Fuwang Ning'an sat in front of the window, looking at a letter over and over again, and even Xiao Guanyin came in from outside, without noticing.

"Lord Wang, rest for a while!"

Xiao Guanyin sent the teacup to Wang Ning'an's hand, and said with a smile: "Could it be that the prince is disappointed in the affairs of Yanzhou?" Wen Yanbo's disposition is unsatisfactory? ”

"Hahaha...... I asked Wen Yanbo to go, but I didn't plan to agree. ”

Wang Ningan raised the teacup, took a sip, and praised: "The craftsmanship is a lot better." ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiao Guanyin smiled sweetly.

Wang Ningan laughed and said: "Wen Yanbo, that old thing, is used to selling both ends, let him be a murderous knife for me, that is absolutely impossible." The Han family is an old friend, and Pang Ji is Junshi's benefactor, so I can't make up my mind, let's give them a way to live in the end! ”

"The prince is still a person who misses the old, I hope they can understand the hard work of the prince. Since the prince is interested in opening up the net, why is he still worried? ”

"Wen Yanbo put forward a difficult problem for me, no matter how I look at it, there is a problem, you can refer to it for me." Wang Ningan said and handed the letter in his hand to Xiao Guanyin.

After Xiao Guanyin took it, he looked at it and suddenly smiled.

"Lord Wang, this thing seems familiar!"

"Well, a few years ago, it seems that the Qian family in Jiangnan proposed that they wanted to replant mulberry fields and cotton fields in the southeast to increase the output of silk and fine cloth...... This old man felt that he couldn't interfere in the coal business, so he turned to the idea of textiles. ”

"Does the prince agree?"

Wang Ningan took a breath, he owed his body, and sighed: "At present, the local finances are embarrassed, and there are not a few people who complain to me. If you switch to cotton and increase taxes, it is also a good thing. Yanzhou is also suitable for growing cotton, but I am worried that growing too much cotton will endanger grain production, so I have been thinking about where to get grain. Last year, it was by provoking the war between the Japanese and Goryeo, selling weapons, and getting millions of stone of grain, this year these two countries are exhausted, but fortunately, the trade route between us and Tianzhu is opened, last year we bought 2 million stone of grain, this year may be able to increase to 3 million stone, if there is no famine in the north, it should be able to deal with it. But you have to be prepared to expand outward, otherwise someone will definitely go hungry......"

Wang Ningan said a lot, and Xiao Guanyin listened with a smile.

"Lord Wang, it stands to reason that I shouldn't talk too much, but I think there's something wrong here."

Wang Ningan was stunned, "Oh, tell me about it?" ”

"Lord Wang, did Wen Yanbo know how to grow cotton and weave before? Why did he come up with this strategy immediately when he arrived in Yanzhou, who gave him the idea? Although I don't know how to do farm work, it seems that it is not that simple to change to cotton! ”

After Xiao Guanyin's reminder, Wang Ningan's face suddenly changed! His pupils constricted, he took the letter again, looked at it carefully, and suddenly slammed the table!

"Okay, you Wen Kuanfu, you are digging a grave for me!"

……

Not to mention Wang Ning'an's anger, let alone Wen Yanbo, the old guy decisively dealt with the case, although it caused a lot of shock in Shilin, some people scolded him for cutting off Confucius and Mencius, and he was heinous, which was a shame for Shilin...... But many discerning people didn't blame Lao Wen too much, and even secretly grateful.

At least Wen Yanbo did not raise a big prison and implicate innocents, and many people who have a relationship with the Kong family secretly thank Wen Yanbo, feeling that the old minister is still serious and trustworthy.

Lao Wen also pondered that he was going to do a big job.

He calculated that although the coal mine is profitable, the investment is too large, and the returns are not rich, especially too eye-catching.

Now Wang Ningan is holding a butcher's knife high, and whoever fights him will not end well, in this case, I can't play coal mines! I'm going to plant cotton and weave cotton!

You, Wang Ning'an, encourage the localities to engage in breeding and planting, expand financial resources, and plant cotton instead, so that the harvest is better than grain, and the land endowment can be increased, and cotton can be trafficked, woven into cotton cloth, and then shipped out for sale, which can increase a lot of taxes.

Aren't Yanzhou and other places financially embarrassed!

Just the right thing to solve.

With the support of the local yamen, the cotton planting of the entire Jingdong Road is pinched in hand, with the supply of goods, and the entire industrial chain is mastered, don't you have to worry about making no money!

"Dad is really wise, let them fight for coal mines, fight for iron mines, and we grow cotton, it's really a clever plan." Wen Jifu came from Xijing to help his father implement this matter.

Wen Yanbo was very proud, he grabbed his beard and said with a smile: "How is it, how is it about replanting?" ”

"It's done! We invited some cotton growers from Jiangnan and asked them to grow cotton to ensure that they could produce the best cotton. ”

"Hmm...... What about the others? Especially the local people, are there any troubles? ”

Wen Jifu laughed: "What are they making trouble!" This is the land of the Confucian family, the court collects it, what to plant, it is the court that has the final say, they are grass people, and they dare to block the national policy of the court, they don't know whether they are alive or dead! The Kong family has been distributed, but they also want to be distributed? ”

Wen Yanbo narrowed his old eyes and said slowly: "Listen to me, don't make too much trouble, Wang Ningan is now in power, and he doesn't want to be a villain, he wants both the people's support and the law." It's hard to be a father, and it's ours, of course, it's indispensable. But everything must also have a degree, we eat meat and drink soup, and we must also share it with others, especially those ordinary people, don't treat everyone as a mustard, if something really happens, it's not easy for the father to clean up! ”

Wen Jifu nodded again and again, "Please rest assured, the child knows, I will tell the following, don't go too far." ”

……

The father and son of the Wen family were discussing, and suddenly someone ran in and muttered a few words in Wen Yanbo's ear, Wen Yanbo's face changed wildly, and he looked incredulous!

"Is it really him? How did you get him arrested? ”

Everyone who came cried and said aggrievedly: "Xiangye, the little ones don't know either, he is so tattered and dirty, we thought he was an ordinary person!" ”

"Phew! Don't you know that the unruly is notoriously unkempt? It's true that he is a common man now, but he is not an ordinary person! He is the emperor's father-in-law, the ruler of the country! Sooner or later, the old man will let you be pitted! ”

As he spoke, Wen Yanbo got up, snorted angrily and rushed to the prison, and Wen Jifu also hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at the prison, they let the jailer lead the way, and the stench was indescribable, and on both sides were the described, screaming prisoners, and the ground was wet and slippery.

Wen Yanbo frowned, and finally came to the front of a cell, he looked inside by the light of the lantern, and sure enough, there was a person facing the wall and meditating.

"Yes...... Is it Jiefu? ”

The other party seemed to hear Wen Yanbo's voice and turned around slowly.

"Hahaha, it's Xianggong Wen who is here, please forgive the official for not being able to give a salute to Xianggong Wen."

Wen Yanbo saw that it was really Wang Anshi, he was like thunder!

"Bastard, are you all blind? How can even the prince be caught! How daring, damn it! Damn it! He scolded and shouted: "Why don't you open the cell door quickly and ask the prince to come out." ”

"Yes, yes!"

The cell boss immediately went to open the cell door, but he was in a hurry, trembling, and couldn't find the key, but Wen Yanbo was so angry that he directly asked the guards to cut the chains with a knife and open the cell door.

"Jiefu, come out quickly, go to Qinchaxingyuan, the old man has something to tell you!"

Wang Anshi smiled faintly, "Xianggong Wen, the lower officials also have something to tell you...... I think the environment in this prison is good, so we might as well have a good chat here! ”

"Where is this place to chat? Jiefu, are you angry in your heart? Such...... Whoever caught you in, the old man immediately scolded eighty with a cane, how about giving you anger? ”

Wang Anshi shook his head.

This made Wen Yanbo anxious, he walked in front of Wang Anshi in a few steps, lifted his robe, and wanted to kneel.

"Jiefu, do you really not give face to the old man?"

Wang Anshi was taken aback, anyway, Wen Yanbo was also his senior, a first-class member, he immediately reached out to hold it, and Wen Yanbo also took advantage of the situation to grab Wang Anshi's arm, daring to love this old man didn't want to kneel at all! Wang Anshi's nose was crooked.

"Xianggong Wen, do you know why the lower official was arrested?"

Wen Yanbo smiled, "If the people below are not here, the old man will be severely punished!" ”

Wang Anshi shook his head, "Xiaguan has been living in ordinary people's homes these days...... Today, there are officers and soldiers who come to the door to arrest people, there is no way, the lower officials have lived in other people's houses for so long, they can only let them arrest me and make me a scapegoat! ”

Wen Yanbo was not stupid, he saw that there was something here, so he asked: "Jiefu, just tell me, what's going on?" ”

"Okay, since Xianggong Wen asked, then I'll say it directly!"

Wang Anshi paused and asked, "Xianggong Wen, are you going to grow cotton in the Kong family's field?" ”

"Yes, is this also for the development of cotton spinning and the enrichment of the treasury? Do you have an idea? Wen Yanbo smiled, "If Jiefu is interested, can we participate in the shares together!" ”

Wang Anshi shook his head, "Xianggong Wen, do you know how the people below them are pushing?" ”

Wen Yanbo subconsciously shook his head, and Wang Anshi immediately told Wen Yanbo what he had seen...... It turned out that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court received Wen Yanbo's order and went to let the common people plant cotton instead.

But most of the people don't know how to grow cotton at all, and they don't want to change it, they have the most simple idea, grain can be eaten, but cotton can't be eaten!

If the cotton can't be planted, won't it be starving, so everyone refuses, and it can't be pushed at all.

"How so? These fields belong to the imperial court, why are there still people who obstruct them? ”

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly: "Xianggong Wen, the field belongs to the Kong family, and now it belongs to the imperial court, but the problem is that farming also requires tenants...... These people are all tenants of the Kong family, and they are unwilling to change, so the officials fabricated charges, saying that they are henchmen of the Kong family, and they were all arrested...... You see, there are no less than a hundred wronged people in this prison! Wen Xianggong, the lower officials think, I'm afraid it's not what you mean, right? ”

"Of course not!"

Wen Yanbo immediately shook his head, joking, he Wen Yanbo didn't want to bear the responsibility!

"Jiefu, the old man still doesn't understand, obviously the income from cotton planting is higher, and the old man has also invited experts who are proficient in cotton planting from the south, why are they unwilling to change to planting?"