Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 337 These people all have to Lingchi

A country with so many beauties attracted countless heroes to bow down, and Wang Shifan talked about it for several days. At this time, he was living in the prince's mansion in Bianjing, and more than [-] of his family members and servants had all moved here.

The Prince's Mansion covers an area of ​​more than a hundred miles, with three courtyards, a back garden, seven pavilions and corridors, clear streams, and more than 300 houses, which is much more spacious than the Jiedushi's Mansion.

The monthly salary is [-] guan, [-] stone rice, [-] bolts of silk, [-] bolts of cotton cloth, [-] catties of meat, and [-] acres of farmland.

These salaries are enough for Wang Shifan and his family to enjoy a comfortable life.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, Bianjing enters a period of manic consumption. There are [-] shopping malls in Bianjing's [-] squares, among which the east and west cities are the most prosperous.

This morning, people came to the palace.

Today, Li Ye, in the white dragon fish suit, took Chen Zhaoyi, De Wang Li Yu, Li Xu, Li Cheng, Zhang Chengye, Shi Pu, Wang Shifan, Sun Kui, Han Jian and others to visit the East Market.

Only 72% of the land in Bianjing's East Market has been developed. There are 36 street shops, 36 of which are [-] steps wide and [-] steps deep, called lower shops, and [-] street shops are [-] steps wide. , a hundred steps deep, called the upper bunk.

Three long corridors of [-] steps can be set up with stalls for only ten cents.

The front of the lower berth is the facade and the back is the warehouse, while the upper berth has a built-in floor, with three floors above each other in a row.

As soon as Li Ye entered the market, he saw the plaques of the Tang Dynasty Weaving Bureau and the Tang Dynasty Royal Bank, which looked impressive.

In the street market, people crowded shoulder to shoulder, and vendors shouted all kinds of sounds one after another.

"Such a scene is rare in Chang'an!"

His Majesty the Emperor is very interested. There are many commercial goods along this road.

"Sir, this is honey fried food from Lingnan. It is marinated in sugar-frosted honey. It makes your mouth wet. It's so delicious!"

“It looks like it’s made from Tao Zi!”

"Guest officer has good eyesight!"

Li Ye picked up a piece and was about to put it in his mouth when Chen Zhaorong stopped him and took a piece and put it in his mouth first.

Li Ye smiled and said, "How?"

“Slightly sweet and sour, it’s really delicious!”

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell it?"

"Two hundred coins per pound!"

The price is expensive enough to buy several buckets of rice.

"Come on five pounds! Is the Royal Tang Dynasty redemption ticket available?"

"It's available, it's available," the shopkeeper said with a smile: "You can exchange it for money when you go to the opposite side. This is a very convenient way to redeem tickets. Nowadays, many merchants like to use this to exchange tickets."

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and said: "Shopkeeper, aren't you afraid of encountering fake exchanges? This amount of money is not a small amount!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Looking at your clothes and manners, you must be a noble person here. In fact, we are also afraid of fake ones, so we usually only accept the tickets after verifying the authenticity!"

Li Ye nodded. There is really no way to prevent counterfeiting of banknotes. We can only use stubs, stamps, and encrypted characters to identify authenticity.

In fact, we are still constrained by where the exchange tickets were issued and where they can be exchanged directly. If the exchange tickets issued elsewhere are exchanged in Bianjing, they cannot be exchanged directly. You need to go to the place where the invoices are issued. Transfer the stub, and you can redeem it only if you have the stub.

Therefore, these exchange notes are generally used by merchants, and their face values ​​are relatively large. Another purpose is to pay officials' salaries, so in Chang'an and Bianjing, exchange notes are still widely used.

In fact, the issuance of royal ticket redemption tickets was anchored by copper coins.

But the Tang Dynasty only had so many copper coins, and His Majesty the Emperor was also worried.

Should silver coins be issued?And what about gold coins?
This matter cannot be rushed, it must be put on the agenda and pondered over.

"Selling charcoal! Selling charcoal! Good charcoal. A cart only costs [-] yuan. Good charcoal!"

"Your Majesty, this poor man is burning firewood, which is very smoky. Rich people use charcoal. They can only use charcoal for braziers and other things!"

"Isn't there also coal? Why don't many people buy it? It looks cheap, only two hundred cents per car!"

Zhang Chengye smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although charcoal is resistant to burning, it is mostly used for cooking. This charcoal has a strange smell after it is burned. If you smell it too much, you will be poisonous. Even the poor don't care about using it. .”

Li Ye nodded. That's because there is sulfur in the charcoal. There is no sulfur removal technology in this era, but it can be made into briquettes and placed in a well-ventilated place. You must know that there are no less than 60 million soldiers and civilians in Bianjing, and they are burned every year. How much firewood was dropped.

Using charcoal can also increase your financial resources!
There are many coal mines in Xuzhou, Shandong, and also in Hedong. The largest coal mine is on the Mobei grassland. This is also the motivation for exploring Mobei!

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a commotion coming from the front, and many people were watching in front.

"What happened? Go and have a look!" Li Jun whispered: "Your Majesty, please send someone to have a look! There are too many people in front!"

After a while, the person who came to inquire said: "Your Majesty, the patrol in Dongshi City caught two people who secretly sold red sturgeons, and the government officials took these two people into the city government office!"

"Mr. Red Sturgeon? What is this?"

Shi Pu said: "Your Majesty, the red sturgeon is a carp!"

Only then did Li Ye understand and said with a smile: "What kind of crime will this person be punished for selling Red Sturgeon privately!"

"Your Majesty, the first time you sell it, you will get sixty sticks, and the second time, you will get a hundred sticks. If you travel a thousand miles, you will be fined a thousand gold!"

"It's so heavy! How can a person survive after sixty poles are pushed down? No wonder when I was crossing the Yellow River, the boatman dropped the pole with one stroke, and the carp jumped first. The largest one seemed to weigh more than ten or twenty kilograms. At that time, Mr. Jing said it was a good omen! "

This is such a flood!

Li Ye handed the fish bag to Li Yun and said, "Send someone to talk to the guards in Dongshi and let them both go!"

"promise!"

Li Ye then said to Zhang Chengye: "Mr. Zhang, go back and talk to the other princes, and issue an edict to all provinces, prefectures, and counties. From today on, the carp ban will be abolished!"

"promise!"

Li Ye turned to Li Yun and said, "Send someone to the river to see if there are any fishermen. Go catch some carp. I will take the lead in eating them for you to see!"

"promise!"

Li Ye then said to the ministers: "I think the taboos between monarchs and respecting relatives are all nonsense. Loyalty and filial piety are not in the heart of these rules. Before Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, everyone praised him as a moral gentleman. Before Yang Guang killed his father, who had It can be said that he did not avoid taboos! So, whether he avoids taboos or not has nothing to do with loyalty and filial piety! What do you think?"

"This……"

"Your Majesty, if you do this, you may lose your majesty as king and father!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Pedant, I only want the peace of the Tang Dynasty and the peace of the people, the bullshit majesty, and still be able to eat!"

"Ha ha!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

As he was talking, he heard someone shouting: "Come and see, come and see, for only three cents, you can see the strange beasts from the three seas, the aliens without eyes, the head and the buttocks." Monsters connected together!”

"Husband, let's go take a look too!"

It's rare that Chen Zhaorong is interested.

Li Ye said to the ministers: "Go and have a look, the strange beasts from the three seas have come out!"

Dozens of tents were set up in the open space north of Dongshi, with signs written in front of each tent.

There are bears, aliens, two-headed monsters, spider-men...

"Have you met?"

All the ministers and workers shook their heads, but Li Ye had some premonitions.

When I opened the first tent and walked in, I saw a furry monster in a bamboo cage inside. Its face looked like a human.

Chen Zhaorong smiled and said: "There really are bears in the world!"

"It's weird, I don't know where I caught it from! Except for the hair, it looks just like a human!"

"Husband!" Chen Zhaorong suddenly saw that His Majesty the Emperor's face was as cold as ice.

Li Ye came out of the tent, took a long breath, and said to Duan Kun beside him: "Check, check to the end, all the states in the Tang Dynasty will also check. These people still have their comrades and family members. No one will be left alive. I will kill them all." Execute!"

"promise!"

"His Majesty!"

Li Ye waved his hand and said: "Go back to the palace!"

None of the officials knew why the emperor was so angry, and Concubine Chen was so frightened that her face turned pale.

"It's none of your business. I didn't expect to encounter such a shameful thing!"

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

(End of this chapter)