Fan Chunren originally had no plans to live longer in Yingzhou.

After solving Jia Daoquan's case, he was ready to leave Yingzhou and return to the capital to resume his life.

For him, Yingzhou is not even an important city on the North Beijing Road, and its status cannot be compared with Henan Mansion and Xuzhou. He is the prime minister of a country, how can he set his eyes on Yingzhou, a small place?

There are more than 270 state capitals in the Great Song Dynasty, even if the people of Yingzhou suffer a catastrophe, how many people can be harmed?

He is worried about political influence, and he is worried that the affairs of Yingzhou will be taken advantage of.

However, after coming to Yingzhou, Fan Chunren was not in a hurry to leave, and Yingzhou did not look like a place that had just suffered a mutiny. After all, the two Zhuangzi households that died the most, Jiajiazhuang and Gaojiazhuang, as well as several villages around Gaojiazhuang. The destruction of the rebels has not even gone out of the territory of Ruyin County, let alone plundered the entire state.

Therefore, the people were only nervous for a few days, and after Jia Daoquan's thieves were destroyed, they no longer panicked.

On the contrary, now, the grain price in Yingzhou is stable and the goods are sufficient. On the docks, there are fleets of ships waiting to be unloaded. The caravans in the city were also filled with inns of all sizes. On the market, there is a thriving appearance, which makes Fan Chunren amazed.

Did Su Shi really become a capable official?

Impossible!

The big guys are all friends, they all have similar skills, and they are all weak in governance, and they are not as strong as the reformers. It's like a group of bad students, a school bully suddenly appeared, and the sour taste made Fan Chunren, who was over the age of sixteen, jealous. said that you will be a foolish official together, but you want to become an immortal, do you have a little consciousness of advancing and retreating together?

However, soon, Fan Chunren discovered that Su Shi was still the same Su Shi.

The ability to export Chengzhang has not been lost, but when it comes to being an official, he can only be regarded as a layman.

Specific affairs, basically not much better than him.

It stands to reason that Fan Chunren's father is Fan Zhongyan, needless to say, ability, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as eloquent. Fan Chunren only came out to be an official after Fan Zhongyan died of illness. Fan Zhongyan has been listening to his son for so many years, he shouldn't be blind to the government! But the real situation is that the problems of the Great Song Dynasty are all on the surface, and no one dares to move.

Even if Fan Chunren is now the prime minister, he doesn't dare to move.

Redundant soldiers, redundant officers.

The reformers dare to move these two mountains, but if they do, they will kick the lifeblood of the big guys, and no one can sit still. Not to mention redundant soldiers, the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty is 800,000, and although the Xiang army has not increased much over the years, it also has 600,000. With an army of more than one million, there is simply no dare to disarm. In case of a mutiny, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty will be shaken.

In addition to these, I am afraid that it is the management of the Yellow River.

belongs to the ruthless character who God wants to turn his face, and no one can help her. But it is also the most tossed government affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are basically experts in water control, and even Su Shi is one of them. Not to mention Su Shi, the eunuchs in the palace have all learned to control the water, and if they can't play anymore, wouldn't it be a shame?

But I have never heard that water control can make urban governance prosperous, this is not metaphysics.

After Fan Chunren looked around Yingzhou, he found that he was wrong. Needless to say, what is the status of Yingzhou in the northwest of Beijing, even Caizhou seems to be stronger than Yingzhou.

But such a small place that is not taken seriously has changed from a city that has not been paid attention to to what it is now, faintly showing the appearance of a trade and trade destination, no wonder Fan Chunren will be surprised.

After asking, Fan Chunren understood that it was all Li Kui's credit.

Su Shi is not the kind of person who likes to take credit, besides, Li Kui is his apprentice grandson, isn't Li Kui's credit his credit?

Of course, there is another problem, exchanges, money banks, and even modern accounting methods, Su Shi is not good at it.

As a result, Li Kui became the leading party, introducing a new thing to Fan Chunren in Yingzhou. The first stop was to the exchange.

Several people were in civilian clothes, but as the shopkeeper of the exchange, Kang Jin had already known that Fan Xiang was coming, and personally greeted him. The people around also saw that the old man in the middle was not ordinary.

Fan ...... Appearance. ”

"You don't have to do this, just call Fan Shopkeeper, and follow the customs!"

Fan Chunren's face was kind, and his eyes looked around curiously. Everything in the exchange was a novelty, unheard of for him.

Kang Jin secretly complained, he, the shopkeeper, is really the shopkeeper, in charge of dozens of people, and the transaction amount between them in a day is tens of thousands. But Fan Chunren's identity as a shopkeeper is different, his old man is in charge of the Great Song Dynasty. The people of the world are under his control! This 'shopkeeper Fan' was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

"Uncle, I'll take you there!"

Li Kui shook his head secretly at Kang Jin, this guy is not on the stage! When you meet a prime minister, your legs and stomach are weak, your mouth is dry, and you can't even say a word, if you meet the emperor, won't you roll your eyes and faint to death?

Fan Chunren said from the good: "It's okay." ”

"Uncle, please see. This is the yard of oil trading, mainly trading, tung oil, tea oil and sesame oil. Li Kui pointed to the courtyard that was a little empty.

Fan Chunren was a little curious, the courtyard he passed by just now was crowded with people, but now this courtyard is deserted and makes people feel a little desolate. I couldn't help but wonder: "Why is this yard so desolate?" ”

"Uncle, you don't know, half a month ago, you couldn't squeeze into this courtyard at the door, and the walls were full of people." Li Kui said with a smile: "It's just that now the tea oil and tung oil are almost delivered, so they look cold." If you want to see the pomp and circumstance at that time, you just need to remember the courtyard you just passed. ”

"What about the yard? What goods are traded? Fan Chunren rubbed his hands and asked.

Li Kui said: "Grain." ”

Grain?

Fan Chunren was a little worried, most of the hidden diseases in Yingzhou over the years were caused by grain. Is there so much grain available for trade in Yingzhou today?

Li Kui explained: "Because grain is limited by grain production and storage, even if it is in the same area, there will be a pull. In the past, grain trading lacked futures trading, only spot. However, the grain needs to be stacked in a place, and the grain storage needs to be stored, which brings great trouble to the transaction. But with trading on exchanges, it's different. I can buy three months' worth of grain at an agreed price, so that I can control the grain price to a certain extent and bring benefits to the people. The government is also easy to monitor. ”

"Good!"

Fan Chunren often praises people, but praises them with one word, very rarely. Obviously, after hearing Li Kui's explanation, he was very satisfied. Then they went to the bank.

The operation of the money bank is simpler than the exchange, but for Fan Chunren, the money bank is no less than creating an existence like the "Seedlings Law".

In fact, he and Lu Dafang, and even the deceased Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu and others all understood.

Wang Anshi's changes are not all evil laws.

The "Seedlings Law" is of great benefit to the people. At least when people need to borrow money to buy farming tools and seeds, they will save a lot of interest money.

The official interest rate of 10 percent, compared with the 50 percent interest that can be seen everywhere in the private sector, its benefits to the people are obvious.

However, the "Qingmiao Law" was conceived by Wang Anshi, and it is also the good governance that Wang Anzhi relied on to become famous.

But Qianzhuang is different, it seems that there is more room to do than the "Seedlings Law", and this thing has nothing to do with Wang Anshi.

Thinking of this, Fan Chunren's heart was full of joy, and he said to Li Kui with kind eyebrows: "Renjie, the Great Song Dynasty needs you!" ”

The charming old man's voice gave Li Kui goosebumps all over his body when he heard it. I was scared.

Da Song needs me?

Li Kui couldn't figure out how Fan Chunren would say such an unreliable sentence. How could Da Song need him? Listening to this, it seems that he is entrusting his wife and children!

Besides, he didn't either.

Anyway, it sounds like a good thing, and when you do it, it makes people have unfortunate things that have nowhere to say.

Li Kui shook his head and said in horror: "Uncle, don't scare me!" ”

"No, Renjie, I know that you are a talented person, and you should not waste your years in the imperial examination......"

The corners of Li Kui's mouth twitched a little, he felt that Fan Chunren was likely to take a mouthful of poisonous chicken soup next and choke him to death! For example, you shouldn't spend time studying, you won't pass the exam anyway, you might as well play!

However, Fan Chunren really didn't have such thoughts, he really felt that Li Kui's ability was better to go out and do things now than to waste it on studying. He felt that Li Kui would be able to take charge of himself in a few years after some training under the Sansi Sect. Besides, he couldn't bear to tell Li Kui that the road to the imperial examination was not suitable for him. Because Li Kui is likely to be lucky after spending countless energy, he may be able to be admitted, but if he is unlucky, it is not impossible to be stuck on the road to the imperial examination for the rest of his life.

Fan Chunren thought of this, and said, "Old man, I want to recommend you on behalf of the imperial court!" ”

"What?"

Li Yun on the side was sour, and he wanted to question Fan Chunren, why? Then he stared at Fan Chunren blankly, hoping that the old man would be more eye-catching, that he could discover his strengths, and that he would also recommend himself.

It's a pity that Li Yun's eyes were almost blind, and Fan Chunren didn't look at him.

Li Kui was not sad or happy, thought for a while and asked, "Is it a Jinshi background?" ”

Fan Chunren is stupid, he is very good, he is the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but he is not the emperor, who gave you the courage to think of such a good thing?