Compete for the Song Dynasty

The quarry in Yongzhou was built five miles outside the city of Yongzhou. At first, even the officials in Yongzhou and the people in the palace didn't understand why Wang Pang didn't find a place in the city to set up a quarry. It wasn't until the quarry was built that everyone discovered it. The market has ten acres of land. Within the market, different types of commodities are classified and planned; in addition, the market has also specially set up a special store for foreign traders. Not only that, the Department of Shipping is next to the market, and the Pacific Insurance Bank is still there. There is a semicolon in the market to facilitate the deposit and withdrawal of silver coins and the exchange of currencies in various foreign countries

The first thing that Libo came to Yongzhou was to bring these foreign merchants to the Shibo Department for unified inspection and enthronement of goods entering the customs. Afterwards, a special person was responsible for arranging these merchants and taking them to the corresponding store. I have already seen the scene before the palace, and I have let go of my hanging heart. Hearing what Wang Pang said, I only owe myself this wind. Strategizing." Seeing a smile on the corner of Wang Pang's mouth, Li Bo went on to say: "I heard that Wang Pang was in Yongzhou as Zhennan King and wanted to establish business with other states. Is it because of your interest or is it your reputation brother? I'm away, so I took this trip back to the fleet without much trouble, I have a few letters here, you can take a look."

As he spoke, he took out a few letters from his bosom, Cai Jing hurriedly took them over, got Wang Pang's book case, handed them to Wang Pang, Wang Pang received four or five letters, "Brother Huo He has become a postman." I sealed the envelopes one by one, looked at the envelopes, and put them all on the desk.

"Isn't that right? When I was leaving, I passed by Baozhou. Yue Li asked me to bring you a letter and Yang Shihan's letter. When I passed through Liao Kingdom, Xin Zan asked me to bring a letter, and the eminent monk Qi Song from Tianning Temple, and Li Enze. I wrote to you anyway, everywhere people heard that I was ordered by you to entertain me, I was also confused, why did you have such a big reputation, haha” he said with his chest up and his head up. Laugh quite proud of having such a brother

The corners of Wang Pang's mouth drew an arc: "Thank you, brother, for your hard work all the way, Cai Jing, you go and tell me to prepare it. I haven't sat down with you for a while. Today, I will hold a banquet at Huiying Building in Huayuan for the prince." Take the wind to wash the dust for the big brother and everyone is lively” [

"Okay" Cai Jing couldn't close his mouth when he heard that there was a banquet

Xie Libo also chuckled, stretched out his hand to pick up the tea bowl on the table beside him, drank two big mouthfuls of the tea bowl, and saw the bottom. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked the king, "Hey, the prince is coming, too." Why don't I know about Yongzhou?"

Wang Pang took his eyes off the letters on the table. It would take a while to read the letters. He fanned his folding fan and Zhang Ping came over to refill their cups with water. These are things that servants do, but Wang Pang didn’t. I like to be surrounded by servants and maids, but my brothers and sisters are more casual when we are together. See Libo staring and curious. Wang Pang blinked: "You just came back, what do you know? Don't say you don't know. I didn't know before yesterday."

Xie Libo chuckled, and his smile always had a simple and honest look: "We don't know if it's normal, but you don't know that the prince is dishonest, what are you doing here in the capital, have you seen Yang Shihan come with the prince?"

"No, why did Brother He think of asking Yang Shihan?"

"You, the prince who was made by Taibao came to Yongzhou, you don't even know that Yang Shihan wrote to you? When I saw him, he was being transferred to the capital under orders. It's you, the deputy of the Taibao, right? Why don't you know, and Yang Shihan should accompany the prince when he travels?"

"Really?" Wang Pang was a little surprised. Up to now, he still wonders why the prince only has two entourages, but since last night until now, he has never had the chance to ask the scriptures. Looking for a book in a pile of letters, Yang Shihan's letters were uncovered and opened to see that apart from some farewell greetings, he mentioned that he was going to the capital. He closed the letter: "It's nothing. I'm just an idle job. I'm not as good as the king of Zhennan. If you don't remind me, brother, I really forgot that I'm too good-looking." Then he said: "Brother, you have worked hard all the way, take a rest first, let's have a good chat in the evening, and wait until tomorrow morning, let's go to the Shibo Department first and then discuss the market, as long as the operation here is normal, I can go out with confidence."

"Okay, I know you can't be idle, then I'll go and prepare first. If there's time, we two brothers can have a good talk." Xie Libo was very happy, he didn't ask any more questions, stood up and said goodbye to Wang Pang and followed Zhang Ping out of the study. The study became quiet again. Wang Pang unpacked a stack of letters on the table and looked at them one by one. Finally, he saw the letter from the mansion in the capital. The letter was written by Tong Guan, but the tone of Rou'er was Rou'er's tone. Well, one more thing is that the business of the banks in the capital has been very hot recently, and a few unknown big households have deposited a lot of money in them. The money in the bank is extremely rich. Seeing this, Wang Pang frowned. Song people don't understand. Including Rou'er in the house and even Li Enxi, who closed the Beijing Bank, seemed to think it was a good thing, but this may not be the case in Wang Pang's view.

I don’t think about who saved so much money for the time being, just say that the interest rate difference Wang Pang’s bank earns. If there are too many deposits, the bank will pay a lot of interest; if the bank wants to operate normally, it must solve the problem of excess deposits. Wang Pang looked at Xin Qing Shaking his head lightly, there are too many things to do. I planned to endure in Yongzhou and lay a solid foundation for my father to try reforms in the future. When Zhao Xu succeeds, I can use Zhao Xu's power to express my ambitions, but now I am getting closer. It's time for Zhao Xu to succeed to the throne, but Zhao Xu came to Yongzhou. Thinking of the king, he secretly scolded the brat what the hell he was doing.

Things really happened one after another. The king hurriedly ordered someone to invite the messenger to the main hall. He hurriedly cleaned his hands and face, adjusted his hair, changed his clothes, and hurried to the front hall. He saw the Huangmen official, an eunuch aged 26, and the eunuch smiled. He was very polite to Wang Pang with a full face, so he had to follow the rules and burn incense to receive the decree and listen to the official announcement of the Huangmen. It actually said that the crown prince was going to Dali and he would go to Yongzhou to let Wang Pang accompany Wang Pang in a few days. wait for him to come and tell the daylilies are cold

After receiving the decree, the king invited the Huangmen official to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea. The Huangmen official was very discerning, although he came here for the order, but he didn't dare to hold the teacup in his hands, half of his buttocks sat on the chair, and he leaned forward slightly. Respectfully said: "My lord, you don't have to be polite, now the prince is still on the way and he will arrive in two or three days."

"Oh ha ha" Wang Pang didn't say anything: "There are noble people in labor. I don't know how many people the prince brought with him this time? Who will accompany the prince?"

The official Huangmen replied: "The crown prince is accompanied by Zhang Fangping, a scholar of the imperial censor Zhongcheng Hanlin; in addition, there are four young guards in front of the imperial guard and two or thirty people from the imperial army; there are also about four or fifty people in the palace who accompany the capital Shaofu and serve the prince. That's why people walk slowly, the prince doesn't have to rush to meet the prince, and there is still time."

Listening, the king wondered in his heart that Zhao Xu brought many people out of the capital, but why did he only bring two guards to Yongzhou first, and waited to be sent away? The hidden objects have been found and now I know that the palace is holding a banquet tonight and I am going back to the dormitory to freshen up. Wang Pang hummed and said he knew: "Brother Zhe Libo has come back, everyone can have a party tonight."

In the past few days, Wang Pang got along better with Gao Zhisheng, and everyone saw it too. Zhe Kejun reminded Wang Pang and asked, "That's right, my lord, do you want to call Gao Guoxiang?"

After Zhe Kejun reminded Wang Pang like this, he realized why he didn’t see Gao Zhisheng all day today. “Are you in the house? This guy is surprisingly quiet today.” Although Wang Pang and Gao Zhisheng are three or four years apart in age, they have similar experiences and different He is a remarkable figure in the imperial court. Wang Pang has seen so many people, and he really thinks that Gao Zhisheng and himself are quite angry.

"Report that someone outside the prince's mansion asks to see you," a guard stood at the door asking for instructions.

The more you want to be free for a while, the more free you will be. "Who is it?"

The guard walked into the room and handed the name card to Wang Pang. As a result, the name card was written in a few beautiful characters: Lin Xiuxiu of the Hangzhou Association of the Golden Lotus Club [

Hehe, it’s almost dark today, ordinarily it’s the time when singing and dancing are on the rise, Lin Xiuxiu is dissatisfied with what Chunyuan came to the palace to do, and Xiangxiang, Miss Lin is also bold enough, how would she know that the king will meet a singing girl from Manchunyuan, if it wasn’t today When Hou Shuxian talked about the Golden Lotus Society, Wang Pang really didn't necessarily pay attention to it, but thinking that the Golden Lotus Society had such a background, and that he was pretending to be public and private, it might be the reason why Lin Xiuxiu came to see him.

Wang Pang lowered his head and pondered for a while: "Please go to the other courtyard in the garden."

In the courtyard of the main hall, people come and go. In the Huiying Building in the garden, there is a dinner party at night. There must be many people coming and going. As for the courtyard of the study room, it is also the place where people around the king come and go. The other courtyard of this garden has a gate in the garden and a corner gate. Backstreet, it’s not that Wang Pang carefully prepared this courtyard since he lived in Zhennan Wang’s Mansion. Unexpectedly, it came in handy today.

A small sedan chair was parked at the gate of Zhennan Prince's Mansion. A woman in red was standing on the large stone steps of the mansion, waiting for the guards who came in and out of the mansion to come back. Come." He went down the steps and led the girl in red and the bearer who carried the sedan chair through the alley on the side of the palace, and came to the back door of the garden courtyard, knocking on the knocker, and the door opened with a creak.

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