Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 161 0160: New Village Plan

In the next three days, Cheng Zongyang either sat in a rocking chair at the doorstep, reading the Book of Heaven and Man in the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, or worked on the gold mining workshop and a new design drawing.

I live a very comfortable life.

Of course, he also calculated the grain inventory situation based on the village's grain consumption.

With all the food he brought back, the village had no problem getting through the summer harvest. But the stored food could not be used to support the county. He was also worried about this.

It's not that he didn't think about selling the fish, but there weren't many big ones, and he couldn't even complete his purchase mission. Small ones were meaningless, and he didn't know how many fish he would need to feed 30,000 or 40,000 people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have to do anything, and Ma San and the others would also put aside everything else and just catch and kill fish?

impossible!

In addition, the rules and regulations of Cheng's public property have been completed and will be launched after the summer harvest. They are not needed yet.

As for the bones of the black-horned python in the wilderness world, they were cleaned out and brought back to the village, causing shock to everyone again.

They originally thought that the nearly 10-foot-long python was the largest beast they had ever seen, but they never imagined that compared to this python that had turned into bones, it was simply a son that had not grown up yet! !

This also made everyone more awed by Tianduan Mountain, and they dared not enter the mountain casually.

Cheng Guangshan was extremely happy and was already thinking about how to use the skeleton of this giant python——

Make growth liquid, soak wine, make medicine, polish it into tools and weapons, etc...

On the fourth day, February 23rd, it was early in the morning and the sun was shining brightly, so it was a good time to travel.

Cheng Zongyang left Chengjia Village alone again, using the excuse of going to the county town to check on the situation.

Ma San and his team have finished bundling the last of the rice seedlings and are waiting to send them out. Because of these rice seedlings, the construction of the second fishery has been delayed for more than ten days.

But this was the first and last time that the rice seedlings were tended in this way.

Once the immediate crisis is over, there will be no need for follow-up. The people in the county will handle it themselves.

We went all the way out of the mountain and soon arrived at the edge of the mountain of Jinqiao Village.

Looking at the "ruins" of Jinqiao Village, which are now covered with green, Cheng Zongyang's eyes are bright.

He had also thought of something these days, planning to take advantage of this opportunity to maximize the use of the county’s manpower to build a new village!

Otherwise, there may not be such an opportunity in the future.

These days he designed a new blueprint for the construction of a new village outside. They no longer need to do much to cultivate the land. After watering and weeding, they have free time. These hundreds or thousands of professional farmers are enough to solve the problem.

Therefore, Cheng Zongyang planned to rebuild a new village on the site of several future villages. The area would be very large.

But the advantage is that there are many people, so it is neither difficult nor slow.

Using rammed earth blocks and wood to build, and with the presence of many trees and bamboos on the outside mountain, empty rooms can be quickly built.

Even the villages that were burned down originally had many rammed earth blocks left over, which could not be burned by the fire and could be used again after a little repair.

He has already designed the design, so we just need to build it step by step.

In this way, everyone has work to do and doesn't just eat food without working.

Cheng Zongyang named this village "Tianduan Village", which means the village at the foot of Tianduan Mountain. In the future, this village will be the "transit station" between Chengjia Village and the outside world.

County seat——Tianduan Village——Chengjia Village.

With the two-way transportation of materials and talents, Tianduan Village plays a very important role.

In addition, in the future, the mole can dig a tunnel leading to Tianduan Village, which will facilitate entry and exit and transportation of materials.

Putting his thoughts aside, Cheng Zongyang walked quickly towards Linjia Village.

While no one was around, they quickly took out all the rice seedlings. This time, the amount was nearly 400 to 500 acres, and fortunately they were tied into bundles, which was much more convenient.

Later, we found Li Xian’s gang members and notified them to come over.

Quarter of an hour later, not only Zhao Laoqi and Li Xian came, but Li Lu also came.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work!" Li Lu said happily.

The growth of rice is very stable. The villagers are very enthusiastic when they know that they can get half of the harvest later. They don't need any further reminders and are more concerned about it than they are.

Therefore, the rice seedlings and medicinal herbs are growing well.

This made Li Lu and others even happier. This meant that they would all have a stake in the future in the county!

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "It's all for development, not to mention. Let's get people to plant these rice seedlings quickly."

"Don't worry, my lord."

Without waiting for Li Lu to speak, Zhao Laoqi immediately went to arrange the farmers' work with great foresight.

Li Xian and others also went to arrange personnel.

Li Lu nodded with satisfaction and said to Cheng Zongyang:
"These four people almost died in the bathtub when they took the medicinal bath two days ago."

When Cheng Zongyang heard this, he guessed the reason and said, "You almost didn't make it?"

Li Lu smiled and said, "That's right. They took a hot bath to get used to it, but they couldn't stand it when it got a little hot. Later, I put them in bamboo baskets and put them in the medicinal soup. Fortunately, they managed to survive for a while, otherwise they would not only fail, but also be scalded to death."

Cheng Zongyang knew about the medicinal soup and asked, "What else did you say after that?"

Li Lu snorted, "A bunch of ungrateful people. Although they got a taste of what's good for them later, they were really afraid of the medicine soup and said they would rather practice hard."

Cheng Zongyang understood what Li Lu meant when he heard it, and said as he walked towards the wooden shed:
“They are not young anymore. If they want to cultivate hard and reach the highest level, it will not be easy to do so without the best food or medicine to replenish qi and blood.

I do have a recipe for a martial arts medicinal bath, but it's not the kind of medicinal bath we use. This is the one they use to soak in to recover from physical injuries after their hard training, so as not to overdraw their bodies and cause damage.

This formula also has a certain effect of strengthening qi and blood, but it is not obvious and requires long-term preparation. "

After saying that, Cheng Zongyang thought for a moment and added:
"Also, if they are not afraid of the arrival of foreigners and the inability to resist, I can give them this medicinal bath formula. It is not a secret anyway."

At this point, Li Lu became serious, thinking that Cheng Zongyang had heard some news from his "master", and couldn't help asking: "Did the front line know about it?"

After the two of them entered the shed and sat down one after the other, Cheng Zongyang continued, "A little bit. But it doesn't have much impact. Just follow the plan. It's up to them to decide how to choose. There's no point in regretting it later."

Li Lu understood the meaning of the last sentence and said with a smile, "Don't worry. It's good enough that we can let them practice. Why do we let them be picky? If they do something weird again, I'll kill them."

Cheng Zongyang smiled and just listened to it. Then he looked at the people working in the fields outside and suddenly said:
"Brother Li, what do you think about us building a village over there?"

As he spoke, Cheng Zongyang pointed to the village ruins in the direction of Linjia Village and continued:
"In the future, we will continue to build our power in the county, but we must also have our own foundation. The county will be a mixed bag in the future, and many things cannot be done in the county, such as warrior training and resource production. If there is a power base outside the city that belongs to us, we can call on manpower at any time, and it can also become our secret base and source of income. By then, when outsiders come, they will not dare to provoke us at will, right?"

Judging from the information he obtained, Yufeng County should be occupied by the lower three-rank families in the future.

The Thirteen Royal Clans only care about the taxes paid by these families and will not interfere in any grudges, so he does not have to worry that the lower three rank families will use the royal clan to oppress others.

They can lay a foundation for themselves before outsiders arrive.

Even if Yufeng County returns to Daliang again, the foundation they have laid is enough to become a powerful family in Yufeng County!
As long as they don't provoke the government, and the original aristocratic families, noble families, and wealthy forces in the four prefectures have suffered heavy losses, there is nothing to worry about.

This was also the idea he had after he understood the rules of conduct of the thirteen royal families and the situation in the four prefectures.

After hearing Cheng Zongyang's proposal, Li Lu was also stunned, and then began to think deeply.

Cheng Zongyang didn't bother him. He got up, walked to the door and looked outside.

The cool spring breeze blew by, carrying the smell of soil and grass. In the fields, the frail bodies of the county residents contained an unyielding strength.

Even though they were hungry, they still smiled and chatted with the people around them in the fields, while stepping through the mud, they personally transplanted the rice seedlings into the ridges, added soil, pressed it down and then watered them.

Land and growing crops, this is the obsession deeply engraved in farmers’ hearts.

Having land and food means survival and future.

Those faces with high cheekbones seemed to be rosy from the spring breeze, and the sweat from their foreheads dripped onto the soil, as if they were the most sincere prayers for the future of the rice fields.

At the edge of the field, there were large pots in which dried fish soup with some wheat bran was cooking.

Although it’s not delicious, it can fill you up and replenish water, giving you energy to work.

When food is insufficient, try to fill your stomach with soup to ensure you have enough strength.

"I agree." Li Lu's voice came from behind.

Cheng Zongyang turned around and said with a smile: "What do you think, brother?"

Li Lu said seriously:
"Force! If we want to open a village, a village that belongs to us, we will need more warriors to protect it. When there are thirty or forty entry-level warriors in the village, even an eighth-rank warrior may not dare to provoke him. If the number doubles, even a seventh-rank warrior will be wary."

Cheng Zongyang nodded with satisfaction: "Then what do you do?"

"We have some lower-level skills and elementary martial arts in our warehouse. We can select some people for training. With your medicinal bath formula, we can train..."

"Brother." Cheng Zongyang had to interrupt and said helplessly: "There are not enough medicinal materials. Those medicinal materials also have costs. My master can supply a few people, but dozens of people? That will cost a lot of money."

What a joke, the village is short of medicinal materials, otherwise they would have cultivated them in batches long ago. As for accepting some people in batches? How could it be the turn of outsiders?
If you want to use the medicinal herbs freely, you can only wait for this batch of medicinal herbs and the medicinal herbs in the mountains to grow. After all, they are cuttings, so it doesn't take long.

"Then look for it in another town! We'll take it from you even if we have to rob it!" Li Lu looked ruthless.

Cheng Zongyang smiled in his heart, his goal was achieved.

It's this effect.

Li Lu is an ambitious man. As long as he can see the benefits he can get in the future, he will take the initiative to do it.

Of course, this is also of great benefit to him and involves his plan.

Cheng Zongyang pretended to hesitate and said, "Will there be any risks in this case? Although the two towns closest to the county are not too far away, there are people in the towns."

Li Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry. Brother Cheng, give me a prescription and I will personally take some people to look for it in other places. As long as we have the medicinal materials, can't we cultivate a large number of warriors?"

Cheng Zongyang pondered for a moment and said, "Since you are personally taking action, the safety of the personnel is guaranteed. Okay, I will list them out for you after we return to the city."

Regardless of whether Li Lu was thinking about the recipe or not, he would not foolishly give the prescription out to others, and he would have to add other medicinal materials to the recipe.

Since you have to go out and collect, why not help him collect more.

"Oh, brother, ask Zhao Laoqi and the others to look among the crowd. There should be quite a few people who know how to build houses. When you find them, go to my place and I'll talk to them about how to build a village."

Upon hearing this, Li Lu immediately agreed: "Okay."

So the two of them left the shed and went about their own business.

After Cheng Zongyang returned to the county town, the housekeeper and several servants were fine and they were busy preparing meals, boiling water, etc.

"Manager Zhang, is there anything else going on in the county these days?"

After entering the yard, Cheng Zongyang asked Zhang Chuqi who was following behind him.

The other party was originally the steward of a family in the county. Later, he encountered Luo Dingran and was targeted twice by outsiders. The family was almost torn apart and had to be disbanded before fleeing the county.

Zhang Chuqi was left behind and was later found by Zhao Laoqi, who introduced him to Cheng Zongyang to manage the household.

But he was basically in a state of doing nothing. After all, Cheng Zongyang was the only one there and there was nothing he could do.

Zhang Chuqi heard this and responded respectfully:
"Master, according to your previous instructions, I stayed at home unless it was necessary. Master Li and the others knew that you were not at home, so they never came. But I did hear a lot of gossip from the neighbors, but it was just idle talk and nothing to take seriously."

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly: "Manager Zhang, you have lived in Yufeng County for a long time, and I have never asked about some things. I happen to have something to ask you today."

"Master, please ask. I will tell you everything I know." Zhang Chuqi said respectfully.

Entering the main hall, when Cheng Zongyang sat down, the maid brought a cup of tea and placed it on the table, then respectfully stepped back and left the hall.

Cheng Zongyang was not in a hurry to drink tea, and looked at Zhang Chuqi:
"You have been in the county for so many years. Do you know where else the county has the most corpses disposed of besides the mass grave outside the city?"

This time, he still had to deal with the soul crystal issue. But the mass graves had been almost completely collected, so the speed was much slower.

But people die in the county every day, we can’t just dump them all in a mass grave, right?

Three soul crystals, a total of 6,000 progress points, if he wanted to collect them quickly, he had to change places. And he had never known such a place where people died, so he didn't know the situation.

Zhang Chuqi heard this and did not ask the reason. He immediately responded without thinking:

“Reporting to the young master, there were three places in the county where corpses were handled.

One is the mass grave you mentioned. The other is a hill of requiem located three miles east of the north city gate.

Anhunpo is a burial place for the county’s residents.

The third is the Lost Souls Pit. The Yizhuang in the south of the city is a place to store temporarily unclaimed bodies. If no one takes them away after seven days, the people in the Yizhuang will either send the bodies to a mass grave or to the Lost Souls Pit at the foot of a mountain two miles east of the south of the city.

It was a natural pit, and no one knew where it led to. I had never seen a pit filled up before. As for the place where most people died, it should be the prison."

(End of this chapter)