When it comes to Zhao Kuangyin, people know that he was the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. There are many stories about Zhao Kuangyin circulating in Chinese folk, many of which are some of the things about him that he has not yet become emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin was the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. It is said that when he was still a general, he was already famous and powerful all over the world. However, such a hero was forced to roll on the spot for a penny.

Once Zhao Kuangyin led the army in a battle, but he was outnumbered and lost the battle. He rushed out of the siege alone and ran for a while, only to feel hungry and thirsty, and his stomach growled. He wanted to get something to eat, but he didn't come to the neighboring village and didn't rely on the shop. There was no way, so he dragged the Qinglong Treasure Stick and rode forward listlessly on the horse. He walked, walked, walked for a long time, but still no one was seen. Zhao Kuangyin thought to himself: Good guy, are you going to starve to death today? Just as his eyes were blurry and he was about to fall off the horse in a trance, a black spot suddenly appeared in front of him, and when he looked at it, it looked like a shed. So he cheered up and slapped his horse and rushed over.

The black spot was getting closer and closer, and it was indeed not bad. It was a shed for looking at melons, and in front of the shed was a green and green watermelon field. The large watermelons on the ground made him drool immediately. He got off his horse, dragged the green dragon treasure stick, and came to the melon shed. When he was about to open his mouth to buy melons, he touched his pocket, but he didn't even have a penny. What should I do? Keep going, I'm afraid I can't support it anymore; it means I don't have money, and I feel like I'm losing my identity.

He turned around by the melon field and walked over, but couldn't think of any good way. After a while, he thought of a fool's solution: go to the melon shed and let the melon be weighed and eaten. After eating, if the price of the melon seller is expensive, he will scare him and ride away. Making up his mind, he took three steps and two steps into the melon shed. Under the melon shed sat an old man with a snow-white beard and a kind face.

Zhao Kuangyin said gruffly, "Old man, take the melon and eat it!" The old man who saw the melon hurriedly stood up and said with a smile, "Please take a seat, sir, I will pick the melon for you." The old man said as he went into the ground and picked a large watermelon, held it in front of Zhao Kuangyin, and said, "Lord, please eat it!"

Although Zhao Kuangyin was very hungry and thirsty, he hated not being able to eat the watermelon in one bite, but he was afraid that the melon seller would look down on him, so he forced his belly up and said, "I don't eat yours for free, why don't I weigh it?" Hearing this, the old man passed the scale. After weighing it, he cut it open with a knife and handed it to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin devoured it. The old man sat next to him and did not answer, smoking dry cigarettes while Zhao Kuangyin ate melons.

After a while, Zhao Kuangyin ate a large watermelon weighing ten catties. He wiped his mouth with his hand and said to the old man, "How much is a catty of this melon?" While speaking, it was cost-effective in his heart: even if he said a fair price, he would also say that his melon was expensive. He deliberately cheated and scared people, so he left. The old man who sold the melon saw his intentions and said with a smile, "Master, my own melon, if passersby are thirsty and eat a melon, they never ask for money."

"Nonsense! You are deliberately underestimating people, do you mean I can't afford your melon money?" Zhao Kuangyin said and patted his pocket on purpose. "If the military master is really sorry, then according to the price of others eating melons, ten catties per penny." The old man said slowly. This time Zhao Kuangyin was stumped. He didn't want money, he insisted on giving it; the price was extremely cheap, but what should he do? He unconsciously touched his pocket again, but still didn't have a penny.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin blushed, and beads of sweat seeped from his sideburns. The old man who sold melons was waiting unhurriedly to receive the money. Zhao Kuangyin gave in and went forward to beg, "Uncle, I forgot to bring the money." Do you have any work for me to do?

The old melon seller gave him a contemptuous glance and said, "Young man, as soon as you came, I saw that you were hungry and thirsty, and you had nothing. But you put on the air and spoke rudely. If you really want to repent, please roll your money underground."

Zhao Kuangyin was helpless, so he had to roll underground and get on the horse with a red face. Along the way, he sighed non-stop: "Hey, I really don't have a penny, so I forced the hero to fall!"