I have a two world clock

Chapter 145 Proposals
Zhou Daoquan used to do divination for the killing of Qinghe County Magistrate and Lianfang Envoy, but the calculations turned out to be fruitless.

So he knew that the existence of killing the imperial court official was not trivial, and it was definitely beyond his ability to measure.

But he himself is a great Confucianist in the world, his cultivation base is profound, and the way of divination and calculation is the best in the world. It can be imagined that there is an existence that can't even figure out its origin.

A few days ago, in the Wanhua Building in Yunzhou Prefecture, some masters beheaded the disciples of Lang Mingshan, which alarmed Zhou Daoquan. Under Zhou Daoquan's divination, he also suffered a backlash, which was quite similar to the backlash of this divination.

In these two incidents, Li Mu was present, which made Zhou Daoquan have to suspect Li Mu's identity.

Even Zhou Daoquan, who is well-informed, still feels a little strange how a mere scholar from Baoming County has such supernatural powers.

This time I sensed the vision of Li Mu's practice, and I was even more surprised: "It's not the way of enlightenment, there is no such movement, which sage's inheritance is this Li Muzhi?"

A figure flashed outside the bedroom, and the voice of the guard Shen Chong came: "My lord, can I ask my subordinates to investigate?"

Zhou Daoquan stopped him and said, "No, watching people practice is a taboo in practice. If you startle it, you will be killed on the spot, and I can't say anything."

Shen Chong said calmly: "The subordinates still have the power to protect themselves."

Even though he said that, he still didn't dare to approach Li Mu's house after all. This person is arrogant, but he is not stupid.

With such an astonishing inheritance like Li Mu, even if he is a son of a military family, he would not dare to offend easily. He can have arrogance and arrogance, but it is best not to have foolishness.

"Shen Huwei, this Li Mu's origin is a bit strange, but judging from his actions, he is also a chivalrous man. Whether it is good or bad, you will know after more contact. Don't be too guarded against him, so as not to cause disputes and troubles in the future .”

Zhou Daoquan didn't leave the house, he said to the door, "It's getting late, let's rest."

Shen Chong gave a slight salute to Zhou Daoquan outside the door: "Yes! My lord, let's rest early too!"

After he left, Zhou Daoquan smiled, turned off the oil lamp, and slowly lay down on the bed.

When no one saw him, there was a lot of worry on his face: "There are many affairs in a state, and Baoming and Qinghe counties have a lot of victims. Although there is clear porridge for the time being, winter will come and spring will come. At the end of summer and autumn, good seeds are hard to come by, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, even the court has no food left... I only hope that the Holy One will be wise, listen less to the words of treacherous men, and do more useful things..."

Today, His Majesty is lustful and greedy for drinking. He hasn't been in court for three years, and hangs out with the female concubines in the palace all day long. As a result, the government is in disarray, and all officials are incompetent. The entire court has already seen the sunset.

Zhou Daoquan wrote several times to complain about the advantages and disadvantages, but he had to be demoted and fined.

When he first came to Yunzhou, the local officials and gentry were extremely repulsive, and there were so many constraints that it was difficult to get out government orders and news. The counties of Baoming and Qinghe were hit by plague and waterlogging, and a large number of people died. People, he didn't know until now, the anger in his heart can be imagined.

But anger can't solve any problems. In the face of such a disaster, if you want to save the people, you have to let the gentry contribute in the end. Even if you know that they are not things, you still have to use them.

"At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, there are no more seeds to go to the ground. In the severe winter, I am afraid that countless people will freeze and starve to death."

Zhou Daoquan had many schemes in his mind, and he made up his mind that tomorrow he must open a warehouse to release grain to help the people, and at worst, he would investigate corruption severely, punish a group of gentry and landlords, and eat the rich.

After thinking about it, he just fell into a deep sleep.

At his level, walking, sitting and lying down is practice, and there is no need to deliberately practice Qi and draw Zhou Tian.

Let's talk about Li Mu, at dawn the next day, he walked out of the bedroom and came to the secret room, and found that Gu Qingcheng and Hu Yuniang were still in the state of cultivation and had not woken up.

Li Mu drew Zhou Tian's star power and gathered infinite energy, which greatly benefited the two women.

Originally, Gu Qingcheng practiced in the Tianhe Sword Sect, and there were many places with strong aura, but her previous cultivation was limited, and no matter how much aura she had, she couldn't use it effectively.

But since she fought against the Blackwater King and was injected with a pure Yang sword energy by Li Mu, the cold ice true energy in her body intersected with the pure Yang sword energy, the interaction of yin and yang, and the mutual assistance of water and fire broke through the barriers of cultivation. to go one step further.

Originally cultivated into a sword pill, it was just a virtual pill, but after contacting Li Mu, it changed from a void in the middle of the gap to a fullness in the middle of the barrier, and the sword pill was divided into two, creating two swords of yin and yang, and the cultivation base soared.

At this time, it is urgent to absorb spiritual energy and strengthen oneself. It happens that Li Mu draws spiritual energy to form a spiritual energy tide.

Hu Yunniang, on the other hand, was instructed by Gu Qingcheng, and had a new understanding of the Chiyan Sword Classic, reorganized what she had learned in her life, washed away the demon pills, turned the demon pills into sword pills, shed her original shell, and achieved a human body. A large amount of spiritual energy was poured in to make up for the miscellaneous energy removed from the demon pill.

Just looking at the situation of the two of them, there is no way to wake up in three to five or seven days.

Li Munai took out a few puppets, put them in the secret room, and sealed the secret room with a rune, outside the seal, put two black iron Transformer puppets, and then came to the hall to sit down.

A servant had already prepared breakfast and brought it up for Li Mu. Two servant girls waited on Li Mu to clean his face and wash his hands, and then served Li Mu to eat breakfast before bowing and leaving.

"The maids that Yunniang found are becoming more and more aware of the rules. Damn, if this continues, won't I degenerate into a legendary landlord and old fortune? It is really out of the true nature of ordinary people. I have to criticize myself for this. , but criticism belongs to criticism, enjoyment should continue to be enjoyed, this is the last word..."

After Li Mu finished his breakfast, he called Sun Honglie to him: "Hong Lie, go and call Zhang Shihong, and tell him that I have a favor for him."

Because Sun Honglie governed Qinghe County together with Zhang Shihong, he was extremely methodical and flexible in his thinking. In a short period of time, he became a prominent figure in Qinghe County.

He got Li Mu to teach the method, he worked his muscles and bones, tempered his body, and learned a supernatural power of bone shrinkage, so he used the bone shrinkage technique, changed his face, and became a different face. He was no longer the appearance of the wanted criminal in the past.

His real name was Sun Zhi, and his courtesy name was Hong Lie. Now he has changed his name to Sun Hao, but the name Hong Lie has not changed. He also said that he is from Baoming County. He has served Li Mu since childhood and is a servant of the Li family.

Now the owner, Li Mu, kindly released him as a slave, allowing him to run business outside and set up a separate family. Sun Hao was grateful and couldn't bear to leave the old master, so he still followed Li Mu.

After this story was told, everyone praised it. One said that Li Mu was benevolent and righteous, and the other said that Sun Hao was loyal, and it became a good story.

Sun Honglie is also a scholar, quite proficient in classics, good at calligraphy and painting, in this small county of Qinghe, he is really a great scholar.

Even Juren Zhang Shihong and others can at most write a handwriting that is not bad, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but almost no one can. Sun Honglie is good at calligraphy and painting, so he is naturally respected by everyone.

"Yes, sir!"

Sun Honglie didn't dare to neglect, and hurried out of the house to call Zhang Shihong.

When the time was short, Zhang Shihong rode his horse and trotted to the courtyard: "Brother Li, why do you teach me?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "I have some high-quality grain here, and I plan to give it to the disaster victims in two counties to make seeds on credit, but the quantity is quite large. If all of it is sold on credit, it would be too eye-catching, so I want Brother Zhang to be a good person with me. , help the people around you."

Zhang Shihong said: "Brother Li, you have such a kind heart, how dare you refuse to follow? You don't need to pay too much for these grains, and my brother's family also has a lot of surplus grain, which can also be given to the victims on credit to make good seeds."

When he said this, he asked curiously: "Brother Li, how much are you going to give? It's better to let the brother know in advance."

Li Mu said: "Then let's take out one hundred thousand catties first, if it's not enough, we'll talk about it later."

"Ten... one hundred thousand catties?!"

Zhang Shihong lost his voice: "So much?"

In the Great Yin Dynasty, the output of the fields was extremely thin, and the yield of grain per mu was about 150 catties, which was considered very good. Two hundred catties, that frankly is auspicious from heaven, all the people have to burn incense and kowtow to thank God.

If a landlord’s family has a thousand mu of land, in a good harvest year, they can only earn [-] jin of grain, and this [-] jin of grain has to be divided into half of the tenants. It is necessary to distribute some profit to the servants and clansmen in the family, so even if there are thousands of acres of fertile land, the landlord's family can have [-] catties of grain left over the year, which is considered very good.

Fortunately, the field crops are cropped twice a year, wheat is harvested in summer, and beans are harvested in autumn. As long as there is no extreme weather, common people and landlords can barely make ends meet.

Zhang Shihong's family has more than 1000 mu of fertile land. Except for the ten or so mu left by his family, all of them are rented out to tenants for planting. Throughout the year, the income is only [-] to [-] catties of grain. However, his family has shops in the county, a tofu workshop, and wine making. There are wood workshops, soy sauce workshops, all living expenses can be self-sufficient, and the output can be sold to the outside world.

There are also livestock such as pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, which breed a lot every year and can be sold for a lot of money. There are also paper workshops. The paper in nearby counties is almost provided by the old Zhang family. These transactions are the real source of income for Zhang Shihong's family.

But even so, food is still the foundation of the old Zhang’s family’s survival. This is the most important thing, and we dare not be sloppy. Every year, we have to store and dry it, carefully check it, and only when new food is put into the warehouse can the old food be released. .

[-] catties of grain, placed anywhere, can be regarded as a big deal. Zhang Shihong originally thought that Li Mu could produce several thousand catties of good seeds, and he was already worthy of his status.

In any case, I never thought that Li Mu would have such a big hand, and he was horrified in his heart: "Brother Li, why do you get so much food? Are you not using it for yourself?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course I have to set aside my own rations. If one hundred thousand catties is not enough, I can take out another hundred thousand catties."

Zhang Shihong said in a daze: "No wonder Brother Li wants to use my name to do this. If you donate so much food by yourself, it's really a bit shocking."

Li Mudao: "You are the county magistrate of Qinghe. I borrowed the good seeds to solve your urgent needs. Brother Zhang, this is a matter of mutual benefit. Do you think I can do it or can't?"

"Of course I did!"

Zhang Shihong said with a smile: "At this time, summer is over, it is time to cultivate, and we can harvest in autumn, so that the people will not starve to death. Come, come, let's meet with the governor and report this matter to him, it will be good." a reward!"

(End of this chapter)