Chapter 92 Asking for Land and House (1/2)

Ji Cang found that the rebel forces of the cult were getting stronger and stronger and had a tendency to overwhelm the government.

He just wanted Er Gouzi to organize his men into an army and wipe out the rebellion.

Ergouzi didn't even think about it and refused directly because he didn't want to do anything for the government.

He also carefully trained the 2,000 people he brought out from the last locust extermination. He himself was usually reluctant to kill them, and even distributed a lot of good things to his men.

He had made great contributions to the entire Anchang County, but in the end he was treated as cannon fodder by the county magistrate and all of them were tricked to death.

He himself was imprisoned by the county magistrate. If Sima Yi had not rescued him, he would not have been able to get out.

The past events are still fresh in his mind, and Ergouzi doesn't want to jump into the pit of fire again.

It's none of his business if a government like that is destroyed. Maybe it would be better if it didn't exist.

"How about I write you a big IOU this time?"

Ji Cang also wanted to seduce him. Based on his understanding of Ergouzi, this guy has always given up his life rather than his wealth.

"Elixirs, elixirs, spiritual stones, magic weapons, cultivation techniques, land, real estate in the state capital, and I can even recommend you to become a minor official."

Himekura listed a series of extremely tempting conditions.

To be honest, Er Gouzi was very excited when he heard these conditions.

Except for being an official, I really want everything else.

In order to get a pill last time, he went all the way around and spent a lot of money to get it.

There are also elixirs. If he wants to make elixirs in the future, he will need various elixirs, which he urgently needs.

As for the spirit stone, he has never seen the genuine one.

I have only seen it in books. It is said that in the ancient times of cultivating immortals, the currency used in transactions between monks was spirit stones.

But this kind of thing is a non-renewable resource. The more it is consumed, the less it produces.

Now all the spirit stone veins are in the hands of the Zhou Dynasty, and ordinary people have no chance to access them.

As for magical weapons and cultivation techniques, they are treasures that everyone desires.

"If you lose this opportunity, you may not be able to obtain these treasures even if you struggle for decades."

Ji Cang saw Er Gouzi's heart start to move and continued to induce him.

"I can write you an IOU right now, and I'll return it right away, ensuring that not a hair is missing."

Er Gouzi was really moved this time, but he hesitated for a while and still shook his head.

"don't want!"

"No matter how good something is, it must have a life flower."

"There are so many masters in the cult, and even the Qingzhou Army was defeated. Who am I?"

Ji Cang didn't expect that Er Gouzi would change his temper and give up money for the sake of his life!

"Actually, you don't need to fight the cult army head-on. You only need to destroy the small branches at the grassroots level from behind."

"As well as destroying the small forces that rebelled and claimed the throne, and letting everyone return to the fields to farm, that's it."

"Are these simple?"

Er Gouzi looked at Ji Cang with some disbelief.

Himekura smiled bitterly: "It's actually that simple, but no one has ever done it."

"Because these small rebel forces and a large number of branches are the foundation of the cult, and they can continuously provide resources for the top leaders of the cult."

"Destroy the foundation of its existence, and a cult is like water without a source or a tree without roots. It is not far from death."

"If the cult is allowed to develop, eventually the population of each county in Qingzhou will become the cult's cultivation resources."

"Even if the imperial army annihilates the cult in the future, there will not be many people left alive in Qingzhou."

"So, now it's not just for the imperial court, but also for the countless people in Qingzhou."

Hearing this, Ergouzi fell into silence again.

If we follow the methods of the cults and rebels, everyone will probably die in the end, leaving only a handful of masters.

But for him to jump out now is definitely not as easy as Hime Cang said.

First of all, these people under him are not soldiers, and Qiuyue and the others have only received some simple training.

And most of them are women and children.

As for the newly recruited 2,000 people, it is true that there are more males.

But they were starved for two years, their bodies were very weak, they had never experienced decent training, and they didn't have much combat effectiveness.

Not to mention that there is not a single master among them.

Are you trying to dig up the foundation of a cult so that people can't fight you?

When the time comes, the first people to die may be my group.

He saw many books saying that it is a virtue to sacrifice oneself and illuminate others.

Many sages and sages also teach the world that a gentleman sacrifices his life for righteousness and sacrifices his life to become a benevolent person.

But until now, Ergouzi still has not understood this lofty spiritual realm.

Maybe Sima Yi can do it.

Ergouzi has full respect for such virtuous people, but he really cannot give up his own life to save others.

Even if he paid the price with his life, no one may remember it.

In the end, the county magistrate got another credit for his political achievements, and the county magistrate got promoted and made a fortune based on this.

Thinking that by working hard, he might be able to get a promotion and make a fortune for the county magistrate.

"No."

"I have just opened up a few hundred acres of land, and I want to take advantage of the spring plowing to plant food."

"Otherwise, what will these thousands of people eat and drink?"

Ergouzi no longer hesitated this time and simply rejected Ji Cang.

Sima Yi originally wanted to say something, but he hesitated and finally said nothing.

"Autumn Moon, Sun Wangcai, spring plowing and sowing will begin tomorrow."

"Good boss!"

There has been a severe drought for several years, and as farmers, everyone feels a little bit depressed.

Now that we have finally waited for a good spring, everyone wants to show their skills in the fields and grow a good crop.

The 50 acres of good land under Shekou Mountain was originally rented to Ah Hu, but now he is going to get promoted and make money to fight for his future.

It is said that Ah Hu dared to fight and fight in Zhang Youliang's army, and he really became a general, managing hundreds of people under his command, and his future is limitless.

Er Gouzi just took back the land and planted it himself. He asked people to plow and rake it several times, and raised seedlings, which are currently growing well.

The newly reclaimed 400 acres of dry land were all planted with beans, and they also sprouted green sprouts after a rain.

The newly dug 20 acres of ponds, large and small, are distributed all over the hillside to store rainwater for irrigation.

This kind of pond cannot be wasted, Er Gouzi got some fish and put them in it, and he can catch some fish at the end of the year.

In addition, he quietly poured some water from the gourd into the pond. It was not much, but it should make the crops grow better.

Unfortunately, there is no cattle or sheep in the entire Anchang County, otherwise he could raise some cattle and sheep.

Especially after planting hundreds of acres of beans, the straw after harvesting beans can be used to feed sheep in the future.

Unlike the thriving Shekou Mountain, large tracts of fertile land have been abandoned in the surrounding villages and towns.

In the past, there was no water, and many families went out to carry water day and night to irrigate the land and plant crops.

Now there is water, large tracts of land have been abandoned and overgrown with grass, but few people are willing to plant the land down-to-earth.

Less than one-third of the land in Shexi Village has been cultivated.

Zhang Youliang is now preparing for war, concentrating on conquering cities and grabbing population resources. He doesn't take care of the land that he worked so hard to get back then.

Huang Laocai was very distressed to see so much land abandoned, and he called it a waste.

He went to see Zhang Youliang specifically to buy some land, but he was beaten out before he even saw Zhang Youliang.

After Er Gouzi heard about this, he had the same idea as Huang Laocai.

The abandoned fields in Shexi Village were all good farmland, much better than his two barren mountains.

He had many people but little land, so it would be great if he could get some land and plant all the crops.

So, five years after being kicked out of his uncle's house, he finally stepped into their doorstep again.

He used to avoid them and was unwilling to meet their family, which was a bit lacking in confidence.

Now he is 19 years old, and with the growth of his cultivation and knowledge, he has killed many people.

He is no longer the country boy who was overwhelmed by inferiority, nervous when talking, and blushed when there were many people.

Zhang Youliang's house has been expanded a lot, and there is a circle of walls outside.

There is a plaque on the gate with three big characters "Liang Wang Palace", which looks very impressive.

Two sturdy men, holding long spears, stood crookedly at the gate. When they saw Er Gouzi coming, they immediately straightened their backs.

"Stop!"

Er Gouzi saw that they were familiar people. They were tenants in the village and were about the same age as him.

When they were young, they went up the mountain to chop wood, went into the water to catch fish, and dug wild vegetables in the fields together.

"Goudan, Waizui, it turns out that it is you two. I'm going in to talk to Zhang Youliang about something."

Seeing his childhood playmates, Er Gouzi said casually.

Unexpectedly, the two men puffed out their chests and tilted their heads, pretending not to know each other.

"How dare you, King Liang's name, can you just call him casually?"

"We are now the ten generals under King Liang, General Li Goudan and General Chen Waizui!"

Seeing that the two men were very serious and arrogant, Er Gouzi also lost his patience.

"Will you let me go?"

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. No!"

"Okay!"

Er Gouzi suddenly attacked and knocked on the necks of the two men, who immediately fainted on the ground.

Walking into the gate, I found that there were many more houses inside the wall.

Several strong men rushed out of the house with swords and blocked Er Gouzi's way.

There were many acquaintances here, who knew the relationship and grievances between Er Gouzi and Zhang Youliang, and also knew Zhang Xiucai's ability.

At this time, they only blocked the way and did not dare to take action.

Er Gouzi looked calm, and did not even pull out the door panel sword behind him.

"I'm looking for Zhang Youliang, let him come to see me."

"How dare you call me by my name!"

"The king cannot be insulted!"

These people only shouted loudly, and the collision of weapons made some noise, but they still did not take action.

"Stop!"

Finally, someone came out of the house, and these strong men breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Gouzi, why are you here?"

The person who came was Xiao Ezi.

I haven't seen Xiao Ezi for two years. She has grown a lot taller and is about to become a big girl.

However, she used to have some baby fat, but now she has become very thin, looking pale and skinny, not much better than those refugees.

"Xiao Ezi, I want to talk to your brother about something."

"Okay, let's go in first."

With Xiao Ezi leading the way, naturally no one dared to block the way, and the two walked into a living room.

Then Xiao Ezi went into the inner room and fiddled for a long time before bringing a cup of clear tea with two yellow leaves floating in it and a small plate with more than a dozen fried beans.

"Now there is nothing to eat in the disaster year, just make do with it."

Xiao Ezi smiled a little awkwardly.

"Didn't your brother become king? Why doesn't he have food to eat?"

Er Gouzi looked at the tea and beans on the table, and then glanced at Xiao Ezi's complexion.

I didn’t expect that Zhang Youliang would become the king, but his family lived in such poverty, and his own sister was starving like this.

“We had some food stored at home, but there has been no harvest in the past few years, and there are many people, so there are no grains left.”

“I can’t eat the meat they eat.”

“I have some food stored there. If you are not used to the food here, come to Shekou Mountain to eat in the future.”

Er Gouzi naturally had no pressure to feed an extra mouth, so he simply invited her to Shekou Mountain to eat.

“This… this is a bit bad, isn’t it?”

Little Ezi grew up and began to feel a little embarrassed.

“It’s okay, I have 3,000 people there, and I don’t need your food.”

“Okay, thank you, brother Gouzi!”

Just then, Zhang Youliang and his brother walked in.

“Oh, rare guests!”

After Zhang Youxin said this with a fake smile, he looked at Er Gouzi.

Zhang Youliang remained silent, staring at Er Gouzi as if he was facing a great enemy.

Er Gouzi looked at the two men and was a little surprised. The two men had improved their cultivation so fast in such a short time.

Zhang Youliang had reached the fourth level of Qi training, and Zhang Youxin had also cultivated to the second level of Qi training.

"Since you are here, we brothers are not petty people. How about joining my eldest brother and letting you become a general?"

"Not interested."

Er Gouzi refused directly. If he wanted to rebel, it would not be their turn.

He could raise the banner of rebellion and call himself the King of Shekou Mountain or the King of Flying Goose.

"I came to you today because I saw that your fields were all barren, which was a pity. I wanted to buy some land from you."

"So you are here to ask for land and houses. In today's world of heroes, you are still thinking about that one acre and three points of land."

Zhang Youxin was extremely disdainful of Er Gouzi's small-peasant mentality of not even daring to rebel and only knowing how to farm.

"Then will you sell it?"

"No, I won't sell it to you even if it's left to grow weeds."

Zhang Youxin answered very straightforwardly. Even if it was abandoned and there was no harvest, Er Gouzi couldn't let it get away with it.

"I'll exchange one pound of meat for your 10 mu of land. Don't be ungrateful and don't force me to snatch it."

Er Gouzi said, took out a piece of cooked donkey meat, tore off a large piece with his hands, and handed it to Xiao Ezi.

"Xiao Ezi, have some donkey meat."

"Thank you, Brother Gouzi."

Xiao Ezi took a big bite of the donkey meat, her mouth was full of fragrance, she hadn't eaten such delicious meat for a long time.

Zhang Youxin swallowed a mouthful of saliva quietly, didn't say anything, and looked at Zhang Youliang.

"Are you sure you want to exchange one pound of meat for 10 mu of land?"

Zhang Youliang confirmed again.

"Yes, do you want to exchange it?"

"Exchange! There are more than 600 mu of land in Shexi Village, all of which will be exchanged to you."

This time Zhang Youliang agreed very straightforwardly.

He has fought and destroyed several villages in the past year, and seized the land of these villages and towns.

He has a lot of land, but there are not enough people to farm, so he can't farm much.

Most of the original population is gone, and now there are more land than people.

Moreover, people are unsettled now, and few people are willing to stay in the land to farm. Wouldn't it be better to wait until others have finished farming and then rob them directly?

After the two agreed, they signed a contract on the spot.

Then the next day, the two sides demarcated the land boundary, and Er Gouzi gave Zhang Youliang 60 kilograms of donkey meat.

Zhang Youliang was also very ruthless this time, even those lands where crops were planted and seedlings had just sprouted were exchanged for Er Gouzi.

It was in this chaotic world that he could only exchange 60 kilograms of donkey meat for more than 600 acres of land after everyone died.

If it were in a peaceful era, land is the lifeblood of people, and his 60 kilograms of donkey meat would not be exchanged even if it was spiritual.

Donkey meat will be gone after a few meals, but land can always be cultivated and produce food.

Including these 600 mu of fertile land, he already owns 1,000 mu of land.

These 600 mu of land alone can produce 2,400 shi of grain per year, and with the newly reclaimed land, it can finally feed the 3,000 people under his command.