Seeing that the little emperor was so excited, Zhuang Shilin realized that the money he had brought with him was too little, so he immediately returned and told people to get some money back as soon as possible. He also became one of the members of His Majesty's purchasing team, but the task was to pay. In his opinion, the little emperor was first-class in bargaining, but his vision of buying things was really bad. He actually bought some fancy but cheap things, and even some things that children like to eat. The two girls didn't stop talking, and they bought some gadgets such as rouge and water powder. Ni Liang was purely a porter, constantly moving the things they bought to the car.

The group of people walked around the city, filled the two cars and found a small restaurant recommended by Zhuang Shilin before returning to the palace after dinner. However, he did not return to the Eastern Palace, but went directly to the Empress Dowager's harem, and brought the things he bought into it like offering treasures. Wang De was very worried that although he was wandering around now, the things the Empress Dowager used were the best, and the decorations in the palace were mostly old things brought out from Lin'an and good things picked out from previous seizures. The things that His Majesty bought were as ragged as he was. He was worried that the Empress Dowager would be furious when he saw them and scolded His Majesty for despising him.

However, Wang De soon found that his worries were unnecessary. The Empress Dowager and the little emperor's mother sat intimately together. His Majesty opened the things he bought and talked endlessly about the selection process to the Empress Dowager. How to fight wits and courage with the "black heart" merchants to buy them at the cheapest price. The Empress Dowager held His Majesty's hand and listened with a few bites of the snacks he bought, and praised them for their deliciousness. His Majesty was even more proud and asked Su Xin to bring in a few snacks he bought for the Empress Dowager to taste.

Finally, the Empress Dowager changed the dress that His Majesty bought for him on a whim, and even put the flowers that His Majesty bought on his head. Although he turned a graceful and elegant empress dowager into a stupid country sister, the Empress Dowager still praised her for her good looks and knew how to buy things. She said that she wanted to buy such a dress before entering the palace but failed to get what she wanted. The Emperor understood her thoughts. Everyone was shocked and could only praise her. Seeing that it was getting late, the Empress Dowager left another meal and asked the little emperor to spend dinner with her. Then she complained to him a few words, blaming him for not leaving the palace privately. How could she live if something happened?

Of course, the little emperor admitted his mistakes repeatedly, and promised that he would never commit again next time, and asked the empress dowager to punish him. The empress dowager slapped the young emperor with a stern face and a few strokes to show punishment. But in everyone's eyes, the empress dowager was willing to let him go. He raised his hands high and gently fell down, saying that it was better to be caressing him than to beat him. He could not help but laugh. Then he taught a few more words and told His Majesty not to work too hard, pay attention to rest, and asked Dou Xing to take some supplements to take him back to replenish his Majesty. However, Wang De was scolded and said that he would dare to let His Majesty go out of the palace without any slaughter, and he would definitely punish him severely, but before leaving, he was rewarded with him for the silver.

"Wang De, have you recorded all the expenses today?" After coming out of the Empress Dowager's harem, Zhao Bing did not take a chariot, but walked back to the palace. He asked while walking.

"The officials have recorded it, and it has cost a total of 216 guan and 321 pm!" Wang De replied immediately.

"Remember to pay it back to the owner of the manor as soon as possible, don't forget, otherwise you will be owed a year's debt." Zhao Bing said with a face turned around.

"The owner of the manor said he didn't have to pay it back, he was considered to be filial to His Majesty!" Wang Deyan said.

"Write a word, how can I just take the filial piety from my ministers and send it as soon as possible." Zhao Bing said sternly, "You also remember that the leader shall not collect money and property from subordinates. It is called bribery. If I find that you dare to ask for property from subordinates or foreign ministers, you will interrupt your hand."

"Yes, the officials, the young ones dare not. Then, should the small ones spend today be considered to be returned to the officials!" Wang De quickly said.

"Fuck you, you are my subordinates. You should pay my money. How can you pay back the money? You will not mention it again after that!" Zhao Bing swears.

"I've written it down!" Wang De quickly replied.

"The official family, I don't understand. The things we bought are all ordinary things, which are a hundred times worse than those in the palace. Why is the empress dowager so happy?" Maybe she went out to have a day of fun with His Majesty, Su Xin felt that she was much more intimate with her, so she asked boldly.

"Oh, you are still young and don't know the mind of being a mother." Zhao Bing sighed, "I also know that there are countless rare treasures in the palace, and the food and clothing are more delicate than outside. Even if the ordinary things in the palace are a hundred times better than those of the people, none of these things come from my hands and I have not presented them with them myself."

"Is this...is this different? All the things in the Empress Dowager's harem were arranged by His Majesty!" Su Xin heard His Majesty say that he was small, as if he was a little bigger than them, but she didn't understand what he said, so she asked again.

"In fact, no matter whether a mother is the queen mother or just an ordinary country woman, she cares about how much the things her children give to her are worth, or whether you care about whether you are thinking about her. The things I buy are not worth it, but in the queen mother's opinion, those things were indeed selected by me and I have put a lot of thought into it. Even if they are just ordinary items, she is very happy." Zhao Bing said with a wry smile. This principle was something he only realized when he came to this world, but he no longer had the opportunity to respect his parents in his previous life.

"Since you are a filial piety to the Queen Mother, the government still has to bargain, isn't it..." Su Xin nodded, but thought of His Majesty's stinginess and muttered.

"Haha, today I paid you money to buy things, and it didn't cost you a penny. So why do you have to bargain? Don't you know that I'm not short of money?" Zhao Bing asked back after hearing this.

"Of course you have to bargain, otherwise wouldn't those unscrupulous merchants make a profit? I would never have made them cheap!" Su Xin replied without thinking.

"Isn't that all, women are stingy by nature, and the Queen Mother is no exception. If I buy it without asking the price, the Queen Mother will feel that she has a stupid son and is fooled by others. How could she be happy!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"It's right!" Su Xin nodded and shook her head.

"What's the solution?" Zhao Bing asked in confusion.

"Today I saw a hairpin, but the official kept bargaining. And Tong Ni bought it for me without asking. I felt so happy!" Su Xin said seriously.

"Oh, you forgot if you don't mention me." Zhao Bing thought of something and turned to Wang Dedao, "Wang De, that hairpin was given to Su Xin by Ni Liang, and asked him to return it to the owner of the manor. I won't be the sucker!"

"Yes, I've written it down!" Wang De was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood when he saw His Majesty raise his eyebrows and replied loudly.

"No, no, the official has said it long ago. All the expenses are counted on the official's family today!" Su Xin said anxiously after hearing this.

"Haha, I'm not stingy, but I'm anxious when I hear about spending my own money!" Zhao Bing pointed at Su Xin and said with a smile.

"The official family doesn't mean that..." Su Xin was extremely embarrassed and rubbed her dress.

"Don't say it anymore, you can't fight against the officials." Su Lan said with a lewd heart.

"Wang De, please pay attention to who is in the court who has an unmarried daughter who is in the same age as Ni Liang. Then ask him if he agrees, so I can ask someone to propose marriage. I don't worry about this stupid boy, and I can't even get a wife!" Zhao Bing shook his head and sighed.

"Ni Dutong is a commander of the military commander at a young age, and the government attaches great importance to it. If you hear that the government is choosing a marriage for him, you will not rush to send your daughter!" Wang De replied with a smile.

"Hmph, not necessarily, that's the big silly girl who is as silly as wood would like him!" Su Xin snorted coldly from the side.

"What's wrong? As long as Ni Liang falls in love with her, no matter who her woman is, I will point him to marry him. Let's see who dares to disagree!" Zhao Bing said without caring.

"Yes, the official's words are in power, who dares not follow?" Su Xin pouted.

"Of course, Ni Dutong has a life-saving grace. Even if God disagrees, I will pull him down from the sky and hit him with fifty big boards. If it doesn't work, just one hundred big boards!" Zhao Bing said coldly, but glanced at Su Xin, and smiled secretly at his aggrieved look.

"The official family should not be silly. People who are in the New Year should say more auspicious words!" Wang De quickly bowed to God and said.

"Okay, thank you all for your hard work today. You can rest every minute of what you bought. Give me the rest of the things I bought to the little yellow sects. They have worked hard enough in a year!" Zhao Bing, who arrived at the East Palace, pointed at the cart of things left and ordered.

"The official family will stay in the Danbo Pavilion tonight?" Wang De heard the order that Liu Ling, who came to meet, put away the things in the car and bowed to him and asked His Majesty.

"Well, you're still there!" Zhao Bing nodded. In recent times, he has formulated various plans every day. There are a large number of books and materials in Tanbo Pavilion for easy search, so he stayed there overnight during this period.

"Miss Su will work harder. I will deal with the other things and then go to the night." As the New Year approaches, there are many miscellaneous things in the palace, and Wang De, the chief executive, needs to arrange and supervise it. I will go out for one day today, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and there are more matters to be handled. Su Xin is so frustrated that only Su Lan can rest assured.

"Yes, the high official!" Su Lan said with politeness. Then he invited a few palace maids to clean up and arrange them.

"This child is good. He is cautious and organized. Please arrange a job for her after the New Year!" Zhao Bing looked at Su Lan's back and looked at Wang Dedao.

"Yes, I think Miss Su is not bad either!" Wang De smiled thoughtfully...

The Tanbo Pavilion is not big. In Zhao Bing's view, it is equivalent to the size of a modern three-story villa. The ground floor area is about 400 square meters and is regarded as a studio and study room. The second floor is smaller and divided into several rooms. The largest one is used as his dormitory, and the other is used as a functional room for washing and storage, as well as the duty room for the rotating eunuchs and palace maids. The third floor is set up as a library, where all kinds of books he collected, as well as official documents from the Affairs Bureau and various provinces were placed; each floor is connected by two stairs.

The dormitory is transparent from north to south, with a size of 100 square meters. It is divided according to his wishes. A wide bed is a must-have, separated by a screen and a curtain to form an independent space. A circle of short couches is placed beside the window in the south, a wide short table is placed in the middle, four treasures of the study and a ruler, and a small bookshelves on the side of the wall. He can sit or lie down here to read books and review official documents, but this is definitely a private space, and even close ministers cannot come in.

After Zhao Bing took a shower and changed his clothes, he heard the sound of drums. It was only the hour of You. It was still early before he could bedtime, so he nestled on the couch and fiddled with the salt entries he got from Zhuang Shilin. To be honest, he felt that the biggest gain from leaving the palace today was not to have fun for a day, but to get these salt entries and know that they were circulated as credit certificates in the market.

Salt bills appeared as early as the early Song Dynasty. As a certificate for the government to stipulate that salt merchants use money to transport and sell salt, the government issued them, and asked merchants to pay cash and receive coupons according to the money. The amount of coupons is issued depends on the output of the salt field. The coupons state the amount and price of salt. The merchants hold the coupons to the place of origin to submit salt for inspection, and receive salt for transportation and sales. They have the nature of bonds and warehouse receipts and related transaction characteristics, and can also be regarded as a kind of securities.

Zhao Bing knew that modern research results prove that the fundamental reason why salt banknotes have a tendency to monetize is that "salt banknotes can represent real money" and have a stable value scale, circulation means, payment and storage means. The emergence of the exchange shop and the establishment of the government's banknote buying site have promoted the monetization of salt banknotes. The purchase of salt banknotes by the banknote buying site has reserved a large amount of reserves for salt banknotes. Of course, compared with private banknote buying shops, the reputation of the official banknote buying site is better.

The original function of salt banknotes was to use banknotes to ask for salt, and with the government's credit guarantee as endorsement, the salt banknotes also had the function of "converting" or "flying money". The monetization trend of salt banknotes in the Song Dynasty was always strengthened, and the payment function of salt banknotes was widely used in other fields other than commercial trade. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the court officers and soldiers paid, bought, rewarded, and gave all of them. This made salt banknotes play a real credit currency in many occasions, which also promoted the commercial application of salt banknotes.

In Zhao Bing's view, if paper money is a currency based on metal currency, then salt money can be considered a kind of securities based on salt. Of course, we also know that to achieve this function, the primary prerequisite is to ensure the balance between the quantity of salt money and the output of salt. His ancestors were not fools, and soon discovered that by controlling the issuance of salt money, they could seek benefits. However, they did not have the means to effectively control this kind of money, but instead ruined the salt money.
Chapter completed!