I am an immortal in heaven and earth

Chapter 328 Devil Muscular Man

The little fat boy didn't think he was slacking off. After all, he had a lot of things to do and the task was heavy. He was also a direct disciple.

But he had learned his lesson long ago and never talked back, for fear that Xu Jia would suddenly have an idea and simulate another magic test for him.

The fat boy invited Xu Jia to visit the village.

Part of the house here looks like a Tujia tube-shaped building, but the weather is very hot and humid, and there is a lot of rain. Even though the top floor is waterproofed and tiled, it is still damp and stuffy, and even leaks, and things are prone to mold. However, it is still in use.

The new house starts from the second floor, similar to a house on stilts, and is separated from the ground, making it less susceptible to moisture and mildew.

There is no need to spend the winter here, and clothes are mainly made of "summer cloth", which saves the problem of surviving the winter. Tujia buildings are more inclined to keep warm in winter and ventilated in summer, and places with distinct seasons are more suitable.

It is also difficult to build houses in rows densely, as it is not conducive to ventilation. The houses are built according to the characteristics of the locals, with three or four houses in a cluster here and three or four houses in a cluster there.

However, when these people were organized into production teams, they were still grouped together.

"That's Chen Liuxian." The little fat boy pointed at a doctor who was treating a villager for snake bites and said, "He seems to have changed his personality now. Will you still accept him as your disciple?"

Xu Jia said: "Since he has already agreed with my philosophy, it doesn't matter whether he is accepted or not. Let him slowly realize the great love. After a few years, I will allow him to move back. After moving back, I will see if he still misses that snake demon lady. Has he let it go?"

The little fat boy sighed, "Master, I'm not saying anything wrong, but you're fighting with the Lishan Sect, why do you want to break them up for no reason? The snake demon is now in the tower, and his anger has subsided."

Xu Jia glanced at him and said, "Where is your butt? Do you want me to kick you?"

The little fat boy stopped talking immediately. Xu Jia said, "That is a calamity. If I don't become a Taoist, can you follow my chickens and dogs to heaven?"

This area is well developed, with some of the ethnic minority customs of western Yunnan.

"That's the terraced fields." The little fat boy said proudly, "Although there are many mountains here, there are still enough land for farming. We built a pond in each step and put a waterwheel in the pond. By stepping on the waterwheel, we can transport water continuously up. We also dug ditches over there, which spiral down and go around the mountain. When there is more water, it will flow down along the canal. This is my masterpiece."

"That's a good idea." Xu Jia praised him: "It's also a kind of wonder, it makes people feel relaxed and happy."

The terraced fields, water wheels, small bridges, flowing water, and stilt houses look like something out of a freehand painting.

The most important thing is that there is no such institution as "government".

This is in line with the romantic sentiments of the Chinese people, like Tao Yuanming's paradise scene, where they can farm, see the scenery, and fish.

If it is advertised as a bitter and malaria-ridden place in Southeast Asia, I am afraid that fewer people will want to immigrate there. But if it is said to be a fertile overseas land with opportunities everywhere, then many people will go to Southeast Asia.

However, these immigrants have no choice at the moment. They are refugees and can either starve to death, rebel, or obey Xu Jia's arrangements.

"In addition to our own reclamation, we also taught the planting techniques to several tribes that are close to us. They are not as efficient as us, and many of them are short-sighted, but food is not a bad thing. It soon spread, and now all the tribesmen in Luzon have started farming."

"It is a great merit to educate the farmers." Xu Jia praised: "You have a good method. It is good to teach the natives."

"They knew how to grow crops, but it was very primitive, using slash-and-burn farming. After two or three rounds of planting on a piece of land, when it was no longer working, they would move to another piece of land and burn it for planting. The weather here is hot, so the land that was not planted soon became barren. After two or three years, they would burn it again, and then randomly scatter some seeds, and it would recover." "Our main techniques are seedling cultivation, deep plowing, soil drying, water conservation, rice planting, composting... These techniques are more advanced than slash-and-burn farming. Farming like they do is a sheer waste of land and food. They plant 50 kilograms of seeds and only harvest 80 kilograms of food at most. Do they use the straw to feed cattle or burn firewood?"

The little fat man got angry when he talked about this, and it was no wonder that land was sacred in China. Without the title of a juren, even the richest landlord could only own a hundred acres of fertile land. But here, if you set a fire, you could burn hundreds of acres of land. It was too easy to get land.

Then Xu Jia met Chen Gongming, who was leading the first batch of Taoist children to give military training to the second batch of Taoist children.

The number of the second batch of Taoist children was also 500, but their quality was much worse than the first batch.

The first batch were all good families from Jiangnan West Road, and the second batch were basically selected from refugee camps, and their innate qualities were much worse.

But his character is much tougher and he is indomitable.

They will train one-on-one, and after they have trained well, the first batch of Taoist children will begin internal selection and competition. The outstanding ones among them can return to Jiangnan West Road first to become formal disciples of Sanqing Palace, and also be the backbone force for preaching the Tao in the future.

When Chen Gongming saw Xu Jia, he was also surprised and hurried over to pay his respects. He was originally known as the bear, and now he looked like a devil muscle man.

He waved his hand, and thousands of neatly dressed Taoist children roared out in unison, like a lion roaring, a dragon shouting, very spirited: "Hello, Taoist Master!"

Xu Jia really wanted to say: Thank you for your hard work, classmates.

This standard Taoist robe looks like a school uniform. They are not very old, just in their early teens, and their green and hairless appearance makes them more like junior high school or high school students.

However, Xu Jia had no guilt about this. He had saved people from suffering, taught them writing and magic, passed on Taoist scriptures, mastered martial arts, and cultivated moral conscience. He would be a talented person wherever he went.

"Master, two years of training for these Taoist children may not be enough. I think three years is needed."

"Time waits for no one." Xu Jia sighed, "The north is rotten and decadent, and the Daning court has no power to resist the invasion. I also fought against the leader of the Changsheng Sect, Emperor Wanshou, who was a pure demon. He was actually the last emperor of Daheng. He wanted to subvert the world and save himself. This time he came to the world, he must look back at the Central Plains. Our momentum has not yet risen, so we have to seize the opportunity and occupy Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei first, so that we can control the coastal areas of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, or go north. Our goal is to relieve the suffering of all living beings, but now is the time when the whole world is suffering."

"Alas, these kids haven't enjoyed their good fortune for two years. I can't bear to send them to the battlefield. Anyway, they will have to go back sooner or later." Chen Gongming said, "The tribes on Luzon Island are all a motley crowd. Before sending them back, I will give them some actual combat training. Only when they unify the whole island and see blood can they be considered complete."

Xu Jia nodded and said, "You can do whatever you want. The next batch of supplies will include flintlock rifles, which have a longer range and greater power than muskets."

Chen Gongming asked excitedly: "Can you resist with your skills?"

"I'm afraid he will get hurt too." Xu Jia said, "Unless he is an earthly immortal, it's only a matter of time."

"With such a sharp weapon, we will surely succeed!" Chen Gongming thought of something in his mind: "Although there are demons and monsters, and there are also people from various sects who come down from the mountain to follow the dragon, but Master, there is no need to worry too much. We just don't have a large number of soldiers. If we send these boys down one by one, each of them may have problems commanding a hundred people, but it will be absolutely no problem to command twenty. After two months of high-intensity training, they can understand the orders and be equipped with those firearms, and they will be able to become killing machines."

Chen Gongming still had the idea of ​​making achievements in his heart. Xu Jia said: "The problem is that there is no foundation for large-scale military expansion, so we need to take over Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, and even Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang. Our strength lies in the navy and troops. There are many changes in land warfare. We can use strong ships and powerful guns to attack at sea and land and station in many places. This is one way."

The main reason is the lack of scientific and technological talents. Unless Xu Jia takes action himself, although a large number of technologies from the First Industrial Revolution have been sent from America, it takes time for people of that era to digest them. If Xu Jia wants to give people an enlightenment, he has to find someone with strong comprehension ability and a strong spirit. Moreover, the laws of parallel universes may not be the same. One is an industrialized world, and the other is a classical world of immortals and heroes. There are many things to talk about here.

(End of this chapter)