Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 689 Heirs
A month after leaving, the palace under construction looked very different. According to Tao Zongwang, in order to avoid taboos, the side halls were built first, and the main hall was still under construction. Now, many captured soldiers have been added to do the labor, and the palace will definitely be completed this year.

When Zhao Zhen returned to Qingcheng Palace, the first thing he did was to discuss with everyone who could be the commander of the newly occupied Fujian Road.

After all, most of the officials in Fujian Road were left over from the previous dynasty, and were coerced by Miao and Fu, so they naturally could not sit idly by.

After discussion, the area where Liang State is located today was renamed Jingji Road, while Fujian Road retained its old name.

The prefect of Quanzhou transferred Xu Huai, who was in charge of military affairs, to be the prefect, Xu Ning, the "Golden Spearman", to be the commander, and Yang Wen and Fang Jie, the "roadblocks", to be the military supervisors.

The commander of Xinghua Army was Jia Yuqing who had surrendered from Jiangnan, and the army was commanded by Tang Meng, the strong man who guarded the mountain. Yang Xiong was the military commander, and his general Mao Zhongyong was the training officer.

Because Fuzhou had not been completely captured, Gao Bo was temporarily appointed as the Tongpan, Shi Jin, the Nine-Striped Dragon, was the commander of the army, Lei Heng, the Winged Tiger, was the military supervisor, and Hua Diao, the instructor, was the training envoy.

Nanjian Prefecture, which only occupied the area of ​​Youxi County, did not appoint a prefect for the time being. It only replaced the county magistrate and the county lieutenant. The supervisors of the silver mines in Youxi, Baoying and other nine places were also replaced by Gao Xia and Zhuang Wei, the chief clerks of a county in Jingji Road. Liu Qi was appointed as the commander of the army, [Two-headed Snake] Jie Zhen and [Double-tailed Scorpion] Jie Bao were appointed as the chief supervisors of the army, and [Pang's Four Tais] Pang Taishu, Pang Tailiang, Pang Taipu and Pang Taibiao were appointed as the chief military officers.

Of the remaining four people, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, and the county lieutenant, only one or two will be retained in each county, and the rest will either be rotated in Fujian Road or exchanged with the counties in Jingji Road.

The governor of Quanzhou, Lin Yu, and the governor of Xinghua Army, Liao Gang, were both transferred to the Liangshan central government to serve as officials.

In addition to officials, hundreds of clerks were also transferred from Jingji Road and scattered across various counties in Fujian Road.

Fortunately, Jingji Road is now large enough, with a large number of officials, and the Jinshi and Juren who passed the imperial examinations were promoted. More importantly, most of the officials who came to Fujian Road were Jinshi from the imperial court.

In terms of knowledge, most of them are actually better than those in Gyeonggi-ro.

In addition, Quanzhou had many ports and docks. Zhao Zhen sent the 2,000 shipbuilders of various kinds from the [Shipping Army] to Quanzhou, except for a captain who led a hundred or so people to repair ships, as well as the supervisor [Jade Banner] Meng Kang.

Fujian is a remote place, and most villages have earthen buildings for self-defense. The people are fierce, and the power of clans is greater than anywhere else. All matters, big or small, are decided by the clans themselves. Therefore, government officials are more honest.

This is also the reason why so many officials from Fujian Road were able to stay.

Zhao Zhen also visited the earthen buildings. The rooms were arranged around the ancestral hall. Most of these earthen buildings were four-story buildings. There were no windows on the first and second floors. There was a narrow slit on the third floor, and large windows on the fourth floor. Sometimes a platform was added to the fourth floor. The weak point of the earthen wall was the entrance. The hardwood door was covered with iron sheets, and a horizontal bar was used to secure it. A fireproof water cabinet was placed on the door to deal with fire attacks.

In order to intimidate, Zhao Zhen ordered the navy to transport two powerful and invincible general cannons from Putian to Huai'an. In addition to attacking Houguan and Minxian, he also ordered Ling Zhen to use [Thunder] to bombard those who refused to surrender.

More than ten cannon shots destroyed a section of the earth building's wall.

Since then, the surrounding villages have all become submissive, and no one dares to refuse the call for the conscription of militiamen.

[Southern Song Dynasty Zhao Gou] World, Zhao Gou was in Lin'an Prefecture looking at the contents of the world log.
world log
In April, [Zhao Zhen of Liang] invaded the world and lost Xinghua Army, Quanzhou, and five counties of Fuzhou, Fuqing, Yongfu, Changle, Minqing, and Huai'an, Youxi County of Nanjianzhou, a total of sixteen counties.

Defeated.

Southern Song Dynasty’s reputation -1, politics -1, economy -5, military -1, culture -2.

Luck -6000.

Zhao Gou was feeling mixed emotions. According to the spy report, Miao Fu not only lost two and a half states, but also suffered heavy casualties. Miao Yi and Ma Rouji, who participated in the rebellion, were killed. Zhao Gou was very happy. What worried him was that Zhao Zhe, the commander of Huanqing Road, and Zeng Ze, his confidant, were both captured. He still hadn't found any useful information about the world of [Zhao Zhen of Liang].

What made Zhao Gou even more worried was that although Miao Fu was defeated, the losses of the [Red Heart Army] were not great enough.

Most of the generals who were loyal to the imperial court were now scattered elsewhere to suppress bandits.

In Dongting Lake near Lin'an, Yang Yao caused a rebellion. Relying on the water conservancy, the government soldiers were no match for him.

In the following days, through world communication with [Zhao Huan of Song State], it can now be confirmed that [Zhao Zhen of Liang State] is the Zhao Ze of Jingdong Road who obeyed orders but not decrees when my father was in power.

In order to further confirm this, Zhao Gou sent someone through the foggy passage again and after a little inquiry, he found that it was indeed the case.

In order to deal with the future invasion of [Zhao Zhen of Liang State], Zhao Gou had to issue orders to urge all localities to wipe out the bandits as soon as possible. If they could not win for the time being, he would even issue orders to offer high positions and generous salaries to recruit them.

As for the world of Liang State, although there are few fields and people due to the terrain of Fujian Road, it also has one advantage: there are countless medicinal herbs and minerals in the mountains.

Here, Zhao Zhen, in addition to mobilizing troops and preparing for the next expedition to the world of [Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty], is also dealing with the government affairs accumulated during this period of time.

Procurement of medicinal materials, manufacture of military equipment, mining of minerals, implementation of financial policies, and so on.

What made Zhao Zhen even happier was that after the diagnosis by Yanzhou famous doctor Zhang Luchu, Xiuyuan Chen Liqing was pregnant. No wonder Chen Liqing was always listless every day during this expedition, and Zhao Zhen thought she was sick.

Because of this news, Liang State’s politics actually increased by 5 points.

At this time, Chen Jin, the kiln supervisor of Qingyunshan Porcelain Kiln, and Zheng Qihua and Yu Mingcheng, the kiln managers, presented a kiln-changed porcelain bed.

After Zhao Zhen looked at it, he gave the porcelain bed to Chen Liqing.

The porcelain bed is 12 feet high, 14 feet long and 23 feet deep. It is a whole piece without any joints.

Pomegranates and lotus flowers are everywhere, and there are algae in the four corners. The ceiling is exquisite and translucent. There is a row of uneven jade pillars hanging from the front eaves, with twelve porcelain mirrors embedded in the middle. The headboard has six large round pillars that look like white jade, and the foot of the bed is made of rolling clouds. The bed surface is decorated with fine flowers inside, which looks like a Xiang pattern mat. The pattern is sharp and the grid is exquisite. The lines at the ends are clear and the patterns are clearly carved. It is really a rare thing.

The most peculiar thing is the twelve porcelain mirrors on the headboard. In the daytime, it is just a pure white porcelain surface, but at night, it fills the room with a faint light. According to the three people, this kind of kiln change is beyond human control, and it is feared that it will never be replicated again.

As a result of firing this bed, the skills of the more than 40 craftsmen who participated in the making of this bed have improved to varying degrees.

world log
Kiln-changed porcelain bed with many offspring and grandchildren (Second level, a craftsman firing porcelain and encountering a kiln-changed porcelain bed)
Effect 1: Generates light, even in a dark room a faint light can be seen.

Effect 2: Good for descendants.

Effect 5: Wealth +.

Because Chen Liqing was pregnant, Liang Guo's morale also improved. More importantly, Cheng Wan'er, Ji Qingwan and others became passionate and tried every means to tease her.

(End of this chapter)