Battle of Hengshan, the Song army occupied the favorable terrain of Hengshan, but the battlefield did not leave the name of the king, and people only remember that it seems that Di Qing had returned.

When saying goodbye to Chongyi, Chongyi asked Wang Bi to send Chong Jianzhong to Danzhou Yunyan Zhang Zai by the way. After walking for more than ten days, it was nearly the moon when I arrived in Zezhou. When I arrived in Jincheng County, I caught up with the heavy snow, but fortunately, the snow had just fallen, and the two were finally not intercepted in the mountain road.

Wang next to the two like snowman-like people, finally arrived in Jincheng County before dusk, they came to the previous and Yin Shijie, Yu Danian two of the booked shop, Wang next to the shop shopkeeper told them: Yin Shijie, Yu Danian every day in the first few days to see, today at noon just left. After speaking, he looked at the sky outside: "Why don't you two stay first, I don't know if they can come tomorrow in this weather?" ”

The two of them stayed in the store, and at night they each lay on the couch in the standard room, and the cups were still a little cold. The north wind blew the windows with a slight "pimple" sound.

He Libo heard that the king turned around and turned around, and laughed in his heart, this son is hard enough to toss this time, not to mention Lu Tu Xiaoxing to stay overnight, just talk about this place to live. In the past, when the two of them were looking for a store, Wang Bing must choose a clean and comfortable place that is eye-catching and brand-watching. This is now the Di store is the choice of Na Yin and Yu, to say that it is already a good look for the two, but the store is clean at most, and the comfort of the facilities inside must not be talked about.

Listening to the tossing and turning of the king's side, he knew that it was uncomfortable to sleep next to the king. Simmons has slept next to Wang for more than 30 years, and the bed for more than a year is not as uncomfortable as tonight's bed, and this mattress is not too thin, but I don't know how long it has not been done again, and there is no feeling of softness under the body. Especially after so many days of jolting on the horse's back, the bones of the body are almost scattered.

Fortunately, he is not picky: a big man, or rather, a big man, and now a big man, what is there to be picky, there is another reason why he can't sleep.

According to Xiao Lu's ghostwritten letter, Zhang Yi asked Wang to try out his first work in business and purchase what the capital needed. I don't know if this first batch has arrived in the capital.

This time I came to Jincheng County, I don't know if the two people did well in the arrangement. He was also tired but still couldn't sleep, he turned to the side again, but heard He Libo laughing.

"What a sweet dream to have and smile so happily." The king whispered.

He Libo looked up at the roof and replied: "I'm laughing at you, why don't you sleep in this shop?"

"If you are tired, you will naturally sleep, and if the eldest brother has not slept yet, he will talk a few words."

"Okay." He Libo waited for him to ask.

The king asked, "How many more are we entangled in?" ”

He Libo estimated in his heart and said: "There are also two hundred yuan tickets, and there are some scattered silver taels left, and there are five or six taels for one piece, and there are about two or three hundred pieces of broken copper coins." This thing is big for me, and it's still the fine calculation of that little land. ”

Wang said: "Fortunately, I can hold on until I return to the capital."

He Libo sat up when he heard this, and he woke up from a little dazed sleep. These were his expenses for several years. Is there a lot of money next to the king who can't know how to count?

It is true that the king has a lot of money, but he does not know how much he has to share. As for the way of the money by the king's side, it is all righteous and bright.

The first is Renzong's reward: it is proposed to build a public Jiaozi shop, seal Jiaozi circulation, and the chrysanthemum banquet is appreciated, which is a hundred taels of silver; It's a reward; Longhu suppressed bandits, this is a meritorious service, this is another sum, the reward is gold and silver, and the guan is a hundred taels of silver.

Secondly, of course, it is said that Wang Bi is the servant of Yu Lu, Wang Bi has no big expenses in the capital, and his monthly post is 50 times. Although there are expenses for most of the year, there are still two or three hundred savings. and it was equivalent to two or three hundred taels of silver

Secondly, Wang Anshi's son, before taking office, had a monthly spend, which was the wine money for Wang Pan and his little brother and his daily expenses.

But as Bao Zheng's righteous son, it's different. Let's talk about Bao Zheng Bao first, which can be the highest in ancient and modern times. According to the "Lu Order" in the Renzong period, Bao Zhengyue gave a reward of 300 guan of silver, as a straight scholar of Longtu Pavilion, there is a monetary income of 1656 guan per year, and 10 horses of silk, 34 horses of silk, 2 pieces of Luo and 100 taels of cotton income in kind as the first leader of Kaifeng Mansion, and 30 stone monthly grain, including 15 stone rice and 15 stone wheat. In addition, there are 20 bales (13 catties per bundle) of firewood, 40 bales of hay, and 1,500 "minister's money" every month

In addition, as a high-ranking magistrate of the foreign domain, the imperial court allocated 20 hectares of professional land, that is, 2,000 acres of cultivated land, to Bao Zheng, allowing him to collect rent every year and not pay grain. These 2,000 acres of cultivated land are estimated at one stone per mu of rented rice, and there are also 2,000 stone meters of input every year. Check the "Jiayoulu Order" again, and the right to know that the Kaifeng government has 100 additional expenses every month, and 15 scales (15 catties per scale) of charcoal are issued every winter.

A short explanation summarizes it and everyone understands: if it is all counted as silver taels, Bao Zheng's annual salary is 21,878 copper, which is equivalent to a total of 13.67 million yuan in the current purchasing power.

So I really don't know how rich I am, it's Lord Bao Zhengbao, not the king. But this adult really sees that Wang Anshi is a little poor next to the king. And the king is so pleasing to the lord. So it's like giving a few dozen times a month.

These do not include the extra rewards given by the imperial court during the New Year's holidays and the festival money given by Lord Bao.

The above statistics only illustrate one problem: it is very important to recognize a good godfather. However, it is the first step to success in life, but if Wang Bei does not have the wisdom of modern people and his own courage, I am afraid that he will not even be able to take this first step, but will still be just Wang Anshi's stupid second son.

Now back to the conversation just now, He Libo jumped up from the warm bed, but he woke up immediately after being blown by the cool breeze, and the king is next to the king, otherwise he would not have followed this child brother who was a few years younger than himself to run back and forth.

When the king saw him jumping up, he asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

He Libo came out of the quilt and said, "I can't sleep, so I'll hook up the fire and add some coal." Originally, both of them slept in their clothes, but they still felt cold, so He Libo put on his cloak and went to the yard to look for coal.

This mansion is similar to the house in Chenzhou County, next to Wang, but it is much simpler than that small courtyard, the main house in the front yard is a restaurant for passers-by or guests to eat, the east and west ear rooms, the east one is a stable, and the other is put with coal, firewood and charcoal. The transept on the west side is the house of the Lord.

There are a few rooms in the backyard that are superior to the first class room, even if they live in this, the main room of the standard room. There are usually three or five people living in one room, and He Libo walked quickly to the front yard, and the north wind blew on his body.

He casually found a tool to shovel a few pieces of coal back to his room, and while hooking the fire in the stove, he said, "You said that the coal in this house is interesting, and it is about the same size." ”

The king stood up and saw that it was indeed different from other places, where the coals were either lumps of different sizes, or broken coals, which lived together and were easy to burn. Only this shop simply made the broken coal even more broken, and made it into a lump of coal.

This crossed to the king of the Song Dynasty and suddenly remembered, before I didn't live in the building, I remembered the scene of lighting the stove at home when I was a child, although the stoves of the Song Dynasty were all ceramic, the smaller ones were called ceramic furnaces, and the larger ones were called Ding, but the coal burned was almost the same. It's just that it doesn't make it into a honeycomb like modern people.

However, there is one thing that Wang Fang has never understood, how can the ancients also burn coal without gas poisoning. It is probably also due to the fact that the doors and windows are not tight or are fully burned.

At noon on the second day, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian came to the store and took Wang to their village to have a look.

Jincheng County is located at the junction of Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain, with Taihang in the east, the Central Plains in the south, the Yellow River in the west, and Youyan in the north. Yin Shijie and Yu Danian live at the foot of the mountain not far from the county seat, within a radius of several hundred miles, with seven or eight families and ten small villages.

Wang looked at the surrounding terrain, basically no different from what he imagined, and the two of them took Wang next to He Li bowl to his home, Wang was startled, there were more than a dozen people inside and outside the small hall. Yin, the rest of the two beckoned Wang to come in, and introduced to those people the nobles they said they met in Yanzhou. Everyone in the room greeted him warmly.

After the people dispersed, the king asked the two how things were doing, and the two of them were done. As he spoke, he handed a piece of paper to Wang Bian, who looked at it and was very surprised, "How is this number?" You can't be wrong, right? ”

Yu Danian waved his fat hand and said: "No, no, in the direction of Wang Gongzi, this is already the lowest price visited." ”

He Libo was also stunned when he came to see it, it turned out that Wang asked the two of them to come back and visit the price of nearby land. It is written in black and white on white paper, 80 copper coins per acre.

There is also a simple map on the paper. There are about more than ten hectares of land under the mountain, and in addition to the land occupied by various villages, there are now three or four hectares of deserted vacant land in the map.

After calculating the total, according to the calculation of four hectares of land, it only costs about sixty or seventy yuan to buy the land. Plus 10% land tax, that is, seventy or eighty yuan. It's a lot less than the king's budget.

Seeing Yu Fatzi's sincere and frightened appearance, Wang Bi explained, "The price is very low, such a low price, why don't people here buy more land?" ”

Yin Shijie said: "The land here is sparsely populated, and the land price is very low. Besides, our income here is just enough for rations, and if the government taxes are high and the rations are not enough, how can we have the money to buy land. ”

On the way back to the county, Yu Danian pointed to a forest on the side of the road and said, the fruit is the fruit of the spice tree in this forest. Even though the leaves have fallen, you can still smell the aroma of the trees.

Wang Bi turned his head and asked Yin Shijie and Yu Fatzi: "Do you want to go back to the capital with me and make a lot of money." ”

The two of them smiled: "Wang Gongzi promised to give us 5 copper coins every month, which is already a lot." ”

Yu Danian smiled: "You still have to eat and live!" ”

The king said, "As long as you two do things well, you will earn more than this in the future." The two of them were even more excited.

Note to this chapter: Chongshi Dao (1051-1126), a famous wise man and military strategist in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The word Uncle Yi, Han nationality, Luoyang (now Henan) people. Later, he moved to Baolin Valley, Chang'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and was a native of Chang'an (now Xi'an County). The original name of the master road was Jianzhong, because of the avoidance of the year name of the Song Dynasty Huizong Jianzhong Yasukuni, it was renamed Shiji, and was later given the name of Shidao by Huizong.