Hotpot is definitely the most friendly delicacy. Don’t be surprised by how elegant or noble people are. Facing the steam, they immediately lose their image and only the true nature of a gourmet.

No matter what you do, you can put it in it, and there are so many dipping sauces, and a pot of cooked a hundred kinds of delicacies, and what everyone eats in their mouths is different.

Wonderful, it’s really amazing!

Wang Ning'an had almost finished eating. He put down his chopsticks and was not far from him. Sima Guang also hurriedly put them down. Wang Ning'an smiled faintly, "I'm quick-talking, you can do whatever you want. When leading the troops, you must finish eating quickly and be ready for war at any time. I dare not enjoy the food at will. Eating for a while is just kidding his own head. I think Brother Di knows much more than my younger brother."

Di Qing was still eating with his head down, and his appetite was obviously much better than Wang Ning'an.

"I have been crawling on the battlefield for a lifetime, and now I am over 60 years old and have only suffered injuries. I don't want to go to the battlefield anymore, so, no matter how much food you have, you won't be afraid! Give me two more plates of mutton!"

Di Qing shouted at the top of his throat, without any image. At this moment, it could only bring laughter from everyone.

Wang Ning'an said again: "We only discussed half of the discussion just now, and there are actually many things that need to be resolved."

Because Ouyang Xiu was sick, he just ate a little bit and listened to Wang Ning'an's words and put down his chopsticks completely.

"Tell me, today I can't discuss all night and explain the matter thoroughly."

Wang Ning'an nodded, "What we want is to develop planting and breeding, and find a way out for farmers, but the problem is that some people need to ask for these things! There are a lot of urban populations today, but I think the consumption capacity is not enough, and it should be improved! Or, it has not been released yet!"

"I'm going to issue two more laws. First, it is to stipulate the minimum salary, so that every worker can get enough salary to survive. Second, it is to take a holiday."

"Have a holiday?"

"That's right, just like the officials' rest, many workshops are constantly on the go. In the year, only the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingming Festival, and New Year will be given a few days off. Many workers have been busy for a year before they can go home. If the journey is too far, they can't even go home. They are locked up in workshops all day long and work endlessly. They are not good for workers, and they have been working and have no time to consume. How can they drive demand and prosper the market?"

"The prosperity of a city requires not only production, but also consumption. We cannot just rely on officials, wealthy merchants, and foreign merchants to consume, but also release the consumption capacity of workers. Only with demand can production be stimulated."

"What I mean is that it is necessary to stipulate that all workshops must take one day off on ten days, and some restaurants and tea shops cannot take a vacation, but they must take a rotational leave, and a month cannot be less than three days, and they must be strictly enforced. Any violation of the regulations must be severely punished! Of course, officials must also take the lead and implement the leave system. From the Minister of the Shangshu to ordinary clerks, they must apply it in one place, combining work and rest!"

...

Wang Ning'an introduced his ideas to everyone. In fact, the officials of the Song Dynasty took a lot of vacations, and basically they were off for ten days, 36 days a year, which seemed to be much less than later generations. Don't be busy, there are still holidays in the Song Dynasty!

The New Year, the Cold Food Festival, and the Winter Solstice are on seven days off. This is a bit similar to today's "Golden Week", and there are still three in a year. Are you envious?

In addition, Tianqing, Shangyuan Festival, Tiansheng Day, Summer Solstice, Innate Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Xiayuan Festival, Beginning of Spring, Rendan Day, Zhonghe Festival, Qingming Festival, Shangsi, Tianqi Festival, Beginning of Summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Tianxun Festival, First Lunar, Middle Lunar, Beginning of Autumn, Qixi Festival, Last Lunar, Autumn Equinar, Garment, Double Ninth Festival, Beginning of Winter, etc. are also on holidays, with a total of 74 days of legal holidays.

The total is more than 100 days. For example, if parents live 3,000 miles away, they will have 30 days off every three years. If they live 500 miles away, they will have 15 days off every five years. The son will have three days off when the crown ceremony; the children will have nine days off when the wedding ceremony. When the parents die, officials will have three years of worry. Even if the relative dies, holidays vary according to the distance of the relationship.

Do you understand this time?

No wonder so many literati liked the Song Dynasty!

I really think too much about them.

Of course, these benefits are only available to officials of real grade. As for the clerks hired in the yamen and those who are not assigned to work, they still have to work hard. And every time the holidays are over, they must be extra careful. If something goes wrong, the superiors will pursue it, but they will have to be severely punished.

Wang Ning'an knew that although officials have strong consumption capacity, there are many officials and servants. Regulating their holidays and releasing everything they should be put on will undoubtedly increase a lot of purchasing power.

In addition, more holidays can increase employment. Whether it is a yamen, shops and restaurants, they need to hire more people. In short, there are many benefits.

Jia Changchao was the first to agree, "The prince's method is good. He must comprehend the difficulties of the people below. He must give them a holiday, okay, okay!"

Sima Guang also smiled and said, "In this way, the city's consumption power will inevitably increase by several steps. Not to mention other things, it can be lively and the agricultural products outside will have a way out. At that time, the people will inevitably actively plant and breed, which is really a clever plan!"

Wang Ning'an shook his head, "Okay, don't just talk about it nicely. Any move will have problems. You can't just focus on the good side. Junshi, with your talent, you won't be unable to see the disadvantages of doing this, right?"

Sima Guang smiled implicitly, "I just thought that if local planting and breeding increases, it will inevitably lead to insufficient food. This is a big problem. Take this financial crisis in the prefectures and counties as an example. The most serious problem actually occurred in Jiangnan? What is the reason? In recent years, cotton spinning in Jiangnan has made rapid progress, and gentry and merchants, and powerful families are rushing to merge land and plant cotton. Because these cotton fields are in the hands of gentry, the court cannot impose taxes, and local grain production is insufficient, so foreign food must be transported from outside. Therefore, many businessmen who are not engaged in textiles only feel that the grain is soaring and the operation is difficult, and the taxes of the court have also been greatly reduced!"

Before he knew it, Sima Guang revealed the situation in the southeast again.

His words were all about hitting the officials related to the Southeast, especially Han Jiang. Don’t think you did anything. We don’t know. There is something wrong now and you need to wipe your butt. If you are not honest and obedient, you will be knocked down!

The master entered the government affairs hall. As a disciple, he must play the role of a pioneer. Sima Guangdian stopped and changed the subject. "The problem now falls on the grain... Raising livestock and growing vegetables is more profitable, but the problem is that these things do not support the grain. If there is a grain crisis, or if someone hoards goods and raises the price of grain, and the people have no food, it will happen a big thing!"

Ouyang Xiu slapped the table and said, "Okay, this question is well raised. Food security must be found. Jingping, do you have any ideas?"

"Is this food? There are only two ways, one is to increase the yield and the other is to increase the arable land area." Wang Ning'an said: "In the agricultural college, we must study carefully, select and breed good varieties, increase the yield, build canals, and irrigate more arable land. However, I think this can only solve a little problem. The real key is to focus on overseas."

Before fertilizers appear, no matter how hard they try, the increase in grain output will be limited.

Looking at the rise and fall of China throughout the ages, it actually revolves around land, food and population.

Before the Han and Tang Dynasties, the peak of the population was only more than 60 million, and it was impossible to break through again.

By the Song Dynasty, especially the Southern Song Dynasty, when Chameng rice was introduced, the south could plant double-season rice or even three-season rice, and the population finally exceeded. Some people estimated that the Song Dynasty could reach 80 million, and the Ming Dynasty might be higher.

Afterwards, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are coming in, and the population has increased again, approaching 400 million, which is almost the limit.

It was not until later that chemical fertilizers appeared and the grain yield per mu exceeded 1,000 kilograms, that more than one billion people were fed.

Before there were no fertilizers, no matter how hard it was, the output was so much.

Wang Ning'an has calculated that improving seeds, promoting irrigation, and even sending people to America to get all the potatoes and corn back, may not solve many problems.

Especially after the economic development, the population of the Song Dynasty faced rapid expansion, and within ten years, the pressure would come out.

There is no other choice, we must use troops from outside, especially those high-yield areas with food!

Jiaozhi, Zhan Po, and especially Tianzhu, all entered Wang Ning'an's sight.

"Brother Di, don't just eat hot pot. You should put your appetite a little bigger, eat all these countries and turn them into our fertile land!"

Di Qing shone his lips and laughed, "Give me another two pounds of mutton and eat both Persian and Dashi!"

...

There is nothing that cannot be solved by one hot pot. If there is one, then two meals!

The first meeting of Wang Ning'an entering the Political Affairs Hall was much easier than I thought. Almost everyone returned home with full meals and satisfaction.

At least everyone knows it, the situation may be difficult, but the direction is always there, so let’s see how it is implemented.

"Oh, Wang Ning'an does have some tricks, I'm not as good as me!" After hearing the introduction of his brother Wang Anguo, her husband was stunned for a while and sighed, "These thoughts of him are something that he has never thought of and never thought of. In comparison, it is indeed ashamed!"

Of course, Wang Anguo was also very surprised. He had wanted to break his head in the past, but in the face of the double pressure from the capital and the local area, he was helpless and had no idea.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ning'an was finally allowed to come out, and he couldn't accept it!

But Wang Anguo didn't want to see his brother sinking, so he couldn't help asking, "Brother, have you admitted defeat?"

Wang Anshi lowered his head for a while, suddenly raised his face and laughed.

"Wang Ning'an was not using the foundation he laid for his brother... No matter how many ideas he had, he would have used up. He just presided over the reform, and he also pushed a bunch of new policies. After a few years, he felt that his talent was exhausted and he couldn't come up with any ideas."
Chapter completed!