Pork and cabbage price!

This is something that the people of Kaifeng never dared to think about, and now it has become a reality.

"The pork raised by King Shen is very delicious? How come no one buys it?" In front of the meat stall, an old man said with confusion on his face as he recalled the deliciousness of the pork.

"Shh! Don't say this nonsense. We poor people are eating pork now. If word spreads, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to eat such cheap pork." Others quickly reminded.

The old man suddenly understood, and said with a grimace: "Although pork is not delicious, eating it can cure blindness, so I'd better buy an extra pound."

"Yes! I also bought two kilograms, so I can support King Shen."

"I'll also buy some more. My dream bird's eye is very serious and I can't go out at night."

Many people who buy meat have a tacit understanding. While saying that pork is not delicious, they rush to buy pork without hesitation.

Many wealthy people saw the pork stalls surrounded by meat-selling meat legs, and couldn't help but scornfully said: "Pork is cheap meat, it smells very fishy, ​​and I won't eat it even if it is given to me for free."

However, the people who were buying meat looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"King Shen suffered a terrible loss!"

The people of Kaifeng were all mouth-watering after eating, but they knew in their hearts that with such a low price of pork, King Shen would definitely suffer a serious loss.

However, everyone in Kaifeng City was overjoyed at the prince's loss. After all, it was extremely rare to be able to take advantage of the powerful.

There was even a good-hearted person who calculated an account for King Shen. King Shen would lose at least 200 coins for every pig he sold.

"Two hundred coins is just a drop in the bucket for the prince." The old man sneered.

Others sneered: "It's a drop in the bucket, Kaifeng City consumes a thousand pigs a day, and two hundred coins is two hundred thousand dollars, which means that King Shen will have to pay two hundred thousand dollars a day!"

"Hiss!" The old man suddenly took a breath of cold air.

When the Cai family sold the family heirloom "Zhao's Miraculous Tie" for the same price of 200,000 yuan, now King Shen is losing almost as much as one "Zhao's Miraculous Tie" a day.

"Two hundred guan, doesn't it mean that you will lose 6,000 guan in one month?"

"In one year! It will result in a loss of 72,000 guan. Not to mention the prince, I am afraid that the current emperor cannot afford such a huge loss."

Suddenly, the government and the public were in an uproar. No one thought that Fan Zheng's evil prince would suffer such huge losses from raising pigs.

Many conservative officials had long been dissatisfied with Fan Zheng and wrote letters to impeach Fan Zheng. In particular, Zhao Tingzhi, the imperial censor, was the most vehement in his remarks, criticizing Fan Zheng for his evil ways and harming the country.

"Bie'er, is it true that the rumored pig farm is losing money?" This incident even alarmed the Queen Mother and Zhao Xu, who quickly summoned Zhao Biao to inquire about the situation.

Zhao Xu also frowned. The finances of the Song Dynasty were tight, and even the royal family could not afford the annual loss of 70,000 yuan!

"Don't worry, grandmother, the loss was caused by your grandson." At present, Zhao Bai and Fan Zheng took the initiative to lower the price, taking advantage of popular prejudices and planning to benefit the poor people in Kaifeng.

"Let the people at the bottom take the opportunity to eat meat to cure the dream bird's eye?" Empress Dowager Gao suddenly fell silent.

Fan Zheng's evil prescription was indeed effective, but the huge losses were borne by the royal family.

"Those who work for everyone should not let them die in the wind and snow. Brother Ninth has cured eye diseases and is considerate of the people's eye diseases in Kaifeng. The emperor really admires him!" Zhao Xu quickly spoke for Zhao Yi and Fan Zheng.

Empress Dowager Gao frowned when she heard this and said: "Fan Zheng originally proposed to let Bai'er raise pigs in order to encourage people all over the world to raise pigs. Now that we have suffered serious losses, I'm afraid it has backfired!"

Zhao Bai confidently said: "Don't worry, Imperial Grandma, Imperial Physician Fan has already prepared countermeasures. After letting the poor people in Kaifeng eat meat to treat blindfolded birds, Imperial Physician Fan will come up with another plan to increase the price of pork and turn losses into profits. This will be beneficial to the pig farm."

If you can figure it out, it will definitely lead people all over the world to raise pigs."

"In this case, let Dr. Fan prescribe medicine as soon as possible. It is not a long-term solution to keep losing money like this." Empress Dowager Gao said distressedly.

Although she controls the power of the country, she has a calculating heart in her heart. Such a huge loss makes her very heartbroken.

"My grandson understands!" Zhao Bai nodded and said,

Now that he has supplied a lot of pork to Kaifeng City, it is time to slowly increase the price of pork.

On the same day.

Fan Zheng brought a slaughtered fat pig and solemnly paid a visit to Scholar Su.

"Brother Fan, what is this?" Su Dun asked in confusion when he saw the gift coming.

In the past, Fan Zheng was never polite when he came to visit, but now he even brought a big fat pig with him.

Fan Zheng said loudly: "I heard that Uncle Su likes to eat pork the most, and His Highness Prince Shen's pig farm had a great harvest, so he sent one specially for Academician Su to try."

"Ah! Why didn't I hear that my father likes to eat pork?" Su Dun asked doubtfully, and couldn't help but look at his father who came after hearing the news.

"Su never eats pork..." Su Shi frowned.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "No, Uncle Su must like to eat pork. I remember when my uncle went to Xuzhou and Hangzhou, every time after the flood control, he would slaughter fat pigs to reward the people. After eating, everyone praised him and called it "Pork".

"Dongpo Pork".

Su Dongpo couldn't help but twitched when he heard the pork named after him. However, what Fan Zheng said was true. He did use pork to reward the common people. The reason was the same as the prince raising pigs. Pork was cheap and plentiful.

However, the pork smelled fishy, ​​so he asked the cook to prepare heavy ingredients. For ordinary people, it was naturally a rare delicacy, but he had never tasted it.

"Uncle has such superb craftsmanship, how can he keep it secret? Naturally, he must spread it widely so that people all over the world can enjoy this delicacy." Fan Zheng said loudly.

Su Shi looked at the pile of fat pigs in front of him and couldn't help but twitch his face. He was a thoughtful person and naturally knew that the reason why Fan Zheng boasted about Dongpo Pork must be because of the loss of Shenwang Pig Farm.

However, Kaifeng's prejudice against pork is not the slightest bit. He is a famous scholar from Su University. If it is spread that he eats low-grade pork, he will lose face!

Just when Su Shi was about to refuse sternly, Fan Zheng leaned close to Su Shi and whispered: "Uncle Su, when my nephew asked you to go to the Li Mansion to persuade his father-in-law, you didn't make any achievements. Today, my nephew is so busy, you can't refuse anymore.

Already."

Su Shi suddenly stiffened. Fan Zheng had cured Su Dun's heart disease, but Su Shi owed Fan Zheng a huge favor.

When Fan Zheng and Li Qingzhao decided to make a lifelong decision privately, and asked him to go to the Li Mansion to persuade Li Kefei, Su Shi did not expect that Li Kefei would be so insecure and eventually return home in vain.

Now that Fan Zheng brought up the old matter again, Su Shi could only force a smile and say: "Hahaha! Su's unintentional act did not expect Fan Xian's nephew to remember that the 'Dongpo Pork' I made at that time was praised by thousands of people."

That's not the case! Those common people can't even taste meat at all, and with the hard work for many days, a bite of Dongpo meat is naturally as delicious as it is.

"Just in time, I found a chef from Hangzhou who knows Uncle Su's famous dish, Dongpo Pork."

Fan Zheng waved his hand, and a group of cooks from Fanlou came forward and dismembered the fat pig they had brought.

Heat up the oil!

Stir-fry over high heat, simmer over low heat!

Soon, a fragrant whole pig feast was prepared.

"Dongpo meat is here!"

"Dongpo elbow! Dongpo pork ribs! Dongpo pig's trotters! Dongpo pork..."

In order to promote pork, Fan Zheng directly added the word Dongpo to the names of all pork dishes.

Fan Zheng used Li Qingzhao's reputation as the most talented woman in the world to take charge of Yizhuang, and Su Shi's reputation as the most talented woman in the world was used to promote pork. This was naturally a small test, not to mention that the interesting story of Dongpo Pork was widely circulated.

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