Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 626: Disaster for Thousand Years

Fang La heard this and asked, "Who can go to Liangshan again?"

Bao Daoyi said: "Of course I will go first."

After hearing this, the councillor Shen Shou said, "It would be inconvenient for the Heavenly Master to go alone. Let's have someone accompany him so that he can take care of him on the way. Besides, the Heavenly Master must have a reason to go to Liangshan. Why not ask the envoy Feng Xi to accompany him, and the Lord can select some rare treasures from the inner storehouse and send them to Princess Jinzhi. The Lord will miss the princess, so it will be natural."

Feng Xi, Fang La's imperial envoy, heard this and stepped forward and said, "I am willing to go to Liangshan to visit the princess on behalf of my master."

Fang La opened the inner storehouse and asked Feng Xi to pick out some gifts. Bao Daoyi and Feng Xi then sent someone to sail to Liangshan by sea.

At the time of the Jiangnan War, Li Jun and others had already returned to Liangshan with a large amount of goods.

A large amount of tea, silk embroidery, lacquerware, bronze mirrors, etc. were sent to the warehouse. After Zhao Zhen had a quick look, he ordered half of them to be sent to Daoyu Village in Dengzhou for trade with Goryeo. Most of the rest were sent to various shops for sale, and a small part of the fine products was kept in the palace for personal use.

Zhao Zhen had also met the Four Heroes of Taihu Lake who returned with Li Jun. They were [Red-bearded Dragon] Fei Bao, [Taihu Dragon] Bu Qing, [Curly-haired Tiger] Ni Yun, and [Thin-faced Bear] Di Cheng. The attributes of the four were similar. Like the brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng, their main occupation was water ghost, and their secondary occupation was private businessman.

Zhao Zhen was naturally very happy when he saw it. Liangshan now had plenty of ships, but what it lacked was a commander to lead the navy.

After looking at the attributes of the four men, Zhao Zhen and Wu Yong decided on the spot to establish a new navy, and appointed [Red Bearded Dragon] Fei Bao as the commander, and led [Patrol Camp], [Taihu Dragon] Bu Qing, [Curly Tiger] Ni Yun, [Thin Face Bear] Di Cheng as the captains. One hundred large and small sea vessels, recruited 3,000 naval officers and soldiers, stationed on the coast of Ju County, patrolled the sea area, and banned private traders and pirates.

After hearing this, Fei Bao and the other three thanked him profusely.

Fei Bao said, "Sir, the four of us brothers have heard people say, 'Peace is decided by the general, the general is not allowed to see peace.' So we have never wanted to be officials, and we only want to be free and easy in the world. After seeing you today, I suddenly feel that this saying is totally wrong in front of you. With your support, the four of us will go through water and fire from now on. If we frown, we are not heroes."

Wu Yong, who was standing aside, said with a smile, "Sir, you are a man of deep loyalty. Not only you four, but also us, are willing to sacrifice our lives for you."

Li Jun also said: "Yes, I once joined Song Gongming in Qingzhou, but I returned to the right path. Now I am also serving as a naval commander here. You are loyal and considerate of the people. We brothers are willing to die for you and protect the peace of this place."

On that day, Zhao Zhen held a banquet, and all the commanders and officials from Liangshan came to join him.

After seals, official tokens, official robes and military equipment were prepared, Fei Bao and three others went to Ju County to take up their posts.

Let's talk about Pu Wenying, the Astronomical Observer. Wu Yong had been accompanying him these days. Pu Wenying saw that Liangshan was thriving, and while Wu Yong was testing him with words, he often took out "Observing the Astronomy and Divining" to show off in front of Pu Wenying. Occasionally, he even asked Pu Wenying for advice on the astronomical methods recorded in the book, which finally led Pu Wenying to surrender to Zhao Zhen.

For this purpose, Zhao Zhen showed Pu Wenying the book "Observing the Phenomena and Playing with Divination" and Pu Wenying took the position of deputy fortune teller.

world log
Name: Pu Wenying (Hero)
Nickname: None
Race: Terran

Reputation: 60
Occupation: Astronomical Officer Secondary Occupation: Teacher, Fortune Teller
Level: Level 3 and Level 1 (Strength 14, Commander 44)

Attributes: Strength 20, Constitution 22, Agility 13, Spirit 42
Skills: Stargazing Level 4 (Know the stars in the sky, their compatibility with people, and predict good and bad fortune. Spirit +4), Professor Level 3 (Teaching and imparting knowledge, Spirit +3), Advice Level 2 (Following the will of Heaven and not violating the time, Spirit +2), Divination by Turtle Shell Level 1 (Using the tortoise shell to predict good and bad fortune, Spirit +1).

Commander Skill: None
Martial Arts: None
Of course, Pu Wenying also donated a copy of "Shi's Star Book" that he owned.

world log
Shishi Xingjing (A astronomical and astrological work by Shi Shen. A career guide. If you hold it, you can become a star official.)
Star official: (Observe the stars to predict good and bad luck)
Occupational Skills: Stargazing Level 1 (Able to identify the stars in the sky, and use the birth date to correspond to the stars in the sky to predict good or bad luck. Spirit +1)

Five star officers and soldiers can be employed every year, and as a career guide, one person can be employed.

After all, Zhao Zhen did not usurp the throne, so he allowed Pu Wenying to set up a separate department, called the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, in charge of astronomy, meteorology, calendar, and astronomy, and to predict the changes of the sun, moon, stars, and the weather.

After Zhao Zhen read Pu Wenying's attributes, he asked Xiao Rang to copy two copies of the two books, "Shi's Star Classics" and "Observing the Astronomy and Divining", on second-grade Huanhua paper. He placed one copy in the Imperial Observatory where Pu Wenying was, and the other in the Zhaowen Pavilion for people to borrow.

As for the original book, it was kept in Zhao Zhen's treasury.

Pu Wenying also had teaching skills, so Zhao Zhen asked Pu Wenying to select talented students from the Liangshan Prefecture School to teach. After they finished their studies, they worked in the Imperial Observatory.

Now the Imperial Observatory had only Pu Wenying as its commander-in-chief. For this reason, Zhao Zhen asked Pu Wenying if he had any acquaintances who were proficient in calendar and stargazing and could recruit them to serve in Liangshan.

Unfortunately, Pu Wenying relied on this book "Shi's Star Book" and studied hard to get the job of an astronomical official. He predicted fortune and disaster by observing the stars. He saw Fang La's fate star and joined him. He served as the director of the Sitianjian, but he was alone and had no one available under him.

However, since the court received the victory report from Tong Guan and Tan Zhen, they all praised the merits of Zhao Ze of Liangshan and urged the court's artillery bureau to allocate the [Flying Thunder]. The emperor promised to reward Zhao Ze of Liangshan. Grand Tutor Cai Jingguan was good at guessing people's hearts and guessed from the emperor's words that although the emperor had to reward Zhao Ze due to the situation, he was not sincere.

Official positions, titles, etc. were not considered. Because Tong Guan specifically mentioned that Zhao Ze was injured, the mansion he lived in was more elegant than magnificent. Cai Jing selected a ship of precious medicinal materials from the Imperial Medical Bureau, and selected ten ships from the rare flowers and trees, strange stones and antiques, animal fur, teeth and bones, calligraphy and paintings, embroidery, and carvings stored in Genyue, and sent them to Liangshan along the Wuzhang River.

In addition, Cai Jing also took Zhao Ze's preferences into consideration and included two imperial horses, a pair of golden eagles and eagle slaves newly presented to the palace from the northwest, and four elephants that Zhao Ze often asked for in the list of rewards.

After Zhao Zhen received the gifts from the court, it goes without saying that he wrote a letter to express his gratitude.

The two imperial doctors who came with him also examined Zhao Zhen again. When they returned to the capital to report to the emperor, they both said, "Mr. Zhao Anfu's health has improved a lot. He is physically fine, but mentally he is a little bit deficient. He will be well again after recuperating for a while."

After hearing this, the emperor told the two men to leave, but he thought to himself: This disaster will last for a thousand years.

(End of this chapter)