Raising the Demon

Chapter 29 One Party Maps the Big Picture
For the next two or three days, every morning my father was dragged by the pillars to look for jade. When he came back, he dug out a copy of the "Jade Classic" from somewhere and read it hard, which made Yan Wu laugh and said: "Brother, are you still looking for jade?" You're going to take the No. [-] Scholar exam, look at how hard you work."

Zijian smiled and shook his head without answering. Although he could read, he hadn't read much for many years, so it was very difficult for him to read.But seeing that others have found jade, Zijian is also very envious. He never likes to be left behind.It's just that other people have been jade workers for generations, and he is just a carpenter and mason. He is not as good as others in finding jade. Every time he sees others find jade, he can only envy him from behind.There were many such situations, and Zijian felt extremely unwilling.

"Father, you should just go to the mountains to play, our family is not short of money anyway." Zi Baifeng persuaded, he really didn't care about a few pieces of jade.

If he had said this before, Zi Baifeng didn't have much confidence, but after the government donated the money last time, at least Zi Baifeng and his family could have enough food and drink for several years, and Zijian didn't have to work so hard at all.

Besides, there is a lot of jade under Qingshi's butt.

"Go, you kid cares about so many things, go play by yourself." Zi Jian said with a straight face, Zi Baifeng made more money at a time than he did for several years, which hurt his self-esteem.

Zi Baifeng pinched his nose and went helplessly. He originally planned to explain the "Jade Classic" to his father. Since his father wanted to seek abuse by himself, let him chew it on his own.

He estimated that the Jade Hunting Team will gain more in the next few days, and that Dad will also gain something in three to five days. Many facilities in the village have been abandoned and outdated. He will go to Yan Laowu to discuss and rebuild. problems with these facilities.

If the village wants to repair something, it doesn't really cost much money, it just needs their own efforts. The first thing Zi Baifeng wants to repair is the foothold in the mountain.Zi Baifeng remembers that Tiangong Kaiwu once said: "Every jade is born reflecting the light of the moon. People in the old country who take jade along the river are redundant in autumn. When the moonlight night looks at the river and waits, the place where jade is piled up is twice as bright as the moon." It’s clear.” There is no natural creation in this world, but the “Jade Classic” records the process of jade condensation: “On the night of the full moon, it looks bright and bright, and it is the condensation of jade.”

Jade in this world is like dew, which is formed by the condensation of spiritual energy, and in the moonlit night, the jade will emit a glittering brilliance during the process of condensation, the brighter the moonlight, the brighter the brilliance, so the best way to find jade The time is at night.

It's just that at night, various wild animals come and go, which is very dangerous, and a place to stay in the mountains is a must.

When Xiayan Village was prosperous, there were dozens of Xunyu huts in the mountains, covering the mountain road for thirty or forty miles. These huts were built by the villagers with great painstaking efforts.

Zi Baifeng went back to his room to get a map, which he drew according to the map on the tiles. Although there were slight errors, the accuracy was estimated to be many times higher than the previous rough map of the village.

Zi Baifeng intends to frame this map and hang it in his study, like a great man, pointing out the country.It's a pity that the study room is not big enough, otherwise it would be more enjoyable to make a sand table.

On this map, Zi Baifeng has marked more than a dozen huts within the village, and there are more than 20 more in the deeper part of Niaoshu Mountain, which is no longer within the scope of the village. Zi Baifeng's tiles Can't see what's going on there.But Zi Baifeng doesn't need to worry about that.The rebirth of jade is because the bluestone guards the leylines, and the area where it guards the leylines is also the territory of Zi Baifeng. If you leave this territory, there is probably no jade at all.

In order to find these more than a dozen mountain huts, Zi Baifeng almost lost his eyes and spent a lot of spiritual energy. For this reason, he also discovered another advantage of porcelain tiles, that is, he can find them there. The name was marked on any target overlooked, and now his son Bai Feng took a peek, and found that the black dot marked with the name of Yan Lao Wu was standing outside the ancestral hall.

Such a quick glance consumes very little aura, and Zi Baifeng has gradually become accustomed to taking a quick glance before doing anything. The feeling of overlooking everything is really addictive.

Holding a roll of maps, Zi Baifeng saw that the sun had not yet set, so he hurried out the door and went straight to the ancestral hall, greeted him from a distance, then walked to Yan Laowu, and asked in surprise: "What are you looking at?" ?”

"The ancestors showed their spirits, and Xiayan Village finally saw jade again." Yan Lao Wu pointed at the dark ancestral hall in front of him, glanced at Zi Baifeng from the corner of his eye, and said: "I was thinking, should I Renovate the ancestral hall, the last time the ancestral hall was overhauled was when I was young..." Yan Lao Wu babbled about the grand occasion of offering sacrifices to the ancestors back then. Lively and prosperous, but also the richest.Why invited a theater troupe to sing a big play for three days, and people from all over the world came to join in the fun.Rambling, talking non-stop.

Yes, the ancestral hall also needs to be repaired.Zi Baifeng's attention was elsewhere.

Zi Baifeng took out a small notebook, took out a pencil, found a separate page on it, wrote the five words "Culture and Belief", and listed the ancestral temple below.Now that Zi Baifeng gradually had some ideas for developing Xiayan Village, he decided to record them down at any time so that he could always use them in the future.

This small book and pencil were bought by Zi Baifeng from Bimoxuan, which specializes in the four treasures of the study, opposite the academy when Zi Baifeng went to Mengcheng two days ago. He really didn't notice it before, so there are pencils in this world.This pencil is a little different from the previous life. It looks like a hairpin with a slightly pointed front end. It can be filled with graphite processed into a cylindrical shape, and it can be protected by a cover on the outside. It looks very high-end and the price is not cheap. .This is the legendary hairpin pen, which is commonly used by knife and pen officials. It can be used as a hairpin and inserted in the hair to record at any time.It's just that Zi Baifeng doesn't like the shape of the hairpin, and he doesn't want to put it on his head.Moreover, writing with this pen is not as comfortable as the pencil in the previous life. There is always a feeling of using a broken pencil, which is slightly loose. Zi Baifeng is thinking about how to modify it and design a shape that he likes, so as not to want to memorize it casually in the future. I need to grind ink for something.

Yan Lao Wu probed over to have a look, but he couldn't understand, so he curled his lips helplessly.

Zi Baifeng said: "Old man, the ancestral hall really needs to be repaired, but what needs to be repaired most now is the hut in the mountain."

"That's right." Yan Laowu nodded when he heard the words, and said: "I was still thinking, I went to the mountains to check the conditions of those houses in the past two days, and now many young people don't know where those houses are. ..."

In fact, if Zi Baifeng hadn't calculated the accounts of the village, Zi Baifeng would not have known about the existence of these mountain huts. These mountain huts can be said to be rare common property in the village...of course, they cannot be sold.

"Look, old man." Zi Baifeng unfolded the big map in his hand, and found that it was completely blocked. He quickly asked Yan Laowu to help, and the two tore apart the map. Yan Laowu just glanced at it and was stunned :"this is……"

Yan Lao Wu himself also hand-painted the map, which is still kept in his cabinet.But compared with the map in front of me, it is weak.Compared with the ghostly symbols hand-painted by Yan Laowu, this map is simply a satellite map.

"This is the map of our Xiayan Village. I have marked the mountain hut."

"It's marked?" Yan Laowu didn't believe it, stared for a long time, and then wondered: "How do you know where those huts are? The pillar told you? No, he doesn't know how many..."

"Mountain people have their own tricks!" Zi Baifeng enjoyed Yan Laowu's shock, and then said: "I suggest to build this, this... these four mountain huts first, and postpone the rest temporarily. What do you think, old man? .”

Yan Laowu was a little disappointed, and said: "Xiucai Lang, just do what you say..."

Seeing that he really irritated the old man, Zi Baifeng quickly said: "Don't tell me, I'm just talking about it, and your old man has the final say on how to repair it. I don't know how to repair a house."

"You don't understand, I always understand." The old man was still upset, and Zi Baifeng tried to persuade him, so he agreed to mobilize and organize the villagers to build huts in the mountains.

"Grandpa, look, I still have a few plans..." Zi Baifeng pointed to the map, "I want to build a memorial archway outside the village gate, and also build the road from the village to the official road, and then build the road in the south of the village. Build a hydraulic mill next to the Meng River, and then build a few drums to irrigate the farmland, and here, I want to apply to the Fujun to build a post station in our Xiayan Village, with at least three horses and a cart ..."

After a series of plans, Yan Lao Wu was stunned.

After a while, Yan Lao Wu touched Zi Baifeng's head and said, "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

Shaking his head, he sighed.

"You just have a fever, your whole family has a fever!" Zi Baifeng was stunned for a while, and could only complain viciously.

This was something he had worked so hard to plan for a long time, but how could he not be sad to be evaluated by Yan Laowu like this!

However, Zi Baifeng also knows that it is unrealistic to become a fat man with one mouthful. What can be done now is to repair the hut in the mountain. The rest will wait until the income in the village is high in the future. At that time, everyone will need to raise funds to contribute. , It is inevitable that it is still a lot of effort.

But in any case, the days are full of hope, and it seems that more and more people are full of expectations.

As dusk gradually fell, Zi Baifeng stood outside the gate of the ancestral hall, looking back.

A round of red sun has descended behind the mountain, coating the mountain peak with a layer of golden Buddha light.

The gradually thinning sunlight is lustrously sprinkled on Xiayan Village, reflecting the smoke slowly floating from the roof.

He stretched out his hand, and the golden-red light leaked from his fingertips, leaving a shadow of five fingers on his face.

He slowly held his hand, as if he wanted to hold his own destiny and future.

No one can take this expectation and joy away from me.

Don't even think about it.

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