Chapter 177: The Happy Life of the Common People
Within half a year of Chen Jianghong's retreat and cultivation, Bai Mei Dao Chang, Shi Wukong, Xiao Yaozi, He Bu Qi and Mu Jianghe all experienced a fourth-level trial task, Bai Mei Dao Chang was still in the early stage of the Yuan Infant, but in the trial task, he got ten knot gold pills, a Xuan-level high-grade magic weapon, and some healing pills taken by the Yuan Infant Snow Lotus Pill.
Shi Wukong successfully entered the early stage of Yuanying after the trial task, Xiaoyaozi and He Bu did not break through, or the cultivation of the late stage of Jindan, but Mu Jianghe fell in the trial task.
Chen Jianghong was very sad about the fall of Mu Jianghe, while Baimei Daochang, Xiaoyaozi and others looked very open, comforted Chen Jianghong and said that Mu Jianghe had lived for more than 800 years, and he had lived enough, and now he died in pursuit of the avenue, and he died as he deserved, much better than dying on the bed with old age.
Chen Jianghong could only sigh, he also knew in his heart that the road of cultivating immortals was difficult to reach the sky, every step was full of difficulties and obstacles, and it was full of endless killing opportunities, maybe one day, Chen Jianghong would also fall on the road of cultivating immortals.
As Baimei Daochang and others said, what is there to regret about dying in pursuit of the Great Dao and dying as he deserves.
If the opportunity comes, but in the midst of gains and losses, looking forward and backward, in the end nothing can be achieved, and old age dies on the bed, then people regret it, such an ending is the most painful for those who cultivate immortals.
After experiencing Mu Jiangtao's death, Chen Jianghong suddenly felt that he had a better view of life and death, and his spiritual realm had improved a little again.
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Only half a year has passed, the lives of the people of Yan Kingdom have undergone earth-shaking changes, since His Majesty the Emperor sent down the immortal seeds, every kind of grain has been harvested, especially the immortal seeds called sweet potatoes, it is even more amazing, it is said that one acre of land has produced 15,000 catties of grain.
The owner of the sweet potato field is Ma Cripple, he is in his fifties, he is still an old bachelor, in his memory, from childhood to adulthood, almost never had a full meal, but since His Majesty the Emperor restored the country, he encouraged everyone to open up the wasteland, who reclaimed the land, even if it is his own, and did not pay grain for three years, there is no idle flat land near the Ma Cripple's house, he went to reclaim an acre of mountain land.
The mountains are barren, I thought I still had to starve, but I didn't expect the county lord to send someone to send sweet potato seedlings, saying that it was the immortal seed sent by His Majesty the Emperor, the lame man planted an acre suspiciously, but he didn't expect to harvest 15,000 catties of grain, when the harvest was harvested, the lame horse burst into tears of excitement, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed a few times sincerely in the direction of the palace of Yanguo, thanking His Majesty the Emperor for his benevolence and giving the immortal seeds, so that the lame horse could finally eat a full meal, and at the same time the lame man also sincerely prayed, full of gods and Buddhas, bless His Majesty the Emperor with a long life and good health。
Chen Jianghong is already a monk in the middle of Jindan, and he can live at least a thousand years old, and Ma Cripple prays that he will live a long life, which is simply cursing Chen Jianghong for his early death, but even if Chen Jianghong knows, he will not blame Ma Cripple, after all, Ma Cripple's intentions are good, and for a mortal, it is a rare longevity to live a hundred years old.
Ma Cripple looked at a large pile of grain, thinking in his heart, whether to buy a slave, come back to be a mother-in-law, and also continue the incense of the old Ma family, I heard Chen Xiucai in the village say that when the old emperor suffered, there were many officials who betrayed the royal family of Yan and took refuge in Qingyunzong, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, many traitors and their families have been punished as slaves, and five taels of silver can buy one, and this fifteen thousand catties of sweet potatoes can be sold for ten taels of silver.
Thinking that now he not only has food, but also has a wife, Ma Cripple was excited, and at the same time, deep down, he was grateful to Chen Jianghong, the emperor of Yan State, again, if it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor, where would he have such a good life.
After the news came out, it caused a huge sensation, and those who were hesitant at the beginning, afraid that the new grain seeds would be risky and delay the harvest, and the people who did not receive the fairy seeds were all remorseful, and at the same time shocked, the fairy seeds were really so magical? Won't it be to please the emperor, blow it?
Everyone wondered in their hearts, and in the end, many people ran to the mountain of the lame horse, and looked at the sweet potatoes that had just been unearthed and were the size of a human head, and they were sure that the fairy seeds could really be so high-yielding.
Everyone talked about it, praised each other, His Majesty the Emperor really loves the people like a son, is a wise saint, looking for immortal mountains, asking for immortal seeds, but also giving such precious immortal seeds to the people for free, it is really a great thing to do a great thing that is immeasurable and beneficial to the country and the people.
When Zhang Zhixian heard the news, he was also taken aback, and personally rushed to the mountain of Ma Cripple's house, and weighed all the sweet potatoes that had not yet come home in a hurry, and finally determined that the grain called sweet potatoes could really be more than 15,000 catties per acre.
Zhang Zhixian was very excited, he was born in Jinshi, well-informed, considering problems, naturally more long-term than ordinary people think, 15,000 catties of grain per acre of real estate, this is from ancient times to the present, I have never heard of strange talk, this is simply auspicious from heaven, there is such a happy thing under his rule, will it be far away to be promoted and rich?
Zhang Zhixian was excited, and with a stroke of the pen, he wrote a brilliant recital, which made people quickly send it to the cabinet to report the good news to His Majesty the Emperor, thinking that as soon as the emperor was happy, he would definitely be promoted.
Who knew that after waiting for almost a month, the good news was like a stone sinking into the sea, and it had no effect at all, Zhang Zhixian dragged people to inquire in many ways, and only got a news that shocked him, it turned out that not only his county had a bumper harvest of grain, but the entire territory of Yan Kingdom, all of which were bumper harvests, and other places also came with the amazing news of 20,000 taels of land per acre.
It is not surprising that Zhang Zhixian's Annunciation is mixed with a mountain of Annunciation.
Yan country grain harvest in the whole territory, every family granary is full of grain, at least two pigs in the pigsty, half a year ago the food shortage, the people themselves are not full, naturally do not dare to raise pigs, even if it is to raise one, the children of the family, all day long all over the mountains and fields to cut pigweed.
Now it's completely different, the grain is too much to eat, and according to this momentum, the next season's grain will be more, when the time comes their own granaries can not be put down, no way, everyone has to raise pigs, chickens, ducks, and do not mix weeds, all with grain feeding, nutrition can keep up, these livestock grow one by one.
Raise more, the price of meat is also cheaper, every household can eat meat, the original people in the village are dressed in tatters, thin as a hemp stalk, now completely changed, unconsciously, the people in the village have become ruddy, wide and fat, and then put on the silk made by machinery, one by one like a landlord and old wealth.
What's even more amazing is that His Majesty the Emperor actually let the treasury pay for it, and in every city and village, a school has been established, and the name of the school sounds strange, called 'Hope School', which implements 'nine-year compulsory education', this term also sounds strange, it is said that His Majesty the Emperor set it, and the head of the school said that in the Hope School, all school-age children can read for free for nine years.
Oh my God, this is really a great thing, you must know that the countryside of Yan Country is almost all illiterate, not because everyone is unwilling to study, but because the family is poor and can't afford to go to school, now you can read for free, it's really good, your own baby no longer has to be like his old man, when he is blind, he can read and write by himself, and count.
I heard that if you learn well, you still have the hope of being an official, my God, you must know that in the countryside, many families, up to ten generations, are blind poor peasants, if their children can be an official and a half-job, it is really green smoke in the ancestral grave, even if you die, go underground to see the ancestors and ancestors, and you will have more face.
There is even more amazing and surprising thing, that is, since the restoration of His Majesty the Emperor, the Yan Kingdom has been in good weather for half a year, and some ordinary people have also seen the figure of the five-clawed divine dragon in the clouds.
Regardless of whether this news is true or not, anyway, the people of Yan Kingdom believe it, His Majesty the Emperor is the true son of heaven, and now the immortal seeds that he asks from the gods are distributed to the people for free to cultivate, and he even drives the divine dragon to regulate the climate for them, so that the grain is guaranteed by drought and flood, and the emperor who is so benevolent and righteous is simply a living immortal.
It seems that overnight, all the cities and villages of Yan Kingdom have appeared many temples dedicated to Chen Jianghong, and the people of Yan Kingdom spontaneously came to burn incense and worship, praying that Chen Jianghong would be safe.
Wonderful!
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