The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 163
Zhao Xu was thinking about how to take this opportunity to see what this legendary poem would be like when little Gao Qiong came in bouncing around.

This took Gao Huaide aback, because Gao Qiong actually held Gao Guiying's hand now, scaring Gao Huaide to death.

"Qioner, how can you mess around like this, let go of your sister's hand, what if you make your sister tired?"

Gao Guiying is pregnant now, if she gives birth to a boy, he will be the future heir to the crown prince, and may even become the emperor, can Gao Huaide not be worried?

"Daddy's fine, I want to do some exercise too, so I asked Qiong'er to take me around." Gao Guiying quickly excused her younger brother.

"Gui Ying, I'm not saying that you should pay attention now, you should not be as reckless as before when you are pregnant with a child."

Gao Huaide asked again for a while, but he didn't feel that it was long-winded, on the contrary, he felt deep concern.

At this time, Gao Qiong noticed that Zhao Xu was holding an invitation in his hand, and snatched it in a hurry.

He looked at it seriously, he still knew how to read, and soon understood what was written on it.

"Daddy, look, this is an invitation card from Prime Minister Fan to hold a poetry meeting. You are invited to go. Just take it with you and take me there."

After Gao Qiong got acquainted with Gao Huaide, she gradually returned to her boyish habits, she even acted like a baby when something happened, is she a child after all?
"Looking at you like that, it's not shameful enough to take you there. What would Shi ask you to do? Don't just go out and embarrass me."

Although Gao Huaide dotes on his child very much, he will not spoil him and let him do everything.

Gao Huaide reprimanded this son severely, of course he likes his own son, maybe it is because of this that he is more severe to him.

My son is very smart, but motivated, let him study, he just went to practice martial arts.

When you teach him martial arts, he wants to go to school again, which makes Gao Huaide a headache, so this son has nothing to do.

Although he was reprimanded by his father, the boy did not give up. He knew that his father still loved him, so he finally resorted to the trick of pestering others.

In the end, Lao Gao was defeated:

"Okay, my little devil, let you go, stop shaking, daddy is about to be shaken to pieces by you, daddy, I won't go there, so how do you go?"

Gao Qiong was dumbfounded when she heard what her father said. After a long time of emotional turmoil, her father didn't want to go. How much affection was wasted now.

She lowered her head like a beaten eggplant, obviously very disappointed, at this moment Gao Guiying waved her hand and let Gao Qiong go to her side.

Today, Gao Guiying is wearing a light green dress, revealing his beautiful figure.A suitable jacket on the upper body, with blue peonies on the cuffs.

As the long skirt spreads out as she walks, her gestures are as graceful as a willow blowing in the wind, and her beautiful face is fascinating. Although she is pregnant, it does not affect her beauty.

"Daddy, why don't you go?" Zhao Xu's voice was like the sound of heaven, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

Although it's been a long time since I've been married to Gao Guiying, but every time I'm alone together, it's still like seeing each other for the first time.

"Prime Minister Fan Zhi is going to hold a poetry meeting and invited me to it. You also know your father and I are at a good level, so we have been absent many times."

Gao Huaide said slowly, indeed, he only knows how to lead soldiers to fight, how can he be so profound in poetry and poetry?
Maybe you can't use the word "achievement" at all, and it's more likely that you can just remember the credits.

When Zhao Xu heard that the opportunity had come, Gao Huaide didn't want to go, but he could go with the invitation. Besides, he took little Gao Qiong, so Gao Huaide went, right?

It is estimated that Fan Zhi is also polite, and both parties know what is going on, so it will be the same for anyone who goes.

"It's not good. Since you're invited, it won't look good if you don't go. How about you give me the invitation and I'll go for you, and bring Qiong'er with you, so that he can go to see the world."

Zhao Xu finally expressed his inner thoughts. Since he spoke, Gao Huaide naturally had no reason to disagree, so he agreed wholeheartedly.

"Look at Xiaoqiong, don't let him do anything too much, after all, there are all famous people there. It's easy to say that my Gao family doesn't have a tutor."

As he said that, he gave Gao Qiong a hard look, Gao Qiong could only stick out his tongue mischievously.

"Also, the prince has brought more guards when he goes out recently. I have seen a lot of unfamiliar faces on the street recently. Although I may be suspicious, are you prepared?"

Zhao Xu didn't say anything, or he didn't care at all. He was not weak, and besides, there were not many people who dared to attack him in Bianjing.

It didn't take long for Zhao Xu and Gao Guiying to leave here and go back to the palace, but Gao Qiong insisted on going back, so Gao Huaide had no choice but to agree.

Zhao Xu got up early the next day. The poetry meeting only started in the morning, so he planned to go shopping early because there was no morning morning today.

Because some officials in the Song Dynasty had ten-day holidays, and today happened to be a holiday. Your officials have holidays, and the emperor also has them, so Zhao Kuangyin will also have a rare rest today.

After saying hello to Gao Guiying and Fu Xuetong, they took Gao Qiong and Wang Linger out.It's a bit strange to bring Gao Qiong and Wang Ling'er.

What's so strange about this is that you don't have to bring a maid with you to write a poem, but Zhao Xu doesn't like to take a maid with you, so you can just bring your own wife.

The place they are going to now is Taoxianglou, because they haven't eaten yet, let's talk about their own property, and save money by themselves.

In fact, the more important thing is that the food there is delicious. Now Taoxianglou has developed very comprehensively, and it will be available earlier.

There are quite a few people who come here every morning, and many high-ranking officials have meals here, so there are levels.

When Zhao Xu arrived, the shopkeeper came out to entertain him directly. This old housekeeper of the Zhao family is now the boss.

But he still didn't dare to show off in front of his master, and the attentive servant next to him was his youngest son.

The last time Zhao Xu promised him to let his youngest son come over to help, the old man was very happy, and he would definitely not suffer from following the old master.

As he said that, he was about to lead Zhao Xu and the three of them to the third floor, which shocked the people on the first floor.

Because this Taoxiang Building is also very famous in Bianjing City, it is rumored that it was opened by the royal family, and the boss behind the scenes is the current prince.

So no one dares to seek trouble here. If you seek trouble here, you are looking for death. Everyone understands the rules here.

The first floor is for ordinary people who can come, but the second floor is restricted, either high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen.

The third floor is even worse. Only first-rank officials or titles are eligible to go up, or you can spend a lot of money.

You must know that there is no one thousand 800 taels of silver for a meal on the third floor. Generally, only wealthy businessmen can go there if they show off their wealth.Officials seldom go there.

In the Song Dynasty, the officials were quite generous, and the official salary was one of the best in all feudal dynasties in China, to be exact, it was the most.

Officials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the poorest, and their salary was barely enough to survive, so many people had no choice but to avoid corruption.

In contrast, officials living in the Song Dynasty were very happy. According to later generations, the prime minister's salary in the Song Dynasty was almost five times that of the Ming Dynasty.This is a bit similar to high salary and low salary.

Zhao Xu didn't know if that was the case. The only thing he could know for sure now was the situation of the official salary in the Song Dynasty.

The prime minister and the privy envoy are high-ranking officials with a monthly salary of three hundred guan, twenty silk for spring and winter clothes, thirty pieces of silk, one hundred taels of cotton, and one hundred liang of millet for one month.

For local state and county officials, the county magistrate of a large county has 120 guan per month, the county magistrate of a small county has [-] guan per month, and Lusu months five to three stones.

These are regular salaries, that is, regular wages, basic wages, and various subsidies, that is, benefits.

Such as tea, wine, cooking materials, salaries, wormwood, charcoal, salt and other things, as well as fodder for horses, clothing, food, and food expenses for accompanying servants, etc., the amount is quite considerable, and this is not a small expenditure.

It’s a lot to add one piece to each other, so it’s uncomfortable to see, so let’s replace these with a year’s salary. Generally speaking, their annual salary is like this.

The first grade is about 1000 taels, the first grade is 900 taels, the second grade is 800 taels, and the second grade is 650 taels.

500 taels for the third grade, 400 taels for the third grade, 300 taels for the fourth grade, 260 taels for the fourth grade.

The fifth-rank is 220 taels, from the fifth-rank 190 taels, the seventh-rank sesame official we are talking about is only 120 taels.

The salary in the Song Dynasty is the highest in all dynasties, but it is such a generous salary that only the first-rank officials can eat two meals on the third floor here.

Unless you are corrupt, you really can't afford this meal. If you don't have anything to eat, you won't be able to live for half a year. Who would be willing?
Zhao Xu was about to take Ling'er and Gao Qiong upstairs when someone started to find fault here and was busy making Zhao Xu very curious and wanted to have a play.

Zhao Xu and the others wanted to go up to the third floor, which made people very envious. The envy was more of jealousy, because they were jealous of why they didn't have the strength to go up to the third floor.

Jealousy will trigger many reactions, that is, someone is dissatisfied, wants to have fun, and wants to humiliate Zhao Xu. 'Because he thought Zhao Xu would never be a high-ranking official at such a young age.

There is only one explanation and that is a businessman, otherwise he would not be able to go up to the third floor, and a man who looked like a nobleman stood up.

I saw that he was dressed gorgeously, with a fat head and big ears. He looked like a son of an official. He was indeed the son of Shi Shouxin.

The few people sitting next to him are the children of the founding heroes, and they can only sit on the first floor, because their father can't give them so much money for them to mess around.

"Hehe, where did these guys come from? They have such cruel faces. They can't be shaggy hats from somewhere. Do you know the rules of this Taoxiang building? It's really hard to live or die if you dare to go to the third floor."

The son with the fat head and big ears said, it is really fat to be able to use the fat head and big ears!

(End of this chapter)