In the morning, Wang Fang, the head of the sect, taught the eighteen warriors to practice the moon worship sword technique, Zhang Zhongyuan taught the art of war, etc., and the three thousand six hundred disciples cultivated their health and temperament, recuperated their bodies, and practiced in groups according to the Wenzhi martial arts and moon worship sword techniques taught by the head and the eighteen warriors. In the afternoon, the 18 warriors taught 200 disciples swordsmanship, the art of war, and martial arts, and in the evening, Li Guohai taught the 18 warriors to learn the martial arts.

Wu Zhao handed over the power to everyone to take care of, and he was also at ease, reading books in the morning, practicing calligraphy, and learning the history of the Great Xia Kingdom and the works of ancient masters. In the afternoon, according to his habits, he went to the fields to investigate, and practiced martial arts in the evening, because of his talent and intelligence, his understanding was extremely high, and he was creating original martial arts according to the internal strength and heart method taught by Zhu Guozhi, and named the gentleman's sword method.

The Great Xia Dynasty mainly planted wheat, sorghum and other grains, and the wheat in Zhennanguo, Shang, and even Yunfu County has matured, but the terrain of Yunfu Mountain is treacherous, the climate is cold, and it is not suitable for wheat growth.

On the afternoon of 5 July, Wu Zhao and two attendants walked around the fields to check the harvest of wheat and sorghum. A farmer followed, and while speaking, he introduced to Wu Zhao: Lord, wheat grows at the foot of Yunfu Mountain, with a yield of 300 catties per mu, growing on the top of Yunfu Mountain, compared with the foot of the mountain, it is 1,300 meters higher, the weather is much colder, and the wheat is only more than 130 catties per mu.

Wu Zhao calculated: If this continues, I will have 200,000 mu of fertile land on Yunfu Mountain, and even if I plant all the wheat, I can only produce 30,000 quintals of grain?

The peasants said: Yes, my lord, planting 200,000 mu of wheat requires 10,000 young and strong people, and if 10,000 peasants are divided into 20,000 quintals of wheat according to the grain stratification prescribed by the head of the family, two quintals per capita, this is not enough to support their families.

Wu Zhao said: Not only that, but the remaining 10,000 quintals are not enough to support the huge expenses of the Yunfu Mountain faction, let alone recuperate in this way, even eating and dressing cannot be satisfied.

The farmer said, "The lord came with me, so Wu Zhao and two attendants followed the farmer to the house and said, "Hurry up and cook, there are distinguished guests." So he said to Wu Zhao and others: My name is Sun Bao, I have been a farmer for generations, and I have worked hard all my life, so I have a lot of family resources.

Wu Zhao said: Thank you Brother Sun for your hospitality.

After half a pillar of incense, Sun Bao's wife prepared the meal, and Wu Zhao and the others dined together.

Sun Bao said: The lord please, this is my farmer's coarse tea and light rice, the hospitality is not good, please forgive the lord.

Wu Zhao ate the meal and said: Brother Sun is polite, I am grateful, but your rice is not like the wheat of the Great Xia Kingdom, nor is it like the rice of the Nanzhao Kingdom, nor the corn of the Xikang Kingdom, nor is it like sorghum, grains and other miscellaneous grains, what is this?

Sun Bao didn't answer, but asked, "What does the lord think this rice tastes like?"

Wu Zhao said: The aroma of this meal is commendable, more delicious than wheat, sorghum, and corn, and not as good as Nanzhao rice, and the taste is acceptable.

Sun Bao said: This rice is called bud rice, which is mostly planted in the Northern Han Dynasty, but the Northern Han people are disgusted, and they are poisonous and do not want to eat it. At the beginning, I passed by the Northern Han Dynasty with the valley lord of the medicine king valley of Nanzhao Kingdom, and I had no choice but to eat it because of hunger, and felt that the taste was feasible, and after the valley lord of the medicine king valley personally identified that it was non-toxic, I brought its seeds back to the top of Yunfu Mountain to try planting. The good news is that this crop is suitable for survival in high mountains and cold places, and the yield is extremely high. After ten years of cultivation, I have now found a new variety, and the yield of budding rice per mu on the top of Yunfu Mountain can reach more than 1,300 catties, and the yield has tripled compared with the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty. All, my grandson's family eats this thing, and there is more surplus food, so that they have the financial resources to build this mansion, which has changed the state of being hungry for many times.

Wu Zhao was shocked: Brother Sun has a long-term vision, such a thing is planted under the whole world, and when it saves all the people from fire and water, why doesn't Brother Sun promote planting?

Sun Bao shook his head and sighed: The lord doesn't know, the family, including the ordinary Li people, all say that this thing is unknown, no one wants to eat it, three years ago I once promoted planting in Tai'an County, but I didn't think about it but was arrested by the county order and sentenced to half a year in prison, and I never thought about promoting planting since then. Moreover, my bud rice needs to be planted in a frosty and bitter cold land, and in the Great Xia Kingdom, if it is not for the high cold of the top of our Yunfu Mountain, otherwise it is not suitable for planting.

Wu Zhao said: I think this is a good thing, Brother Sun through many years of trial planting, improvement, increased yield, can not benefit the people, Kuang Fu Sheji, the future will be soaring, famous through the ages, tomorrow morning, you take me to the field to check, if suitable, I will be planted on the top of Yunfu Mountain, 200,000 acres of fertile land, but also ask Brother Sun to give advice.

Sun Bao said: This is very good, and he continued: Lord, you touch, what is the difference between my coat and others?

Wu Zhao stepped forward and touched it, and said in shock again: Brother Sun, this thing is very thin and light, but it is very warm. Put it on in the cold winter wax moon, or rest at night and cover it to calm down.

Sun Bao said: That's right, this clothes are called cotton coats, and we unintentionally found them on the top of Yunfu Mountain, after years of improvement, the fruits produced by this crop can be used to make quilts, cotton clothes, etc., with extremely high yield and excellent warmth habits.

Wu Zhao said: Brother Sun is a master, I will wait to see it tomorrow morning.

This night, Wu Zhao and others slept in Sun Bao's house, eating bud rice together, drinking bud rice wine, and covering cotton quilts. Wu Zhao thought to himself, as Sun Bao said, the yield per mu is more than 1,300 catties, if the top of Yunfu Mountain 200,000 acres of fertile land are planted, the annual output can feed 300,000 people, what a great feat, we must make good use of this Sun Bao, and there will be opportunities to increase the bargaining chips for our own entrepreneurship in the future.

Early the next morning, Wu Zhao, Sun Bao and others went to Sunjiabud rice field first.

Wu Zhao said: Brother Sun is right, I think this bud rice should be harvested in September, this bud rice tree bears abundant buds, in this cold weather, the wind and sand are very bitter cold land has become a beautiful beauty.

Look at this kapok land, bunches of cotton are in full bloom, so that everyone is overjoyed, in Sun Bao's view, this year will be another bumper harvest year.

Wu Zhao was overjoyed and said: Now I, Wu Zhao, am the lord of Yunfu Mountain, and I will soon marry Wang Fang, the head of the Yunfu Mountain faction, and take charge of everything on the mountain.

Sun Bao said: I don't know how the lord arranges my duties?

Wu Zhao said: You are at the same level as Li Guohai and Zhang Zhongyuan, and you are the protector of the Dharma, and all the agricultural affairs on the top of Yunfu Mountain are obeyed by your orders.

Sun Bao arched his hand and said: My Sun Bao is a genius in farming, half a life is wasted, what he has learned has been successful, but there is no place to show, now I have to meet the noble lord, the lord and Sun see each other frankly, like-minded, I Sun Bao is willing to follow forever, and the life of the lord is from. So he knelt down and bowed to Wu Zhao three times. Wu Zhao also bowed back three times, and after lunch, Wu Zhao led Sun Bao's family to the Yunfu Mountain Sect Hall.

Wu Zhao, Wang Fang, Li Guohai, Zhang Zhongyuan and eighteen warriors were all there, Wu Zhao said after introducing Sun Bao and his agricultural affairs in recent years: From today on, Brother Sun Bao will serve as the protector of my Yunfu Mountain faction, and Li Guohai and Zhang Zhongyuan will be at the same level. In addition, Li Guohai raised money to reward Sun Bao, built a house on the top of Yunfu Mountain, and the family lived in a mansion. After saying that, they were commanded to go.

The birth of bud rice and kapok allowed Wu Zhao to solve the diet and living plan of tens of thousands of people on the top of Yunfu Mountain, so everything was arranged by Li Guohai, Zhang Zhongyuan and Sun Bao, and he could take time to study and practice upper-level martial arts.

In the territory of the Wula ethnic group in the Southern Zhao Kingdom, Li Guang and Ada, Hua Rong, Wang Ming, Wang Lei and others are discussing things.

Hua Jiang said: Qi Yu Dazhai Lord, since the five villages of Wula are one, the neighboring villages are all frightened, deeply afraid that my Wula is strong, threatening its status, Annan Province Jiedu makes the Red Capital is gathering a large army, and wants to transfer all the troops to attack our village, and also ask the Lord of Dazhai to take countermeasures.

Wu Zhao said: The lord of this Dazhai is now discussing with you, making preparations as soon as possible, in short, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, he can't tolerate me, and I'm not afraid of him. First, the long-distance friendship and close attack, Wang Ming is in charge, bring pearls and money, and make friends with the various departments, and when our village meets the battle, it is best not to intervene, it is best to pull together to resist the army of the Annam Province Jiedu envoy. Second, the head of the military department is responsible for leading the major villages and armies to strengthen training. Third, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for arranging combat training for all men over the age of 15 and under the age of 65 of the Ula clan. Fourth, the director of the Ministry of Works is responsible for repairing castles and trenches to keep out the invading army. Fifth, the head of the household department is responsible for quickly collecting grain, grass, horses, etc., and preparing for the needs of the war. Sixth, the two great protectors are responsible for bringing the rare treasures of our clan to the city of Annam Province to lobby, paralyze the close ministers of Chidu, and bribe the military and political dignitaries of Chidu for our use.

The above are the six strategies for the preparation of the main village, I don't know what you think?

Ada said: The master of Dazhai is resourceful and far-sighted, and I admire him and guarantee to complete the task.

Hua Jiang said: These six plans have been made, not to mention the defense of the adjacent departments and the army of the Jiedu envoy of Annam Province, that is, to defeat the Chidu in one fell swoop, and it is just around the corner to sit on the throne of the Jiedu envoy.

Wang Ming said: If we can occupy Annan Province and lead the 20 villages of Annan Road, we will rest and recuperate, and when the world changes, enter the Nanzhao Kingdom, it is not an exaggeration for the lord of Dazhai to sit on the throne of the emperor.

After saying that, everyone laughed.

Li Guang said: At present, it is urgent to act separately according to these six levels, and when the army of the Jiedu envoy of Annan Province is eliminated, we will move into the city of Annan together, dominate Annan, and stabilize Nanzhao.

And they were commanded to go......

On the evening of July 10, Li Guang had nothing to do in the main hall, and flew with a long sword in his hand, and said loudly: The east wind is drizzling, and there is light thunder outside the Furong Pond. The golden toad latched on the lock and burned incense, and the jade tiger drew the silk back to the well. Jia's peep curtain Han Peng is less, and Concubine Mi stays on Wei Wangcai. The heart of spring is full of flowers, an inch of acacia and an inch of gray.

Good poetry...... Good poetry......

Li Guang said: Miss Anan, I'm ugly.

The lord of Dazhai is both civil and military, but he is also sentimental, I don't know who he is thinking? Anan says:

Li Guang replied: The person I am thinking about is far away in the sky and close in front of me. I Li Guang since I was a child, in addition to my mother, usually almost close to women, recently I realized that Miss Anan looks like a fairy, kind-hearted, understanding, is a heroine among women, so I will never forget, but also ask the girl not to blame.

Anan's face was flushed, and he looked even more charming, and said shyly: Since the day the master of the village rescued my father and me, I have been impressed by the open-mindedness, frank spirit, handsome appearance and tender face of the master of the village. In recent days, although I am not far away from the owner of the village, I miss it from time to time, and I have been wholeheartedly concerned about the owner of the village, as long as the owner of the village does not dislike, I am willing to make a promise.

Li Guang was also shocked: so he confronted Anan and hugged the immortal in front of him with both hands. Ah Nian had fallen all over, and suddenly fell into Li Guang's arms, and Li Guang took advantage of the situation to kiss Ah Nan.

In this scene, Li Guang and A Nan were in it, but Ada and Wang Ming saw it.

The next morning, Wang Ming and Wang Lei were discussing in Li Guang's room.

Wang Ming said: I waited for thousands of miles to come to Nanzhao, and the current lord is the lord of the Wula tribe, and immediately get close to the nobles in the clan, so as to unite the whole clan, otherwise some big clans still think that we are outsiders, which is not conducive to unity.

Li Guang said: What do you think?

Wang Ming said: The owner of the village and the girl Anan are in love, so it is better to marry her and be our wife of the owner of the village, so as to dispel the concerns of the Ada family and let go of the great cause with us.

Li Guang thought for a while and said: Okay, I should also start a family, and I should have a home. At the same time, Brother Wang Lei might as well marry Hua Miao Miao within the Hua Rong Protector, I think you should wait for your eyebrows to come and marry her earlier.

Wang Lei said: Okay, I listened to the arrangement of the master of Dazhai and Brother Wang Ming, and asked you to help me make the decision.

That night, Li Guang, Wang Ming, Wang Lei, and Hua Rong came to Ada's tent.

I don't know if the lord of Dazhai and you have arrived, the old man has lost his welcome, and please don't blame you, Ada apologized and said: Come to someone, give a seat, and serve tea.

Everyone sat down and Li Guang said: Visiting late at night, there is a lot of disturbance, the great protector is not strange, and there is a private matter under the hope that the great protector will be fulfilled.

The lord of the village, please say, Ada said.

I fell in love with Miss Anan and wanted to marry Miss Anan as my wife, after Li Guang finished speaking, he immediately knelt down and continued: Please also ask the Great Protector to fulfill the Dharma.

Ada was silent for a moment and wanted to bring: Anan already cares about the owner of the village, not to mention that this person knows things well, respects the old and loves the young, Anan will be happy for life if he marries him. What's more, Li Guang's divine powers are vast, and he is deeply loved by the clan to save the Ula clan from fire and water, and he will become a great weapon in the future. So he said: I don't know what the little girl thinks, can I discuss it with Anan.

At this moment, Anan suddenly entered the account and said: Father, Anan is willing to hand it over to the Great Protector and be the wife of the Great Protector, even if it is a concubine? The maid also did not hesitate to ask her father to fulfill it.

Please fulfill the Great Protector, Li Guang continued.

Hua Rong said: Lang is talented and beautiful, born as a pair, Zuo Protector will agree.

Ada said: The master of the big village, please get up, since the little girl is interested, the old man agreed. So everyone said loudly: Congratulations to the master of the village, congratulations to the great protector.

Suddenly, Wang Lei bowed down and said: Right Protector, although I Wang Lei is reckless in the rivers and lakes, but also full of courage, now I ask the right protector for marriage, marry the sister of the right protector Hua Miaomiao as his wife, please make the right protector fulfillment.

Hua Rong was shocked: You ...... You...... You kid dare to make me Miao Miao's idea, do you know if she is willing?

Hua Miaomiao said loudly: Big brother, Miao Miao has admired Brother Wang Lei for a long time and is willing to serve Wang Lei for the rest of her life.

Hua Rong was silent for a moment and said: Okay, I promise.

Wang Ming said: Congratulations to the right protector, Brother Wang Lei, continued: The first day of August is very good, why don't we hold a grand wedding for the four on the first day of August, I don't know what happens to the four and the two great protectors?

Ada and Hua Rong said in unison: Just according to Brother Wang Ming's words.

Hua Rong continued: I think Brother Wang Ming and the twenty-eight brothers are still alone, so why don't you choose an intentional daughter and wife in my clan?

Li Guang said: This is very good, then thank you for the success of the Dharma protectors and principals, Brother Wang Ming, you have always informed the 28 brothers and the directors and generals of the meaning of me and the two Dharma protectors, and we must be close to each other.

After Li Guang finished speaking, everyone said in unison: The master of Dazhai is wise, and he is the blessing of my Ula tribe.

Li Guang continued: Yang Shuang helped me write a letter to Zhang Zhongyuan, the right protector of the Yunfu Mountain faction of the Great Xia Dynasty, and Wu Zhao of the Snow Mountain faction, saying that I got married in early August, and he had time to come to participate, and at the same time sent someone to send 10,000 quintals of rice as a gift for me to give him 100,000 yuan a few months ago. After saying that, everyone laughed non-stop.

When Li Guang left Shangjing, Wu Zhao gave 30,000 yuan as a righteous brother. Zhang Zhongyuan, under the instruction of Wu Zhao, presented 100,000 yuan to Li Guang through the treasury of Zhennan Wangfu. In addition, after Li Guang was exiled and changed his name and surname, Liu Ying, the empress dowager of Chu, privately gave Wang Ming 150,000 guan, all the way to come, plus the 70,000 guan spent by the Ula tribe today, there is still 200,000 guan, which is enough for the Ula clan to recruit troops and horses to resist the army of the Jiedu envoy of Annam.

On the evening of July 15, inside the big tent on the top of Yunfu Mountain.

Zhang Zhongyuan said: My lord, Li Guangfei of Nanzhao sent a letter, saying that on the first day of the first month of August, he married Anan, the daughter of the left protector of the Wula tribe, and asked me to go and participate, and quickly sent 10,000 quintals of rice from Wula in Nanzhao Kingdom, which is expected to be delivered to Yunfu Mountain on July 30, and said that we have never eaten it, so I will be envious and envious. After saying that, everyone laughed......

Wu Zhao said: I will wait for the rice to be collected, and let him continue to send it after eating, and I will send him some of the bud rice in Yunfu Mountain next year. This Li Guang is my brother-in-law, why don't you send me?

Zhang Zhongyuan said: Is the lord the king, you went to the top of the snow-capped mountain, he never knew that you were here, I think the rice and letters he sent you have been accepted by Zhu Guozhi and Zhu Qiqi.

Wu Zhao said: A few months have passed, and I don't know what happened to Shizu and Zhu Qiqi now, the relatives of Shizu's fourth son, third daughter, third son-in-law, and eighteen grandchildren were killed, and three thousand Snow Mountain Sect masters and two thousand eight hundred female disciples died, which was too miserable.

Li Guohai said: The miserable is not only these, but also made great achievements but was suspicious and monitored by His Majesty, all factions in the rivers and lakes know that they have suffered this catastrophe, and they will definitely go all out to take revenge, although Zhu Guozhi and Zhu Qiqi are strong in martial arts, they are invincible with two fists and four hands.

Wu Zhao said: It would be nice if I didn't part ways with them.

Wang Fang said angrily: The master of this sect is not allowed to think about Zhu Qiqi, that is his grandson's own fault, and he can't discern people, otherwise His Majesty will not cut you out of the door if he has already given marriage.

Wu Zhao said: This thing and that, this time and that time, divided into two, if the Snow Mountain Sect is in trouble, I will still help each other. In this way, I want to marry Wang Fang on the first day of August, you

Help prepare. Brother Zhongyuan helped to write a letter of resignation to the Zhennan Palace, but he could only inform me of the marriage, not who, where, and when I got married, so as not to be killed.

Wang Fang was overjoyed, regardless of the presence of everyone, he kissed Wu Zhao and said: I was arrogant just now, I once said that you will be a cow and a horse, a wife, a concubine, a maid, etc., and now you marry me as a wife, which is the blessing of my cultivation in my previous life, you are a rich and noble person, I will allow you to have three wives and four concubines. As long as you are willing, I will do my best to the Yunfu Mountain faction, and I will also capture Zhu Qiqi and make you a concubine. After saying that, everyone laughed.

In the hall on the top of the snow mountain, Zhu Guozhi said: Who is this Li Guang, why is he friendly with Zhao'er, I don't know if Zhao'er didn't come to the top of the snow mountain with us, read the letter, and Zhao'er's concern is extraordinary. This 10,000 quintals of rice can help my Snow Mountain faction gather men and horses to dominate the martial arts, and at least it can be eaten by these 5,000 people and horses for as much as three years.

Zhu Qiqi said: Grandpa mentions Zhao'er every sentence, presumably he misses it, it's all his grandson's bad, so grandpa misses it.

Zhu Guozhi said: Your boss is not small, he is the only bloodline of his grandfather, get married as soon as possible, grandpa is afraid that time is running out.

Zhu Qiqi said: It's all bad for grandchildren, my good Wang Siqi, he betrayed me, and on August 1, he will marry the princess of Xikang Kingdom and become the captain of Xikang Kingdom.

Zhu Guozhi sighed and didn't say a word.

Zhu Qiqi said: I heard that there is a person named Wang Fang who founded the Yunfu faction on the top of Yunfu Mountain, this person is strong in martial arts, not under Li Zitong and his grandson, and intends to make a name for himself in the Zhongnan Mountain martial arts competition on August 15, I don't know if my grandfather knows.

Zhu Guozhi said: I heard about it, and I also sent someone to inquire about it, this Wang Fang learned the Moon Worship Sword Technique, and he is a member of the Moon Worship Sect.

Zhu Qiqi said: Hasn't the Lunatic Cult disappeared for decades? How could its followers reappear?

Zhu Guozhi said: The ancestor of the Moon Worship Sect was once the enemy of the Great Xia Dynasty, and after the former Emperor Wang of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I will definitely find out what is going on in this martial arts competition, and destroy the remnants of the Zhang family of the Zhou Dynasty of the Moon Worship Sect in one fell swoop, and return the peace of my Great Xia Dynasty.

Zhu Qiqi said: I heard that Wang Fang got married on the first day of August, I don't know who to marry?

Zhu Guozhi said: I don't know this yet, I think it must be the royal family of the previous dynasty, but this Wang Fang and Li An's niece have the same name and are of the same age, do you think they will be the same person.

Zhu Qiqi said: Since Wu Zhao and that Wang Fang left, their whereabouts have been unknown, and Sun Er has been inquiring many times and has not known, even Zhennan Wang and Li An are nowhere to be found, and Sun Er is still a little worried.

Zhu Guozhi said: You still have Wu Zhao in your heart, but now you are too arrogant, Wu Zhao is too small to admit it, don't say it, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, no chance to meet on the other side, there should be a fate, rest early, tomorrow will be the battle, these so-called decent enemies in the rivers and lakes have come one after another, such as flying to the top of the snow mountain, we have already been destroyed, rest early.