Chapter 588: Prepare to Set Off to the World in the Book! [Seeking Monthly Votes]

"Pengju, you said that an army surrendered to Zhending as a whole?"

As soon as they arrived at the B&B, Yue Fei came to report the good news. Li Yu didn't even bother to take the things in the car down, and hurriedly asked about the specific situation.

Yue Fei smiled and said:

"The Chengtian Army Camp, Baijing Camp, and Wangjiagu Camp on the nearby mountain of the Pingding Army have all sent people to Zhending to discuss surrender with Liu Huangshu."

Pingding Army is the current Yangquan area. It used to be called Shangai County or Shiai County. After the Five Dynasties, it was renamed Pingding County.

As for the army, it refers to the name of the second-level government. The second-level government of the Song Dynasty has different names such as prefecture, state, and army, and its functions are also different.

In general, the place with good economy and large population is the prefecture, the place with average economy and population is the state, and the army is mainly defensive.

As for the village, it is not a mountain village of bandits, but a third-level government of the Song Dynasty. Song Jiang's number one brain-dead fan Hua Rong was the deputy chief of Qingfeng Village before he became a bandit.

A general village is a small city, smaller than a county town, but it also has wine shops and teahouses, and many people live in the village.

In "Water Margin", the reason why Song Jiang was recognized by Liu Gao's wife was that he walked around the lanterns and watched fireworks on the Lantern Festival and met Liu Gao's wife.

Now there are three villages that have surrendered to Zhending Prefecture, which is a great thing!

"In the past half a month, Zhending Prefecture first appeared out of thin air with a huge reservoir of 800 miles in radius, and a few days ago, there were suddenly ten miles of peach blossoms. The people said that this was a sign of the rise of the dragon. Tens of thousands of people from Dingzhou, Zhaozhou, Qizhou, Shenzhou and other places have come to surrender, and it is said that more people from other places are leaving."

In fact, the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth is just an attractive reason. The most important thing is the good reputation of Zhending Prefecture recently. Treating the people well and everyone can have enough food is a fatal temptation to the people no matter what period.

Zhou Ruotong took the water poured by Diao Chan and took a sip:

"The chief of the Song Dynasty is usually a civil servant. Are they willing to surrender?"

Yue Fei bowed and said:

"Reporting to the Grand Master, the chiefs of Baijing Village and Wangjiagu Village have been killed by the mutinous soldiers. The chief of Chengtian Military Village usually has a good relationship with the soldiers. When the military village mutinied, he also joined the team."

Good guy, isn't this my own rebellion?

A village has a population of about 20,000 to 30,000, of which the regular army is generally 3,000 to 6,000.

With these military villages, Zhending Prefecture will be stronger. When the spring comes, we will first organize a wave of military settlements, and then start training soldiers, mining, and digging coal, and try to stockpile enough supplies for the war.

Li Yu asked:

"So, now the pacification army includes the Song Dynasty court, Tian Hu's church forces, and our people?"

Yue Fei shook his head:

"There are also mines and bandits, which is more complicated. After Yuan Lang occupied Niangzi Pass, he gradually infiltrated westward, but Tian Hu's people were also doing similar work. It was the officials of the Song Dynasty court who became the weakest party."

"Then let Yuan Lang integrate some people and seize the main force of Tian Hu's side to hit them hard, and then win over the officials of the Song Dynasty and try to seize the passage to attack Taiyuan."

"Don't worry, sir, we have already formulated a battle plan, and Yuan Lang has been promoting it in Niangzi Pass. Tian Hu's people will never get up."

In the original book, Tian Hu occupied a large amount of territory and levied heavy taxes on the people. Now, Tian Hu continues to bear the infamy. As for the territory, let Xuande take care of it!

Mu Guiying ate the kidney bean rolls Zhou Ruotong brought from the capital and asked:

"Two strange phenomena occurred in Zhending Prefecture in succession. Didn't Zhou Tong's father-in-law write a memorial to ask for a reward?"

"He did, but even if there was a reward, after layers of exploitation, there would be little left for us, and we even had to pay for it."

A series of major events happened here, but the court knew nothing about it. Although it sounds funny, it was really like this in the Song Dynasty.

In the original novel, the court army was defeated in succession when conquering Liangshan, and Huizong was also unaware of it. After Tian Hu's rebellion, the court didn't even know how big the territory occupied by Tian Hu was.

Someone once made a rough puzzle of the spheres of influence of various parties in the Water Margin world, and found that the radiation range of the Song Dynasty court was only the long strip from Kaifeng to Chang'an.

There was Liangshan in Shandong, Tian Hu in Shanxi and Hebei, Wang Qing in Hubei, Fang La in the Yangtze River Delta and Anhui, and some small forces that appeared but were not elaborated on. The entire Song Dynasty was almost an empty shell.

After Yue Fei left, Mu Guiying and Zhou Ruotong went to unload the car, which was filled with all kinds of food and clothes. Not only was the trunk full, but there were also a lot of things piled up on the back seat.

Li Yu came to the kitchen to prepare dinner and cooked the peanuts sent by Lin Xu.

Peanuts in shells are a perfect match with beer.

The things in the car were moved upstairs, and Mu Guiying and Diao Chan helped to sort them out.

Zhou Ruotong asked:

"Is Xiaoxue still adapting to Mu Ke Village?"

"Adapting, super adapting, like going home. When I came just now, she rode a motorcycle and took Li Fengyang to rob on the official road... She is worthy of being an outstanding talent in our Mu Ke Village. She is self-taught in this kind of thing."

Diao Chan was stunned:

"Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the queen?"

"We robbed foreigners, no one blamed us, and we are about to go to war, isn't it normal to catch a few tongues?"

Diao Chan: "..."

I shouldn't ask you this question.

Zhou Ruotong took out a large box of Lin Ji snacks from the box and handed it to Diao Chan:

"Le Le asked me to bring this to you. You can take it to school and eat it slowly."

Diao Chan took a photo and sent it to Geng Lele, saying that she had received the gift and would bring Lele a gift the next time she went to Beijing.

After sending the message, Diao Chan opened the box and divided the snacks into three portions, one for Zhou Ruotong and one for Mu Guiying, based on the principle of sharing half each time they met.

Zhou Ruotong said:

"You and Guiying should eat it. I'm worried about getting fat."

Diao Chan opened a can of honey and tasted it, and said with surprise:

"It's delicious. The syrup inside is not too sweet, but very fragrant, different from the ones you buy in the city."

Zhou Ruotong said while sorting out Li Yu's new clothes:

"The syrups on the market are all blended. Lin Ji added honey, and the taste is indeed different. These snacks are in limited supply, and only Lele can buy them by scanning their faces."

Diao Chan tasted it like Mu Guiying did, and thought each one was super classic.

In the end, Mu Guiying chose a can of honey three knives and a small box of chestnut crisps, and gave the rest to Diao Chan:

"Little Chan fairy, you take it to school. I usually follow my master to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. I am almost tired of these snacks."

"Thank you, sister Guiying."

"Oh, it's too formal to say this... By the way, sister Zhou, when are you going to leave for the world in the book?"

Zhou Ruotong combed the hair beside her ears and said:

"The day after tomorrow, I will go back to the archaeological team tomorrow to ask for leave, and arrange the next work by the way."

The Xiongnu Golden Knife of the National Museum has caused an earthquake in the historical circle, archaeological circle, and cultural relic circle. Even the experts of the Yinxu Archaeological Team were invited to participate in the demonstration.

Zhou Ruotong asked for leave at this time, which would not attract attention and was also a gesture of avoiding suspicion.

The Xiongnu Golden Knife was donated by the Zhou family. As a member of the Zhou family, she would inevitably be asked questions. Hiding at this time can avoid a lot of trouble.

Diao Chan asked:

"How long are you going to be gone, Sister Zhou?"

"Take half a month off for now. Half a month here is at least two months in the book world. It should be enough for me to go around and see... If the time is not enough, I can make up a leave note when the time comes."

After that, Zhou Ruotong instructed the two:

"When I'm not here, Xiao Chan should study hard, and Guiying should pay more attention to the B&B. If you have any questions, remember to come to me in the book and tell me."

The Queen and the little girl agreed hurriedly.

During dinner, Zhou Ruotong looked around:

"Where is Xiao Qian'er's family?"

Mu Guiying said:

"Brother Feng went to work at the mixing station. He plans to live and eat there for the next few days and try to learn the working process of the mixing station. Xiao Qian'er was praised by the teacher, and his sister-in-law drove an electric tricycle to take him to the town to eat hamburgers and indulge himself a little."

After settling here, Zhao Feng's family of three actively integrated into the real world, especially after getting their household registration, the family had their own small circle, and even Xiao Qian'er had a few good friends in the village.

Diao Chan is more capable of living:

"It feels like eating hamburgers at a store is not as good as making them at home. Anyway, the bread dough is bought and simply processed."

Li Yu shook his head:

"Children eat differently from adults. They clamor for hamburgers and steaks, not because steaks and hamburgers are so delicious, but most likely because their friends have eaten them, so they want to go to the store to experience them, or satisfy their vanity. If you make them at home, it won't taste that good."

Zhou Ruotong asked:

"How come you even know about child psychology?"

"Lin Xu forwarded it on WeChat Moments. I accidentally read it and felt very inspired. When we have children in the future, we have to educate them this way."

This made Professor Zhou blush, but thinking of the cute Lin Chengye and Lin Jiye, he did have the idea of ​​raising a baby.

A baby that combines the advantages of me and the stinky guy must be super cute and super well-behaved!

Li Yu ate a mouthful of shrimp porridge, opened a bottle of beer, peeled peanuts that had just been cooked, and ate and drank.

After driving for hundreds of kilometers, it was time to drink a bottle of beer and have a good sleep. Unfortunately, he wanted to sleep, but he didn't have the chance.

Just after dinner, Lu Bu hurried to the real world carrying a fan of donkey meat:

"A group of wild donkeys ran over to the oil base, and I shot several of them with a compound bow... The compound bow is not flexible and the efficiency is too low. If I change to my previous hard bow, I can still keep seven or eight."

The donkey skin has been peeled off, and Li Yu thinks he can cook the donkey meat and drink donkey meat soup tomorrow.

He asked:

"Have the oil wells in the oil base started to be drilled?"

"It has been drilled for more than 100 meters. I will leave when it is on the right track... I have to say that the diesel stove is really easy to use. In the future, military camps in various places will build this kind of standardized kitchen. It is simple and convenient, and the food is stable, which is much better than the previous military system."

In the past, the army generally used the group as the basic unit. A group of people was a soldier who ate at the same stove. The person in charge was called the head of the group, and the person in charge of cooking was called the cook.

During the Warring States Period, it was popular to count the number of enemy troops by counting stoves.

The great military strategist Sun Bin created a method of reducing stoves and increasing troops in the Battle of Maling to confuse the Wei army, and finally forced his old opponent Pang Juan to commit suicide and won the victory.

With the help of Mu Guiying, Li Yu cut the donkey meat into large pieces, put it in the pot and started to stew it. After stewing, the meat was taken out and the soup was kept. It would be a delicious donkey meat soup when heated up tomorrow morning.

Lu Bu followed Qin Qiong, who came to transport cement, and gnawed a basin of bones. Then they left with satisfaction and went to work.

After getting up the next day, Li Yu asked Xiuhe's sister-in-law to bake some scallion pancakes, and paired them with hot donkey meat soup and spiced donkey meat. It was another delicious meal.

Put some vermicelli in the good donkey meat soup and cook it. The taste is really good. Mu Guiying ate two large bowls in succession, took another pot away, and went to Muke Village to win people's hearts.

After dinner, Li Yu drove Diao Chan to school, while Zhou Ruotong went to apply for leave.

When they arrived at the school gate, the little girl kissed Li Yu on the cheek while he wasn't paying attention. Then she opened the door and got out of the car, hummed a song, and happily walked into the campus while pulling her suitcase.

Li Yu went to buy groceries, drove back to the B&B, and then strolled to the scenic mountain to inspect the newly completed small temple.

The entire temple is as small as a local temple. There is a yellow clay Buddha statue at the entrance. There is an offering table in front of the Buddha statue. The offering table is empty except for an incense burner in the middle.

There is a row of futons in front of the altar table. There are no gods or attendants on either side, and there is no statue of Skanda at the back door.

Wang Chunxi said:

"This is the shabbiest temple I have ever built. That monk is so bold. Aren't you afraid that the Buddha will blame him?"

Li Yu smiled and said:

"If he is blamed, it means he is not worthy of being believed in... When will this Buddha statue be completely dry?"

"It's very windy on the mountain, and it will take at least half a month to dry out. Then come over and re-paint it, and this little temple will be alive... When will it be consecrated? I have to come and burn incense."

Li Yu was a little curious:

"Does Captain Wang also believe in Buddhism?"

"I believe in everything. If Taoism asks me to work, I will say I believe in Buddhism. If Buddhism asks me to work, I will believe in Taoism. I will keep jumping around."

Li Yu asked puzzledly:

"Why do you say that? If Buddhist people know that you believe in Buddhism, won't you get more business?"

Wang Chunxi took a puff of cigarette and said:

"You think of more business, but what they think of is free prostitution. I have done maintenance work in the temple several times before. We had a lively chat while working. After finishing the work and paying the bill, they started talking to me about what it means to be a Buddha. Contribution is something that even Buddha sees in his eyes. After that, I stopped talking to them."

It is easy to get paid for free when building temples in other places, but that is not the case here in Li Yu. The project funds are sufficient, so when the consecration is held, Wang Chunxi plans to burn incense and express his feelings.

Li Yu said:

"This small temple will not be consecrated. When the statue of the god is completed, it will be opened according to the circumstances. Those who are destined can go in and burn incense. Those who are not lucky enough will be rejected even if they come here specially."

He looked inside and outside, and also tried the tap water in the backyard. Everything was fine. Xuanzang would be fine even if he stayed for only three to five days.

After bidding farewell to Wang Chunxi, Li Yu came to the foot of the mountain. As soon as he walked to the statue, the old mother couldn't wait to ask:

"Going to visit relatives in the capital for the past two days didn't embarrass us, did it?"

Li Yu sat down on the steps in front of the statue and said:

"Don't worry, I have so many good mothers to protect me. It's definitely like pinching a snail with three fingers - it's 100% certain. That Hun gold knife has been donated to the National Museum. It may be launched in the near future, which can increase the national pride of the people."

"What a good mother's boy. You did the right thing."

Li Yu beat the snake and followed the stick and asked:

"Is there any reward?"

"Why are you kid like Guiying? You have to be rewarded for everything. Isn't this reward enough for you to have four wives?"

Okay, it’s indeed a bit greedy... Li Yu said:

"Tomorrow your eldest daughter-in-law will go to the book world. She plans to visit all the worlds. She needs someone to accompany her, right? Otherwise, a little mortal like her won't be able to bear the flying around."

"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements. As long as Tongtong enters the world of the book, Yunxiao will accompany her all the way, just in time for the sisters to get close to each other... Tongtong is not here, don't do anything wrong, otherwise I will let Guiying beat you !”

When the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is good, it is the son's turn to be unlucky. These words are really good advice... Li Yu agreed, talked to his old mother about other things, and then left and went back.

Water Margin talks about the world of Yue, Zhending Mansion.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang stayed with Zhao Yun for a few days, and then the four brothers said goodbye reluctantly.

Zhang Fei was sent to Yuzhou by Gongsun Sheng and began to arrange the dispatch of troops to Hunyuan County. Guan Yu was sent to Handan by Gongsun Sheng to continue building the city wall and training soldiers at the same time.

Once the city wall was repaired, they launched a massive attack on Shangdang and drove Tian Hu's forces toward Taiyuan.

As for Zhao Yun, he went to Baozhou at the junction of Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty as a thieves, echoed Chai Jin's PPT operation, and tried to attract more investment from Daliao Liao.

In order to allow Zhao Yun to carry out his work better, Liu Bei specially transferred Jie Zhen Jie Bao, Xiang Chong Li Gun, and chief scout Shi Qian to assist Zhao Yun.

When the troops who visited Daliao came back, they all returned to Zhao Yun's command, trying to rely on Baozhou to accumulate a certain amount of strength, and then capture Daliao in one fell swoop.

As long as the capital of the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, the destruction of the country will be achieved.

As for the generals on the Liao side, although they were large in number, their level was not high, which allowed Zhao Yun to brush up on his merits and make up for the outstanding merits as soon as possible.

At night, Zhou Ruotong rarely chose to be on top like a knight. Li Fufu lay on the bed as if resigned to his fate, completely becoming Professor Zhou's slave.

After some hard work, both of them were somewhat breathless.

"Daughter-in-law, you have to come back soon. I tend to have nightmares when I sleep alone."

Zhou Ruotong was very happy:

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. Dundun just charged 50,000 lucky points into my ring, which is enough to deal with everything over there."

When the two went to the capital, Dun Dun had already recharged the luck points in Mu Guiying and Diao Chan's rings. Today, he came to the B&B and recharged the luck points in Li Yu and Zhou Ruotong's rings.

With its care, this journey to the world in the book will be safe and sound.

However, Li Yu was still a little worried and insisted on hanging the Luobao Gold Coin around Tong Baobao's neck. If an accident happened, I believe that the small copper coin can also resist for a while.

At the same time, in the Wa Palace.

The Queen handed the Tai Chi diagram to Yun Xiao:

"If an accident happens, just throw this diagram out. Even if the other party is a saint, it can give you two time to escape back to the Wa Palace!"