I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 302 Getting better
After Firefox determined the location, it was basically a massacre. Although the range of the musket was not far, it was not close either. Moreover, the ammunition was blessed by the Tiangang Thunder Method. With one shot, whether it was a human, a ghost, a demon or a god, they would all fall to the ground.

In the end, none of these samurai, ninjas, and onmyojis were left alive. Their bodies were pulled together and cremated directly by the fat boy, turning them into ashes.

Little Fatty has experienced many horrific illusions constructed by the demon in the Three Emperors and Ten Thousand People Umbrella. He had faced thousands of demons before, and had a great advantage in playing tricks on the demons, so he had a great advantage in dealing with these Japanese people who were charging with samurai swords.

Little Fatty didn’t think their so-called Shikigami were that powerful. Perhaps they were just like the “Diao Ke Sha” that Xu Jia encountered when he just debuted.

After taking back the flame, the color in Huizhuo's eyes returned to normal. He said to the wizard Wusaqi: "I have just communicated with your god. Although he is still asleep, he still longs to obtain the official order of the Heavenly Master, become a legitimate god, the orthodoxy of Luzon, and obtain the supreme status. This is the legal status of the first righteous god in Luzon since the creation of the world, just like Mount Tai in our Middle Earth. In fact, our Heavenly Master has obtained the position of Mount Tai's Five Mountains Mansion. If possible, he can confer the order on Mount Tai to enfeoff the mountain god."

Wusaqi believed it without a doubt, because he had just discovered the power of his own mountain god from Huizhuo. This was the little fat boy using the shaman inheritance that Professor Xu Jia had given him.

In fact, these Southeast Asian gods are basically preached by wizards and shamans, but their wizards and shamans are all monotheistic wizards and shamans. It is the gods who choose the wizards and shamans, but the little fat man can take the initiative to choose, receive guidance, or refuse to communicate.

It is correct and appropriate to let him deal with the religious issues here and spread the Lingbao Taoism.

When day came, Usachi returned to his own tribe and took the initiative to send troops, bringing with him a hundred tribal warriors with flame patterns on their foreheads, who looked like Indian Brahmans. Together with Chen Gongming, they led a hundred child soldiers and occupied the territory of the Japanese daimyo in just half a day.

The local people put up almost no resistance. They were short, thin, and numb, and faced with the advance, they simply hid in their houses, which were basically straw houses, very small, with a pot hanging inside and a mat spread on the ground.

In comparison, Damingfu is more presentable, with a wall and a two-story wooden Japanese garden in the shape of a Chinese character "Lu".

The Japanese daimyo and their retainers thought the assassination and beheading operation was successful, so they were drinking and having sex. However, they were having sex as men. The samurai and retainers were riding on the daimyo and his sons, and the daimyo used his body to retain these samurai and retainers.

As a result, he was captured alive.

When Chen Gongming saw this obscene scene, he immediately ordered: "All those who are taller than the wheel will be executed."

The shrine in the village also directly destroyed the evil god sacrifice. The one worshipped was one of the demon gods cultivated by the Changsheng Sect, a spider demon with three hundred years of Taoism, who was named "Madam Luozhi". In fact, she was a monster with a human head and a spider body. It is said that she is good at extracting souls into silk threads and weaving invisible clothes.

In any case, he was killed by Chen Gongming. Chen Gongming was indeed a murderous person.

"Master said that it is best to focus on reclamation first and not start a war. However, these Japanese slaves attacked us at night and colluded with the Changsheng Sect. Killing them will not be a problem."

The two men discussed this, one of them was an outer sect disciple, and the other was an inner sect disciple: "Besides, the Japanese have ships and shipbuilding craftsmen. Although the Japanese ships are generally small, they only operate around Luzon. They are completely sufficient for us to train in the transportation of goods and supplies, or even troops, by sea."

"Let Sun Bao and his men finish their trade and return to the Central Plains. We have occupied this village, including our people, the Japanese slaves led by the Japanese slaves, and the native captives traded by Sun Bao and his men. There are already more than 4,000 people. We must start to open up wasteland and cultivate the land. Fortunately, this daimyo has accumulated a lot of food. With the baggage and food we brought, and the trade with the Usagi tribe, it will be enough to wait until the summer harvest."

"Then we should reclaim the wasteland vigorously and fertilize the land. We also brought some cattle this time, some of which are even bull monsters with intelligence and have received the Taiyin Yin Min Lu. We can directly set up a large canteen and assign work to people so that everyone can get moving. At the same time, we should build schools so that the Japanese slaves, the natives, and their school-age children can do handicrafts while learning to read and speak Mandarin, so as to educate them."

Huizhuo's family was engaged in business, and they also had a lot of land: "We still have too few cows and plows, but the most important thing is to rely on people. I estimate that it takes two to four months for each adult male to level one acre of land per month, not taking into account illness. Let's assume that the average is three months. Cows are not needed to level the land, so cows can only be used to cultivate the land reclaimed by the Japanese slaves themselves, but there are only less than 2,000 acres of land here."

"But we work collectively, and our efficiency far exceeds that of individuals. Children can pick up stones, men can turn the soil, and women can cook. At the same time, we can also build water mills, water wheels, dig ditches, silt the river, and store manure. By the time of summer harvest, we can have at least 3,000 acres, at least 5,000 acres of fertile land."

Chen Gongming said, "Then we will set a goal of reclaiming 6,000 mu in the first quarter. Men will be used like oxen and horses, women like men, and children like women. If we don't put any pressure on them, they won't be able to complete the goal. If we set a goal of 5,000 mu, we may only be able to complete 4,000 mu in the end. If we set a goal of 6,000 mu, we may be able to reach 5,000 mu."

"We provide three meals a day, including food, drink, and toilet. They should be grateful to us. Even if they are tired, some of them can go fishing to change their food, and some can go to dry salt and cook salt. Eating salty food will give them strength, and then pass on the old farming skills. No matter what their qualifications are, at least they can gain some strength. Give them a bottle of small five-element pills every month. This stuff is good. It can be used as medicine when they are sick, and it can be used for health care when they are not sick. We are not afraid of them being exhausted. This time we brought a lot, twenty jars, each weighing one hundred kilograms."

Hui Zhuo nodded: "But if we plant food directly in the fields, the yield will be scarce, so I think we should plant beans and vegetables first to supplement the staple food, especially since we have brought the Three Vegetable Garden Immortals and the Radish Immortal. They don't have much combat power, but they are good at planting vegetables. With their help, we can plant this kind of vegetables on a large scale."

“Fresh vegetables can be used to supply merchants sailing on the sea, which can be directly exchanged for food.”

Chen Gongming shook his head: "You are wrong. I see that a lot of the soil here is black soil. It is said that it is the volcanic ash accumulated from repeated volcanic eruptions."

"There is no need to cultivate this part of the land. It only needs to be plowed deeply, sprinkled with plant ash, and exposed to the sun for a period of time before it can be used directly."

"For relatively barren areas, we will continue to spread fertilizer and wood ash to cultivate the soil as usual, but if it is not black soil, it will not be on our priority list for reclamation."

"For example, when I was in charge of reclaiming wasteland in Poyang, there was accumulated silt, so the land was very fertile, it was black soil. After it was reclaimed, it was exposed to the sun for a while, sprinkled with wood ash, and soon rice was planted." Chen Gongming was very concerned about these things. After all, he was the only one who had been an official and had dealt with officials, while Huizhuo was just the stupid son of a landlord.

Chen Gongming added: "The second is to spread the planting technology, starting from the Wusaqi tribe. Their tribe is at the foot of the volcano, the land is fertile, it is summer all year round, and the crops grow very fast. We need to transport a large amount of grain back to Poyang, but it is impossible to grow it ourselves. We can only rely on them to grow it. The more we grow, the cheaper the grain will be."

"Next time we bring in silk and porcelain, we can exchange them for more food. The next time we expand and conquer tribes, we can directly use the land they have reclaimed. Their farmers who are good at farming will also become our farmers. So when we conquer tribes, we must be well prepared and only kill the nobles, wizards, and those who oppress them. As for the ordinary natives, we should give them land and prevent others from annexing them. Only in this way will they listen to our teachings."

"Third, we need to find a suitable place, an island, to build our own port, so that we can directly transport disaster victims and weapons from Middle-earth next time."

"Fourth, we need to find mineral deposits. Master once said that there are many volcanoes in Luzon, and more volcanoes means more mineral deposits. After all, the Salt and Iron Bureau of Jiangnan West Road was occupied by the imperial court, not ours. It would be best if we could smelt steel and make weapons here. And if fire guns cannot cover all areas for the time being, we must have traditional cold weapons, especially bows, crossbows, arrows, and armor."

"Jin Chan also asked us to find a place suitable for large-scale cultivation of spices and to open a plantation. Although spices are not as important as food, they can also be exchanged for real gold and silver, which can be used to build strong ships and powerful guns. We should also pay attention to this."

"In order to build ships, the construction of Sanqing Palace has been suspended. We still need to keep an eye out for suitable large wood. Next time they bring people and weapons, we can bring these large wood back and treat it as our tribute to Master for building a temple. Even if we don't use them to build a temple, we can use them to build large ships. We can just build small and medium-sized ships here, which is completely enough."

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Luzon has entered a crazy farming mode. Earthen buildings have begun to be built, the land has begun to be leveled, and small boats have begun to go out to sea to fish... everything is on track.

On the west road of Jiangnan, it began to rain continuously. Xu Jia hadn't seen the sun for more than half a month. The little dragon king Shunji flew into the sky to disperse the water energy, but he was unable to do so. Xu Jia's Jiujiang Water Emperor body spirit, which commanded the water energy, could only store part of the water.

"Floods are still inevitable. We have controlled the water here, but other places have not. The water from upstream will still flow here." Xu Jia thought to himself.

There are more and more victims of the disaster. The Huai area has been flooded. Many people have fled to the western part of Jiangnan, which has been portrayed as a blessed land.

Xu Jia looked at the geographical map and decided to enter the area of ​​Hunan and Hubei, go to Poyang's sister lake, Dongting Lake and its surrounding areas, realize the Hunan-Jiangxi-Hubei triangle area and form a cycle.

It must have been the same in the ancient time of Dayu. Heavy rains kept falling and floods kept coming. There was no other way except to drain the floods into the sea.

Heavy snow in winter, severe floods in spring, and severe droughts in summer and autumn.

However, although it was a severe flood, water does flow to lower places after all, which will affect output, but it is unlikely that there will be a total loss. It is just that there is a high probability of a reduction in production. Because even if there is a severe drought in summer, the reservoirs and ditches dug by Xu Jia, as well as the water storage capacity of Poyang, are sufficient, and there can even be a bumper harvest of autumn crops.

If there is no snow in winter and no rain in spring and summer, the water in Poyang Lake and the reservoir will not be enough, and there will be no harvest.

In short, although the weather in Jiangnan West Road was bad, no one would really starve to death. Ordinary people could even buy a pound of pork to eat once a month.

Therefore, those who were fleeing from disasters and famine all headed towards the Jiangnan West Road.

But refugees and displaced persons have always been a problem. Dexing and Yushan counties can absorb a maximum of 20,000 people each, and they must have assets so that they can be integrated.

If the landless peasants and bankrupt citizens entered the city, it would undoubtedly cause great problems, so they had to be organized to reclaim wasteland, live in tents, and carry out large-scale projects of work-for-relief. Although the projects are free now, they still need food, and if they just eat up the land, it will soon be gone.

The people in Jiangnan West Road are fortunate enough, as every household has enough stored grain and seeds to last for two years. However, it is impossible to collect their food, making them lose their ability to resist risks, which will only create more victims.

Father Xu's plan to raise grain prices and then open warehouses to release grain only solved the urgent need for coal. Some merchants claimed that they could bring grain from the sea, such as Wa, Annan, and Siam, but they asked for three times the price. Xu Jia also agreed verbally, and then sent Ao Jin to the South China Sea, asking Ao Jia to cooperate and blow them to Luzon, where they were all detained. Then Jin Chan recruited them and continued to purchase grain from these countries, paying with silk and porcelain.

Xu Jia already has a weaving factory with an improved version of the textile machine. The silk woven is fine, smooth, and uniform without any defects. After dyeing, it is exported at a very high price. If the sales channels were not restricted, it could bring Xu Jia at least 500,000 taels of silver in revenue each year.

Xu Jia also offered a reward to the merchants for the crop of cotton, which could be grown in large quantities overseas in the future, and cotton plantations could be opened to further reap wealth with large amounts of high-quality cotton cloth. After all, silk was a luxury item.

If you grow hemp to weave linen, there are too many processes and it consumes too much human resources. The linen is not very warm either. But cotton can be made into cotton jackets and trousers, which can prevent a large number of people from getting sick or freezing to death. Cotton can even be made into cotton armor, which is cheaper and lighter than leather armor.

If paper armor was not afraid of water, Xu Jia would have wanted to produce paper armor on a large scale, and then have the Taoists draw talismans on it and directly rebel. However, this kind of rebellion is uncontrollable, and they can only be bandits and cannot develop on the ground. What Xu Jia wants is stable logistics.

(End of this chapter)