry such a jade on her chest? He said, pointing to his jade. The shopkeeper shook his head and didn't bring it

"Are you sure?" The king asked again.

The shopkeeper said, "I definitely didn't bring it." The shopkeeper replied very simply, and the king's heart fell to the ground and turned back to the room.

Wang and He Libo were playing chess while waiting for Yin Shijie's news, and the shopkeeper suddenly ran into Wang's room, looked back and saw that everyone behind him did not follow, and then greeted Wang Bei.

Seeing the shopkeeper like this, he smiled and said, "Couldn't the shopkeeper have been beaten by his daughter-in-law?" What are you doing in such a panic? ”

He Libo smiled and said, "Are you afraid of your daughter-in-law when you open a store?" Wang Bei knew that He Libo was talking about Lu Shenyan, and he also smiled.

The shopkeeper said in a low voice: "I see that the son asked the girl, and I wonder if the son is looking for someone, and the girl who left this morning is indeed not wearing jade." ”

The king said he understood. The shopkeeper sighed and said: "I didn't dare to say it in front of my daughter-in-law, the girl didn't have any money for a long time, and when I got the money from the hairpin, I secretly gave it to the girl for dozens of dollars." ”

Wang put down the chess pieces in his hand and turned his face to look at the shopkeeper, and He Libo said, "What do you mean." ”

"Hey, what do I mean, it's just chatting with the two masters, that girl is afraid that something will happen," he said, pointing to his face near the base of his ear, and said, "This, a scar, like a new injury, I wonder if I have encountered robbers on the road." Alas, the poor, very handsome girl, is broken. I can see that you two are rich masters, and they usually don't live in a small shop like ours, so I just remind you two to be careful on the road, it's almost the New Year, and the robbers have to celebrate the New Year."

After saying that, he turned to go out, but the king called out to him, and asked He Libo to take two taels of silver and said, "You can keep these in the cupboard, and if the girl comes back, give them to her for me." ”

He Libo said to the shopkeeper while taking out the silver: "We are not afraid of robbers, it is estimated that even we have to be robbers to return to the capital." ”

The shopkeeper shrank his neck, took the money and hurried back to the front yard.

He Libo said: "That shouldn't be the girl under the moon." ”

Wang Fang thought that with the jade under the moon, there should be nothing wrong, but he still felt apprehensive for some reason.

Another day passed, and Yin Shijie came. The king was glad to see it, and two men came in ox carts, which were much more than donkeys. A donkey cart can be three or four times as much as a donkey. And the bullock cart doesn't have to be slow for donkeys. Then Yin Shijie and Yu Danian can sit in the car and go all the way back.

The king looked at the "fragrant cake" and was very satisfied. Two-thirds the size of a palm, I don't know what these two people did, each of them is smooth. When asked how the two did it, the two said that they had found a carpenter to pick out the wood molds and buckle them one by one. Seeing that the two of them were still full of cleverness, the two looked back at He Libo, who was holding the package and glaring at him. Wang was amused in his heart, if it weren't for He Libo's expression, he really couldn't be prepared to reward the two of them again, but the feeling of being able to throw a reward at hand is really good.

Then you have to pay for the money, and the king paid twelve times for the camel and three times that had been agreed in advance. The two of them said that this is also a pack now, and they also paid Sanwen, and Wang smiled next to him, "Take it, Yin Shijie, you send it back first, and then we will meet after doing something." ”

Wang asked Yu Danian to carry a basket of fragrant cakes to the county office, and this fat man looked energetic. Cheng Hao saw that the king was coming, carrying a basket of gifts and didn't know what it was, and the king said mysteriously that this thing was only used by the nobles and ministers of the king's grandson.

I took out a piece to make a demonstration and put it in the stove, and suddenly the room was filled with a fresh fragrance. Cheng Hao is really happy, this is not a free gift next to the king, and he will come and go often in the future.

Regardless of whether Zhang Yi was satisfied with the homework handed in by Wang Bian, Wang Bian finally returned to the capital on the eighth day of the lunar month, and when he crossed the city gate, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian were still happy when they looked at the ox cart, and they originally pumped 10 catties of tax. Now 400 catties and a camel, and 10 catties are saved.

How do you know that when the officers and soldiers stopped, the king glared, and didn't know me? If you don't know me, you should know the gold medal, right? Do you dare to pay taxes on things that pay tribute to the emperor?

The ox cart swayed and came to Wang Anshi's house, there were a lot of people on the street along the way, and Wang Fang remembered that today was the eighth day of the lunar month. Different from Chenzhou, Bianjing has more doctors and family medicines, such as Hutou Dan, Bashen Tusu, and Chu Xuan, which is given to everyone, which is called wax medicine.

Wang Bei couldn't help but feel that at this time last year, he was looking at the monk temple porridge on the street with Yuexia on the street, and the poor were expelled from the epidemic, but this year, next to the king of Laba was on the street of Bianjing alone.

Wang Anshi's mansion heard that Wang Bi was back, and they were very happy, Yuan Ze ran out to greet him, and the two brothers were very affectionate when they met. Wang saw Wang Anshi and Mrs. Wu. After a brief narrative, he brought some fragrant cakes to Kaifeng Mansion. Needless to say, Lord Bao was happy, naturally he hadn't seen Wang for many days, and asked carefully about the way, and as soon as he said it, it was dark.

Speaking of this fragrant cake, Master Bao said that he would go to see the emperor tomorrow, and he was still waiting outside the palace.

This time, Wang Bei didn't let Yu Danian carry the basket, but asked him to buy dozens of beautiful food boxes. Buy a single good paper, each piece of fragrant cake wrapped in paper, and write on it with a fly's head in small letters, "Jincheng fragrant cake" four words. Pack in a food box.

Wang Bian and Yuan Ze looked at Yin Shijie and Yu Danian together, and when they were doing these jobs, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian muttered: "This cinder slag still needs to be done like this, this paper box is much more expensive than cinder slag." ”

The king said, "You don't understand that this is called packaging, and next time you go back, let the carpenter cut out these four words in the mold." ”

Yu Danian asked puzzledly: "What is this for?" ”

Yin Shijie said: "Isn't there a word for the cake that came out?"

Yu Danian said, then there is no need to wrap, what he wants to say is to wrap rice paper, Wang Bian said with a smile while watching them work: "The packaging still needs to be packaged, but there is no need to write on the rice paper." ”

It's all divided, and only half of the fragrant cake is gone. Yin Shijie said: "Childe, aren't we all giving away this fragrant cake like this?" ”

Wang Fang deliberately looked very confused: "Are you going to give it away?" ”

Yu Danian was about to cry: "Then how many silver taels do you have to lose?" ”

Wang laughed: "Hahaha, I'm using it as advertising money." He said he was happy.

The two men asked at the same time: Advertising? What is advertising?

Wang Bi suddenly felt interesting, there had been no audience for a long time, he took a sip of water and said: "Advertising, of course, is to advertise widely, you see that Jingshi Fan sells cooked food, and the horizontal banner written "The price of things is revealed, and the big characters hang in Kangzhuang" This is advertising. ”

"Well said," Yuan Ze said with a slap.

He Libo said: "I see that your fragrant cake is simply like this:" The road is entangled, and the fragrant cake enters the furnace. The crowd laughed

Yuan Ze said: "It's better to write like this, the flavor of the beams is lingering, and the Jin cake is fragrant." The king clapped his hands and praised, right good, right good.

Yin Shijie said: "It's better to tell the son again, what other advertisements are there, we will also learn"

Wang said: "That's a lot, famous as a celebrity, such as Bole Soma." Then raise the price of horses, and pass on the official name such as this "Sun Diancheng Pharmacy to: Heavy Letter Biography: Jinan Liujia Kung Fu Needle Shop Advertisement, with "Buy high-quality steel bars, make kung fu fine needles, do not cut corners, the people will use it, if it is sold, don't have to spare; To make sound, "Fengle Building" is decorated with a large amount of interior and exterior decoration. ”

Yu Danian asked, "How did we pass on this fragrant cake?" ”

Wang Bei smiled slightly, which of these would he not occupy?

Half of the incense cake was used, and it was packed and sent to the imperial city the next day, Renzong was very happy to see the king, and when the incense cake was put into the emperor's Nine Dragons Ding, the sawdust of the spice tree in the vertical arch hall exuded a faint aroma.

Renzong looked at the king and seemed to be stronger, and his heart was happy, and when he saw the number of incense cakes he had reported for tribute, he asked why he had shared such a portion. The king said that the emperor has always been sympathetic to the ministers. Several ministers in the vertical arch hall had already smelled this smell and looked at the red incense cake burned in the ding, and then heard him say this, Renzong and the ministers all understood, Renzong rewarded the incense cake to the ministers, and even Wang Yaochen, Liu Chang, who had slandered Di Qing before, had a share.

After letting the ministers retreat, Renzong asked Wang Bian about his experience all the way, and every time Wang Bian told Renzong, Renzong was always like listening to a book, which was much more wonderful than listening to a book. When Wang talked about the son of Chongyi, Renzong laughed: Today's children are becoming more and more shrewd. After laughing, Renzong asked, it seems that you went to Yanzhou?

The king said, "I went around, and there was one thing that touched me deeply. ”

Renzong asked him to speak, and the king said: "Although the system of raising horses in my court is relatively sound, there are few horses, and the cost is huge. Agriculture and horse grazing often have conflicts over land. Secondly, the horses of the shepherd are not suitable for riding, and every time they are "driven to the border, they freeze to death without a fight".

Renzong listened and nodded: "If everyone in the court has the king's opinion, it would be good if they could often give me suggestions." ”

The king smiled: "The minister should be." ”

Renzong wanted to add an official position again, but the king refused to accept it, and Renzong specially allowed the incense cake used in the palace, and from next year onwards, the exquisite "Jincheng incense cake" next to the king was specially offered according to the consistent silver per catty.

This trade has indeed done a lot, and if you get three catties of cinders, you will have already sold it at the original price of a load of whole coal.

Renzong rewarded it again, just after the king spent the plate, but the king also wanted to reward him, the coal mine had expenses, at least it could not be moved for a few months, and it had to be used to buy a horse. When Wen Mu got his hands on it, he had to go to Xixia to find the moon generously.

(Note: Zhuang Xuan: "Chicken Rib Knitting" on the volume.) (Note: Gaussde, "The Treasure of Things", see "Quan Song Poems", vol. 3229.) ）

"Jingwen Collection", volume 29, "On the Law of Military and Civilian Horse Breeding in Huaibei Prefecture, East and West".