Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 510 Arrangement
However, after Zhao Zhen held a wedding for Lü Fang and Guo Sheng in the camp, he left Wei Yangyin and Zhen Dayi from the Wuxiang Camp in charge of 500 cavalry to garrison Fengtian Township. At the same time, he recruited 2,000 infantrymen in Kouzhou Township to patrol the area.

As Zhao Zhen expected, the local tyrants who had not married into Liangshan, especially the three from Tangyi Township, Liangshui Township, and Guangping Township who had married into Gao Rang, saw that Su Dahu and Hou Jin, who were about to join Gao Zhizhou, had joined Zhao Zhen, who had defeated Kouzhou's army, and naturally the three of them were unwilling to fall behind. When they joined Gao Rang, each family had gained a lot of benefits. Zhao Zhen was powerful, and now he changed his allegiance. Although he also sent a lot of money and food, he was not superior to Fengtian Township and Houying Township.

Su Liang is now even more valued by Zhao Zhen, and is in charge of the litigation and taxation of the seven villages. With the Liangshan Army stationed there, there is no need to worry about rebellion in the villages. After all, even the fierce and powerful [Black Tiger Army] has joined Zhao Zhen.

As for Su Yi, he was summoned by Zhao Zhen to join his personal army camp and followed Zhao Zhen to Liangshan Prefecture to take up his post.

As a result, the three of them spontaneously selected treasures from the family treasury and presented them to Zhao Zhen after the wedding of Lu Fang and Guo Sheng.

Xiang Yan from Guangping Township not only sent the seeds of the [Iron Skin Gourd] and ten carts of [Iron Skin Gourds] that Zhao Zhen specifically requested, but also sent two silver [Iron Skin Gourds] that were treasured at home.

world log
Iron gourd: (Level 1, edible when young, iron shell after ripening, hollow inside, can be used as utensils)

Characteristic 1: Tough, the shell is warm and hard like iron.

Feature 2: Lightweight and does not sink in water.

The two silver iron gourds are of the third stage. In addition to the same properties as the iron gourds, they have an additional property of not rotting. The food put into the gourds will not rot and the quality will slowly improve.

For this reason, Zhao Zhen appointed Xiang Yan as the inspector of the village, and he could recruit 100 soldiers to patrol Guangping Township.

Feng Hao from Liangshui Township and Qiao Hui from Tangyi Township were not to be outdone. Although their township did not have any special products worth mentioning, their clan had accumulated several treasures of high rank after years of business. They each presented a book, both of which were fragments of "The Book of Fan Sheng".

Feng Hao contributed methods for growing melons and gourds, while Qiao Hui contributed methods for harvesting seeds and grafting. These two fragments are actually a guide. Looking at them, one can become a vegetable farmer.

In this way, they successfully obtained Zhao Zhen's promise and each of them served as the inspector of the village.

Ding Hong of Dingma Township saw what the three were doing, and gritted his teeth to offer the only pair of fourth-order [Yellow Turtle] in the clan, along with ten pairs of second-order [Yellow Turtle], in order to appoint his eldest son Ding Yong as the inspector of Dingma Township.

world log
Yellow turtle: (There is a turtle in Majia Lake, which grows in fifty years and is called the "holy turtle". It strengthens the army and relieves plague)

After taking it, your Constitution will be increased by 1 (effective only for first time use if your Constitution is less than 50).

As for Douhutun Township, the township head Yan Huai was originally appointed by Gao Rang after he killed Yan Ming. He was originally a ruffian in the city. He knew that there was a fifth-level thousand-year-old purple ganoderma in his tribe, so he told Qiu Xuan. Qiu Xuan found an excuse to disrespect the governor and led his troops to attack Douhutun Township. Although he looted more than twenty Ganoderma lucidums of the first level, it was a pity that he did not find this fifth-level thousand-year-old purple ganoderma.

Although Yan Huai became the head of the village with Qiu Xuan's support, he was not popular. When he heard that the Liangshan army was invading, he took his family to the state capital to escape. Now the new head of Douhutun Village is recommended by Su Liang, who is Yan Ming's brother, called Yan Peng. When Qiu Xuan sent troops, he was not in the village, so he escaped and hid in Fengtian Village.

Now that all the villages had surrendered to Zhao Zhen, Yan Peng returned to his hometown, took out the purple ganoderma as a tribute, and asked Zhao Zhen to appoint him as the village chief.

Millennium Purple Ganoderma (Level 5, there are mushrooms on the rotten soil, born in the morning and die in the evening, stacked like a pagoda.)
Effect 1: Add one coin of Ganoderma lucidum to jin of wine, soak for seven days, drink one cup every morning and evening for three days in a row, it can strengthen the body, nourish and strengthen the body, and improve physical fitness +.

Effect 2: Break through to the next level. Eat one or two ounces to break through to the middle level.

For these villages, Zhao Zhen also transferred more than 20 clerks from Yanggu, under the leadership of a bailiff, to Fengtian Township to assist Su Liang, handle lawsuits, collect taxes, and purchase products from various villages.

After arranging the affairs of Kouzhou, Zhao Zhen led the army, transported the spoils, and returned to Liangshan.

Kouzhou's arrangement was not actually stable. Compared with Liangshanzhou, Zhao Zhen's power only reached the township, and the villages only announced it, and the village heads remained the same.

It's not that Zhao Zhen didn't want to stay a few more days. Zhang Qing and his entourage from Dongchang Prefecture had already passed Yunzhou and entered Yanzhou. In another five or seven days, they would reach Pingyi. Although Zhao Zhen had already prepared the transfer order, he still had to go there in person to feel at ease.

After returning to Baishi Manor, Zhao Zhen distributed rewards according to their merits, and the soldiers cheered loudly. He also held a banquet to reward the soldiers, and then let the soldiers return to their respective garrisons.

It just so happened that [Devil King of Chaos] Fan Rui was in a state of restlessness and wanted to make a move. Zhao Zhen gave Fan Rui the black jade gourd and the remaining pages of the "Ma Family Gu Book" and asked him to lead the [Black Tiger Army]. He also tamed the red scorpions and trained a Taoist army to drive the red scorpions. The base was chosen to be a Taoist temple in the mountains of Yizhou, the Wanshou Palace.

Linyi is a mountainous area, and the [full red scorpion] in the mountains is the most poisonous, so it can be caught and tamed.

Fan Rui gladly accepted the order and was very interested in taming bumblebees and red scorpions and training Taoist soldiers. He asked Zhao Zhen to give a name to the Taoist soldiers that drove the red scorpions. Zhao Zhen thought about it and came up with the name [Red Scorpion Magic Soldiers]. When Liu Hui Niang heard it, she laughed and said, "Sir, your name is not fancy at all. Why not change [Black Tiger Army] to [Bumblebee Magic Soldiers]?"

Zhao Zhen listened and did not refute. He changed the name of the [Black Tiger Army] on the spot. Like the [Flying Divine Soldiers], he also asked [Gibbon Monkey] Hou Jian to make a flag for each of the two Taoist soldiers. Of course, the Military Equipment Supervisor also had to make a new set of weapons for the [Bumblebee Divine Soldiers]. The state of the divine soldiers' qi and blood loss also improved after taking the next Han Emperor Apricot.

The next day, the pale faces of the soldiers who took the Han Emperor's Apricot turned red. For this reason, Zhao Zhen also received a reminder from the world log that the [Bumblebee Soldiers] were back and their morale was high.

Zhao Zhen rested for a day and sent someone to invite Gongsun Sheng to see him.

After greeting, Zhao Zhen took out the second-level [Lian Yang Three-Color Beans], the first-level [Red Fire Beans], and [Zero Black Beans], and asked, "Brother, look at these three kinds of beans I found, why can't I use them to make [Bean Soldier]?"

Gongsun Qing took all three kinds of beans in his hand, looked at them carefully, and said to Zhao Zhen: "My husband, it's my fault that I didn't explain it clearly. The spirit beans used by the [Bean Soldiers] must be at least seventh-level spirit beans. This is also the reason why the Taoism in this world has declined. These three kinds of beans are of lower quality, so they won't work."

"The quality of the spirit beans must be good enough to be nurtured with magic power, and then refined with incense. After 9981 days, they can become bean soldiers. The spirit beans you found are not rare, but they can be used as a medium to sow beans to make soldiers. For example, with this [Lian Yang Three-Colored Bean], one bean soldier is enough to match one armored soldier, and ordinary soldiers can easily match five or seven. If it is the other two kinds of spirit beans, with their fearless characteristics, two against one can also match one armored soldier."

Zhao Zhen heard this and said, "I wonder why."

"Although we can't use it to make soldiers out of beans, it's good to use it to make soldiers out of beans. I'll have someone send some to all the Taoists later, so they can be used."

After that, Zhao Zhen showed Gongsun Sheng all the Taoist books and magical instruments he had obtained from Kouzhou.

Gongsun Sheng praised the fire-based Taoist method Shaoyang Gong and the sword method Seven Star Sword Method, but he looked down on the remaining pages of the Ma Family Gu Book. He even advised Zhao Zhen, "Sir, this Ma Family Gu Book is just a crude method of raising Gu, which can only be used against enemies and has no benefit to cultivation. As for this Taoist military method, it is more like a magic method, which will damage your essence and blood and shorten your life. It is better to use it less."

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, you are right. This Taoist soldier method is indeed evil. I don't want to use too many of them, so I'll just keep them at 360 each. I use [Han Emperor Apricot] to nourish the Taoist soldiers. Although it can't make them live longer, it can prevent them from dying young. If used well, they can be regarded as a rare and powerful army on the battlefield."

Gongsun Sheng nodded and said, "It's good that you know this. In this world, murder and arson are common things. Master once said that following the will of nature is common and going against the will of nature is the worst. It's just nonsense. As the saying goes, man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. As long as it is useful to you, you can try it. However, good and bad fortune come from people themselves, and the rewards for good and evil follow you like a shadow. It's really not good to abuse this kind of outsider. Don't spread this method to others easily."

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, rest assured. I only gave this method of taming the mother insect to Brother Fan Rui. The magic weapons below are just the bred larvae."

"Brother, please make a copy of Shaoyang Gong and Qixing Jian Jue and store them in the Tianqi Temple Sutra Library. I will keep the Ma Family Gu Book in my study and will not pass it on to anyone easily."

Gongsun Sheng nodded. After examining Zhao Zhen's Daoist Canon, Gongsun Sheng copied a copy of Shaoyang Gong and Qixing Jian Jue, and left.

After seeing Gongsun Sheng off, it was already getting dark, so Zhao Zhen got up and went back to the backyard to have dinner with his wives and concubines.

After dinner, Tu Qiao blushed and took Zhao Zhen back to her room to rest.

After some intimacy, Zhao Zhen teased, "We've been apart for a few days, did you miss me, pretty lady?"

Tu Qiao did not answer, but asked: "Sir, all the sisters have received imperial decrees, when will I get one?"

"So that's what it is. Once we defeat the Qingzhou bandits, are you still afraid of not receiving an imperial edict and a reward? Pretty lady, just be patient and wait for a few days." Zhao Zhen said.

"Today I heard from Sister Sanniang that your master has found a wife for General Lu Fang in Kouzhou. She is very skilled in martial arts, only slightly inferior to Sanniang. Would you mind giving her to me to be a deputy general in [Baiqi Kaoshandu]?" Tu Qiao said as she hugged Zhao Zhen's rebellious hands tightly.

Zhao Zhen said, "I need to talk to Lu Fang and his wife about this. If they are willing, it will be fine. However, Sanniang also wants to recruit Su Jinniang into the Qingqi Liuye City, which makes me feel very embarrassed."

"Sir, you have to help me." Tu Qiao shook Zhao Zhen's arm.

"That depends on how you perform."

As he spoke, Zhao Zhen took out a copy of the Su Nu Jing from under his pillow and pointed to a page. Tu Qiao glanced at it and shyly sat on Zhao Zhen. The breeze blew by, and only the three words "Rabbit sucking hair" could be vaguely seen.

(End of this chapter)