Compete for the Song Dynasty

Hearing someone call the Second Young Master Wang, he raised his eyes and saw a person coming from the opposite side, wearing a bamboo hat and a fox fur cloak, he looked like a rich master.The man walked up to Wang Pang and saluted, looked up at Wang Pang with his hands on the bamboo hat, showing a round face.

Wang Pang saw that this person was somewhat familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen him before: "You are?"

"My lord, you are so forgetful. I am Jiang Chuan from Linchuan Ruyi Restaurant. I just want to meet you when I come to the capital. I have been waiting for you for half a day."

Hearing the name of Ruyi Restaurant, Wang Pang remembered that there was indeed such a person, and seeing that he came from Linchuan, Wang Pang said with a smile: "So it's the shopkeeper Jiang, come with me, I just want to hear about Linchuan. What about the situation?"

"Hey!" Jiang Chuan happily agreed, turned around and ran to an ox cart, half body leaned into the ox cart and took a box from inside, turned back and followed Wang Pang and others into the palace. [

The snow fell more and more, and the servants of the Wangfu were busy cleaning the snowflakes that fell on the stone road. Jiang Chuan followed behind Wang, looking at the eucalyptus and silver flowers on both sides of the road without envy.Walking into the hall, one immediately felt warm and cozy. Wang Pang took off his cloak and someone came to catch him immediately.Jiang Chuan hurriedly brushed off the unmelted snowflakes on his body and head.

"Shopkeeper Jiang, please sit down. How is the situation in Linchuan? Judging by your happy face, you must have done a good job in the past few years, right?" Wang Pang sat down and asked.

Jiang Chuan replied with a smile: "In the past few years, the merchants in Linchuan have been thinking of you. Now in Linchuan, there are almost no officials sending random missions. This kind of tax is also much less, and the business is easy to do."

"That's good!" Wang Pang nodded with a smile, and Jiang Chuan continued: "However, no matter how good the business in Linchuan is, it is not as good as Yongzhou. If you are not talented, you will follow the example of others and go south to Yongzhou to discuss business outside the city. A restaurant was opened around the market, and the business was booming. It has been less than a year, and it has earned more than my shopkeeper who has worked for many years. Now it is not only Linchuan, but I heard that young people in many places People say that those who go south go south to Yongzhou. And most of them return with a full load, and some people bring back things from Yongzhou to Linchuan to do business, as if anyone who can go to Yongzhou is like returning with a layer of gold."

"Hahaha! This is a good thing." Listening to Jiang Chuan's narration, Wang Pang was very happy.

"That's right, that's right, I thought you were different back then, son, and you must be the dragon and phoenix in the future. I didn't expect that in addition to being able to punish corrupt officials, you can also be good at construction. In the future, Linchuan will definitely produce a great prime minister ..." Jiang Chuan couldn't help but praise.

Wang Pang smiled slightly, Jiang Chuan was right, Linchuan would definitely produce a prime minister, but it would definitely be his father Wang Anshi first.Seeing that Jiang Chuan was holding the box in his hand, Wang Pang said with a smile: "Okay, you don't have to praise me, what's the matter with me?"

"Hey." Jiang Chuan also smiled: "The merchants have been rich in recent years, and they always want to show their love to you, the prince, but they will not accept any gifts from your house. I heard from my son that you Issuing some kind of Yongzhou construction bond, we are afraid that you will use the money, the prince, so everyone has collected some, and I just came to the capital to visit relatives, and the folks in the village entrust me to bring them to you." He said and opened the box, inside It was stacks of silver bills and a few ingots of gold, which were handed over to the king.

"Thank you guys for me, I can't accept these taels!" Wang Pang smiled.

"My lord, if you don't take me back, you won't be able to tell everyone. Don't you think it's too little?" Jiang Chuan asked with embarrassment.

"Let's do this! Now that the imperial court is issuing Song bonds, I'll send someone to take you to Jia Xian, the steward of the Pacific Insurance Bank. Converting these silver taels into bonds will not only allow you to go back to the past, but also increase everyone's income. You What do you think?"

"Oh, thank you so much, my lord. On behalf of the merchants in Linchuan, thank you, my lord." Jiang Chuan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Wang Pang ordered He Zhu to take Jiang Chuan to find Jia Xian. As soon as the two of them left, Wang Yuanze came to the hall, and when he entered the door, he happily said, "I knew it, brother, you have a way!"

"Brother is so happy, it seems that there is a happy event!" Wang Pang looked at Yuan Ze with a smile.

Yuan Ze said excitedly while rubbing his hands: "Yes, the appointment of the imperial court has been made, so I don't have to go to Jingde County, I can stay in the capital."

"Oh? What kind of official position did the court appoint elder brother?" Wang Pang is not pretending to be stupid. These days he has been busy issuing bonds and preparing to meet the enemy Xixia. Although he knew that Zhao Xu had re-appointed Yuan Ze, the specifics The official position Wang Pang is really not very clear.

"Prince Zhongyun, Chongzheng Palace storyteller!"

Wang Bang listened and smiled, the crown prince Zhongyun is the fifth grade, and the storyteller in Chongzheng Palace is also an official name.It was built in the first year of Song Renzong Jingyou (1034), mainly to explain the history of books for the emperor, explain the scriptures, and prepare consultants.Those with profound academic background in the Imperial Academy are lecturers and readers, while those with lower official ranks and lesser qualifications are storytellers.Although the official rank is low and the seniority is low, but he is by the emperor's side, and if he can explain the history books to the emperor, if his views can be recognized by the emperor, then the future is limitless.

"My brother is very knowledgeable, and being able to hold this official position is not in vain of my full knowledge. This is not something I can do, it has to be said that it is the approval of the Holy One!" [

Wang Yuanze blinked: "Brother, you should save what you said to outsiders. Good wine is afraid of deep alleys. Without you, I am afraid that my brother has already reached the remote mountains, old forests and barren land." He didn't speak but just smiled, knowing that Wang Pang also acquiesced in his words: "Okay, you can do your work, tonight I will drink with Fan Chunren and Zeng Bu in Jinxiu Tower, if you can come, we will practice it for you .”

"Okay, I'll try my best, you don't have to wait for me!" Wang Bang agreed.

Yuan Ze walked towards the door and said, "Got it, you are a busy person!"

Wang Pang shook his head, now he really wanted to have a free and easy drink with these brothers, but he couldn't help himself in the court.Before he could stop him from sighing, the guards came to report to General Yue Li asking to see him, and Wang Pang ordered: "General Yue, please come to the study."

Yue Li followed the guards leading the way to Wang Pang's study, Wang Pang was standing at the door facing away from the desk, when he heard Yue Li come in, Wang Pang turned around. "General Yue, I haven't seen you for many years, you've always been great!"

Yue Li hastily stepped forward and bowed to salute: "My lord, don't come here." Wang Pang asked Yue Li to sit down, and the two exchanged pleasantries. After seeing Wang Pang for several years, they couldn't help sighing how time flies. In the past [-] years, his reddish face showed a bit of maturity, and a beard grew on his chin to make him appear calm and steady.

Thinking that this Yue Li was actually Yue Fei's grandfather, Wang Pang couldn't help being awed, but he was even more honored to call him brother and brother.He ordered someone to serve tea, and then said: "Brother Yue has just arrived in the capital, and he has worked hard all the way."

"Where, I don't dare to be negligent under the emperor's order this time. I am very happy to hear that the supervising army is the prince. It is my honor to fight side by side with the prince! I am here today to discuss our marching plan. The day after tomorrow Just set off, I have already counted the men and horses, and this time I will lead a reinforcement team of [-] to Yanzhou, just waiting for the order from the prince."

"Brother Yue, you are the commander-in-chief of this dispatch, why wait for my order?" Wang Pang said with a smile.

Yue Li also smiled: "My commander-in-chief probably doesn't have as much combat experience as you, my lord. This time I set off in such a hurry, I'm afraid I didn't think carefully."

Wang Pang stood up: "Okay, let's not be polite to each other, Brother Yue, come with me!" He said and walked towards the wing, Yue Li followed Wang Pang into the wing, and when he entered the door, Yue Li was stunned , a strange decoration is placed on a large table with four chapter tables put together. The size of this decoration is as big as this big table. In some places there are some small flags.

"What, what is this?" Yue Li asked in surprise, looking at the Wang who was walking beside the decoration with hands behind his back admiring it.

"This is called a sand table!"

"Sand tray?"

"That's right! In the eighth year of Jianwu in the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Guangwu conquered Tianshui and Wudu, the local powerful Kuihuo, the general Ma Yuan "gathered rice into a valley and pointed out the situation", which made Emperor Guangwu feel that "the captive is in my eyes". It feels like the sand table of the ancients. Using rice to make a sand table is too extravagant. I asked Zhang Ping, Zhe Kejun, two generals, to make this thing according to the map of the border between Yanzhou and Xixia. Do you think it is very intuitive? "

"High, high!" Yue Li pointed his thumb in admiration: "It seems that the lord has worked hard, I was worried that I had never been to Yanzhou, and I was not familiar with the terrain so I was afraid of making mistakes, so I wanted to ask the lord to give an order. Woolen cloth."

Wang Pang pointed to the sign on the sand table and said to him, "Look, General Yue, there are seventeen villages in Yanzhou, of which the two villages from the northwest to the second village in Huaining and Suiping are the key points for defense. Forty miles, [-] miles to Shihuzhai in the southwest, [-] miles to Suizhou in the north, [-] miles to Huaining Village in the west, and [-] miles to Qingjian City in the south. Now Yanzhou is guarded by Zhongyi, which is said to be as solid as gold; Qinfeng Road There are Zhe Kexing guarding the eight villages in Luzhou. It is a big problem for the time being; there are seven villages in Weizhou: the most important of which is Dingchuan Village. Dingchuan Village controls the Liupan Mountain area in the west. Twenty miles, [-] miles from Yizhou Zhisheng Pass in the southwest, and [-] miles from Dongshanzhai in the north. This is the place where Li Liangzuo often attacked in Xixia. There is a kind of guard here, and I am not too worried. You see The eleven villages in Yuanzhou, including Sanchuan Village, are located between Nalongchuan, Tianmachuan and Wuyan. Xikong Miao’e Mountain area enters Tiandu Mountain Road in the northwest, and you can reach Lingwu. The land is wide, flat and beautiful. Go north to Dingchuanzhai, go to Haoshuichuan Baili. This is where Li Liangzuo often succeeds. Since we are reinforcements, my idea is that we go as far as Sanchuanzhai, and at the same time let Wang Shao launch Tubo to harass Xixia Xiliang Mansion and disperse Xixia's attention buys time for our reinforcements."

Yue Li's eyes widened when he heard that, and when Wang Pang finished speaking, he said in admiration, "Okay! My lord, I, Yue, can say something that is simply admirable. It's just between the lord!"

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