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A wide road paved with cyan stone slabs stretches out into the distance, lined with suburban farmland. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the farmers are wielding hoes and shovels, listlessly plowing the fields and sowing seeds.

Although they were responsible for cultivating the public land, they were not qualified to live in the royal city, so they could only build a few thatched huts and a few sheds at the edge of the countryside to shelter from the wind and rain. When the farming season is busy, the subordinate farmers will come to the public fields one after another with great reluctance and start working half-dead.

There are also a few large mansions in the vicinity of Gongtian, most of which were built by some Chinese people who moved out without permission in disregard of government decrees. Most of these people occupy many acres of private land, and there are more than ten affiliated farmers in their families, and they can save a lot of surplus grain in the harvest year, which is richer than most of the merchants in Zhaowu City.

Under the barren and broken embankment, there is an endless fertile field. It's just that in the thousands of acres of fertile fields, there are often pieces of wasteland with smoke and vines. The wasteland was overgrown with weeds more than half a man high, and between the ruins and broken walls, there was a broken derrick. These wastelands are like patches of ringworm, which look quite eye-catching and make people feel very uncomfortable.

The sound of horses' hooves came from the end of the gallop, and the farmers who farmed the fields put down their hoes and watched one after another. The sound of horses' hooves presents a peculiar rhythm, although many horses are marching together, the sound of horses' hooves does not appear any chaos, but presents a complex harmony. Sixteen white dragons with scales on their legs pulled a huge, richly decorated carriage that took up the entire gallop with great fanfare.

Behind the huge carriage, there were three normal-sized carriages. Four wagons formed a small convoy and marched along the gallop road without hurrying. When the peasants saw this extremely extravagant carriage, they didn't have too surprised expressions, they just put down the hoe in their hands and couldn't help but move a few steps forward, their faces full of irrepressible admiration.

Old Lady Su's carriage passed by this gallop several times a year, so the farmers who lived in the neighborhood were no longer surprised.

Su Qi sat in the third carriage, lifted the green gauze curtain under the canopy, and looked at the vast well field and the sluggish Linong, frowning slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Su Qi, there are some barren fields and weeds on the side of the road, what's there to see?" the little fat man Su Dengxiao was sweating profusely in the narrow carriage, and complained while wiping his face with a silk handkerchief.

"Wild fields and weeds are the ones to see. Su Qi still looked out the window and said flatly, "Zhaowu City is like a person's face, and these dry channels and large barren fields are people's meridians and viscera. Everyone knows the majesty of Zhaowu City, and they all know that Yan Kingdom is established by martial arts, and the army is mighty, but few people are willing to come to the countryside to diagnose the pulse of Great Yan Kingdom, and see the true appearance of Yan Country through these appearances. ”

"What does Yan really look like?" Su Dengxiao was stunned.

"The inside is slowly decaying, like a wasteland in this fertile wilderness. ”

"Su Qi, don't you want to be alarmist, you can see from the quality of a piece of land that Yan Guo is not good? Su Lang, what do you say?" Su Dengxiao looked at Su Lang on the side.

Su Lang's wounds had been properly bandaged, and he was holding a long knife at this time, resting in the corner of the carriage with his eyes closed. Hearing Su Dengxiao's question, Su Lang raised his eyelids slightly: "Everyone didn't believe Su Qi before, but he proved that he was the smartest and most talented one in our generation." So whatever he says or does now, I will believe it. ”

Su Dengxiao pursed his lips and said with some disapproval: "Hey, it's really happier to not use your brain." Su Qi, I am very grateful to you for bringing me to Zhaowu City, because I really don't want to be bored at home anymore. Just because I'm grateful doesn't mean I agree with you. ”

Su Qi smiled: "This truth is actually very simple, but you are used to seeing some things, so you haven't thought of that layer." I ask you, do you know why there is a wasteland every once in a while?"

"Naturally, because the land was exhausted, the subordinate farmers did not want to plant anymore, so it was abandoned. Su Dengxiao replied as a matter of course.

"But the surrounding thousands of acres of land are still fertile, why is this land exhausted? Moreover, all the wasteland has broken walls and wells, why is that?" Su Qi asked.

"This ......" Su Dengxiao was stunned and couldn't answer.

"Because this land is public land. Su Qi's tone was a little heavy, "One well and nine fields, the field with a well in the center is a public field, and the surrounding eight fields are private fields. ”

"Are you saying that this piece of public land was deliberately abandoned? Why? Are these subordinate peasants not afraid of the laws of Dayan?" said Su Dengxiao with some shock.

"Most of the farmers who planted the land have fled. or fled to the countryside, or fled to other countries, and other countrymen have their own private land, so naturally they will not be kind enough to help the public cultivate this public land. ”

"But so what? My Dayan country has a population of 10 million and a vast territory, even if I escape a few subordinate farmers, I won't break my muscles and bones. Su Deng said with a small mouth.

"The prosperity of a country is seen in the countryside. Su Qi shook his head slightly, said a word of assertion with some heaviness, then looked at the barren fields in the distance and stopped talking.

There was silence in the carriage again.

The convoy continued along the wide gallop road, and at noon a pale cyan shadow of a huge city gradually appeared in the distance. From a distance, the majestic city looks unusually magnificent, and even from a distance of several miles, you can clearly feel the oppression it brings.

"Zhaowu City! That's Zhaowu City!" the little fat man Su Dengxiao was overjoyed, pointing to the phantom of the city in the distance and shouting excitedly.

Su Lang ignored him, still sitting quietly, seriously exhaling the vitality of heaven and earth. Su Qi smiled, looking at the Xiongcheng in the distance, and a heroic emotion was born in his heart. Although he had always thought of himself as a mere passerby in this world, in the face of such a great creation, he still instinctively exuded the awe and admiration that a small mortal should show.

The Great Yan Kingdom was established by martial arts, the people of the country were martial, there were many sects in the country, and there were many powerful cultivators in the family. Compared to the Qin and Jin kingdoms, the Yan kingdom is a paradise for cultivators in the world, because it is the most respectful and tolerant of cultivators. In terms of national strength, the Yan State is far inferior to the Qin and Jin Dynasties, but when it comes to the number of cultivators, the number of powerhouses in the Seven Realms, the number of sects, and the proportion of cultivators in the army, the Yan State is absolutely second to none among the Three Kingdoms.

Zhaowu City is a paradise for all high-level cultivators, all major sects, and all world magnates in the Yan Kingdom.