Mortal Immortal Gourd

On the official road north of Anchang County, an old man and a young man rode high horses and slowly moved forward.

"Master, I think these officials of the Zhou Dynasty are rotten to the core."

The young man had red lips and white teeth, a face like a crown of jade, and a slightly raised corner of his mouth, which seemed a bit unruly.

But when talking about these things, he was so angry that his eyes turned red.

"The court allocated 1 million shi of disaster relief grain, but in the end not a single grain of grain went into the stomachs of the disaster victims."

"They divided it all!"

"Even if you eat meat, at least leave some soup!"

The old man seemed much calmer, and stroked his beard slowly, as if he had long been accustomed to it.

"As far as I know, Qingzhou Prefecture actually only received 500,000 shi of grain."

When the old man said this, he also sighed and could not continue to talk, because too much talk would lead to mistakes.

But Qing did not have so many scruples and continued to say indignantly:

"The Zhou Dynasty was founded thousands of years ago, and it has long lost the vigor it had when it was founded. Now everyone just wants to get more benefits for themselves."

"If this continues, the Zhou Dynasty will also be doomed."

"Don't say such things."

The old man hurriedly stopped Qing from continuing to speak, so as not to cause disaster.

"The kings of our Zhou Dynasty all loved the people like their own children and were respected by the people."

"Especially the current emperor Longxing Sheng, who is wise and intelligent, has made great achievements in civil and military affairs, and has been blessed by the people. He will live forever and be the supreme emperor.

Since he ascended the throne, 128 years have passed. He has been close to wise ministers, kept away from treacherous officials, and worked hard to govern the country. The government and the people are thriving.

He will surely continue to carry forward the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty for thousands of years!"

The old man was riding on a horse. When he talked about the current emperor, he was solemn and respectful, and bowed in the direction of the capital.

Qing did not care, but he did not talk nonsense.

The two continued to move forward silently on their horses.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."

Suddenly, countless arrows flew from the distant sky, densely covering the entire sky.

Each arrow in the sky carries a powerful force, no weaker than a foundation-building strike.

So many arrows shot at the same time, equivalent to thousands of foundation-building cultivators shooting at the same time, bombarding the two people.

"A mere trick!"

The old man saw this, but was as calm as a mountain, without any waves.

He just waved his hand and cast a basic spell, the golden light shield.

A golden light shield protected the two people and their horses.

Countless arrows carrying powerful force fell on the golden light shield, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

Then these arrows exploded into countless pieces, turned into pure spiritual energy, and dissipated in the ground.

But this scene of great momentum did not even scare the horses the two people were sitting on.

When the strength is strong enough, even the most basic spell can produce terrifying power.

"Hide your head and show your tail!"

"Rat!"

"Come on!"

The old man shouted, and the voice spread more than ten miles away.

However, the surroundings were quiet, without any movement.

After a long time, another dense burst of arrows came.

The old man also resolved it with a basic golden light shield.

But this time, the old man's expression became solemn.

In the distance, golden lights rushed up and gathered in the sky.

"Not good!"

"This is a dragon trap array!"

"While the array has not closed yet, I will use all my strength to send you away!"

The old man roared, and a powerful spell wrapped Qing in his body and threw him to the side.

"Master..."

Qing Bu only had time to shout before he turned into a meteor and flew dozens of miles away.

After Qing Bu landed, he only looked back, then found a random direction and left quickly...

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On Shekou Mountain, Yushan, who was only three feet tall, was using his weak body to pull the thousand-jin millstone to grind some medicinal materials into powder.

Er Gouzi was quite considerate to him. He found that Yushan was too big and couldn't reach the millstone, which was very inconvenient.

He also tailored a rack for him and hung it on Yushan's shoulders, so that it would be much more convenient to pull the millstone.

However, Yushan was also a person who didn't know how to be grateful, and didn't even say thank you.

After Yushan had ground the powder, he collected the powder together, mixed it evenly, added refined honey, and rolled it into pills.

Now the consumption of pills is relatively high, and Yushan has to make a batch every morning.

Ergouzi squatted in the place where the pills were dried, inspected the finished products, and picked out some unqualified ones.

"Yushan, these pills are not round enough, and these pills are not uniform, roll them again."

"Okay, master."

Yushan just sat down and immediately stood up, and took the unqualified ones into the pot.

After rolling the Peiguben pills, Yushan found Ergouzi's clothes that he had changed, washed them, and dried them.

Then he fed the geese and cooked...

Since the recovery of Yushan, Ergouzi has been much more relaxed every day.

Facts have proved that Yushan really did not lie.

After cutting off his two wings, although his cultivation was still there, his magical powers were gone.

Every day in the mountains, he was honest and helped Er Gouzi with odd jobs.

There were several times when Er Gouzi fell asleep at night, Yushan even wanted to escape, but was caught by the goose and beaten again.

He really didn't know how to be grateful for his good life. He lived in such a good place, but he didn't know how to be grateful and even wanted to escape.

Fortunately, every time he was beaten, he would be quiet for a long time.

Yushan was hit by the sword of the county magistrate once, and more than a dozen bones were broken and two wings were cut off in Shekou Mountain.

After a period of rest and recuperation, his injuries are finally gradually healed.

After losing his wings, Yushan has only a lot of cultivation. Except for a little bit of energy, he can't even cast an ordinary spell.

In order to make Yushan have work to do every day and not miss home, Ergouzi took time to reclaim another five acres of wasteland in the mountains.

Plant one acre of tribute pepper, two acres of Yueling rice, and two acres of ordinary rice.

He doesn't like to eat pepper, but it is a specialty of Anchang County and the most favorite tribute of Emperor Longxing. It should be able to sell for money and exchange for other spiritual objects.

As for the two mu of ordinary rice, it can be harvested once every ten days, and eight or nine stones of rice can be harvested in a month, which is still very useful in this famine.

The main reason is that Yushan is not working hard enough, otherwise he can grow more rice.

Now the total amount of Yueling rice planted has reached three mu, and it is harvested once a day.

I harvested it once some time ago, but I didn’t have time to eat it because I was busy sweeping locusts outside.

I only had time to taste it recently, and found that after the Yueling rice was improved by the gourd, it tasted better and the concentration of spiritual energy was also much stronger.

You only need to eat one liter of Yueling rice improved by the gourd every day, and the effect is stronger than eating 10 Pei Gu Ben Wan.

Planting three mu of Yueling rice, you can harvest about 12 stones of spiritual grains a day, and one stone of rice can produce about seven dou of rice after shelling.

These three mu of land are completely enough for me to eat.

Since eating the moon spirit rice every day, the speed of cultivation has increased several times.

So far, Pei Yuan Gu Ben is dispensable for you, and it is not very helpful.

Yushan is idle every day, so you buy some medicinal materials and ask Yushan to make Pei Yuan Gu Ben.

You can use it to feed the big goose, reward it to your subordinates, or sell it for money.

"Yushan, I'll go there for a while. You take care of the house and don't think about running away."

Er Gouzi gave Yushan an order, and then rode on the big goose king and flew down Shekou Mountain.

This big goose that accompanied you in prison is much larger than the other big geese, and the aura it exudes is also stronger.

Its strength is comparable to that of human cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training.

Er Gouzi rode the goose down the mountain, and at the foot of Shekou Mountain, the sutras gathered into a village.

Those who moved here temporarily for refuge are not counted. The more than 1,000 people bought by the owner are the real residents at the foot of Shekou Mountain.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the owners were bought with money, and everything they have, including their bodies and wealth, belongs to Er Gouzi.

Er Gouzi is the owner of the owners.

However, Er Gouzi never thought of occupying these young ladies and wives alone and making them all his wives.

He did not let them call him the master, but called him the owner.

At this time, Qiuyue was holding a spear in both hands and practicing some basic stabbing movements.

Seeing Er Gouzi, he quickly put away the spear in his hand, pulled the leaky clothes, and walked towards the owner.

"The owner."

"I'm fine, you guys continue to practice."

Looking at Qiuyue's back as she left, he found that the only single piece of clothing she had on had been torn a lot after more than half a year of tossing.

I remember when I bought Qiuyue, she had a cotton jacket on her, but she took it off herself.

The more than 1,000 people bought back all had only a few single clothes, and many children were in the same state as Ergouzi before, wearing clothes that exposed their buttocks.

It's warm now, but people will freeze to death in winter.

Ergouzi took a look and rode on the goose to fly towards the county town.

Winter is coming soon, and there may be major unrest, so we need to reserve a batch of supplies.

For example, salt, oil, cloth, iron, and some medicinal materials, especially the auxiliary materials for strengthening the foundation, are not so easy to buy now due to the drought.

Ergouzi rode the goose to visit the black market in the county town first to see if he could buy some food supplies.

Through the information provided by Sima Yi, it is certain that there is food in the government warehouse, and the quantity is not small.

However, the officials in the county government are now in a rare position. In order to sell at a higher price, they strictly control the grain and only sell a little at a time, so that everyone can scramble for it.

Er Gouzi rode on the goose's back and could not see any green along the way.

Some of the original forests have now become bare, without a single blade of grass left.

First, they were eaten by locusts, which ate up all the food on the ground.

Then the refugees dug three feet into the ground, dug up the roots of trees and grass, and ate them again.

There was nothing to eat on the mountain except for the worm.

There was a mountain along the way, because it was rich in a kind of Guanyin worm, which attracted many refugees to come and eat.

Some naive refugees saw the big goose flying in the sky and picked up stones and threw them into the sky.

The big goose flew so high that they could not be hit by throwing stones with their bare hands.

After entering the city, we went directly to Huichun Hall.

Sima Yi didn't give out porridge today, and there were no beggars at the door. Er Gouzi felt a little strange.

"Why are there so many beggars at your door?"

"Haha! It's rare for me to have a relaxing day."

Sima Yi laughed and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Today is a good day, I'll take you to have a meal in the evening."

"Free meal?"

Er Gouzi was a little confused. Sima Yi was not the kind of person who couldn't afford to eat.

Even if the entire Anchang County starved to death, our Sima family would not be hungry.

"It's the county grandpa's birthday today, and a banquet will be held at Hongyan Tower. You can come with me to eat."

"Now all the beggars and refugees in the city are waiting at the back door of Hongyan Tower, waiting for the dinner of leftovers in the evening."

It turns out that the county magistrate is celebrating his birthday, so I will definitely go to eat if I have the chance.

And you should eat with all your heart with an open belly, so that you can get back some of your money.

While it was still early, Ergouzi went to the black market first.

Unexpectedly, the black market was particularly lively that day, with many more pedestrians than usual.

After a little inquiry, I found out that it was because the Grand Master of Tianxian County was celebrating his birthday.

Many people come to the black market to find a suitable gift.

If you give a gift, it will win the favor of the county magistrate, and there will be many benefits that need not be explained.

Ergouzi naturally had no idea of ​​giving a gift, so he went to the grain store first.

You can still buy ordinary grain in the grain store, but each person can only buy one stone at a time, which costs 50 taels of silver per stone.

The price is not cheap, and one stone of grain does not help much and is dispensable.

But even though I came here, I still bought a stone. Even if it was given to Sima Yi as a porridge, it would not be bad.

Just pay the money and take the receipt to the county government warehouse to get the food.

If you go to the county government office to do some serious business, you will face all kinds of difficulties, but if you go to the official warehouse to collect grain with a ticket issued on the black market, not only will it be smooth, but it will also be enough, and not a single grain will be missing.

Ergouzi entered the grain store and didn't go far when he saw a crowd of people in front of him. He also squeezed into the crowd curiously.

It turned out that there was a street stall with three yellow talisman papers for sale.

This talisman paper has been used by people from Daoxuanzong and cults before, but this is the first time I have seen it on the black market.

"What kind of talisman is this of yours?"

someone asked curiously.

"These two are invisibility charms, and this one is a breathing charm."

The stall owner pointed to the talisman paper in front of him and introduced.

"Generally, the invisibility charm can hide your body. If you are below the fourth level of Qi training, no one without spiritual consciousness will be able to detect you."

"When you meet a monk with spiritual consciousness, he will find your aura with a sweep of his spiritual consciousness, so you need to add a breath-condensing charm."

Naturally, everyone wants a talisman paper with such magical effects.

Just stick it on your body when you have nothing to do. It's very useful to steal a chicken, touch a dog, take a peek, or kill a lot of people.

When the onlookers heard the introduction of these three talismans, they already thought of countless magical uses in their minds.

I can’t wait to experience it now.

"How much does one cost?"

"We don't charge money, we just need to build up our foundation and strengthen our foundation."

"1000 Peiyuan Guben꼍 in exchange for a piece of talisman paper."

Everyone was originally very interested, but the price the stall owner raised poured cold water on everyone.

If you have 1,000 Peiyuan Strengthening Pills in your hand, your cultivation will be greatly improved, so how can you use it here?

A few people were trying to bargain with prices ranging from thirty to fifty pills, or around 100 pills, but the stall owner was also stubborn and would not miss a single pill.

In the end, many onlookers just shook their heads and left with sighs.

Everyone was almost gone before Ergouzi stepped forward. It happened that Yushan had made a lot of medicine recently and had some goods in hand.

"I bought all three of them."