Chapter 524: Sun Neng’s Progress

Sun Neng quickly bowed and agreed, his heart full of gratitude.

During this time, Sima Guang also adapted to eating with this group of people. The older a person is, the more he likes the younger ones.

Except for Shen Kuo, there are a group of energetic young people around. To use Lao Su's evaluation of his family, it is called "very wild in appearance", but because of this, it can be seen that these children are sincere to the old man.

Respect.

Shi Wei taught Sima Guang to wash his hands with tea water, then peeled the shrimps for him personally, picked out the lower threads, and put them into the dipping saucer in front of him.

Sima Guang put the shrimp into his mouth: "Yes, I have eaten a lot of boiled river shrimp, all with mustard and salt. Now this seasoning is really delicious. Wei'er, you can eat it. I can just peel the shrimp myself."

Su You chose a piece of steamed pigeon fish for him: "How about trying the pigeon fish that Lao Du recommends?"

Sima Guang took a bite and said: "Zhang Jiying missed the sea bass and water shield in his hometown because of the moving autumn wind, so he returned it with a seal. Now it seems that it is really worth it."

Su You said: "Lu Ji went to Wang Wuzi. Wuzi put a few hugs of dendrobium cheese in front of him, pointed to Lu and said: 'How can Qing Jiangdong resist this?' Lu Yun said: 'There are thousands of miles of water shield soup, but there is no salt and black beans!'

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"There are so many kinds of fresh food in the river, how can it be compared with just sheep cheese? Yes, yes, the pigeon fish meat is fresh and sweet, without any muddy or fishy smell. Lao Du did not lie to us."

Shen Kuo is now the collaborator of Zhaowen Hall, which is a seventh-grade job. He is a scumbag little Beijing official, and he is basically still at the starting price of Su You after the imperial examination was over.

This is also the difference between the first list and the rest, so Shen Kuo has been working hard to earn performance during this period.

He was able to pick up instruments, science and engineering measurements very quickly, which had a lot to do with the fact that he had nothing to do with studying astronomical instruments in Si Tianjian.

Just listen to Shen Kuo say: "The dishes on the Zhijian's table must be served in the Sanhua Building in Bianjing City. It's a good deal to follow us out this time. It's more cost-effective than Zhang Jiying for the official."

Sima Guang stopped the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Cunzhong is right, Mingrun, I have been eating too extravagantly on this journey."

"Ah?" Su You looked confused: "Bachelor, I am very simple."

After Sima Guang finished speaking, he just put a shrimp into his mouth. Hearing this, he couldn't hold it in anymore. He quickly turned his head and with a "pop" sound, the shrimp meat was completely sprayed from his mouth into the lake.

It was so disrespectful that the old man's face turned red with anger: "Come on, come on, explain it to me clearly. How can such exquisite utensils and such exquisite food have anything to do with simplicity?"

Su You said: "Bachelor, the truth is very simple."

"The set of Yingqing tableware on the table and the thin plum green bowls in everyone's hands are sold at high prices in Bianjing City. The Xixia people can exchange them for fifty good horses. They are indeed very expensive."

"But to me, this is a kind of fine clay that was unearthed in Meishan. In order to make it harder to bake, I improved the stove and raised the furnace temperature. Then I found a way to prepare a more delicate glaze and invented

It’s just what you get in the end if you use the method of spraying glaze.”

"This copper pot for holding fried fish was mined in cooperation with Dali. Then I made it into brass in Sizhou according to the researched formula. After discovering the properties of water glass that can be used for precision molding, it was cast in a mold."

"The reason why the food is delicious is the condiments. These condiments such as soy sauce, soy sauce, marinated medicine packets, mustard and sauerkraut are all developed by me."

"Before eating shrimp, wash your hands with citron tea. It seems very luxurious, but this tea is collected from the mountains behind your home and obtained by frying green leaves at home."

"Citron is a sapling that I begged from Dali's Sinong Temple when I was nine years old. Now it has developed into a forest in Kerong through the cutting method. I just pick the green fruits and slice them and dry them every year."

"There is also the Yongchun Laolu they drank in Cunzhong, which I made back then and have stored in my cellar to this day."

"The glass they use is also the recipe I came up with."

"Other than these, what else is there on this table? How much can it cost?"

"If you have to buy all these things at Wanhuojie and collect them together, then the consumption will indeed be a luxury."

"But I made all of this myself. I didn't spend any money to buy it. If you look among the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, are there any simple people like me who have to make every meal themselves?"

Everyone looks at me and I look at you, damn, what this kid said is true.

Su You said: "What is simplicity? It means having the ability and opportunity to live a life that exceeds your current living standard, but still maintaining the current frugal state. This is called simplicity."

"I have never been good at gold and silver in my life. The furnishings at home are all produced in Meishan, and there are no gold, silver, and jades. The valuable calamus is picked up from the ditch and planted, and there are goldfish that I and my little sister raised when they were young.

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"On weekdays, a piece of bamboo root, a wood knob, a strange rock, and a few dead lotus pods can all be processed and crafted into an elegant design. They all cost nothing."

"The clothes Weir and I wear are all made by the Su family. Look at the hairpin on Weier's head. It's actually made of copper, and I plated it with gold myself."

"There are no servants in the house so far, and Wei'er and I live a very simple life, so you can't just look at things at face value. I am really very simple."

"I just try my best and use my own skills to make my simple life more refined."

Now it was Sima Guang's turn to be speechless and looked at the people around him: "Do you agree with Mingrun's statement?"

The few little ones nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

Sima Guang laughed loudly: "You can make food and clothing with your own hands. It's amazing in the world. I have forgotten the ambition that Mingrun set when he was six years old. Today, he is already extraordinary."

"To put it this way, Mingrun is really simple, and what we call simplicity is actually poverty, right? Hahahaha..."

It was a rare occasion for the old man to be humorous. No one dared to support him, and everyone laughed with their chopsticks.

Only then did Sima Guang react. He picked up a chopstick for each dish and said, "Eat, everyone, eat quickly."

In addition to the boiled shrimp and steamed pigeon fish, the main dish of braised carp was delicious. After eating, Zhong Yi also used a large bowl to beat rice, and mixed a large bowl each with the juice from the braised fish for himself and Sun Neng.

Sima Guang took several literati to the tea table at the stern of the boat to enjoy the beautiful sunset over the lake.

Su You looked at the four hundred miles of water and sighed: "How could a land of plenty and plenty be reduced to a den of thieves?"

Sima Guang didn't understand: "Is Mingrun sighing because of the fishing village just now? I worked as a general judge in Yuncheng nearby. Compared with many years ago, the water here is getting bigger and bigger, and the fish are getting fatter.

There is still no change, and it is still so difficult to make a living."

"So for a small foreigner village like that, you have to raise your hand and let it go, just let it go."

"If we really follow Jiefu's method, the state's use will be transferred to the old men and children who have just sold fish... The people will not be enriched but the state's use will be sufficient, hahaha, he should really be allowed to come to Hebei to have a look.

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However, Su You thought of Shi Naian's "Water Margin" and nodded: "Bachelor, have you ever thought that the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty are actually the wide gap between the rich and the poor? It is caused by the excessive number of poor people?"

"Redundant officials, redundant government, and redundant troops are certainly chronic diseases of the Song Dynasty. But in addition to the three redundancies, there is actually another redundant poverty!"

"There were no tiles in the house but a cone was inserted in the afternoon. There were many such people in the Song Dynasty. They were actually able to work and became the source of taxes in the Song Dynasty. However, various reasons forced them to become refugees and live in seclusion."

"A big source of redundant troops is these people. During the years of famine, the imperial court called the strong ones into the army to manage them to prevent chaos. But what happens after the famine is over? Shouldn't these people go back to production?

?Why is there no exit mechanism?”
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