Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 380 Transaction Completed
That day, after Zhao Zhen practiced martial arts, he was about to go to deal with county affairs when he heard a commotion outside the manor. After a while, Zhao Ji came up and said, "Sir, the whetstone on Crouching Tiger Ridge was delivered today and is now outside the manor. Brother Tang Sen is thinking about how to deliver it."

Zhao Zhen also became interested after hearing this. This grindstone, which is ten feet long, wide and six feet high, was discovered last year. Because it is very heavy, it took a long time to level the mountain road and finally deliver it with five Shire horses.

It is roughly estimated that this [grindstone] must weigh 50,000 jin. If it were not for the strong draft animal like Sharma, Zhao Zhen would not be willing to use so many people to drag it, and could only reluctantly cut this first-level [grindstone] into small pieces. But in this way, I am afraid that this [grindstone] will become an ordinary thing.

There are two gates to Baishi Manor. The outer one is a foot-thick elm drawbridge, which is lowered during the day to allow people to pass through and pulled up at night to separate the inside and the outside. I am afraid that this grindstone will not be able to bear the pressure.

After everyone discussed it, they still couldn't find a solution. Liu Hui Niang heard about it and had someone build a large winch, wrapped it with thick hemp rope, and finally lifted the grindstone from the stone wall into the manor.

Then, everyone worked together to bring the grindstone to the side of the parade ground. Zhao Zhen had a pavilion built around the grindstone and named it the Grinding Pavilion. From now on, all the swords and guns carried by the heroes could be untied and sharpened here.

On this day, Zhao Zhen rewarded the Dongping Prefecture soldiers who followed Bai Sheng's order to escort the military equipment. After sending the group of soldiers away, Zhao Zhen asked, "Brother, you went to ask for merit, why did you bring back so many military equipment?"

Bai Sheng said, "The old man said that Shouzhang was not peaceful, and the government just happened to have a batch of newly delivered weapons, so he sent them to you, and asked me to tell you to protect Shouzhang County well."

Zhao Zhen laughed when he heard this. Although the bandits were wiped out in Jingmen Town, after hearing from his father-in-law, it became the credit of Shouzhang County, and a lot of military equipment was sent as a result.

After an inventory, there were 200 sets of iron armor, 100 sets of infantry armor, and 1000 crow-neck spears. But what Zhao Zhen valued most were the 300 stirrup crossbows that could be fired by one person stepping on them.

The military equipment supervisor of Liangshan County was able to manufacture most of the armor, swords, spears, and arrows by themselves, and even had snake bone bows. However, the crossbow was the only one that was complex in structure and was still being gradually imitated.

These 300 stirrup crossbows can be regarded as alleviating Zhao Zhen's problem of insufficient long-range weapons. After all, it is not easy to train archers, but crossbowmen are much easier to train, except that crossbows are difficult to make and easy to break.

Zhao Zhen divided the 300 stirrup crossbows into 200 and sent them to the armies led by Shi Qian and Bai Sheng. At the same time, he ordered the military equipment supervisor to take away plain arrows made by carpenters, using wooden balls as arrowheads for daily training. He also prepared three-point arrows, steel arrows, and wooden feather arrows for combat use.

In the blink of an eye, it was July 15th. During this period, Zhao Zhen took Hu Cheng, Du Xing, Fu Yu, Yan Shun, Yang Lin, Li Ying, Liu Lin, and Ouyang Shoutong back to the main world twice and conferred titles on them one by one.

Everything was stable in the main world. Every time Zhao Zhen came back, he only stayed for two or three days. Every time he just brought the output of the fantasy world to the main world, and then brought the spiritual materials purchased by Ji Xuan back to the fantasy world.

Of course, these outputs are not static. The bookshop supervised by Jin Dajian has completed the woodblock printing of two books, one is "Mingwu Mengqiu" and the other is "Zeng Guang Xianwen".

The former is a common sense education for elementary school students, using four-character sentences to compile basic natural knowledge and daily social knowledge, covering the heaven and earth, four seasons, wind and clouds, animals and plants, tools, fields, and houses.

The latter is an enlightenment book written by Zhu Hongji, the current head of Jingyang Town, according to his own learning. The book has more than 4000 words and collects various maxims and proverbs. It covers almost everything from etiquette and morality, rules and regulations to folk allusions, astronomy and geography.

Zhao Zhen's bookstore in the main world is now quite famous. Not only are the books printed with exquisite craftsmanship and good paper, but they also give you a cool feeling when you hold them in your hands. Those with better conditions are willing to spend an extra three or two hundred coins to buy a book. In the hot summer, a little coolness is worth it.

On this day, Zhao Zhen had nothing to do and was chatting with Ji Qingwan and the other three at home. When they heard that Zhao Zhen's power in the fantasy world had expanded to the size of two counties, Ji Minghan and Ji Mingdan said it was a pity and said, "My husband, you have been expanding your territory these days, and my two sisters have not been able to help you at all."

Zhao Zhen said, "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. In the fantasy world, Sanniang's female riders have now expanded to a hundred people, and there are also two deputy generals. In the future, when we conquer the misty world, you two sisters and the Black Ant sisters can also join us."

Ji Minghan and the other two were delighted after hearing this. Ji Minghan said, "Last time we went back to the world of Uncle Thief, we didn't have much room to show our skills. In terms of martial arts, Sister Gu is also more courageous than the two of us. These days, the two of us have been practicing horse fighting every day, and we have become much darker."

As he said this, he rolled up his sleeves and showed it to Zhao Zhen.

Ji Xuan laughed and said, "Who asked you two to be so stubborn? In this hot weather, you still want to ride horses every day."

Ji Qingwan said: "How dare you say that about others? If you hadn't taken up the merchant profession, you would probably have the lowest professional level among the four of us."

At the hour of You, Zhang Ping brought his son Zhang Huai to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen met the two in the front yard. After greeting, Zhao Zhen took out a bag of white jade cucumber seeds that he had cultivated during this period and handed it to Zhang Ping. After Zhang Ping had a look, Zhao Zhen took out the "Xiaochu Collection·Fengji Chapter" and handed it to him. He pointed to the two beehives in the yard and said, "Brother Zhang, these two boxes are the bees promised to you. Tonight, when the two moons are in the sky, with this guide and the beehives, I think Dalang's fantasy world will not be bad." Zhang Ping heard this and smiled and said, "I hope he can have some success."

At night, two moons came together. Zhang Huai stood in the yard, holding "Xiaochuji Fengji Pian" in one hand and a beehive in the other. His whole body gradually faded away until he disappeared.

Zhao Zhen stepped forward and said to Zhang Ping, "Brother, I have cleaned up a room up ahead. Wait for Dalang to come out. You and your son can rest for the night. It won't be too late to go back tomorrow."

After hearing this, Zhang Ping thanked him repeatedly.

About half an hour later, Zhang Huai came out of the fantasy world. Without waiting for Zhang Ping to ask, Zhang Huai said to Zhang Ping excitedly, "Dad, my fantasy world is a valley with flowers everywhere. The two beehives I brought have been opened, and bees are collecting honey everywhere. I suddenly have a lot of experience in beekeeping in my mind. In addition to collecting honey, I can also sell royal jelly, propolis, pollen, beeswax, and bee pupae. It will be easy to support my family in the future."

Zhang Ping praised it repeatedly.

Zhao Zhen said, "Brother Zhang, I have an appointment with Uncle Lu tomorrow. After we keep the records, the deal will be complete."

Zhang Ping said: "This is natural."

On the second day, Lu Zhuocheng and his son came to Zhao Zhen's house. Zhang Ping signed the agreement and then said goodbye and left with Old Man Lu.

After seeing the three off, Lu Zhuocheng asked, "Mr. Rich, is there anything else I can do for you?"

Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "Why, after a trip to Mount Laoshan, don't you need to rest?"

"Hey, I'm engaged now, and I have a family to support in the future, so how can I not save some money as soon as possible?" Lu Zhuocheng said with a smile.

"Whose girl is this? You are so beautiful."

"Hehe, the young lady of my father's colleague's family also went to the county school and worked as a cook. I was thinking of opening a restaurant in the future, so that she could show her talents."

Zhao Zhen asked, "Can the wedding date be set?"

"The eighth day of next month."

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, I have made a note of this. If nothing happens in the fantasy world, I will take my wife and concubines to have a drink."

"It's less than a month until your wedding. You've been busy with your wedding during this period, right?"

"My parents, brother and sister-in-law are helping me, so I have little free time here, so I'm looking for something to do." Lu Zhuocheng replied.

Zhao Zhen said, "What can I say here? The fantasy world is not peaceful. Fortunately, we can make our own weapons, but I can't do anything about war horses. So, as long as it is a war horse, I am willing to buy it. If you see it again, I will buy it. I also want tendons, horns, skins, furs, and high-quality iron materials for making weapons and armor. You also know what bulk goods I have here. If you can sell them, I will give you a commission."

"I have purchased 900 stones of coarse tea in a row, and it has not been used up in the fantasy world. I don't want this coarse tea for the time being. If you need it, you will have to go there. In addition, I want all kinds of exotic, advanced materials and treasures. Brother, you can go around the market every day. If you see them, bring them to me. If I'm not here, my wife Ji Xuan can make the decision. I have explained everything."

After hearing this, Lu Zhuocheng smiled and said, "Speaking of alien species, I have actually found two more in recent days."

"Oh? I wonder what brother found?" Zhao Zhen asked.

(End of this chapter)