Becoming an Immortal from the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 99 Immortal Rice
"There is no suffering for no reason in the world."

"It's like this flood, because the flood washed away the fields and dams, destroyed the homes and fields, so you can't eat, and you are in danger of starving to death."

"However, the floods did not happen for no reason. First, it was raining for several days, which accumulated into floods, washed away the dams, accumulated momentum, and finally rolled down and flooded the fields, causing tens of thousands of people to be displaced and starved of food."

Lu Liang paused for a moment, and asked back: "If, I mean, if the imperial court can allocate more manpower to build hydraulic projects and improve the water system, so that the mountain torrent diverts and diverts into the sea before it accumulates, there will still be Is this a year-round flood?"

"Are you going to change your child and eat like you did a few days ago?"

As soon as he spoke, the people in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless.

Because everyone can't understand the twists and turns.

The Taoists who understood the Longevity Sect seemed to be expressing their dissatisfaction with the imperial court's ineffective disaster relief.

Immediately, someone stood up, patted his chest, and said, "Daoist Qingfeng, don't say such awkward words. The folks only know one thing, that is, you are serving us white porridge, and you are the biggest big boy in the world." Good man! What do you want us to do? Just say it, and if my little five frowns, you will call me that bastard!"

As soon as the words came out, all the villagers opened their mouths and said, "Yes, yes, it is very true!"

"I've done it, don't care what the yellow scarf and red scarf are, the Taoist priest will just say what we call it!"

"Anti-damn!"

"That's right, the government will just sit back and watch me starve to death, but who else will it be?!"

There are also timid ones who dare not speak in silence, but only think in their hearts:

'Rebellion is life-threatening!The walls of Lin'an City are so high and dangerous, how can we countrymen dare to fight against the imperial army?But I can't say this, otherwise, first, I will hate the Taoist priest, and second, others will definitely look down on me from the bottom of my heart! '

Lu Liang waved his hands and said with a smile: "Everyone is serious, it is serious!"

"My Longevity Sect is the state religion of the Song Dynasty, and today's officials are also loyal believers of the Immortals of Longevity. How could we rebel for no reason?"

"Telling all the folks this is just to hope that the folks have an idea, think about the truth, and then think about the future."

Hearing this, everyone's hearts tightened, knowing that the main event was coming.

Sure enough, Lu Liang then said indifferently: "Now we can't stay in this village for too long. If you are interested, you can merge into my religion, worship the immortal god devoutly, and take an oath to join the religion in front of the statue of the immortal statue." .”

"In the future, we will all be brothers and sisters of the same religion, naturally we will not distinguish between you and me."

"Besides, since everyone has become a member of the same religion, the village here has been flooded, and most of the fields have been destroyed. It is really not a livable place. Why don't you follow me and move to the mountains to live and work in peace."

"It's a good place with pleasant scenery and fertile fields. I promise to the folks here that all the folks who are willing to relocate will receive ten mu of fertile land for each household, and will also give the folks a 'fairy seed' !"

Lu Liang was in good spirits, and took out a rice seed from the box behind him.

Everyone stared intently at the rice seeds in his hand, amazed.

This 'Xianzhong' is really extraordinary in appearance, full of heavy ears of rice, and has many branches.

Roughly counting, there are no less than 500 grains of millet grown on it, which is several times more than ordinary ears of rice!
The people below are all good farmers who have been farming all their lives, and they are all attracted by seeing this magical 'fairy seed'.

"...It is almost comparable to the 'Fairy Spike' that was presented to Tokyo by the magistrate of Lin'an County a few years ago!"

Some people lost their minds and muttered to themselves.

When Lu Liang heard what he said, he smiled lightly, turned around and opened another sack.

Inside the sack was filled with 'fairy seeds' that were exactly the same as the ears of rice in his hand.

A magical ear of rice may also be explained by accident. When a bag full of "fairy ears" that are obviously different from ordinary rice seeds appeared in front of everyone, their expressions instantly became fanatical.

"This this……"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Could it be that this is really the immortal rice seed bestowed by the immortal?"

Many people stared at the sack in Lu Liang's hand, watching him take out "Xian Sui" with more than 500 grains of rice from it as if he didn't want money.

"The folks guessed right. This is the fairy seed given by the god. It can be harvested three times a year, and one rice seed can produce millet several times that of ordinary rice seeds."

"The rice that the folks are planting now has an average yield of about three to four shi per mu, but if it is replaced with this kind of fairy rice, it can reach about eight to ten shi per mu!"

"Furthermore, immortal species can do three crops a year!"

As soon as these words came out, many people were in an uproar.

Their eyeballs are almost popping out. As farmers who live on the fields all year round, they know too well how much this precious rice seed is worth if what Qingfeng Daoist said is true!

It can be said that if they can grow this kind of rice, they will not be in danger of starving to death in their next life!
At this moment, no one was in the mood to listen to Lu Liang continue to introduce the benefits of joining the Immortal Sect.

They have developed an unshakable and deep belief in the Longevity Cult that can give such immortal rice to the common people!

Lu Liang is still chattering:

"After joining my teaching, the children of the villagers can go to the public classrooms to study and study in the teaching center until they are 15 years old. Besides, my teaching center will provide you with some other jobs besides farming the fields."

"For example, near the place where you live, there are several mine industries that I teach, and you can go to work in the mine."

"And this job is also very loose. You only need to work five hours a day, take five days off and two days off. The mine provides three meals. Every morning, extra porridge will be cooked for the folks on duty. A chicken fills the body."

"The monthly salary is fifteen guan. During the year, there will be holidays during the New Year's festival, and the monthly salary will be increased according to the working hours. For example, if you have worked in the mine for a year, you will increase the monthly half guan seniority money."

He went on and on about the advantages of being a miner rather than continuing to be a farmer.

The common people below heard it ignorantly, but Xiao Wu, San Ge and others looked around in surprise.

"Straight mother thief!" Xiao Wu's mouth could hardly close.

Lao Qi and the others also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Is this Xianjiao so rich?! It's just digging a mine, fifteen yuan a month?!"

A few people felt uncomfortable: "When I was a soldier, I worked hard every month to practice, but I could only get a mere consistent salary! This miner can actually get fifteen times the monthly salary of me?"

"If there is so much money and food, if you allocate a little at will, you can gather millions of soldiers and overthrow the Bird Court, right?"

The common people couldn't hold back when they heard that working in the mine could earn fifteen pennies a month, and they all suspected that the master of the immortal sect was here to amuse everyone.

If you can get fifteen coins a month by mining, who will farm the land?
They worked so hard to plan food in the fields, and it would be good to earn thirty guan all year round.

It must be a good time!
If it catches up with the disaster year and the fields are washed away by the flood, you have to borrow money to tide over the disaster!

After working hard for a year, at the end of the day, I owed dozens of money instead!
Who would want to be a farmer if he didn't know what to do without leaving the field? !

The big guy becomes a farmer just because he was born in a farming family, and his grandparents have made a living by farming for generations.

I didn't have the chance to go to Lin'an City, which was close at hand, and only occasionally had the opportunity to leave the village to buy some salt and daily necessities in the city.

Only those who have lost their land and cannot become farmers will have to leave the countryside and go to the city to beg for life.

And the fate of those vagrants is extremely miserable.

Perhaps in less than three days, he would freeze to death in the city.

The so-called people who leave their hometowns and are cheap are talking about this truth.

Because as farmers, they have no extra livelihood skills other than farming.

No one is willing to hire them, so they can only rely on the sky and accept temporary employment from others, such as cleaning up garbage and excrement, or selling some dog skin plasters.

It is even worse for women, who basically become prostitutes and make a living playing and singing.

As for doing some hard work like mining.

Wait a minute, is there such a thing as a wage for miners?

Aren't miners all slaves sent to the mines?

Thinking of this, the people hesitated a little.

They are afraid of being cheated.

Be deceived by this seemingly rosy prospect.

Can you earn [-] yuan a month by digging a mine?Can you still do five days off and two days off, the mine still manages meals, and eats three meals a day?
No matter how it sounds, it sounds like a lie, and it is still the kind of deception that has not been modified at all.

Even the hooligans in Lin'an City dare not give such a guarantee, because it is too fake.

It's as if someone in modern times told you: "I will enslave you severely. You have to work 8 hours a day, only provide three meals and snacks, only have milk in the morning, only one hour lunch break at noon, and you can only get three times overtime. Salary, mandatory fitness for an hour after work, only two days off a week, psychological counseling once a month, and only two months of annual leave a year.

The most vicious thing is that the monthly salary of this job is only [-], and you will only get a salary increase every four months.Bonuses are only issued three times a year. "

Anyone who hears this will only smile a little, knowing that this kind of work will not fall on them.

Lu Liang didn't care when he saw that everyone's reaction was mediocre.

He put away the sack and looked at everyone enthusiastically: "If you are interested, you can record your roster, hometown, horoscope and other information at the 'registration office' on the side."

"Pindao warns the folks one last time. You must know that there are gods in my Longevity Sect to protect you. Anyone who swears to join the sect should not betray you easily. Calamity, no matter how difficult it is to be human."

"However, this restraint is only effective against those who intentionally join the sect to sabotage and intend to harm our sect."

"Everyone has to think about it carefully before deciding on their own. We will never force you."

Without the slightest hesitation, the people scrambled to line up in front of several tables lined up and began to register for religious admission.

Compared with the promise of ten acres of fertile land that one can get after joining the religion, and the magical temptation of immortal rice.

No difficulty can stop the people's enthusiasm for becoming a Christian.

……

After Lu Liang sorted out the aftermath of this village and added more than 900 new residents to the mine outside Lin'an City, he came to Huangjia Village where Lu Zhixin and others lived.

When Lu Zhixin saw Master's frame, he was overjoyed.

He led many Taoists to salute, saying that he had seen the Taoist master and the master.

At this moment, in order to save some mana, Zhang Yuqing also stayed quietly in the carriage. Hearing this, he opened the curtain and nodded lightly.

Seeing Lu Zhixin approaching, Lu Liang's face beamed with joy.

He quickly stepped forward to help his first disciple, his eyes turned hot, "Zhixin, you've lost a lot of weight!"

Lvliang never married a wife and had no offspring in his life.

Adopted four apprentices who had no father or mother, and raised them as offspring.

Lu Zhixin's affection for this master is also a teacher and a father. Hearing the words, tears glistened in his eyes. He suppressed his feelings and saluted His Royal Highness Daozi before answering Lu Liang's question: "I have worked hard during this period, and I haven't slept well. , but it will be great if you come, Master!"

Lu Liang pulled him up with a smile, stood beside him, patted him on the shoulder very satisfied, looked around the well-organized Huangjia Village and praised: "Yes, even if Master is not here, you are doing well!"

He licked his face again and asked Zhang Yuqing for credit: "Your Highness, what do you think?"

Zhang Yuqing glanced at him and said lightly, "Well, not bad."

Lu Zhixin blushed, touched the back of his head and said: "This is still the teaching of Taoist Master Zhang, if he hadn't studied hard in the academy for a month and learned a lot of classics written by Master Zhang, Zhixin would definitely not understand how to deal with these matters Way."

As soon as he opened his chatter box, he chattered endlessly: "For example, the porridge distribution seems simple, but in fact, order must be maintained, and chaos must not be allowed."

"When there is chaos and there is no order, there will be trampling incidents."

"Once trampled on, someone will be injured, and it will be even more chaotic and uncontrollable."

"At that time, no orders can be issued, nor can the wounded be treated. There will be roaring, pushing, and crying together. I am afraid that giving porridge will become a victim."

Lu Zhixin patted his chest with fear on his face, and said, "I had no experience at the beginning, and it almost caused a catastrophe! Many villagers have been hungry for a long time, and they couldn't suppress it no matter how hard they tried, they all came up to fight for the rice porridge in the pot. Squeeze into the pot and cook a few alive!"

When Lu Liang heard the words, he did not suspect him.

As his big apprentice, he knows best.

Kind-hearted, procrastinating in doing things, and has no means.

After all, a few months ago, Lu Zhixin was just a Daoist in the concept of breaking the longevity, and he hadn't seen the world a few times, so he didn't know how to work around it.

This time, asking him to lead a group of people to advance in separate directions was originally intended to sharpen him.

"How did you get the situation under control?"

Lu Liang asked curiously.

Lu Zhiwen said, pulled out a young man from behind with his backhand, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Thanks to this brother Huang, I saw the opportunity quickly, and immediately sent me an order to order all the Taoists to fight back with messy sticks." Only by pushing the most vicious common people in front, did everyone gradually regain their senses!"

(End of this chapter)