After settling down with the family, Fan Ning immediately separated from Steward Liu, and Liu's family took a few small servants to Xiwazi, Zhouxi, where there is a small animal store, specializing in selling small animals such as kittens, dogs, rabbits, etc., and the children of large families have needs, so there are people who do this kind of business, and the profits are very large.

Fanning didn't want to raise cats and dogs for his daughter, which was more difficult to take care of, and he planned to use the small hill at home to raise squirrels, hedgehogs, rabbits and lambs for his daughter.

In addition, he remembered that last year, Kunzhou sent a batch of ponies, about more than 100 horses, of which two were given to him, and he was fostered in the Imperial Horse Garden in the capital because it was inconvenient in Yingtianfu.

There are two places to raise horses in the capital, one is in the north of the capital, the Tiansi Supervisor under the Qunmu Division raised nearly 20,000 war horses here, and the other is next to the Jinming Pond in the east of the city, the Imperial Garden of the Son of Heaven is here, there is a horse farm in it, called the Imperial Horse Garden, which raises more than 3,000 horses, and the horses are mainly provided to the royal magnates and the guards of the Son of Heaven.

Fan Ning took four Zhu Long and other generals to the Royal Horse Garden in less than half an hour.

The shepherd was a eunuch named Yuan Lun, and when he heard that Fan Ning was coming, he immediately greeted him warmly.

Now not only the officials are talking to Fanning, but the eunuchs are the same, which eunuch does not want to be transferred to the East Palace, there is a chance to follow the dragon, although Fan Ning does not care about the eunuchs, but Fanning only needs to mention his name in front of King Liang, so that King Liang has an impression of himself, even if he can't be transferred to the East Palace, he will have the opportunity to be promoted in the future.

"Disturb Pastor Yuan!" Fanning clenched his fists and saluted.

"Where! Where! ”

Yuan Lun hurriedly said politely: "It is the honor of the lower officials that Fan Zhanshi came to us, I don't know if there is anything that can serve Fan Zhan?" ”

"That's right, did Kunzhou transport a hundred ponies last year?"

"There was such a thing, it caused a sensation at the time, and the royal dignitaries in the capital came to visit and ask for it."

Fanning's heart tightened, "Is there still it now?" ”

Yuan Lun smiled slightly, "On the list of Kunzhou, there are two horses left for Fan Zhanshi, ninety-eight horses have been taken away, and now there are two horses left for me to stay, without Fan Zhanshi's consent, I dare not give them away." ”

Fan Ning was overjoyed, "Thank you so much to Pastor Yuan!" ”

Yuan Lun took Fan Ning into the Imperial Horse Garden, due to the limited place, the horses here are still bred in captivity, the quality is relatively weak, in the final analysis, horse breeding still has to rely on the middle and high latitudes of the prairie, although the latitude of Kunzhou is suitable, but it is still a little smaller, at most can only support the stock of 300,000 war horses, unlike the Hexi Corridor, which can raise millions of war horses.

They came to a special pony pen, only to see that in the two-acre pony enclosure, there were two dwarf ponies standing quietly, like two donkeys, with strong physique, four thick and short hooves, one horse was black and white, like a five-flowered horse, and the other horse was red, and it could be seen that the two ponies were very docile and a little cute.

"Are both horses mine?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"Of course it's Fan Zhanshi, there are delivery documents to prove that other powerful people must buy it with 100 yuan, but Fan Zhanshi can take it directly, and the foster care fee of 10 yuan is also waived."

"Foster care must be paid, we can't break the rules and let others talk about it."

Yuan Lun was right to think about it, Fan Ning didn't care about this bit of silver, the bad reputation would not outweigh the losses, so he nodded, "Okay!" Thank you Fan Zhan for your business. ”

Fanning gave Zhu Long a look, and Zhu Long immediately took out ten taels of silver to pay for foster care.

Yuan Lun asked in a low voice again, "Do you still need people over there in the East Palace now?" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Maybe the chamberlain doesn't need it, but His Royal Highness King Liang has always wanted to practice horseback riding, and Yuan Mu Jian will pick two good horses to go to the East Palace tomorrow and accompany His Royal Highness King Liang to ride horses and shoot arrows!" ”

Yuan Lun was immediately overjoyed, this opportunity Fan Ning actually gave himself, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "Fan Zhanshi's great kindness, the villain remembers it in his heart!" ”

Fanning left the Imperial Horse Garden with two ponies and returned to the capital, attracting countless people's attention along the way, and Zhu Long took turns taking care of the two ponies like a baby.

Before Fanning, Steward Liu had returned with a few small servants, they had bought four squirrels, four hedgehogs and two pairs of hares and two lambs, the squirrels had climbed a few big pine trees, the hedgehog and the hare had also disappeared into the small hills, and a large family was talking around the two lambs.

Daughter Fan Zhen's eyes lit up with excitement, she saw the lamb for the first time, she wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it, at this time, Fan Ning smiled: "Two more babies are coming!" ”

When they turned around, they saw two ponies coming, and Addo screamed and rushed forward.

"Big brother, is this a pony?"

Fanning patted the pony and smiled, "This is a small horse, at least two years old." ”

"Would you like to give me one?" Addo shook his eldest brother's arm and pleaded.

"Let Zhen'er pick first!"

Ado hurriedly picked up his little niece and said with a smile: "Which one does Zhen'er like, and is that flower good?" ”

Fan Zhen'er's eyes were dazzled, and she finally pointed to the little red horse, "I want to be red!" ”

Ado pouted, in fact, she also wanted the red pony, but she didn't expect her niece to be unambiguous at all, she had to comfort herself, in fact, the flowers were not bad, the five-flowered horse, the daughter Qiu, Hu'er will exchange for wine!

Zhu Hu gave the two ponies a saddle and a halter, and Ado rode the five-flowered horse first, she had the knowledge of riding a donkey, and soon mastered the skill of horseback riding, and soon urged the horse to trot around the lake.

Fan Zhen'er, with the support of her father, rode slowly on horseback, so happy that she danced and giggled, the little squirrel had it, the little hedgehog had it, the little rabbit and the little lamb had it, there was a group of ducklings in the lake, and now there was a little red horse, Fan Zhen'er was so satisfied that she had forgotten the mansion of Yingtianfu.

Addo rode up and said, "Big brother, it's still too small here to let go!" ”

"The third grandfather has a manor outside the city, with a large open space, you go to the little aunt and ask her to arrange for you to go to the manor to ride a horse."

Zhu Pei stepped forward and said with a smile: "Husband, we also buy a manor outside the city, I asked before, almost five yuan per acre of land, buy a manor of two thousand acres, we will build a pasture, and in the future, a large family can go to the camp to ride horses." ”

Fan Ning pondered and said: "The imperial court does not allow the conversion of cultivated land into grassland, see if you can buy wasteland, or directly grassland, this matter is not urgent, I will inquire first." ”

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In the following five or six days, Fan Ning was busy welcoming the new officials of the East Palace, the first to report was Fan Chunren, he and Fan Ning are the same science jinshi, serving as the prince of Zhengliupin, Fan Chunren has the ability and qualifications, but because of taking care of his father, delaying his career, he is already thirty-six years old, before he can become a six-rank official.

But the length of time as an official has never been the basis for whether or not you can sit in a high-ranking official, many old jinshi, who have been in the official career for almost 20 years, have not yet become a Beijing official.

The key is to look at ability, followed by family background, although Fan Chunren has the ability, if his father is not Fan Zhongyan, I am afraid he will not have too many opportunities.

The second to report is Su Zhe, he is also suspended to take care of his father at home, in fact, it is a protest against the unfair treatment he suffered in the subject examination, but three years have passed, and the anger in his heart has disappeared, plus his father is worried that he will delay his future, and constantly urges him to enter the office, Su Zhe is also looking for opportunities, this time Fan Ning recommended him to be a waiter in Chongwen Pavilion, is the seventh grade, and assists King Liang to study, Su Zhe is very satisfied with this position, it can also be said that this position makes many people red.

There are many people who came to report quickly, the fastest is Gao Taotao's father Gao Zunfu, he served as the left general of the Shenwu Army, reported to Fanning on the same day, and lived in the barracks that night, commanding 10,000 troops, and adapted very quickly.

He had participated in the battle with the Western Xia before, and had a strong brand of the Northwest Army, he advocated strict management of the army, advocated loving soldiers like sons, and opposed the exploitation of soldiers.

In fact, Fan Ning wanted to recommend Yang Wenguang as the left general of the Shenwu Army, but Zhao Zhongzhen was biased towards his grandfather, so Fan Ning no longer insisted, and could only wait for the opportunity to consider Yang Wenguang in the future.

In the morning, Fan Ning wrote a report on the preparation of the Shenwu Army Military Office, the military government needed more than a dozen officials, he only set five people, Song Ling served as the record to join the army, Zhao Zhongzhen's little uncle Gao Shilin served as the judge, Gao Shilin also came back from Kunzhou gold panning, served as the chief of the eight products in the palace, and transferred him to be the judge of the eight products, which was regarded as a promotion.

In addition, there are Shi Cao joining the army, Tan Shenzhi, Cang Cao joining the army, Lu Youwei, and Fa Cao joining the army, Duan Yu.

These five people were determined by him, and the other officials, Fanning, were ready to be handed over to the Privy Council for selection, and he didn't want to worry about it anymore.

Fan Ning finished writing the report, stamped his official seal, and handed it to Zhong Nan, "You go to the Privy Council, hand over this report to the officials' room, and ask them to appoint officials as soon as possible, my official office is in a hurry to be established." ”

At this time, the tea boy said at the door: "Big official, there is an official named Li Dashou who has come to report." ”

Da Shou came, Fan Ning hurriedly smiled and said, "Please let him in!" ”