Chapter 61 Strange Half Wedding (Part 1)

Seeing Pan Dalin's embarrassment, Zhao Xing felt incredible.

In theory, no matter how poor a hotel owner is, he will not force him to force him to be so cruel. But it is this experience that shows the remoteness of Huangzhou - he continues to sell wine in Huangzhou to make a living, but the consumer market in Huangzhou is not big. Since the famous "Pansheng Wine" cannot support him, you can imagine how desolate Huangzhou is.

It is said that the poems written by Pan Dalin are grand, but unfortunately most of them cannot be seen by later generations. Later, he lived in Pugu, Binzhou (now Bin County, Shaanxi) and called himself "Bin Lao". During the Daguan period of Huizong, he embarked on the way back home and died in Qichun on the way. He was less than fifty years old (I wrote two volumes of "Keshan Collection" during my lifetime, and now I have lost it).

Pan Dalin can be said to be the most fanatical star-chasing member of the Song Dynasty. He saved money and paid a visit to famous poets, but he ended up dying from poverty... But he did not realize that he was originally one of the loudest voices of this era.

Only a few poems left by Pan Dalin's poems are passed down from generation to generation. This sentence "The wind and rain in the city are close to Double Ninth Festival" is the brightest voice. Many later generations have simulated his mood and continued writing. The most famous one is his friend Fang Yue's "The Old Quotes of Pan Bin on the Road of Nine Days" written by: "The wind and rain in the city are close to Double Ninth Festival, and whose chrysanthemums are yellow at the foot of the city? It is also a part of Jiangnan, and the smoke and cold blowing geese cannot go on."

Apart from that, the rest are dog tails and marten.

Zhao Xing knew that Pan Dalin was not because he was selling wine in Huangzhou. He had long known that the capacity of the Huangzhou market was limited, so he kept opening up a trade road to Fuzhou. Looking at Pan Dalin now, he couldn't help but say he was lucky for his wisdom.

This is the first time that the two wine merchants in the same city have met - Zhao Xing and Lian's family are helped by others, so naturally they don't know about Pan Dalin's existence, but he knows the saying "The city is full of wind and rain and rain are close to Double Ninth Festival", which is enough.

Fans have different fates. Seeing Zhao Xing solemnly greeting Pan Dalin again, among the officials, others did not know that Zhao Xing was rich. The Huangzhou Wine Supervisor Lejing knew that he was willing to help Pan Dalin, so he held the wine glass - the wine brewed by Zhao Xing, and suggested: "I heard that you made a bet with Zizhan and lost half a boat of wine. Why not bet with Dalin too, how about it?"

"No gambling", Zhao Xing refused quickly: "Since I made a bet with my master, I will lose every bet, so I vowed not to bet for life."

Lejing sighed: "What a pity!"

I don’t know whether this sigh is for Pan Dalin or for myself.

After thinking about it, he remembered another thing and quickly reminded him: "If you leave, the annual alcohol tax will be settled. Come to my yamen in a few days and settle the alcohol tax."

Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat.

Year-end? Did the Song people also get involved in the "witness" of a group of enterprises at the end of the year and earn a generous year-end bonus; re-enter the "industrial and commercial registration" next year; and earn another "wise" hobby of "good start"?

Su Shi turned the topic to the banquet, interrupting Zhao Xing's thoughts: "Hey, the criminal was exiled to Huangzhou. He didn't want to do anything, but fortunately he was separated and took care of him... Come on, it's getting late, let's start."

Zhao Xing gave hundreds of gifts in advance because he was a disciple and the same generation as Su Dun. He had no right to participate in such occasions, so he quickly pulled Su Mai out to cook for the guests. Now, Bai Shi Li had nothing to do with him. It was not until everyone said goodbye that he jumped out, grabbed Pan Da's hand, and made an appointment to visit the next day.

The child's Baituli set up a bed, and the things Zhao Xing sent were also made up on it. Su Dongpo estimated roughly. Except for the toys, the remaining gifts were worth about 3,000 knots... However, when he saw the Japanese knife that Su Mai brought, he increased the valuation a lot.

Su Shi had seen Japanese swords, and the Japanese swords obtained by his teacher Ouyang Xiu. Su Mai still retained the style of Tang Heng swords. The blade was straighter and the arc was not obvious. However, the set of knives given to Su Mai by Zhao Xing had obviously been modified, and the knife handle had been replaced with the European knight sword style with a handguard ring, which made the center of gravity of the knife more conducive to mastering.

A Japanese sword is worth hundreds of gold, and the batch of swords sent by Zhao Xing is of the best quality, with chrysanthemum patterns printed on it.

Su Shi was knowledgeable. He knew that the chrysanthemum pattern was the pattern of the Japanese royal family, which shows that these swords were forged for the Japanese royal family and are the best quality among Japanese swords - the imperial sword.

In fact, these swords are the so-called "Chrysanthemum" characters. When the blade is polished, twelve chrysanthemum patterns appear on it.

In a few decades, the new emperor of Japan specially invited famous craftsmen Zezong and others to forge treasure swords for the royal family. Since the quality of these swords was better than before, they were especially forged sixteen-petal chrysanthemum patterns on the knife - this is one of the top ten famous knives in Japan: "Juyizi Zezong". The suffix "Zezong" represents the knife maker. From then on, Japanese knife maker can name the forged treasure swords with their own names.

This gift was too heavy, and just five long swords were worth more than 500 gold. Su Dongpo decided to remind Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing seemed to be prepared. He first introduced: "Mr., I haven't told you yet - these gifts were rewarded by the King of Japan. I took the few small poems written by the Master and printed them on a plate and gave them to the King of Japan and their ministers, and received some gifts.

Japan is poor, and some gifts are not unique. Apart from swords and swords, there are also pearls, and the remaining beads are also resold in Quanzhou... Bachelor, from now on, you no longer have to worry about money issues. Just whistle and drink the moon. As long as the poems continue, you will leave the money issue to me.

I brought 3,000 taels of gold this time. If the bachelor needs it, I can still take out 3,000 taels at the end of the year, and the remaining money will be put into operation. I estimate that the annual expenses will not be a problem."

What is the equivalent of a millionaire in the Song Dynasty? At least it is equivalent to a millionaire today.

It is said that Su Dongpo also brought a sum of money when he came to Huangzhou. Mrs. Wang thought that she should live within her means, so she divided the money into twelve portions, each portion was filled in thirty small bags, and the small bags were hung on the beam. Su Dongpo picked a bag every day, which contained their daily living expenses.

A year has passed, Su Dongpo has been out of his cooking, and now it is his fourth year of exile to Huangzhou.

The money came too timely. When he heard that the money was exchanged for his own poem, and Zhao Xing left some of it, Su Dongpo was no longer polite. He calmly ordered the children to carry the cage into his room. After hesitating, he ordered Su Mai to send two gold bars to Pan Dalin in front of Zhao Xing.
Chapter completed!