Bao Zheng, his father-in-law who loved him, passed away, although Wang knew that this was an unavoidable law of nature, but he was still very sad in his heart, and he couldn't accept the fact that the moon was also dead.

Even if Wang Bypass is ancient and modern, but he is so helpless in the face of life and death, he can't be ordinary anymore, he can't change history, and at the same time he can't return to heaven, maybe he understands that he won't return to Bianjing for the time being, there is another reason: that is, there is a vague escape in his heart, he doesn't know how to return to the capital, in the face of the loss of the hostess's mansion, in the face of the officialdom that has no biological father and father-in-law,

These thoughts flashed in Wang Bei's mind, Wang Fang was a little disheartened, some depressed, although there were some small twists and turns in the Song Dynasty, but after all, there was the favor of Emperor Renzong, the care of his father-in-law Bao Zheng, the care of his biological father Wang Anshi, and his identity as the son of Wang Anshi, he might have the opportunity to go to the chrysanthemum banquet with his father, and it was possible to recognize Prime Minister Bao as his father-in-law, and he would worship Di Qing as a teacher, and he would marry his wife under the moon, and all this would bring Zhao Shu's jealousy, the framing of traitors,

No matter how entangled Wang Bian is, he must always face it, Wang Bian stayed in Liangshanbo for a few more days, and the wound has almost healed, on this day, Ruan Xingxing rushed to the inn, and asked the shopkeeper when he entered the door: "Wang Shilang can be in the store." ”

The shopkeeper pointed upstairs with his finger, shook his head in a low voice and said, "Go and see, Wang Shilang is borrowing wine to drown his sorrows again." ”

Ruan Xingwen heard that he strode up to the second floor of the inn, pushed open the door and saw that Wang was pouring himself a drink: "Isn't it boring to drink alone, I'll accompany Wang Shilang to drink two sips." ”

When Wang saw Ruan Xing coming in, he had just drunk by himself for a while, and the things in his mind were messy, and he was trying to find someone to talk to: "Don't call me any Wang Shilang, my Shilang is nothing more than a false name, come, sit down and drink with my brother." ”

Ruan Xing knew that Wang Fang was depressed, and no one could persuade him to encounter such a thing, so he sat down opposite Wang Bei, poured wine and said: "I came to tell Wang Gongzi a news, the officials who investigated the land have left in the past few days, it seems that this gust of wind has passed, this court is doing things like this, or Wang Gongzi is right." As he spoke, he gave the king a glass of wine.

The king picked the corners of his mouth, he wanted to laugh, but only the corners of his mouth moved: "Don't worry, the court is robbing the rich and killing big families this time, think about it, the court has no money, who dares to be richer than the court, the big head goes, you will be fine." Wang Bian said this, but he understood in his heart that the so-called big family, the big head is himself, but Wang Bian smiled bitterly in his heart, his own fraudulent death, but it really made the court breathe a sigh of relief.

Ruan Xing raised his big finger: "Wang Gongzi said that it is too right, this matter is over for the time being, but this year's promise to the prefect of Dongping Mansion to buy coal, I will talk about it next year, there is no need to burn coal in a month or two, this winter is really sad." ”

According to the amount of coal produced in Jinxiang Mansion, if the supply is normal, even if it is a little nervous, it will not be completely unbought, if the court wants money, you can wait for me to go back, and then talk about the issue of tax increases, at present, the court wants not only the so-called tax problem, but also the land and the resources on this land, but unfortunately, Yingzong's court does not understand the concept of resources at all, resources are not just the production of coal, a little mine, resources also include people who can turn coal and mines into money,

But these kings couldn't tell Ruan Xing, so he had to frown and say: "Brother Ruan, the situation in Jinxiang Mansion is a little complicated, I have to go to Jinxiang Mansion in person about the matter of coal, and now, since the court is not investigating the land matter, I think that the appointment of my brothers has also come down, and I will leave for the capital in these two days." ”

"So fast." Ruan Xing heard the king say that he was leaving, and he said humbly: "Wang Gongzi, I also heard that there are also admirers in your house who have gone to you, and now you have sent all the people around you away, if I follow you back to the capital and accompany you to Jinxiang Mansion, it's good." ”

"Alas, Jinxiang Mansion may not be mine, and you may not be able to get coal if you go with me." The king sighed and took a sip of wine,

Ruan Xing poured wine next to the king, and said in a sincere tone: "Prince Wang, my family background is left by my ancestors, I can't wait to learn some skills from you, we also have land here, if we go to Jinxiang Mansion to study, maybe we can also produce coal ourselves." ”

Wang Bi's heart moved, Yanzhou Coal Mine, Zi Mine are relatively large coal mining areas discovered in later generations, Yanzhou and Yuncheng, Jeju into a triangle, but the matter of his own family has not been resolved, how can he have that mood, he saw Ruan Xing's face full of expectation, so he said: "You follow me, it's not a question, this coal production and coal mining can have a lot of knowledge, it's not a waste of effort, and it may damage people's lives, and besides, the matter of the imperial court investigation has just passed, it's better to be safe." ”

Ruan Xing nodded: "What Gongzi said is that I will listen to you in the future, besides, even if I want to get the coal, I can't do it, and I don't have the ability, I think if Gongzi doesn't go back to the capital, it's okay to stay in our Liangshan, what did you do here, what can you do here." ”

Wang Bi shook his head: "I want to do something that I haven't done before, let me inquire with you, there is Liangshan Mountain here, but there is Liangshan County or Gaoliang County." ”

Ruan Xing stared at Wang Bian with puzzled eyes: "This place is called Liangshan, Liangshan County, and Gaoliang County." He scratched his head and thought,

The king drank wine and said to himself: "I once promised my beloved wife to use the loess of Gaoliang County in Liangshan County to build a brick house with red bricks and blue tiles for my beloved wife. ”

Ruan Xing listened to what the king said, and he also remembered: "Childe, you are mistaken, our Great Song Dynasty has two Liangshan, one is in our Shuibo Liangshan, and the other is in Wanzhou, the sorghum county you said is Liangshan County in Wanzhou, not us here, but the matter of burning bricks Wang Gongzi does not have to go far and near, where the loess does not bury people, we also have loess, and our soil can burn red bricks and green bricks." ”

One kind of soil burns two kinds of bricks, this Wang Bi is not clear, but thinking that he can realize his promise to the moon, Wang Bi has a little impulse in his heart: "Ruan Gongzi, how to burn this,." ”

Ruan Xing smiled, he squeezed his eyes and said: "Actually, I also learned by chance, Wang Gongzi, you don't know, everyone in the eight villages within a radius of ten miles knows that our Ruan family is a big family, but this is also indispensable to take care of the government, we have a small brick kiln, once to a county order to build a private house, burned some green bricks, that time the young man made a mistake, forgot a process, and the bricks burned out were wasted, what about me, I think it's a pity, let them pull my back garden, do you want to take a look." ”

"Okay, how about asking Gongzi Ruan to take me to see it?" Wang Bian put down the wine glass, this is the first time in so many days, Wang Bian feels that there is something more interesting than drinking wine to relieve sorrows,

Ruan Xing was also very happy to see Wang Bian mention some spirits, if Wang Bian can have some business here, then the people near Liangshanbo will also become rich, Ruan Xing took Wang Bian to his own mansion, this house is a big family in the local area, Ruan Xing said all the way, it turns out that he has always admired Wang Bian, so many businesses with everyone to make money, but what he does is a small business, not as big as the big business done by Wang Bian and the imperial court,

"What's so good about doing business with the imperial court, it seems to be a beautiful scenery, but there is an undercurrent in the imperial court, like this new emperor ascending the throne, some things are about to change." The king said indifferently,

"Change, no matter how you change, the common people are not afraid, as long as they change for the better, but this change of Emperor Yingzong is not killing chickens and taking eggs." Ruan Xing said indignantly,

Wang Bian didn't say anything more, and followed Ruan Xinglai to his garden, where there were a few red bricks piled up in one corner of the garden, and sure enough, the color was not much different from what Wang Bian wanted, "What kind of process is missing?" The king touched the brick and asked,

Ruan Xing said truthfully, "Childe, this place is also special, this soil is near Xiaohuang Mountain, that place was originally where the blacksmith often quarries, and the soil near it is more strange when it is burned, if the bricks are burned and cooled with water, it will be green bricks, if it is naturally cooled, it will be this color." ”

Wang Bi knows that there is still iron in the soil, and the oxidation effect produced by adding water or not adding water when cooling is different, these are naturally the ancients hundreds of years ago can not be explained clearly by theory, but this discovery is enough to make Wang Bi extremely gloomy mood, add a little sunshine, maybe this thing is not to use this to make a profit, but the wish that promised to build a brick house under the moon,

"Okay, I'll leave tomorrow, and if Gongzi Ruan wants to go with me, I'll prepare." Wang Pan decided to go back to Bianjing and go back to face,

On the second day, the two of them hurried together, three or four days later, Wang Bian returned to the capital, or the familiar Bianjing City, the familiar city wall, Wang Bian detoured the road to the northwest water gate, the day of the endless stream of boats and boats in the coal yard outside the northwest water gate, now empty, there is no boat on the shore, there are no busy workers on the shore, and the whole simple coal shed is also empty,

Cross the White Tiger Bridge and enter the inner city by taking the Golden Water Gate, the streets are still the same, the pedestrians on the street are sparsely populated, the king lowered the hat, and continued to move forward, passing through the city to the East Street, the Yunxuan Gate is closed, the dust on the porch is piled up, and it seems that no one has been operating for a long time; Then to the south through the splendid building, but also only to see the door can be deserted,

The king didn't stay much, his heart was already half cold, and the situation in front of him was not much different from what he expected, but when he looked at it with his own eyes, he felt more and more depressed.

There was no tragic scene of broken walls and ruins after the fire in front of Meyer's house, and the king didn't know that this was the result of Zhongzhen's urging to speed up repairs, the door of the mansion was closed, and there were white lanterns hanging on the door, which looked cold.

The king stepped forward and pushed, and the door was closed, and when the Mayer Mansion was lively, the door was never closed, alas, the king thought, and slapped, and patted the door,