Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 494 Recalling Kunzhou
Early the next morning, Fan Ning sat in the official room and considered the establishment of the Shenwu Army's military office. The military office was different from the East Palace, and the civilian officials in the military office were basically decided by him.

Fan Ning's first consideration was Song Ling and Tan Shenzhi from Yingtianfu. These two people were single-handedly promoted by him. They were deeply influenced by him on the reform and tended to be conservative. Such people will not be favored by Wang Anshi, and it is unacceptable to be treated coldly. Avoided. Song Ling is very capable and experienced. Fan Ning is considering transferring him to the military office as a recorder to join the army. Tan Shenzhi is cautious and cautious. He has been a soldier for five years. He can be regarded as an old soldier. He can continue Served as a soldier Cao joined the army.

Fan Ning decided to take this opportunity to help his old friend, and transferred Lu Youwei and Duan Yu out of Taixue, and both of them joined the army to join the army as Liu Cao.

After thinking about it all morning, it was almost noon. At this time, the tea boy Wang Xi reported at the door: "I want to report Zhan Shi, someone is looking for it outside, and it is said that it is Zhan Shi's old bureaucrat in Kunzhou."

If there was no last sentence, Fan Ning might not be willing to meet him. He was really worried that someone would come to him these two days. When he went to court this morning, he met several groups of people. Few people visit him at night, fortunately not many people know where he lives.

Fan Ning hurried out of the gate of the East Palace, and he saw Yu Xiaonian who was a little bit lost at a glance, Fan Ning was startled, why is he in the capital?

Yu Xiaonian happened to be in the capital on business. He just entered Beijing early this morning, and he didn't know the situation in the capital. When the official department informed him that he was going to be transferred to the East Palace, Yu Xiaonian was like a blow to the head. He was completely stunned. Who is offended?
"Old Yu, why am I in the East Palace?" Fan Ning stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"I remember that you were transferred to Zuo Jian Yuan. I went to Zuo Jian Yuan to look for you just now, and then I found out that you have been changed to Prince Zhan Shi. Congratulations on your promotion!"

Seeing his listless look, Fan Ning couldn't help laughing, "You actually went to the Zuo Jianyuan to look for me. That was the calendar hundreds of years ago. Do you not care about the affairs of the court?"

Yu Xiaonian suddenly remembered this, and couldn't help but slapped his forehead, "I forgot, you just put on the title of admonishing doctor, and you were transferred to Yingtian Mansion early last year."

"Ying Tianfu is also old Huangli, let's go! I'll invite you to drink."

Fan Ning led Yu Xiaonian to Qingfeng Restaurant outside the imperial city.

The elegant room was gone, and they found a table in the corner on the second floor. Fan Ning ordered a pot of wine and a few good dishes. Seeing that Yu Xiaonian was still preoccupied, he smiled and said, "Did the Ministry of Officials inform you that the transfer East Palace?"

Yu Xiaonian let out a long sigh, "I'm only 35 years old! I'm going to be transferred to the East Palace for the elderly."

Next to an official 'poof! 'He spit out the wine, and there are still people who are suffering from the transfer of the East Palace. Dude, I'm in the third division, let's change it!

Fan Ning glared at the officer next to him, and the officer immediately changed seats knowingly and sat far away.

"Old Yu, I'll just say a few words to you, and you'll understand. The first sentence, it's my suggestion that you transfer to the East Palace."

Yu Xiaonian's eyes suddenly widened, and before he could speak, Fan Ning stopped him with a wave of his hand, "Listen to my second sentence!"

Fan Ning said slowly: "From yesterday to today, more than a dozen officials have begged me to transfer them to the East Palace, including the powerful official staff member Wailang."

Yu Xiaonian felt wrong no matter how stupid he was, he asked in a low voice, "Why?"

"It's very simple. Now His Royal Highness King Liang is in the East Palace. The emperor sent ten officials to the East Palace to lay the foundation for King Liang."

Yu Xiaonian gasped. Liang Wang actually entered the East Palace. Of course he knew that Liang Wang would become the grandson of the emperor, but after all there was no canonization, so he didn't expect that the East Palace would become a place of meeting.

His voice trembled with excitement, "Are you following His Royal Highness King Liang?"

Fan Ning nodded, "King Liang needs some assistant ministers to handle state affairs in the East Palace. I recommend you to be Zuo Chunfang Ling. From the fourth rank, Lao Yu, you have to be promoted to a higher level!"

Yu Xiaonian was so excited that he covered his face. In just a short moment, he seemed to have ascended from hell to heaven. His heart was full of joy. After a long while, he controlled his emotions and said, "Thank you, sir!"

"Don't be so polite, we are old friends, tell me about the situation in Kunzhou!"

Yu Xiaonian is currently also serving as a judge of the overseas Jiedu Mansion, and it has been less than a year since he came back from Kunzhou, so he still has many contacts with Kunzhou.

"The official roads in Kunzhou have been built. The official roads are five feet wide and five feet long. They are very smooth and firm. After several years of heavy snow test, there are no problems. Now we set off from Tang County to Jin County and ride two horses. Hurry up, start early in the morning, and arrive at night."

"How is Jin County?" Fan Ning asked again.

When Fan Ning left, Jin County's approval had already come down, but the city wall had not yet been built, only a circle of canals had been dug to surround the town at that time.

"Jin County has been completed, but the population is not too large, only about [-] households. There is also gold sand found in a river in the east of Jin County, which attracts all the people in the county to go to pan for gold, even the people in Tang County and Han County ran away. , it was a frenzy for almost a year."

The problem of people’s gold rush has always been a big concern for Fan Ning, and it was not resolved until he left. He asked with great interest: "How did the gold rush finally come down?"

"You have to be ruthless. One is to lower the purchase price. The government only pays [-] Wen for every tael of gold sand. Then Kunzhou strictly prohibits the use of gold as currency. Even marriage and dowry are not allowed. The third way is to increase the price of food. , a bucket of rice for a hundred coins, those people who abandoned farming and went to pan for gold were miserable. They starved for a year, and finally posted all the gold sand they panned for to buy food. , everyone realized that gold is useless in Kunzhou, and basically no one went to pan for gold in the second year, and worked hard to farm.”

"Then does anyone want to return to Song Dynasty?"

"There are also, mainly the elderly, who want to be buried in their hometown with their parents. We will launch a measure. After the elderly pass away, we will build a clothes tomb in their hometown to meet their wishes. Of course, the expenses will be borne by themselves. Each person receives about [-] guan, which can be repaid in ten years."

"What about Japan? How is the situation in Japan?"

"There shouldn't be much change in Japan, and the internal fighting is fierce. We have discovered a third silver mountain in Dewa country, which has larger reserves and is easy to mine. Japan alone can provide 300 million taels of silver and 40 taels of gold every year. , and now Kunzhou and Japan have become the largest sources of gold and silver in the Song Dynasty."

Fan Ning really has a deep understanding. In the past two years, Da Song's finances have been a lot richer, basically there is no overdraft, and it has gradually made up for the overspending in previous years. Overseas trade has brought back abundant supplies, mainly spices and precious wood.

"How about War Horse and Whale State?"

"There are almost [-] war horses, and [-] horses will be shipped back in the early spring of this year, and [-] horses will be shipped back next year. We have opened up another pasture in Deyu Country, mainly raising ponies, relying on them to smelt the mine. The rough silver will be shipped out and will be supplied to Song Dynasty next year."

"As for Jingzhou, it's still too cold. At present, we mainly focus on logging and mining, and transport the silver ore to Han County for smelting."

The two drank and chatted, completely immersed in the remembrance of Kunzhou.

The next day was a ten-day break. Fan Ning's family arrived in the capital in the morning. Their boats directly arrived at the private pier of the mansion at Feihong Bridge, and they entered the house as soon as they landed. , except for the five passenger ships, the other dozen are cargo ships full of luggage.

Zhu Jie took a dozen servants to help move all the luggage into the mansion.

Zhu Pei was very emotional and said to Fan Ning: "After so many years of moving, only this time is the most comfortable move. Door to door, you can directly board the boat over there, and this side is the same. You will be home as soon as you go ashore, minimizing fatigue."

In fact, not only Zhu Pei felt this way, but all the servants and maids felt comfortable, and went directly back to their own houses after landing, made their beds and packed their belongings, and prepared to have a good sleep.

You don't even have to worry about lunch and dinner, they are all provided by Qingfeng Restaurant on the south bank of Feihong Bridge.

At this time, Fan Ning found his daughter Zhen's mouth was pouted and her eyes were red. He was very surprised, and quickly picked up her daughter and asked, "Zhener, why are you crying?"

"My little deer, my rabbit" Ah Zhen hugged his father's neck and cried.

It was only then that Fan Ning remembered that there was a mountain in Ying Tianfu's house, and their place was a lake, so he quickly asked, "Isn't there a small mountain beside our lake?"

There is indeed a mound built by the lake, covering an area of ​​about three acres and three feet high. There are more than a dozen big trees planted on it, and a pavilion is also built, forming a very exquisite mountain scenery. Of course, it cannot be compared with the ten-acre mountain in Chaifu. compared to.

"The mountain in our house is too small." Ah Zhen twitched.

Fan Ning said cruelly: "We will pave the entire lakeside into a grassland. On the mountain, we can raise little hedgehogs, little squirrels, and deer. On the grassland, we can raise little rabbits and lambs. Daddy will go and buy them today. Do you think it's okay?"

Ah Zhen finally broke through his tears and laughed, "Okay!"

Everyone nearby rolled their eyes at Fanning.

(End of this chapter)