For later generations, three meals a day seemed to be a matter of course and had long been accustomed to it.

However, in the long history of China, for a long time, ordinary people could only eat two meals a day, while the princes and nobles could eat three meals, and the Son of Heaven had four meals.

First, the productive forces are limited, making the material relatively poor, and second, in the feudal society, the etiquette system is used to strictly regulate clothing, food, housing, transportation and other aspects to reflect the strict hierarchy.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, the level of production had been greatly improved, and many hierarchical systems were more relaxed, so ordinary people also quietly opened the three-meal system.

In fact, the official is still two meals a day, and this meal at noon is just an additional meal, usually called "eating dim sum", which is generally more affluent or physically exertional, and there are still many poor people who can only maintain two meals, and even eat the last meal without the next meal.

In the city, the three-meal system is still relatively common, not to mention that Jiangnan has always been relatively wealthy.

Since it's a snack meal, I don't usually cook at home, or maybe I don't have that time, and most people like to go to restaurants or eat takeout.

Therefore, the catering industry in the big city of the Song Dynasty was very developed, and there were restaurants, tea houses, restaurants, restaurants, night markets, snack stalls, etc. everywhere.

Like the current Gusu City, it's too late, and there are so many customers in the restaurant, which is really rare.

While eating, Zhao Mengqi "eavesdropped" with interest on the conversations of the guests around him, which can be regarded as visiting the people.

At a table behind him, four businessmen were talking.

"Did you hear, in the morning, in the Baiye Exchange, someone listed 400 shares to buy the shares of the Tokai Trading Company, tsk, this transaction that can make three times the profit in the blink of an eye, I'm afraid it's unprecedented......

"Hey, it's for nothing, no one will sell it at all, and now those who have stocks in their hands use it as a cornucopia and lock it firmly in their hands."

"Brother Zheng, you are also from Pingjiang, if you bought one hand at the beginning, you can now sleep on the pile of money, where do you still need to run around with me." z.br>

"Brother Chen, don't make fun of us, the stock starts with a hundred shares, where can we play with this small family......

"Brother Zheng is too modest, Zhang Dayan of the silk reeling workshop next door to you is about the same value as you, I heard that he has bought more than 500 shares."

"That guy has always been bold and gambled, but this time he made the right bet...... Well, to be honest, I always thought this thing was unreliable at first......

"Hahaha, in my opinion, Brother Zheng is obviously too unfounded and missed the opportunity, you don't want to think about it, although those heroes may not be smarter than ordinary people, but the ability to observe the wind and color is definitely first-class, this money-making thing, follow them closely, and it will not be wrong."

"Whew...... That's right, but unfortunately we didn't understand it at the time, and now it's too late!"

Zheng Shang beat his chest and paused, looking remorseful.

Zhao Mengqi raised his eyebrows, thinking in his heart, why did he buy the shares of Donghai Company at a high price?

These days, preparations for sending a fleet to the Japanese state have been going on, but it has not been publicly announced, but I am afraid that the news has leaked out.

It's really a bit difficult to keep it secret these days, and I need to strengthen this work in the future.

Zhao Mengqi put his mind down and listened to the conversation of the people behind him.

"Haha, Brother Zheng shouldn't be too disappointed, we don't have that life, and we can always eat if we do a decent job."

"That's right, now that all industries are thriving, and the business tax has also been pressed down by His Royal Highness King Yan, no matter what kind of business you do, it's good."

"That's true, we invited the three of us here today, just because there is a cooperation, I want to see if you are interested."

"Oh? Brother Zheng, please."

"Don't hide it from the three, the silk produced in my weaving workshop originally piled up a lot, but the day before yesterday it was all purchased by a Lin'an merchant, the price was two percent higher than the market price, and it was agreed that no matter how much we produce in the future, as long as we can ensure the quality level, how much we want, you can also pay a deposit in advance."

"Ah, congratulations to Brother Zheng."

"Lin'an merchants? How many to how much? There should be few people who can boast of such a Haikou except the imperial court, right? Brother Zheng has to be careful, don't be fooled."

"Can't be fooled, the money and goods are both paid, although the other party uses it is not real money, but it is also the exchange voucher of the Royal Bank, let's go to the bank to check it, and half of it is redeemed, there is no problem."

"Oh... Why didn't Brother Zheng redeem them all?"

"Brother Chen doesn't know, this Royal Bank's exchange voucher promises to maintain its value, which is much more reassuring than Huizi."

"Promise? Not reliably."

"Hey, you should all know about snow sugar and refined salt, this exchange scroll is not only bound to copper coins, but also a large amount of gold and silver, as well as the bottom of the snow sugar refined salt of the field rolls, but it is not empty words."

"This is about the same, for now, His Royal Highness King Yan is still very worthy of people's trust, not to mention that he also has a miraculous way to make money, by the way, what is the cooperation that Brother Zheng wants to say?"

"It's the Zhang Dayan I just mentioned, the reason why he was able to buy so many stocks was because he pledged the silk reeling workshop to the bank for a loan, and now he saw that the stock was profitable, so he planned to sell the workshop altogether, let's just think about taking it down, or simply build a silk company, and include silk reeling, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing......, etc."

"Huh! Brother Zheng is so courageous... Speaking of which, the brocade from your family is also ranked first in Gusu, but you also have a little confidence to build the company, presumably it is trapped in funds, is it to find the three of us to join forces? …… Actually, you can borrow money from the Royal Bank."

"This, we went to the bank to ask, it is indeed possible, but to review and evaluate the project, but now the bank is too busy, and I don't know when it will be arranged, besides, although the bank's "business loan" is only a low interest rate of one or five, but after all, it is also interest, if it is not necessary, it can be saved, in addition, this company is not only a matter of funds, we are still too weak alone, so we are looking for three brothers, if we do well, maybe we can also be listed on the exchange in the future, At that time, it may not be worse than holding the shares of the three major companies."

When Zhao Mengqi heard this, he nodded secretly, feeling that Zheng Shangshang was very entrepreneurial.

In his view, finance is only to adjust and allocate resources, and industry is the foundation of the entire social economy, and he can't cover all industries, all he can do is to guide and support, and all walks of life to really develop depends on the efforts of all the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Faced with Zheng Shangshang's invitation, the three began to think about it.

"Brother Zheng, how much does it cost to reel in the silk reeling workshop?"

"Zhang Dayan's price is 40,000 guan, we think we can win about 35,000 guan, if you want to establish a silk company, you need a total of 15 to 200,000 guan."

"Thirty-five thousand...... Although it is a little high, it is acceptable, who has made Gusu prosperous now, and the land price has risen a lot."

"In fact, not only the land price, but also the labor has risen a little, before the female weaver was five times a month, this month will be six times, of course, as long as the business is good, the workshop still earns more, one of the reasons why we want to coil the silk reeling mill is for the more than 100 skilled craftsmen, as for the workshop, we plan to move out of the city."

"Outside the city? Okay, why move out of the city."

"That's right, it is said that it is the plan of His Royal Highness King Yan to set up an industrial park on the east bank of Jinji Lake, and many large workshops will be settled there, saying that it is to transform many waterways suitable for the use of waterwheels, and use waterwheels as workshop power."

Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to make a steam engine, so he had to use the water flow energy, but fortunately, the development of the waterwheel in the Great Song Dynasty was still relatively perfect, and some appropriate improvements could drive some simple mechanical devices to improve production efficiency.

Under the persuasion of Zheng Shangshang, the three of them are still relatively moved, and it is difficult to discuss the specific details in public.

So Zhao Mengqi turned his attention to other places, and with his extraordinary ear power, he listened to the surroundings about the same ear, mostly to discuss business cooperation.

From the current point of view, Zhao Mengqi's preliminary layout in the economy has begun to show results.

Maybe Zhao Mengqi can't let it

The Great Song Dynasty entered the real industrial age, but as long as the creativity and productivity of the Chinese nation at this time can be truly released, it is enough to beat the world even if it only relies on handicrafts.

Then, the four people behind him probably reached a basic consensus, and they put down their business and began to chat.

"By the way, at today's Flower List Conference, are the three brothers willing to go together?"

"Haha, how can you miss such a grand event, go together!"

"Speaking of which, this flower list has always been held in Lin'an, and Chen Mou has gone to pay his respects in previous years, I thought that I would miss it if I was not in Lin'an this year, but I didn't expect it to be moved to Pingjiang Mansion to hold a ......."

"Heh, this is actually not surprising, now most of the rich people in our Great Song Dynasty are gathered in Gusu, if there are no rich people to support the scene, the selected Oiran will lose a lot of color."

"In this way, it is actually thanks to the blessing of His Royal Highness King Huan......

Thank you sister.

Zhao Mengqi pouted, speechless.

The so-called flower evaluation list, in fact, is the Qinglou beauty pageant, some use all kinds of famous flowers to evaluate and compare famous prostitutes, select the "Oiran", and some simply imitate the title of the imperial examination to rank the famous prostitutes, and it is also divided into one, two, and three first, and the first and third are naturally the "champion", "list eye", and "Tanhua".

Around the Xining period, there was already a flower list in Bianliang, Tokyo, and it was almost 200 years old by this time.

Generally speaking, it is held in the capital in the year of the imperial examination, and most of them will be released after the palace examination, but this year is more special, not only moved to Gusu City, but also the government examination was completed, and it was nearly half a month later before the list was released, but it was held in a hurry.

"It is said that Lin'an's more outstanding capital is here, and even Tang An'an is not exempt from vulgarity, and today you and I can feast on the blessings."

"Really? There are many people who say that Tang An'an is the first line of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not easy to see, and if you want to evaluate the flower list today, you should always show up."

"Haha, there are rumors that Tang An'an is here not to win the championship, but to challenge one person."

"Challenging whom? Although Gusu Beauty is also wonderful, there is nothing that can compare with Tang An'an......

"If it weren't limited to Qinglou, there would have been at least one and a half people in Lin'an who would have beaten her before."

"One and a half? One of them should be the daughter of the Qian family, and that half of them is it?"

"Tea lady! Although the two daughters are not the same, one is a good family and the other is a happy one, but there have been good people who often compare the two daughters, and even encourage the two daughters to compete with each other, but the two daughters have not been compromised."

"I'm afraid that Brother Wei only knows one of them, but I don't know the other, you should have heard of the words of His Royal Highness King Yan, there is a legend that the word was written to Wanwan, and Wanwan's boudoir name is Jiang Ruochu, who is by His Royal Highness King Yan's side at this time......

"Huh? I heard that Tang An'an once said that if someone wrote a poem for her that could be compared to Mulan, she would be her concubine, so it was rumored that she came to Gusu to challenge Jiang Niangzi."

"This thing doesn't sound reliable, how can His Royal Highness King Yan allow someone to compare his beloved to the woman of the wind and dust!?"

"Hehe, I don't know, that's what the rumors say anyway."

When Zhao Mengqi heard this, he frowned deeply, and realized that something was very wrong.

There are actually very few people who know Wanwan's real name, but now everyone knows it, and she was forcibly pulled into the ranks of Fengyue women, obviously with bad intentions.

and the name Tang An'an, he always felt a little impressed......