Chapter 57 Money is good
In the Battle of Hengshan, the Song army occupied Hengshan, but the battlefield did not leave the name of the king. People only remember that it seemed that Di Qing had come back.
When he said goodbye to Zhongyi, Zhongyi asked Wang Bian to send Zhong Jianzhong to Zhang Zai in Yunyan, Danzhou. After walking for about ten days, it was almost the twelfth lunar month when I arrived in Zezhou. It was snowing again in Jincheng County. Fortunately, the snow had just fallen, and the two of them were not cut off in the mountain road.
The two people next to the king, like snowmen, finally arrived in Jincheng County before dusk. They came to the di store booked with Yin Shijie and Yu Da Nian. The shopkeeper of the shop next to the king told them: Yin Shijie, Yu Da Nian came to the di store every day for a few days, and just left at noon today. After saying that, he looked at the sky outside: "You two, why don't you stay first? I don't know if they can come tomorrow?"
Two people lived in the store. At night, they lay on the couch in the standard room and covered the cup tightly. The north wind blew the window to make a slight "bumps" sound.
When He Libo heard that the king turned around and turned around, he smiled in his heart. The prince was suffering enough this time. Not to mention staying overnight on the way, let's talk about the place where he lives. In the past, when the two of them looked for a mansion store, Wang Bian must choose a clean and comfortable place where the facade signs were eye-catching. Now the mansion is chosen by Yin and Yu. It is already good for the two of them, but the shop is clean at most, and the comfort of the facilities inside is definitely notable.
Listening to He Libo beside the king, you will know that it is uncomfortable to sleep next to the king. Wang has slept with Simmons for more than 30 years. No matter how uncomfortable the bed is for more than a year, it is not uncomfortable for tonight. The mattress is not too thin, but I don't know how long it has been done again, and there is no soft feeling under the body. Especially after bumping on the horse's back for so many days, the bones are about to disperse.
Fortunately, he is not picky: an old man, or a former old man, now a young man, there is nothing to be picky about. There is another reason why he can't sleep.
As mentioned in the letter written by Xiao Lu, Zhang Yi asked Wang Bian to try out the first work of the business and adopt the needs of the capital. I don't know if the first batch has arrived in the capital.
I don't know if the two people have done well when they come to Jincheng County this time. He was also tired, but he still couldn't sleep. He turned around again, but heard He Liba smile.
"What a beautiful dream to laugh so happily." The king whispered.
He Liba looked up at the roof and replied, "I'm laughing at you. I'm not used to sleeping in this store"
"If you are tired, you will naturally fall asleep. If the eldest brother hasn't slept, he will talk for a few words."
"Good." He Li Bo talked and waited for him to ask.
Wang asked, "How much do we have?"
He Li Bo estimated in his heart and said, "There are still two Baiguan handing over tickets, and the rest are some scattered silver taels, plus one piece has five or six taels, and then there are about two or three hundred pieces of broken copper coins. I have a big head about this matter, and it's still Xiao Lu's fine calculation.
The king said, "It's okay, I can stick to it back to the capital"
He Liba sat up as soon as he heard it, and just woke up a little confused and sleepy. These are his expenses alone for several years. Is Wang's side with a lot of money and can't count?
The king does have a lot of money, but he doesn't know how much he has. As for the way of money next to the king, it is all righteous.
First of all, Renzong's reward: it is proposed to build a public Jiaozi shop, print Jiaozi for circulation, and the ** banquet is appreciated, which is a hundred taels of silver; this is a reward; Longhu suppression of bandits is a meritorious service, this is another stroke, a reward of gold and silver, and a hundred taels of silver.
Secondly, of course, it is the salary of Wang's position. Wang's salary in the capital has no big expenses, and the monthly post is 50 yuan. Although there are expenses for more than half a year, there are still two or three hundred yuan. There are equivalent to two or three hundred taels of silver
Secondly, Wang Anshi's son had a monthly allowance before taking office. Before this, it was Wang Bian and his brother's drinking money and daily expenses.
But as Bao Zheng's adopted son, it's different. Let's talk about Lord Bao Zhengbao first, who is the highest salary in ancient and modern times. According to the "Lu Ling" in the reign of Emperor Renzong, Bao Zheng's monthly salary was rewarded with 300 yuan. As a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, he has 1,656 yuan of monetary income every year, as well as 10 pieces of Ling, 34 pieces of silk, 2 pieces of silk and 100 Liangmian as the first leader of Kaifeng Mansion. There are 30 stones of monthly grain per month, including 15 stones. Rice, 15 stone wheat. In addition, there are 20 bundles of firewood (13 catties per bundle) every month, 40 bundles of hay, and 1,500 pieces of "publican money"
In addition, as a senior local official of the vassal government, the court allocated 20 hectares of farmland, that is, 2,000 mu of arable land, to Bao Zheng, allowing him to collect rent every year without the need to pay grain. The 2,000 mu of arable land is estimated to be one stone per mu of rice, and there is also an input of 2,000 stone meters every year. Check the "Jiayou Luling" again. Quanzhi Kaifeng has 100 additional payments every month, and 15 scales (15 catties per scale) of charcoal are issued every winter.
A brief explanation and a summary will make everyone understand: if it is counted as two silver, Bao Zheng's annual salary is 21,878 copper, which is equivalent to the current purchasing power equivalent to a total of 13.67 million yuan.
So it is Lord Bao Zhengbao who really doesn't know how rich he is, not the king. But this adult really saw that Wang Anshi was a little stingy with the king. And the king likes it so much. So I give dozens of casually every month as a play.
These do not include the extra rewards given by the court during the Spring Festival and the holiday money given by Lord Bao.
The above statistics only show one problem: it is very important to recognize a good godfather. However, it is the first step of success in life. However, if Wang does not have the wisdom of modern people and his own courage, I'm afraid he can't even take this first step, but he is still Wang Anshi's stupid second son.
Now back to the conversation in the store just now, He Libo jumped up from the warm quilt, but he woke up as soon as he was blown by the cool breeze. The king was next to the king, otherwise he would not have run back and forth with this child brother who was a few years younger than him.
Wang saw him jumping up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
He Li Bo came out of the quilt and said, "I can't sleep. I'll pick up the fire and add some coal." Originally, both of them slept in the same clothes, so they still felt cold. He Li put on a cloak and went to the yard to look for coal.
This mansion shop is similar to the house in Chenzhou County next to Wang, but it is much simpler than that small courtyard. The main room of the front yard is a restaurant for passers-by or guests to eat. The east room is a stable in the east, and the other room is with coal, firewood and so on. The ear room in the west is the owner's house.
There are several upper-class rooms in the backyard, even if they live in this, the main room of the standard room. There are usually three or five people living in one room in the ear room. He Libo walked quickly to the front yard, and the north wind blew.
He casually found a tool to shovel a few pieces of coal back to the room. While hooking the fire in the stove, he said, "You said that the coal in this house is interesting, and the size is about the same."
Wang stood up and looked at it. It was indeed different from other places. Coal in other places or coal of different sizes, or broken coal lived together, which was easy to burn. Only this store simply broke the coal and made it into a ball of coal.
The king who crossed into the Song Dynasty suddenly remembered that before he lived in the building, he remembered the scene of ordering stoves at home when he was a child. Although the stoves in the Song Dynasty were all ceramic, the smaller ones were called ceramic stoves, and the larger ones were called tripods, but the coal burned were almost the same. It's just that it's not made into a beehive like modern people.
However, there is one thing that the king still can't understand. Why did the ancients also burn coal without gas poisoning? It is probably because the doors and windows are not tight or fully burned.
On the second day, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian came to the store at noon and picked up Wang to their village to have a look.
Jincheng County is located at the junction of Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain. It is located in Taihang in the east, the Central Plains in the south, the Yellow River in the west, and Youyan in the north. Yin Shijie and Yu Danian live at the foot of the mountain not far from the county seat, hundreds of miles away, with seven or eight families and ten small villages.
Wang looked at the surrounding terrain, which was basically no different from what he imagined. The two of them took He Li Bo next to his home. Wang was shocked. There were more than a dozen people standing inside and outside the small hall. Yin, the two of them asked Wang to come in and introduce them to the nobles they met in Yanzhou. Everyone in the room greeted him warmly.
After dispersing the crowd, Wang asked the two of them how things were going, and the two of them did it. With that, he handed a piece of paper to Wang. Wang looked at it and was very surprised, "Why is this number? Isn't it wrong?"
Yu Danian waved his fat hand and said, "No, no, Mr. Wang's direction, this is already the lowest price visited."
He Li Bo was stunned when he looked at it. It turned out that Wang asked the two of them to come back and visit the price of the nearby land. It is written in black and white, 80 copper coins per mu of land.
There is also a simple map on the paper. The land at the foot of the mountain is about more than ten hectares. In addition to the area occupied by each village, there are now three or four hectares of abandoned open space in the picture.
After calculating the total, according to the calculation of four hectares, it only costs about sixty or seventy yuan to buy the land. Add 10% of the local tax, which is 70 or 80. It's much less than Wang's budget.
Looking at the frightened look of Yu Fatty, Wang Bing explained, "The price is very low. Why don't people here buy more land at such a low price?"
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's taxes are high and rations are not enough, there is no money to buy land.
The king put the paper in his arms and ate some local fruits. The taste was sour and astringent, but the twelfth lunar month was still not rotten. On the way back to the county, Yu Danian pointed to a forest by the roadside and said that the fruit was the fruit of the forest spice tree. Although the leaves have fallen, you can still smell the fragrance of the trees.
Wang turned his head and asked Yin Shijie and Yu Pangzi: "Do you want to go back to the capital with me and make a lot of money?"
The two of them smiled and said, "Mr. Wang promised to give us 5 pieces of copper money every month, and it's already a lot."
Yu Danian smiled and said, "I still care about food and accommodation!"
Wang said, "As long as you two work well, you will earn more than this in the future." The two of them were even more in a good mood.
Note in this chapter: Zhong Shidao (1051-1126), a famous sage and military strategist at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Uncle Yi, Han nationality, a native of Luoyang (now Henan). Later, he moved to Baolin Valley, Chang'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture, for the people of Chang'an (now Xi'an County). The original name of the master road was Jianzhong. Because it avoided the name of the year of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, it was changed to Shiji, and was later named Shidao by Emperor Huizong.