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Chapter 355 Daily Life (Transitional Chapter)

In the Sheng family, in the outer study, Wang Zhong and Chang Bai, who was only thirteen years old, bowed their hands and saluted each other.

"Wang Zhong has seen Ya Nei!"

"Brother Zihou, why do you need to be so out of touch! My younger brother's cursive characters are sincere, and brother Zihou can just call my younger brother's Biaozi."

Although there are many similarities between the Changbai in the TV series and the Changbai in the original novel, their temperaments are also slightly different in subtleties.

"Brother Zihou, please!" Although Changbai is not very old, his style is full of glory and he is quite mature.

The two knelt and sat on both sides of the long case. They were 14 or [-] years old, and they were only middle-aged.

After a few words of politeness, Wang Zhong went straight to the topic: "Zecheng is talented and intelligent if he has heard a lot, and he has a strong memory for his extensive knowledge. He has the ability to remember with a photographic memory. Before he even tied his hair, he has already learned a lot and has the ambition to become a success!"

Changbai smiled slightly, with a flash of pride in his eyes, but looking at Wang Zhong, he couldn't help being curious: "I heard from my father that brother Zihou is the one who has learned from the past and the present, and has learned from others. The accident, I'm afraid I have already passed the examination by now!"

It's just that apart from curiosity, there is also a little passion and unwillingness to be outdone that are unique to young people in those scorching eyes.

That's right, no matter how old and prudent he is, his age is still there, but his body is only 13 years old, and the young man Pian Pian who grew up in rich clothes and rich food, what he sees and hears is nothing more than the one-third of an acre of land in the inner house. How much experience can you have.

"Accreditation!" Wang Zhong shook his head, and said with emotion: "It's not that easy! In ancient times, many people who have learned and learned are stuck before the examination. If you want to enter the high school, apart from your talent and learning, luck, Mentality is indispensable!"

Seeing that Wang Zhong's expression doesn't seem to be fake, seeing him so humble, remembering his father and him having an evening talk by candlelight, and remembering Wang Zhong's performance at the Lou Chuan Wenhui that day, he couldn't help but think highly of Wang Zhong. points, and the favorability has also improved a lot.

"Zi Hou's words are very true!" It is precisely because he has entered the road of the imperial examination that he can understand how correct Wang Zhong said.

In history, there are many talented people who have learned a lot, left countless famous articles, and have been passed down through the ages, but there are many people who have repeatedly failed in the imperial examination.

Let’s not talk about it, let’s just say that Yang Wuduan of this dynasty who wrote "Enduring the false name, and changing it to sing in a low way!", his talent and learning are recognized by scholars all over the world, and there are few people in the world who can match him, but precisely because This sentence annoyed the officials and made Yang Wuduan: "Let's go and sing in a low-key manner, why use false fame."

Later, he wrote a comment on Yang Wuduan's test paper: "Let's fill in the lyrics!".

And Jinkou Yuyan, let Yang Wuduan go to the scientific examination after the age of 50.

It is rare for people to reach their seventies, and if they go to the scientific examination at the age of 50, even if they pass the exam, how many years will they be able to survive in the officialdom?Besides, if you go to the scientific examination after the age of 50, can you really pass it?

Those examiners, seeing Yang Wuduan's paper again, will let him go to high school?I'm afraid it will be brushed down when I try it.

After chatting for a few words, Changbai suddenly remembered what his uncle Sheng Wei said to his father when he came to the house before he went north, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "I heard from my uncle that Zihou is not only talented, but also very proficient in martial arts. ?”

"It's just some cropping skills to strengthen the body. It's not proficient. It's just Uncle Sheng's love." Wang Zhong was still modest.

Changbai is not so easy to be perfunctory: "Although uncle is only a businessman, he has traveled all over the world for many years. Although he is not good at martial arts, he still has eyesight."

Wang Zhongdao: "It's just for strengthening the body, in times of crisis, in order to have the power to protect ourselves!"

Chang Bai obviously did not expect that the reason Wang Zhong said for practicing martial arts would be like this.

"Is Zihou practicing martial arts in order to attack Khitan in the north and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun?"

"If you want to regain the Yanyun Sixteen States, how can you rely on your own bravery!" Wang Zhong said.

Changbai's heart trembled, Dang even asked impatiently, "What's Zi Hou's opinion?"

"The war between the two countries is a contest of comprehensive national strength between two major powers, not a result of a single battle."

"Khitan is tyrannical and dominates Mobei. Its national strength is not weaker than ours. Moreover, it is still possible to win with a strong army. If you want to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, you need to train strong soldiers and increase national strength. The government and the opposition must work together. , Civil and military officials, work together, otherwise, recovering Yanyun is nothing but empty talk."

"Let's not mention the strong military, I don't know what Zihou thinks, how to strengthen the national power now?" Teenagers are at the time of enthusiasm.

"What is Zecheng's opinion?" Wang Zhong didn't answer, but asked Changbai with a smile.

Changbai thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I've never thought about it, but after thinking about it, the so-called national strength is nothing more than wealth and people. To increase wealth, it is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure, and then lightly taxing and reducing taxes to attract the mountain people. , Escape households, encourage people to have more children..."

The meaning of Changbai is very simple. National strength refers to two aspects, one is money and the other is population. The source of treasury money is nothing more than various taxes, and population is the foundation of national strength. Increase.

Wang Zhong nodded with a smile and said: "What Zecheng said is that he and Zhong are the same. The so-called national strength is nothing more than the amount of wealth and population of the country."

"If you want to train a strong army, you must first have sufficient logistical support. If the soldiers can't even eat enough to eat, how can they have the strength to fight the enemy when they are fighting? Champion Hou once said that leading troops to fight is nothing but Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, regardless of punishments, rewards are nothing more than money and official positions, as the saying goes, under heavy rewards, there must be brave men."

"That's why war is inseparable from money!" Changbai concluded: "It is even more inseparable from population."

"That's right!" Wang Chong said, "Cai Zecheng said just now that if you want to increase wealth, you need to increase income and reduce expenditure."

"But how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, have you ever thought about it?"

"Please enlighten me?" Changbai cupped his hands.

"Today's officials are benevolent, they often practice benevolent government, and they are deeply loved by their subjects. This is the way of kingship. However, in the world, besides gentlemen, there are also villains. For gentlemen, they practice kingly ways, and for villains, only hegemony can control them."

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The two discussed it like this. In today's imperial court, the officials are benevolent and generous, and they don't offend them with their words. In Bianliang, Tokyo, even ordinary people often talk about state affairs.

At first, the two talked incoherently, and they said whatever came to mind, but as they chatted, their thoughts gradually became clear. When it came to the current situation of the court, Wang Zhong's three redundant views aroused Chang Bai's interest.

The so-called three redundancies are "redundant officials", "redundant soldiers" and "redundant expenses".

Although this Zhao Song Dynasty is slightly different from the one known to Wang Zhong in history, the problems it faces are generally similar.

In addition to the coveted foreigners, internal problems have also accumulated day by day.

At first Changbai thought it was just a casual discussion with Wang Zhong, but as he talked, Changbai's face gradually changed, showing a bit of solemnity.

It's just that this discussion is destined to have no results, unless the current official is replaced by the beggar emperor who started with a bowl and finally conquered the whole world and became the ninth five-year-old beggar emperor.

Since that day, Changbai often sent people to invite Wang Zhong to come to his house, but unfortunately Changbai had a lot of homework, reading and practicing calligraphy took up most of his time, and he didn't have much free time.

Time also passed unknowingly, and Sheng Wei also returned to Yangzhou. In addition to bringing back the goods of the two major ships, there were also a large number of northern specialties, as well as gold and silver.

Sheng Wei didn't stay long in Yangzhou, only stayed for one day, handed over the things to Wang Zhong, and after sending them to Sheng's house, he hurried south again, planning to sell the goods brought back from the north by the two big ships before the New Year's Eve, and return the goods by the way. From Wang Zhong's icing workshop, he took away the third batch of icing.

(The second batch has already been transported to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places by the stewards under Sheng Wei.)
When Sheng Wei returned to Yangzhou this time, he also completely settled the payment for the icing, all in cash.

The small treasury of the Wang family was finally full, and Wang Zhong also signed a lot of orders for soybeans and rapeseed with Sheng Wei.

The sister-in-law, Mrs. Li, has been nesting in the house all day these days, refusing to even leave the door, and not allowing anyone to enter, for fear that the money hidden in the house will be stolen.

That was a large amount of gold and silver that Mrs. Li had never seen in her life. Wang Zhong reckoned that Mrs. Li would sleep on those silvers if she wished she could sleep.

Although Sheng Wei was not in Yangzhou, the people under him were not idle and sent the soybeans and rapeseed that Wang Zhong needed to Yangzhou one after another.

With Shengwei's supply and sales, Wang Zhong's oil-pressing workshop and farm scale can finally break through the bottleneck and expand one after another.

The expansion of the scale will increase the corresponding recruitment. However, many folks still have land to serve and crops to plant at home, so it is impossible to put all their minds on work.

The problem also followed.

Wang Zhong found the three elders in Baishui Village again, and after some lobbying, he managed the elders' work with just a few words.

The land is indeed the lifeblood of the villagers, but if you can earn more money by working than farming, no one is willing to work. As for your own land, you rent it to neighboring villages, relatives and friends, and the left and right land are still your own. You can also get a lot of food, and you can earn money by working in oil mills and farms.

After some comparison, life is much better than when I just farmed before, because those who work in oil workshops and farms are given benefits every year and festivals, or the oil produced by the oil workshops, or the oil produced by the farms. Portion of meat on the side.

Seeing that it was the New Year's Eve, Wang Chong prepared a lot of gifts, went to the Sheng's house in person, and paid a visit to Sheng Hong.

Wang Zhong and Sheng Wei's business is in full swing. To be honest, if Sheng Hong hadn't been taking care of them in the officialdom, they would have been targeted long ago.

After all, Sheng Hong is Yangzhou general judge. Although his rank is not as good as that of Zhizhou, in terms of rank, he is still a subordinate official of Zhizhou, but the general judge is different from other state officials. If we really talk about it in detail, the general judge is the emperor in the local The eyes and ears are to supervise local officials for the imperial court and have the right to play directly.

Even the magistrate of Yangzhou had to sell Sheng Hong some face. Although the local gentry and aristocrats were powerful, they would not openly oppose Sheng Hong.

Now in the eyes of outsiders, Wang Zhong and the Wang family's property have already been labeled as the Sheng family.

The end of the year was approaching, so it was only natural for Wang Zhong to bring gifts to pay a visit to the Sheng family.

Years ago there were still many things to do in the yamen, and Sheng Hong was the second in command, holding great power, so naturally he was not there, and the person who received Wang Zhong naturally became Changbai.

When Wang Zhong was led by Hanniu to the outer study where Changbai was, he happened to see a girl in light yellow bijia leading several female envoys and disappearing at the corner of the corridor.

"Young master, please!" Han Niu smiled and led his hand sideways, bowing slightly.

Wang Zhong didn't ask any further questions, and just followed Hanniu away.

After Wang Zhong left, the girl in the goose-yellow bijia showed her figure again.

"Is that the Prince Hou that my father talks about every day?"

This girl is none other than Hua Lan, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. She has reached the age of fourteen, and next year she will be in her prime.

The first-class envoy next to Hualan is called Caizan, who was assigned to Hualan by Hualan's mother, Wang Shi.

Caizan said: "Look at him, he is very gentle, but his figure is too burly. In front of him, he looks like a doll."

Hanniu is only a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old now, while Wang Zhong is eight feet tall and has a pair of ape arms that are even more eye-catching.

Seeing Wang Zhong disappear from sight, Hua Lan also turned around and left: "I heard from my uncle that this prince Hou has been practicing martial arts with other people since he was a child, and his martial arts are quite strong, so his stature is different from ordinary people. "

Wang Zhong's height in this era is indeed quite outstanding, but it is not that exaggerated. After all, among the aristocratic families, there are many rich clothes and fine food, all kinds of delicacies, and the nutrition needed for growth in childhood is not lacking. .

"A good scholar, what kind of martial arts do you learn, and you don't have to go to battle to kill the enemy!" Caizan said with some disdain, the Sheng family is a scholarly family, and they often regard themselves as officials for many generations. Mrs. Wang is a model among civil servants. After death, she deserves to enjoy the imperial temple, and her name will be passed on forever. Caizan's parents are both Wang Ruofu's dowry, and they came from the Wang family. Naturally, she has developed a bit of arrogance. I dare not reveal it in front of my family, but it is difficult to tell outsiders.

After all, she is just a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and she has no human experience, so her thinking is inevitably a bit naive.

Hua Lan glared at Caizan, and Caizan immediately admitted her mistake: "Your servant made a slip of the tongue, please punish me!"

After all, Hua Lan is still a little girl, with a kind heart: "Don't be an example!"

"Thank you, girl!" Caizan breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly thanked her.

"Look for an opportunity to inquire later, and see what the second brother and this Prince Hou are doing."

"The servant knows!"

Naturally, Wang Zhong didn't know about this episode, the current Wang Zhong was playing chess with Changbai in the study outside.

With the way of Go, the evolution of the world, the changing situation, although it is just talk on paper, but it has a special taste.

It is a pity that since the two got acquainted, there have been dozens of rounds of chess, and Changbai has lost every game without exception. Fortunately, Changbai is an indomitable character. Although he has been defeated repeatedly, he never gives up. , and every time there is enlightenment, between the fall and the fall, it has gradually gained a bit of atmosphere.

Go fight is nothing more than layout and calculation.

This time Changbai insisted on two cups of tea.

"Huh!" Breathing out a turbid breath, Changbai abandoned his son to admit defeat, and said helplessly, "Zihou's chess skills are really terrifying, Changbai is willing to bow down!"

"Chess is like life. The comparison is just to see who can see far and count accurately. At the age of thirteen, he has such computing power. Although I am a few years older than you, but at your age, I can't do it." It may not be comparable to you!"

Wang Zhong is telling the truth. Changbai is the kind of child from someone else’s family. Not only is he talented, but also extremely self-disciplined and self-motivated. When Wang Zhong was 13 years old, he was just entering junior high school and only knew how to play around. What about the wild monkeys!

"Zihou don't need to comfort me!" Chang Bai naturally didn't know about Wang Zhong's past, and thought that Wang Zhong was comforting him.

Wang Zhong didn't explain, but put the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess box, changed the subject, and asked with a smile: "The last time I taught Zecheng's boxing skills, how is Zecheng's practice?"

"There are still some things that don't make sense, and I still need Zihou's advice!"

As the friendship with Wang Zhong deepened, Changbai was gradually influenced by Wang Zhong, and he accepted Wang Zhong's view that "a strong body is the foundation of everything". People fight against each other, just to keep fit and less sick.

What Wang Zhong taught Chang Bai was none other than Tai Chi, which seems slow but fast, soft but strong.

When the two walked into the courtyard, Changbai put on a posture and played Taijiquan from beginning to end. Changbai's talent was really good, and he played a set of Taijiquan very smoothly, but only in some places where he exerted strength. In terms of skills, he still has little knowledge. After all, it has only been more than a month since he learned boxing from Wang Zhong. It is already very good to be able to learn from nothing to become what he is now.

Explained Changbai's puzzlement in detail, and demonstrated in person, broke up the knowledge points and fed them to Changbai, and the sweaty cow next to him acted as a temporary clerk, helping Changbai to record Wang Zhong's instructions , so that Changbai can ponder over and over in his free time.

When Sheng Hong came back, after seeing Sheng Hong, Wang Zhong left Sheng's house when Sheng Hong stayed for dinner.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the new year, and on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Wangjiang Tower, which was booming in business, finally ushered in the closure for several days.

Wangjianglou closed its doors, but Xiaozhuzhuang became lively.

Wang Zhong deliberately postponed the time for slaughtering the New Year's pigs, and today is also the day to give benefits to the villagers who work in oil workshops and farms.

Barrels of newly squeezed oil from the oil workshop are on the stage beside the sun-drying field. A shed is set up under the stage. Fireworks fill the air above the sun-drying field. Under the shed is a temporary hearth with large iron pots on it. The women gathered around the stove, burning hot water. In the open space next to it, there were a few long tables. On the long table was a big fat pig whose hands and feet were bound and several young and strong men worked together to hold it down. .

Fat pigs are fat and strong, one at least weighs more than two hundred catties, five big fat pigs, twenty or thirty men worked together to hold them down, a butcher with a beard, a face full of flesh, a big belly and a round waist Sharpening the knife next to him.

The dolls waited happily, and after a while, the villagers lined up to receive the meat from the butcher one by one according to the roster.

After the pig's head, trotters, neck and other parts were divided, they were put into the cauldron. Wang Zhong was beside him directing them to blanch the water first, then put in the seasonings to marinate and stew, and the time passed by every minute. Under the stimulation of the fire, the pork and the seasoning gradually collided and fused, giving off a tempting aroma. The dolls who were still having fun around the grain drying field, at some point, quietly gathered in front of the cauldrons, their eyes straightened. Gougou stared at the steaming cauldron, and kept swallowing.

The tables have been set up one by one, and the tables, chairs, and benches are all gathered by the villagers. The villagers gather around the tables with their families, and the dolls are all looking straight at the direction of the back kitchen. Where the fireworks are lingering, The heat was steaming, and the women wore aprons, holding trays, and serving plates of sliced ​​braised meat and stewed meat to the table.

The dishes are very simple, each table has a large pot of pork stewed with radish and cabbage, two plates of braised pork, and one plate of pickles.

Wang Zhong stood on the stage, poured some chicken soup for the villagers, and roughly talked about the development plan of Xiabaishui Village for the next three years. The three elders spoke one after another to encourage everyone. Then Wang Zhong got up again, waved his hand, and said loudly : "Banquet!"

Immediately, everyone moved their chopsticks together.

Wang Zhong's prestige in the hearts of everyone in Baishui Village even faintly surpassed the three elders in the village.

On New Year's Eve, the lights in Xiaozhu Village were on full blast. In the kitchen, Wang Zhong was wearing an apron and rolled up his sleeves, standing on the edge of the chopping board, with the dough constantly changing its shape in his hands.

Next to her, Wang Qian'er, who was stepping on a small scorpion, was also tossing a small dough in her hand, but there was a lot of flour on her nose, cheeks, forehead and clothes, and she was almost like a doughnut.

In the past, when Wang Li saw this situation, she would have slapped the fried meat. Although she felt distressed now, she couldn't help but blame her when she saw the smile from the heart on her daughter's face.

Especially when watching the uncle next to Wang Qianer patiently pointing out her daughter Wang Qianer, in Li's mind, the happy scene of the two interlocking their fingers and holding their daughter in the middle appeared in Li's mind...

Mrs. Li hurriedly dismissed the dangerous thoughts in her mind and withdrew her mind, but she didn't dare to look at her uncle who was tinkering with the dough.

Small animal-shaped pastries gradually took shape in Wang Zhong's slender hands, and the little niece next to her was exclaimed, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make the pastries that Wang Zhong made. look.

But the little girl enjoyed it tirelessly, as if she was a bit reluctant to leave.

Seeing the joyful appearance of the uncle and nephew, Wang Li didn't have a smile on his face.

In my heart, I became more and more curious about my uncle, who was far from the noble and pedantic scholars Wang Lishi knew. Doujiao Wang Li was very curious about the various behaviors of my brother-in-law.

It’s nothing more than going out to run a business before, after all, it was a helpless move, but now the family is out of the predicament, and has established such a big family business that the Wang Li family did not even dare to have extravagant hopes in the past, but my uncle’s various behaviors , but still the same as before.

Free and easy, domineering, decisive, calm, sophisticated...
Wang Lishi is a little poor in words and doesn't know how to describe it.

It's just that once the curiosity in my heart is born, it will be like the surging river, and it will be out of control once it goes out.

Wang Qian'er was just bluffing when she was playing. All kinds of steamed buns were still in Wang Zhong's arms before they were steamed. Listening to Wang Zhong's story, her eyelids gradually opened up. , already fell into a deep sleep, followed Wang Zhong to carry her daughter back to the room, put her on the bed, and watched her uncle gently and carefully tuck the quilt for her daughter, for some reason, a thought that shouldn't have popped up in Wang Lishi's heart Come.

(End of this chapter)