Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 150: Building a Meditation Tower
In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of March. Three days ago, Langdiao County unexpectedly welcomed another light snowfall.

Now the snow has melted away, but some traces can still be seen in the mountains.

The spring seedlings that had just been planted a few days ago encountered such a light snow, which made the farmers a little uneasy. Now that the sky has cleared, everyone is busy going to the fields to check. And because of this incident, Qian Li and Zhan Lian, the two chief and deputy chief agricultural officials appointed by Liu He, are also very busy.

Fortunately, most of the spring seedlings are fine and will not affect the harvest in the first half of the year.

Although everything in the county was normal, some small changes had taken place.

Near the city gate, a group of people gathered here, talking to each other, seemingly discussing something important.

"Hey, our County Magistrate Liu is recruiting craftsmen to build a tower. What do you think he is doing by building a three-story tower in the county government?"

"Hey, why do you care? Didn't you see it? It says that they will provide two meals a day, and after the pagoda is built, each person will be given 100 coins! Where can you find such a good thing?"

"That's right. Thanks to the farm tools improved by County Magistrate Liu, farm work is much easier now. Now that spring planting is over, we have nothing to do. If we can earn an extra hundred dollars, why not do it?"

"Is this true? You won't end up eating coarse food and refusing to pay your wages, will you? That old Magistrate Yang did this a lot."

"How can you talk like that? Who is our County Magistrate Liu? How could he do such a dirty thing? If you don't believe me, don't go. Anyway, I'm going to sign up now!"

"Don't worry, I'm going too, wait for me!"

In just two days, more than a hundred people flocked to the county government office to sign up.

The person in charge of registration was Chief Qian, who brought two people with him to register the names of those who came to register and issued work badges.

Chief Qian had already prepared all kinds of stone and wood materials, and the next day, construction of a three-story pagoda in the backyard of the county government began in full swing.

Liu He stood under the shade of a tree in the yard, looking at the construction site in front of him, but he couldn't help feeling pain in his heart.

"This Jingsi Tower is damn expensive. During this period, I relied on the points I got from Cheng Mian, Qian Li, Zhao Chang, Zhan Lian, and the Zhang and Su kids to improve their attributes. Adding the remaining points from before, the total is only more than 800 points. I spent 500 of them in one go. When can I get rid of this pauper's fate?"

But even though I cry poor, it’s time to redeem this Jingsi Tower.

Now the attributes of his brothers have reached a bottleneck. If they want to continue to improve, they can only rely on long-term combat accumulation, and the other is the "cheat" of the Jingsi Tower.

Cui Jun came back from outside and saw Liu He "hiding" in the shade of a tree in a corner, so he walked quickly towards him.

"My Lord, I have something important to report."

Cui Jun looked serious and his tone was somewhat anxious, which made Liu He feel inexplicably nervous.

"But is there any news about the Taiping Army?"

The time has come. Liu He has been paying close attention to the news of the Taiping Sect. Cui Jun has a group of friends who are wandering knights. Before he came to Liu He, he contacted these friends and relied on them to collect information for him.

Cui Jun nodded with a heavy heart at this moment.

"My lord, your prediction is correct. Zhang Jiao has indeed raised an army, but not on the fifth day, but on the fourth day."

Liu He frowned, as if he realized something was wrong. "What's going on? Is there something wrong?"

He subdued Tang Zhou, the person who would have informed the court and caused Zhang Jue to start the rebellion earlier in history. Without his informing, the court would not have discovered that there was something wrong with the Taiping Sect. As long as Zhang Jue started the rebellion as planned, the court would most likely be paralyzed temporarily. After that, the princes in various places would have the legal power to recruit soldiers on their own a few years earlier in the original history, and he could take advantage of the situation to rise.

But why did this guy suddenly start a rebellion ahead of time, even if it was just for one day?

There was also some confusion in Cui Jun's eyes.

"Jun is not quite sure about this. According to the news from the heroes he befriended, on the third day of the first lunar month, the Luoyang city defense army suddenly underwent a large-scale mobilization. Then, at the time of Yin the next day, before dawn, Zhang Jue suddenly appeared less than a hundred miles east of Luoyang City. He shouted, 'The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established.' Suddenly, more than 100,000 Taiping troops emerged from the mountains and villages on all sides of Luoyang, led by ten generals, and suddenly attacked Luoyang City."

"At the same time, eleven generals in the city suddenly declared rebellion against the imperial court, responded to the Taiping Army, and led their troops to open the city gates to welcome Zhang Jue into the city. Fortunately, the imperial court seemed to have been prepared and did not let them succeed."

"Not only that, there was even news that the palace eunuchs suddenly brought guards and eunuchs to try to break into the current emperor's bedroom and hold the emperor hostage, but I don't know whether this news is true or not."

Each of the pieces of news Cui Jun mentioned was enough to shock the world, but it could not scare Liu He.

"The third piece of news should also be true. There should be two eunuchs, named Feng Zhen and Xu Feng."

"So it's these two people. No wonder. There are twelve eunuchs in total, they are the emperor's closest ministers, and these two have a grudge against Zhang Rang and the other ten. Zhang Rang is the most favored by the current emperor. I guess these two are afraid of being suppressed and retaliated by Zhang Rang in the future, so they took a risky move."

"Oh? I didn't know about this secret."

Liu He had only seen these two names in historical materials in his previous life. As for why the two gave up their positions as close ministers to the emperor and followed Zhang Jue in rebellion, he had no idea. Now, after hearing what Cui Jun said, he was able to resolve this doubt.

Liu He rubbed his temple. The sudden change in the situation left him confused.

"It seems that the imperial court suddenly got some news a few days ago and then took precautions. If not, with Zhang Jiao's arrangements, even if they might not overthrow the country, I'm afraid it would be enough to cause the current imperial court to suffer a tragic blow."

"Yes, Jun is also curious. Who on earth passed this news to the court? Although Jun once told my father about this matter in a letter, it was several months ago. What's more, he didn't believe it at all."

Liu He pondered for a while and searched through all the historical knowledge he had learned in his previous life, but he still couldn't figure it out and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Forget it, no matter who leaked the information, it has no fundamental impact on the overall situation. Zhang Jue will never succeed. The only difference is how much shock it will cause to the current court. Let's take care of ourselves first. The Taiping Army led by the general named Wu Lu mentioned in Tang Zhou's letter should be not far from here. We must be doubly vigilant during these days."

Cui Jun nodded and said, "My lord, rest assured. The military affairs in the city and Huangshui Township are in order. If there are any invaders, they will fall into your careful arrangements."

"That's good..."

Before Liu He finished speaking, he heard an urgent report.

"Report..."

Liu He and Cui Jun's nerves suddenly tensed up.

"Reporting to the county magistrate, a group of people were found about ten miles northeast of the city. They were dressed very similarly to the ones you described. They wore yellow scarves and had various weapons and armor. Some even used farm tools as weapons. Now they are heading towards the county town!"

When the two heard this, they looked at each other and said at the same time: "It's finally here!"

(End of this chapter)