Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 33 Calculation

Among the officials at the state level in the Song Dynasty, the highest one should be the magistrate.

However, the magistrates during the Song Dynasty were different from the magistrates during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the prefects were the real leaders of the state capital.

The full title of the prefect in the Song Dynasty was Quan Zhixx Prefecture Military Affairs.

It was set up by Emperor Taizu in order to weaken the power of the Jiedushi envoys based on the separatist vassal regime of the Tang Dynasty.

Simply put, a magistrate is an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to be stationed in a local area. He only has the right to know about local government and military affairs and does not have the right to directly manage them.

Therefore, the person in charge of the actual power at the state level is actually Tongsuan, while the person in charge of the Xiang army is the commander.

However, the Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs, so Tong San was the governor of a state.

If you can establish a relationship with Tongsuan, few people in Yangzhou would dare to provoke him, not to mention walking sideways.

"I just saved people, I didn't think too much about it." Li An pretended to be noble and said.

Xu Wen smiled when he heard this and said, "Li An is right. We are reading books from sages. How can we expect repayment for saving people?"

On the other side, the shopkeeper of Yuchou also figured out the reason and explained it to the guests.

It turned out that the helmsman of a painting boat was operating improperly and hit the boat.

Fortunately, the impact was not serious. Although many people fell and were scratched by broken bowls and plates, they were all minor injuries.

Only Ru Lan was lying on the window looking at the scenery while loading the ship, and fell into the water.

If the boat was knocked over, how many people might die.

In order to compensate the customers, Yuchou's shopkeeper not only exempted everyone from paying for meals, but also asked the injured to seek medical treatment, and Yuchou paid all the medical expenses.

Li An and his group were lucky. Only Zeng Chuan and Monkey were scratched by the debris, and the wounds were not serious.

The others were only slightly frightened.

Therefore, they didn't wait for Yuchou to see the doctor, and went ashore directly on the boat.

After such an incident, everyone was no longer in the mood to play, and it was getting late, so they went back to the academy. Those who went home went back to the academy, and those who went home went home.

……

When Xu Wen was about to arrive at the academy, he separated from everyone. The academy was right in front of Xujiazhuang, so naturally he didn't need to live in the academy.

Xu Wen's house is located to the west of Zhuangzi. It is a two-entry house.

"Son, how did you do this?"

Xu Wen's mother, Huang, saw her son stained with a lot of oil and came back in a very embarrassed state, and asked with concern.

"Mom, let's talk about this later. Where is dad?" Xu Wen asked.

"Your father is in that vixen's house." Huang said with an ugly face when he heard this.

Xu Wen's father took a concubine a few years ago, and since then the relationship with the Huang family has been somewhat tense.

Fortunately, the concubine only gave birth to a daughter, so she could not be threatened.

"Mom, I need to see dad for something, so I'll go over there first."

Xu Wen said and walked towards the backyard.

Before he even reached the door, he heard his father Xu Feng and his concubine talking and laughing.

"Dad, I want to tell you something," Xu Wen shouted outside the house.

Not long after, Xu Feng opened the door and walked out.

"Let's go to the hall and talk."

Xu Feng walked into the hall and sat down on the main seat. He looked at Xu Wen with a slight frown on his face and said, "How did it end up like this?"

"Dad..." Xu Wen told Li An what happened when he invited Li An to dinner.

Xu Feng pondered for a while and said, "Are you sure he saved the daughter of the magistrate?"

"I don't know the daughter of the Tongpan family, but many people on the boat are talking about it, so it should be true." Xu Wen said.

Xu Feng frowned and murmured: "This will be a bit difficult to handle."

"Dad, Li An did not reveal his name. Besides, Master Tongpan will not really thank him for this matter. After all, after he went down, Master Tongpan led his entourage and jumped down to save people." Xu Wen said.

"What do you know? With so many people watching, if Master Tongpan doesn't thank you, what will others think of him if word gets out?" Xu Feng said.

"Dad, even if Mr. Tongpan thanked him for this matter, it was just for show. Is it possible that his family could still have a relationship with Mr. Tongpan? Besides, we bought it with money, not by force. What's there to be afraid of?" Xu Wen said nonchalantly.

He was a little worried before, but he figured it out on the way back and felt there was nothing to worry about.

Xu Feng said calmly: "What if his lion opens his mouth?"

Although he wanted to get the secret recipe, he was unwilling to pay too much money.

Now that Li An has saved Tong Fan's daughter, he doesn't dare to push too hard.

If Li An goes to the general magistrate to file a complaint, he will be in big trouble.

"Dad, is his secret recipe really so valuable?" Xu Wen asked doubtfully.

Xu Feng pondered: "Although I don't know how much money his family makes every day, I went to see it and there was a steady stream of people buying it. They sold one or two hundred catties every day, and many people from the city came here to buy it. And now they are selling more and more every day. Even if they make a penny per pound, they can still make one or two hundred penny a day. This is because his family is doing it at the dock. What if it is the whole of Yangzhou? What if it is the whole of Jiangnan? Have you calculated how much money you can make every day?"

"Sigh~"

Xu Wen took a breath of air when he heard this. According to this calculation, even if Li An's family earns one hundred wen a day, it will be counted as three times a month.

This is just the dock. If it were the whole of Yangzhou, wouldn't it be possible to earn hundreds of taels a day?

If we did it throughout the Song Dynasty, wouldn't we have to make a fortune every day?

When he thought of this, Xu Wen's eyes were filled with fire.

"Do you understand?" Xu Feng asked.

"Yeah!" Xu Wen nodded and said excitedly: "Dad, what should we do now?"

Xu Feng pondered for a while and said: "Get in touch with him first and see how much his house costs. If it's not much, buy it. Isn't his cousin the same school as you? Find a way to get along with him. Relationship, if his lion opens his mouth, find a way to let your classmate get the secret recipe."

Xu Wen was stunned when he heard this and said: "Dad, this matter is a little difficult to handle. I have cheated Li Fu before. Now I am afraid it will be a little difficult for me to have a good relationship with him. Moreover, his family and his cousin's family are similar. The relationship isn’t great.”

"Haha, it's a good thing that we don't have a good relationship. Last time we went to his house to ask for money, I saw that his family was not divided. Now that Li An's family is making money, how can his cousin's parents not be jealous? You just need to Give your classmate some benefits and start provoking trouble, isn't it?" Xu Feng sneered.

"Dad, I understand, kid." Xu Wen's eyes lit up.

……

It was already dark when Li An returned to the pier. When he saw many people surrounding his parents and brother selling braised meat in the alley, An quietly slipped into the alley and returned home.

Although the clothes on his body are now dry, they are wrinkled. If his mother sees it, she will definitely ask again.

Li An returned home to fetch water and took a shower. He washed and dried the clothes he had changed, then he held a stone, sat at the door, and dipped a brush in water to practice calligraphy on it.

There are some differences between practicing calligraphy on the sandbox and writing on paper.

After Li An thought about it carefully, he came up with the idea of ​​using a brush dipped in water to practice calligraphy on the stone.

Not only were rolls divided in later generations, but also in ancient times.

Ancient imperial examinations also had high requirements for calligraphy, as the saying goes, the characters are like the people they write.

If the handwriting is ugly, the examiner will instinctively dislike it when he sees it during the imperial examination. Even if the answer is good, it will lower the examiner's impression.

Therefore, Li An would practice calligraphy every day when he came back.

Thanks to book friend 20220918195347154, book friend 20170517165210170, and Baima Feimaxi for their monthly ticket support.

Thank you for your support, brothers, who voted for recommendation.

It’s a new week, please vote for recommendations!