Although it is also a frontier land, unlike the northern land, which is full of slaughter and sword shadows, the Kanna territory is currently peaceful, and spring plowing is in full swing.

The emerald green seedlings were skillfully and quickly planted in the paddy fields by dark-skinned farmers, and the delicate sun shone on the turbid water, as if coated with a layer of gold dust.

Ryan wore a special sunshade hat and put his hand on the pergola to look at the busy people, and his heart was full of joy. There is a way to build high walls and accumulate grain, and only enough food can give him enough security.

It's the end of March, and the spring ploughing is coming to an end, and you can see the seedlings swaying in the wind everywhere in Kanna, and this year's planting area is much larger than in previous years, so it is also more busy, but the farmers have a smile on their faces.

The reason is very simple, in the past, it was not that they did not want to have more, but some lords would rather have the land deserted than allow them to get involved, and some lords did not prevent them from cultivating the wasteland, but when it was time to harvest, they asked them to hand over all of them, which led to them only daring to live on their own one-third of an acre.

Fortunately, the current lord is very merciful, and the new policies introduced have given them motivation again, and now they are a little tired, and after three years, those lands will be their own, which is a good thing that can't be found with a lantern.

Before they knew it, Ryan had gained their respect from the bottom of their hearts.

"If it was in the Golden Swallow Flower Collar, you wouldn't have seen this kind of scene at all during spring ploughing, when I was a child, I followed my father to farm, and his face was always numb and sad.

At that time, I didn't understand, but when I grew up, I realized that the taxes on the territory were too heavy, and the output in the fields every year was not enough for our family to survive, and we also needed my mother to wash clothes for people to subsidize the family.

So there was very little smile on my father's face, I was shallow at the time, and I thought that all places were like this, but when I saw the land under your rule, I realized that I could see a smile when I farmed. ”

Kwell stood beside Ryan, his eyes looking at the paddy fields not far away, but his heart seemed to fly back to his childhood, and he saw his calloused father and his old and emaciated mother......

Ryan could understand what Kewell was trying to express, although he was also the son of a farmer, but at that time, the national policy was good, the family did not have much savings, but he did not worry about food and clothing, everyone talked and laughed in the fields, and there were often people singing mountain songs at the top of their voices.

And the first time he saw the civilians at the bottom of this world, he could only see numbness and sadness on their faces, they were food producers, but they often did not have enough to eat.

The further you go to the border, the more exploitation becomes, and in many places it is not uncommon for the people to go hungry and have a full meal.

The climate in the south is warm, and the rice crops are grown twice a year, and the food produced is enough to feed the entire population, but it is unbelievable that this situation still exists.

In the policy issued by Lane, a large amount of taxes were reduced, but the commercial tax was increased, and they were allowed to open up new fields, not to mention how much happiness they had, at least there was more hope, and people naturally had a smile when they had hope.

"I've only made some minor changes, and I don't have much power, so I can only find a way to feed my people."

Ryan sat down on the rocks beside him, looked at the clear sky, and began to think about what he should do next.

Spring ploughing is nearing the end, and the next few months will be more leisurely, and there will be enough labor to be idle at that time.

Because of the successful production of cement and the large number of firing, the speed of construction has been greatly improved, so Ryan decided to build a few cement roads connecting Dorman City and various towns in the later period.

Traffic has always been a problem for Ryan, and it's time for a change.

In the cement factory of the Warcraft Mountains, a group of good construction workers have been trained, and after exploration, they have successfully made a solid city wall with cement, and also tried to pave the cement road, the effect is very good, greatly speeding up the speed of material transfer.

Now that there is a large stockpile of cement and a team of skilled construction workers, Ryan thinks paving a few roads should not be much of a problem.

In addition, papermaking should also be on the agenda, Ryan began to prepare for papermaking last year, soaked a lot of materials in the pool, and now that the weather is warmer, he can also start to open a papermaking workshop.

"Oops...... Don't run, birds, I can't catch up with you. ”

Just as Ryan was pondering, Susan's crisp voice came, and then a fluffy letter bird fluttered its wings in some panic and flew to Ryan's shoulder, a pair of eyes the size of green beans looking warily ahead.

"Huh? Hans's letter bird, what's wrong? "Ryan was a little puzzled, Hans only brought people to change the guard of Delai, who was stationed at the cement plant a few days ago, what was going on?

He took down the small bamboo tube from the bird's feet and poured out a note, which said that the red-tailed monkeys had been found outside the valley and that they had stormed the city wall, but were repulsed.

Hans emphasized that the number of red-tailed monkeys has increased greatly compared to before, far more than the last time he saw it, and suspected that there may be a monkey king around, hoping to strengthen the garrison of the cement factory.

"Monkey King......"

Ryan frowned, the Monkey King is not a title for rank, but refers to the strongest person in a group of monkeys, but at least it is also a demonic beast above the fourth level, and the group often ranges from hundreds to thousands.

If such an ethnic group really exists, then it is indeed a big hidden danger.

"It seems that we have to give them some heavy stuff, and the cement factory can't afford to lose."

Just as he was thinking, Susan had already run in front of Ryan like a flower butterfly, and the letter bird on his shoulder was so frightened that it flew up to the sky and hovered above Ryan's head.

"Susan, you're scared of it." After trying to get it down to no avail, Ryan looked at Susan with some helplessness and smiled.

"No, brother, I just want to talk to it." Susan looked at the birds in the sky and said with a grin.

"yes, what did you tell it to scare it like this?"

If another child said that he wanted to talk to an animal, Ryan might just laugh it off, but Susan was different, she could really talk to animals.

After several years of development and training, Susan's extraordinary strength has transformed from being able to feel the emotions of animals to being able to communicate in detail with animals with higher intelligence.

The way she communicates, Ryan doesn't understand the principle, anyway, just by focusing on the animal, she can know what the other person is "saying", and the animal can know what she is "saying" in her head.

It's like their brains have a link between them to communicate, and it's only going to be one-to-one.

It's just that ordinary animals have low intelligence and can only capture a little important information, and the words "spoken" are also very concise, so they can only communicate superficially.

And the intelligence of the demonic beast has been significantly improved, even if it is a first-level demonic beast like the letter bird, Susan can communicate with it in more detail, so he suspects that what he said scares it.

"I just told him that I wanted to borrow a few feathers from him to make a feather fan in my brother's story, so that I could fan the wind in the summer."

Susan's big eyes followed the letter bird all the time, and she didn't lower her little head when she spoke to Ryan.

"Feather fan......" Ryan looked at the letter bird, which was no more than half the size of a watermelon, and then made up Zhuge Liang's feather fan, and immediately understood why the letter bird was afraid, how many are you borrowing, this is not bald?

"Isn't there a lot of chicken feathers and bird feathers in the castle? Why do you have to borrow it, it's not enough, you better let it go. Ryan couldn't cry or laugh, he was just two letter birds, how could he pass on the letter when he was bald?

"But its feathers are pretty, as white as the big white goose, and the ones in the castle are too ugly to be beautiful at all."

Ryan stroked his forehead, and finally decided to sacrifice the "butts" of the two big white geese he kept in captivity.

"Aren't there two big white geese at home, and you can use them too."

"Hmm...... That's a good horn. Susan tilted her little head and thought seriously for a while, and finally nodded, but Ryan didn't see the flash of cunning in her eyes, although she was young, she was not stupid, and naturally knew that the feathers of the letter bird were not enough to make a fan.

She gave a sweet smile to the letterbird, and then turned to the side to play, and the maid Anna hurriedly followed, afraid that she would be hurt.

Seeing them leave, the letter bird dared to land on Ryan's shoulder, shrunk its wings, and turned into a fluffy ball, which was very cute.

"Miss Susan isn't very old, so she must be still in school, right? But as far as I know, she doesn't seem to have a culture tutor. Kwill said with some confusion.

Ryan stood up and stretched his waist, and said with a smile: "Is your Kaeya going to send it to the academy to study, it will be time to register in a few days." ”

"Of course, this is a very valuable opportunity, I don't know many words, and I hope he can learn more."

Kwell paused at this, looked at Ryan and said in surprise, "Do you want Miss Susan to enter the academy as well?" ”

"Why not?"

"Yes...... However, this is not in accordance with the rules, the young lady is a nobleman, she has to learn aristocratic etiquette, musical instruments, and dance...... and so on, rather than learning the same knowledge as civilians. ”

Kwell felt that he was not speaking well, how could the young lady study in the same classroom as a civilian like her son?

"These are lessons Susan had from a few years ago, and she's in good hands, and this school may not be what you think."

Ryan smiled, without explaining too much, he changed the subject: "How is the survival of those magic plants, how much does it germinate?" ”

In the previous time, Xiyue had been searching for areas where magic could gather in the Kanna Territory, where she could reclaim farmland for the cultivation of magical plants.

Originally, Ryan didn't have much hope, but she didn't expect that she really found a few places with a high concentration of mana, that kind of place, according to Xiyue, there are spatial cracks around it, and some of the magic power that passes through can be retained, and over time this special area has been formed.

As for how the spatial cracks formed, Xiyue said that she didn't know, only that they were very common, but they were all small, too small to be found.

The ones that can retain some of the magic are those with larger cracks, but they still can't be seen directly.

However, this kind of place is generally not large, and in the end, Ryan chose the two largest, and reluctantly reclaimed two plots of land, allowing Kwill to plant the seeds.

More than half a month has passed in a flash, and it's time to sprout.

"The survival rate is still quite impressive, among which the survival rate of flower seeds is the highest, and peanuts and wheat are also very good, and no problems have been found so far."

"Well, that's good, take care to protect these two plots of land, this is the only test we have."

"Don't worry."

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Early in the morning, Colin got up early, unlike others, his family did not choose land, so after the army was disbanded and returned home, others were spring ploughing, but he was on vacation.

Originally, his mother had always wanted a few acres of land, but Colin took into account a practical problem, and there was no one at home to take care of it.

He can't be at home all the time, his younger brother Wolin is about to be sent to school, his mother is old, and he is not worried about going to farm outside the city, so he did not respond to Ryan's policy to reclaim wasteland, anyway, the family does not have to worry about food and clothing now.

Colin thought that if he could do it until he retired, it should be no problem to exchange military merits or coins for a few acres of thin fields, and if he encountered misfortune halfway, it would be another matter.

After a simple wash, he went outside for a few laps, a habit that he had always developed.

When he came back, it was just dawn, and he called Wolin, who was still asleep, and said, "Today is the day of the school's report, get up early, don't miss the time." ”

Wolin rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said with some resistance: "Brother, do you have to go to the academy?" I want to join the army and become a soldier like you. ”

"Stinky boy, you also joined the army and I joined the army, so what about my mother? Besides, if you want to join the army, you have to study, if you don't learn knowledge, do you want to be a big soldier for the rest of your life? ”

Colin scolded with a smile, he is now in the position of captain of the brigade, and he can be regarded as a middle-level officer at present, and he can feel the importance of knowledge more and more, so he hopes that his younger brother can grasp this precious opportunity.

Today, he deliberately put on the military uniform that had just been issued, and wore a bronze warrior medal on his chest, which looked majestic.

People have vanity, and he is no exception, and he also means to give his brother a strong voice by doing so, so that others know that Wallin is not empty behind him.

Wallin looked at the military uniform on his body enviously, reached out and touched it, "It's so cool, when can I have one?" ”

"If you want to wear this dress, you have to study hard, otherwise you won't even understand the orders of your superiors." Colin smiled and patted him on the back of the head and led him out the door.

When they arrived at the school in the south of the city, they found that there was already a long queue at the door, and the sky was not completely bright at the moment, which showed how much these parents attached great importance to it.

Colin and the two consciously ranked last, and he saw several acquaintances' children, among whom there was the boy who made a deep impression on him, it seemed that his name was Evans?

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(End of chapter)