One Piece of Song Dynasty

The thin man asked: "Which country do you support?"

The fat man replied: "Of course I also support the Shu Kingdom. The later Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System of the Wei Kingdom did not have a humble beginning. Moreover, the Cao family was short-lived. Later, the Sima family usurped the throne. Sima Jin Dynasty Ten years from now, it will be Wuhuanhua, which is why I hate the Sima family."

The thin man said: "Don't you think that now is very similar to the period of the Five Husties in China? We Han people have fled to the south of the Yangtze River to take refuge again."

The fat man nodded and said: "So, I don't have much affection for the Zhao family now. By the way, who do you admire most among the Three Kingdoms?"

The thin man replied: "Of course he is Prime Minister Zhuge. He is the role model for literati of our generation. Look at how many officials in the Song Dynasty today can be like Prime Minister Zhuge. In Jingkang, there were only three ministers. three"

The fat man agreed: "Yes, let's not talk about everything. If most officials are like Prime Minister Zhuge, there is no need to worry about being unable to defeat the Jin army."

Just like this, Li Xin was eating and listening. After the meal, when paying the bill, Li Xin asked: "Waiter, how much does our meal cost?"

The waiter replied: "If the guest pays copper coins, it will be wen, and if he pays Chinese coins, it will be yuan."

Li Xin handed three hundred and fifty Chinese coins to the waiter and said: "Waiter, you diners usually use more copper coins or Chinese coins now."

The waiter said: "There are very few people who use copper coins now. Most of the diners who come here use Chinese coins. Chinese coins are light. Now the whole Lin'an basically uses Chinese coins. It is rare to see the shadow of copper coins." Li Xin After having a satisfying meal, he returned to the government office.

In the warehouse on the outskirts of Chengdu Prefecture, Zhao Kai was stunned by the scene in front of him. Xu Wenchang said proudly: "How about it, Mr. Zhao, will you still worry about food in the future?"

Zhao Kai shook his head and said: "No, but suddenly there is so much food, the price of food will drop to a very low level. There is no way to finish eating so much food. The low price of grain will hurt farmers."

Xu Wenchang said: "If you can't finish eating, build more warehouses and store some food for emergencies. You can also improve the army's food and send more food to the army. Only when the soldiers eat well can they have more strength to fight. And These three items can replace part of the staple food, which can save more grain for wine making. Moreover, these two crops, such as corn and sweet potatoes, can also be used to make feed to expand the scale of pig, chicken, and duck farming, so that the price of meat will also increase in the future. It has been reduced, so even though the output of these three items is large, in fact there is not much left for use in various aspects."

Zhao Kai asked: "Will these three things be promoted on a large scale in the future?"

Xu Wenchang shook his head and said: "No, these three things can only be planted in Sichuan and Sichuan. Other places in the south of the Yangtze River are not suitable for planting these three things, and even in Sichuan and Shu, most of them can only be planted on barren land, fertile land. Most of the land will only grow wheat, rice or other crops. After all, we prefer to eat pasta and rice. However, with these three crops, our country's food security can at least be guaranteed, and we will never go hungry again. Even if there is a locust plague, we are not afraid anymore.”

Zhao Kai wondered: "Locusts don't eat these things."

Xu Wenchang shook his head and said: "No, didn't I just say that the corn and sweet potatoes can be used as feed? If we raise more chickens and ducks in the future, if there is a locust plague again, we will release the chickens and ducks to deal with the locusts."

Zhao Kai suddenly realized: "So that's it."

Xu Wenchang said: "Okay, Mr. Zhao, build more granaries. You won't have to worry about agricultural taxes and wine taxes in the future. With so much grain and wine, the production of wine will be greatly increased, and the status of Shu will be improved." Importantly, Shu will be an important grain production base in the country from now on, and before the north is recovered, Shu will be the national food security guarantee."

Zhao Kaimei smiled and said: "That's right, I don't have to worry about the military rations. Xu Shangshu, can you use more kinds of peppers? It's so delicious when fried with vegetables. Many restaurants in Sichuan and Sichuan are asking if they can use more kinds of peppers." "

Xu Wenchang smiled and said: "I know you people from Sichuan and Shu will like peppers. Without affecting several staple foods, we can expand some planting areas appropriately. However, peppers can be grown not only in Sichuan and Sichuan, but also in Hunan. Don't worry in the future." Your chili peppers are indispensable, now I’m going back to Lin’an to tell the prince the good news.”

The fifth year of Jianyan has passed like this. The most important thing of this year was the two battles of Monk Yuan at the West Road Dudu Mansion, which completely stabilized the situation in the western part of the Song Dynasty. Entering the sixth year of Jianyan, in the new year, in addition to defending against the Jin army, , continue to accelerate reform measures, the most important thing is to wipe out the last two groups of rebels in Jiangnan.

The first thing that happened in the sixth year of Jianyan's reign was that Li Xin's large store was about to open, and the opening time was chosen to be the first day of the first lunar month.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Xin, his wives, children, and guards all dressed up in disguise to watch the opening ceremony of a large store. Li Xin's large store was located in Xingqingfang, Lin'an, a short distance from Qiantang Gate. Not far.

Li Xin and his family are all dressed plainly, just like ordinary people. They are very inconspicuous in the crowd. To outsiders, they may look like ordinary wealthy people.

When the whole family rushed to the big store, there was already a sea of ​​people in front of the store. At noon, with the sound of firecrackers, the red cloth covering the big plaque was removed, and only the five characters "Carrefour Supermarket" were written on the plaque.

Liang Hongyu asked in a low voice: "What are you trying to do again?"

Li Xin replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, you will know in a moment. Let's see what the shopkeeper says."

The shopkeeper of Carrefour Supermarket in Lin'an is named Cui Hongsheng, who was personally selected by Gao Ping. He said: "Dear folks from Lin'an, I, Cui Hongsheng, am the shopkeeper of this Carrefour Supermarket. Our supermarket has two floors, and everything is available here. A big opening bonus, from the first to the seventh day of the first lunar month today, our store will give away free fairy wine, limited to one jar per person."

After Cui Hongsheng finished speaking, the crowd was shocked, and then cheered. As Cui Hongsheng said "opening", people began to pour into the supermarket.

Li Xin said proudly: "Let's go in and take a look. I'll pay for everything we bought today, and you can buy whatever you want." Li Xin wanted to show the people of the Song Dynasty the power of retail industry integration.

As soon as they entered the store, Liang Hongyu and others were stunned by the attitude of the store. I saw a row of pretty girls standing at the door, dressed in blue and white dresses. When I saw someone entering the store, I immediately said "Welcome"

"This." Liang Hongyu was stunned for a moment.

Before Liang Hongyu and others could react, the girl handed over a square wicker basket.

Liang Hongyu didn't know why: "What is this?"

Li Xin took it on his behalf and said, "I have many family members, so I'll give you a few more."

The girl smiled and said, "Okay." Then she handed a few more baskets to Li Xin.