Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

In Zhang He's secret training room, after the drop of blood essence of the immortal demon king absorbed enough spiritual energy, it began to grow.

From a drop of blood, it gradually turned into a large mass of blood that was constantly squirming.

As time passes, the blood continues to grow and become larger.

The changes in the blood had already alarmed Zhang He who was practicing.

At this moment, he stopped practicing and squatted next to the mass of blood, looking at everything curiously, while his consciousness communicated with the clone.

At the same time, the clone is parasitic inside the blood, and the blood lakes everywhere are also rapidly expanding.

However, with his current soul in the foundation building stage, the refining speed has been greatly increased, and the newly added parts in the blood lake will soon be refined by him and controlled by him.

Although there are unpredictable changes in blood essence and blood at present, they are generally still within control.

Therefore, whether it is the main body or the clone, the mood at this time is quite stable, and you can quietly observe the next change of things.

Once an uncontrollable change occurs, Zhang He will immediately bury it into the soil of space and let the soil absorb all the spiritual energy in it.

In this world of cultivating immortals, everything is based on spiritual energy. Without the support of spiritual energy, no matter how great your ability is, it will fall flat.

As this mass of blood grows larger, its aura is also slowly growing, and now it has the aura intensity of the third level of Qi training.

Zhang He had to lament the horror of the Immortal Demon King. Just a drop of blood essence could possess such heaven-defying abilities.

It has been more than a month since the essence and blood changed, and it is estimated that it will take a long time. Zhang He cannot always guard him, so he can only temporarily put it into the space and let it slowly change.

After this period of resumption of work and production, all four mineral veins resumed production, and Wen Sheng arranged a caravan to transport the excavated spiritual minerals to the Fan family.

Fan's reputation in business is pretty good. As long as the quality is good, all the spiritual minerals sent by the caravan were purchased at a price of 60% as agreed. It was a pleasure without any difficulty.

A month later, another team of thousands of people rushed from Heishui County to Ningjing County.

These more than 1,000 people include a group of technical personnel such as Hu Ya who had been withdrawn previously.

"Sir, we are back again."

Huya and Meng Tiantian were followed by more than a hundred people, which was actually more people than last time.

"Sir, we have brought a weapon refiner and an alchemist this time.

In addition, he also took the initiative to select a group of talented Talisman Maker students, Formation students, and Spiritual Plant students from the school.

I thought, anyway, the General Helm of the Sun-Moon Alliance has no shortage of inheritance in these aspects. Our school trains so many talents every year, so why not bring them here to learn more skills. "

Zhang He glanced at the group of teenagers behind Huya. They were all wearing uniforms and were only thirteen or fourteen years old. They were generally skinny.

He knew that these students were all children of sharecroppers.

Seeing that Zhang He didn't speak, Huya thought he didn't agree. This time he made his own decision without Zhang He's consent. He still felt a little guilty.

"These children are quite clever. If you don't need them, sir, just leave them to my weapon refining team. They can help sweep the floor and do some odd jobs on weekdays."

"Now that they have been selected, we will arrange for them to learn these skills. In the future, three new groups will be added: formation, talisman making, and spirit planting. I will leave these three groups to you two to manage them for the time being."

There are many kinds of skills in the world of immortality, but the ones with the greatest and most widespread influence are alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, formations, and spiritual planting.

Zhang He's men are currently only able to make alchemy and weapon refining, but other aspects have not yet been developed.

After these students have completed their studies, they can then recruit some talented and outstanding talents from the school to develop these three items.

Generally, it would be good if a family could develop one of them, but Zhang He planned to develop all five of them simultaneously.

One big difference between Blackwater County and other families is that there is never a shortage of outstanding talents in all aspects.

In an average family, the population base is only so large, so the probability of having outstanding talents among them is naturally much less.

Sometimes in order to maintain aristocratic blood, or for other reasons, inbreeding is often performed and some defective products are produced.

A talented person among these nobles is like winning a big prize, enough to attract the attention of the entire family.

But there are only three members of Zhang He's family. Old Zhang only likes farming, and Zhang Yuan is obsessed with formations.

The talents selected by Zhang He were all selected from the two to three million people in Heishui County. The larger the base, the greater the chance of outstanding talents emerging.

The reason why these tenants are at the bottom of society is not that they are stupider than the nobles, let alone lazy, but that they have no resources and lack of opportunities.

They have to work hard to fill their stomachs since they are born.

Once given a chance, these people from poor backgrounds often know how to cherish it more and will work harder.

Coupled with the differences in education, when they achieve results, they will know who to be grateful to.

"Gu Liangqi reports to the Young Master!"

A young-looking monk came over and saluted Zhang He.

The Guliang family had already fully surrendered to Zhang He, even their little bit of land and spiritual veins had been voluntarily handed over, but the benefits they gained after joining Zhang He were even greater. .

Gu Liangqi is considered a leader among the younger generation of the Gu Liang family and is good at government affairs management. Wei Peng has already mentioned this in his previous secret letter to Zhang He.

This time Wei Peng transferred a large number of government personnel from Heishui County, as well as a group of teachers and outstanding students selected from schools across the country.

Having just occupied four counties, a large number of talents will definitely be needed to manage them well.

Gu Liangqi is the leader of this group of government officials.

After Gu Liangqi arrived, Zhang He arranged for him to take people into the management departments of the four counties respectively and take over all management affairs.

The first thing Gu Liangqi did after taking over was something very offending, which earned him a lot of infamy.

He announced that all the land and resources on the land in the four counties would be taken back and owned by Mr. Zhang.

This was equivalent to an outright robbery. All of a sudden, in the four counties, except for the tenants who had nothing and were happy to watch the fun, everyone else was in trouble.

When Zhang He occupied the four counties, all the big nobles died or fled, leaving only some small nobles who felt that they had nothing to do, so they surrendered to Zhang He.

Now Gu Liangqi wants to take away all their resources with just one word, how can he be willing to do so.

Now these small nobles, as well as the citizens with a few properties in the city, secretly want to eat Gu Liangqi alive.

There were even people preparing to assassinate Gu Liangqi, but Gu Liangqi also knew that he had offended someone, so he hired Blackwater troops to guard him when he came in and out every day, so that the assassin could not succeed, and instead suffered cruel revenge from Gu Liangqi.

In the process of recovering the resources of various companies for registration, we also encountered some resistance.

Gu Liangqi's methods are simple and crude, and he never talks nonsense. If anyone dares to obstruct the implementation of the policy, it will be a bloody suppression.

The Aboriginal people of the Four Counties Land appear to be in their darkest hour.

Some people have fantasies and want to see Mr. Zhang. With Mr. Zhang's generosity and kindness, he will definitely not let Gu Liangqi go against the grain and harm the villagers.

It's just that Mr. Zhang has announced his retreat during this period, and no one can see him.

Now no one can restrain Gu Liangqi. The people of the four counties have been tortured and miserable, and many people have fled with their families.

We are a swordsman and I am a fish and meat. Everyone can only curse Gu Liangqi behind his back and wish him a good death.

He was scolded that in order to flatter Zhang He, he did not hesitate to plunder the people's fat, drink human blood, and eat human blood steamed buns.

His character is not as good as that of the big yellow dog behind Zhang Yuan.

Big Yellow Dog: Who did I provoke?

After half a year like this, the changes that have taken place in the four counties are more exciting than those in 10,000 years in history.

The people of the four counties have all been reduced to tenants, and all kinds of resources have been taken away by Gu Liangqi, and then humbly delivered to Zhang He.

As long as the sun shines on the land in the four counties, it belongs to Zhang He. Where the sun does not shine, Zhang He has the final right of interpretation.

Under this circumstance, Zhang He finally came out of seclusion at the right time.

Gu Liangqi handed Zhang He the compiled accounts of the four counties.

"Sir, this is the current household registration and resource registration form of the four counties. Please take a look at it."

Zhang He took the account book and quickly looked through it, feeling very satisfied. As expected, professional things still need to be done by professionals.

After Gu Liangqi's troubles, the foundation of the four counties was laid, and it became much easier to carry out other operations later.

The news of Zhang He's release soon spread, and at the same time there was also exciting news.

It is said that Mr. Zhang was very dissatisfied with Gu Liangqi's behavior after he came out of seclusion and scolded him angrily.

This made the people who had long been fed up with Gu Liangqi's oppression breathe a sigh of relief, and their favorable impression of Zhang He greatly increased.

A few days later, Mr. Zhang ordered that some of the property previously confiscated by Gu Liangqi be returned.

This once again deeply moved the residents of the four counties. They felt that the clouds were finally clearing and they had hope again in their lives.

After all the property was distributed, and some time passed, Mr. Zhang ordered again that although the land had been confiscated, the residents could still live in their original location for free without charging any rent.

Immediately, the residents of the four counties were so moved that they rushed to tell each other, telling everyone that Mr. Zhang was kind.

After Zhang He finished tossing these small nobles, small landowners, and urban residents, he set his sights on the most extensive group of tenant farmers.

For tenants, the greatest favor is rent reduction and interest rate reduction, so that they can have enough to eat.

This is easy for Zhang He. Now all the fields are owned by Zhang He, and the land rent has been reduced from the original 50% to 30%.

After the land rent was reduced by 20%, unpaid corvee was abolished and replaced with paid employment.

All management systems are implemented in accordance with Heishui County's methods.

Of course, the most important part is education, which was subsequently promoted in the four counties. Schools were being built everywhere to recruit students.

Another year passed, and the battle between the Sun-Moon Alliance, the Ji family, and the Chen family came to an end for the time being.

The three forces form a tripartite force, restricting each other to form a stable balance, and no one can try to annex the other.

Among the three forces, the Ji family is the strongest, with four Nascent Souls. Whether it is golden elixir or territory, it is the strongest among the three.

The Sun-Moon Alliance is the weakest, with only three Nascent Soul cultivators, and one who was seriously injured and has never fully recovered. In terms of top-level combat power, it is equivalent to only two and a half.

The structure of each subordinate branch is also relatively loose, somewhat similar to the enfeoffment system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Each branch is a small prince, and each branch has strong autonomy.

This kind of organizational form can easily fall apart if there is a serious fight.

After the Sun-Moon Alliance established a foothold in Chen State, it moved the position of the general helm to Anqing City and renamed Anqing City Mingcheng.

Establishing a foothold, going from a wandering state to owning a territory, is a matter worthy of celebration for the Sun-Moon Alliance, and its significance is equivalent to the founding of a nation.

In a large square in the center of Ming City, three elders personally presided over this celebration.

In addition to the boring and long speeches of the elders, the most exciting thing about this kind of celebration is the rewards given to each army.

Each branch sent out teams to participate in the battle. There were strong and weak teams, and each had made some achievements on the battlefield. What they wanted most at this time was to show off their skills and let others know how powerful they were.

Zhang He sat among a group of helmsmen, watching teams passing by in high spirits.

"Luochuan is at the helm. In this battle, a total of 15 foundation builders and 400 qi practitioners were killed, and a total of 350 contribution points were obtained as rewards!"

The sub-rudder stationed in Luochuan stood up and waved to everyone.

Killing an enemy on the battlefield is based on the opponent's cultivation level. Killing a Qi practitioner only counts for half a contribution point, foundation building counts for 10 points, and golden elixir counts for 100 points.

At this time, another majestic team passed by in front.

"In this battle, Xia County Branch killed two Jindan people, 40 people built foundations, and 800 people practiced Qi. A total of 1,000 contribution points were obtained."

This result is the highest one I have seen so far. As soon as it was reported, there were exclamations from the surrounding area.

A helmsman standing next to Zhang He immediately stood up with a red face and waved to everyone around him.

This was the most glorious moment. The captain of Xia County kept smiling and waving to the surrounding captains until the next team appeared, then reluctantly sat down.

Watching several helmsmen around him cast envious glances at him, he felt a sense of accomplishment.

The only fly in the ointment was that Zhang He, who was sitting next to him, seemed indifferent to his achievements and only gave a perfunctory congratulations.

He had been unhappy with Zhang He for a long time. He didn't understand why Mei Yingxue didn't take a look at him, but liked the person in front of him despite his appearance of talent and extraordinary qualifications.

"Let me tell you, Captain Zhang, your branch is the largest branch in our Sun-Moon Alliance. We can't fall behind this time, otherwise we won't mention this biggest name in the future."

Zhang He, however, glanced at him as if he were an idiot, and replied with a dry laugh, "Haha!"

This made him even more unhappy. He only knew that Ningjing County had only sent 41 people to participate in the war. He didn't know yet that He Xiaoyu led 100 foundations to participate in the war. What results could 41 people achieve?

"Everything must be done with corresponding strength. If you don't have strength but occupy something you shouldn't have, you will only bring humiliation to yourself!"

The helmsman of Xia County became angry when he thought that Mei Yingxue looked down on him. The feeling of hitting the wall again and again brought tears to his eyes.

The person in front of him looked ordinary and unremarkable, and he didn't know what despicable method he had used to trick Mei Yingxue into favoring him.