No war in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 18 Peach Blossom Spring Upgrade

Just as Su Ze was about to enter the Peach Blossom Spring, there was another knock at the door.

Helplessly getting up from the bed, Su Ze opened the door and saw a young servant dressed as a servant. With the help of the lantern in the servant's hand, Su Ze recognized that he seemed to be a servant from the Zhang family.

"Mr. Su, you are safe after all!"

Zhang Jiasheng, Su Ze remembered the name of this young man, who seemed to be a very useful guy around Zhang Daocheng.

Zhang Jiasheng said incessantly:

"My young lady was so worried that she forced my father-in-law to go to the palace to see Zhang Xiuyuan. Now that he heard that you are okay, he sent me to check on you. Now my father-in-law and I can finally rest assured!"

Hearing that Zhang Chulan worked so hard for him, Su Ze felt warm in his heart.

"Please tell Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Lan that Su will come to thank you soon."

Zhang Jiasheng continued:
"The young lady has been confined by the father-in-law because of this incident. Mr. Su, please wait a few days before coming. In addition, the father-in-law also asked me to bring you a letter. Bianjing is busy now, so it is best to stay at home and focus on preparing for the exam."

Su Ze nodded, and Zhang Jiasheng left with the lantern.

After closing the gate and making sure that he was not being monitored, Su Ze returned to the house, lay on the bed and entered into the paradise.

After a dizzy spell, Su Ze opened his eyes. The mist surrounding Taohuawu had become thinner. In the dry fields not far away, Anong was watering the seedlings with a bucket of water.

The guiding boy sat by the water in Taohuawu and used the stream water to water the radish seedlings above his head.

Seeing Su Ze, the guiding boy shook off the water droplets on his head, jumped in front of Su Ze and said:

[As expected of the owner of Taoyuan, you've gathered so much cultural energy so quickly!]

Su Ze still had some doubts, he asked:
"Why did Wang Anshi's paper have 10 points of literary energy last time, but only 100 points this time?"

Su Ze did not dare to say how good his articles were, but the two famous lines were enough to be passed down through the ages. Adding Zeng Gong's calligraphy, he thought that he could record thousands of pieces of literary energy, but in the end, there were only a hundred.

So as soon as he entered the Peach Blossom Spring, he couldn't wait to ask the guiding boy.

The boy shook his body, and the water on the leaves dripped off. He said:
The 10 points of cultural energy on the last piece of paper were because Taoyuan Master collected Wang Anshi's calligraphy for the first time. For calligraphy and painting items of the same style and technique, you cannot collect cultural energy again!

Su Ze thought about it carefully and understood the reason.

Simply put, calligraphy works can only be recorded with a sense of literary context when they are first collected.

His plan to have Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong write letters to him to boost his literary influence had already failed before it was even implemented.

It seems that the cultural spirit is more difficult to collect than I thought. My plan to gain the cultural spirit through calligraphy and painting has failed. I still have to make friends with literary masters and obtain it from their articles.

After all, he had 100 points of cultural energy. Su Ze looked towards Peach Blossom Spring and prepared to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

Su Ze first walked to the field and saw only green seedlings in the field, weeds growing beside the seedlings, and fat caterpillars on some of the seedlings. After watering the crops, Anong was concentrating on weeding and controlling insects.

After feeling the breeze mixed with the scent of earth, Su Ze realized that Taohuayuan was not a virtual world, and the ecology here was complete.

This is truly a paradise that belongs only to you.

Su Ze looked towards the space not far away that was shrouded in thick fog. What on earth had happened here? What would it be like in the future?
If I continue to collect cultural energy, can I build this place into a real paradise?

Putting these thoughts aside, Su Ze came to Taohuawu and said to the guiding boy:

"I want to upgrade Taohuawu."

The guide boy said excitedly:

[Great! Upgrading Taohuawu will unlock more buildings. Taoyuan Master, do you really want to spend 20 points of cultural energy to upgrade Taohuawu?]

"Sure." The guiding boy took out a pen from somewhere, handed it to Su Ze and said:

[Master of Taoyuan, as long as you click on Taohuawu, you can upgrade Taohuawu! ]

So simple?
Su Ze touched the wind flag of Taohuawu with his pen, and saw a breath flying out of his body and finally landed on Taohuawu.

After a burst of light, Su Ze discovered that the floating bridge leading to the river in Taohuawu had grown a little longer. The originally dilapidated parts had been repaired and looked as good as new. A weeping willow tree also appeared on the shore, with its branches falling into the river, and colorful flowers bloomed on both sides of the river.

It really looks like a paradise.

Su Ze couldn't wait to open the scroll, and sure enough, there were several more buildings.

【Medium-quality farmland】(green)

Price: 10 Wenmai Qi per acre;

Function: Most grains, vegetables and fruits can be grown here, with a higher yield than [lower-grade dry land]. In the real world, the harvest is once a month and requires an agricultural boy to take care of it.

【Free-range chicken house】(green)

Price: 10 points of Wenyu Qi;
Function: It can raise 10 free-range chickens. The chicks can lay eggs in 10 days, and can produce eggs every day thereafter. Adult chickens can be harvested in one month. It needs to be taken care of by Nong Yun Tongzi.

Requires: Feed (wheat husks can be used as feed, or young grass.)
【Ordinary Pig House】(Green)

Price: 10 points of Wenyu Qi;
Function: Can raise 2 pigs, which can be slaughtered in two months. Needs to be taken care of by Nong Yun Tongzi.

Needs: Large amounts of feed (pigs are omnivores and can eat swill, rice bran, fruits and vegetables, but they need large amounts of feed to grow fat)

These are basic agricultural buildings, and Su Ze must build them, but he continued to open the scroll.

[Simple paper mill] (green)

Price: 10 points of Wenyu Qi;
Function: Produces rough paper, can produce 2,000 sheets of paper per month, requires the care of a skilled craftsman.

Required: Papermaking raw materials such as bamboo and thatch.

In addition, there are buildings such as [Manpower Mill], [Simple Tofu Workshop], [Simple Oil Press], and [Simple Bamboo Weaving Workshop], each of which requires prerequisite buildings and specific raw materials.

But when he saw the end, all the buildings were green, which made Su Ze a little disappointed.

Su Ze asked the guiding boy:
"Besides green buildings, there are higher-grade buildings, right? How can we build those buildings?"

[The owner of Taoyuan can continue to upgrade Taohuawu and obtain blueprints for higher-level buildings! ]

Seeing that the next upgrade required 100 points of cultural energy, Su Ze gave up the idea.

The guiding boy changed the subject and said:
[In addition, if you gain the recognition of Lingyun Tongzi, you will have the opportunity to obtain higher quality architectural drawings.]

[The owner of Taoyuan can also plan the building himself. If it is approved by Taoyuan, it can be transformed into a new building.]

[Finally, some high-level Spiritual Boys can also improve the level of buildings. Look at Anong's field.]

Only then did Su Ze notice that the originally blank [low-quality farmland] in the volume had turned into [medium-quality farmland] (green) under Anong's careful care.

Su Ze suddenly understood the four ways to obtain advanced buildings, namely "paying gold", "increasing favorability", "DIY" and "increasing levels".

The guiding boy said:

[Master of Taoyuan, to celebrate your upgrade to Taohuawu, please accept the blueprint! ]

(End of this chapter)