Wang Pang was very busy throughout the twelfth lunar month. Since Wang Pang had his own mansion in the capital, Yuan Ze, Li Gefei, Zhong Zhen, etc. occasionally came to visit Wang Pang to play. These people even brought some of their friends to introduce to Wang Pang.

I knew him from the sidelines. There were also some disciples of ministers, some of whom I had met at the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet, and they also came to visit me through some connections.

This is not because Wang Pang is rich. None of these officials' children are short of money. Among them are those who have sincerely made friends with Wang Pang, and some who are envious of Wang Pang just because they see Wang Pang being favored by Renzong.

What he burns in his house is "fragrant cakes", but for the friends who come here, Wang Pang "generously" gives one or two as a gift.

Zhang Yi, Lu Shenyan and others came, and Wang Pang even introduced Zhang Yi to everyone, calling him "teacher". Zhang Yi was very happy to see Wang Pang like this. Hearing that Zhang Yi came to the capital to live in Wang Pang's mansion,

Many friends from business firms and government offices came to visit Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi also introduced Wang Pang to these people, saying that he had accepted a closed disciple.

Situ, Sima, and Sikong, who were in charge of salt and iron, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Duzhi, had a large number of officials with various positions. Wang Pang had been focusing on Di Qing's affairs, and then he was outside the capital for almost more than a year, and there were many new faces all of a sudden.

appeared before him.

Wang Pang separated the internal and external affairs, and Lu Shenyan and his wife took care of the affairs of the house. With Xiao Lu helping out, things in the house would naturally be better. There were more people coming and going at home, so he asked Xiao Lu's tooth hunter to find some manpower, and finally dealt with it.

The party started. Seeing that there was still time, Wang Pang asked Yu Danian and Yin Shijie to go back to Jincheng to celebrate the New Year, and told them to build a house in Tangjiacun when spring began. If he was not in the capital, he would ask Xiao Lu to support him wherever he had money.

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These two people have finished arranging, and it’s He Libo. To be honest, Wang Pang doesn’t want He Libo to leave. He didn’t think anything about it before, but now there are so many things suddenly, and there are so many people on hand. After all, Yin Shijie and Yu Danian have only been together for a short time, although

He is also an honest and hard-working person, but after all, he is not as popular as He Libo.

He was reluctant to leave, but he had to do what he promised. King Pang specially found some free time and invited He Libo alone. He also took out two ingots of gold (about thirty taels) and five hundred taels of silver and handed them over.

Give it to He Li Bo. He Li Bo refused to accept it no matter what. Wang Pang then said: "Although this silver is not much, let's spend it for the time being."

He Libo still refused, saying that he had never seen so much silver in his life. Even if he went back, couldn't he use the silver to recruit troops?

Seeing that He Libo's words were serious and not a joke, the king asked him why. He Libo said: "If I go back to fight against the Liao for my people, if I accept this money, I will help the Song to fight against the Liao."

Wang Pang laughed loudly: "What you received is my money, not the money of the imperial court. I am not an official of the imperial court now. When you and I are brothers, even for Lord Di's sake, I should help my brother."

He Libo hesitated for a moment. Indeed, he needed money. How could he resist without spending money? At least he had to buy some weapons and horses, and then there would be people to feed the horses, but there was indeed a lot of silver.

He saw that the king was very sincere and if he took off his clothes again, it would be disrespectful, so he reached out and took the two gold ingots and said: "This gold is enough, but the silver is not easy to carry."

When the king saw him accepting the gold, he said: "In the second year of Zhenzong Jingde, it has been nearly sixty years since the Song and Liao Dynasties established the Tanyuan Alliance. This alliance will last for a hundred years and lead to border wars. If I have time, I can go and see what's going on.

Brother."

He Libo patted his chest and said, "You are brothers. If anything happens, I will go through fire and water."

Seeing what He Libo said, the king asked: "If the eldest brother revives the people, what will happen to the Song Dynasty one day?"

He Libo looked confused and said, "Why do you and Miss Yuexia both say that? When you and I came out of Chenzhou, Miss Yuexia asked such a mindless question."

Wang Pang frowned and mentioned that Yuexia was a little worried. He Libo chuckled, and Wang Pang asked: "Brother He, why are you laughing?"

He Libo finished laughing and said: "As long as my people can win a place in the Liao Dynasty, it will be enough for them to live and work in peace and contentment and live a prosperous life. I am so far away from you, do you really think that I can be the emperor of the Liao Kingdom?"

Wang Pang smiled bitterly in his heart, not only could he be the emperor. Sometimes Wang Pang thought about how great it would be if he didn't know who he was. He Libo was loyal to Master Di and regarded him as a brother. He really wanted to simply return He Libo to the throne.

Forget it, then history might really be changed by yourself.

However, if history can really be changed by oneself, then the year 2012 where one lives will not be the same as before. Even if He Libo is detained now, there is no way to prevent someone with the same name from doing the same thing.

Seeing that the king was silent, He Libo said: "Okay, okay, as the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, I will definitely not fight with the Song Dynasty, and I will not let my son fight." After saying this, he burst out laughing.

When Wang Pang saw this, he had just a word on his lips. He wanted to ask He Libo, what should his grandson do? Before he could ask, He Libo suddenly stopped smiling and said to Wang Pang.

"My brother-in-law treated me so kindly today, but I have always been puzzled by it. That day I happened to overhear you and Mr. Zhang Zai talking about the Sixteen States of Yanyun and the White Stone. I didn't hear it sincerely, but...

I always feel that something is going on, and I seem to be hiding it from my brothers."

Wang Pang was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Brother He, it's not that you are hiding something from me, it's more like the younger brother is hiding something from elder brother." [

He Libo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I hid it from you. I heard it."

Seeing what he said, the king asked, "Then tell me what you heard without telling me."

He Libo said: "Well, I heard that Baishi can do whatever he wants, and also said that Baishi is in Yanyun Prefecture."

Wang Pang nodded. He knew that He Libo would not hide it from him, so he said: "It is true that Lord Zhang Zai talked about this matter with me, just some anecdotes."

He Libo said, "I know even if my brother has something to do, even if he doesn't tell me,"

Wang Pang was confused but still pretended to be calm as he looked at him with a smile and said, "How can I hide anything from Brother He?"

He was afraid that He Libo would see the flicker in his words, so he deliberately drank to cover it up. He Libo didn't even look at him, and said to himself: "I have heard why Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to attack the Song Dynasty in the first place."

When he saw Wang Pang looking at him, he said, "You tell me stories on weekdays, and I will tell them to you today too."

While the two were eating and chatting, they heard He Libo say: "Do you know why Queen Mother Xiao wants to seize the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?"

"You can tell me and let me hear it."

"The gains and losses of the sixteen states of Yanyun are related to the safety of the country for a generation. The seven states of You, Ji, Ying, Mo, Zhuo, Tan and Shun among these sixteen states are located in the southeast of the northern branch of Taihang Mountain. They are called "Mountain Front", and the other seven states are called "Mountain Front".

Jiuzhou is in the northwest of the mountain and is called "the back of the mountain". Today, the Great Wall branches off from the east to the southwest of Juyongguan and stretches along the Taihang Ridge. It joins the Great Wall to the west of Shuozhou. This is the Inner Great Wall. The Central Plains lost the "back of the mountain".

", there is still Yanmen Pass in the Inner Great Wall that can be defended. If the "mountain front" is lost, the Hebei fence will be withdrawn, and the Khitan cavalry can rush straight to Heshuo along the open plain south of Youji. Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty started from Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Since then, the war with the Liao for the sixteen states of Yanyun has begun." "After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song and Liao countries developed trade relations and people-to-people exchanges. Only then was I able to successfully leave the Liao and come to the Song Dynasty.

There were also legends about Jizhou at that time. It was a coincidence. It seemed that the acquisition of white stones could be regarded as a matter of ancient times. I also inquired about it at the time, but it was just a rumor."

"Later, when we were in Yanzhou, I heard that Xixia had obtained the White Stone God. I didn't know whether this White Stone God was the same White Stone."

When the king heard this, he noticed that the White Stone God mentioned by Xixia was referring to the white stone. At that time, he only thought about seeing the White Stone God suspected of being Yue Xia, precisely because Yue Xia also carried white jade.

He Libo saw that he was lost in thought and asked, "Hey, did you hear what I said?"

Wang Pang replied: "Of course I did. I will go to Jianzhou to handle tea business, and then I will go to Xixia and make arrangements for Jincheng's coal business next year."

He Libo nodded: "Then I will go back to my hometown to have a look first, and then we will meet in Xixia. I also want to see the white stone. Maybe this stone can help my people."

Wang Pangxin said that Helibao was very angry. Anyway, he couldn't talk any more. He drank too much wine and turned around, so he found a topic to divert the matter.

After Lu Shenyan was busy arranging for Yin Shijie and Yu Danian to go on the road, he came back and saw the two of them still talking. He also heard that He Libo was leaving. He was very reluctant to leave. Xiao Lu said to Wang Pang: "Miss Rou'er has been

You send me back to my wife to help. If Brother He leaves again, I will be alone."

He Libo glanced at him and said, "Why are you lonely when you have Rouge Tiger? It's Brother Pang who makes people anxious." He wanted to say a few words but was afraid of arousing Wang Pang's thoughts.

The next day, just after sending Helibao away, Wang Anshi's house sent a servant to tell him that Master Wang had asked the young master to come over and talk.

Since Wang Pang returned to the capital, he rarely had time to visit Wang Anshi and Mr. Bao's mansion. He had been busy with social activities for most of the month since his return. There was one person who seemed a little worried about him being so busy, and that was Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi called Wang Pang and Yuan Ze and told them not to delay their studies. Wang Pang knew that Yuan Ze had always worked hard, and he said this for himself. Wang Anshi would not say it too seriously. He knew that official entertainment was indispensable.

Moreover, there are a lot of things going on at home this year: Mrs. Wu is pregnant again; Wang Anshi’s two younger brothers Wang Anli and Wang Anguo came to the capital; the family has a lot of entertainment and can’t even talk about Wang Pang. I have to ask Wang Pang not to delay his studies.

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The two Wang Pang brothers came out of Wang Anshi's study and went to visit Mrs. Wu who was pregnant. Yuanze asked about the book boy. It turned out that Yuanze's book boy was playful and had an affair with the maid in the house. Yuan Ze didn't like that.

He asked Wang Pang to choose a book boy for him. He couldn't find one he liked, so he asked Wang Pang. He also said: "If you want to find a book boy, you must choose a better one than Brother Zizhan."

When Wang Pang heard him talk about it for the first time, he asked: "What about Su Zizhan (Su Shi)'s book boy?"

Yuanze said: "You have been out for half a year and you didn't know that Zizhan just bought a little book boy. He is nearly eleven years old, but he is well-behaved and smart."

Wang Pang laughed and said, "Then later I will find you someone who is more well-behaved and eager to learn."

The two of them had already walked to Mrs. Wu's door. Rou'er came out of the room and blushed slightly when she saw Wang Pang. She saluted the two brothers and said, "Madam went to burn incense today. I came back a little tired and just had a rest. How about you?"

You guys sit down in the hall first, and I'll prepare some snacks for you."

Seeing this, Wang Pang said that he would come back another day, since it was almost the New Year's Eve family dinner anyway. He heard that the lady was always tired during this period and often slept for half the day.
Chapter completed!