Chapter 57 Locusts

Er Gouzi should have known that the government officials were unreliable and should not have too high expectations.

Er Gouzi was supposed to be rewarded with a pill, but once it was in the hands of the county magistrate, it could never come out again.

Fortunately, Sima Yi asked his uncle to come forward and negotiate with the county magistrate.

In the end, Er Gouzi voluntarily gave up the pill and sincerely begged the county magistrate to exchange it for two barren mountains.

The county magistrate originally did not want the pill, but seeing Er Gouzi's sincere heart, he could only accept it reluctantly.

Er Gouzi naturally had to be grateful.

Others had to give a thumbs up and praise: The county magistrate is benevolent and loves the people like his own children!

These two barren mountains are located behind Shekou Mountain. There are more than ten barren mountains stretching for more than 10 miles here, all of which are the county magistrate's property.

The county magistrate has many similar properties.

These two barren mountains are next to Shekou Mountain, and their area is much larger than Shekou Mountain, and the terrain is flatter.

But this kind of barren mountain is nothing compared to the elixir of the immortal cultivators.

But this is already the best result.

At least I got two barren mountains. I wanted to do something like the owner of the Ding family before, but I had no place to do it.

Sima Yi handed a land deed with an official seal to Er Gouzi.

"Are you going to open up the wasteland and cultivate the land?"

"Well, there are so many refugees now, all of them have nothing to do, why not let them help me open up the wasteland."

"First, reclaim the land at the foot of the mountain. It's a pity to leave such a large piece of land there to be abandoned and overgrown with grass..."

Er Gouzi spoke his thoughts truthfully, and he became more and more energetic, with his eyes shining.

"I also plan to build a large reservoir on the top of the mountain to store and collect rainwater, and then build a pool..."

"I want to turn all those barren mountains into fertile fields..."

When he was a child, he dreamed of having a piece of land of his own. Now he finally has two large barren mountains for him to transform.

And there are a lot of manpower, as long as he is given food.

If these people have food to eat, they may not have to sell their children anymore.

Sima Yi looked at Er Gouzi, whose face was glowing. It was the first time he had seen him so excited after knowing him for so many years.

"I have 60 taels of refined silver essence here. If you have time, please help me go to the market and see if there are people for sale, whether male or female, buy them all."

"Buy all?"

Sima Yi took the bag of refined silver essence and confirmed it again.

There are many people sold in the county market every day.

"Yes, buy all!"

"Don't leave any for those people."

Er Gouzi said firmly.

"Okay, don't worry, I will do my best in this matter."

As a local snake, Sima Yi naturally found that there were more and more blood and soul pills in the black market.

He could also guess where many people went after being bought, but his personal ability and financial resources were limited.

Today, he finally found a like-minded person.

"If you have extra silver, buy some grain from the black market."

After the Chinese New Year, grain prices soared again, and now they are sold for 8 taels of silver per stone.

After the two reached a cooperation, the efficiency was obviously higher.

In just a few days, Sima Yi cleared out all the people with straw tags in the market.

He bought more than 200 people who were starving.

He also bought 200 stones of grain.

After bringing these people and grain back, he settled them in the wasteland and built some temporary straw huts.

There were still a lot of things left, so Er Gouzi simply invited Huang Laocai to help him manage it.

In the following period, Sima Yi used the money left by Er Gouzi to buy some pig iron, farm tools and the like and sent them over.

In addition, he bought a large number of people. As long as there were people for sale in the market, he bought them.

However, even so, there were still a lot of blood and soul pills for sale in the black market.

Sima Yi always felt powerless. The general trend of the world was like this, and it was impossible for one or two people to change it.

He could only do his best and leave it to fate.

Er Gouzi had been practicing in the mountains in recent months.

He asked Sima Yi to help with the affairs in the county, and Huang Laocai was in charge of the barren mountain, so he didn't need to worry too much.

Since the corpse poison in his body was expelled, his cultivation, which had been suppressed for a long time, has risen rapidly.

It probably won't take too long to break through to the fifth level of Qi training again.

On Shekou Mountain, after his years of cultivation, the iron thorns finally grew a circle on the top of the mountain.

The acre of crescent moon spirit rice planted last year has now sprouted, and it won't be long before it can be harvested for the first time.

Other crops such as ginseng and Polygonatum are all growing normally.

He never wanted to dig the earliest batch of ginseng, and now it is finally 40 years old.

His goal is to cultivate a century-old spirit medicine, which can be achieved in another six years.

However, there are more and more locusts recently, and they often fly to his Shekou Mountain to cause trouble.

Some of them will even form groups and become swarms.

Wherever these locust swarms go, not a single green leaf will be left.

Especially now that there is a severe drought in the world, Ergouzi's Shekou Mountain is green and lush, which makes these locusts love it even more.

Fortunately, his geese have made great contributions to save his one acre and three fen of land in Shekou Mountain.

Although geese mainly eat grass, they usually eat small fish, shrimps, insects and the like.

After his big white goose mutated, it seems to like to eat some meat.

Every time a swarm of insects flies over, it is a carnival feast for the geese.

The geese are naturally alert and have a strong sense of territory.

On this day, Er Gouzi had just finished watering the crops when a dense swarm of insects flew over from the sky.

The large group of locusts was still in the air, and a group of white geese flew into the sky from Shekou Mountain, chasing the locusts in the air.

Today's locust swarm is much larger than usual.

There were waves of fluttering in the sky, and many locust remains fell like rain.

There were actually a lot of snow-white goose feathers mixed in these locust remains.

It's a bit abnormal.

His geese have an abnormal physique, and they can fight ordinary warriors to a draw.

Er Gouzi looked up curiously in the sky, and there were locusts that could hurt his geese.

I saw a big goose in the sky, which was being besieged by several huge locusts at this moment.

These locusts were five or six inches long, like sharp arrows in the air, whizzing past the goose, leaving pieces of feathers and blood.

The goose flapped its wings in the air and hit a big locust.

The big locust fell to the ground injured, and Er Gouzi hurried over to pick it up.

He found that the locust was green all over, with strong and powerful limbs and hind legs like sharp saws.

If he was not careful, it would cut a bloody wound on his hand.

Using the Qi-Looking Technique to observe, it was found that its small body actually exuded a strong breath, and there was a very weak power in the body, but it was similar to the true Qi of a warrior.

Ordinary locust swarms only eat green leaves of crops, but if this kind of mutant locust appears in the swarm, it will not only eat green leaves, but also people and livestock.

Cut open the swollen abdomen of the locust, and there are thousands of insect eggs inside.

These locust eggs actually contain a relatively rich spiritual energy, and their color is golden, even Er Gouzi is very appetizing when he sees them.

Er Gouzi put away the big locust. He really wanted to make himself a big locust meal.

When he was very hungry before, he also roasted locusts in the mountains. They were very fragrant and delicious.

Looking at the mutant locusts still fighting with the white goose in the sky, Er Gouzi found a set of bows and arrows.

He will take the martial arts exam in the future, and archery is the basic skill to be tested.

It’s just that he has not practiced for a long time, so his archery skills are not very accurate.

He bent the bow and put the arrow on it. The three-stone hard bow was pulled like a full moon by him. He aimed at a locust and shot an arrow.

But the locust was too small and flew too fast in the sky. The arrow and the locust were only one or two feet apart and passed each other.

This arrow was not completely missed. Although the arrow did not hit the locust, it finally hit the leg of a big goose by mistake and tore off a small piece of meat.

"Gaga... Gaga..."

The big goose, which was fighting with all its strength, was suddenly hit by an arrow on its leg and screamed at the bottom.

I don't know if he was cursing or praising his master's archery skills.

However, with the elegant and proud temperament of the big white goose, it probably wouldn't curse.

Er Gouzi was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He quickly put away his bow and arrow and didn't dare to interfere anymore.

His archery skills were not good, and the locusts were too small and too fast. On the contrary, the big goose was a bigger target and was easily injured by mistake.

This goose-insect war lasted for an hour before it gradually ended.

The invading locusts were almost completely killed, and the few remaining ones also fled from Shekou Mountain. The ground was covered with injured locusts.

More than ten geese were injured on the goose side, especially the one with an arrow in the leg. The injury was the most serious and almost died.

Er Gouzi fed each goose a pill of Peiyuan Guben Pill as a reward.

To express his apology, he fed two pills into the mouth of the big goose that was shot by the arrow.

The big geese quickly recovered after eating the pills. They gathered together, stretched their necks and quacked, as if boasting about their military exploits.

Er Gouzi was carrying a bamboo basket and a sack, picking up locusts on the ground.

Although the geese also ate, they couldn't eat so much.

The remaining locust corpses on the ground would be eaten by snakes, insects, rats and ants if they were not picked up.

He was willing to waste such good meat. If he couldn't finish it himself, it would be good to give it to his men who were clearing the land.

All the large and good-looking locusts on the ground were picked up into the bamboo basket and left for himself.

Those poor-looking stumps were all swept into the sack, and then ground into powder and mixed into the staple food.

Such good locust meat is definitely not worse than rice.

Now the price of grain has skyrocketed more than ten times, and it costs more than ten taels of silver per stone. Except for the black market, you may not be able to buy grain even if you have money.

The black market is full of grain from the government warehouse, which is said to have been sold out.

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