In the winter, the farmers paid their rents, and then exchanged the surplus grain for some silver, and bought some coarser food by the way—these things were not as good as those they had grown, but these things could keep the family fed so that they would not be unable to survive the winter.

Of course, a small portion will also be set aside for the Chinese New Year to eat, and fine grains and white flour are the best rewards they use to celebrate the past year.

This year, these peasants are better off, but this only refers to the tenant farmers of the Shushan faction.

"Master Ye is really a good person!"

These tenant farmers will say similar things after the Shushan faction sends people to collect rent, because Ye Wen not only lowers the rent by himself, but also asks his disciples to check from house to house, if the situation of any family is not good, the Shushan faction is willing to borrow some silver money to help them survive the winter, but the rent to be paid by this family in the coming year is slightly higher.

But even so, the rent to be paid is a little less than in previous years, even so, it makes these farmers very happy, and they praise Ye Wen for being a good person.

Is Ye Wen a good person? Although he thinks that he is not a villain full of evil, he seems to be a little far from being a good person. When Li Sen, who was in charge of these things at that time, asked him why he wanted to reduce the rent of the tenant farmers, Ye Wen only said: "If you want them to work hard, there is a prerequisite that they can live!"

The life expectations of the tenant farmers in this world are not high, as long as they can eat a full meal every day, and then the whole family can survive.

If the exploitation is so ruthless that even survival becomes a luxury, then even in order to survive, they will still farm the land, but the momentum will inevitably be much worse -- if they work hard to farm the land or not, they will not have enough to eat, and every winter is like torture, then some people will have the idea that it is almost good to deal with it.

In the end, it was the Shushan faction that was affected as the landlord. Therefore, Ye Wen simply treated the tenant farmers well, and even prepared a series of support measures - such as providing farm tools and renting them to the tenant farmers at a low price, as long as these guys worked hard to farm the land for him. The more grain grown, the better the ones he sent from Shushan.

"It's just that, in this way, in the recent period, the income of our Shushan faction is afraid to be greatly reduced!" Li Sen's worries are not unreasonable, although the Shushan faction is now having more and more industries, but the scale of the sect is gradually getting bigger, the vegetable garden on the mountain can barely provide vegetables, eggs can also provide some, and fish and meat need to be purchased separately - people who practice martial arts can't eat meat, Ye Wen stipulates that even ordinary disciples must have meat in their meals.

Therefore, although the income is more, the expenses are also very large, thanks to Chen Yizhong's medical hall has been opened, Shushan County has always had only one medical center, and there is only one Langzhong in it. Now that Ye Wen has opened a medical center, the business is really hot - considering the fame, the first three days were free clinics, but as a result, those who were sick or not came to take a look, and Chen Yizhong was tired enough.

After three days, the business is no longer so hot, but the three days of pay have brought enough prestige to Bao Zhilin, people in Shushan County now have any headache and brain fever to find Chen Yizhong, plus Chen Yizhong has been going south and north for so many years, this medical skill is indeed good, after more than half a month, Chen Yizhong has been diagnosed and treated by word of mouth, and as a result, Bao Zhilin has become the largest medical hall in Shushan County.

"It's not enough, we have to think of ways to open these two shops to Linshan County!"

Ye Wen was not satisfied, because Shushan County was still too small, and it was not a major transportation route, and only those who went to the more remote border to look for furs or deliver goods to the border garrison would pass by. In addition, Shushan County does not have any special local products, so the population flow is not large.

Linshan County is different, this is the north-south traffic artery, plus it also has its own characteristic products, there are many merchants and high-rollers from the south to the north, if you can open the store there, and stand on your feet, it can be regarded as a real money-making business.

"You are also busy this year, you will have a good rest for a while in the past few months, and when the spring begins, you will have to run back and forth again for the matter of opening a branch in Linshan County!"

Li Sen hurriedly bowed his hand: "This is what a disciple should do!"

Ye Wen nodded: "Go back and spend more money, and have a good New Year!" During this time, you don't have to run around, go to your master first to guide your kung fu, and the rest of the time, whether you want to go out for a walk, or take a good rest, it's up to you." Just remember to come back for New Year's dinner during the Chinese New Year!"

"Yes!"

Li Sen's family has long since passed away, and he has no relatives in Shushan County, and now that Ye Wen has given him such a big vacation, he really can't think of where to go for a while. But it's always good to have free time, plus I have really fallen a lot in this year, and I could have passed dozens of moves with Xu Ping, but now I can't do it anymore.

"Well, I'll go to the master and practice kung fu well!"

Ye Wen didn't know that Li Sen was already vigilant about his kung fu being left behind, and he was still thinking that if he opened a branch in Linshan County, then Li Sen would definitely be in charge of that side, going back and forth between the two places, and the industry in Shushan County would be managed by no one.

Fortunately, these industries are not far away, and there will be no incidents, but they just need to send someone to sit in the town, Ye Wen thought about it, and considered whether he should let Yue Ning out to experience and experience?

Yue Ning has followed him up the mountain since he was eleven years old, and now Ben is fourteen years old, and his body is already close to Chengren, and his kung fu is all the same way as himself. A few days ago, I checked it and found that the Quanzhen True Heart Method had been practiced by him, and he had moved with people when he besieged Shushan that time, and he had actual combat experience, and he also knew how to advance and retreat between this shot.

"It's a big deal, and then ask Zhou Dingye or Xu to go over and take a look from time to time!"

There was a plan in his heart, but Ye Wen didn't tell anyone, it was better to talk about this matter later. Although Yue Ning's surname is relatively calm, he is still a half-old child after all, and he is at that age when he is flying and jumping. Now tell him, it is estimated that he will not have the heart to practice.

A few days later, Ye Wen called Xu Ping over again, he didn't teach any knife techniques in person, but he just used the excuse that he had recently thought of some tricks of luck and strength, which should be of some benefit to his practice of knife techniques, so he called him to listen.

Xu Pingzheng was worried that his martial arts had always been difficult to improve, and when he heard that his master had some teachings, how could he not listen to God? After listening to it for a while, he felt that what Ye Wen said was really subtle and profound, and he barely remembered it clearly, but if he wanted to comprehend it, he was afraid that he would not be able to comprehend it all in three or five years, so he gave Ye Wen a bow at the moment and went back to comprehend these subtleties.

Ye Wen was slightly relieved when he saw Xu Ping leave satisfied.

His three disciples, the eldest disciple Yue Ning basically practiced according to his current route, so what kind of disciple he was estimated to be what he was, and he couldn't get rid of the internal force-based style of play in the future. It's just that he doesn't have his own adventures, and if he wants to cultivate and achieve achievements, he still needs to rely on time to pile up.

The second disciple Zhou Zhiruo also has a general teaching method, although he has cultivated the whole heart method at the moment, but the future development direction is estimated to be to practice the junior sister's Xiao Wuxianggong. There's no way, if you can practice to a high level and are suitable for women, he will have a little Wuxiang in his hands.

And Xiao Wuxiang's skills are heavy, and it is not the kind of kung fu that is hard to fight with others, if Zhou Zhiruo is a woman, she has to consider it at this level.

There is no need to think too much about the moves, at present, the snow piercing the clouds palm, the cotton palm, the sword destroyer, and the absolute sword are enough for Zhou Zhiruo to use, the palm sword is complete, and at the same time, the double sword is extremely heavy, and there are all the tricks to defeat the enemy and kill the enemy, and it depends on her own to what extent she can go in the future, Ye Wen can't help too much.

There is only this three disciple Xu Ping, because he wants to practice sword tricks and sword moves, and he has a double sword technique, Ye Wen knows a lot of swordsmanship, but the sword technique is only a little rough, Xu Ping's own five tiger broken door knife that he has mastered is not exquisite kung fu, but Ye Wen has a lot of exquisite swordsmanship in his hands.

This situation is like a wooden barrel, half long and half short, and in the long run, the sword and sword are just a joke, and he really doesn't want this kind of result, so he always thinks of some way to teach this disciple. Not only did he empty his brain to think about the little descriptions of those exquisite knife techniques, but he also helped this apprentice come up with some cultivation ideas from time to time - such as chopping paper, chopping wood, and cutting tofu.

I don't know if it's because my mind is too heavy or what, this call in the winter actually made Ye Wen summon a blood knife cheatbook, although the knife technique in this cheat book was made by the evil sect in the original book, but no one here knows it. In addition, the knife technique itself is extremely exquisite, if it weren't for the fact that he was not proficient in the knife technique earlier, he would even directly teach this set of knife techniques to Xu Ping.

At the moment, he had to take out some essentials from time to time to teach Xu Ping, and even took into account that these essentials could be universally used, so he could teach them with confidence.

Thanks to the blood knife technique, it is worthy of the title of exquisite knife technique, many of which are subtle and reasonable, Ye Wen is also greatly benefited when he sees it, even if he does not use a knife, but the ingenuity of the blood knife knife technique is amazing, he has learned a lot from it, and has increased a lot of martial arts knowledge.

In the original work, Di Yun's fingers are half-crippled and the pipa bones are pierced, although the magic of the Shenzhao Sutra allows him to practice internal strength and luck to attack the enemy, but he can't use weapons.

However, the sword technique of the Blood Knife Gate can be practiced without hindrance, and the power is still strong, which shows that this kung fu is indeed very magical - in addition, Ye Wen has a blood knife cheats book in his hand, which contains the essence of the knife technique and some tips for luck, but he has not seen any internal skills and more advanced knife techniques.

"I don't know if the Blood Sea Demon Skill and the Blood Demon Knife Technique in the game are summoned to ......"

But even so, it has made him happy enough, not to mention that when it comes to winter, it is equivalent to the birth of him and his junior sister, and he got this cheat book at this time, and I don't know if it is a gift from this ring to himself.

Thinking of this, Ye Wen kissed the ring, and completely forgot that he scolded this thing for being too cheating a few days ago, and he didn't give a full set of things.

Anyway, now that a big problem has been solved, Ye Wen can finally calm down and arrange the matter of the sect's big competition. He chose to conduct the sect competition at this time when winter was about to begin, and it was originally just a coincidence.

There are also some times when the new disciples worship in the sect, and the New Year is approaching, and those disciples who went out have also returned one after another, and only a few are still alive and have not returned. However, it does not affect the normal ratio.

But then I thought about it, only when the year was approaching, the disciples would gather in the sect, and it was indeed the most appropriate to have a big competition at this time, so I made a direct decision: "In the future, every year will be compared! The winner can pass on a few tricks of the exquisite martial arts of the sect, and the one who has made the most progress is also average!"

Of course, the last and most important point is to see if there are any disciples who can be absorbed into the inner gate, but this point is difficult to say, everyone should know it.

This year's big competition starts on November 1, as for how many days it can be compared, Ye Wen doesn't know, only after this big competition is over, he can only know after he has a general understanding in his heart.

This big competition, from the beginning to the end of Ye Wen was watching from the sidelines, although this time there were no disciples of a few of them to participate, but these Shushan faction of the highest ranking of the people were very important.

At the same time, several disciples of the personal lineage are standing on the side, they can also participate in this competition, although these people's kung fu is not as good as their own, but watching others fight against each other is also beneficial to their own cultivation, plus Ye Wen's words: "All must go!" So no one dared to be absent.

Huang Rongrong, the girl, also asked for a position, and sat down directly next to Xu Xian. She didn't think anything bad, she just thought that she was a guest invited by the Shushan faction, and she kept looking around, pointing to a certain disciple from time to time and saying to Xu Xian: "That person looks very strong, maybe very powerful!"

Xu Xian couldn't cry or laugh every time he heard this, and only said: "The body shape has nothing to do with the level of kung fu!"

Huang Rongrong was about to refute, but then remembered that the Shushan faction seems to have a lot of good kung fu to teach, and those outer disciples can learn a good set of internal skills, which is after understanding internal strength, it is indeed difficult to judge the level of kung fu from the body shape - internal kung fu is not like external kung fu, there are quite a lot of requirements for the body shape, and it is difficult for an external master to practice kung fu to the depths, and it is difficult to hide it, and those who know how to do it can be seen from the body shape at a glance.

After looking at it for a while, I saw Guo Aniu, who was a little stunned, and at this time, the kid was standing in the crowd and looking around, and from time to time he peeked at Ye Wen and them. He didn't realize that he was simply a make-up in the eyes of many people.

Some people even asked each other: "Who met Guo Aniu? Doesn't that mean giving the same for nothing?" -- In order to reduce the time of the big game and give everyone a chance to play, this time the big game Yewen directly came to a single-game elimination system, everyone went to draw a note, and then according to the note, they went to the matchup board to find which game they were in and what number to compete with.

So when the draw was over and the gang asked each other, they would probably hear, 'Oh, I ran into him!' I'm done!' What luck!'''Wowhahaha,' I won this time!'''I'll go, you actually met a stupid cow, you're cool this time!''Hehe!' and so on.

Ye Wen heard it clearly, but he didn't speak. It's just that he secretly said in his heart: "It's not a climatic thing!" Before the fight started, these people are behaving like this one by one, and they can't hold their breath like this, I'm afraid they will have to be outer disciples for the rest of their lives.

It's just that he sat there with a tense face, showing the majesty of the head, but he didn't scold directly, but directly ordered Xu Ping, who was in charge of Dabi: "Let's start!"

Xu Ping supervised every competition as a referee this time, and when necessary, he had to rush in to separate the two, so as not to prevent someone from being unable to contain his fists and kicks when he was fighting, causing a disciple to be seriously injured or something. In addition, Chen Yizhong's apprentice who stayed on the mountain also stood aside, holding the gold sore medicine in one hand and the life-saving pill in the other, ready to go to the field for first aid at any time. Anyway, as long as he hangs in one breath, Ye Wen can save people. This is also because these disciples' kung fu is low, and they can't cause too serious injuries.

As Xu Ping stepped into a flat stone slab that had been circled in advance as a ring - this stone slab with five zhang on all four sides was planned when the Shushan faction built it, and it was located on the square where he practiced martial arts. If the disciples want to have a try, they will choose to be here, as if it is a ring of the Shushan faction.

This big competition is also here, Xu Ping just said a few words casually, and then directly announced the start of the big competition.

"I don't have the talent of a host at all......" Seeing Xu Ping so straight to the point, Ye Wen muttered casually. But Ning Ruxue, who was next to her, heard it and asked in wonder, "Senior brother, what did you say?"

Since being yelled at by Huang Rongrong for a while, Ye Wen felt a little bad to his junior sister, Ye Wen always had a smile on his face when he saw Ning Ruxue at this time, and he spoke softly: "It's okay, it's just this big competition, junior sister can take the opportunity to see if there is a favorite disciple, and she can be accepted into the door!"

Ning Ruxue just hummed casually and didn't care. She only said that she followed Ye Wen in the future, but it didn't matter if she accepted her own disciples or not, Ye Wen's disciples were her disciples, and she would teach them wholeheartedly!

The two were talking, the victory and defeat had been divided on the field, Ye Wen had been paying attention to the field, and saw that it was the disciple who made the sword who used a move to split Huashan and directly took off the long sword of the sword disciple, and then turned the knife horizontally, and said: "Accept!" But he directly decided that he had won.

In fact, it was almost the same, the disciple who made the sword had all his weapons, could he use a pair of fleshy palms to fight with people? At that moment, he had to clasp his fists and salute, and then go down in frustration.

The disciple who had passed the first level was very complacent, and went down with his head held high and talked with his familiar friends.

"I don't know what this disciple thinks!" It was Xu Xian who shook his head and sighed, he originally wanted to find another apprentice to teach, but when he saw this, he said in his heart: "If it is all at this level, I am afraid that it will be useless!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his gaze to Liu Muyan, who was standing on the side, and found that this person was actually in a posture of horse step, and the flat end of his right hand seemed to be pinching something. In addition, he couldn't mention his surname in the fight on the field, so he simply practiced by himself.

Xu Xian saw that although he felt that this Liu Muyan was a little old, his perseverance and perseverance were extraordinary: "Don't you want to be an apprentice under the door?"

was thinking about it, Huang Rongrong next to her attracted everyone's attention with a burst of chatter, and then turned her head to look, it turned out to be Guo Aniu on the field.

"Ah Niu, don't lose face!"

(To be continued)