Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 661 Recommendation and Appointment
After appointing the chief of Yuanbi Village, Zhao Zhen asked [Sky-lifting God] Shen Gang and [Giant Spirit God] Shen Ze: "Generals Shen Gang and Shen Ze, you are so tall and mighty, how about joining the ceremonial guards?"

After hearing this, Shen Gang and Shen Ze also hurriedly thanked him.

This ceremonial guard is the personal bodyguard of Prince Liang, and he is very trusted by the two new recruits.

Zhao Zhen had heard about the two men's honest personalities from Wu Yong, and after looking at their attributes, he placed them by his side as guards.

The guards of Qingcheng Palace are much more thorough now than before. The four Roses are on guard, and the four Green Kite Guards take turns guarding the main hall. Outside the hall are the Golden Gourd Warriors and Silver Spear Warriors of the Ceremonial Guards. Outside the walls of the former Baishi Manor are the Brocade Guards and the Golden Spear Guards, who take turns guarding the gate.

world log
Name: Shen Gang (Hero, the incarnation of a powerful warrior from heaven)
Nickname: God of the Sky
Race: Terran

Reputation: 80 (Xingren Prefecture)

Occupation: Lux

Sub-professional: Xiangyong
Level: Level 3 and Level 5 (Strength 45, Commander 35)

Attributes: Strength 46, Constitution 40, Agility 19, Spirit 18
Skills: Strength level 4 (strong despite being big, Strength +4), Strong level 4 (tall and mighty, Strength +4), Sumo level 2 (boxing and kicking skills, Strength +2).

Commander Skills: Fighting General Level 2 (fighting generals before the battle, morale +2 if winning, morale -2 if losing), Bravery Level 1 (leading the troops, morale +1)

Martial arts: Fists and kicks (mastered, using fists and kicks +4, 4-posture Vajra Cross Grappling), Horizontal Training (mastered, resistance to blows +5, Iron Arm Wheel Kung Fu), Hammer (minor success, using hammer weapons +, Five-posture Iron Arm Vajra Hammer)

Equipment: Melon Hammer (lost)
[Giant Spirit God] Shen Ze, like [Sky-supporting God] Shen Gang, is also a strong man incarnated from heaven, but the weapon he uses is the Xuanhua axe, which he lost when he fled from Jiangnan.

Today, I met [Sky-holding God] Shen Gang and [Giant Spirit God] Shen Ze. They are both over ten feet tall, so they can add two teams of ceremonial guards.

Today, the ceremonial guards have three hundred and sixty golden-gourd warriors and three hundred and sixty silver-clout warriors, and the military commanders are Song Wan, the "King Kong in the Clouds," and Du Qian, the "Mousing on the Sky."

The golden gourd warriors can be handed over to [Sky-holding God] Shen Gang, while [Touching the Sky] Du Qian will still be in charge of the silver spear warriors.

Since Du Qian took charge of the Silver Spear Warriors, he has learned the 72 moves of the Taizu Stick and has made great progress in martial arts under the guidance of Master Zhang. Now he is using a [Golden Silver Eight-edged Spear] that weighs 42 jin and is 12 feet long.

After practicing more fighting and consuming many spiritual objects, Du Qian and Song Wan are now both at the third level, similar to Shen Gang and Shen Ze.

As for Song Wan, the [King Kong in the Clouds], he originally used a spear. After Coach Zhang saw this, he asked Song Wan to abandon the spear and learn the thorn bone flower weapon instead, as Song Wan was tall and strong and it would be inconvenient for him to turn around. Now it was just in time to form a new team of thorn bone flower warriors.

[Giant Spirit] Shen Ze, then established a new team of golden axe warriors.

The number of soldiers is also 360.

Because the two men had lost their weapons, Zhao Zhen said, "Buddha's Hand, Osmanthus Fragrance, you two go to my treasury and fetch the [Red Gold Xuanhua Axe] and [Lotus Standing Melon Hammer] and give them to Shen Ze and Shen Gang."

After the two men got their weapons, Zhao Zhen continued, "You two have lost your weapons, so use these two for now. I will send someone to take you two to the craftsman's supervisor later to modify them into the shapes you are used to."

After hearing this, the two of them thanked him again.

The three were given houses, money, and other things before they were allowed to leave the palace. After leaving Qingcheng Palace, the three thanked Fang Baihua and moved to their new houses. They only needed to wait for the military tokens, seals, badges, imperial edicts, and official uniforms to be made before they could take office.

After the three men left, Zhao Zhen said, "Liu Yun is naturally more than qualified to be the chief of Yuanbi Village, but who is suitable to be the mine supervisor?"

Liu Hui Niang said, "Your Majesty, the Bu Kuai Arrest Battalion is still in Cheng County. The captain [Hidden Rabbit] Li Wang has been a yamen runner and the arrest captain. Why not let him be a mine supervisor?"

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded, saying, "Li Wang is a suitable candidate. If there is no one else, let him be the supervisor of the Qingyun Mountain Silver Mine."

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhao Zhen ordered an imperial edict to be written and sent to Cheng County by express horse. He also allocated a team of soldiers and miners from the Cheng County Coal Inspectorate to go and mine.

For Li Congji's meritorious service, Zhao Zhen appointed him as Junior Supervisor of the Imperial Household, in charge of mineral exploration and supervision of mines in various places.

Li Congji was very happy to hear this: "Thank you, my lord. Now I can go anywhere and don't have to stay in one place. I will go to Qingyun Mountain and take charge of the silver mining."

In just seven or eight days, Dai Zong, who had gone with Li Congji, returned with several pieces of silver ore. When Zhao Zhen saw them, he happily said to Wu Yong and others, "Who would have thought that Li Shaojian had this ability?"

Dai Zong took out another bundle and reported back, "My Lord, not only have we discovered a silver mine, but we have also dug out countless amounts of chalk beneath the azurite in the silver mine."

After Zhao Zhen and others looked at it, they asked, "Is this the clay used to make porcelain?"

Dai Zong said, "What the king said is right. Li Shaojian said that these chalks are as good as Ding kiln clay and can be used to make fine porcelain. It would be a pity to throw them away. He asked me to report it. Maybe we can set up a kiln to make porcelain."

Ji Qingwan said: "If that's the case, burning the utensils is also a way to make money."

As he spoke, he flipped through the account book in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there are many porcelain craftsmen from Jiangnan in the [Houyuan Workshop], and they can be sent there to make a living. There is also a man here, named Hou Da, who was originally the pottery supervisor who made paper and porcelain for the Holy Lord. He was originally going to be sent to Zizhou to manage the kilns."

Zhao Zhen listened, nodded, and said, "Besides this, is there anyone else?"

"In the official books of Shi Gugong, the governor of Zibo Prefecture, there are kiln supervisors Duan Hui, Chen Jin, and Peng Yunmao, and two kiln managers in charge of Zhaili Kiln, Cicun Kiln, and Boshan Kiln. The three kilns all mastered the molding decoration method, coiling, raindrop glaze, tea-leaf glaze, powdered porcelain, and blue and white painted decoration techniques. Shi Zhizhou had a good opinion of the three."

Zhao Zhen said: "In this case, Hou Da will still go to Zibo Prefecture to be the pottery supervisor. Ask Chen Jin to go to Qingyun Mountain to set up a new kiln. Ask Hou Da to select one of the six kiln chiefs to be the kiln supervisor of the village kiln."

Ji Qingwan nodded, wrote the edict, asked Zhao Zhen to read it, and then stamped it.

Zhao Zhen said: "Now that the official and clerk books of various prefectures and cities have been sent in, do you have any talents to recommend?"

Liu Hui Niang took out two official documents and said, "Cheng Zhizhou of Qizhou recommended Wang Yi, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhenghe and had served as a legal official in Jizhou. Xiao Zhizhou of Yanzhou recommended Zhang Fan, who was a Jinshi in the third year of Xuanhe. The other prefectures have not sent any letters of recommendation yet."

Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "There are so many things to do, but there is a shortage of talent."

"Since Wang Yi is a Ming Dynasty law scholar, he should be summoned to the court and appointed to the Dali Temple. Jinshi Zhang Fan should be appointed as the magistrate of Pei County in Xuzhou."

(End of this chapter)