Compete for the Song Dynasty

The small sample of Dieji's desktop was spliced ​​and transformed into several patterns in Wang Pang's hands. Even Shen Kuo didn't expect that his brother not only didn't know astronomy and geography; he didn't even know about buildings and furniture. With a dumbfounded look, Shen Kuo patted him: "Silly boy, what are you still doing? Why don't you call me sir?"

"Oh, oh!" Li Jie agreed, and quickly stood up to salute the king.

"Hahaha, are you convinced now?" Wang Pang asked with a smile

After saluting, Li Jie said, "If I guess correctly, is this young master the King of Zhennan that Mr. Shen said?" I heard that Wang Pang is a young man in his early twenties. He must be a prince at such an age. He must have some background. I am afraid that he will be arrogant in doing things, and he may not be able to do great things. When I saw Wang Pang today, my thoughts have changed. , when I heard Wang Pang talking about architecture and this furniture, I couldn’t help but admire him. If the person in front of me is really the King of Zhennan like him, then Wang Pang’s low-key and easy-going is also different from ordinary princes and grandchildren.

Shen Kuo smiled and said, "Of course, I said it's my brother..."

"Beside Xiawang, I heard Brother Shen mentioned Ming Zhong many times, so I have a heart to get acquainted with him. I just want to stay in Yangzhou for a few days, and I will come to visit if I can do a little favor for Brother Shen." Wang Pang said with a smile

"My lord, I didn't expect that you are so educated to ask me that I'm just a craftsman, how can I deserve you to come in person~" Li Jie's face turned red, and he said in a tight tone

"It's okay, it's nothing if I come to get acquainted. The door of my Zhennan Palace is always open for you!" Wang Pangbi said magnanimously.

Li Jie was very grateful in his heart. Seeing that Li Jie was quite sincere, the king didn't say much about the invitation. He stood up and said goodbye to Li Jie, wanting to keep him, but he thought that one of these two people was a prince, and the other was a soldier from Yangzhou. , how could he stay beside the king in this humble house for a long time and see his embarrassment, so he said: "I intend to invite Mingzhong to work in the palace, and you should discuss it with your family, after all, you want to go to Yongzhou with me. It’s not too urgent, you can make a decision after thinking about it.”

"Yes!" Li Jie lowered his head and answered, but he had already thought about it in his heart. Although this prince is young, it is not ordinary people who have studied hard for so many years, but always have the opportunity to show it. If they can follow the king, they may be able to realize a lot of themselves The idea of ​​construction is just that Wang Pang is right. After all, it takes a long distance, so I have to discuss it with my family no matter what.

"Hey, brother, I really didn't realize that you are very knowledgeable... It's just that I don't understand something. You know so much, why do you have to attach so much importance to a craftsman?" Coming out of Li Jie's house , Shen Kuo turned around the street corner and looked back to see that Li Jie was no longer visible. He turned to look at Wang Pang, who was a head taller than himself, and asked.

"What's wrong with the craftsmen? We workers have power, hey, we workers have power!" He sang a few lines sonorously, but Shen Kuo couldn't bear it anymore, and covered his ears: "You guys can't sing in rhythm, I'm serious Seriously ask you?"

"Hahaha..." Shen Kuo, who is obsessed with melody, understands the melody of the Song Dynasty. Besides, this thing is not something that can be understood by reading the text. After laughing, Wang Pang said: "Brother Shen, you don't know something. The construction of Yongzhou needs talents from all walks of life. I am covered in iron, how many nails can I drive? Besides, I am all miscellaneous, and it may not be profound if I just take it out. So, professional things should be left to others. Professionals should do it.”

"Yes, you are all reasonable. Let me see how your miscellaneous knowledge can solve my fake gold case. Also, what do you say about genetics and the cause and effect of chickens?"

Wang Pang was stunned, Shen Kuo hadn't forgotten about it for a long time, "Haha, that's called genetics, dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, sons of mice can make holes! That's called genetics!"

Shen Kuo suddenly realized: "Oh, I see, you mean that the people from the outer dynasty have grown bad from their ancestors."

"Hahaha~" Wang Pang laughed loudly, it sounded serious but it was a curse word

The two returned to the mansion, Shen Kuo changed into official uniforms, ordered two sedan chairs to be prepared, and took the official messenger and the king to sit in sedan chairs and returned to Cross Street for the second time. This time they were going to the house where the fake gold was found. , entered the yard, Shen Kuo waved and ordered the guards to wait in place

Wang Pang looked in the courtyard with his hands behind his back. There was a water tank on the east side of the courtyard wall. Wang Pang looked around the water tank and suddenly found a few pieces of ore and some quicklime in the corner behind the water tank. He pointed to the ground. said, "Bring these to the government office"

"Why did the prince ask us to bring a few stones?" the guard whispered in the yard while the king entered the house. After a while, another guard came out of the room with a pot of wine, "We two Why did the boss even bring back the wine?" He hugged the wine jar and gathered together with the guards in the courtyard to mutter

"Even our Shen Canjun can't understand this case, can this little prince do it?" Several guards looked in the direction of the main room and muttered softly

The things were almost collected. Wang Pang and Shen Kuo took the sedan chair back to the house. Zhe Kejun and Han Derong also came back at this time. They reported that there is really a copper workshop in Yangzhou City that can get a lot of copper in the near future.

Shen Kuo sent an officer to "invite" the shopkeeper of the workshop to the government office. The shopkeeper was afraid. After all, in the Song Dynasty, when buying and selling copper products, he had to pass by the king of the government to call him. The purpose was very simple, just to ask if he had sold copper to others. Wang Pang didn't care much about the source of the foreign copper and Shen Kuo, the owner of the workshop, but the owner of the workshop said, "Although Caomin's workshop is not big, there are many businessmen who come and go every day. What are the shoppers?" Look, my lord, you have to let me recognize it."

This makes sense, not to mention that Wang Pang also wanted to see what the foreigner with crooked ancestors in Shen Kuo's mouth looked like.

With little effort, the foreigner who made fake gold was brought up by the guards. The foreigner was indeed as Shen Kuo said, with blond hair and blue eyes. He seemed to be around 50 or [-] years old. Shen Kuo pointed to the blond foreigner and asked the owner of the workshop. , Is this the guy who bought the copper?The owner of the workshop nodded repeatedly: "My lord, others may not remember this nirvana, how can I not remember it?"

The foreigner was taken aback when he saw the person who sold him copper, but soon he was talking loudly in the lobby.

Shen Kuo looked at Wang, as if asking what to do now?Wang listened for a few words, roughly saying: "I didn't break the law, so what do I do?"

"Shut up!" Wang Pang is the most familiar phrase, a colloquial phrase that is often used in American dramas. The foreigner really shut up, staring at this yellow-skinned and black-haired man in surprise.

"What do you mean?" Shen Kuo was startled, he turned his head to look at Wang Pang and asked

"Shut up!" Wang Bang explained

Shen Kuo covered his mouth, thinking what happened to the king, so I asked, he actually told me to shut up, boy, you are the prince and now you are helping me with the case, I will bear it for a while, and when I turn around drinking, I will talk to you you settle accounts

Seeing that Shen Kuo stopped abruptly, Wang Pang covered his mouth with his hands and said with a smile, "I told him to shut up!"

"Oh!" Shen Kuo let out a long sigh of relief, and some yamen guards standing on both sides lowered their heads and snickered.

Wang Pang asked the foreigner in English: "Where did you come from? What's your name and how old are you?"

When the foreigner heard Wang Pang questioning in a language he could understand, surprise appeared on his face immediately. He babbled a bunch of Wang Pang while frowning and interrupting him from time to time to tell him to speak slowly. This person had been talking for half an hour. , Wang Pang finally understood some clues, this person is called Thule, from Greenland, this place was close to the polar region on the edge of North America at that time, but because the weather has become hotter and hotter in the past 200 years, people in Greenland have hunted and The habit of sailing was changed. They crossed the southern tip of the Arctic Ocean and migrated from west to east. The last part of people reached America and formed urban culture. Among them, gold and copper crafts were the most popular.

In short, this man named Thule crossed the ocean in order to obtain more copper, and finally came to the Song Dynasty

What he said to Wang Pang, Shen Kuo couldn't understand a word. He looked left and right for a while at Wang's side, and then at King Thule's side and asked, "Then why don't you admit that you made fake gold?"

Thule said with a blank face: "I didn't say that what I made was real gold, they just asked me to make gold, what I made was not gold!"

This cultural difference is simply too big for him. Wang Pang let out a long breath, and Thule suddenly smiled and said, "We make copper into imitation gold handicrafts, but they don't sell at the price of gold. It's a very good handicraft. Why do you think I am What about fake gold?"

Don't ask about the king, this person is right, but after all copper is a restricted item, he raised his face and said: "Your place is your place. In our Song Dynasty, buying and selling copper is not allowed."

"oh~no" Thule sighed with regret and regret. Shen Kuo glanced at Thule, and said to Wang Pannai: "Look, look, he started to make trouble again."

Wang Pang smiled and said to Thule: "If I plead with the government and let you go, will you do things with me?"

Thule replied with a blank face: "I don't know either. The boat I was on is gone, and I can't go back to my hometown now. Your Song Dynasty doesn't allow you to buy and sell copper. I don't know what else I can do." He finished. With a sigh, hang your head down

"He pleaded guilty? Did he plead guilty?" This was the first time Shen Kuo saw Thule's expression, and he asked Wang Pang excitedly

"Brother Shen, let me tell you, this person doesn't know that you can't buy and sell copper to make imitation gold and sell it to me. It's better than this. Those who don't know don't blame it. Besides, he didn't really sell fake gold. Why don't you give him away?" Give it to me." Wang Pang looked at Shen Kuo, waiting for Shen Kuo to nod

"Then you have to tell me how he made fake gold!" Shen Kuo thought for a while and said [

Seeing that Shen Kuo agreed, Wang Bang turned his head and said to Thule, "You! You have violated the laws of our Song Dynasty. According to our laws, you will be expelled and thrown into the sea, and you will be left to fend for yourself!"

After hearing this, Thule waved his hands in fear and said, "Fuck, bang!"

"However, I have already secured you from the government. From now on, you are my slave and you must obey me! Just nod your head, and I can take you away!" Wang Pang said with a serious face

After Wang Pang finished speaking, he looked at Thule. Thule thought about it. If he was thrown into the sea like this, he would definitely not be able to go back. This Song man thought of this himself, and he nodded his head like a dick ^-^