Chapter 524: Sun Neng's Progress

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

Sima Guang also adapted to eating with this group of people during this time, and the older they are, the more they like the smaller ones.

Except for one Shen Kuo around, they are all a group of energetic young people, using Lao Su's evaluation of his family, it is called "Etiquette is very wild", but because of this, it can be seen that these children have sincere respect for the old man.

Shi Wei taught Sima Guang to wash his hands with tea water, and then peeled the shrimp for him personally, picked off the lower line, and put it in a dipping dish in front of him.

Sima Guang put the shrimp in his mouth: "Yes, I've eaten a lot of boiled river shrimp, all of them are mustard and salt, and now this seasoning is really delicious, Wei'er, you eat, I'll peel the shrimp myself." ”

Su You picked out a piece of steamed pigeon fish for him: "How about trying the pigeon fish recommended by Lao Du." ”

Sima Guang tasted it: "Zhang Jiying is dynamistic because of the autumn wind, misses his hometown sea bass and lettuce, and returns it with a seal." Now it seems that it is really worth it. ”

Su You said: "Lu Ji is the king of Wuzi, Wuzi is in front of the number of sheep cheese, pointing to show Lu said: 'Why is Qing Jiangdong the enemy here? Lu Yun: "There are thousands of miles of soup, but there is no salt and soybean!" ’”

"There are all kinds of freshness in this river, and it can be compared with a taste of sheep cheese. Yes, yes, this pigeon fish is fresh and sweet, there is no muddy smell, Lao Du did not lie to us. ”

Shen Kuo is now the Zhaowen Pavilion Proofreading, this is a seven-grade ministry, a small Beijing official who can no longer be scum, and it is basically still at the starting price after the end of the imperial examination in Suyou.

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

For instrumentation and science and engineering measurements, he is very quick to get started, which also has a lot to do with the fact that he has nothing to do with studying astronomical instruments in Si Tianjian.

I heard Shen Kuo say: "The dish on the table of the governor should be in the Sanhua Building in Bianjing City, but it has to be discussed." This trip came out, and the lower official was more cost-effective than Zhang Jiying. ”

Sima Guang stopped the chopsticks in his hand: "Cunzhong makes sense, Mingrun, along the way, the diet is too luxurious." ”

"Huh?" Su You looked confused: "Bachelor, I'm very simple. ”

After Sima Guang finished speaking, he just put a shrimp in his mouth, and when he heard the words, he couldn't hold it back for a while, so he quickly turned his head, and with a "poof", the shrimp meat squirted completely from his mouth into the lake.

It was too unruly, and the old man was so angry that his face was flushed: "Come on, come on, you make it clear to the old man, how can such exquisite utensils and such a refined diet have anything to do with simplicity?" ”

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

"This set of Yingqing tableware on the table, the plum green bowl in everyone's hands, the price is consistent in Bianjing City, and the Xixia people can exchange it for fifty good horses, which is indeed very expensive."

"But for me, this is a kind of fine mud excavated in Meishan back then, and then in order to make it fired densely, the stove was improved, the furnace temperature was increased, and then a more delicate glaze was concocted, and the method of spraying glaze was invented, and finally it was obtained."

"This copper pot for fried fish was mined in cooperation with Dali, and then made into brass according to the formula researched in Weizhou, and after discovering the characteristics of water glass that can be precision casting, it was cast by opening the mold."

"The reason why the food is delicious is due to the seasonings, and these condiments such as soy sauce, soy sauce, marinade medicine packets, mustard, and sauerkraut are all developed by myself."

"Before eating shrimp, wash your hands with citron tea, which looks very luxurious, but this tea is obtained by picking the middle and back mountains of your own house and using the method of frying green at home."

"The citron is still a sapling that I asked for from Sinong Temple in Dali when I was nine years old. Nowadays, through cuttings, it has developed into a forest in Kelongli, and the green fruits can be sliced and dried every year. ”

"There is also the Yongchun old dew they drank in the store, which I made back then and has been stored in the cellar until now."

"The glass they use is also the recipe I made."

"What else is there at this table? How much can it cost? ”

"If all this has to be bought and collected at the Ten Thousand Goods Market, it is indeed a luxury."

"But I made all this myself, I didn't spend money to buy it, I looked for it in the Song Shi doctor, but is there a simple person like me, who has to cook a rice bowl by himself?"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, damn, what this baby said is still true.

Su You said: "What do you mean by simplicity? It is the ability to have the opportunity to live a life that exceeds one's current standard of living, but still remains in the current state of saving, which is called simplicity. ”

"I am not good at gold and silver in my life, and the furnishings at home are all produced in Meishan, and there is no gold, silver and jade. The valuable stone iris was picked up and planted in the ditch, and the goldfish, which were eliminated since childhood with Xiaomei. ”

"On weekdays, a piece of bamboo root, a wood tumor, a strange stone, a few withered lotus canopies, processed and created, is elegant, all of which cost nothing."

"My clothes and Wei'er's clothes are all products woven by the Su family, you can see that the hairpin on Wei'er's head is actually copper, or I plated it with my own hands."

"There are no servants in the family so far, and my life with Wei'er is very simple, so I can't just look at the surface when I see things, I'm really very simple."

"I'm just doing my best and using my own skills to make my simple life more refined."

This time it was Sima Guang's turn to have nothing to say, and looked at the circle of people around him: "Do you agree with Mingrun's statement?" ”

A few small ones nodded like chickens pecking rice.

Sima Guang laughed: "With food and clothing, I have forgotten the ambition that Mingrun set at the age of six, and today it is already extraordinary." ”

"Speaking of which, Mingrun is really simple, and our so-called simplicity is actually - poor, right? Hahahaha......"

The old man had a rare humor, and no one dared to cheer on the stage, and they all laughed with chopsticks.

Sima Guang reacted at this time, and sandwiched a chopstick between each dish: "Eat, everyone hurry up and eat." ”

In addition to the boiled shrimp and steamed pigeon fish, the main dish of braised carp is delicious, and after eating, Chongyi also beat the rice in a large bowl and mixed a large bowl with the juice of the roasted fish for himself and Sun Neng.

Sima Guang took a few literati to the aft tea table to enjoy the beautiful sunset lake.

Su You looked at the four hundred miles of water and sighed: "The land of fish and rice, why did you become a thief?" ”

Sima Guang didn't understand: "Mingrun is because of the emotion from the fishing village just now?" Compared with many years ago, there is still no change here except that the water is getting bigger and bigger, and the fish are getting fatter and fatter, and the people are still so difficult. ”

"So a small village like that has been outside the country, you have to raise your hand and let it go, and let it go."

"If you really follow Jiefu's method, the state will be transferred to the old man and the child who have just sold fish...... The people do not add endowment and the country is sufficient, hehehe, he should really let him come to Hebei to have a look. ”

Su You remembered Shi Nai'an's "Water Margin", nodded and said: "Have you thought about it, bachelor, the disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty are actually in the fact that the gap between the rich and the poor is too big?" Is it caused by an oversized base of poverty? ”

"Redundant officials, redundant politics, and redundant troops are certainly the chronic diseases of the Great Song Dynasty. But in addition to the three redundancies, there is actually one redundancy - redundant poverty! ”

"There are no tiles on the afternoon to insert cones, there are more such people in the Great Song Dynasty, they can actually work, and they can become the source of taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, but for various reasons, they are forced to become homeless and hidden households."

"A big source of redundant army is these people, in the years of famine, the imperial court summoned the strong and strong among them into the army to manage it, in case of chaos, but what about after the famine has passed? Shouldn't these people go back to production? Why is there no exit mechanism? ”

"In other words, it's not that they don't produce, it's just that the income from their production has been pocketed by all kinds of commanders and captains!"