Collect crowd into immortals

Chapter 294 Conflict
"Old man, how many people are there in your family? What are they doing?"

"What is the yield per mu of rice on your side?"

"What else to grow besides rice?"

"Is there enough food to eat?"

"How are taxes paid? How much do you pay at one time?"

"My little brother, you are going to run a business in the countryside, what do you buy?"

Xuangui Island, outside Qingshan City.

As Jiang Youning and his party walked towards Qingshan City, they observed the sentiments of the people and asked about the living conditions of passers-by. From time to time, they would stop at the edge of the farmland and observe carefully.

Perhaps it was because of the extraordinary aura of a group of people, who resembled an immortal cultivator, but those pedestrians did not hide anything, and told everything they knew and thought.

And when they heard that these people could barely make ends meet, they couldn't get enough to eat, and they could only have a hungry meal and a full meal, they showed a look of compassion on their faces.

Qing Yu even said: "It's so pitiful! It's far worse than our family!"

"Yeah, it's far away!"

Qingzhu sighed.

In fact, not to mention the comparison with the current Lianhu Dao family, even more than 30 years ago, when their Chen family had not practiced "Tong Dao Shen Wu Fa" and did not vigorously develop ordinary people, they were better than these ordinary people now too much.

At least, they didn't have to worry about food and clothing at that time.

Although the conditions are limited and the food is not so good, at least white rice and noodles are enough to fill you up.

For example, some of Qingzhu's neighbors have not produced immortal cultivators in recent generations and have not received support from the clan, but at least they can still eat two or three meals of meat every month.

I can also sew one or two new clothes every year. (per person)

And like Qingzhu's, it's even better, basically you can eat braised pork once every two or three days, and eat fruits a few times a month.

After Qingzhu embarked on the road of cultivating immortals and learned the [Spring Wind Transforming Rain Jue], there was an endless stream of fruits, meat and vegetables.

These two living standards are actually common in Lianhu Island, or the entire Five Elements Island.

But you must know that before Qingzhu and others improved the rice seeds, the yield per mu of their Lianhu Island was at the same level as the outside world.

They all have a yield of about two hundred kilograms per mu.

As for the land share, it is also three to five mu per person.

But why the people in the clan can eat enough, but the people outside always have a meal without a meal, and they are only hovering on the edge of not starving to death.

Qingzhu naturally understands the reason for this.

It's nothing more than raising a lot of idlers outside, so they can only collect more taxes.

According to the old farmer's reaction just now, the land tax of the imperial court is about [-]%, which is really not high.

But in addition to this, there are other poll taxes, cloth taxes, car taxes, cattle taxes, bandit suppression taxes, silk taxes, etc., etc...

These miscellaneous things add up to at least [-]% to [-]% of the annual yield per mu.

In addition, since the imperial court apportions taxes, landlords, descendants of immortal cultivators, officials, etc. can be exempted from taxes, so although theoretically speaking, the imperial court only collects [-]% of the tax, but in reality, the tax burden of the common people They are all around fifty or sixty percent.

More than half of the food produced has been confiscated, and it is no wonder that the common people can eat enough.

But families like the Chen family are different. After paying the land tax, they have no other burdens.

It can be said that with this item, the rations of the Chen family members are twice as much as those of the outside world.

Not to mention, the people outside the island are also responsible for the corvee of "bringing their own dry food and tools".

It can be said that all the people who can survive outside the island are existences with strong survival ability or strong endurance.

As an immortal cultivator who once aspired to feed the world, Qingzhu naturally wanted to change all this.

It's just that the Chen family's abilities are limited after all, and it is impossible to force other families and countries to change according to the appearance of their Lianhu Island.

In this way, you can only start from other places.

"Sister Youning, you asked me, if we release high-efficiency fertilizers and seeds, can everything be changed?"

Qingzhu's idea is that since she has to pay more than half, then she directly increases the output by five or six times, so that the remaining rations of the common people will automatically increase?

Youning heard the words, thought about it carefully, and shook his head.

“Our output of high-efficiency fertilizers is limited and cannot meet the needs of these hundreds of millions of people.

Even if they are satisfied, the family will not put too much energy into it, after all, they are all outsiders.

The family would not do that until they decided to expand the scale of arithmetic. "

Hearing this, Qingzhu fell silent for a moment.

She naturally understands these principles.

When did the family start to develop Fansu on a large scale, and what supported Fansu was the moment when it was discovered that the people of the Fansu tribe could help deduce the arithmetic and arithmetic.

But before, the most the family could do was maintain secular order, not allowing evil to breed, not allowing corruption to appear...

In addition, it is to protect the smooth birth of newborns in the family.

As for letting ordinary people eat meat as much as they can now and change their clothes every day, that is simply a delusion.

The family is like this for their own people, not to mention people outside.

Anyway, don't even think about wasting your energy in vain to help outsiders for free.

While she was feeling sad, she heard Sister Youning say again:

"However, the composting method you came up with can be used.

At that time, it should be feasible to select some monks who are determined to be common people and let them advance at this time. "

"Really?"

While asking, Qingzhu had actually figured it out in his mind.

In fact, the matter of composting has been circulated to the outside world for a long time, but the Chen family has completely standardized it and organized it.

And formed a set of technical specifications.

With this specification, as long as an ordinary old farmer who is literate can prepare suitable farmyard manure.

Instead of needing the help of spells like high-efficiency fertilizers.

It can be said that this is indeed a good method with quick results and easy promotion.

After figuring it out, Qingzhu can't wait to fly back to Lianhu Island all at once, contact the clansmen who have the same ambition to go to Lianhua Mountain to petition, and let the high-level family members approve the matter.

However, everyone finally came out for once, and she did not interrupt everyone's interest rashly.

Anyway, this matter is not rushed for a while, and it doesn't make any difference if it is delayed for a day or two.

After making up their minds, they entered Qingshan City and began to play in it.

The situation in the city is quite different from the outside. Not only does everyone look good, but even the clothes on their bodies are a bit better than those of the farmers outside.

In addition, there are restaurants, food stalls, tailor shops, toy stores, everything.

There are even several troupes singing in the street.

Seeing this, You Ning and others also let go of the heavy heart, and started to play to their heart's content.

They hang out at food stalls for a while, eat some delicious food, and go to gouache shops to see new varieties;

Or, just go to the window of the restaurant and sit down, enjoying the food while listening to the opera downstairs.

All in all, it was a great time.

"This Sanniang's godson sings well, let our theater troupe follow up when the time comes!"

Qing Yu muttered while eating the delicious couple's lung slices.

Seeing him like this, Qingzhu pinched her nose in a funny way.

"You little girl, you will enjoy it!"

"Cultivation is for enjoyment! Otherwise, why should I work so hard!"

"Look at your arrogant look!"

Qing Yu chuckled, but at this moment, a sound-transmitting jade cicada flew from outside.

You Ning took a look and raised her brows.

"Go, something happened to Qingruo, let's go there!"

After saying that, he summoned the flying sword and flew out of the window.

"There are immortals! There are immortals!"

The four of them flew out hand in hand, causing the crowd watching the theater below to explode.

They didn't expect that they would see a fairy, and such a beautiful fairy.

Even the diners in the restaurant surged out and looked up to the sky.

Those upstairs who had no time to go downstairs ran to the nearest window.

Gaze up.

The owner of the restaurant also rushed over.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a silver light flew rapidly from afar.

Through the window, he landed firmly on the table just now.

"Boss, the money is on the table for you! No need to look for it!"

When the boss heard this, he immediately held the ingot of silver tightly in his hand, for fear that others would rob it.

This is the silver paid by the immortal, and he is reluctant to spend it.

Not only can't it be spent, but it has to be enshrined.

You must know that although immortal cultivators occasionally come to eat in his Linjiang Tower, they are all alone, and they are even low-level cultivators who cannot fly. This time, four immortals who can fly came suddenly, and they are all beautiful. Fairy, the boss's heart was completely wrapped in joy at this moment.

"Little Huang, go to the backstreet, find Master Wang, and tell us that our Linjiang Building is going to change the signboard."

"Shopkeeper, what sign should I change?"

"Change to Linxian Building! By the way, let him make the signboard more elegant and immortal!"

"Yes! Big shopkeeper!"

"Xiao Lin, go to the house of artist Wu and ask him to help draw a picture of the four immortals tasting food. Let him draw more carefully, and the money will not be a problem at all."

……

Xuan Turtle Island.

The capital of King Yong.

On the outskirts of Yongcheng, in front of a majestic mansion.

Two groups of people are confronting each other.

On one side of them is a handsome young man waving a folding fan, and on the other side is a delicate and pretty lady who seems weak.

But there were just two groups of people staring at each other angrily on the street.

"I'm talking about the little girls, this is our Yong family's business, it has nothing to do with you, why do you bother to go through this muddy water? Hurry up and go back where you came from, don't get in the way here!"

"That's right! You all seem to be the children of the family, so don't make trouble for yourself. Otherwise, you will really cause trouble, and your family will not be able to keep you!"

The men looked polite and polite, but when they spoke, they were armed with guns and sticks, and they were quite intimidating.

Seeing the women on the opposite side, the leading man raised his brows and scolded a woman in brocade who was hiding behind the woman:

"Lihua, come back soon! Don't try to hide! Your father has already agreed, there's no point in hiding anymore!"

After hearing this, Lihua not only did not go back, but squeezed in between the women again, "I won't go back! You want to give me to others to play with, but I won't go back!"

"It's not fun to play around! Mr. Yun is a distinguished guest of our Yong family, so we should entertain him!"

Lihua, you enjoy all the glory and wealth on weekdays. Whatever spiritual roots and resources your family has, they will always come to you first.

Now that you are asked to make a contribution, you are shrinking back. Why did you go so early? "

Lihua pouted when she heard the words, trying to refute, but found that there was nothing she could do.

After all, she did enjoy what the other party said.

And more importantly, what she enjoys is not because of how good her qualifications are, how good her spiritual roots are, or how much she has contributed to the family, but just because she is beautiful and has a good figure.

In fact, Yong Lihua had thought about this day a long time ago, and had already made preparations, but when the event came, and the other party didn't even want to give him a title, and just wanted to have fun, Yong Lihua regretted it.

Fortunately, when things came to an end, when she was about to accept her fate, she ran into a few kind-hearted sisters, and then she mustered up the courage to tell the whole story and wanted to escape.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped in the street by several cousins ​​of his own.

At that time, Yong Lihua wanted to let a few well-wishers leave first, not wanting to drag them down. Unexpectedly, the other party just released a message and told her not to worry.

In this way, the current situation was formed.

One side is concerned about the other side's background, while the other side is waiting for the coming reinforcements.

Time passed quietly, and soon, it seemed that the Yong family couldn't wait any longer, and they were going to do it.

But at this moment, one person from the woman's side took over and shouted towards the back of Young Master Yong: "Captain Cao Kun, your patrol team is responsible for patrolling the four directions and guarding the order of Qiansha Islands. Is this how you guard?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their gazes to the gate of the manor.

Here, there is a spirit boat parked in place.

In front of the spirit boat, a group of 11 people were standing quietly, looking sideways at the jokes here, who would have thought that someone would mention them themselves.

"Captain, she seems to know you."

When Cao Kun heard this, he took a deep look here and saw that none of the girls knew him, and there were no family marks on them. He suddenly said nonchalantly:
"Maybe you saw my portrait in Ziyun City!"

"Too!"

The team members on the side nodded.

Since their establishment, the guards of their government have been majestic and intimidating inside and outside the archipelago. It is not surprising that some people have seen the portrait of their captain.

Even, the portraits of each of their patrol members may be remembered by some people.

It was no surprise that the woman opposite had seen them.

They didn't know that their captain Cao Kun felt so comforted at the moment.

To be honest, Cao Kun would have easily let go of this kind of situation in normal times, but today...

Cao Kun glanced at the young man beside him who seemed to be carefully playing with walnuts, and took a deep breath.

Cao Kun must do half of today's matter.

In fact, if they weren't concerned about the good cultivation and extraordinary demeanor of those women, they would have planned to keep these people as well.

Thinking of this, Cao Kun raised his head and chest, and said righteously: "Young lady is joking, you and I agree on this matter, and our patrol team can't interfere too much!
On the contrary, girls, you guys wantonly plundered the female cultivators of the Yong family, do you want to try the formation of our palace guards? "

"you……"

Hearing that Cao Kun not only refused to admit his crime, but beat him up, Qing Ruo was so angry that he wanted to hit him directly.

Even if you expose your own strength, you will not hesitate.

Seeing this, Qingxue and Qingling on the side quickly grabbed him.

"Ruoruo, don't worry, our sister-in-law will come in a while, let's see what they plan to do?"

"Yeah! I've also informed my brother! Let him take a good look at his good men!"

After Qingruo calmed down, she didn't intend to do anything anymore, but she took out a pink silk cloth and protected several people in the center.

Be careful!
After all, if the other party is mad and wants to attack them, they have to be prepared in advance.

However, her move caused misunderstanding on the other side.

Seeing this, the young masters of the Yong family quickly took out various magic tools and treasures.

Behind them, members of the patrol team also quickly formed a formation, surrounding the captain and the noble young master in the center.

"Hey, I'm planning to do something! Let's see, what kind of abilities do you foreign monks have, how dare you act wildly in our Yong family!"

With that said, the members of the Yong family also quickly formed a formation.

War is imminent.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a figure flashed past, and suddenly appeared in front of Qing Ruo and the others.

What followed was a sharp shout!
"I see who dares!"

Seeing the figure appear, Qing Ruo and the others immediately relaxed, and said in unison:
"sister in law!"

But the faces of the Yong family were as cold as frost.

Because the person who came was actually a foundation-building monk, and they didn't even see how the other party appeared.

But it doesn't matter, it's just the initial stage of foundation establishment, and it's not like they don't have backers.Just the patrol behind him is enough to suppress any dissatisfaction.

"This is your trump card, nothing more than that!"

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, several more rays of light flashed by, and three figures appeared in the field again.And they all stood behind the woman just now.

Hearing the female cultivator who had just confronted him calling "Third Sister, Fifth Sister, Sixth Sister" affectionately one by one, the Yong family's scalp immediately went numb.

These are all four foundation-builders, even if they are only in the early stage of foundation-build, it is not something they can deal with, even if they add a patrol team.

But don't be afraid, this is their Dayong, and the capital is not far away, so they don't need to be cowardly.

Thinking of this, the leader of the Yong family said again: "Are you really going to meddle in your own business? I advise you to retreat, or when my ancestor of the Yong family arrives..."

Before he finished speaking, a sharp shout came from behind him.

"Yong Haoyang, you are so presumptuous!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Yong Haoyang turned around and saw the patrol captain Cao Kun standing up.

Seeing this, Yong Haoyang was confused.

What are you presumptuous?I'm speaking for ourselves!
As soon as this thought came into my mind, I saw Cao Kun trotting forward, bowing his hands flatteringly.

"My subordinate, Cao Kun, has met my wife and all the fairies!"

(End of this chapter)