Chapter 118 Farmland

After the last battle, there were only 8 geese left, and all of them were injured.

Especially the Goose King, who ate a bottle of elixir at that time and led Er Gouzi to charge and kill, and his hair was almost gone.

His skin was burst by the powerful drug, revealing the blood-red muscles inside.

During this period of time, Er Gouzi carefully nursed the goose back to health every day.

He found that after the Goose King ate that kind of elixir, he would become very violent in a short time, and his fighting power would soar.

However, after the medicinal properties of the elixir faded, there were some damages to the meridians in the body, which took a long time to repair.

In addition, there seemed to be some other side effects, and the goose became more irritable.

During this period, in addition to giving the goose the True Dan for healing, he also fed some Pei Yuan Dan to several big eaters.

Now there are only these 8 spiritual beast geese left. If they are not trained to be stronger, even Yushan will not be able to watch them.

The goose has indeed grown much faster after eating the real elixir.

Now the goose has recovered from all its injuries and its strength has also improved.

The strength of each goose should be able to catch up with the middle stage of human Qi training.

The only regret is that they just don't like to lay eggs, and the population cannot be expanded in a short time.

Er Gouzi is also worried about the happy life of the geese.

He even locked up a male and a female goose alone to let them cultivate their feelings.

These geese were not moved at all. They were forced to be matched together. The male and female geese raised their proud heads and didn't even look at each other.

There is no way in a short time.

On this day, Er Gouzi finished his training and walked out of the stone house.

"Master, look, the seeds of the iron thorn are ripe."

Yushan held some seeds that looked like small black stones in his hand and sent them to Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi took the seeds and looked at them.

After cultivating the iron thorn for so long, the seeds finally began to mature.

Now the entire Shekou Mountain is full of iron thorns around the top of the mountain. Once they begin to mature, a large number of seeds can be harvested one after another.

Pick up a seed and try to perform a winding spell.

With his current Qi Refining Level 7 cultivation, it was easy for him to perform the entanglement technique.

I saw a seed fly out of his hand, quickly stretched in the air, turned into an iron thorn, and entangled with a stone.

The iron thorns were tightly wrapped around the stone, and some of the wood thorns actually pierced into the stone.

Yushan shuddered when he saw it. If it was wrapped around him, his three-foot-tall body would be pierced all over.

"Don't be nervous, you are my family, and these thorns are used to deal with enemies outside."

Er Gouzi saw that Yushan seemed a little nervous and comforted him gently.

"I'm not nervous, I'm excited for my master."

"By the way, Yushan, when you ran away last time, you said you wanted to go back to see your family."

Er Gouzi suddenly remembered this and felt that he didn't care enough about Yushan.

"How many people are there in your family?"

Yushan was stunned when he heard this. He was a little dizzy by this huge concern. He hesitated for a long time and was so moved that he couldn't speak.

"If you miss your family, tell me and I'll go.

I'll help you bring your family over. It'll be great if you can live together as a family."

Er Gouzi said with concern.

As a boss, he should pay more attention to the lives of his servants.

"Thank you for your kindness, it's great here. I don't miss home that much now."

Yushan was moved to tears and rejected Er Gouzi's kindness.

"Alas, I've neglected you and didn't care about you. In fact, it's better for a family to live together."

"You are my best master, but I really don't miss home now. A man should be ambitious and can't always think about home."

"Okay, since you are so ambitious, I won't force you."

Er Gouzi said, putting away the handful of iron thorn seeds.

"I'll go out for a while, you take care of the house."

"Okay, boss, don't worry, the mountain is where the man is."

Er Gouzi is going to the county this time.

The auxiliary medicinal materials he used to refine Peiyuan Dan had been used up long ago, so he had to go to the county town to buy some.

In addition, because the original county magistrate framed the prince and was arrested, the position of county magistrate was vacant.

Before the new county magistrate came, an official document came from the state government, asking the owner of Dingjia Manor to temporarily take over the position of county magistrate.

The owner of Dingjia Manor was a military candidate, a well-known good man, and made great contributions when suppressing the rebellion.

Let him temporarily act as the county magistrate of Anchang County, which is also what everyone expected.

County Magistrate Ding took office and invited Er Gouzi to meet in the county town today, saying that there was an important matter to discuss.

Er Gouzi rode a big goose and flew all the way to the county town.

After this round of turmoil, there were few people in the whole Qingzhou.

As he flew over, the villages he saw along the way were already dilapidated and no one could be seen.

The busy scene during the spring plowing period in previous years can no longer be seen. There are only a few people working in the fields, and most of the fields are abandoned and overgrown with grass.

The official road that used to be crowded with people is now overgrown with weeds.

There are even more wild animals in the mountains than people.

After entering the county town, Er Gouzi walked on the street, which was much quieter than before.

The bun shop on the street was still open.

The big meat buns were big and round, and the tempting fragrance could be smelled from a long distance.

This was what Er Gouzi had to buy every time he came to the county town.

But today, he hesitated and still didn't dare to buy meat buns.

When he walked outside the county government office, he saw a long queue at the door, and several government officials were distributing food.

This was the first time Ergouzi saw that the county government would distribute food for free.

The people who received the food were grateful.

"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian!"

"As soon as Ding Qingtian comes, he will open a warehouse to put grain."

"After so many years of hard life, it's finally over!"

As Er Gouzi approached, he heard the people who were being distributed with food chanting Ding Qingtian's name one after another.

At this time, the newly appointed Magistrate Ding was standing at the gate of the county government office, supervising the distribution of food by the government officials and preventing them from embezzling and enriching their own pockets.

Ergouzi walked over and bowed to Magistrate Ding.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations to Master Ding on your promotion to county magistrate."

When Magistrate Ding saw it was Ergouzi, he quickly returned the favor with a smile.

"Oh, the chaos has begun, it's all a mess."

Although Mr. Ding became the county magistrate, he still dressed simply and looked like an honest and simple farmer.

"Brother Ergou came just in time. I have something I want to discuss with you."

Magistrate Ding led Er Gouzi into the county government office and walked into a living room.

At the same time, there are several other big landowners here who have been waiting here for a long time.

Everyone waited for a while, and more than 20 people sat in this hall one after another.

At this time, Master Ding walked into the hall again and bowed his hands to everyone in the living room with a gentle expression.

"Sorry! Sorry! I kept you waiting for so long!"

Those who came today are all landlords and wealthy businessmen in Anchang County. When the previous county magistrate was here, they were not qualified to say a word to the county magistrate.

Having never received such high treatment, they quickly stood up and returned the favor, and many of them even knelt down in fear.

"Fathers, don't be too polite."

Magistrate Ding quickly handed over his hands, and then personally helped those who were kneeling.

"I invite you here today because I have something important to discuss with you and to ask for something."

"If Ding Qingtian has any instructions, just tell him and we will cooperate fully."

A wealthy businessman quickly patted his chest and assured.

"It's like this. After this great chaos, the entire Anchang County's population dropped sharply, leaving only one person in it. It was desolate and desolate."

"As a county parent officer, I can't help but shed tears every time I see such desolate scenes."

"As the saying goes, one appointment as an official brings benefit to one party. I want to do something for the people of Anchang County and restore the prosperity of Anchang County in the past."

"Okay, okay..."

"Ding Qingzhen is a rare good official."

Before Magistrate Ding finished speaking, a series of cheers sounded in the hall.

There is flattery in this, but it is also mixed with a small amount of real emotion. Who wouldn't want to meet a good county magistrate who loves his people like his own son.

“But this is difficult to do and requires everyone’s concerted efforts.”

"Everyone, please listen to me explain in detail..."

Magistrate Ding told everyone his plan in detail.

To sum up, it is to develop the population.

Only with a sufficient population can people farm the land, pay taxes, and perform corvee labor, and Anchang County can prosper.

Regarding how to develop and increase the population, Magistrate Ding also proposed several methods.

One is to ask the landlords present to reduce rents to tenants when they return.

The tenants paid less rent so that they could have enough to eat, have enough food to spare, and have enough time to have children at night.

As long as a family has four or five children and six or seven children, the population can double in a few years.

Within ten years, a prosperous Anchang County will surely be rebuilt.

Because of the great disaster and chaos, in order to appease the people, the imperial court has exempted the entire Qingzhou from taxes for three years.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, it would be most appropriate to reduce rents to tenants.

This is what Ding County Magistrate requires of all landowners.

As for the wealthy businessmen who were invited today, they have another task.

These merchants traveled throughout the Zhou Dynasty for a long time, selling goods for profit.

Magistrate Ding asked these wealthy businessmen to bring them to Anchang County if they encountered poor people, refugees, or beggars from other places when they were walking out.

As long as it can bring in more people, the county government will reward them.

This can further solve the problem that Anchang County has too small a population and a lot of land is uncultivated.

When Magistrate Ding told him these two plans, the whole house applauded.

It is conceivable that as long as these two plans can be implemented, Anchang County will become prosperous again before long.

Even Er Gouzi also cheered several times with everyone.

Anchang County finally met a good county magistrate who can make decisions for the people.

"You guys are exaggerating. Old man, I am a farmer. In fact, I don't know anything. I just treat running a county as growing crops."

"The old man's previous crop land was only a small Dingjiazhuang, but now his crop land has become Anchang County."

"Everything still needs your support!"

Magistrate Ding really has the air of an elder.

He thanked everyone and sent them outside the Yamen.

Anchang County has a bright future and everyone is full of energy.

After Ergouzi came out of the county government office, he went to the black market. It was also deserted and he could barely buy some medicinal materials.

It seems that I will go to Sanyang County to take a look next time. The items there should be much richer.

Among the pile of IOUs in his hand, there was also a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Ji Cang had already said hello to him before he left, but Er Gouzi needed to go pick it up in person and register his name.