After Zheng Lang turned around, he came to the Shousheng Temple at the foot of Shifeng Mountain on the west side of the West Lake.

The abbot of the temple warmly greeted him.

Zheng Lang took a moment and said, "Master, you are worried." ”

"Don't dare, Master Zheng, please come in."

Entering the temple, Zheng Lang said: "I deliberately wanted to ask for a cup of tea from your temple." ”

"Master Zheng is really an elegant person," the great monk understood, and said with a smile.

At this time, there is no such term as Longjing tea, Hangzhou tea is very cheap, the market price of ordinary tea is only 30 yuan per catty, and Jianzhou has 5 or 600 yuan, which is 20 times that of it. However, there are some famous species, such as the Xianglin tea of Tianzhu Xianglin Cave, the Baiyun tea of Baiyun Peak in Tianzhu and the Baoyun tea of Baoyun Mountain in Geling, which are all listed as tributes.

But they are not the best, the best are dozens of old tea trees on the cliff on the side of Shifeng, which belong to the private property of Shousheng Temple, except for some distinguished guests and the great monks in the temple, others can't drink it at all.

The big monk took a small tea ball and began to make tea, his movements were very elegant, and he asked, "Master Zheng, how did you hear about it?" ”

"If there is, someone will hear it sooner or later, and no one will hear it sooner or later." Zheng Lang typed a Zen language.

"Yes," the great monk saw that he didn't answer, and didn't ask questions, and continued to smile and make tea.

In fact, not only the tea of Shousheng Temple, but also several other famous teas, Zheng Lang also knows that the reason is simple, Longjing tea. The famous Da Longjing tea in later generations is not the tea tree on the edge of Longjing, the best is in Shifeng, that is, the dozen or so old tea trees on the cliff, what taste, it is not a small house in his previous life that dared to dream of drinking.

The second is some tea trees by Longjing, and the yield is also very pitiful. This is one lion and two dragons in Longjing, Yunqi again, the tiger run of the four tigers, and the Meijiawu of the five plums. Although it is produced in five places, the total output is not large, and it is very suspicious whether the Longjing tea produced in other places can still be called Longjing, but the Longjing that most people buy is precisely the Longjing outside the lion, two dragons, three clouds, four tigers and five plums. Although drinking, don't take it seriously, it's not called Longjing tea, but Hangzhou tea, and it's not even Hangzhou tea.

After a while, the aroma overflowed.

There are also differences, Song tea is divided into two kinds, one is to select the steamed tea leaves and press them into balls and slices, and the other is loose tea, loose tea has been simply processed, such as slightly fermented, or dried, and fried green.

And the technology of frying green is gradually maturing, but the Song people don't like it.

It's not that you can fry tea, and you will make a lot of money in the Song Dynasty, it's impossible.

The Song people don't like the strong aroma of fried green, and some subtle fermentation produced during the processing of tea cakes makes the tea taste more rich and restrained, which is what the Song people love. Including Zheng Lang, he gradually forgot the fragrance of fried green in later generations and fell in love with the taste of this tea cake.

After the tea was boiled, the great monk poured a cup for Zheng Lang and his four students, as well as two entourages, a very small cup, but the big monk was very careful to avoid spilling. It's not easy to come by, just picking these catties of tea on the hanging wall is a great danger.

"Thank you, Master." Zheng Lang took a sip again, and then savored it.

A faint fragrance and sweetness slowly poured out of the throat, like a small stream of sweet spring gently moisturizing. Sigh: "Good tea." ”

He took another sip and said, "I don't even dare to drink it." ”

"Why?"

"I'm afraid that after drinking this tea, I will chew wax with the same taste of tea as his tea in the future...... It's a human being, you really can't indulge yourself too much......" and then thought about it, and later after Cai Xiang went to Fujian, he offered Xiaolong tea cakes to Song Renzong, making ten cakes per catty, and the market price of one catty was two taels of gold. Hugh said that it is expensive, there is this money, but there is no such city. Even in the palace, the eunuchs in the palace were decorated with gold threads. Only at the time of the suburban sacrifice, a small amount was given to the east and west, and four people shared one of their breads.

If you like strong tea, one-fortieth of a pound, a cup of tea will be boiled.

It's not to drink, these big guys get it, put it at home, and when the guests arrive, they take it out for the guests to enjoy. It's not tea, it's a peerless handicraft work of art!

Later, there were better Miyun Dragons and Xiangyun Dragons, I don't know how much the price is.

But I don't know that kind of small dragon group and this kind of lion tea, not to mention the process of pressing the group, that kind of taste is better.

After drinking in three sips, Heshi left, never dragging mud and water.

Xiao Shami looked at their backs and said to his abbot: "This new Zhizhou is so rude. ”

The abbot smiled and said, "You don't understand, he came to drink tea for tea." ”

"For tea?"

"Not for this tea, but for the other tea." The great monk also heard some of Zheng Lang's deeds, and knew that he had turned around a lot and was about to go back, but when he went to the city, he specially bypassed, and really coveted this cup of good tea in the temple?

But tea is a national monopoly, how can he interfere?

After thinking for a while, he smiled again and said, "Let's clean up the tea set." ”

It has nothing to do with me, about this new state just wants to see the best tea in Hangzhou, and then position it...... On the way, Wang Anshi also began to ask: "Doctor Zheng, do you want to interfere with the tea method?" ”

"I don't know, just take a look." Zheng Lang said, and said: "The great monk is very enthusiastic, I am embarrassed to take out the white snake." ”

But Wang Anshi didn't take it seriously.

Zheng Lang's book of the golden mean has explained a lot of problems. For example, when the inequality between the rich and the poor is serious, some adjustments must be made to prevent the bad differentiation between the rich and the poor, if it is too equal, it will prevent the creativity of some elites, and it is necessary to tacitly ignore some people to get rich first, but it is often impossible later. Just like a person's five fingers, the thumb is very thick, which is deserved, but what if it is ten times thicker than the little finger? For example, the middle finger is very long, ten times longer than the thumb, and what has become of it?

Another example is the release of the elderly, they are very important to the influence of the people, and they will also bring faith to the people, but what if it develops after the middle of the Tang Dynasty, or the Song Dynasty? Everyone is a monk, and the temple occupies the field and lends money. This loses its original meaning.

So dial it back.

That's why keep up with the times.

In this context, give a hundred catties of lion tea, and the teacher will not give up some corrective propaganda.

got on board.

The weather is not very good, with a drizzle, which is still rare in August in Hangzhou. Most of them were storms, and since January, there have been several torrential rains.

However, the scenery of West Lake is very good, the water is clear and inky, and you can see the aquatic plants at the bottom of the water, as well as the swimming of fish.

To the west is the mountains, to the east are the rows of houses, from time to time there are boats passing by, and a few sand gulls are flying, and the lake is covered with large patches of white and grass. There are also some lotus roots and water chestnuts on the lake. The water is clear, the mushrooms are green, and the breeze blows, which makes people feel refreshed.

But all this is an illusion.

Zheng Lang took a penny from the boatman and measured the depth of the lake, which was only seven feet deep in most places.

In some places, because of the silting of the weeds, even the small boat they were in had to make a detour to prevent it from running aground.

On the contrary, large tracts of grass roots were entangled, allowing the people to take advantage of them, and many fields were cultivated, which may be more vigorous than the rice in the polders.

But West Lake is not difficult.

What is difficult is the future of their own arrangements, as well as salt, tea, wine...... didn't think about it for a while, took out the yaoqin from the luggage, and chanted: "One lily, one hat, one flat boat, one zhang silk and one inch hook; A song and a bottle of wine, a person fishing alone in the autumn. ”

The song "Guangling San" burst out fiercely and tragically.

Fan Chunyou suddenly whispered to Wang Anshi: "Wang Sanlang, I saw my father's shadow from Dr. Zheng. ”

They all lead by example, they are all fighting alone, they are dancing in tragedy, and they are fishing for autumn alone. It's just that his father's methods are more motivating, and Zheng Lang's methods are more gentle.

I'm afraid this is the family background that Zheng Lang said, his father was born poor, so the means are direct. And Zheng Lang was born rich and noble, so his methods are more tactful and elegant. But the end goal is the same.

Wang Anshi was silent.

Whether it can succeed or not depends on whether the teacher can conjure this unprecedented illusion this time.

If it doesn't come out, it will become a big joke. Even if it is conjured, it may not be all good in the future. But political achievements will prompt more people to pay attention to the teacher's thoughts, but the doubts in Wang Anshi's heart have not disappeared, can he really use gentle measures to solve the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty?

Disembark and return home.

When Fu Bi heard this, he immediately rushed over.

The city of Hangzhou is about to turn the sky upside down. I don't know what kind of big deal Zheng Lang is, the wealth of so many big families is only one and a half of the deed shares, asking, none of these people answered. I can't tell you, and as soon as I tell you, I'll be disqualified.

Fu Bi was very worried.

Taiping Prefecture is a miracle, but it can be achieved by manpower, and now it is getting bigger and bigger, and it is beyond the scope of his understanding. Is that possible unless it is explained by ghosts?

If something happens, I will be judged and I can't get rid of it.

"Sit," Zheng Lang said.

Jiang Xing'er made tea for Fu Bi.

But it's not Shifeng tea, it's Jianzhou tea cake, it's not the top one, and it's worth thousands of dollars a catty.

After taking a sip of tea, Fu Bi said, "Governor Zheng, you say, what are the arrangements?" ”

"There are ten days, and in ten days, I will unravel the mystery. You don't have to think so magically, for example, I ask ghosts, for example, I ask people to send money and things over in Taiping Prefecture, and that's the case after they are revealed. But this time, it's very troublesome. I was about to think about some details. ”

"Ten days?"

"I'm going to wait for two groups of people to come, and it's about ten days to calculate the trip."

Fu Bi had no choice but to wait. He said again: "It just so happened that Lu Zhixian and Han Zhixian handed over a case to show you." ”

Han Jiang is the county of Qiantang, this county was established very early, Qin has been placed, originally Qiantang, Tang changed to Tang, the county is in the south of the state city, managing the south of Hangzhou City and some small rural areas in the south. Lv Gongbi was the county of Renhe, Qian Yue was divided, and the governance office was in the Wulin Gate, and the Song Dynasty was in the north of the city, managing the north chamber of Hangzhou. The form is like the ten thousand years of Chang'an and the two counties of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

The new jinshi are the magistrates of the county, and some problems have arisen one after another.

The one who did a better job was Lu Gong, who ruled by doing nothing, waiting for Zheng Lang's change.

Sima Guang did the best, it was impossible to develop it immediately, and he gave full play to his geographical advantages to encourage the people to grow oranges, millet, and walnuts, which are local specialties. Especially the bansu, before the toothbrush came out, the people used the bansu incense mouth. There are many people who use toothbrushes, but their love for millet is undiminished.

Some of them are in the mountains, such as the Gwangju area, and the cost of transporting them out is very high. Yu Qian also has a mountain, but with the convenience of the river, it is easy to transport it to Hangzhou City.

And unlike another special product, loquat, which is not easy to store, these are dry goods, easy to store and transport, and the loss is small.

Then the artisans were mobilized to interact and exchange bamboo skills with each other.

The rest is not touched, but if this is done well, the harvest of the people will increase in a few years.

Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi do not have so many advantages, their main responsibility is to maintain the law and order of Hangzhou City.

The two of them were eager to make meritorious contributions, and after taking office, they invariably pointed the finger at one thing, private salt.

The Song Dynasty's management of salt, one is the state management, and the other is the buying and puffing system, allowing a small group of merchants to pay grain and grass to the north in exchange for salt rationing.

In addition to these two forms, are private salt, the legal system is also very strict, Song Taizu issued an edict to say, private refining three catties of people to die, unauthorized goods of official salt into the forbidden law of ten catties of death, to silkworm salt trade and into the city of more than 20 catties of cane spine 20, with one year.

When it came to Song Taizong, it was a little wider, and the legal system was very strict, and the decoction of salt was 15 pounds and two canes, and the 20 catties were served for one to one and a half years, and the 100 catties were escorted to Que.

However, the law cannot be decided, because the profits are too high, and with a single turn of the hand, you can earn ** times the profit, so there are private salt people all over the country, often because of the weight of the law, they collude into groups, and use force to resist the government institutions.

Hangzhou also has it.

It is not necessarily the people of Hangzhou, many of them are inland areas, or other states, and there are also some merchants in this state who participate, especially those big pavilion households.

The salt farms in Hangzhou, except for the Changhua Zixi Salt Farm, which are inland mineral salts, are mostly boiled salt from the Qiantang River.

If you want to smuggle salt out, one is to detour the Yangtze River from the sea, and transport it from the sea ship to the river ship. This smuggling route is the safest, and it is powerless to be investigated by the government at sea. Not only private salt, but also some of the goods, after the ships came to Hangzhou, most of the goods were unloaded overseas on small boats, leaving only a small part for the Song Dynasty city to extract.

However, the sea was unpredictable, and the ships that smuggled salt were small, and ships were often sunk by sudden hurricanes.

So I changed to another road, the Grand Canal, or Zhejiang. There are very few roads to take Zhejiang, and the range of radiation is not large. Most of them take the Grand Canal, and transport ships to various places through the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River for profit.

First, Lu Gongbi investigated.

It is not intended to be investigated, and if you want to get through this line, you must collude with the officials. Because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, a government official reported the gang. Most of the salt came from Yueming Erzhou, and then transported to Hangzhou, after some bleaching, it was changed to buy salt, and it was loaded onto river boats from Hangzhou and transported to various places.

The implication was a little wide, and he had to join forces with Han Jiang.

The power of the salt dealers cannot be underestimated, but these two people can not be intimidated by a few small salt dealers. The secret investigation lasted more than 10 days, and more than 40 people were arrested at once. There are smuggler salt dealers, as well as large and small pavilions who collude with them, and some local officials.

The case was a bit big, and the scope of involvement was very wide, so he had to hand over the case file to Fu Bi.

After Fu Bi saw the case going through, he had a headache, not only in Hangzhou, but if so, the judgment according to law is. If you can't be caught, you'll be rich, and if you are caught, you'll be unlucky, it's as simple as that. However, these salt dealers came from all over the state, including the large and small pavilions that were linked, as well as Mingzhou and Yuezhou.

Just when Zheng Lang came back, he handed it over to Zheng Lang to deal with.

Zheng Lang looked at it, and he also had a headache.

The case is very simple, I want to expand it, continue to investigate deeply, and there are still many people involved in illegal salt, and with these people as a breakthrough, more people will be found to commit crimes. If the matter is smaller, the case will be decided, and the neighboring states will let them come and bring up the criminals, and the ones in their own states will be punished according to the law, and those who will be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who are exiled will be exiled, and those who will be flogged will be punished.

But what happened at this moment was not what Zheng Lang thought.

It is a huge profit, and the state apparatus has no way to put an end to it. It doesn't cost much, a boat weighing fifty or sixty tons, a few people who don't want to die, as for the cost of salt, you don't need to think about it, a pound of salt is only a few pennies, is that the cost? A single ship can bring them nearly 100 percent of profits, and it only takes one night's work.

Forty ships a year, including the cost of some expenses, in addition to the income of twenty ships, there are also four thousand huge profits. The owner of the workshop in Fuyang only made a profit of seventy or eighty yuan a year. What a huge profit?

It is also implicated in the smuggling of goods at sea.

If you don't try it, you will be implicated in the first instance.

Breaking the case on this will cause disagreement for many people.

At this moment, Zheng Lang didn't want to do it even more.

If we talk about smuggling, then the rationing is correct, after these big businessmen entered the border, they indulged in the price of goods, so that the price of a bucket of rice reached more than 400 to 700 yuan, which is more than 10 times that of Taiping Prefecture, and the price of rice in the capital is more than 7 times.

So for salt, Zheng Lang didn't want to touch it at all.

As long as the trafficking is blatant, it's up to you.

Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi opened this Pandona box.

After reading the file, Zheng Lang said: "Rich brother, you don't need to go to trial, first lock them up for five or six months, and then interrogate the case when I finish another matter." ”

“……”

"What you will take, you will give." Private salt has been around for a long time, and it has been a disadvantage, and you have been in Hangzhou for a long time, and you have seen and heard some situations. I will give it first, warn it again, and if I don't repent, I can do it next year. ”

Anyway, it's not appropriate to move it this year.

Don't talk about the law, is the law still algorithmic at this time?

Even if it moves, it is to help those small and medium-sized salt households, which is the most unfair group in the country.

"But it's just right that you're here, and in four days, I'll invite all the bureaucrats and all the big families to enjoy the moon at West Lake."

"Moon-watching?"

"I've been running for more than a month, I'm tired, and I want to relax, is the rich brother against it?"

"Is it really moon viewing?"

"Guess?"

Fu Bi shook his head and left.

The nine county orders were reconvened together.

Invited all the big merchants, some people in Taiping Prefecture have heard Zheng Lang say some plans, some expectations, some worries, complicated expressions, more people are confused.

Take everyone to the white embankment in the northeast of the West Lake, and the boats will moor the ships at the broken bridge one after another.

Zheng Lang took the lead and moved the table of drinks and fruits to the embankment. Now there is only a white causeway in the north that is connected between the lonely mountain and the embankment, as for the Su causeway, the Yang causeway, and the Zhao causeway do not come out, and the whole West Lake is empty except for the lotus in the sky.

But when the moon is close to full, the breeze blows, and the water waves are not exciting, which has a beautiful charm.

Zheng Lang said: "Everyone, I came to Hangzhou, I may have to do a big thing, you have many doubts in your hearts these days, but before the matter is confirmed, forgive me for keeping it secret." Before that, I would like to take advantage of the bright moonlight tonight to tell you a story. ”

Zheng Lang wanted to tell a story, and he was all interested.

Zheng Lang said: "The story happened a long time ago, there was a lake in Runzhou, there was a small white snake in the lake, one day the rain came, the air was wet and stuffy, and the white snake came out of the water to breathe. Just in time an eagle passed by in the sky and grabbed it. There is a village by the lake, called Xujiagou, there is a family surnamed Xu living in Xujiagou, he came out to hunt, saw that the little white snake was pitiful, so he bent his bow and arrows, scared away the eagle, and saved the little white snake. Eight hundred years later, right here, the broken bridge ......"

The legend of the White Snake has appeared, but the story takes place in Henan, and there is a legendary novel that makes Zheng Lang move to Hangzhou. But sooner or later it will come to Hangzhou.

This statement is more spiritual.

Right here.

So it started from the meeting on the broken bridge and ended with the end of the sacrificial tower.

The touching story can also move people's hearts at this time, after this heart-wrenching legend is finished, Jiang Xing'er and Si'er cried silently.

But everyone was silent.

Then look at the south, the south side of the lake is Nanping Mountain, there is a peak in front of the lake, the name is Lei Feng, and the tower above is called Lei Feng Tower.

Cui Xian didn't know it yet, and said hatefully: "This Fahai is really hateful." ”

Fu Bi smiled bitterly, if it is true, this great monk is too hateful, but it is just a story.

Zheng Lang said: "Xing'er, I'll organize some lines and notes tomorrow, and you teach them to sing this." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a booklet, which was the Song version of "The Legend of the White Snake", and I don't know if I could sing the original Yue Opera effect, Zheng Lang also wrote some sleeves and steps in the booklet in small characters. The lyrics of the song should be as elegant as possible, and some slang words and some excessive male and female love words should not be used in a short section, and on this basis, the lyrics or songs should be written.

The foundation is still the original Yue Opera "The Legend of the White Snake".

This is written by Zheng Lang in the past month, in his spare time, at night.

But that night, Zheng Lang summoned everyone and said nothing except the story.

After a few glasses of wine and a conversation about inconsequential topics, they dispersed.

This made Fu Bi even more confused.

However, when some people left, they couldn't help but take a look at the broken bridge, not the broken bridge, the bridge was a good round arch bridge, and the people took the name. Some people can't help but think that when Xu Xian and the White Lady met here, they were so amorous.

Jiang Xing'er couldn't help but look at the weeping willow swaying lightly, and couldn't help but be stupid.

Zheng Lang said: "Go back." ”

"It's so pitiful, that Xu Xian is so cowardly." Jiang Xing'er was still immersed in the sad storyline, and only then did she react, not only Fahai's hatred, but also Xu Xian's cowardice, which gave Fahai a chance.

"You can't blame him, shemales are different, and when they learn the truth, they are afraid that they will come after all." After speaking, looking at the east, there are thousands of households in the east, and then there is the Qiantang River, and it seems that the sound of the river tide is faintly heard. The moon is full, and the tide is getting bigger.

Xu Xian can't stand that his wife is a snake spirit, can the Song people bear his shocking behavior?

I don't know, let's wait for the east wind to come.

And the east wind came.

Or Wang Zhaoming.

It is Zheng Lang's helpless candidate, loyal to Zhao Zhen, Wang Zhaoming has it, shameless, and ruthless, this is the instinct of eunuchs without a teacher. Not much, as long as he took out the means to deal with Ouyang Xiu in the future, it was enough to deal with it.

The biggest worry is that he is afraid of death.

Wang Zhaoming didn't know yet, and asked with a smile: "Zheng Fuyin, what arrangements do you have to make that I have to do?" ”

It feels glorious.

"Did Your Majesty tell you that there will be some dangers in this business."

"I have said it, but I can do things for the court, although I am still honored." Still laughing, what danger can this be in Hangzhou? That is the big move of presiding Zheng Jiazi to conjure up five or six times the income of Hangzhou, if it is successful, can't he be added to the rank of knight?

"In that case, I will entrust you with this burden."

"Please."

Zheng Lang said to the officials: "Go and call Futong to judge." ”

Fu Bi came in, Zheng Lang asked the officials to go down, leaving only Wang Zhaoming and Fu Bi in the house, and said: "Before the matter is successful, I hope that the two of you will not make a public announcement." ”

The two nodded.

"Whether the plan can succeed this time or not is mainly due to the king's servants, if it is not done well, I will be ridiculed, and the five or six times the income will be in vain forever. But when done well, it's not just five or six times the benefit, it's ...... Fifty or sixty times the income can't be returned. Wang Neishi, maybe you will forever leave a green name in the annals of Chinese history. ”

With only one sentence, Wang Zhaoming's smile retracted, and he asked suspiciously: "Zheng Fuyin, what do you want me to do?" ”