Chapter 559- Zhang Tingyu
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
"Remove number seven and number ten." Ouyang Shuo said.
Be it special items or random rewards, luck played too great a factor, which did not fit Ouyang Shuo's style. As a Lord, he focused on being calm and stable, and he did not have a gambler's mentality.
The remaining four choices included the second choice, the special building blueprints, and the fifth choice, to use a hidden building once more; these two choices were must choose ones.
Needless to say, each hidden building was extremely valuable.
As for the chance of an extra use of the hidden building, Ouyang Shuo could use it on Recruitment Hall or the Silver Prayer House. Naturally, the Recruitment Hall was more worth it.
This also meant that there were two days where Ouyang Shuo could use the Recruitment Hall consecutively. He was looking forward to what kind of historical person he would summon.
In the end, between the merit points and the technical manual, Ouyang Shuo still decided to pick the merit point reward.
Although twenty thousand merit points were not much, if Ouyang Shuo wanted to promote to duke soon, he could not give up any chances to earn merit points.
As for the technical manual, he could only bear the pain of that loss.
After Ouyang Shuo made his choices, a system notification sounded out.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for performing well during the Gaia 2nd year uprising army event, rewarded twenty thousand merit points, one special building blueprints, and one extra chance to use a hidden building, congratulations player!"
With a shua! sound, a building blueprint appeared in his hands.
Nautical Lighthouse: A type of building used to guide ships located at the shore or the harbor. Construction Requirements: nautical lighthouse blueprints, five thousand units of wood, ten thousand thousand units of green brick, and five thousand units stone. Construction Time: Five days.
During the Ming Dynasty, in the 10th year of Yongle Emperor's reign, they built a three hundred meter long, one hundred meter high lighthouse at the river mouth of Changjiang Liu River to guide ships in and out of the river mouth.
This was the first time the Chinese government had built a signal light.
During that period of time, Zheng He Went went to the western world. It was the pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty maritime history.
The light source of the lighthouse was called the ‘light’ and used an open fire method.
In the world seafaring records, they first used an open fire. Eventually, it was replaced with candles. After which, they even used whale oil, vegetable oil, pig oil, and fuel. Finally, they developed the modern day lighthouses.
Apart from the fuel source, another modern aspect of the western lighthouse was the parabolic glass reflector that helped to increase the range of the light.
A modern-day lighthouse could reach thirty nautical miles, and the strength of the light was comparable to hundreds of millions of candles.
As a special building, the nautical lighthouse naturally had some unique areas. If not, and it was only a simple lighthouse, Shanhai City could build one itself without the blueprint.
The most unique and valuable part would be the light of the lighthouse.
Based on the blueprints, as long as one built the lighthouse, Gaia would automatically spawn the light. Its range and brightness would be 80% of modern day lighthouses.
In the age of olden sea travel, this was extremely overpowered.
With this nautical lighthouse, the sailors of Shanhai City, including merchant ships, would have an increased level of safety while traveling.
Ouyang Shuo was already planning to build a series of nautical lighthouses on the Beihai Bay region and even in distant regions.
It was also a signal of the territory.
Any region that had the nautical lighthouse belonged to Shanhai Territory.
Shanhai City, Recruitment Hall.
Ouyang Shuo once again walked into the Recruitment Hall. Then, he pressed his hand onto the caved in portion, and a system notification sounded out.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for activating the Recruitment Hall. One extra chance to use a hidden building discovered, meeting Recruitment Hall requirements, will you use it?"
"Yes!"
Ouyang Shuo was hoping to use this chance to recruit a navy general.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for obtaining a chance to recruit a special talent or a historical talent, which will you recruit?"
"Historical talent!"
Ouyang Shuo paid no particular heed to special talents. Even if he recruited them, they also did not do much. He just asked Bai Nanpu to recruit the special talents every month.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, recruited emperor rank historical figure - Zhang Tingyu, deducting one hundred gold."
A white light flashed, and a middle-aged scholar walked out of the teleportation formation, “Greetings, my Lord!" This person had a memorable face. Especially his eyes, which were sharp. His eyes would induce fear in those that looked into them.
Interestingly, he had a long braid.
Undoubtedly, this was an official from the Qing Dynasty.
In truth, Ouyang Shuo was somewhat familiar with Zhang Tingyu from history, and he was full of worship for this figure. Hence, although Ouyang Shuo did not recruit a navy general like he wanted, he was still extremely emotional.
Zhang Tingyu was also known as Heng Chen. He was born in Tong City Anhui Province.
He passed the imperial exam as a scholar in the 39th year of Kang Xi, entering the Hanlim Academy. Later, he entered the South Reading Room. During the Kang Xi reign, he became the punishment department assistant minister, while during Yong Zheng's rule, he took the role of the minister of the Board of Rites, Minister of Revenue, and Minister of Minor Officials. He was also a member of the grand council and other important groups.
At the end of the Kang Xi reign and the start of Yong Zheng’s rule, he revamped the lax system and perfected the military system.
Zhang Tingyu served Kang Xi, Yong Zheng, and Qian Long, these three generations of emperors. After death, he was granted a plaque at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. He was the only Han official to be included in it.
Just this point was enough to show the strength of Zhang Tingyu.
If he was not born in a Manchu Race ruled Qing Dynasty, he would have become a prime minister of a generation.
Ouyang Shuo took a step forward, helped him up with both hands, and said respectfully, “Mister, please rise!" As he spoke these words, he brought Zhang Tingyu out of the Recruitment Hall, taking the chance to look at his stats.
Name: Zhang Tingyu (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: Qing Dynasty
Identity: Shanhai City Official
Occupation: Civil Servant
Loyalty: 75
Command: 55
Force: 30
Intelligence: 85
Politics: 90
Specialty: Culture Unity (35% increase in territory honesty, 30% increase in efficiency, 10% increase in cultural standards of the people, 25% increase in the territory ruling standards of minor officials)
Evaluation: Zhang Tingyu was an upstanding civil service officer, and he was highly praised for both his upright character and his principled background. Having considerable skill in literature, he compiled the History of Ming in 1739. Zhang Tingyu died of illness in 1755, and he was granted a plaque at the Imperial Ancestral Temple according to the wishes of the Yongzheng Emperor.