The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 349: Lingzhou Reclamation

"There are results!"

After the noise in the Wen Mansion died down, the warriors watching at the door also sensed it.

But due to the Jiangnan guards guarding the gate, no one would rush in, and they all stretched their necks to look towards the gate.

After a while, they saw two figures walking out of the Wen Mansion’s gate.

Fang Xun changed into a new set of clothes and faced everyone's gazes with a calm expression.

Qi Huaishan, who was behind him, followed closely, and his attitude was obviously no longer as casual as before.

Before, he still had a sense of superiority and arrogance as a Grandmaster of Yangshen when facing Fang Xun.

But now, after seeing Fang Xun kill Yang Shen with three moves, he was immediately filled with awe and adjusted his attitude. All his arrogance was suppressed and he became much more cautious in his words and actions.

Fang Xun walked out of the Wen Mansion slowly, and looked around after seeing a large number of warriors watching on the long street.

In addition to the guests from other places, all the local bigwigs came.

"The Wen family was involved in treason, and the head of the family, Wen Ruhui, has already been executed. Originally, all nine clans should be executed, but it is not good to implicate too many people. Forget about those who are related to the Wen family by marriage. This time, only the surname of the Wen family will be executed.

I hope you will learn from the past experience and avoid making mistakes in the future!"

Fang Xun said this calmly, but his eyes were on the other four family heads of the five surnames, which immediately made all the local families in Jianye feel a chill in their hearts, and they quickly smiled and agreed.

"Master Fang is right."

Wen Ruhui, the great Yangshen Grandmaster, said that he could die if he wanted to, which made them feel cold. They did not dare to make Fang Xun unhappy, for fear that he would not be satisfied with robbing the Wen family and would set his eyes on them.

Immediately they heard Fang Xun speak again: "It's a good thing that you are all here, so I don't have to send someone else to make another trip. I would like to ask you to come to the palace in two hours. His Highness has something to discuss with you."

"If the prince summons me, I will definitely go!"

Immediately, everyone spoke up to make assurances. Fang Xun ignored them and left with Qi Huaishan, leaving only a group of Jiangnan guards in Wen's mansion to search the property.

On the way back to the palace, Fang Xun was reviewing the battle in his mind.

It was still very difficult for him to activate the Yin-Yang merger, and if Qi Huaishan was not present, it would be hard to say whether he could kill Wen Ruhui.

If Qi Huaishan hadn't held him back, Fang Xun wouldn't have been able to accumulate strength and launch his attacks so smoothly.

"So my current strength is just a little bit better than Wen Ruhui, but if we fight one-on-one, I won't be able to kill him."

Thinking of this, Fang Xun shook his head. He guessed that he would have to practice the fusion of Yin and Yang thoroughly to perfection before he would have a chance to defeat Grandmaster Yang Shen in a duel.

Just as he was thinking about it, Qi Huaishan suddenly asked.

"My Lord, is your Highness looking for these noble families for Lingzhou's affairs?"

Although the Tianli Sect was destroyed, the mess in Lingzhou still had to be cleaned up.

The current Lingzhou is no longer a place where nine out of ten houses are empty, but a place where ten out of ten houses are empty and there is literally no one living in the entire place!

As the tide gradually recedes, such a large area must be redeveloped, which requires a large number of people to go to Lingzhou to reclaim wasteland.

The government offices of various states in Jiangnan have already drafted official documents and will soon promulgate a series of policies for land reclamation.

Generally speaking, it is to let the big households in the private sector contribute manpower and effort, and the government will give some benefits in exchange accordingly.

It was natural for the Prince of Yue's Palace to know the contents of the official document first, and to convene all parties to communicate in advance.

In addition, it also means asking for money from others.

"After this battle, we have established our prestige. Zhaoning can also make these wealthy families bleed. Except for the five border prefectures, other places in Lingzhou are full of miasma. We need a large number of people to fight on the front line."

After hearing this, Qi Huaishan seemed to be thinking about something.

It is not easy to open up new land, and Lingzhou is not a good place now.

Mr. Lu Xun once said: "After a flood, there will be a major epidemic." After a flood, not only will the river channel be silted up with garbage, but the local living environment of mosquitoes will be destroyed and will spread wildly to other nearby areas.

A variety of reasons will cause the local water sources and fish and shrimp in the water to be contaminated by pathogens, which can easily breed epidemics. In modern terms, this is called water miasma.

This meant sending a large number of death row prisoners and criminals to control the malaria. Fang Xun and Yu Jiaolong also had orders during the house search to kill as few people as possible and capture as many people alive as possible.

The life and death of the core members of each family that was raided would be ignored, but marginal figures such as servants, housemen, and helpers would be exiled to Lingzhou to perform forced labor.

When Fang Xun saw Qi Huaishan suddenly bring up this matter, he asked, "Why, Sect Leader Qi also has this in mind?"

Qi Huaishan nodded and said, "Although the Tianluo Sect has little money and power, it is our duty to help reclaim the wasteland of Lingzhou."

He knew clearly in his mind that although the investment in opening up new land was huge, the returns would also be very considerable.

After investing a lot of manpower and material resources in the early stage, what we got was fertile land.

Land is the foundation. With land, one can attract tenants and thus control the population.

This land reclamation is also an opportunity for development for the Tianluo Sect, and Qi Huaishan certainly does not want to miss it.

"Sir, in Jiangzhou, my Tianluo Sect still has a say, and we have contacts with many noble families. If Your Highness can allow the Tianluo Sect to enter Lingzhou in advance, I can convince some local noble families to follow Your Highness's lead!"

Fang Xun nodded when he heard this: "It seems that Master Qi wants to take the lead."

Although most parts of Lingzhou were filled with water and miasma, the five border prefectures were not affected.

Now, countless eyes are staring at these five prefectures. Manpower has already been prepared, waiting for the government to issue official documents and then rush into these five prefectures.

In this situation, the quick ones will get the reward, the slow ones will miss it.

However, the government remained silent and no one would act rashly. After all, in theory, all the ownerless land in Lingzhou now belonged to the imperial court.

Unless an official document is issued, whoever takes the first step to occupy the land will be stealing the imperial court's land!

Qi Huaishan wanted to take advantage of the relationship with the Prince of Yue's Palace to set out first and occupy a large amount of Feng Shui land.

"This is easy. The official document will not be issued until a month later at the earliest. Sect Leader Qi, you can return to Jiangzhou as soon as possible and mobilize people to head to Lingzhou directly. Leave the government affairs to us!"

Qi Huaishan was delighted when he heard this, and immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, sir!"

Fang Xun smiled and accepted it calmly. Of course, the Prince of Yue’s Mansion had some privileges.

Even if they mobilized their forces to occupy the entire Lingzhou, the imperial court would not say anything, but unfortunately they did not have that many people under their command.
The two chatted along the way and soon returned to the palace.

Qi Huaishan, with excitement, hurriedly found Yu Jiaolong, said something to her, and then set out on the journey back to Jiangzhou.

As for the share of the Wen family's spoils promised to him, he believed that Yu Jiaolong and Fang Xun would not forget it.

After Fang Xun returned home, he dismissed the servants and stayed alone in the yard, sitting cross-legged in meditation, and began to recover from the previous battle.

At the same time, his mind sank into the martial arts hall, and his figure appeared in the training ground.

As soon as he appeared, Fang Xun's eyes turned to the Human Emperor Sword hanging on the weapon rack.

After waving his hand, the ancient bronze sword automatically flew into his hand. How could he show any resistance?

As soon as he got the sword, Fang Xun used his spiritual consciousness to probe into its interior, and instantly a large number of images appeared before his eyes.

From the ancient times when our ancestors ate raw meat and drank blood, to the time when the Human Emperor ascended the throne, a historical picture scroll was unfolded, along with the inheritance of various martial arts skills.

Ever since the Martial Arts Hall copied the Human Emperor Sword, Fang Xun would sort out the inheritance information whenever he had free time.

In addition to the inheritance of five generations of human emperors and numerous ancient martial arts techniques, the Great Xuan Taizu also left a legacy.

There is too much content in it, and it cannot be sorted out in a short time.

But now it's nearing the end.
(End of this chapter)