Fanning's treatment for returning to the capital was much quieter than the grand scene when Zhao Zongshi returned to the capital. Except for the 20,000 amber woods that attracted countless people and merchants to watch, Fanning himself entered the city very low-key, and almost no one noticed him.

Of course, it is not that no one cares about him. He was the focus of discussion in the entire capital last year. He was promoted to a fifth-rank official at the age of 18 and was in charge of a state affairs. This was only possible by Yan Shu back then.

However, Fan Ning returned to Beijing to report his work, and the government did not deliberately promote it. Except for a few people in the court, the general public did not know it, and even the lower-level officials did not know it.

Fan Ning stood at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, looking at the large group of people watching amber wood on the shore. Since the origin of the inland amber wood is within the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and in the far north of the Liao Kingdom, no one in the Liao Kingdom would mine it, and it was even rare in the Song Dynasty, so the first batch of amber wood caused a sensation in the capital and sold at a high price of more than 100,000 yuan.

The second batch of amber wood was transported this time, and the people in the capital immediately flocked to it. A large number of timber merchants gathered in the wharf to inquire about the auction time of this batch of wood, and everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie.

At this time, Fan Ning suddenly saw a group of officials coming from afar surrounded by an official wearing a purple robe on a horse. This must be the chief officer who came to greet him. Fan Ning did not dare to neglect and quickly got off the boat and greeted him.

After getting close to Fan Ning, he saw clearly that the person who came was Prime Minister Guo Fu Bi. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Fan Ning is the humble position to meet the rich husband!"

Fu Bi laughed, turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and patted Fanning on the shoulder, "I just regret that I didn't have another daughter, otherwise I would definitely call you as my son-in-law!"

Fan Ning felt ashamed. This rich prime minister was so good at joking.

Fortunately, Fu Bi only made a joke easily, so he turned back to the topic and said with a smile: "Zhi Zhengtang is particularly concerned. What gifts have you brought back this time?"

"Bizhi brought back three things, one was 20,000 amber wood, followed by 1.2 million taels of silver and 40,000 taels of gold, and the second was fifty little foals born in Kunzhou. I hope it did not disappoint the rich husband!"

Fu Bi was both happy and surprised. It was because Fan Ning brought back a lot of wealth, which could greatly alleviate the financial tension of the court. It was because Fan Ning actually brought back fifty foals, which was a treasure that could make the official family ecstatic!

He quickly turned around and ordered an official to rush back and notify Wen Yanbo.

Fu Bi smiled at Fan Ning again and said, "Envoy Fan, let's go to the imperial city together!"

Fanning pointed to ten livestock boats by the river, "Would fifty foals be transported into the imperial city together? There are too many people here, and I am worried that the horses will be frightened."

富弼当即答应了,“可以!”

The ship that transports fifty foals is just a special livestock transport ship. It is wide and comfortable, well-ventilated, and has a special herdsmanship with the ship. One ship carries five horses, which can be said to be carefully caring for these fifty foals.

When ten horse-carrying boats sailed into the imperial city along the Jinshui River, it attracted the attention of court officials. The officials gathered from all directions to both sides of the Jinshui River, and discussed around the ten horse-carrying boats. No one knew how the horse-carrying boats came to the palace?

At this time, an eunuch rushed over and said to the officials of the Massacre Department: "Your Majesty has an order to introduce the horses into the Imperial Garden!"

The gate of the horse-carrying boat opened, and foals were released from the cabin. After a moment, fifty foals gathered together. The ponies were a little timid, dodging, and silly, which immediately caused the officials to exclaim. At this time, someone reported that this was a horse sent from Kunzhou, and a warm applause immediately sounded in the square.

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Fan Ning followed Fu Bi to the Zhizheng Hall of the Shangshu Province. Prime Minister Guo Wen Yanbo was already waiting in front of the steps. Fan Ning hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Fan Ning has met Mr. Wen."

Wen Yanbo nodded slightly and smiled: "I have worked hard all the way. I really want to invite Fan Jun to come to the Political Consultative Conference Hall, but the emperor was waiting in the palace, so he had to invite Fan Jun to come and talk to him next time."

"I heard that the official family dragon was sick in Jiangdu. I don't know what's going on now?"

"I've recovered, please come with me!"

Wen Yanbo nodded to Fu Bi, and the two accompanied Fan Ning to the inner palace.

The inner palace of the imperial palace is called Yanfu Palace, which is still relatively small now, reflecting the style of the royal family in the Song Dynasty that it was promoted by the thrift. It was not until the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty that the Yanfu Palace was expanded on a large scale.

However, although the inner palace is small, it is extremely exquisite. Each building is beautifully built to the extreme, fully demonstrating the elegant aesthetic style of the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Zhao Zhen met Fan Ning at Jing Pavilion, which is located in the southeast of the Imperial Garden. It is a white jade pavilion built on a hill. From here you can see the panoramic view of the Imperial Garden.

The Imperial Garden itself is very small, covering an area of ​​only 100 acres. It is an extremely exquisite garden. Zhao Zhen stood in front of the Jing Pavilion with his hands behind his back, looking down at the small horses on the grass in the Imperial Garden with a smile on his face.

A eunuch stepped forward and whispered. Zhao Zhen turned around and saw Fan Ning and two husbands. He waved his hand and smiled, "Three dear friends, please come here!"

The three of them walked over, Fan Ning quickly bowed and Zhao Zhen smiled, "Fan Aiqing is not given a favor and is calm!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Zhen looked at Fanning, "You are much thinner than you were two years ago!"

"Thank you for your concern. Tang County is in the sea, and it will naturally become a little darker every day."

"It also means that you have worked very hard in Kunzhou!"

Zhao Zhen pointed at the pony group and smiled at Fan Ning: "How many such pony are there in Kunzhou?"

"There are two thousand now, and by the end of the year there will be about five thousand!"

Zhao Zhen stroked his beard and said happily: "It seems that my decision is not wrong. The successful establishment of the horse farm has effectively responded to those who questioned Kunzhou's waste of money and money!"

Fu Bi added a smile on the side, "This time Fanning envoy not only brought fifty foals, but also brought back one million,200,000 taels of silver, forty thousand taels of gold, and twenty thousand amber wood, which has completely made up for the imperial court's expenditure on Kunzhou."

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "How is the immigration situation?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it has stabilized. When I left Kunzhou, the land in Han County had been allocated and the people began to sow wheat."

"Does the land need to be cultivated before sowing it?" Zhao Zhen asked curiously.

Fanning smiled and said, "We didn't understand the situation last year and thought we needed to mature for a year. Later, we found that the land there was very fertile and we could directly cultivate the fields and sow seeds. There was sufficient water source and we could harvest them in autumn."

Zhao Zhen was happy to hear it, "I hope I can see it with my own eyes."

Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were anxious and hurriedly said, "Kunzhou is thousands of miles away, and the sea risks are relatively high. Your Majesty must not take risks!"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "I'm just talking. Besides, even if I have this heart, my body will not allow it!"

Fan Ning turned around and took a painting from the eunuch's pallet and presented it to Zhao Zhen, "This is a pastoral picture of Kunzhou specially drawn by a painter for His Majesty. I hope His Majesty likes it!"

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and hurriedly took the scroll. Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were each on one side to unfold, which was a one-meter-long scroll. This painting was not entirely a lively description, but painted the five parts of Kunnan Bay, Tang County, farmland, village, and Nanhu on a scroll. Although it was not a masterpiece of famous artists, it was also painted very exquisitely and vividly.

"Your Majesty, this is Kunnan Bay!"

Fanning pointed to the great seaway in the distant place in the scroll: "It is the landing place for our Song Dynasty fleet. It is a large area, with a radius of about twenty miles, surrounded by headlands, and is an excellent natural harbor."

Zhao Ji nodded and asked again: "Is the county town in the distance Tang County or Han County?"

"It's Tang County, Han County is on the other side of the peninsula and will be built by the end of this month."

"There are also water wheels and villages, which are no different from Da Song!"

Zhao Zhen saw that there were many farmers driving oxen to cultivate the land on the scroll, and children were running next to the village houses where they were not there. On the wheat straw threshing ground, there were still several domestic dogs chasing each other. It was a complete picture of a rich pastoral countryside.

He was immediately happy and said to his side: "Frame this painting and hang it in my study. I have to look at it every day."

The two eunuchs took the scroll down, and Zhao Zhen pointed at the horses and said to Wen Yanbo: "Leave two horses for me, and leave the other horses to the herds' department to feed them well."

"I obey the order!"

Wen Yanbo also said: "Eunuch Fan's performance will be arranged tomorrow afternoon. I wonder if Your Majesty will participate together?"

The report of the governors of each state is aimed at the Zhizheng Hall. The emperor generally does not participate. Only when the report is very important, the emperor will attend the audience.
Chapter completed!