The other side
Ren Zilin and Chu Tiankuo brought the yamen runners to inspect the nearby villages today, measuring the amount of wasteland in each village and looking at how to build water conservancy projects to facilitate irrigation of the wasteland. By the way, they also discussed with Xingnong about the location of the imperial memorial archway.
The two planned to finish their business before going to find Xingnong.
Chu Tiankuo had been to the other three kingdoms. Among them, Jin had a lot of fertile land, and its annual grain output was two to three times that of Chu. There was rarely any wasteland in each village.
This was probably due to the fact that the laws of the State of Jin stipulated that the people did not have to pay taxes for three years if they reclaimed wasteland.
But the laws of the Chu State were not like this. The same taxes had to be paid for wasteland. However, wasteland was barren and it was normal for there to be no harvest for about three years. However, taxes still had to be paid, which led to many people being unwilling to reclaim wasteland.
Chu Tiankuo planned to encourage the people of Futai County to reclaim wasteland and provide them with high-yield grain seeds, and also exempt them from taxes for three years.
Starting next year, he will make sure that Chu will no longer be the country with the least grain in its treasury and granaries among the four countries!
No longer the country with the least fertile land!
No longer the country with the highest taxation!
No need to rely on Zhao’s grain anymore!
There are still many "no mores" in the State of Chu waiting for him to change.
... ...
The group was led by Zheng Li and walked up along a mountain stream.
Ren Zilin asked, "Does this stream have water all year round?"
"My Lord, this mountain stream has water all year round because there is a waterfall in the mountain. Unless there is a severe drought, there is water all year round. The fields of several nearby villages are irrigated by this stream."
"Is the source far from here?" Ren Zilin looked along the direction of the stream and saw some people picking up stones by the stream.
"It's quite far away, inside the mountains," the village head replied.
"Those people are picking up stones?" Why did he seem to see Junior Sister Hei
"Yes, sir. It is probably used to build courtyard walls. Villagers living at the foot of the mountain like to pick up stones to build courtyard walls. This is more solid and they are not afraid of attacks from wild boars and other beasts in winter."
"good."
The more Ren Zilin looked, the more he felt that the small figure was that of Junior Sister Hei. He couldn't help but ask, "Master, is that Miss Shen? Is she moving stones there for work or is she building a wall for her family?"
Junior Sister Hei's house is at the end of the village. It is far away from the village and close to the mountains, so the courtyard wall should indeed be built with stones.
Chu Tiankuo didn't say anything. His eyes were always on the front. He saw a small figure moving stones back and forth, as if he didn't know how to get tired.
"Let's go up and take a look." As soon as Ren Zilin finished speaking, Chu Tiankuo flashed and disappeared on the spot.
Village head: “… .”
Ren Zilin was stunned for a moment, then his face changed when he realized something and he dodged!
Songbai has already used his Qinggong skills to catch up.
Village head: "... "
He couldn't dodge and could only run!
The other yamen runners also ran over!
~
Xing Nong had just propped up the falling boulder when she felt a figure rushing over. He held up the boulder with one hand and held her in his arms with the other.
The overwhelming mud poured down from both sides of the boulder, blocking her view. She couldn't see who it was at all, but she smelled a familiar cedar-like fragrance.
Senior brother?!
This thought just popped into my mind.
The pressure in my hands suddenly increased, and my feet were soon submerged by the pouring mud, and my feet could not move.
Hearing her thoughts, he subconsciously replied, "It's me."
That deep yet clear, god-like voice must be his!
Xingnong raised her head in his arms. Through the light leaking in from the gaps where the soil was pouring down, she could vaguely see his handsome jawline.
"Close your eyes."
Aren’t you afraid of the splashing mud getting into your eyes
"Oh." Xingnong closed his eyes obediently.
As soon as Xingnong closed his eyes, he felt his calf hit by a large rock.
Her body stiffened slightly.
The man subconsciously tightened his arms around her, wrapped his big hands around her little head, pressed her head against his chest, and tried his best to protect her entire head and body in his arms.
The scorching breath instantly surrounded her.
In the darkness, Xingnong could not see anything. He could only hear his strong heartbeat and the sound of mud rushing down.
Xingnong didn't dare to move.
Time seemed to be very long, and Xing Nong seemed to hear his own heart beating rapidly.
The two hearts were beating at the same frequency, one up and one down.
Xing Nong: “… .”
Soon, most of their bodies were buried.
Xingnong couldn't move anything below his neck.
Fortunately.
The light became brighter, the rustling noises in my ears became less and less, and the pressure on my hands became lighter and lighter.
Then, the landslide finally stopped.
The sounds from all around began to reach her ears.
"Stop! Help!"
“Hurry up and save them!”
... ...
She couldn't help but look up at him.
The man's elegant face was stained with a lot of dirt on his hair, and his black clothes were also covered with mud. He looked very embarrassed, but still as handsome as a god.
What a beautiful jawline! Xing Nong stared at his jaw and couldn't help but praise it in his heart. He sighed again and felt like it was all over.
Chu Tiankuo looked down at her, then turned his head away and listened attentively to the movements of the mountain for fear that another flood would occur.
The corners of my mouth are slightly raised unconsciously~
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The next day, Xingnong carried a backpack up the mountain. Chu Tiankuo said yesterday that another batch of grain seeds arrived today and needed to be improved.
It just so happened that she had already filled in the formation information that Elder Tang gave her, as well as the incomplete formation diagrams, and even tried to make a simple formation. This time when she went up the mountain, she would show Elder Tang if there was anything that needed improvement.
Xingnong came to the outside of the peach forest and saw three horses. She ignored them and went straight into the peach forest.
The formation of the peach forest remained unchanged. As soon as she walked out of the forest, a figure appeared and hugged her, and then everything changed.
Chu Tiankuo, who was on the top of the mountain, saw the little figure appear and was about to go down the mountain, "..."
Soon, Xingnong landed halfway up the mountain.
Ziwu held out his hand: "Candy."
Xingnong immediately took out two candies and placed them in his palm.
Ziwu turned around and left happily, but found Chu Tiankuo appeared behind him.
Chu Tiankuo: "Ziwu, didn't I tell you not to do this?"
Ziwu tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Brother only said not to pull the clothes. I didn't pull the clothes."
Chu Tiankuo: “… You are not allowed to hug me either!”
Ziwu frowned when he heard this.
If you are not allowed to hug me, then how about carrying me
Ziwu: “Okay!”
Then he ran away without giving Chu Tiankuo a chance to continue speaking.
Chu Tiankuo: “… ”
Elder Tang came out of the house and saw Xing Nong coming. He said happily, "My dear disciple, you are finally here! You must have missed me so much! Is there anything you don't understand about those formation diagrams? Come on, let me teach you!"
As he said this, he walked to the pavilion and sat down.
Xing Nong walked over and took out the incomplete formation diagrams and the one he had drawn from the backpack: "Master, take a look."
Elder Tang took the formation diagram handed over by Xing Nong, flipped through it and asked: "Have you finished reading it? You didn't go to Old Man Kong, did you? You came to me first, right? Have you never read his book? You only read what I gave you, right?..." Elder Tang said, his eyes widened: "Is this the formation diagram you drew?"
Chu Tiankuo stood behind Mr. Tang and watched, with a glimmer of admiration in his eyes.
Xing Nong nodded: "Yeah."
Elder Tang stood up and said, "You and your brother can play around. I'll go in and do some research. You can come back to me later to get some formation diagrams to modify."
After saying this, Mr. Tang ran into the house.
This disciple is definitely a genius! A genius! In such a short time, he was able to design a medium-level formation.
He wanted to try it out to see what hidden effects this formation had!
Chu Tiankuo said to Xingnong, "Go up and improve the wheat seeds?"
"good."
After the two went up the mountain, Zhang Ruohua finally managed to walk out of the fog formation in the peach blossom forest.