I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 309: Love and Murder

After Xu Jia got the grain, he examined it carefully. He found that the essence of the grains was much worse. Eating too much of it would not make one gain strength. The grain here was actually better. Farmers would gain strength by eating it. Xu Jia often saw strong workers carrying grain bags weighing 100 to 80 kilograms to pay taxes. Even Hui Zhuo's servant, Dazhu, who carried 170 to 180 kilograms on his back and ran for more than ten miles, was steady and his breathing was not disordered.

There is a lack of "spiritual power", but it doesn't matter. This is all refined grain. Just eat enough to be full. No matter what kind of spiritual power the grains have, or whether they can make you stronger or not, at least you can survive. It's not for refining essence or repairing your buttocks (bigu pills). I'm afraid these disaster victims have never eaten this kind of refined rice and flour in their lives. They used to eat it mixed with bran, which not only made their throats choke, but also made their buttocks swell.

Xu Jia held the bowl of raw rice, broke through the Dharma Realm with the help of the Golden Dragon Sword, came to Poyang, called Shunji the Little Dragon King, and gave him all the rice and flour grains. There were about seven or eight hundred tons here, and one ton was two thousand kilograms. Adding them together, there were one and a half million kilograms. Even if there were one hundred thousand people, each person could get fifteen kilograms of fine grains mixed with coarse grains, which was enough to last for half a month. Although it could not completely solve the problem, it gave him more time to continue raising food.

"Shunji, these grains are for your use. Now the many subdued demons in Poyang Water Palace are under your care. Many of the demons have gone out to open their own temples and make wishes.

This amount of grain will not be used for anything else but to help the gods and immortals. The people of the world are ignorant, so we need to spread the Dharma and claim to be gods and immortals, and to associate them with supernatural powers. This will help to stabilize the situation and strengthen their faith. This will prevent them from causing trouble and turn the victims of disasters and refugees into obedient citizens, not obedient, but following the right path. When this batch of grain comes out, it will be used as public land, 50% of the grain will be distributed, and 50% will be stored."

Shunji Little Dragon King was not surprised to see the grain. "This grain is not enough. We can store it in the water palace for a while to replenish it. There is no famine now. After spring, the weather here will be good and the grain merchants will not raise the price. Many people want to transport grain to other places, but they have been threatened by the little demons in their dreams. The water route is full of my soldiers and horses, and the land route is too expensive. Before the severe winter comes again, it is relatively stable. After all, the grain stored in previous years has not been consumed."

"But the number of disaster victims from the north who have fled south is gradually increasing. If we continue to provide porridge to relieve the disaster, I'm afraid that the Poyang area will not be able to accommodate so many disaster victims. After all, the lake still needs to store water. It's impossible to use so much land for cultivation. If there is no water, how can we provide rain?"

"Then let's go north." Xu Jia had already planned to build Hunan, Jiangxi and Hubei into a golden triangle: "We should also develop the area around Dongting Lake. Since ancient times, many barbarians have entered Yunmeng Lake to evade taxes."

Shunji Little Dragon King said: "There are many great monsters in Yunmeng Dongting, including the Elephant Monster King, the Rhino Monster King, the Crocodile Monster King, as well as dragons and giant turtles... For those people who enter the depths of it, it is no less than returning to the ancient times, to the kingdom of strange beasts in the mountains and seas."

Xu Jia thought: "Then I will go and subdue them myself. If they obey, I will keep them. If they don't obey, I will beat them."

Shunji Dragon King was helpless: "In fact, they are the rare species. They don't like to come out, they just stay in there to practice. Keeping them is useful. Otherwise, if we kill them off and make them disappear from time to time in order to save people, it is really not a merit in the eyes of heaven and earth."

Xu Jia heard that it was a pure and cultivating demon who didn't want to cause trouble, so he said, "Now the world is killing, and the nature of all things is turbid. How can they be pure? Even if I don't subdue them, they will not be able to bear it and come out. It's better for me to subdue them in advance and settle their minds, so there will be no trouble. Why do you think I have a strong murderous nature and want to exterminate their race?"

Shunji Little Dragon King said as if you are embarrassed to ask, "Before, you said you wanted to find the family tree and kill them one by one. Xu Xun Tianshi did the same thing before. I have the title of Shunji, and I can know all the causes and effects of the past. Although you have great desires to achieve great wishes, you are too impatient and may not have great love. Instead, the more impatient you are, the more vicious you become. You regard all obstacles as thorns in your eyes and flesh, and you want to get rid of them as soon as possible. Although you can kill for a while, you can't kill them for a lifetime. Instead, the more you kill, the more you lose your heart."

The little dragon king Shunji was created from Ao Jiahe's qi and blood, and he also has some knowledge of the realm of desire. While he is practicing in the fairy pond, he can occasionally hear teachings. Although he may not be as powerful as the great dragon king, he may have cultivated the virtue of the ocean, and he must feel that "greatness comes from tolerance", which is an immeasurable virtue.

Xu Jia raised his eyes to look at him and saw that he had no other expression on his face and was not trying to get justice for the evil dragon and black fish spirit. He was only talking about the issue of murderous intention and murderous nature.

"I am indeed in a hurry. If I take my time, how can I help sentient beings? As for whether it is small love or great love, great desire or great wish, I will leave it to future generations to decide. How can I understand the meaning of it?" "If I were slow, 100,000 people would starve to death this year, 500,000 next year, and 1 or 2 million the year after. After five or six years of famine, a flood, a drought, an ice and snow disaster, a plague, and a war, everything would be cut down like a sickle, like grass and weeds, gone just like that. Nine out of ten houses would be empty, and even the swallows would have nowhere to stay when they come back."

"Shunji, your love is great love, which takes into account all living things. My love is also great love. No one's love is higher than anyone else's. Love is not for comparison. It is given with one heart, and all thoughts are not extinguished. With perseverance, it is always there, and it is moving towards it day by day. It will eventually be fulfilled."

After hearing this, the little dragon king Shunji thought for a long time and said: "I will go to Dongting Lake to persuade them myself. You are really cultivating morality, so I will listen to you."

Xu Jia nodded: "This is the best."

Then he went to check on the refugees in Poyang. Actually, they could not be called refugees, as they had done enough here, building houses, reclaiming farmland, raising poultry... It was no different from the Peach Blossom Spring, at least they were not starving, and they did not have to worry about taxes from the imperial court. They were happy, and many of them even got married.

Although some people miss their hometown, more people think that this place is better than their hometown and is a blessed land protected by gods.

There are patches of green seedlings, the reflection of the sky is reflected in the water, a few egrets are standing on it, and frogs are croaking and cicadas are chirping.

The method used here is the "People's Commune" method. So far, it's been surprisingly good. When the summer grain comes out, Xu Jia estimates that there will be a good harvest, two to three hundred kilograms per mu of land. There are about 20,000 mu of land here, which can produce about four to five million kilograms. But this is still not enough, and they have to continue to reclaim wasteland, or not reclaim wasteland and directly use the existing land for planting!

Jin Chan's low-price land acquisition has begun to encounter obstacles, and the big landlords are unwilling to release the land in their hands.

Xu Jia was just about ready to recruit militia and train Taoist soldiers.

The way to improve the combat effectiveness of soldiers in this era is to distribute the fields to their families for cultivation.

Equally distribute the land.

Or land reform.

If Xu Jia doesn't want to go to Dongting Yunmengze to open up wasteland and compete with those hermit monsters for territory, this thing must be done.

(End of this chapter)