The mosquito problem could not disturb Fanning's joy of receiving a new home, and at noon, he ordered more than a dozen dishes at Wang Meng'er's tavern directly opposite the side street, and invited everyone to eat, he and Zhu Pei sat at one table, and Jian Meizi and Xiao Dong sat at another table.

"Jupei, how did you and your brother enter the palace a few days ago?" Fanning asked.

Zhu Pei smiled faintly and said: "I only stayed for one morning and came out, my brother carved a full-body statue for the official family, and also carved a small statue of the same for Zhang Guifei, the eunuchs in the palace have already taken it in yesterday, I feel that they should be very satisfied!" I enjoyed a lot of things in the evening. ”

"What kind of person is Concubine Zhang?"

Zhu Pei groaned and said: "In terms of appearance, Zhang Guifei's appearance is not as good as that of Queen Cao, but Zhang Guifei gives people the feeling that she is an ordinary person, with joys and sorrows, very rich feelings, and also very unrestrained and exposed, especially when she holds the hand of the official, I feel like she is taking a lover for a walk in the garden." ”

"Isn't Empress Cao's feelings rich?"

Ju Pei shook her head, "She has feelings, but she is very hidden, people in the palace say that she is like an ice sculpture, you can only see her beauty from a distance, but I don't think so, I think she is very lonely, she treats me very well, I like her very much, and I sympathize with her more." ”

"Listening to your tone, it seems that Zhang Guifei is not attractive enough to you."

"She is also very enthusiastic about me, in fact, to be honest, Zhang Guifei is not bad, reasonable, and empathetic, but I always think of Zhang Yaozuo, so my good impression of her is far less than that of Queen Cao."

Fanning poured Zhu Pei a glass of wine, and asked with a smile, "How do you feel about the Son of Heaven?" ”

Zhu Pei shook his head, "I won't comment on this, but my brother has a good impression of him, and he carves the statue very carefully, usually my brother only carves a bust, this time he actually carved a full-body portrait of the Son of Heaven, and also carved a double portrait of Zhang Guifei holding the hand of the Son of Heaven walking in the garden, which is very vivid, I guess the Son of Heaven will like it very much." ”

At this time, there was a faint bell from Taixue, which was the preparatory bell for the upcoming class in the afternoon, and Fan Ning smiled: "I've almost eaten, I'm going to go to Guozijian this afternoon, and I'll leave it to you here." ”

Juppe nodded, "Go ahead!" I'm going to have to take a good look around the house and think about what I need to add? ”

Fan Ning got up and said goodbye and left, but Zhu Pei sat at the table and frowned and thought hard, how could he dig that piece of Cuiyun Peak from his grandfather's hands to the capital?

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Fan Ning came to Guozijian, and as soon as he reached the stairs on the third floor of the library, he heard the anxious voice of Feng Zhenliao, the treasurer, "Don't worry, I will definitely get him back!" At the fastest speed. ”

"Oops! It's really a big trouble, it doesn't matter if he's usually there, but he's not here today, how can I go back and explain? ”

This is the voice of Jiang Yan, the eunuch of the country, Fan Ning is a little strange, who are they looking for? It's not looking for yourself!

He walked up to the third floor and asked from afar, "What's wrong?" ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they saw him, Jiang Yan hurriedly caught up, grabbed Fan Ning's wrist and said, "Thank God, you are finally back, you are going to drive us crazy, you hurry up and follow me!" ”

"Is there anything that matters?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Jiang Yan whispered in his ear: "The Son of Heaven has summoned you!" ”

Fanning was also taken aback, "Now?" ”

"It's now, the palace attendants are here at noon, they are so anxious that they jump to their feet, you come with me!"

Jiang Yan didn't want to explain more, so he pulled Fan Ning and hurriedly walked towards the Guozijian compound.

There are three chamberlains standing in the courtyard of Guozijian, they are also quite anxious, constantly looking at the gate, fortunately it is noon, the Son of Heaven also has to rest, Guozijian is not in the imperial city, they can also go back to explain, if the afternoon is delayed for so long, they must be scolded to death by the governor.

At this time, Jiang Yan hurriedly walked in with Fan Ning, "Three fathers-in-law, Fan Ning has found it!" ”

The head chamberlain glanced at Fan Ning and couldn't help but be stunned, "Why didn't you wear an official uniform?" ”

Fan Ning was also stunned, his official uniform was hung in the cabinet, and he had never worn it once, he was completely bored, and he had to wear an official uniform to face the saint.

"Or! I'll go back and change it now. ”

"It's too late, please ask Jiang Jiancheng to borrow an official uniform for him."

"Then wear mine!"

Jiang Yan happened to be also a Zhengbapin, he ran back to the room and took out a set of official uniforms and official hats, "This official uniform is new, it is estimated that you can wear it, let's wear it first!" ”

Fanning then changed into an official uniform and a winged official hat, and then got into the carriage brought by the chamberlains and drove away in the direction of the palace.

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All the way to the front of Ziwei Palace, Fan Ning was still confused, he couldn't figure out why the Son of Heaven suddenly summoned him?

He thought that he would not see Zhao Zhen, the son of heaven, for three years, but he didn't expect that he had only been in office for more than ten days, and Zhao Zhen summoned him.

Fan Ning stood in front of the steps, waiting with some anxiety, at this time, a little eunuch in the imperial study ran out and said urgently: "The official family has summoned, Fan Guanren, please come with me!" ”

Fan Ning followed him into the main hall quickly, until he came to the door of the imperial study, and the little official waved his hand to Fan Ning, "Wait a while, wait for me to report!" ”

The little eunuch went in, and after a moment came out and said, "Please come in!" ”

Fan Ning tidied up his clothes and hat, and then followed the little eunuch into the imperial study, this is the first time Fan Ning walked into the legendary imperial study, the imperial study is divided into two rooms, inside and outside, there are two scholars on duty sitting outside, they listen to the decree at any time, the two sit solemnly, do not squint, look like two temples in the mud Bodhisattva.

At the door, there were four eunuchs, two on the left and two on the left, who were responsible for running errands and tidying up the imperial study.

Fan Ning saw that no one stopped him, so he walked directly into the room, which gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment, the room was very large, more than 100 square meters, but the layout was very elegant, there were bookshelves and antique shelves on both sides, full of books and all kinds of gadgets.

At a glance, Fan Ning saw the Tianhuang stone incense burner in the corner of the wall, which was curling with green smoke, making the room filled with a faint sandalwood incense.

In the imperial study, Zhao Zhen, the son of heaven, was sitting, and he was reviewing the folds.

Fan Ning hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "Weichen Fanning, see Your Majesty!" ”

The first time you face the saint, you have to kneel and bow down, this is the custom, and you won't need it in the future.

"Xiao Aiqing, please excuse me, and wait for me to finish this recital."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fan Ning stood up and stood aside with his hands down, but his eyes fell on the paperweight in the upper right corner of the imperial case, which was the Xishan Xinglu Stone that he gave to his cousin, and Zhu Zhe's work carved with Tian Huangshi was actually on the imperial case of the Son of Heaven.

At this time, Zhao Zhen put down the red pen, put aside the approved recital, looked at Fan Ning with interest, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's the first time you're wearing an official uniform today!" ”

"How does Your Majesty know?"

"I can feel that your gestures are still the habit of regular clothes, and it is natural that you have not worn official uniforms."

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has no official duties in Guozijian, and most of the time he sits in the library and reads, so there is really no need to wear official uniforms."

"It makes sense, I also like to wear regular clothes in the palace, and I feel very comfortable."

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen took out a box from under the table again, opened the box, and it was full of boxes of blooming cotton bolls, he smiled slightly: "This is a gift from King Gaochang to me last year, I didn't know it, so I put it in the inner library, and I found it in the inner library in the past two days, this is the cotton you said, right!" ”

"Exactly! This is called cotton boll, there are cotton seeds inside, and the white fluff outside is its flower, that is, what Weichen said, the best textile raw material to replace cotton and hemp, the yield per mu is very large, it can make the people of the world wear a warm cotton jacket in winter, and cover the warm quilt at night. ”

Fanning also came from poverty, and knew very well the suffering of poor families, rich families could wear animal skins in winter, or use cotton to fill clothes and quilts, cotton is cotton flowers, the yield is relatively low, and can only be used by officials or large families.

The poor people can only rely on wearing more clothes to keep out the cold in winter, and most of the quilts at night are filled with some chicken and duck feathers, the conditions are slightly better, and there are one or two old sheepskins at home, and they can be a little warmer when they sleep.

But if there is cotton, then the entire textile industry of the Great Song Dynasty will take on a new look, coupled with new spinning machines, greatly improve the efficiency of weaving, so that the economy of the Great Song Dynasty has a very strong support, just like the British capitalism just emerged, the textile industry brought great changes to society.

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I plan to do an experiment, first plant a few hundred acres in the north to see, if it really has a good effect, then promote it on a large scale." ”

Fan Ning hurriedly said: "Your Majesty had better invite experienced planters from Gaochang and let them teach the planting method. ”

"I understand, I have already sent someone to Gaochang, and I will be back in a few months."

Zhao Zhen closed the box and said with a smile: "And what you said last time about the southeast Liuqiu Island, the imperial court has decided to set up Penghu County first, which is subordinate to Quanzhou, and then Penghu County is the transit, gradually immigrating to Liuqiu, and striving to merge Liuqiu Island into my Great Song Prefecture within ten years." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "Every dynasty is thinking about opening up territory, every emperor hopes to establish great achievements, and the Great Song Dynasty and I are no exception, the greatest hope of the Great Song Dynasty is to recover the Hexi Corridor, reopen the Silk Road, and reshape the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties, which is also my dream."

However, the Western Xia and the Liao State were each other's lips and teeth, and they were strategically allied, especially the Liao State, which used the Western Xia to contain the Great Song Dynasty, which made the Great Song Dynasty's westward expansion difficult, so it had to develop maritime transportation and open up the trade with the West by sea, which was the fundamental reason for the development of the Great Song Dynasty's maritime trade.

Since the last time you mentioned opening up territory overseas, I have been thinking about this matter, and I always want to find an opportunity to talk to you about this topic again, what do you think is the most important point for the imperial court to open up territory overseas? ”

Fanning pondered for a long time and said: "Weichen believes that there are three key points! ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly became interested, he asked someone to bring an embroidery pier, invited Fan Ning to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Tell me, what are the specific three points?" ”

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