Compete for the Song Dynasty

When Wang Pang heard that He Libo seemed to have seen the moon set, he jumped down from under the bed.

He Libo muttered, "It should be staying in this store too, I think it's just entering the second ear room on the east side."

Wang Pang wanted to open the door to look for him, but He Libo grabbed him. "Why are you going? It's so dark outside that you can't see clearly, and I don't know if it is. It would be embarrassing if you made a mistake."

Wang Pang just ignored him, went out to see that the light in the room was still on, there seemed to be a shadowy figure, just about to ask, when he saw the candle was blown out, the hope that had just lighted up in his mind was gone. was blown out.

At dawn, the person in that room had already left. Wang Pang asked the shopkeeper if he remembered what that person looked like. The shopkeeper said that he must remember that the girl was sixteen or seventeen years old. On his head, the shopkeeper hurriedly said with a smile, didn't see clearly. [

He and his mother were quarreling, but the king was in a hurry, the shopkeeper really didn't see clearly.After seeing it clearly, he couldn't describe it, so Wang Pang asked, can the girl wear such a jade on her chest?He pointed to his jade and said.The shopkeeper shook his head and didn't bring

"Are you sure?" Wang Bang asked again.

The shopkeeper said: "I definitely didn't bring it." The shopkeeper answered very simply, Wang Bang turned around and went back to the room with a stone in his heart.

Wang Pang and He Libo were playing chess while waiting for news from Yin Shijie and the others, the shopkeeper suddenly went into Wang Pang's room, looked back to see that no one was following, and then greeted Wang Pang.

Seeing the shopkeeper's appearance, he smiled and said, "Could it be that the shopkeeper was beaten by his wife? Why are you in such a panic?"

He Libo smiled and said, "Is it true that shopkeepers are afraid of their wives?" Wang Pang knew that He Libo was talking about Lu Shenyan and laughed.

The shopkeeper said in a low voice: "I see that the young master asked the girl, thinking that the young master is looking for someone. The girl who left this morning is indeed not wearing jade."

Wang Pang said yes with a hum.The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Just now I didn't dare to say it in front of my daughter-in-law. The girl has no money after searching for a long time. It was paid for the hairpin as shop money. I even secretly gave the girl dozens of coins."

Wang Pang put down the chess piece in his hand and turned to look at the shopkeeper. He Libo said, "What do you mean?"

"Hey, what do I mean? I'm just chatting with the two masters. The girl is afraid that something will happen." He said, pointing to his face near the ear, and said: "This, a scar, like a new scar. Hurt, I think I ran into robbers on the road. Alas, poor, handsome girl, she is disfigured. I can tell you two are rich, and you usually don’t live in a small shop like ours. I'm just reminding you two to be careful on the road, the Chinese New Year is almost here, and the robbers have to celebrate the New Year too."

After he finished speaking, he turned to go out, Wang Pang called him, asked He Li Bo to take two taels of silver and said: "You keep these on the cabinet, and if the girl comes back, give it to her for me."

He Libo took out the money and said to the shopkeeper: "We are not afraid of robbers, maybe even we have to be robbers to go back to the capital."

The shopkeeper shrank his neck, took the money and hurried back to the front yard.

He Libo said: "That should not be the girl under the moon."

Wang Pang thought that there should be nothing wrong with the jade guarding Yuexia, but he still felt uneasy for some reason.

Another day later, Yin Shijie came.Wang Pang was overjoyed when he saw it. The two men came driving an ox cart, which was much more loaded than a donkey.A donkey cart and a load can be three or four times that of a donkey.And the bullock cart does not need the donkey to go slower.Then Yin Shijie and Yu Danian could sit in the car all the way back.

Wang Pang looked at the "fragrant cake" and was very satisfied.The size of two-thirds of a slap, I don't know what these two people did, but they are all very smooth.When asked how they did it, they said that they asked a carpenter to dig out the wooden molds and buckle them one by one.Seeing that they were still very clever, the two looked back at He Libo, who stared at him with the package in his arms.Wang Pang was amused, if it wasn't for He Libo's expression, he couldn't resist tipping the two of them again, but it feels so good to be able to throw a tip easily.

That would have to be paid for, and Wang Pang paid the twelve guan for one camel and three guan that had been agreed in advance.The two said that this is also a pack now, and they will pay three Wen. Wang Pang smiled and said, "Take it, Yin Shijie, send it back first, and we will meet after we do something."

Wang Pang asked Yu Danian to carry a packed basket of fragrant cakes to the county government office, and the fat man looked excited.Cheng Hao saw that Wang Pang was coming, and he was carrying a basket of presents, but Wang Pang said mysteriously that this thing was only used by princes, grandchildren, nobles and ministers. [

Take out a piece for demonstration and put it in the stove, and immediately there is a fragrance in the room.Cheng Hao is really happy, this is not a free gift for Wang Pang, and he will come and go frequently in the future.

Regardless of whether Zhang Yi was satisfied with the homework that Wang Pang handed in, Wang Pang finally returned to the capital on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Yin Shijie and Yu Danian enjoyed looking at the ox cart when they passed the city gate.Now it's four hundred catties a camel, and you can smoke ten catties to save yourself a lot of money.

Who knew that when the officers and soldiers stopped him, Wang Pang stared at him, didn't he recognize me?If you don’t know me, you should know the gold medal, right?Do you dare to tax the things that are paid as tribute to the emperor?

The bullock cart wobbled to Wang Anshi's mansion. There were so many people on the street, Wang Bang remembered that today is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.Different from Chenzhou, Bianjing has more medicines combined by doctors, such as Tiger Head Pill, Eight Gods Tusu, and Crimson Sac, which are given to everyone, which is called wax medicine.

Wang Pang couldn't help feeling that last year at this time Zhenghe Yuexia was on the street watching monks and temples making porridge to drive the poor away from the epidemic, but this year Laba Wang was alone on the streets of Bianjing.

The members of Wang Anshi's residence were very happy when they heard that Wang Pang had returned, and Yuan Ze ran out to meet him. The two brothers met very affectionately.Wang Pang met Wang Anshi and Mrs. Wu.After talking briefly, I took some fragrant cakes to Kaifeng Mansion.Needless to say Mr. Bao was happy, naturally he hadn't seen Wang Pang for many days, asked about the journey carefully, and when he talked about it, it was dark.

Mentioning this fragrant cake, Mr. Bao said that he would go to see the emperor the next day, as before, waiting outside the hall.

This time Wang Pang did not let Yu Danian carry the basket, but asked him to buy dozens of beautiful food boxes.Just buy high-quality paper, wrap each piece of fragrant cake in paper, and write the words "Jincheng fragrant cake" on it in small letters.Pack into a food box.

Wang Pang and Yuan Ze looked at Yin Shijie and Yu Danian together. When they were doing these tasks, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian muttered: "This cinder still needs to be done like this. This paper box is much more expensive than cinder."

Wang Pang said: "You don't understand that this is called packaging, and what's more, next time I go back, let the carpenter cut out these four characters in the mold."

Yu Danian asked puzzledly: "What is this for?"

Yin Shijie said: "Then the pancakes that come out have words?"

Yu Danian said, then there is no need for packaging, what he wanted to say was wrapping rice paper, Wang Pang watched them work and said with a smile: "Packaging still needs to be wrapped, but there is no need to write on rice paper .”

It's all over, and only half of the fragrant cakes are used.Yin Shijie said: "My lord, isn't that how our fragrant cakes are given away?"

Wang Pang looked confused on purpose: "You want to give it away?"

Yu Danian was about to cry: "Then how much silver taels do you have to pay?"

Wang Pang laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I'm paying for advertising." He said he was very happy.

The two asked at the same time: Advertisement?What is an advertisement?

Wang Pang suddenly found it interesting. He hadn't had an audience for a long time. He drank his saliva and said, "Of course the advertisement is to advertise widely. Look at the horizontal banner made by all the cooked food sellers in the capital. Xuan Kangzhuang "This is advertising."

"Well said," Yuan Ze clapped his hands and said.

He Libo said: "I see that your fragrant biscuits are so crispy: "Lu Lu paid for the money, and the fragrant biscuits went into the furnace. "Everyone laughed

Yuan Ze said: "It's better to write like this, the smell is lingering, and the Jin cake is like fragrance." Wang Pang clapped his hands and praised, it's right, it's right. [

Yin Shijie said: "Why don't you tell me about it again, what other advertisements are there? Let's learn from them too."

Wang Pang said: "That's a lot to say. It's a lot to pass on the name of a celebrity, such as Bole Xiangma. Then raise the price of the horse and pass it on by an official name. For example, this "Sun Diancheng's medicine shop: heavy letter pass: Jinan Liu's Kung Fu Needle Shop advertisement, To "buy high-quality steel rods, make kung fu fine needles, do not steal work, and people can use them. If they are sold, there will be no mercy; to create sound, "Fengle Building" is decorated with generous interior and exterior."

Yu Danian asked, "How can we pass on this fragrant cake?"

Wang Pang smiled slightly, which of these would he not occupy?

Half of the fragrant cakes were used, and they were packed and sent to the imperial city the next day. Renzong was very happy to see the king. When the fragrant cakes were put into the emperor's nine-dragon tripod, the sawdust of the spice tree in the vertical arch hall gave off a faint fragrance.

Seeing that Wang Pang seemed to be stronger again, Renzong was happy in his heart. When he saw the number of fragrant cakes he reported for tribute, he asked why he divided them so much.Wang Pang said that the emperor has always been sympathetic to ministers.Several ministers in the Chuigong Palace had smelled the smell earlier and admired the red cakes burning in the cauldron. After hearing what he said, Renzong and the ministers all understood that Renzong rewarded the cakes to all the ministers. Even Wang Yaochen and Liu Chang, who had slandered Di Qing before, were involved.

After letting the ministers retire, Renzong asked Wang Pang about his journey. Every time Wang Pang told Renzong, Renzong always felt like listening to a book, which was much more exciting than listening to a book.When Wang Pang talked about the son of Zhongyi, Renzong laughed: children nowadays are getting smarter and smarter.After laughing, Renzong asked, it seems that you have gone to Yanzhou?

Wang Pang said: "Going around, there is one thing that deeply touched me."

Renzong asked him to talk about it, and Wang Pang said: "Although the system of raising horses in my dynasty is relatively sound, there are few horses in supervision, covering a large area and costing a lot. There are often conflicts between agriculture and horse herding. Secondly, animal husbandry Most of the horses in the prison are not suitable for riding. Every time "drive to the border, those who freeze to death without fighting ten years"

Renzong nodded after hearing this: "If everyone in the court has opinions from the side of the king, it would be great if they can often give me suggestions."

Wang Pang smiled: "I should."

Renzong wanted to add an official position again, but Wang Pang refused to accept it. Renzong specially allowed the fragrant cakes used in the palace. From next year, Wang Pang's exquisite "Jincheng fragrant cakes" will be specially offered at the rate of [-] guan silver per catty.

This is indeed a lot of business. If you get three catties of coal cinders, you can sell them for the original price of a load of coal.

Renzong gave a reward again, just after Wang Bang had spent all his money, but Wang Bang came to ask for a reward. The coal mine has expenses, and it can't be moved for at least a few months. It costs money to buy a horse.When Wen Di is good at it, he will openly go to Xixia to find Yuexia.

(Note: Zhuang Chuo: "Chicken Ribs" volume.) (Note: Gauss: "Wugui", see "Quan Song Poetry" volume 3229.)

Volume 29 of "Jing Wen Ji" "Also discussing the law of raising horses in the military and folk of Huaibei Prefecture in Beijing, East and West".