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

When saying goodbye to Zhongyi, Zhongyi asked Wang Pang to take Zhong Jianzhong to Zhang Zai in Yunyan, Danzhou. After walking for more than ten days, it was almost the twelfth lunar month when he arrived in Zezhou. When he was about to arrive in Jincheng County, there was heavy snow again.

Fortunately, the snow had just fallen and the two of them were not intercepted on the mountain road.

Wang Pang and the two men, who looked like snowmen, finally arrived in Jincheng County before dusk. They came to the restaurant that they had booked with Yin Shijie and Yu Danian. The shopkeeper of Wang Pang's restaurant told them: Yin Shijie, Yu Danian and others will be there in the next few days.

I come to Di shop every day and just left today at noon. After I finished speaking, I looked at the sky outside and said, "Why don't you two stay here first? I don't know if they can come tomorrow due to the weather."

The two of them stayed in the hotel. At night, they each lay on the couch in the standard room. They closed the cups tightly and felt a little cold. The north wind blew the door and made a slight "bump-bump" sound.

When He Libo heard Wang Pang turn around and then turn around, he smiled in his heart. The young master had gone through a lot of hardships this time. Let alone Xiaoxing's overnight stay on the way, let's just talk about this place. In the past, the two of them went to Di's Inn to find Wang Pang.

You must choose a place that has seen the brand name, is clean and comfortable. This Di store was chosen by Na Yin and Yu and the two of them. It must be said that the two of them thought it was good, but the store can only be considered clean at best.

The comfort of the facilities inside is definitely out of the question.[

Listening to Wang Pang tossing and turning, He Libo knew that this bed was not comfortable for Wang Pang to sleep on. Wang Pang had slept with Simmons for more than thirty years. No matter how uncomfortable the bed for more than a year was, the bed tonight was not uncomfortable. This mattress was so uncomfortable.

It’s not too thin, but it’s just that I haven’t done it again in a long time, and it doesn’t feel soft at all under the body. Especially after being bumpy on horseback for so many days, all the bones in the body are about to fall apart.

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

The letter written by Xiao Lu mentioned that Zhang Yi asked Wang Pang to try out his first business venture and purchase what the capital needed. I don’t know if this first batch has arrived in the capital.

This time I came to Jincheng County, I don't know if the arrangement went smoothly for the two people. He was tired but still couldn't sleep. He turned around again and heard He Libo chuckle.

"What sweet dream did you have to laugh so happily?" Wang Pang whispered.

He Libo looked up at the roof and replied: "I'm laughing at you, how can you get used to sleeping in this shop?"

"I'll naturally fall asleep when I'm sleepy. If I'm not asleep yet, let's have a chat."

"Okay." He Libo greeted him and waited for him to ask.

Wang Pang asked, "How much money do we have left?"

He Libo made an estimate in his mind and said: "There are still two Baiguan Jiaozi notes, and there are some scattered silver taels left. Add one yuan to make five or six taels, and there are about two or three hundred copper coins written in pieces. This matter

Even though I have a big head, it’s because of Xiao Lu’s calculations.”

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

When He Libo heard this, he sat up and woke up from his drowsy sleep. These were his expenses for several years. Did Wang Pang have so much money that he couldn't count?

Wang Pang does have a lot of money, but it's not so big that he doesn't know how much he has. As for the source of Wang Pang's money, it's all upright.

The first is the reward from Renzong: the proposal to build a public Jiaozi shop, the circulation of Yinjiaozi, and the chrysanthemum banquet is appreciated, which is a hundred taels of silver; this is a reward; the Longhu bandit suppression is a meritorious service, and this is another reward, gold and silver.

, Guan is one hundred taels of silver.

Secondly, of course, it is the salary for Wang Pang's position. Wang Pang does not have big expenses in the capital, and his monthly salary is fifty guan. Although he has expenses for most of the year, he still saves 200 to 300 guan, which is equivalent to 200 to 300 taels of silver.

Secondly, Wang Anshi's son had three to five dollars of pocket money every month before he took office, which was just the money Wang Pang and his younger brother spent drinking and their daily expenses.

But as Bao Zheng's adopted son, it's different. Let's talk about Bao Zheng first, Lord Bao, who has the highest salary in ancient and modern times. According to the "Lu Order" of Renzong's reign, Bao Zheng's monthly salary of 300 guan was rewarded with silver.

As a direct bachelor of Longtuge, I have a monetary income of 1,656 guan every year, as well as a real income of 10 bolts of silk, 34 bolts of silk, 2 pilos and 100 taels of cotton. As the top leader of Kaifeng Mansion, I have a monthly salary of 30 shi.

This includes 15 shi of rice and 15 shi of wheat. In addition, there are 20 bundles of firewood (each bundle is 13 kilograms), 40 bundles of hay, and 1,500 strings of "minister money" every month.

In addition, as a senior local official in the foreign vassal government, the imperial court allocated Bao Zheng 20 hectares of farmland, which is 2,000 acres of cultivated land, allowing him to collect rent every year and pay grain. The rent for these 2,000 acres of cultivated land is estimated at one stone per mu.

There is also an income of 2,000 stone meters every year. After checking the "Jiayoulu Order", I know that the Kaifeng government has an additional expenditure of 100 guan every month, and every winter, 15 pounds (15 pounds per scale) of charcoal are issued.

A brief explanation will make it clear to everyone: If all are counted as silver coins, Bao Zheng’s annual salary is 21,878 silver coins, which is equivalent to a total of 13.67 million yuan in current purchasing power [

So the person who really didn’t know how rich he was was Mr. Bao Zheng and Mr. Bao, not Wang Pang. But this man really saw that Wang Anshi was a bit stingy towards Wang Pang. And Wang Pang was so fond of Mr. Bao. So every month

It's just like giving a few dozen coins to someone for fun.

These do not include the extra rewards given by the court during festivals and the festival money given by Mr. Bao.

The above statistics only illustrate one problem: it is very important to identify a good godfather. It is the first step to success in life. However, if Wang Pang does not have the wisdom of modern people and his own courage, he may not even take this first step.

No, he is still just Wang Anshi's stupid second son.

Now returning to the conversation just now in Di Dian, He Libo jumped up from the warm bed, but immediately woke up when he was blown by the cool breeze. Wang Pang is Wang Pang, otherwise he would not follow this child who is several years younger than him.

The brothers ran back and forth.

The king saw him jumping up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

He Libo came out of the quilt and said, "I can't sleep, so I'll turn on the fire and add some coal." Originally, both of them were sleeping in their clothes, but they still felt cold, so He Libo put on his cloak and went to the yard.

Find coal in it.

This restaurant is similar to Wangpang's house in Chenzhou County, but it is much simpler than that small courtyard. The main room in the front yard is a restaurant for passers-by or hotel guests to eat. The east and west wing rooms are used as stables.

One room contains coal and other items. The wing to the west is where the main family lives.

Among the few rooms in the backyard, they lived in this one, the main room and the standard room. Three or five people usually lived in the wing rooms. He Libo quickly walked to the front yard. The north wind was blowing.

Swishing all over the body.

He randomly found a tool and shoveled a few pieces of coal back to the room. While lighting the fire in the furnace, he said: "You said the coals here are interesting, they are all about the same size."

Wang Pian stood up and took a look. It was indeed different from other places. The coal in other places was either lumps of different sizes or crushed coals that were lumped together for easy burning. But in this store, the coals were simply made into smaller pieces.

, add water and turn into lumps of coal.

Wang Pang, who traveled to the Song Dynasty, suddenly remembered the scene of lighting a stove at home when he was a child before he moved into a building. Although the stoves in the Song Dynasty were all made of ceramics, the smaller ones were called ceramic stoves, and the larger ones were called tripods, but they burned coal.

They're all the same. It's just that they don't turn them into honeycombs like modern people do.

However, there was one thing that Wang Pang still couldn't understand. Why was there no gas poisoning among the ancient people who also burned coal? It was probably because the door was not tight or the combustion was sufficient.

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

Jincheng County is located at the junction of Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain, with Taihang to the east, Central Plains to the south, Yellow River to the west, and Youyan to the north. Yin Shijie and Yu Danian live at the foot of the mountain not far from the county seat.

, there are seven or eight households and ten small villages in a radius of several hundred miles.

Wang Pang looked at the surrounding terrain, and it was basically the same as what he had imagined. The two brought Wang Pang's Horibao home. Wang Pang was shocked. There were more than a dozen people standing inside and outside the small hall.

Yin and Yu invited Wang Pang and the others to come in and introduced them to the noble people they said they had met in Yanzhou. Everyone in the room greeted him warmly.

After everyone dispersed, Wang Pang asked the two how things were done, and they finished it. After saying that, he handed a piece of paper to Wang Pang. Wang Pang looked at it and was very surprised, "Why is this number?

?It can’t be wrong, right?”

Yu Danian waved his fat hands and said, "No, no, no, this is the lowest price I've seen in the direction of Mr. Wang."

He Libo finally took a look and was stunned. It turned out that Wang Pang asked the two of them to come back and inquire about the price of nearby land. It said in black and white, 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 is about ten hectares in total. In addition to the land occupied by various villages, there are currently three or four hectares of abandoned open space in the map.

Calculating the total, based on the calculation of four hectares of land, the land can be purchased for only 60 to 70 guan. Including 10% of the land tax, it is 70 to 80 guan. It is much less than Wang Pang's budget.

Seeing Fatty Yu's frightened look, Wang Pang explained, "The price is very low. With such a low price, why don't more people here buy land?"

Yin Shijie said: "The land here is sparsely populated, and the land price is very low. Besides, our income is just enough for rations. If the government taxes are high and the rations are not enough, how can we have money to buy land." [

Wang Pangdian put the paper in his arms and ate some local fruits. The taste was sour and slightly astringent, and the fragrance filled the room. However, the ones in the twelfth lunar month were still not rotten. On the way back to the county seat, Yu Danian pointed to a forest on the roadside and said

, that fruit is the fruit of the spice tree in this forest. Even though the leaves have fallen, you can still smell the fragrance of the tree.

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

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

Yu Danian smiled: "I still care about food and accommodation!"

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

Notes for this chapter: Zhong Shidao (1051-1126), a famous sage and military strategist in the late Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name is Yi Shu, Han nationality, from Luoyang (now Henan). He later moved to Baolin Valley, Chang'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and is a Chang'an native.
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