Interpersonal relationships are like a net, as long as you weave them with your heart, thousands of threads will always be in one place.

Wang Bi is very aware of this at this moment, for example, before coming to Zezhou this time, he came with a letter from Zhang Zai. Besides, when he arrived in Jincheng County, the county magistrate knew that he still had to go out to greet him.

"Haha, if there is no (if there is no word next to the king), how can you have time to come." The county magistrate of Jincheng County smiled and patted the arm next to the king, and pulled him into the county office together.

This person is very familiar with Wang Bi, he was more familiar with him before, and now he is more familiar, this person is Zhang Zai's nephew, but he is also a member of Cheng Hao (the word Bochun) who is a scholar and the first at the same time as Zhang Zai. Besides, the brothers Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao have been in Wang Anshi's mansion for a few days.

"I'm passing through here to see Brother Bochun." The king said and walked into the county office with him. Cheng Hao led Wang into the hall next to the lobby, where he was entertaining more familiar friends. The two sat down beside the king and took out the letter that Zhang Zai had entrusted.

Cheng Hao said with a smile while looking at the letter: "The principles of benevolence and filial piety are all prepared here, and no one has reached this since Mencius."

Wang listened to Cheng Hao's meaning and nodded, and said: "I went to Danzhou to see Master Zhang this time, and I still insist on learning in the way of governing the county, which is really respectable. ”

Cheng Hao pointed to the letter and said to the king: "Although my uncle's "Ximing" is only 500 words, I see my heart's work."

"Siming?" There was some confusion beside the king. Seeing that he was puzzled, Cheng Hao handed the letter to the king and said, "Look at this, this is not a family letter, it is an article from my uncle." ”

Wang took it and took a look: it is an article that starts from the book of heaven and man, takes benevolence and filial piety as the core, and expounds Zhang Zai's basic philosophical concepts and political ethics.

Cheng Hao explained that this was an inscription written on the west window by his uncle Zhang Zai when he was lecturing in Hengqu Town. That's why it's called Siming.

The two laughed for a while, and Wang said with a straight expression, "There is one more thing to disturb this time, and I also ask my brother to help." ”

Cheng Hao saw that what the king said was so serious, so he said: "If there is no virtuous brother, just say it, as long as I Bochun can do it." ”

Wang Bei smiled. Actually, it's not a big deal, I just want to buy your piece of land.

Cheng Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Ahem, what else should I do?" What's so bad about this, isn't it for the land tax to let the brother help me?"

Wang waved his hand: "No, no, it's not that I don't know the land trading system." ”

Cheng Hao said: "Buying and selling is not a problem, since Taizong, land trading is still free, as long as you pay taxes according to the regulations, I don't know if there is no brother who has a crush on whose land?" ”

Wang took out the picture drawn by Yin Shijie and Yu Danian and showed it to Cheng Hao: "As far as I know, this is a borderless land, but I don't dare to confirm it after all, so I came to trouble Bochun to take a look." ”

Cheng Hao said: "If you don't have a brother, you can really come prepared. ”

After speaking, Cheng Hao summoned the master and asked the master to go to the household registration book to check the ownership of this land and whether there was a lawsuit. The two chatted while drinking tea, and the master came back and told him that this place was indeed a borderless land. This place is at the foot of the nameless mountain, and in the early years, because there were often beasts coming down the mountain, the villagers were scared to move away.

Cheng Hao looked at the king's side,

Wang Fang felt that it didn't matter, "Since it is an ownerless wasteland, then set a price, and you have to trouble the master to help with some formalities, land deeds or something." ”

Cheng Hao asked the master: "How to calculate the purchase and sale price of wasteland in the county now?" ”

The master turned around and looked at it for a long time, knowing that this was a friend of the county order, anyway, it was wasteland, so he said that he had a heart to please and said: "There is little fertile land in our county, and an acre in the county is an average of eighty copper coins, and the wasteland is worthless,"

Wang said next to him, so how does the master calculate the price here?

The master said: "I think this land is basically deserted, why don't you calculate it at half price?" ”

Cheng Hao felt inappropriate and said: "I don't think it's appropriate, if I don't have a brother, do you think I have an idea?" ”

Wang Pan didn't know whether Cheng Hao said that the price was high or low, but the price was not higher than eighty Wen. Let's hear it

Cheng Hao said that this county county has to hire people to take care of the forest, and this hire two or three people, and the county spends more than a dozen yuan every month. Since there is no virtuous brother who wants this land, it is better to land like this, and I will give it to you according to sixty yuan, and take this mountain. ”

When the king heard it, it was about the same as half price, but he heard Cheng Hao say: "This tax is indispensable, and the mountains also have conditions, you have to send people to take care of the mountains and forests, if there is a mountain fire that burns the trees, you should plant new books, and don't let the mountains be barren." ”

Cheng Hao smiled awkwardly: "This money is nothing to my brother, but every month the county has to give some places to see the forest, and this will also be saved, and this will be enough to support the establishment of a school house in the next year, and it is good to learn from my uncle Zhang Zai to educate the villagers." ”

Wang Jian was very moved when he heard this, knowing that the money may not be less than that of land, but there are mountains to plant trees and mine, and it is definitely not a loss of money. Then he said: "If there is no definite support for this matter, I will donate another 100 yuan in the county half of the school, and Brother Bochun can start immediately."

Cheng Hao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately arranged for his master to go to the land deed and other things.

Coming out of the county office, Wang Bi rushed back to the palace with the title deed, and saw that He Libo followed behind without saying a word. Wang asked what happened to Brother He.

He Libo said: "I said, how can you say that you can almost hold on to the capital? But fortunately, there are still dozens of taels" Xin said, which is enough for himself for a year.

Wang Bei smiled bitterly and said, "Look, it's good to hold on." He Libo looked at him and pouted helplessly, who knows what tricks he has.

When he returned to Didian and saw Yin Shijie waiting there, Wang asked next to him, "How much coal is there in the village now?" ”

Yin Shijie said: "Why didn't you say it earlier, it's basically cleared this month." There are no tons of coal, and there are only cinders left."

The king looked at him and asked, "How many cinders are there?" ”

Yin Shijie thought for a while: "The cinder net is some of the bottom slag left over from last year, and it is estimated that each family can make up two or three packs, and the larger coal blocks are usually sold, and there is only some scum left, and the cinder can still be used, but it just can't be sold." ”

When the king heard him say this, he remembered the coal tuans in Didian, so he asked him: "If you do all the things I say, and make these two or three loads of coal, I will give you three times, but there is only one, and you must do it according to mine, otherwise you will not be paid." ”

Yin Shijie was happy when he heard it, but there was something next to the king who said: "In the future, this place will listen to me, but every time I collect a camel of coal, I will give your brother an extra two copper coins if it meets my requirements." On the other hand, if you sell the coal here to other merchants, it will be a trivial matter if you deduct your wages. ”

Yin Shijie hurriedly said: "What did the son say, don't say that you are kind to us, that is, we Jincheng people are very trustworthy on weekdays." But the king believed this. Although the first Jin merchants did not just say that they were from Jincheng, they did not say that Shanxi people talked about credit; Second, even if the people of the Song Dynasty were scheming in officialdom and planning for war, they all valued a letter. Conspiracy can be played, but most of them will not break their word.

Wang asked Yin Shijie to go back immediately, and he asked Yin Shijie to press half cinder and half soil, add a little wood chips from dry branches, and live out a coal ball, and the dry branches want the branches of the spice tree.

Yin Shijie listened and went back to do it, he found Yu Danian, and the two of them made a big coal ball, and brought it back to Didian a day later.

The king asked them to put the coal balls in the stove, which was good, and there was a faint aroma in the room. And this coal ball is especially resistant to burning. He thought to himself, it seemed that some of the things he had memorized in his head had really been used. But he didn't want to sell coal.

He said to Yin Yu and the others: "I still instructed you, I will collect all the coal here in the future, but there is one thing, if you let me know that you will sue others and don't say that I don't pay my wages, maybe I will have to go to court." When the two heard this, they hurriedly said, "No, no."

The king looked at the coal in the stove and said, "This thing will be called fragrant cake from now on."

Wang Bei turned to say with a pleasant face: "I have already bought that land, and I will come to see it in the spring next year." Would you two rather be at home or would you like to go back to the capital with me? ”

The two of them were overjoyed when they heard it, they were frightened just now, the king is not very old, but it seems that he is a very big official all the way, and even the silver ticket is his idea, not to mention that the two of them have personally experienced the experience in Yanzhou County, which one dares not to listen to him.

Of course, Yin Shijie Yu Danian was willing to go back to the capital with Wang Bian, and Wang Bian said: "In this case, you go back and prepare, and each person will give you five taels of silver for the New Year, and it is almost the New Year, and you will be placed with some things for the New Year." In addition, make the remaining cinder slag and buy a scale, so that you don't need to save coal and mix more soil. Then make cakes with half a catty, and make them finer at the same size."

The two of them nodded like chickens, and Wang Bi then asked, "How much are the men in the village willing to dig coal with me?" ”

Yu Danian said: "Not counting the two of us, there are eight. ”

said: "Okay, it's them, you won't start work before the beginning of spring anyway, and you will be conservative in drought and flood in the future, and tell them that each person's monthly work is also five." Regardless of drought or flood. ”

After speaking, he glanced at He Libo and said, the eldest brother is giving twenty-six taels of silver. He Libo was thinking about the silver, and it seemed that the cost of going back was really hanging. Thinking about it, he handed over the silver to them, and said that the remaining sixteen taels would be given to these eight heads as a New Year's reward. Yin Shijie said, how can this work, we haven't done anything.

Wang Bei smiled: "I said, let you make a lot of money in the future." "These two people are both happy and strange, is this boy burning a lot of money? If you don't start work for a month, the fee alone will be 100 taels of silver.

He Libo suddenly remembered something and said: "What if this pit is dug down and if it collapses." Yu Danian said, "Even if we dig it ourselves, we can save people and save them, and if we can't save them, we will be cheap." If the prince is afraid of our blackmail, we are willing to sign the deed."

Wang frowned, and suddenly found that he had become a coal boss, but is there any other way out for the poor people?

He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Yin Shijie, you go back and prepare the contract to show me." In addition, if I don't come back in the spring next year, you can organize to plant my fields and harvest my mountains and forests, and all the income will be your own. When I'll come back, when will I start work again. Otherwise, I won't be paid."

Wang Fang has his own ideas about this arrangement, he has never seen the ancients digging coal, but there must be potential safety hazards, at least he knows more than the ancients, and he can do his best to do what he can do.

The two of them thanked them and went back to organize the villagers to make contracts and make incense cakes. Wang Pan thought that he would be able to return to the capital after the fragrant cakes were ready in a day or two, and he was also excited.

That night, He Libo told Wang Pan that there were only a few taels of silver left, and Wang Pan smiled and asked, "Is it enough to reach the capital?" Not enough for you to go back and get it? ”

He Libo glanced at him and went out to pick up coal, and when he came back, he said to the king: "Brother, I seem to have seen a person, very familiar, as if it was a girl under the moon. When the king heard this, he immediately jumped out of bed, where is it?

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