Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 233 Shanyang's Eating, Drinking and Playing (Monthly Ticket Plus Changes)

Sun Xiangfu feels that family and country are not separated in the management of Shanyang, and even the entire Anbei Protectorate. However, Li Shimin likes his management method very much. , then the whole Tang Dynasty can be easily managed, but human nature is not like this. Not everyone has such an open-minded disposition like Sun Xiangfu. Usually, when they regard their home as the country, they like to regard the country as their own home, not everyone's. Home.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu was the only one who could manage the Anbei Protectorate Mansion in such a laissez-faire manner. If it was someone else, over time, they would definitely have different ideas. The reason why the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline was because the power of local officials was not well controlled.

These are the things that Li Shimin and the ministers who formulate the policies of the central government need to worry about. Today, he no longer needs to deliberately make gestures to others in order to protect Sun Xiangfu. Sun Xiangfu has proved to him that he can protect himself. And in front of the bloody mouths of those predators from aristocratic families, he played very well.And what Sun Xiangfu is currently worried about is Shanyang's eating, drinking and having fun.

But don't regard the 'eating, drinking, and playing' industry as a way for Sun Xiangfu to make money. If he wants to make money, Sun Xiangfu only needs to keep his planting technology secret, buy land and farm with peace of mind, and he can earn money that he will never spend.

'Eat, drink, and be merry', looking deeper, it is also a political issue.

Sun Xiangfu wants to promote entertainment projects in Shanyang in order to corrupt the surrounding strong neighbors.

"Patriarch, in Shanyang City, we have as many as a hundred restaurants and restaurants operated by ourselves and other major families. There are all kinds of consumption levels. There are also cuisines from Guanzhong, Luoyang, Huainan, Shuzhong, and even Lingnan. , as well as the special flavor of our northern land. Keeping merchants who come from south to north, eating this piece can be satisfied."

"Well, in terms of dishes and food, it is not difficult for us to be top-notch with the technical support of several major branches of Wangjiang Tower. The next research and development direction is to develop more foods that are easy to store and transport, just like salted fish bean paste Similarly, it can be preserved for about a year, and it will definitely sell well in Shanyang, because the tribes on the grassland need to eat food with salt content, or use it for seasoning. During this time, I have learned about the living habits of various tribes in the grassland. The variety of food he eats is not rich enough, it should be said that it is too rare. There are dozens of kinds of fruits in our Central Plains, but it is difficult to find them on the grasslands. They also have a great demand for this kind of food..."

Sun Xiangfu asked his subordinates to work hard on eating, naturally hoping that the passing merchants or neighbors would not be able to eat anymore and wanted to go around.What he is best at is farming. If the things he grows are not needed, then his value will become lower. In his opinion, it is very important to develop the output of agricultural products. Both fell precipitously, and low grain prices hurt farmers. This will have an impact on what Sun Xiangfu wants to do to comprehensively improve the quality of life of the people in Datang.

However, when the population is small and the land is large, and the output is increased, the food is bound to be too much to eat, so it is necessary to switch to other economic crops. Fruits are also high-yield economic crops. People will pursue fresh taste, so it is necessary to change some grain fields into fruit fields.

Of course, when the output is high, the prices of all crops will fall. The price of spices will drop precipitously this year. Wang Xu's spice fields will start to be harvested soon. For this reason, Wang Rui, the owner of the Wang family, came to Shanxi. In Yangcheng, here is the mansion Wang Xu built for himself, and the super large warehouse has been built.To put it bluntly, the reason why Shanyang City was built to such a degree in half a year was that apart from the [-] households from Shuozhou and the [-] households who moved from Li Shimin, the people from Wang Xuqian The [-] households also played a big role.

Why did Sun Xiangfu set a limit of [-] acres for each young and strong man in the first place? It was not because cumin was really difficult to take care of. The force is very strong.

This restriction was set for him because Sun Xiangfu wanted the people he brought over to have more time to complete the basic construction. The fortress they lived in had already been built last winter. After the spice fields were planted in the spring, Of course, the stewards under Wang Xu will not let them all be idle, especially when the construction sites in Shanyang City are recruiting workers, and labor is money.

Therefore, it is the result of the joint efforts of more than 7 households and more than [-] young adults that Shanyang City can complete the infrastructure construction of nearly half of the area in half a year. As for the follow-up, it may take one or two years to fully Complete.

Spices are very important to nomadic peoples who mainly eat meat, but the living standards of these grazing tribes outside the customs cannot even catch up with the people of Tang Dynasty. How can they eat spices?Except for a small part of it that can be exported, most of it needs to be digested by the people of Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Wang Xu had planned to lower the price early in the morning. As for what kind of price the market would accept him, Sun Xiangfu didn't think about it. He was only responsible for collecting the money from the few spice shops that Wang Xu opened in Shanyang City. Taxes and rent are fine.

Large-scale agricultural planting must be planned. The area of ​​Anbei Protectorate Mansion is large enough, but there are not many people who need to support it. The total population is less than 30. The most vibrant place in him is that here There is no idler. Children in Shanyang City can easily send messages by running errands, selling hot tea on the construction site, eating food, and earning some pocket money, let alone adults.

In the future, it is certain that this place will become prosperous, and the only thing that can affect its prosperity is war. Then Sun Xiangfu will reduce the hidden danger of war here by 'eating, drinking and having fun'.

Eating well will make a person unconsciously want to stay in one place. There is some truth in the saying 'to grab a man's heart, you must first grab his stomach'.

As for drinking, it is even more remarkable.

The weather in the north is cold, and spirits are a good thing for everyone. Of course, this is just one of the drinks. The fried tea craft, the food research team of Wangjiang Tower, has long since Sun Xiangfu put forward a simple idea. After research, if the thing that makes tea is milk, then the prairie people have almost no resistance to it.

Dongzhu and the people she brought here are examples. After entering the Sun Mansion, they wished to drink this drink to their fullest, because Shanyang has millions of acres of flower fields, which are rich in honey, and Sun Mansion is the home of the largest owner of Shanyang. There is a lot of honey in the house. This kind of hot milk tea with honey is something that young people love very much even in later generations. What's more, since it flowed out of Sun Mansion, foreign businessmen who have entered Shanyang are basically Can not resist its temptation.

Liquor and tea are commodities that nomads have a relatively large rigid demand for, except for salt and iron grains. These things are available in a good way, and it is difficult to go from frugal to extravagant, and it is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal!When the people on the prairie get used to drinking these things, they can no longer live without Shanyang.

The best way to corrupt a person is to play.

The phrase "playing things and losing one's ambition" is very reasonable. Apart from the flower houses along the banks of the Sanggan River, Shanyang City also has many interesting places, such as the racetrack that is definitely suitable for nomads. , for the first round of large-scale horse racing. It is said that even Wang Xu himself has to participate in it in person.

The racecourse accepts any rider to participate in the competition, and there is a heavy reward for the rider who wins each round. This is not a big deal. The key is that the racecourse will also sell something called a lottery.

When it comes to this lottery, it is very powerful. There are many ways to play it. If you guess the champion position for more than two consecutive games according to the number of the horse, then you will win the lottery. For example, a lottery ticket costs two cents. If the horse you bought won the championship in two consecutive races, then it can go to the counter to exchange for four pennies. If it wins three races in a row, the prize money will be doubled to eight pennies. By analogy, a lottery ticket can be Fill in the order of champions in the [-] games. According to people who are good at arithmetic, if you win all [-] games, you can get a million dollars.

This is more than that, if you can buy No.2 of the [-] lottery games together, this lottery ticket can be redeemed at the counter to withdraw tens of millions of dollars. If you win, the amount of the bonus will be doubled again to reach [-].

Don’t think that you can make money easily by buying this lottery ticket, because as long as you fail to buy the top three in the first game, the entire lottery ticket will be scrapped and you have to buy it again for the second game. Horses are all random. Horses are not animals like humans and cannot be controlled. Although people like Sun Xiangfu can control a certain ranking order, it is not absolute.

In later generations, old horses in regular races often fell down as soon as they came out of the stalls. Horses that had never won a ranking were frightened by the shouts of the audience. , who can guarantee that there will be no accidents in [-] games!Besides, the racecourse is owned by Sun Xiangfu, he has nothing to do to control it after eating, and how do you control it in the era when there is no computer to calculate and purchase data?You don't even know in which order those horses run and you can make money.

Therefore, this is a real entertainment betting project. In addition to the betting money, riders or off-site personnel can also privately agree to bet against each other on a single race, which is out of Sun Xiangfu's control.

His purpose of making this thing is to gather the best horses and riders on the grassland to Shanyang. Moreover, this activity will naturally attract nomads to watch the fun.

Similar projects, as Sun Xiangfu has more free time, more and more will be developed, all of which belong to the category of playing.As for music, there are many.

Theatrical theaters that sell seats and tickets often have plays, in addition to some musical instrument concerts and the like.

In Shanyang City, there are also teahouses specializing in selling all kinds of tea. There, there will be storytellers who specialize in telling stories to attract tea customers. There are even some restaurants. Sun Xiangfu thoughtfully provided bilingual services. The people were all trained by Yu Xiu'er from some eloquent tenants in Shiyi in the past six months. The purpose was not only to entertain everyone, but also to promote the culture of the Central Plains.

For example, once the ten ancient myths and stories are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, these simple-minded people on the grasslands will think that they are of the same origin as the Han people, thus creating a sense of identity.

Of course, this is the simplest story. As time goes by, Sun Xiangfu and his wife will write more stories to tell everyone, so that everyone can know how wonderful people will be if they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and the world will be united. life, and when they hear more, they will yearn for it more and more.

The reason why Li Shimin was able to integrate and absorb the cultures of so many nationalities and create a prosperous age is because he really has a mind to tolerate the world. As long as the political direction of this kind of tolerance and absorption does not change, Datang will never decline, Sun What Xiangfu has to do is to help Li Shimin walk more smoothly on this road of tolerance and absorption. When all ethnic groups are absorbed in, the world will naturally be unified spiritually.

Of course, how to prevent his descendants from having bags in their heads and destroying this political direction, and how to prevent the Han Chinese from being proud and complacent after they have become prosperous and prosperous, and starting to discriminate against other ethnic groups, this needs to be solved at the level of spiritual education, and it cannot be solved by one generation or two. did it.

It is necessary to realize the problem early, fight for the problem, and formulate national policies, and these can only be discussed with Li Shimin after Sun Xiangfu has achieved a staged victory.

For now, it is Sun Xiangfu's top priority to sell the land outside the pass, guide everyone to develop and cultivate it, and develop Shanyang into an economic and trade center in the Northland.

　I will really fulfill my promise. Thank you to all those who voted. Next month, we will strive to climb the peak again. I wish you all good luck in the new month, and everything goes well before and after the festival!
　　
　
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