These days, Fan Zhongyan has not left, which makes Ye Sheng very surprised, knocking on the side in front of the teacher to get some official document information, which has the first year of Kangding (1040) March, due to the tight side affairs, Renzong took Fan Zhongyan's expectations and recalled the Jingshi to serve as Tianzhang Pavilion to be systematic, out of the Yongxing Army. In July, he was promoted to a direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Jingluo with Han Qi, and served as the deputy of Xia Zhu, the pacification envoy. In August, Fan Zhongyan asked Yanzhou to inform him, and after he took office, he changed the old system of the army, trained in divisions, and took turns to resist the enemy; At the same time, Qingjian City and Jucheng were built as military bases to save border expenses. Renzong's edict ordered this army to be the Kangding Army.

Ye Sheng recalled the historical data and display in his mind and judged that Fan Zhongyan went to Yanzhou to build Qingjian City and Duncheng, and this time he returned to Beijing because the imperial court could not meet the military expenses of Yanzhou. Returning to Beijing to ask for help, Ye Sheng's Grand Canal plan is successful in Fan Zhongyan's eyes, and there is a great chance to solve the logistical pressure in Yanzhou. If you think about the fact that the grain and grass in the place where the road transport arrives, you can understand the benefits of water transportation.

When you go back to the capital and talk to those old officials, it's better to watch this matter. If necessary, he can use his official position as a Longtu Pavilion scholar to put pressure on the local government. After the drawings were explored, after thinking about these Ye Sheng, he suddenly felt that there was a bright spot in front of him, and Ye Sheng's dock was selected in Mengjin Baihe Township. Where is a natural wharf water depth, because the bend of the Yellow River makes this a concave terrain is too suitable as a wharf. After deciding on the decision, Ye Sheng immediately instructed Miss Shen to take someone to buy Baihe's 800 acres of river beach land immediately, and then instructed the official D: "Find me a painter who is good at drawing geographical maps of mountains and rivers, and the more refined the painting, the better." Ye Sheng took Ning'er and the painter he found all the way out of the city and went directly to Baihe, and the Baihe Wharf was as deserted and bleak as ever.

After dismounting and standing still, Ye Sheng instructed the painter to do something simple, that is, to ask him to draw the dock in front of him and the mausoleum of Emperor Guangwu in the distance.

While the painter was busy with his work, Ye Sheng looked at the quiet river in winter.

What a natural deep-water wharf! It's a shame to waste it like this!

"My lord, what else is there to do?"

"Ning'er, don't worry, you will be busy in two days", Tang Cheng raised his head and nodded at the painter, "After he finishes painting and I add it, you have to go to Luoyang with me."

"Going to Luoyang at this time?".

"Yes, not only do you have to go to Luoyang, but you also have to send people to Tokyo, these are all good places, there are many rich people", at this point, Ye Sheng smiled, "If you don't find them, we have the money to build roads?" ”。

"Your Excellency is pointing to this pier to earn money to build roads?" , Ning Er is not a stupid person, and after a little thought, he can also touch some Tang Chengdi's thoughts, but what he doesn't understand is that "My lord's idea is naturally good, but you have to have a road before this dock can be used." Now that there is no money, food, and forced labor for road construction, have you put the cart before the horse, my lord? ”。

Attracting investment! ”。

"Recruit ...... Business...... Attracting investment? Ning'er was completely stunned.

"Plant a plane tree, have your own phoenix, you should understand this", seeing Ning Er's confused face, Ye Sheng, who was laughing, changed a language that he could understand, "Ning Er, Mengjin White Crane Wharf is the best natural deep-water wharf in Luoyang, this is a unique resource, this is the plane tree!" Guarding such a good resource, are you afraid that you won't have money? If you have money, you are afraid of running out of food? No one? ”。

After saying this in one breath, Ye Sheng turned around, "Ning'er, you remember a little."

"What?".

"Resources, especially a one-of-a-kind monopoly like Hakuho Wharf, are truly the most valuable asset!"

Ning Er had never heard of any new terms of "resources" and "monopoly", but with Tang Cheng's explanation, Feng Haizhou did understand what he meant. At the same time, a word suddenly popped up in her heart - swaying and shaking, this is a local dialect of Luoyang, if translated into the language of later generations, it will be an empty glove white wolf.

Isn't it obvious, the dock in Baihe Town in front of you is indeed a natural good dock, but it must be repaired here with a suitable road before it can be considered really useful. The simple truth is: with a road, this pier can be considered useful, and only then can money come.

Ning'er grew up in Luoyang, as an authentic Luoyang person, according to the rules of Luoyang: if you want to buy something, you should pay for it and deliver it with one hand. This is the common sense of heaven and earth, haven't all our ancestors come over like this for generations! In the same way, it's the same with selling things, if you want to sell things for money, you have to have something first, right? If you don't have any goods, you want to collect money, why should others give you money, everyone is stupid?

Now Ye Sheng is like a seller, the dock is the goods he wants to sell, but the problem is that the goods themselves have not been formed at all.

When Ning Er understood what Ye Sheng meant, she actually felt that this idea was too unreasonable, it was too counterintuitive, things were abnormal, and they were demons!

Despite muttering in her heart, for Ning Er, Ye Sheng's explanation was still useful, at least it made her feel at ease, what was the peace of mind? What she is relieved about is that Ye Sheng still has a plan, although this plan is unreliable no matter how it sounds, but after all, it is finally there! For her, who already had the heart to repay her gratitude this time, he would follow whatever Ye Sheng did, since he wanted to do this, and now he had to do it, what else did he say. Just do it.

When the painter finished his work, Ye Sheng saw that it was past noon, so he didn't go back, and he and Ning Er found a wine shop on the street to eat, and after a short rest, it was time to go to the office in the afternoon.

"Ning'er, don't go to Caoli in the afternoon", walking into the gate of the state government, Tang Cheng said to Ning'er: "Send someone to go around other routes in the county." Let's touch the bottom first, although the county can't count on it, but as long as you can get a penny for a person, it's better than nothing, no matter how small the mosquito is, it's also meat! The focus is on Sihu and Sicang, looking at the money, food and the amount of conscription." If there is, I'll look for Bao County Order,

Well, I'll go now", Ning'er took two steps and then turned back. "My lord, I won't come to Yali tomorrow morning, so I'll leave early to go around the county below, and I'll not talk about the money and food, and see if I can squeeze some conscription quotas out of their hands."

"Draw inferences. Good! Ye Sheng patted Ning'er's shoulder and said with a smile: "Ning'er, you are really a good helper." Later, I said to my wife and followed me.

The little girl's face flushed with shame at some thought, and she turned around and ran out. The braids on the back are swinging one by one, which is very good-looking.

Ye Sheng returned to his office, found out the geographical map of the mountains and rivers of Luoyang, and added it to the artist's drawing, this map was his business card for attracting investment, and he was really negligent.

It's good that when I was a professor before, I had nothing to do and practiced painting, especially specializing in powder drawing, although it was not as good as that of a professional painter, but the things that Ye Sheng added were also presentable, and they were relatively more concise and more prominent in the theme.

After making up for the one at hand, just as Ye Sheng began to copy the second copy, Ning Er pushed the door and walked in.

Ye Sheng looked up at Ning Er's face, "It's done?" ”。

Ning Er said: "Li Xiancheng expressed his full support, and also said that Shen Liang's case has begun to be handled, do you have any orders?" Ye Sheng said, "Let's go home and take a look at the Madame area." When the two returned home and saw Miss Shen, Ye Sheng told the Shen family the ins and outs of what happened.

Miss Shen said happily: "Back then, my mother's death was unknown, so I was afraid that I would have three long and two short years before I sent the doll to your family to raise." "At home, Shen Liang is my second uncle, not your father-in-law. Because of the early death of his father, he said that he wanted me to put me in his name, and then my mother was inexplicably found having a tryst with a man and committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. The second uncle annexed the family property of the big house, and my grandfather had to come up with a way to send me here. How did he know that his uncle and aunt had just died, and he came to the door. You were deceived when I knew it. There is a copy of the marriage certificate at home, and I know that my uncle has always treasured it," he said, took it out and handed me a small box, which contained the marriage certificate and a marriage certificate, and the property said that the property of the Shen family's big house would be returned to Shen Qingjun as a dowry when Shen Qingjun got married in the future. The man's bride price is 50 acres of high-quality paddy fields in the east of the city.

Ye Sheng raised his head and was about to ask Shen Qingjun why he didn't take it out at that time, but Miss Shen smiled sadly and said, "Second Uncle threatens me that if I take out this thing, his subordinates will come back and kill our whole family." Ye Sheng was frightened into a cold sweat after hearing this, so he took Miss Shen's hand all the way out of the house, and took him to Sima Guang's door, where Sima Guang and Fan Zhongyan listened to what happened. After reading the marriage book, I gasped, if there was no Shen girl, Ye Sheng would have died.

Fan Zhongyan admired Miss Shen very much, she was bold and careful, and calm. can support the Ye family for half a year under such circumstances and protect Ye Sheng. is really a strange woman, considering that Miss Shen is lonely and bitter, she decided to accept Miss Shen as her righteous daughter. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to personally guard and immediately arrest Shen Liang.