Lingshi Fort has undergone earth-shaking changes from the initial resource transfer point to the current silkworm base, and the mulberry forest is the largest economic pillar of the territory.

"My lord, do you want to go to the insect farm? It's more than four times larger than when you last visited." Entering the Spirit Stone Castle, Meng Anzhi, who had received another reward, proudly invited the lord.

The current deputy officials of the territory are the highest in terms of him, Bai Xiaoniang and Lu Chen'an, second only to Yan Guo, Feng Qing, and Xie Shichen, and they are one line higher than Zhuang Ye and Chu Zhang.

Outside the national border, the army is the foundation of everything, although it is not so heavy on military force and light on civility, but on the whole it is true that the military is half a level higher. People like Zhuang Ye and Chu Zhang really have no merit, only typical of hard work, there is no way, their ability is limited, and they can only slowly boil their qualifications.

"Next time, I'm very relieved of your ability, and I have to go back as soon as I finish patrolling the mulberry forest." Zhang Cheng raised the flying eagle in his hand to deliver the message, which was sent by Shan Chen with a letter eagle on his way to Lingshi Castle, and after Zhuang Ye received it, he sent someone to send it to him as soon as possible.

As the only surviving rebel force in the Canglin Mountains, it was very smooth to receive the remnants of those who escaped, either accept Shan Chen's incorporation, or return to Lingshi Fort to surrender on their knees, they had no third choice!

With the strength of those remnants, they can't get out of the Canglin Mountain Range, and they are fighting for the gradual extinction, just like right now, as if the world has become strange overnight.

The power that Shan Chen grasped was like a rolling snowball, expanding rapidly, although the "Wrath of Nature" also caused him some trouble, but Shan Chen was not Zhang Cheng, and directly found a barren rocky mountain to prepare for the winter, and there was no grass around the station.

The expansion of power did not rekindle Shan Chen's ambitions, if it was before, he would definitely have escaped with a large army, slaves and supplies without saying a word, but now...... Times have changed!

It is said that people are the most difficult to recognize themselves, but many problems do not need you to recognize, and the cruel reality is in front of you! Without sufficient ability to command troops, no matter how large the number of people is, it is just a rabble, and in addition to being able to strengthen their courage, the strengthening of combat effectiveness is not great. In the past, everyone was like this, and it was nothing, but now there is a big shark mixed in the fish pond, so it is better to wash and sleep as soon as possible.

In the past, he didn't have a choice, but now that he has other choices, he naturally chooses to enjoy it in the lord's territory, who likes to do this rebel, he doesn't want to do it anyway.

……

Zhang Cheng was also very helpless about Shan Chen, who said at the end of the letter that he wanted to return to the territory to engage in construction, but he was not a person who crossed the river and demolished the bridge.

This is definitely a great achievement, and Zhang Cheng is also willing to give him a fortune.

But who should replace Shan Chen?

Zhang Cheng didn't plan to throw away this vest, it was indeed much more convenient for the rebels to do some things, but Zhenyuan City must not be caught. Anyway, let Shan Chen hold on for another two or three months, and then send someone to replace him when the territory is arranged.

"I've seen my lord."

Bai Xiaoniang is still the same, quiet and dignified, she is not the kind of beauty who can make people feel amazing at a glance, but the kind of temperament on her body is unforgettable.

"No need to be polite."

In terms of growth potential, Bai Xiaoniang is definitely ranked first in the territory, and the title of [Weaver Girl Descends to Earth] gives her the capital to be proud of her peers, but even so, the grandmaster is still far away.

The transformation from craftsman to teacher is no longer something that can be achieved by pure talent.

The lord came to inspect, accompanied by Chu Zhang, the supreme magistrate of Lingshi Castle, and Bai Xiaoniang, the director of the weaving department, as well as several silkworm farmers. After all, it is the job of silkworm farmers to inspect mulberry fields, and it is the job of silkworm farmers to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, but none of the silkworm farmers in the territory can do it, not even a master craftsman.

This is also the biggest obstacle to preventing the silkworm industry in the territory from going further!

Mulberry planting can still be replaced by farmers, but there is no way to raise silkworms, and Meng An is not good at this. There is no good silk, which directly limits the quality of the silk fabrics produced by the weaving division.

This is also the reason why Zhang Cheng does not directly purchase spirit silkworm seeds, this is not simply that there is no spirit mulberry for breeding, but at the level of apprentice-level silkworm farmers, he can't raise spirit silkworms at all.

For this, Zhang Cheng didn't have any good way for a while, he got on the big ship of Anpinghou, which was indeed a lot more convenient in many things, but it was impossible for the other party to sell people to him directly! The previous Legong teacher An Jinse still funded him in the name of transfer, and it will definitely not work if there are more, after all, Anping Hou has no military power, and his voice is small.

The mutated mulberry tree in the mulberry field is actually very certain, because due to the influence of the season, the leaves of the mulberry tree have long been lost, and under the influence of the "wrath of nature", the plant begins to grow out of season, and the ordinary mulberry tree only sprouts, while the mutated mulberry tree grows a large number of leaves.

Without the support of the aura environment, even if it mutates, the quality is below six, but you can cut the branches into the spiritual field, or simply transplant them to the spiritual field, seeking to mutate again.

Zhang Cheng looked all the way over, this is already the result of treatment, some mutated mulberry trees that are no longer suitable for planting have been disposed of as soon as possible, and others have also pruned their branches and are waiting for cuttings.

"My lord, this is this mulberry leaf, at first its leaves were faintly red, but then it became like this in the afternoon." Coming to Lingtian District, Chu Zhang pointed forward and introduced.

In fact, you don't need him to point out, you can tell which one it is at a glance, because it's so special, you can't pay attention to it.

The white clouds that loom in the canopy like streamers are intoxicatingly beautiful, and this is the case with this mulberry tree, which is definitely not due to the weather.

Shuiyun Sang (Ling): Quality 8.

Unexpectedly, the appearance is so high-end, but the quality is only eight! However, it is not surprising to think about the aura level of this spiritual field.

Lingtian and Lingdi are very general names, and they are also spiritual environments, but because of the level of spiritual energy, the value is also very different.

Like the ten acres of spiritual fields built in Sangtian District, the aura level is all second-level, which is already the limit that Lu Chen'an's technology can reach. The second-level aura environment can support the growth of plants of the highest quality twelve, while the highest level of the first level can only support the growth of the plants of the eighth grade.

For each level of Aura, the quality of plants that can support growth can be increased by up to four levels. Like the phoenix tear tree with a quality of up to thirty-two that Zhang Cheng encountered in the mission space, it needed at least a seventh-level aura environment.

And the seventh-level aura environment is already the limit that can be artificially created by the nine countries at the moment, and only a few areas in the imperial palace of the nine countries, as well as the great nobles who can influence the decision-making of a country, have one or two such spiritual lands in their hands. Therefore, what limits the number of treasure-level spiritual plants is never the spiritual plants themselves, but the spiritual land!

The legendary level 10 aura environment is the growth place of Fusang and Jianmu, which are mythical plants in themselves.

Jiaolong Village's technology is limited, and its family background is even more limited, so except for Sangtian District, which is the pillar of the economy, only Yaotian will build a second-level spiritual field, and the others are all first-class. By the way, the three acres of his lord's mansion are also second-class.

"Remove all the other mulberry trees in this acre of spiritual field."

Spiritual plants cannot be planted intensively, and the higher the quality, the more aura will be snatched, just like other plants around Fusang cannot grow, and these ordinary mulberry trees will not grow anything if they continue to be planted here.

Zhang Cheng is very interested in this water cloud mulberry, and his appearance is too powerful. After careful observation, he found that the water cloud mulberry first floated a very small drop of water on the branches and leaves, and after the water droplets evaporated, this beautiful form like clouds and mist was formed.

As for trying to raise silkworms, there is no hurry for the time being, and with the level of these silkworm farmers, they can't raise anything, so it is better to expand the scale of Lingsang first. Zhang Cheng planned to cut the cuttings first, and when there were more water clouds, he would move the mother tree back to his mansion and continue to induce mutations.

After inspecting the mulberry field, Zhang Cheng inspected the defenders again, and then returned to Jiaolong Village overnight.

……

The territory digested the harvest of the previous extermination of the rebels step by step, and Zhang Cheng, as the lord, temporarily devoted himself to the work of the farmer, staying in the field every day and being busy.

"Wolf smoke?" When Zhang Cheng was grafting two mutated plants together, an urgent report

Delivered to him.

Wolf smoke to the west? Where did the wolf smoke come from?

followed Zhang Cheng's instant reaction, after the first change in Montenegro, he agreed with Yin Wentai that the pioneer army would help him carry private goods in the mission, but because the heavy mountains were blocked at that time, the route was not clear, and the pioneer army had no boats, so it was agreed to release wolf smoke in Daheisheng. For this reason, Zhang Cheng also specially asked Fengqing to build a sentry tower on the Great Black Mountain to store wolf smoke, and the pioneer army could directly set it off when they arrived.

The distance between the two places is not far in a straight line, so the wolf smoke is set off on the Great Black Mountain, and this side of the territory can be seen in the previous expeditionary force camp. It just so happened that because the population was expanding too fast recently, there was not enough housing in the territory, and many slaves were temporarily living in the camp of the expeditionary force, and the wolf smoke was naturally discovered by the defenders for the first time.

"It's finally here." Zhang Cheng was so excited that he threw down the work in his hand.

For Zhang Cheng, whose population in the territory has skyrocketed to 180,000, the smuggling of 81,100 per time by the pioneer army is actually not so important, but this line is very important. This was the only way for him to connect with the country, a trade route that would allow him to sell the surplus of his territory at a higher price, and more importantly, talent!

Zhenyuan City can't give him the talents he desperately needs, most of the rebels only hold a few crooked melons and cracked dates, and if they come step by step, he will never be able to fill the gaps in all aspects, but the pioneer army can.

There is a reduction ratio for the pioneers to escort criminals, as long as they are controlled within this range, they can easily intercept some talents, after all, thousands of miles away, a few people die of illness and manpower cannot be stopped. Of course, it is still impossible to buy a grandmaster in this way, and even if the grandmaster becomes a sinner, he will not be sent to the expeditionary force in this way.

But he can be hired!

The Pioneer Army Lord can start the gold coin offensive on his side, and so can he! And there is no need to buy out the rest of those old grandmasters, it is enough to be able to work for two or three years.

This wolf smoke also indicates a signal, after all, he and Yin Wentai only had a verbal agreement, and he didn't know whether he could make it in his heart, since he came, it meant that the other party was willing to try.

Zhang Cheng was in a hurry to order troops to pick up people, but ......

Wait, Qin Liangyu has not come back from patrolling the lake with a fleet, and now there are two fighting ships left in Jiaolong Village with some problems.

Forget it, if there is a problem, there is a problem, just sink it, at most slower. Qin Liangyu didn't know when he would be able to come back, and he hadn't used Xinying to send back news recently, he had to stabilize the other party first, otherwise the other party had waited for a long time, thinking that he didn't want to trade, and he had nowhere to cry when he turned around and left.

Thinking that the road in Daheishan is not very safe now, Zhang Cheng took two Mengjiang guards, ordered a thousand soldiers, and moved all kinds of materials from the warehouse to load the ship and set off.

When Zhang Cheng and his entourage rushed to the guard tower on the Great Black Mountain day and night, the pioneer army had already cut down the place.

"Brother Zhang Cheng, you're finally here, but let me wait."

"Brother Yin, it's been hard all the way!" Zhang Cheng greeted him with a warm face.

It's actually this guy again, it's good, old acquaintances are easy to do.

"Why are there so few people and so many losses on the road?" Zhang Cheng took a look, there were very few people in the pioneer army this time, about three hundred, and there were very few criminals, only about a hundred.

This situation made Zhang Cheng's heart sink slightly, if this is the case, it will be difficult to trade next time.

"No, the main general of this escort mission is not me, and I'm not thinking about the first transaction, so I'd better run it myself, so I can feel at ease. I've already told the escort brother that they will come to pick me up when they finish their mission." Yin Wentai waved his hand and said, to put it bluntly, he was not sure about the benefits of this, how many people should be attracted to come in.

In this way, Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, if the loss was really so big, the main general who escorted him would also be punished when he went back, and now he really hoped that this big brother Yin could rise step by step in the pioneer army.

"Then Big Brother Yin can come every time after that?"

"How is it possible, I'm not a businessman, but I can come this time because I gave a big gift to the above." Yin Wentai bit the word "heavy gift" very hard.

"Brother Yin, don't worry, can the little brother still make you lose?" Zhang Cheng felt that he had brought more goods this time, and he didn't get a few people from Yin Wentai

。 The normal queue of criminals has nothing to do with him, although he has two convict receiving documents in his hand, but it is not this batch.

"That's good! My brother has brought you a lot of good goods this time!" As he spoke, Yin Wentai looked at the soldiers behind Zhang Cheng, obviously wanting to see the goods.

"There are too many things, and they are still on the boat, and the younger brother is afraid that the eldest brother will be in a hurry, so he rushed over with light clothes. Anyway, the eldest brother has to stay for a while, it's too hard to be here, why don't you go and sit in my territory?" Zhang Cheng is very curious about the good goods in Yin Wentai's mouth, it seems that he misunderstood him before, others are not about quality.

"It's fine." Yin Wentai decisively agreed, in this wet and cold weather, it is really uncomfortable to camp here.