One Piece of Song Dynasty

Returning to the mansion, Li Xin said: "Miss Hongyu, the mansion has arranged a reception banquet for Miss Hongyu. Let Miss Hongyu enjoy the banquet first. After the banquet, we will arrange a room for Miss Hongyu to rest."

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "Okay, Hongyu will obey Mr. Li's arrangements."

Liang Hongyu came to the banquet table and saw sweet and sour pork ribs, Yangchun noodles, and of course several other exquisite side dishes. Liang Hongyu had been on the road for more than a month since she left Tokyo and had not eaten any good food. When she saw a table of delicious dishes, she was hungry immediately.

Liang Hongyu stopped being polite and started eating when she sat down. Li Xin felt really sad when she saw Liang Hongyu eating. From time to time, she would pick up dishes for Liang Hongyu and said, "Miss Hongyu, please eat slowly. There are plenty of dishes here. If they are not enough, then... Let people do it.”

Only then did Liang Hongyu realize that she was being rude by eating too much and hurriedly said: "Please forgive me, Master Li. The slave family is really a little hungry. The slave family did not have a good meal all the way from Tokyo, which made Master Li laugh."

Li Xin laughed and said: "It's okay, it's okay. It's human nature to have appetites. It's normal to eat when you're hungry. After all, food is the most important thing for people. Eating is the most important thing. How can you do other things if you're not full? ."

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "Master Li's words are right. The slave family wants to ask Master Li something. When we were in Tokyo, the slave family asked shopkeeper Gao, but shopkeeper Gao didn't know the answer to this matter. The slave family wants to ask Mr. Li why Tianxiang is so good. The food here is so delicious that you will never forget it after eating it once. "

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Actually, cooking is also a very profound knowledge. If you study it deeply, you can make delicious food. But now most people are still worried about food and clothing, so there is no research on cooking. So in-depth, a certain person's cooking skills were also taught by an expert. After a certain person learned them, he passed them on to the cooks in a certain house. If Miss Hongyu is interested in this, you can go to the back kitchen to see it in the future. You only know how the cooks cook. There are many things that can be explored here, which cannot be explained in one or two sentences."

Liang Hongyu said thoughtfully: "Well, I understand, can I go to Hui'an County tomorrow?"

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, I will go with Miss Hongyu tomorrow."

Liang Hongyu asked: "Master Li, don't you have to be busy with county affairs?"

Li Xin said with a smile: "Gao Ping must have told Miss Hongyu that the magistrate of the county was bought, and he is not very proficient in political affairs, so he left the political affairs to the county magistrate and the chief registrar. As long as they do not commit any crimes, If the law does not affect the interests of the people, I will not care about them."

Liang Hongyu said thoughtfully: "So that's it. Master Li is so confident about his subordinates?"

Li Xin said: "How can I explain that the above person is a subordinate of Grand Master Cai? If they really dare to fool me, I will not show mercy. Besides, Miss Hongyu may not know that the county captain Zhang Hu came from a certain house." The people who went out went to Cai Taishi to ask for an official. He not only asked for a county magistrate for himself, but also asked for a county lieutenant for his subordinate Zhang Hu. Hui'an County has soldiers, and they are actually . Five hundred people, but there are no vacancies."

Liang Hongyu said in surprise: "A county town actually has an army stationed there. This is much better than many county towns."

Li Xin said proudly: "This is what I asked Grand Master Cai for."

Liang Hongyu asked: "Why would Cai Jing agree to give Hui'an County a military wing? There is also a county where the military and political affairs are in the hands of Mr. Li, so Cai Jing is so assured of Mr. Li?"

Li Xin said: "I won't rebel, so why don't you worry about it? Besides, the reason why Hui'an County can have an army branch is because of something that only Hui'an can produce."

Liang Hongyu was surprised and asked: "Master Li, can you tell me what kind of thing can enable Hui'an County to have an army's military establishment?"

Li Xin asked: "I wonder if Miss Hongyu has ever used soap?"

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "I have used it before. The soap is much easier to use than the previous soap locust. It can be used for washing and bathing. The slave family is still wondering who made such a good thing. Could it be Mr. Li?"

Li Xin said proudly: "Miss Hongyu is right, the soap is made by me. The soap workshop is in a secret place near Hui'an. The soap has become a royal tribute, so a certain person can be regarded as an imperial merchant. Since it is a tribute , the profits were huge, and there was a risk of being coveted, so I asked the Grand Master to increase the size of the Xiang Army in Hui'an County. In exchange, I gave the entire soap market north of the Yangtze River to the Grand Master, and all the soap They are all supplied by XX."

Liang Hongyu exclaimed: "Master Li is so generous. The entire market north of the Yangtze River has been given away at once."

Li Xin sighed: "There is no way. There are not enough manpower in X's house to manage the entire market of the Song Dynasty. Besides, X still needs Taishi Cai as his backer to gain a foothold in the court. Without Taishi Cai as his backer, X will be in great danger. You can never make enough money, but you only have one life. It is not worthwhile to lose your life for some money. It is useless to have more money after death. Besides, I am planning to do something big, but I can't die like that. Morning."

Liang Hongyu applauded: "Master Li said it well, but some people just don't understand this truth and sacrifice their lives in vain for some money that they don't take with them."

Li Xin said thoughtfully: "Maybe it's not that they don't understand this truth, but that they can't escape the temptation of money."

Liang Hongyu nodded and said: "That's the truth. By the way, Mr. Li just said that he wanted to do a big business. I wonder what kind of big business Mr. Li wants to do?"

Li Xin said: "I hope that in my lifetime, we Han people will return to the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties, instead of always being on the defensive against the surrounding foreigners like now. Miss Hongyu will show you two maps." After that, Li Xin said I went back to the house to look for maps of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

After a while, Li Xin came out with two maps and spread them on the ground in the yard: "Miss Hongyu, my biggest dream in this life is to restore the territory of our Han people to look like the maps of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

Liang Hongyu looked at the two maps and sighed: "This is too difficult. Guangyanyun and Hexi Corridor have not been recovered by this dynasty for more than a hundred years since the founding of Taizu. Mr. Li, what do you think? Can this dream come true?"

Li Xin said: "It seems difficult to Miss Hongyu, but in the eyes of a certain person, although it is difficult, it is not necessarily impossible. This dynasty has not captured Yanyun and the Hexi Corridor for more than a hundred years. It doesn't make sense." In other words, the problem lies with the officials and the imperial court in the past dynasties. There are too many civil servants in high positions who are greedy for life and fear of death, and the constraints on military generals are so serious that they affect the command and combat effectiveness of the army. "