Chapter 10: The King, the General
Zhang Wang took the little Lori to shake around outside the city, and enjoyed the pastoral scenery, Bao Xiangguo is next to a big river and the plain terrain is very convenient, very suitable for farming, outside the city, there is no edge at all.
It was the first time for Xiao Lori to see such a scene, a pair of big eyes were shining, but Zhang Wang just finished the transaction just now, and flew to the city casually, and sent Xiao Lori back to the palace directly, and he didn't look at Xiao Lori's reluctant expression, he had more important things to do.
Zhang Wang is going to visit the king of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom and gain the king's trust so that he can better act in the Treasure Elephant Kingdom.
According to the regular process, you must first go to the ambassador outside the palace gate to deliver the message, and then the Yellow Gate official will go in to deliver the message, and then wait for the king's summons.
Zhang Wang didn't want to wait until the Year of the Monkey to see the king, so he said directly to the little yellow door: "I am a stranger in the mountains and fields, born with divine powers, and I am here to serve Your Majesty, you wait to spread the word, don't miss my business." β
Xiao Huangmen looked at the figure, but he didn't dare to be too unreasonable, and hurriedly walked to the prelude to the white jade steps and said: "Your Majesty, there is a person outside the palace gate who claims to be a stranger in the mountains and fields, born with divine power, and has come to serve Your Majesty." β
When the king heard this, he said, "Since he is a person who is born with divine powers, he must be tested well." β
Then he ordered someone to bring a stone elephant on the palace gate square, which was several people tall, and it took twenty strong soldiers to move it over.
The king summoned Zhang Wang and said: "Since you claim to be born with divine power, this stone elephant weighs 4,500 catties, if you can push me to make you a general, if you can lift it, I will make you a great general of a country." β
Zhang Wang came to the stone elephant, supported it with both hands and pushed it a meter away with a little force.
At this moment alone, the king and the civil and military officials determined that Zhang Wang was indeed a person with natural powers, and it was more than enough to make a general.
The king was about to give the order to make Zhang Wang a general, but he saw Zhang Wang holding an elephant's leg and slowly lifting it up.
Of course, it's not a problem to lift this thing, but Zhang Wang doesn't want to act too relaxed, so as not to be regarded as a monster, so he can only pretend to be a milking force.
But even so, people who can lift four or five thousand catties are very terrifying existences, originally the king was just talking casually, and he didn't think that Zhang Wang could really lift the stone elephant, of course, in his opinion, the difference between lifting it and lifting it is not very big.
"Okay, okay, I didn't expect you to really be able to lift this stone elephant, and the king can't break his promise, and immediately crown you as the general of the Baoxiang Kingdom, by the way, I don't know the name of the honorable surname?" The king is also happy, saying that he will be sealed, not that he is not cautious enough, and casually hand over the military power of a country to someone he knows for the first time, but because he does not have to worry about the problem of military power at all, it is all in the hands of the king himself, and the general only has the right to command in wartime, which can be said to be an honorary title, which is also because Baoxiang Country is only a small country, and the number of troops is only tens of thousands, and the king can take care of it.
"Boy Mingde, thank you for your kindness. β
Although it is only an honorary title, but even so, Zhang Wang is already very satisfied, and suddenly becomes the head of the military attachΓ©, which is also in his own plan, Bao Xiangguo has always looked at people who value brave martial arts, and he may not be good at martial arts, but just looking at this physical strength, who can see it? Moreover, even if he can crush everyone here with this physical strength alone, sometimes killing people has little to do with martial arts, just the difference between high and low efficiency.
"Okay, General Ming, from now on, you will be the general of this king, come here, set up a banquet, and catch the wind for our general. "King Baoxiang's means of winning people's hearts are not bad, and he has always been very generous to capable people.
"Your Majesty Xie..... "Zhang Wang is naturally indispensable, this banquet was late for the evening, and when Zhang Wang went back, he also brought back the draped ribbon by the way.
The king of Baoxiang also gave Zhang Wang a mansion to make the general's mansion, medium-sized, not bad, the plaque of the general's mansion made overnight is brilliant, plus the drape, it can be regarded as making Zhang Wang addicted to a general.
However, this weapon is only a red copper knife taken out of the treasure house, which may already be regarded as a divine weapon for mortals, but Zhang Wang is not satisfied, so he excuses that the weapon is too light and does not ask for the knife, and the king also promises to find another divine weapon worthy of him.
Everything is still in the plan.
The next day, Zhang Wang came to the palace again, but this time he had already put on the general's cloak, and he looked a lot more powerful, and the face of the national character looked a lot more attractive.
"Mingqing, all the treasured weapons in this palace are here, see if you have any of them." Before Zhang Wang could speak, the king took him to the apse, and it was indeed the same as before, and Zhang Wang already knew it in his heart.
"Your Majesty, I'll give it a try. β
Zhang Wang weighed them in turn as he did yesterday, and there was a look of disappointment on his face.
"Your Majesty, it's still a little lighter. Zhang Wang replied truthfully.
"But these are all treasures in the palace, how can this be good. "The king has a headache, it seems that he is really stumped, if you want to treasure it, it must be the best in the palace, and even the palace can't find a suitable one, and the people basically won't have it.
"Your Majesty, in fact, as long as this weapon is heavy and strong enough, if you really don't have it, I don't know if there are any materials in this area, you can make a new one. Zhang Wang asked.
"As for the materials, this king sent someone to take a look, Ming Qing, there is a piece of foreign iron in the treasure house, but because it is too hard, it is difficult to divide and use, and it has been there for a long time, so ask someone to move it later." The king did not expect this to be in the middle of his eyes.
"The last general thanks Your Majesty for your kindness. "To be honest, Zhang Wang didn't want to bother asking people to do things like this, but he didn't have any little monsters under his own hands to use, so he could only rely on the power of mortals.
With his ability, it's not that he can't collect some of his subordinates, but he has always felt troublesome, and he is not willing to guard a cave for dozens or hundreds of years, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the world, and the scenery of the fairy world is his pursuit.
However, if you want to live well in this world and not become a pawn, you can only be so strong that others are afraid of it and dare not provoke it easily.
It takes time and opportunity to look, and he hopes that God can give him a golden finger when he crosses.......
Although Zhang Wang is still looking forward to his golden finger, it may be that it has not been discovered yet, or it is possible that special circumstances are needed to stimulate it.
After the guards brought in all kinds of strange materials, Zhang Wang found that in addition to the piece of foreign iron, there were many other materials that he had never seen before.
"Mingqing, these materials are specially requested from the craftsman's mansion, and this piece of foreign iron is the one that this king said. The king spoke of the source of the material.
When Zhang Wang was in the treasure house, Zhang Wang had beaten it, it was indeed very hard, and there was no trace at all when he grabbed it with his strength, and it was this that Zhang Wang was pleased about, as a weapon, hard is of course the most important, especially when it is hard to hit hard, it is simply the decision of victory or defeat.