Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 56 Gaining Staff
  Just do it, Zhang Xiao wrote the report first, explaining that he wanted to add the history of the Mughal Empire, and gave his reasons.

A report alone is not enough. Zhang Xiao compiled the chronology of the monarchs of the Timurid Empire and the Mughal Empire. The important deeds of these monarchs were also marked by year. He also wrote a brief summary for each monarch, such as for Shah. Lu's evaluation is relatively high, and Babur is listed as the leader of ZTE. Zhang Xiao mentioned by the way that Persia and India have large populations and rich products. The history, geography and other information of these two places cannot be ignored.

And now that the content of the founding monarch Timur has been written, Zhang Xiao has also included this part of the manuscript as an attachment and is ready to send it together.

After finishing this work, Zhang Xiao is ready to start writing the sample chapter of "The Complete Biography of Yue". He has read "The Complete Biography of Yue" several times in the original time and space, and also listened to the well-known storyteller version. The history of the Song-Jin War is his own It can be considered familiar, and I have read the contents of this part in the history books.

The beginning of "The Complete Biography of Yue Fei" mainly tells the story of Yue Fei when he was a boy, which is not too complicated to write. Zhang Xiao relied on the memory of reading books and watching film and television works to write smoothly. But just when Zhang Xiao's pen was wandering around, the servant came to report that the author of the prequel had arrived.

"Xiaosheng Lu Zhang has met Zhang Shidu." A young scholar came in to pay a visit.

"Please sit down, please sit down. Today you and I are competing in the literary world, so don't be too formal. I read the book you wrote, and it's really good. What's your calligraphy?" Zhang Xiao said.

"Xiao Sheng's character is Wen Hua. That work was written on a whim by Xiao Sheng. Thank you Zhang Shidu for not caring about it." Lu Zhang said, sitting down carefully.

"Wenhua, how old are you now? Where did you study? Do you have any fame?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"I am twenty-one years old, and I am already a scholar. But my family has no money left, so now I am teaching children, doing some copying, and trying to write some novels to see if I can sell them. The shopkeeper of Ding's Bookstore , and they are somewhat oblique relatives of my family, so they also submitted manuscripts to Dingjia Bookstore." Lu Zhang recounted truthfully. What Lu Zhang said was similar to what shopkeeper Ding introduced to him, and there was no exaggeration.

"How are you studying the Four Books and Five Classics?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"I'm familiar with all four books. Among the Five Classics, Xiaosheng focuses on the Spring and Autumn Annals. He reads the Chunqiu Zuo Shi Zhuan. He has also read through the other four classics." Lu Zhang replied.

"Why don't you give your book a name yet?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"Xiaosheng used the name of the character in Zhang Shi's book without permission, so he didn't dare to name the book without permission." Lu Zhang replied.

"Let's do it this way. Since this book you wrote is not too long and it won't sell well if sold separately, it will be directly used as a prequel to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Next time "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is republished, it will be included together. Go in and add your name to the prequel. As for the remuneration, you can discuss it with Shopkeeper Ding to see if you want to share it or settle it in cash. I will give you 50 taels of silver personally." Zhang Xiao said.

"Thank you Zhang Shidu for the gift. I'm not afraid of Zhang Shidu's jokes. My family is poor, so I borrowed this clothes from a classmate." When Lu Zhang heard that there were 50 taels of silver, he burst into tears of gratitude.

"Please get up, please get up. You are also a scholar, and the person you are kneeling on is the master of the Lord of Heaven and Earth. You don't need to pay me such a great gift." Zhang Xiao helped Lu Zhang up.

"Otherwise, since Wenhua is short of money, do you want to be a staff member in my house and do some copywriting? Ten taels of silver a month is not a small amount." Zhang Xiao asked.

"Thank you, boss." Lu Zhang agreed quickly.

"Mr. Lu, please continue to sit down." Zhang Xiao said.

"Whatever the master orders, the student must obey it." Lu Zhang said respectfully.

"No hurry, no hurry, you should get familiar with it first and then do something slowly." Zhang Xiao said.

"Students are reckless," Lu Zhang said. "Looking at your book, it actually just borrowed the name from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The writing style of the book is actually similar to "Water Margin". Mr. Lu must have read a lot of miscellaneous novels." Zhang Xiao asked.

"Students have indeed seen "Water Margin" and read it many times, and they have also read a lot of "Unofficial History", Lu Zhang said.

"Okay, I'm writing the beginning of a novel now. You can take a look at it and see if there's anything you need to fix. If you want to continue writing, you can." Zhang Xiao said, writing his own A few chapters of "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue" were handed to Lu Zhang at the beginning.

"Thank you for your trust, boss." Lu Zhang took the manuscript and read it carefully.

Zhang Xiao got up happily and went to the yard to enjoy the breeze.

At this time, the old servant came to report again. Uncle Ning Yuan sent someone to deliver a manuscript recording his achievements. It doesn't matter just that they are sent here. The most important thing is that the people who send them are Li Rubai and Li Rumei.

"The two generals are coming to their humble abode, and Zhang is too far away to greet them." Zhang Xiao said as he welcomed the two to the main hall.

"This is my father's humble work. I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to read it and correct it." Li Rubai handed the manuscript to Zhang Xiao.

Zhang Xiao picked up the manuscript and roughly doubled it. Comparing it with historical records, the credit was not too exaggerated, but he would definitely not write about those messy lost battles.

"Uncle Ning Yuan has made so many military exploits. There really needs to be a book to record them. This book is extremely well written." Zhang Xiao accepted the book.

"Then I'll have to work hard to read and polish my father's works." Li Rubai said.

"What have the two generals been busy with since they returned to Beijing?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"It's nothing more than studying, practicing martial arts, and practicing as a servant. Rumei is better than me. He works hard every day and practices archery." Li Rubai said.

"Zhang Shidu, remember you said before that the Japanese don't like to use shields in battle, so how do they prevent bows and arrows?" Li Rumei asked.

"Although the Japanese generally don't use shields, their warriors are all fully armored. As for ordinary infantry, which is what the Japanese call ashigaru, they have no shields and no armor. Some ashigaru have to equip themselves with armor. The prerequisite is to have a belly, which can only protect the belly." Zhang Xiao said.

"That's pretty simple." Li Rumei said.

"The bows and arrows of the Japanese are also different from ours. Their bows and arrows cannot shoot far, but they use big bows, which are very powerful if they hit. Therefore, the Japanese infantry mainly attack in close combat, especially the Japanese warriors, who rely on a A single brute force will break through the enemy's formation," Zhang Xiao said.

"Then I need to practice my archery skills. Not only do I need to be able to shoot accurately from a long distance, but I also need to shoot hard enough." Li Rumei said.

"By the way, Zhang Shidu, who is standing next to you? Why don't you introduce me?" Li Rubai asked, looking at Lu Zhang standing next to Zhang Xiao.

"This is my new staff member. His name is Lu Zhang. His courtesy name is Wenhua. He is also a scholar. He is now helping me with some copying work." Zhang Xiao introduced.

(End of this chapter)