Compete for the Song Dynasty

The Song army occupied Hengshan's favorable terrain in the Battle of Hengshan, but Wang Pang's name was not left on the battlefield. People only remember that Di Qing had come back.

When bidding farewell to Zhongyi, Zhongyi asked Wang Bang to send Zhong Jianzhong to Zhang Zai, Yunyan, Danzhou.After walking for more than ten days, it was almost the twelfth lunar month when we arrived in Zezhou.When we arrived in Jincheng County, we caught up with heavy snow again. Fortunately, the snow had just fallen, so the two of them were not cut off in the mountain road.

Wang Pang and two people who looked like snowmen finally arrived in Jincheng County before dusk. They came to the mansion that they had reserved with Yin Shijie and Yu Danian before. I come to the mansion shop every day to have a look, and I just left at noon today.After finishing speaking, he looked at the sky outside: "Why don't you two stay here first, I don't know if they can come tomorrow due to the weather?"

The two lived in the store, and at night they each lay on the couch in the standard room, even with the cups tightly covered, they still felt a little cold.The north wind blew the household with a slight "pimple" sound.

When He Libo heard Wang Pang turn around and back again, he smiled in his heart, this young master has suffered enough, don't talk about Lu Tu Xiaoxing's overnight stay, just talk about this place where he lives.In the past, when the two of them looked for a mansion shop, Wang Pang would definitely choose a clean and comfortable place with a brand name that he had seen before.Now the shop is chosen by Na Yin and Yu, and it is already a good place for them to see, but the shop is clean at best, and the comfort of the facilities inside is definitely not enough. [

Listening to Wang Pang tossing and turning He Libo, he knew that it was uncomfortable for Wang Pang to sleep on this bed.Wang Pang has slept with Simmons for more than [-] years. The bed has been uncomfortable for more than a year, and it is not as uncomfortable as the bed tonight. Fluffy feeling.Especially after so many days of bumping on the horseback, all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.

Fortunately, he is not picky: a big man, or, once a big man, now a young man, there is nothing to be picky about, and there is another reason why he can't sleep.

As mentioned in the letter written by Xiao Lu, Zhang Yi asked Wang Pang to try out his first work in business and purchase what the capital needed.I don't know if the first batch has arrived in the capital.

This time I came to Jincheng County, I don't know if the arrangements for those two people are going well.He was also tired but he still couldn't fall asleep, he turned around again, only to hear He Li Bo chuckle.

"What kind of dream do you have to laugh so happily?" Wang Pang whispered.

He Libo looked up at the roof and replied: "I'm just kidding you, how can I sleep in this shop?"

"Of course I fall asleep when I'm sleepy. If my eldest brother hasn't slept yet, we can talk a little bit."

"Okay." He Li Bo waited for him to ask.

Wang Pang asked, "How much do we have to spend?"

He Libo made a calculation in his mind and said: "There are still two hundred guan notes, and there are some scattered silver taels left. Add one piece to get five or six taels, and the scattered copper coins are about two to three hundred taels. This matter It made me dizzy, but Xiao Lu's calculations are fine."

Wang Pang said: "Fortunately, I can persist until I return to the capital."

When He Libo heard this and sat up, he also woke up from the drowsy drowsiness.These are his expenses for several years alone.Is Wang Pang too rich to count?

It is true that Wang Pang has a lot of money, but it is not so big that he does not know how much he has.As for the source of Wang Pang's money, it is all aboveboard.

The first is Renzong’s reward: it is proposed to build a public Jiaozi shop, circulate Yinjiaozi, and the chrysanthemum feast is appreciated, that is a hundred taels of silver; , Guan is a hundred taels of silver.

Secondly, of course, it is Wang Pang's salary. Wang Pang has no big expenses in the capital, and the monthly salary is fifty guan.Although there were expenses for the first half of the year, two or three hundred strings were saved.It is equivalent to two 300 taels of silver

Secondly, Wang Anshi's son had pocket money of three to five pennies per month before he took office. Before this, it was Wang Pang and his younger brother's drinking money and daily personal expenses.

But being Bao Zheng's adoptive son, it's different.First let’s talk about Master Bao Zheng Bao, who is the highest salary in ancient and modern times.According to the "Lu Ling" in Renzong's reign, Bao Zheng's monthly salary of 1656 guan was rewarded with silver. As a direct bachelor of Longtuge, he had an annual monetary income of 10 guan, as well as 34 silk, 2 silk, 100 luo and 30 yuan. Liangmian's real income, as the top leader of Kaifeng Prefecture, has 15 shi monthly grains, including 15 shi rice and 20 shi wheat.In addition, there are 13 bundles (40 catties each) of firewood, 1500 bundles of hay, and [-] guan "minister's money" every month

In addition, as a senior magistrate of the foreign vassal mansion, the imperial court allocated Bao Zheng 20 hectares of land, that is, 2000 mu of arable land, allowing him to collect rent every year and pay grain.The 2000 mu of arable land is estimated at one stone per mu of rented rice, and there is also an annual income of 2000 stone meters.Check the "Jiayoulu Order" again, and Quan knows that Kaifeng's government affairs still have 100 guan additional support every month, and 15 scales (15 catties per scale) of charcoal are distributed every winter.

A brief explanation can be summarized in one sentence, and everyone will understand: If it is calculated as silver taels, Bao Zheng’s annual salary is 21878 coppers, equivalent to the current purchasing power equivalent to a total of 1367 million yuan [

So the one who really doesn't know how rich he is is Bao Zheng Bao, not Wang Pang.But this grown-up really thought that Wang Anshi was a bit stingy with Wang Pang.And Wang Pang is so likable to Mr. Bao.So give dozens of guans every month as if you were playing.

These do not include the extra rewards given by the imperial court during the holidays and the holiday money given by Master Bao.

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

Now back to the conversation in Didian just now, He Libo jumped up from the warm bed, but he woke up immediately after being blown by the cool wind, the king is the king, otherwise he would not follow this child who is a few years younger than himself Brothers run back and forth.

Seeing him jumping up, Wang Bang asked, "What's wrong with you?"

He Libo got out of the quilt and said: "I can't sleep, I'll turn on the fire and add some coal." Originally, both of them slept with their clothes on, so they still felt cold, so He Libo put on his cloak and went to the yard to find coal.

This mansion is similar to the mansion in Wangpan Chenzhou County, but it is much simpler than that small yard. The main building in the front yard is a restaurant for passers-by or hotel guests to eat. There is coal and charcoal in one room and others.The side room on the west is where the main house lives.

There are a few upper-class rooms in the backyard, even if they live in this, the main room of the standard room.Three or five people usually live in one room in the side room. He Libo quickly walked to the front yard, and the north wind was blowing his body.

He casually found a tool and shoveled a few pieces of coal back into the room, and while lighting the fire in the stove, he said: "You said the coal in this house is interesting, they are all about the same size."

Wang Pang stood up and looked at it. It was indeed different from other places. The coal in other places was either lumps of coal of different sizes, or the coal was broken together for easy burning.Only this shop simply crushed the crushed coal even more, and turned the live water into coal balls.

Wang Pang, who traveled to the Song Dynasty, suddenly remembered that before he lived in a building, he remembered the scene of lighting stoves at home when he was a child. Although the stoves in the Song Dynasty were all ceramics, the smaller ones were called ceramic stoves, and the larger ones were called tripods, but the coal fired All about the same.It's just that they don't make honeycombs like modern people do.

However, there is one point that Wang Pang still can't understand, how the ancients also burned coal and there was no such thing as gas poisoning.Probably also because the door is not tight or the combustion is sufficient.

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

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

Wang Pang looked at the surrounding terrain, and it was basically the same as what he had imagined. The two brought Wang Pang He Li Bo to his home. Wang Pang was startled. There were more than a dozen people standing inside and outside the small main room. .Yin and Yu called Wang Pang and the others to come in, and introduced to those people the nobleman they said they met in Yanzhou.Everyone in the room greeted him warmly.

After the crowd retreated, Wang Pang asked them how things were going, and they got it done.As he spoke, he handed a piece of paper to Wang Pang, Wang Pang looked at it, and was very surprised, "Why is it this number? It can't be wrong, right?"

Yu Danian waved his fat hands and said, "No, no, Mr. Wang, this is already the lowest price I have visited."

He Libo finally took a look and was taken aback. It turned out that Wang Pang asked the two of them to come back and ask about the price of nearby land.It is written in black and white on it, 80 copper coins per mu of land.

There is also a simple map drawn on the paper.The land at the foot of the mountain has a total of more than ten hectares. Except for the land occupied by various villages, there are three or four hectares of deserted open space in the picture.

After all the calculations, based on the calculation of four hectares of land, the land can be bought for only sixty or seventy guan.Plus 10% of the land tax is seventy or eighty.It is much less than Wang Pang's budget.

Seeing Fatty Yu's fearful expression, Wang Pang explained, "The price is very low. With 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. If the government tax is high and the rations are not enough, how can we buy land?" [

Wang Pang put the paper in his arms, and ate some local fruits, which taste sour and slightly astringent, with a delicate fragrance, but the ones in the twelfth lunar month are still not rotten. 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 of this grove.Although the leaves have fallen, the fragrance of the trees can still be smelled.

Wang Bang turned his head and asked Yin Shijie and Fatty Yu: "Do you want to go back to the capital with me and make a lot of money?"

The two laughed: "Young Master Wang promised to give us 5 copper coins every month, which is already quite a lot."

Yu Danian smiled: "I still care about room and board!"

Wang Pang said: "As long as you two work hard, you will earn more than this in the future." The two were even more elated.

Note to this chapter: Zhong Shi Dao (1051-1126), a famous sage and military strategist in the late Northern Song Dynasty.Uncle Yi, Han nationality, was born in Luoyang (now Henan).Later, he moved to Baolin Valley, Chang'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and was a native of Chang'an (now Xi'an County).Zhong Shidao was originally named Jianzhong, but it was renamed Shiji because of avoiding the year name of Jingguo, which was established by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. Later, it was named Shidao by Emperor Huizong.