Not long after the Lantern Festival, Ouyang Xiu told Ouyang Bian that the court had appointed Bao Zheng to govern Jiangning Mansion.

Bao Zheng was then moved to Longtu Pavilion, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, and the governor of Jiangning Prefecture.

Ouyang Bian asked, it turned out that Wen Yanbo and his own son worked together to push Bao Zheng up.

This was seven or eight months earlier than Bao Zheng came to Jiangning Mansion.

In other words, Bao Zheng may be promoted to the right lieutenant of Kaifeng Prefecture in the middle of this year.

In other words, Bao Zheng may have cleared Huimin River early, so his West Lake City project can also enter the implementation stage.

The construction period of the West Lake City project is about two years. If construction starts this year, it can be put into use before Jiayou two years.

Jiayou's second year is a tribute ceremony every three years. At that time, all the scholars gathered in the capital, which is a good opportunity for the West Lake City project to become famous.

Therefore, you have to seize this opportunity. After all, the investment is so big, the better the more you grasp it.

Bao Zheng was going to Jiangning Prefecture, so Ouyang Bian naturally wanted to send him one.

Ouyang Bian thought very thoughtfully and loosened a special carriage for Bao Zheng and his wife, which was specially used for long-distance travel, and he was not afraid of bumpy roads.

The carriage actually costs a lot of money, but it looks quite simple, because Bao Zheng’s character is not suitable for riding in gorgeous carriages.

Even so, Bao Zheng was unwilling to accept it, and he barely accepted it when Ouyang Bian was persuaded.

When he was on the road, Bao Zheng realized how comfortable the car was.

After seeing off Bao Zheng, Ouyang Bian began to prepare for the start of the construction of West Lake City.

Xihucheng Co., Ltd. has been successfully registered and has set up an office address in Chengyuan. There are a total of 72 shareholders and also selected board members.

Ouyang Bian doesn’t have to do everything himself. Xihucheng Company specially hired professional managers to handle daily matters.

The big decision is decided by the board of directors, and Ouyang Bian is responsible for designing the drawings with the craftsman.

With professional construction engineers helping with design, Ouyang Bian's work became much easier. It took only one and a half months to finalize the drawings.

The leveling excavation of the swamp began after the Lantern Festival.

This is a rare dry season. When the foundation is laid at this time, fill in the places where it should be filled and digging the places where it should be dug, so that even when it is in the flood season, construction can still be done.

In fact, it is because of the abundant funds. Thousands of people work there every day in the swamp, which has become a scene in Bianjing City.

This is something that can only be achieved with a huge amount of funds. If anyone does this alone, he will probably not even be able to support the emperor's inner treasury.

After the design and outline are completed, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with Ouyang Bian. He only needs to keep an eye on the subsequent matters when he has time, so there are naturally professionals to take charge of them.

So Ouyang Bian's life became regular. He went to Wang Anshi to attend classes every few days, then received a bunch of reading tasks, read and take notes, and then received assessments.

Ouyang Bian was not disgusted with this, but on the contrary, he was quite positive. He understood that what Wang Anshi taught him was the real ability to settle down in this world, which is another saying.

The key is that these concepts of governing the country are indeed quite interesting. Ouyang Bian treats it as a way to play with the archaeology of the Song Dynasty. It is also quite interesting to verify these with some knowledge obtained from later generations.

What Ouyang Bian likes most is that after understanding the knowledge taught by Wang Anshi, he compares it with the knowledge of later generations, integrates it into analogy, and then writes out his experience and gives it to Wang Anshi and Ouyang Xiu, and writes a letter to Bao Zheng.

This matter is not because it has some utilitarian intentions, but I just think it's quite fun.

He is not a real child, but a real intellectual. For intellectuals, exchanging knowledge and insights is a very pleasant thing in itself.

Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, and Bao Zheng are all top intellectuals. Their vision may be limited to the times, and sometimes it seems a bit short-sighted, but we have to admit that their views are indeed profound enough.

Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu and Bao Zheng, who communicated with Ouyang Bian, were shocked by Ouyang Bian's broad thinking.

Wang Anshi and others like to quote classics when analyzing problems, while Ouyang Bian pays more attention to logic and procedural justice when analyzing problems. This is a very different way of analyzing problems than the present.

When Ouyang Bian began to analyze the problem, he followed one by one, and the truth he said was impeccable.

The key is that in the case of very precise logic, Ouyang Bian's solutions always go beyond the problem itself and are closer to the essence of things.

This is a very amazing skill.

There is no way to do it without the insight that transcends the times itself.

Even if Wang Anshi and his friends are well-versed in history, they can always find the answers to solve problems in history, but they will ultimately be unable to transcend the concepts that did not exist in this era.

This kind of communication and exchange is completely different from the shock caused to them by a simple wealth theory.

The Wealth of Nations discusses the commercial economy. Although it involves the national infrastructure, it is somewhat concealed.

However, in this kind of direct communication, Ouyang Bian does not need to worry about these issues. These people are trustworthy.

Ouyang Bian didn't know what impact this communication would have on these people, but it was obvious that whether it was Wang Anshi or Bao Zheng, his attitude towards him was respectful to his peers.

Bao Zheng would reply to every letter Ouyang Bian wrote to Bao Zheng seriously, answering the questions raised by Ouyang Bian, and then sincerely asking Ouyang Bian to answer them.

Later, Bao Zheng basically stopped assessing Ouyang Bian's studies. Perhaps he felt that Ouyang Bian, who had such knowledge, should have no problems in his academic practice.

Of course, some of the questions raised by Wang Anshi and Bao Zheng can be easily answered, some have to be thought about, while others have to be consulted, like writing papers, answered with rigorous arguments, just like returning to the feeling of writing papers when I was in college.

This process was a great inspiration for Wang Anshi and Bao Zheng, but it benefited more for Ouyang Bian, which made his understanding of this era more deeply.

How Wang Anshi and Bao Zheng churches used the means of this era to solve problems is very important for Ouyang Bian. This is similar to a localization process. Without this localization process, Ouyang Bian would be like an alien.

Alien are unacceptable, and this is determined by the essence of human beings.

In this pleasant communication, time passes quickly.
Chapter completed!