The beard was also embarrassed by Wu Weng's words.

Because he is a low-ranking officer, he knows the bad things in the barracks very well.

Usually the superior oppresses the subordinate, and the subordinate oppresses the small shrimp below.

But anyone who has some ability, or whose heart is black enough, all go out to find a way to make money.

In a radius of dozens of miles, even the bandits did not come, because the gang in the barracks were themselves bandits.

Fortunately, they only collected money, and did not harm the poor people around them.

It's not that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, it's that there is no grass at the edge of the nest.

After a few people had eaten, Old Man Wu led Zhou Wuchang to go around the village, and Zhou Wuchang even called Yingbao.

They walked all the way, chatting about how to support their families.

Zhou Wuchang suddenly asked Yingbao: "Apprentice, how do you say this village should develop?" ”

Sakura blinked, not understanding why Master asked her this.

She's a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl, can she this heart?

Seeing that the apprentice didn't seem to understand, Zhou Wuchang said again: "The teacher has been to Dongchen Village, and their lives are richer than those in the county. ”

Sakuraho: ·······

She suddenly doubted the true purpose of the Master who had brought her here to practice.

Zhou Wuchang sighed, and continued: "If the apprentice thinks of any good way, tell the teacher, and the teacher will thank you on behalf of the people here." ”

Sakura took a look at the skin and nodded, "Okay." ”

Old man Wu didn't understand what the master and apprentice said, and still talked to Zhou Wuchang about the past few years with a sad face.

Every household in the village was outrageously poor, and the imperial court not only did not reduce or exempt taxes, but also forcibly levied money and grain again and again.

Those officials don't care about the lives of the people at all, and the only purpose of keeping the people alive is to grow food and make money for the officials, and provide free labor and soldiers for the powerful.

Compared with the prosperity of the city and Kyoto, the people in the remote villages are basically hungry and clothed.

In order not to starve to death and freeze to death, people sold their children and daughters, and some were afraid that they would not be able to pay the taxes and poll taxes if they had too many children, so they would press their newborn babies into water basins and drown them alive, or throw them directly into the ravines.

The more Old Man Wu spoke, the more sad he became, and he kept wiping his eyes with his sleeve.

Zhou Wuchang remained silent, and his face became more and more ugly.

Seeing this, Sakura Po tried to look around, wondering how to make these people rich.

There is a lack of water here, there seems to be no paddy fields, and listening to Wu Weng's words, the people here only grow millet, and even less wheat.

Why don't you let them grow golden fungus too?

But now it's frosting, it's getting colder, and maybe it's snowing soon.

Sakura scratched her head, she really couldn't think of anything to make money in such a poor place.

At this time, Cuihua came with a basket with a pale yellow cloth in the basket.

Seeing Sakura Bao staring at her, Cuihua was a little surprised, and subconsciously used her arms to protect the things in the basket.

But Yingbao still saw clearly, it was a piece of cotton cloth that he had let the second senior brother throw away last night.

Sakura turned her face away and pretended to look into the distance.

I heard the master ask Wu Weng, "Hasn't the pond where you use water every day been cleaned up?" ”

"It's been cleaned up, it was cleaned last year, and now it's twice as big as it used to be." Wu Weng said.

Zhou Wuchang nodded.

He had some connection to the village, as he had been stationed here for several years, and the villagers had followed him against the Jurchen attacks, and then he had been wounded at Wu Weng's house for several months.

Wu Weng opened the conversation box and talked about the drought from last year to this summer: "Fortunately, we have a mountain god cave here, otherwise, everyone in the surrounding villages would have run out." Alas, there was no rain for half a year, and the ponds in several villages bottomed out, and it was not until June that it rained a few times, which filled the ponds. ”

As soon as Ying Bao heard the word immortal, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Wu, what immortal cave?" ”

"It's the cave of Shiquan Mountain, I heard my grandfather say, it's the spring of life given by the gods in the sky, and it's called this name from the elders." Wu Weng said proudly.

Sakura thought for a moment and asked, "Whose house is that stone cave?" ”

Wu Weng smiled: "No one's family, there is not even a tree growing on that mountain, who wants that kind of place?" ”

If you buy land, you have to pay taxes, whether it is mountain land or gravel land, as long as you buy it, you will pay taxes to the government every year.

Therefore, the government doesn't want money to give away, and no one dares to accept it.

Ying Bao tugged at Master's wide sleeves and said in a low voice, "Master, I have thought of a way to make the people in the village rich." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Wuchang was also curious about what the little apprentice could come up with: "What do you want them to do?" ”

Ying Bao smiled: "Since there is a fairy cave here, and there is a stone spring given by the gods in the cave, it is better to let the villagers buy the stone cave and sell the fairy water to the people in the city, and pay the same amount of money." ”

Zhou Wuchang was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Do you need to pay for a load of water?" Who would be so stupid? ”

It is the side of the city, the mountain spring water was picked into the city, a load is only five Wen and ten Wen, and the most scarce time is not more than twenty Wen, his little apprentice is always a load of money, unless the person who buys the water is crazy, otherwise this transaction will definitely not be done.

"Stupid or not, let's try it." Sakura is very optimistic about this business.

If it doesn't work, I will take some flowers and plant them in that cave, and create a miracle to come out, so that the rich people in the city will not come to buy them.

Hehe, maybe this village will become famous and become another wealthy village.

Now the most important thing is to buy this mountain and make up a story, so that the people of the surrounding villages will become the guardians of the fairy cave, and others will not dare to move easily.

In this way, even if the powerful rob Shiquan, they have to treat these villagers well.

Zhou Wuchang thought for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, since you are so sure, let the villagers try it, but then the cave does not need to be bought by the villagers, and they will make a fuss, so they will pay for it for the teacher, and then build a Taoist temple over there." ”

Old man Wu didn't hear what the master and apprentice said, but only looked at them curiously.

Next, the master and apprentice deliberately went to Shiquan Mountain to investigate and calculate where to build a Taoist temple.

After that, I went to Lizheng and talked about buying the mountain on the other side of Shiquan.

Li Zheng and Zhou Wuchang are old acquaintances, and immediately took them to the county government to estimate the price.

In the end, Zhou Wuchang spent more than 400 taels of silver to buy the entire mountain of Shiquan Mountain, as well as the surrounding sand and gravel land.

Zhang Min was stunned by Master's operation, and asked Master in a loud voice, "Master, are we going to cultivate here?" ”

"To be a teacher is to build a foothold here, and if you want to stay and cultivate, it's not impossible." Zhou Wuchang said.

Zhang Min: "I don't want to stay." "It's not fun here, there's no food or drink, not even a fruit tree.

Thank you for the reward of 10,000 starting coins, I will definitely work hard.

Thank you to all the babies who have supported you for a long time, thank you for the monthly tickets and recommended tickets of the babies, and wish you all good luck and good luck.