Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 657 Liang Guo
Over the next five days, Zhao Zhen waited for Gao's arrival while starting to handle affairs.

Although the materialized fantasy world is roughly the same as the original one, there are also a few differences that slowly reveal themselves over time.

The first point was that the news from the Shenji Camp was that the soldiers who had suffered from dementia had all regained their sanity.

Zhao Zhen sent people to various villages and towns, and sure enough, the farmers and craftsmen brought out from other foggy worlds had also regained their sanity. Although Zhao Zhen was puzzled by this, he was also happy.

Although it is still the same person, and the skills are the same, it is better to have sanity than not. Even after gaining sanity, there are many more desires.

According to what had been agreed upon beforehand, those with families were allowed to reunite, and those who were single were given houses and land as a reward for their work during this period.

Of course, the biggest change was what Liu Hui Niang and Zhao Zhen said, that they could also see their own attributes. Zhao Zhen also asked the steward Zhao Yuanli, the four personal maids Rose, and the farmers who had regained consciousness, and they all said that they could see their own attributes. Zhao Zhen knew that everyone had been recognized by this world.

However, for the farmer who regained consciousness, he only had five items: name, race, faction, level, and attributes, but he was much stronger than Zhao Zhen in the main world. When he was not employed, he did not know his own attributes.

However, except for Liu Hui Niang, no one else can view other people's attributes. This is also the first person Zhao Zhen found who can view other people's attributes besides himself.

Dealing with official documents, especially for Zibo and Qizhou, was really a chore. Although Shanzhou and Xuzhou were also newly occupied, no one dared to offend the reputation of Zhao Zhen and Gao Taiwei. The land outside Shanfu City was soaked. If it were paddy fields, they could plant a season of second-grade rouge rice next year.

Knowing that Zhao Zhen and Gao Guo had established a mist passage, Ji Qingwan, Ji Xuan and the other two were in a better mood and began to socialize. Among Zhao Zhen's many wives and concubines, Bai Zhi, Jin Cui Lian, Jin Le Bo and Xiu Le Bo were always the closest to Cheng Wan'er.

Hu Sanniang, Liu Huiniang, Chen Liqing, and Tu Qiao spent more time together. Princess Jinzhi won over Fan Qi, the beautiful lady. As for Tong Jiaoxiu, she relied on Tong Guan's family background in the fantasy world and disdained to form gangs. She and Princess Jinzhi were even more hostile.

Now the situation has changed. Princess Jinzhi has the support of her family from Jiangnan, but Tong Jiaoxiu has lost the care of her family and instead becomes close to Ji Qingwan and others.

Zhao Zhen knew this very well. Apart from accompanying Ji Qingwan and the other three, he spent most of his time in Tong Jiaoxiu's room these days.

Accompanied by Tong Jiaoxiu, Ji Qingwan and the other three have materialized their own fantasy worlds. The four compared the blueprints. Ji Qingwan's landscape garden was connected to the Dead Tree Mountain in the Imperial Garden. Ji Xuan's stage was built in [Shufangzhai]. From now on, this is where Zhao Zhen and his wives and concubines will listen to operas. Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan's martial arts arena is a two-entry house. The front yard is a martial arts practice field, which is placed on the side of Zhao Zhen's bedroom [Qianqing Palace] to facilitate Zhao Zhen's martial arts practice.

Now there is no need to worry about other people's speculation. The construction of this palace has been accelerated. No less than 100,000 people are working on the construction site, and the nearby provincial capitals are also constantly sending wood, stones, bricks and tiles.

The three main halls, the Qianqing Palace, the Kunning Palace, the six eastern and western palaces, etc., which had been slow to build, had already been prepared for the major carpentry work. With one order, several places had taken shape. The minor carpentry work was also speeding up the work.

Although Ji Qingwan and the other three knew that Zhao Zhen's fantasy world had expanded greatly, they had never imagined that Zhao Zhen could actually occupy sixteen prefectures, and that was after the merger.

After the four of them were shocked, they were naturally overjoyed.

Ji Qingwan worked as a female official, and Zhao Zhen had already considered that, like Liu Huiniang, she would assist him in handling government affairs.

Ji Xuan was a dancer, zither player, and merchant. Zhao Zhen had originally prepared a large shop for her. He wanted Ji Xuan to work in the back garden workshop and manage the business.

After learning about it, Ji Xuan gladly accepted it. At night, she used all her tricks to get a position as the manager of the warehouse.

The proceeds from the opening of the treasury went directly into the inner treasury, which was now supervised by Du Xing. Thinking of Ji Xuan's secondary occupation as a merchant, Zhao Zhen agreed. However, he also gave Ji Xuan some instructions and explained the strategy for operating the opening of the treasury, and told her not to deliberately lower the price for the sake of profit. The original purpose of the government-run operation was to prevent officials, gentry and local tycoons from exploiting the people.

Each warehouse has a complete staff including shopkeeper (transactions), manager (finance), court clerk (identification and valuation), ticket counter (filling out pawn tickets and registering in pawn books), discount goods (packing, keeping and hanging bamboo signs for marking), chaser (inventory and picking up goods), young men (apprentices) and generals (cooks). As the manager of the warehouse, Ji Xuan is responsible for checking the accounts and dispatching personnel of each warehouse.

As for Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan, Zhao Zhen had already agreed to their request and formed a group of female cavalry for them, with the three sisters Li Yao, Li Lin and Li Ling as the leaders.

As for the [Five Saints] Wang Wangshi, she became a housekeeper in Baishigu. In addition to Wang Wangshi, Zhao Xingdu's wife Zhao Chengshi, Tong Jiaoxiu's foster mother Wang Tongshi, and Li Wangshi, a palace maid brought by Princess Jinzhi from Fang Baihua, were also housekeepers.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

On this day, fog was surging in the fog passage. When Zhao Zhen saw it, he hurriedly invested luck points, 35 points in a row, and the fog stopped surging. Then, more than people, led by Gao Bo, came out one after another.

Except for Gao Bo and a few others, the rest were dressed in military uniforms, carrying loads on their shoulders and bags on their backs.

Although this misty passage is convenient, it consumes luck. Ten people will consume a little luck. If there are less than ten people, it will also consume a little luck. If it is an object, it is also counted by the number of pieces. After stacking, it is limited to one stone, which also consumes a little luck. If there are less than ten people, even if it is just a letter, it will also consume a little luck.

The only thing that counts as welfare is what you wear. This is why everyone carries a burden and a bag.

Of course, you can also use [World Spirit], one [World Spirit] is worth a thousand points of luck, but [World Spirit] is too rare, compared to the luck that has exceeded 36, Zhao Zhen is naturally reluctant to give it up. It took 42 [World Spirit] to create this foggy passage. Zhao Zhen searched everywhere, and there were only left in the treasure house.

Ji Qingwan and the other three who had been waiting here for a long time saw them and hurried over to greet them.

After the four of them had spoken their hearts out to each other, Zhao Zhen said, "Father-in-law, the accommodation is ready, let's go to the room and settle down."

Gao Bo looked at the ceremonial guards arranged in two rows and nodded, "Alright."

Gao Bo and his group settled down in a small courtyard around the parade ground.

At noon, Zhao Zhen held a banquet to entertain the biological mothers of Gao Bo, Gao Kang, Gao Yong and Ji Qingwan, namely Duan, Jia and Song.

In the front were Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Chai Jin and others, and behind a screen, Ji Qingwan and four others were accompanying Duan and others.

By asking Ji Qingwan and others, Gao Bo and the other two already knew the size of the territory occupied by Zhao Zhen. The sixteen prefectures were naturally inferior to Gao State, but it had already exceeded their imagination.

It is understandable why Zhao Zhen did not materialize the fantasy world in Gao State.

During the banquet, Gao Bo and the other two heard the most about the situation in Liangshan, and Zhao Zhen did not hide anything he could. He was vague about the military strength and the generals who commanded the troops. As for the questions about the [Floating Continent] that Zhao Zhen and the others were concerned about, Gao Bo directly asked someone to take out a book of more than 100 volumes and said, "My dear son-in-law, this is the information about the [Floating Continent] collected in Gao's domestic library. You will understand it later."

"You now occupy such a large territory, and the most important thing is the first fog invasion after three months. There is another matter that cannot be delayed, which is the matter of claiming the title of emperor. As the saying goes, if the name is not right, then the words will not flow. Now you are a force, but if you claim the title of emperor, I am afraid no one will recognize you. If you claim the title of king, Gao State, as well as Cao State and Lu State, which are friendly with Gao State, can recognize you, establish diplomatic relations, and trade with you."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Trade?"

"Of course, ordinary copper, iron, grain, and cloth are not acceptable, but high-end goods are acceptable. Although you have never been affiliated with Gao State, if you can gain a foothold in the [Floating Continent], you will be a reliable ally of Gao State."

"This time I came here, I carried 20 kilograms of third-level fire spirit wheat, which can be grown in your spiritual fields. If you eat 1 kilograms, those with less than physical fitness can increase point. More importantly, it can keep you warm in winter, which is very cold here. It's the end of October now, and you can feel how cold it is at night."

"Your timing for entering the [Floating Continent] is pretty good. Three months later, it will be freezing cold. No one will fight you unless they have a grudge against you. Most of the invaders here are small worlds lost in the fog. When the fog dissipates, that's where the invasion will take place. If you have enough troops and concentrate your elite forces, you can even attack them."

Wu Yong heard this and asked, "Old sir, the enemy is invading. How can we rush in before the enemy invades?"

Gao Yong added: "The invasion of the fog is actually the connection between the two worlds. If one side is completely eliminated, the two worlds can be merged. If it is a human, it is not bad, but if it is an alien race, it is mostly a situation of life and death. Fortunately, the longest time the two worlds are connected will not exceed one year. My dear son-in-law has gathered 30,000 to 50,000 elite soldiers here, so it is not difficult to guard the passage."

"Besides, if we are defeated, you can pay some price and ask Gaoguo for help."

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Seeing that many of the items used in the banquet were spiritual objects, Gao Kang said, "My dear son-in-law, I heard from Xuan'er that you have quite a few spiritual crops here. If there are any that can be used for trade, you can sort them out and exchange them in the future. Although gold, silver and jewelry can also be used for trading, most large-scale transactions are still done through barter. The most popular thing is luck."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "After this busy period is over, I will ask Madam Xuan to go and take a look at Gao State."

They drank until late at night and then everyone dispersed.

The next day, Zhao Zhen counted the gifts sent by his father-in-law Gao Bo and others, including 5,000 kilograms of third-grade fire spirit wheat, 300 pieces of first-grade fire cotton cloth, and 10 sets of first-grade crimson soft armor. These were sent by the three families of his father-in-law Gao Bo, Gao Kang, and Gao Yong.

The King of Gao also sent a gift as a congratulatory gift, called the Queen's Mulberry Picking Hook.

world log
Queen's Mulberry Picking Hook: (Five steps, two pieces, five or six inches long, thin as tendons. Bend at the end. Looks like gold, silver, and copper.)
Effect 1000: Possessed by the king, luck protects the person. The place where the person is located is full of mulberry trees. (Consumes luck, can avoid disasters.)
Effect 2: Show wealth.

Fire Spirit Wheat: (Level 3, dark red seeds, eating it can warm the body and drive away the cold.)
Effect 20: If a person's physical fitness is less than 1, after eating green wheat for one month, his physical fitness will be increased by .

Effect 2: Drive away the cold. Eat one pound of it and you won’t feel cold for a day.

Crimson Soft Armor: (Level 1, woven from crimson spider silk.)
Feature 2: Lightweight and close fitting, protection +.

Feature 2: Keep warm.

Zhao Zhen had never seen anything other than the guncotton cloth. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but these things all have the property of keeping warm.

In addition, there were ten maids and their families sent by the three families. After Zhao Zhen looked at them, he assigned them to serve in the room of Ji Qingwan and the other three.

After staying for three days, Gao Bo and his party left Liangshan.

Before leaving, Gao Bo asked evasively whether Zhao Zhen needed officials. Zhao Zhen pretended to be embarrassed and said, "If there are not many people, Liangshan can naturally accommodate some."

After that, he also asked about his teacher Hu Peide. Gao Bo said, "Since he came from Gao State, there should be records. If I find him, I will naturally bring a message for you."

After seeing off his father-in-law Gao Bo and others, officials from various prefectures and military generals also gathered in Liangshan County.

During these three days, Zhao Zhen not only accompanied his father-in-law Gao Bo and others, but also discussed the matter of becoming king with Wu Yong and others. The chief officials of the prefecture, such as Xiao Rang, Liu Guang, Cheng Wanli and others, also participated.

After three days of discussion, the name of the country was decided before Gao Bo left.

Liang Guo.

The reason was not that it was inherited from any ancient country, but because Zhao Zhen rose from Liangshan and had the "Liang Wang Ding" in his hand, he decided to name the country this way. Of course, this was also based on the opinions of Gao Bo and the other two.

According to Gao Bo and the other two, in the [Floating Continent], most of the country names are inherited in this way, and there are all kinds of names. Take Liang State for example, Gao Bo knows several, [Qin Liang], [Wei Liang], [Han Liang], [Hou Liang], [Xi Liang], and perhaps there are other Liang States. In the future, Zhao Zhen's place may be called [Zhao Liang].

Naturally, Zhao Zhen is the King of Liang.

After the country's name was determined, the national school system naturally had to be established.

Since most of the people here under Zhao Zhen were from the Song Dynasty, he continued the Song Dynasty system.

The central government had six provinces (the Secretariat, the Chancellery, the Secretariat, the Palace Secretariat, and the Planning Department), six ministries (the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Ministry of Works), four academies (the Privy Council, the Xuanhui Academy, the Hanlin Academy, and the Jianyuan), one office (the Censorate), nine temples (the Taichang Temple, the Zongzheng Temple, the Guanglu Temple, the Weiwei Temple, the Taipu Temple, the Dali Temple, the Honglu Temple, the Sinong Temple, and the Taifu Temple), six academies (the Imperial College, the Shaofu Academy, the Jiangzuo Academy, the Military Equipment Academy, the Dushui Academy, and the Sitian Academy), one department (the Palace Front Department), and one army (the Imperial Guard).

The local system is the prefecture-county system, and the road level is not set up for the time being.

After the system was established, there was no rush to appoint people. The entire Liang State, not only the central government, but also the local officials were not perfect. There were many people who actually lacked ability and relied on loyalty and forced to take up positions.

(End of this chapter)