Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 532 Counting
Three days later, Zhao Zhen moved to Linqu.

As these laborers who escorted grain and fodder returned home, Zhao Zhen's prestige in various places became increasingly high.

In Linqu County, Zhao Zhen rewarded the officers of the three armies and celebrated for three days in a row.

Seeing that the Jingdong Road was about to be pacified, Zhao Zhen issued an order, asking Wu Yong, Xiao Rang, Xu He and other prefects to come to discuss important matters. Zhao Zhen waited for them in Linqu while counting the gold and pearls sent by Song Jiang of Yidu.

The amount of this batch of wealth was huge, totaling 210,000 strings of cash.

Of course, it was not all gold and silver, there were also many gold and silver wine vessels, jade and precious jewelry, ancient paintings and collectibles, silk and cloth, medicinal materials, etc. At the beginning, the value was only roughly estimated, and now they are all re-registered.

The bulk of the items were Qingzhou's unique mirror flower silk and fairy pattern silk, totaling 15,000 pieces. It was estimated that they were accumulated by Qingzhou over the years, and now all belonged to Zhao Zhen. When the fairy pattern silk was woven, it was infused with auspicious clouds and auspicious beasts, which best reflected auspiciousness and nobility. The mirror flower silk pattern was as delicate and lively as the reflection in the mirror, and the two were the best rewards.

After the registration, Zhao Ji was ordered to follow the troops of Guanghui and Deng Yuanjue who were originally guarding the grain and grass here, and escort them back to the Liangshan inner warehouse.

Along with Zhao Ji's convoy, there was also a letter from Zhao Zhen, in which Cheng Wan'er was asked to make the decision and have people deliver it to various prefectures and counties, awarding three to ten horses as rewards according to the official's rank.

Of the remaining treasures, half were gold and silver nuggets, gold and silver wine vessels, and jade and precious jewelry, and the rest were ancient paintings and rare collectibles.

In terms of value, it has long exceeded 210,000 strings of cash, and all items are estimated based on the lowest price.

There were many treasures inside. The most surprising thing was that eleven pieces of [Spirit of the World] were found among a pile of jade that was sent as ordinary jade.

This number is equivalent to the number that Zhao Zhen specially searched for.

The other treasures that are available for entry are:
【Xuanhuang Tianfu】: Four steps, shaped like a hu, made of yellow jade. More than eight inches long, three inches wide, round on top and square on the bottom, with a hole near the round end. The color is like steamed chestnuts, and as clear as condensed fat.

Effect 1: Ward off wars, epidemics, and plagues. Wearing the talisman will protect you from malaria.

Effect 2: Show wealth.

[Jade Chicken]: It has four steps, with complete feather patterns, and is made of white jade.

Effect 5: The king governs the world with filial piety. Popular support +.

Effect 2: Show wealth.

【Queen Mother's Jade Ring】: Four levels, two in total, also made of white jade. Six inches in diameter, twice as fine as flesh. Its jade color is more brilliant, unique and extraordinary.

Effect 5: If a king obtains it, he can make foreign countries return. Popularity +.

Effect 2: Show wealth.

These three treasures were chosen by Liu Huiniang at a glance with her [Wisdom Eyes]. Zhao Zhen is now wearing both the [Xuanhuang Heavenly Talisman] and the [Queen Mother's Jade Ring].

These three treasures are exactly the same as the [Gu Bi] that the gentry had donated. It is said that they were bestowed by the Emperor of Heaven during the Kaiyuan period of the previous dynasty. Now Zhao Zhen has collected them all.

Because the place where the [Gu Bi] was located was rich in grain, Zhao Zhen often carried it with him to play with, and only put it down when he went to suppress the bandits in Qingzhou. Now he has also obtained this [Jade Chicken], and Zhao Zhen has many things to play with, so it is really not easy to carry it with him.

Liu Hui Niang asked Chen Liqing for osmanthus, mint, bergamot and rose, and asked them to stop serving Chen Liqing and instead stay by Zhao Zhen's side. The [Jade Chicken] is now in Osmanthus's hands.

I don't know if Song Jiang selected the treasures intentionally. Apart from the three treasures above, the rest are used by scholars. A second-level gold-emblazoned jade-peg broken-pattern zither and a third-level dragon-shaped crystal-peg foot zither. Unfortunately, although these two ancient zithers are of high quality, they only have a clear tone and no other function.

There are three more inkstones on the steps, all of which are made of clay. I don't know where Song Jiang got them from, but they look like antiques that have been passed down for a long time.

One [Tile Inkstone from the East Pavilion of the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty] and one [Tile Inkstone from the North Greenhouse Hall of the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty] are both only first-level items, while the [Bronze Sparrow Tile Inkstone] is a third-level treasure.

Perhaps these three inkstones have been exposed to literary atmosphere for too long and have become guides.

Bronze Sparrow Tile Inkstone (Its structure is brick, its surface is stone, and its luster is jade. It emerges from the depths, escapes after it is captured, and returns after it leaves. It is protected by the gods and will not be destroyed or fall. The auspiciousness of the writing will be shown in the next life.)
Effect 1: The old tiles of Santai in Ye County are better than clay. The ink is released, and the ink is bright and wavy.

Effect 2: Career guide, holding it, you can become a Confucian scholar. (Five military types and one guide each year.)
Confucian scholar: (As a Confucian scholar, I think I am too old to change my mind. I will not let the good deeds be recorded in history books, because I will not be a traitor to the people and be exiled to the wilderness.)
Professional skills: Six Arts of a Gentleman, level 1.

[Tile Inkstones in the East Pavilion of the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty] and [Tile Inkstones in the North Greenhouse Hall of the Weiyang Palace of the Han Dynasty] can only employ three people of each military branch every year.

There were several boxes of ancient books and paintings, but only four items were accepted, one ancient book and three scrolls. The book was "Observing the Phenomena and Playing with Fortune", the paintings were "The Fairy Maonu" (one scroll), "Mengchangjun Cockcrowing" (one scroll), and "The Peddler's Cart" (one scroll).

"Observing the Phenomena and Playing with Fortune" (a career guide item. Holding it will allow you to become a fortune teller. It contains astronomical observation methods, including the twenty-eight constellations, the five planets, solar eclipses, and lunar eclipses.)
Fortune teller: (Using the signs of burning tortoise shells to help people judge good and bad fortune and predict the future.)
Occupational Skills: Tortoise Shell Level 1 (A tortoise is a thousand years old and becomes a spirit, while a yarrow is a hundred years old and becomes a god. Because of their longevity, they can distinguish good and bad luck. Spirit +1)

One fortune teller can be employed every year, and as a career guide, one person can be employed.

"The Fairy Hairy Girl" (Hairy Hairy Girl, courtesy name Yujiang, was a maid of the Qin Shi Huang. She fled to Mount Huashan to avoid the disaster of being buried alive at Mount Li. Later, she was instructed by a great scholar to eat pine and cypress seeds when hungry and drink spring water when thirsty. As a result, green hair grew on her body and she could walk very fast. From "Biographies of Immortals")
If you keep it, you can be employed as a mountain and forest guest soldier (five people per year)

Shanlinke: (A spirit in the mountains who can identify plants and trees)

Occupational skills: Pine Planting Level 1 (good at planting pine and cypress, Constitution +1), Elf Level 1 (eats pine and cypress seeds, drinks clear spring water, grows green hair on the body, Constitution +2).

"Mengchangjun Cockcrowing" (There was Mengchangjun in Qi, who had 3,000 retainers.)
If you keep it, you can become a thief: (one person per year)
Thief: (petty theft)

Occupational skills: Stealing level 1 (agility, agility +1), Ventriloquism level 1 (the sound of chickens and dogs stealing, spirit +1)

"The Peddler's Carrying Bag": (The drums are shaking in the streets, there is no need to shout out loud. Don't say that it is difficult to carry the weight on your shoulders, the whole world is contained in one load.)
If you keep it, you can become a peddler soldier (10 people per year)
Peddler: (Playing a drum with one hand and beating a clapboard with the other, he sings the Peddler's Peaceful Song and lets himself choose any item he wants from his load)
Professional skills: Level 1 sales (walking around the streets, agility +1), level 1 snooping (getting information, agility +1).

The first-class [Jun Yu Qing Comb Fan] was made by a master craftsman. The fan surface was mounted with silk and painted with persimmon juice. There was a carved rhinoceros horn lacquer handle and a crescent-shaped fan holder. The handle was engraved with the two characters "Jun Yu" in official script.

[Jun Yuqing Comb Fan]: (The fan is made of a thin boxwood pole as the axis, bamboo strips as the frame, and mounted with fairy pattern silk)

Effect 1: catching fireflies, calves plowing in the rice fields on a sunny day, and reading in the melon fields catching fireflies.

Effect 2: The breeze is gentle and cool.

This fan is very famous in Qingzhou. It was made by Zheng Ming in Yidu City with great effort. It was not until Yu Baosi saw the fan and told Zhao Zhen about its origin that Zhao Zhen knew that there was such a skilled craftsman in Yidu City.

For this purpose, Zhao Zhen specifically asked Song Jiang for Zheng Ming's family in the city, and returned to Liangshan with Zhao Ji, and entered the Houyuan workshop to specialize in making fans.

Finally, there are two sets of chess pieces, both of which are first-level treasures, one set of agate chess pieces and one set of agate go pieces. Both sets of chess pieces are equipped with catalpa wood chessboards. They only have one characteristic of wealth +2.

(End of this chapter)