The Necromancer of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 39

Gao Gan accompanied Yuan Xu around Jinyang City.

There are many shops in the city, there are many hawkers on the street, and the common people communicate with merchants from other places, which is much more lively than Ye City.

Besides Tian Feng, Deng Zhan was by Yuan Xu's side.

After visiting Jinyang City, it was already nighttime.

Back at the mansion, Yuan Xu didn't go back to see Zhen Mi immediately, but invited Tian Feng to the study.

"What do you think of Taiyuan?" He asked Tian Feng.

"The high-ranking officials have indeed done a lot of things in Bingzhou in the past few years." Tian Feng replied: "The city is well organized, which saves you a lot of trouble."

"I seem to owe him a lot of favors." Yuan Xu curled his lips and smiled: "Why do you think he did this?"

"My son came to Taiyuan, and there are only two roads before him. One is to fight against the son to protect Taiyuan, and at the same time he will make enemies of the Yuan family. The second is to give up Taiyuan to protect Bingzhou." Tian Feng replied: " If I were him, I would choose the latter."

"So, there is not much debt owed."

"Of course." Tian Feng replied: "A high-ranking official is good at seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck, and knows how to weigh the pros and cons. Otherwise, my lord has so many nephews and nephews, why did he become the governor of Bingzhou?"

Yuan Xu nodded, and then asked: "We came to Taiyuan, what do you think should be done first?"

"Didn't you say that you should increase the agricultural production and increase the population?" Tian Feng replied, "I noticed on the way here that there are a lot of wasteland in Taiyuan, and we need to implement strategies to encourage the people to cultivate."

"I plan to change the cultivation of crops in Taiyuan." Yuan Xu said: "The yield of corn is too low. I want to introduce rice and distribute the seeds to the people."

"Rice is grown in the south, and the yield doesn't seem to be much higher than that of corn." Tian Feng was at a loss: "Do you want to plant grain from the south to the north?"

"Isn't it possible?" Yuan Xu replied, "I don't think there's anything wrong with planting food from the south in the north as long as the planting method is right."

The reason why he is so confident is actually because he has cognition after 2000.

In the era when I lived, the most famous thing was Northeast rice.

It’s winter in the Northeast, and the climate is cold, and rice can be grown. Why not in Taiyuan?
"If the crops don't grow well, it will be delayed for a whole year." Tian Feng shook his head: "Young master's plan is a dangerous step..."

"How can you get cubs if you don't enter the tiger's den?" Yuan Xu replied, "If you don't take risks, how can you increase Taiyuan's grain production?"

Tian Feng did not agree with his view.

The food from the south is cultivated in the north. If the crops do not grow, the people will starve...

Where there is no food, there will be famine everywhere.

Once a famine breaks out, it cannot be suppressed at will.

"I think young master still has to think carefully." Tian Feng said: "This move is indeed too risky."

"Actually, I not only want to introduce rice to Taiyuan, but also other crops." Yuan Xu said: "For example, wheat, cotton, and chickens, ducks, and geese that grow very fast."

Tian Feng knew about wheat, but he had never heard of cotton.

He looked blank: "Young Master's cotton is..."

Only then did Yuan Xu recall that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, silk or ramie were used to weave cloth.

The origin of cotton is in Southwest Asia, and it has not been introduced to the Central Plains yet.

"You'll know when I get the things." He smiled lightly, "It's getting late, Yuan Hao should go back and rest too."

Tian Feng was beating a drum in his heart.

After following Yuan Xu for a few days, Tian Feng has developed almost blind trust in him.

But this time, he doubted whether Yuan Xu's choice was correct.

"My lord..." He didn't leave, but made a suggestion: "I think we should reclaim wasteland..."

"Of course the wasteland needs to be reclaimed." Yuan Xu replied: "I married Zhen Ji, and officials from all over the country sent a lot of congratulatory gifts. They used all the gifts to buy farm cattle, and everyone who reclaimed the wasteland will give them a first farm cattle. Yes Farming cattle will also make land reclamation faster."

"Master, you really want to buy farm cattle with gifts and distribute them to the common people?" Tian Feng looked astonished.

The officials he has met have always sought out the people's fat and anointment, and occasionally he met a person with a clean sleeve, but he was only an honest official.

I have never seen someone like Yuan Xu who took office just now and bought cattle for the people with his own money.

"The whole set of measures is up to you." Yuan Xu explained: "The world has been in chaos for many years, and the people have long been impoverished. While encouraging births, you must also encourage the breeding of cattle, donkeys, horses and other livestock."

"I'll do it when I get back." Tian Feng replied: "Tomorrow morning, I will submit the draft document to the young master for review."

Yuan Xu nodded: "You go first."

Tian Feng retreated, Yuan Xu took out the magic sound.

The fingers hooked the strings, fiddled lightly at first, and then played a tune.

His study is not far from Zhen Mi's bedroom.

Zhen Mi, who had already bathed and changed clothes, was waiting for him in the room, when she heard the sound of Yaoqin coming from outside, she asked the maid: "Is your husband playing the piano?"

The maid replied: "The sound of the piano came from the son's study, it should be him."

"It's so late, why are you still playing the piano?" Zhen Mi greeted the maid, "Come with me to have a look."

The two went out and went to Yuan Xu's study.

In the study room, Yuan Xu was filled with black energy and was playing the piano intently.

In front of him, stood a dozen black shadows in a row.

The black figure's face was hazy, and the black mist was floating like him, and the atmosphere in the study was strange.

While playing the piano, he heard the sound of the door opening.

Looking up, Zhen Mi and the maid were standing at the door with fear on their faces, looking at the dozen or so dark figures in the room.

The dozen or so black shadows in the room are all undead summoned by Yuan Xu.

The black mist shrouded them, their figures and facial features were hazy, but they could vaguely see the white bones looming in the black mist.

I only heard that Yuan Xu can drive undead, but never saw it with my own eyes. Zhen Mi and the maid were frightened dumbfounded by the eyeliner scene.

The two of them just felt that their legs were weak, and they couldn't run at all if they wanted to run. They wanted to shout, but they just opened their mouths slightly, and couldn't even make a sound.

The undead were summoned, but Yuan Xu hadn't given an order yet.

They are still in a semi-chaotic state.

Suddenly two living people appeared, which immediately disturbed them.

More than a dozen undead spirits first turned their heads to face Zhen Mi and the maid standing outside the door, and then let out a whistling like the sound of wind, and rushed towards them.

The distance between Necromancer and Zhen Mi is very close.

In no time he will be in front of her.

The maid was so frightened that her legs gave way and she sat down on the ground.

Although Zhen Mi didn't fall down, her face turned pale and she was already trembling all over.

Letting her be attacked by the undead, even Yuan Xu didn't know what would happen.

Surprised, Yuan Xu plucked the strings, and the ghost piano made a dull trill.

At the same time as the sound of the piano sounded, he shouted: "Scatter!"

(End of this chapter)