Wen Yanbo put down the book in his hand, laughed, and answered the question: "Did Uncle Lu Hui notify you a few days ago that this month Bingshen (15) will send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to discuss the matter of buying a purchase for the office?"

"You can choose, which one will my Wen family want to take to get the right place?"

Although Wen Jifu didn't understand why Wen Yanbo mentioned this matter, he still answered honestly: "Report to the adult, my son has been chosen."

"Let's choose the east wing of Bianjing New City to the place!"

Although the Xiangfang system in Bianjing City has collapsed.

All wings, except for Jing'anfang, where the Bianjing Academy is located, are open urban areas.

However, the entire city is still divided into different parts according to the urban layout of the Tang and Five Dynasties.

Since last year, after Aidan was annexed to the Jingzhu Temple, under the leadership of Han Jiang, Kaifeng Prefecture, Dian and House Affairs and other departments have joined forces to divide Aidan into different branches according to the different divisions of Bian Jing City.

The districts of Bianjing City are divided into inner city, new city, and outside the new city.

Among them, the inner city is divided into two armies, and the two armies are divided into two armies, which are called the first and second armies of the left and right armies.

The new city is not divided into four administrative divisions, namely east, west, south, north, and north according to its direction.

Among them, the east wing is the smallest.

Only nine yard areas are under the jurisdiction!

Wen Yanbo listened, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Tell me, your reason."

Wen Jifu replied: "I have visited and watched it in the past few days."

"Although this new city has only nine fangs in the east wing, there are many industries in the fang..."

"Xianrenfang, Bianyangfang, Chongshanfang, and Anrenfang have gathered workshops since the beginning of the country, and a hundred crafts gathered..."

"And Chunmingfang and Xuanyangfang, there are many honorary ministers and relatives..."

"There is also Zhuquemen Street, which runs through the entire East Chamber, with a large population..."

Wen Yanbo nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and looked at Wen Jifu's expression, and finally felt relieved.

but……

"I'm afraid there is another reason why you chose the east wing of the new city to arrive at the office?" Wen Yanbo asked leisurely, looking straight at the son.

Wen Jifu shivered immediately.

But Wen Yanbo did not point it out, just said, "Some things, you should pay attention to!"

The most famous place in the east wing of Bianjing New City has only one place since Xining - Chunmingfang.

There is a mansion given to Wang Anshi by the late emperor!

Now, Wang Anshi's descendant Wang Di is in the capital, following Lu Gongye.

Every holiday, Wang Di would return to the Jinggong Mansion in Chunmingfang.

Then he followed Wang Anshi and often visited his neighbor's house.

Who is his neighbor?

Song Churen!

Song Churen was the late Longtu Pavilion scholar and was awarded the son of Song Minqiu, the Minister of Rites. His grandfather was Song Shou, Duke Xuanxian of Yan.

The Song family, after decades of management by Song Shou and Song Minque, has become the largest social place for scholars, officials and ministers in Bianjing City.

Whether the new or old party, as long as they arrive at the Song family, they will temporarily put aside their grudges.

There is only one reason-the Song family has something that all scholars and officials long for - a collection of books.

From Song Min’s works before his survival, we can see how rich and powerful his collection of books is!

"Collection of Great Decrees of the Tang Dynasty", "Records of the Six Sects", "Chang'an Zhi", "Records of the Retreat of the Dynasty in the Spring and Ming Dynasties".

Song Minqiu was able to have these works because of the tens of thousands of volumes collected by his family, and even the Tang Dynasty historical materials, classics, and poetry collections that may not even be found in the palace.

Whether Ouyang Xiu wrote the New Book of Tang or Sima Guang wrote the Zizhi Tongjian, he had to borrow the collection of books.

So why does the Song family have so many books?

That's because the Song family emptied the collection of four Song Dynasty book collectors!

The first one is Song Shou’s grandfather Yang Huizhi.

Yang Huizhi was a literati from the Five Dynasties and collected a large number of Tang and Five Dynasties' rules.

But he had no son, and after his death, his family property was divided by his son-in-law and nephew.

Song Shou didn't want money, so he just took away Yang Huizhi's collection of books silently.

The second one is Bi Shi'an, the prime minister of Zhenmiao at the time, who was the grandfather of Song Shou's biological mother and his wife's great-grandfather.

Because Song Shou and his son were good at books, the Bi family collected books, and they were moved by their father and son like squirrels, and over the past decades, they were emptied bit by bit.

The third one is King Wenzheng of Wei.

Wang Dan liked Song Shou very much before his death, so the Wang family's collection of books could not escape the evil hands.

The fourth one is written by the Prime Minister Lu Gong of the current dynasty.

Because, the wife of Lu Gongzhu's second son Lu Xizhe is Song Minqiu's pearl in his hand.

Therefore, when Song Minqiu was alive, he focused on the collection of books in the Lu family that had been left since the Lu Mengzheng era.

Lu Gongzhu also knew that Song Min was looking for good books, so he opened his door and allowed him to copy or even transfer it.

In this way, Song Shou and his son, who were two generations, relied on collecting books from other families and their own collections for decades, bought and collected ancient books.

It supported the richest, most complete and best Tang and Five Dynasties Draft Library in the entire Song Dynasty.

Whether it is historical materials from the Tang and Five Dynasties or poems from the Tang and Five Dynasties, they are hidden on the bookshelf of the Song family.

Moreover, because Song Shou and his son love books and like books.

Therefore, these valuable documents have been well maintained and revised.

When Song Shou and his son were alive, they would also organize the literati and officials from Bian Jing to correct the mistakes in these collections of books.

For the scholars and officials, the Song Mansion in the sixth district of Chunmingfang was simply their paradise!

After Song Minqiu's death, the Song family could no longer organize famous scholars and officials to revise and correct the collection of books due to their ability problems.

However, the Song family still opened their doors to literati and doctors in the whole world.

As long as you are a scholar, you can go to the Song family to borrow his collection of books.

As a result, the housing prices in Chunmingfang became a highland for the entire Bianjing New City - because there were too many people who liked to live near the Song family so that they could borrow books at any time.

Naturally, the Song family became the largest social place for scholars, officials and ministers in Bianjing City.

In the Song family, even in the Xi and Feng era, when the struggle between the new and old parties was the most intense, we often saw ministers of the new and old parties in the court sitting together and reading quietly, and even exchanging each other's experiences.

Since Wang Di returned to Beijing, he has lived in Chunmingfang.

When I have time, I go to the Song family to borrow books and read. The Song family likes this young man very much.

As Wang Di went there more times, other yamen in Bianjing City also approached Wang Di under the banner of going to the Song family to read books.

Wen Jifu was taken away by Xing Shu several times.

After returning, Wen Jifu yelled that he would choose a daughter to marry Wang Di.

But Wen Jifu was scolded by Wen Yanbo, so he didn't dare to mention it again.

But he did not give up.

This time, I deliberately chose the purchase of the Wen family as my choice in Bianjing New City, and there was still a plan to recruit Wang Di as my son-in-law.

no way!

Wang Di is so fragrant!

Wang Anshi's descendant! The only heir!

According to Xing Shu, no matter whose daughter is married, she can enjoy her happiness.

Such a son-in-law has won seven or eight top scholars!

Xing Shu also said that if he hadn't had a daughter of appropriate age, even if Zhang Yaozuo, who had been studying at that time, would have tied Wang Di home.

Xing Shu's words really made Wen Jifu moved.

Now that my old father saw through his little thoughts, Wen Jifu naturally shivered and hesitated.

Looking at Wen Jifu's unreliable appearance, Wen Yanbo shook his head and said, "You are a traitor..."

"I will be angry to death by you sooner or later!"

Wen Jifu thought his old father was scolding him for dating Wang Di, so he lowered his head and was scolded obediently.

Wen Yanbo sighed a few times and said, "Do you know why I didn't answer your questions about Liang Kuanzhi, but mentioned the matter of buying it?"

Wen Jifu shook his head.

Wen Yanbo took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down before asking: "What will happen after my Wenjiapu buys the office?"
To be continued...