In the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Fanning met Zhu Pei's aunt, Zhu Jie.

"Why is Auntie here?"

"I still ask you! When did you come back? ”

"Yesterday afternoon, I happened to have something to do today, how was the movable type printing last time?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"It's still improving, but it's much better than it used to be."

Zhu Jie asked his subordinates to take out a pair of copper movable type and put it on the table, Fan Ning took out a 'country' character, which was made very finely, it can be called a work of art, and the back was green, which was classified according to the rhythm, but there was a small circle of gold in front, and Fan Ning was a little puzzled.

Zhu Jie smiled and said: "The gold circle represents the most commonly used word, the silver circle is the second most commonly used word, the black circle is the uncommonly used word, and we have made hundreds of pairs of the most commonly used words." ”

"Why do you want to build so much?"

"This is the biggest problem with the use of movable type, the same word often appears more than a dozen times in an article, we have more than a dozen articles in a newspaper, what do you do?"

Fanning nodded, he hadn't thought of it.

"This can only be solved, the most commonly used words as much as possible, such as the most used words such as 'zhi' and 'of', we have prepared more than 100, like the supplement of the advertisement, as far as possible to the same format."

Fanning sighed, "Movable type is still too troublesome. ”

"Actually, it's okay, the key is to be proficient, once the dubber is proficient, he can match a layout in an hour."

Zhu Jie saw that there was no one left and right, so he lowered his voice and said: "We usually have to raise twenty engravers, each person has to pay ten times a day, this is only the salary, now we only need two word masters, each person pays three times a day, and the carved board costs more than a dozen times a day, and now there is no more, you calculate, how much money do we have to save every day?" We have been losing money in running a newspaper, but now we are actually making money, this is the credit of movable type! ”

The two walked out of the matching room, and Zhu Jie asked with a smile: "You won't ask about movable words today, right?" ”

Fanning smiled: "In ten days, I want to go to the North Island, and I want to recruit a group of immigrants to go with me, and promote it in you." ”

Zhu Jie smiled slightly: "Then I'll give you a special issue, how about immigrating to Beidao with Xiao Fan Xianggong?" ”

Fan Ning was startled and shook his head again and again, "This won't work, it will be taboo by the imperial court, it's too explicit." ”

"So what do you say?"

Fanning hesitated for a moment and said: "I want to be a little more subtle, such as making a question and answer on the front page of the Western Xia Campaign, and then mentioning that I plan to go to the North Island for a month off, and then you add a few words at the end, if you are interested in immigrating to the island, you can contact the newspaper, and you can help me get in touch." ”

"Isn't that too subtle, and will it work? Generally, people who want to immigrate only look at the various recruitment notices in the supplement and compare the conditions of each family. ”

"There should be an effect, and in addition, a big notice was also published in the supplement, Xiao Fan Xianggong's vacation place, and then used various beautiful words and phrases to describe the North Island, echoing before and after, and the effect came out."

"No problem at all, then let's make an appointment, I will bring one of the most powerful editors to visit your house in the evening, and then it will be printed at noon tomorrow."

Fanning nodded, "I'll wait for you." ”

.......

At noon the next day, with the publication of an article in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the people of Beijing and the Manchu Dynasty learned that Fanning had returned to Beijing, but at the same time had to take a three-month vacation.

Most people understood that he was on vacation, after all, after fighting the Liao State and the Western Xia, he had not rested for nearly two years, and he should take a good break, but there were still many people who felt an unusual meaning for Fanning's vacation.

In the Zhizheng Hall, Fu Bi put down the newspaper and asked Han Jiang: "What is Fan Ning going to do, do you want to be the shopkeeper?" ”

Han Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what he wants to do, maybe he really wants to take a break." ”

"Fart!"

Fu Bi scolded a foul word, "You are twenty years older than him, you haven't rested, what does he want to rest?" ”

"Why don't you ask him yourself!" Han Jiang said helplessly.

"Is he here today?"

One engaged hurriedly said: "Xiao Fan Xianggong has been here today, I don't know if he is still in the official room?" ”

Fubi was annoyed, picked up the newspaper and walked to Fanning's official room.

Fanning's official room is a small courtyard, and his specific official position in the imperial court is to know the affairs of the Privy Council, but in fact, he does not care about the affairs of the Privy Council, and at most understands the changes in the Liao State.

Fu Bi had just walked to the door when he met Fan Ning coming out of the room.

"Rich Xianggong, scare me!"

Fu Bi glared at him, pointed to the newspaper in his hand and said, "Is this true?" Are you going to take a three-month break? ”

Fanning smiled: "I was just going to lunch, why don't we go and have a drink together." ”

Fu Bi snorted, "It's useless to get drunk. ”

Fan Ning smiled dumbly, and took Fu Bi to the Zhu Building next to the Imperial City, there is a special elegant seat here, the sound insulation effect is very good, it is generally not open to the public, only a few people can use it, Fan Ning is one of them.

Fu Bi walked into the room and took a look, the furnishings of the room were elegant and atmospheric, he liked it very much, so he asked: "This elegant room is good, I often come to this restaurant, why don't I know here?" “

"This elegant room is not open to the public, if Fu Xiang likes it, I told the shopkeeper, Fu Xiang can be used as a special user."

"That's good! Tell him about it, I like it here. ”

Fanning asked the bartender to invite the shopkeeper, and after a while, the shopkeeper hurried over, bowed down and said, "Please instruct my uncle!" ”

Fan Ning pointed at Fu Bi, "In the future, when Fu Xianggong comes here to have a meal or a drink, he can use this elegant room." ”

"I see, I'll record it."

The shopkeeper went in a hurry, Fan Ning asked Fu Bi to sit down, poured him a glass of wine, and smiled: "I really want to take a hundred days off and want to go to Beidao, the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven have already agreed." ”

Fu Bi was silent for a moment, "This is the same reason as you didn't participate in the city entrance ceremony?" ”

Fanning nodded, "It's really related. ”

Fu Bi sighed, "Why did you offend Wang Anshi?" ”

"Why did Fu Xiang say that?"

Fu Bi groaned and said: "Originally, the Son of Heaven planned to take the imperial expedition and accept the surrender of Western Xia, you know this matter!" ”

Fan Ning nodded, "I know, Han Xianggong and I were ready, but the Son of Heaven seemed to be worried about the epidemic, so he canceled the plan. ”

"None of the 500,000 soldiers have contracted the epidemic, so what is the Son of Heaven worried about? It was Wang Anshi who persuaded the Son of Heaven not to go, saying that it was enough to put the surrender ceremony in the capital, and that the respect of the Son of Heaven should not be under the dangerous wall, and the Son of Heaven was persuaded by him and canceled the plan. ”

"This trick is very poisonous!" Fanning said lightly.

Fu Bi nodded, "I only reacted later, asking you to accept the surrender on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty seems to elevate you, but in fact it has left a shadow in the heart of the Son of Heaven, to be honest, it is a wise decision for you not to participate in the triumphal entry ceremony." ”

Fan Ning is not surprised that Wang Anshi's hostility to himself, many of Wang Anshi's reforms have been hollowed out by himself, especially the Qingmiao Law and the Baojia Law, which are the core of Wang Anshi's reforms, but they have been abolished, even if many of the changes introduced have changed their taste, especially the principles of the changes they put forward, they must reach a consensus between the government and the opposition before they can be implemented, which undoubtedly brings great constraints to Wang Anshi's changes, so Wang Anshi's extreme dissatisfaction with himself can be understood.

Fanning smiled again: "Since Fu Xiang can understand me, then I take a leave of absence for three months, why is Fu Xiang dissatisfied?" ”

Fu Bi shook his head, "You may not know that Wen Yanbo is preparing to change to a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Wu Chong is going to be the pacification envoy of Hexi Road, Wang Anshi is taking over as Zuo Xiang, Zeng Gongliang is once again serving as the governor of the political affairs, Su Song will be the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Zeng Gongliang is a resolute supporter of the change, and Su Song is also a supporter of the change, do you understand?" ”

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "So what, many changes have no social foundation, and his implementation of the Qingmiao Law and the Baojia Law will inevitably lead to large-scale land abandonment, and the consequences are not something he can afford." ”

Fan Ning saw that Fu Bi's face was full of sorrow, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about Fu Xianggong, the current Son of Heaven is not so easy to coax, he will implement some changes, but it should not hurt the Great Song Dynasty, and sometimes it is a good thing to let the Son of Heaven suffer some failures, so as not to make him always feel that any change is beautiful." ”

Fu Bi nodded silently, "Then you don't have any suggestions for me?" ”

Fanning pondered for a moment, dipped his finger in the water and wrote a name on the table: 'Lu Huiqing'.

He said to Fu Bi: "Before Su Song became the servant of the ministry, he preemptively transferred this person to the Southern Continent to serve as the prefect of Dingnan. ”

Although Fu Bi didn't quite understand, he still nodded, "I know, what else?" ”

Fan Ning asked again: "Wang Anshi took over the position of Wen Yanbo, and his position was vacant, is there any explanation for the new governor?" ”

"Haven't decided yet, do you have a recommendation?"

Fan Ning nodded, "Before I leave, I plan to recommend Ouyang Xiu to the Queen Mother to serve as the governor. ”