All worlds start from leaves

Chapter 223
In ancient times, chariots and horses were slow and letters were difficult, and you could only love one person in your life.

The answer: You can take concubines!
Leaving aside the matter of taking concubines for the time being, Li Ziji really understood the meaning of the difficulty of writing letters.

At this time, during the first anniversary, King Li has been in power for 30 years, but in this small village, which is only [-] kilometers away from the capital, [-] miles away, Li Ziji asked about some government orders of King Li over the years. People can answer.

Some villagers even asked, 'Is there any difference between the king and the king?In addition to increasing taxes. '

"Except for increasing taxes, it's a good idea! Hahahahahahaha."

On the ridge of the field, Li Ziji burst out laughing.

That's right!Who cares who is the king in this world, as long as the tax burden on this group of grassroots workers is not increased, so that these people can have enough food and clothing, then they are good masters!
"do you know?"

He held a hoe in his hand, which was made of hardwood, and the edges were ground with stone tools, which was heavy and difficult to use.

Looking at the villagers who were working and looking at him, Li Ziji had a hearty smile on his face.

"After I left the capital, I went straight all the way to this place, but just last night, when I gave you clothes, I was at a loss, and I didn't know how to lead you forward."

"So this morning, I went to work with you on the ridge of the field, hoping to learn a thing or two from it."

"My lord, be kind!" The villagers on one side responded respectfully.

"Hey~, it's not kindness or unkindness, it's just intolerance."

Waving his hands, Li Ziji continued: "However, what you said just now reminded me of something!"

After all, he pointed to the endless mountain forest, which was unpredictable.

"Do you know what I mean by pointing at the mountains and forests?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally shook their heads.

One of the advantages of this era is that people don't understand what they don't understand, and they don't pretend to understand, misleading others and themselves.

With a slight smile, Li Ziji explained.

"When I came here yesterday, I came across an open space in the forest, suitable for farming."

"This..." A group of people looked at each other.

An old man said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. In fact, there are still many deserted places in the village, but the vegetation and trees are still growing, but it is difficult to cultivate, so let alone the dangerous places in the mountains and forests, they are ordinary and safe places. There are many more."

The implication is to tell Li Ziji that it is not that there is no cultivated land, but that the land is sparsely populated!
Li Ziji asked knowingly, "Then why not plant it?"

"Insufficient manpower, insufficient manpower!"

"Manpower?" Li Ziji asked, pointing to the cultivated land with a radius of only six or seven hundred mu, "the population of the village is more than eighty, right?"

The old man nodded: "Exactly."

"More than 50 and more than [-]?"

The old man continued to nod: "My lord has insight."

Hearing that what he wanted was finally answered, Li Ziji threw the hoe in his hand aside, and gathered everyone in the field together with a wave.

Because there are many wolves, tigers and leopards in the mountains, some immature infants and toddlers were locked up at home when they went out in the fields, and the rest of the slightly older children walked with the crowd to avoid accidents. At this time, almost all the villagers were there, a full 66 indivual.

"grown ups."

"My lord, what's the matter?"

"Yes, my lord, what is your order?"

"Okay, be quiet!"

Standing on the ridge of the field, Li Ziji suppressed everyone's voice loudly, and asked, "I asked the old man just now, and he said that there is not enough manpower to plant all the arable land in the field, is it true?"

"Yes!"

"Yes, my lord, because..."

"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet first." Suppressing the voices one after another again, Li Ziji asked: "Then have you ever thought about why you can work more than 50 people, but you can't even cultivate six or seven hundred acres of arable land?" No more? Why do you only have more than 50 people who can work?"

After saying a word, there was silence in the field at first, and the few lone wolves wandering in the distance were frightened and ran away, thinking that they were going to kill them.

Just randomly, bursts of sound burst out.

"It's all the gray wolf's fault. He took my two sons away, otherwise why would there be a shortage of manpower!"

"There is also a big worm! Last time the big worm entered the village, it ate several people!"

……

This era is not an era of technological prosperity. Beasts are not afraid of humans, and it is not like some people say that a man-eating tiger is a sick tiger, because in itself, weak humans are the food in the mouth of ferocious beasts.

Has anyone ever seen that when humans eat food, they will be afraid because the food gathers together?
The people's complaints lasted for about a stick of incense, and finally everyone vented their grief, and they slowly returned to normal.

Standing on the ridge of the field, Li Ziji listened to the mourning of this kind of person without making a sound, and only spoke suddenly after the crowd stopped.

"No! You are all wrong!"

wrong?

Everyone is dumbfounded, how could it be wrong?Could it be that it was a fake that the bloody flesh and blood was killed by a ferocious beast?

"Confused?"

"I really don't understand your lord's words." The old man nodded in response.

"Actually, in the final analysis, if I say it, the root cause is that we are not strong!"

"Strong?" Everyone continued to be confused.

"I ask you, who is stronger than the wild monkeys in the mountains?"

"Of course it's us!"

There is no need to think about this at all, and everyone in the field responded directly.

The wild monkeys in the mountains can only climb trees, but after encountering humans, they are driven away by sticks and beat to the ground, so naturally they don't have to think about it.

"why?"

why?
I don't know how many people ignored these three words. It can be said that the human beings in those worlds could truly become the masters of the world in the past. These three words are the root cause.

When human beings start to think and understand these three words, they will stand at the top of the forest of races.

However, Li Ziji was not very satisfied with the villagers' answers. One group of people said that it was because humans were tall, another said it was because humans were stronger, and some said that humans were naturally stronger than monkeys.

Finally, a four or five-year-old child gently raised his hand.

"Because we have torches and clubs!"

"That's right!" Li Ziji agreed loudly, "Because we have torches and sticks! So we can scare monkeys, burn them, and beat them."

"And where did the torches and clubs come from?"

No one answered.

"It is the ancestors of our human race who learned and created according to the trajectory of nature!"

"And this! It's also one of the reasons why we humans can be distinguished from monkeys."

"Didn't you say that more than 50 people can't cultivate six or seven hundred acres of land? I can tell you that it's not impossible, but that you haven't learned how to farm, and you haven't mastered the tools to cut grass and trees, so you say it's impossible."

"How about I make a bet with you today?"

"Gambling?" Everyone was puzzled, but they still asked, "What are you betting on, my lord?"

"Save me, I have the ability to let 20 people cultivate this six or seven hundred acres of land in one month!"

Twenty people, six or seven hundred acres of land.

This would be normal in the feudal society of the later generations, where the iron tools have begun to mature, but now the plowing and plowing... are not up to standard!

Because the heads of plows are made of wood!

Moreover, there is only one farming ox in the whole village, and there are a few others, but they are all wild and difficult to train semi-wild oxen.

These bison need to be passed on for four or five generations before they can be farmed, otherwise they cannot be farmed, not to mention, and they are easy to hurt people.

"Is what the lord said true?"

Staring, everyone was full of shock and disbelief.

Pointing out the children under the age of 13 from the crowd, Li Ziji smiled and said, "It's not true, it's only been around for a month, don't you know if you try it?"

People over the age of 13 are all married, and their thinking is fixed, which is really difficult to train.

Crouching down, looking at the child in front of him who said earlier that because humans can use torches and sticks, Li Ziji asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Gouwa."

"En." Nodding his head and stroking Gouwa's head, Li Ziji said, "From now on, you will be called Xinhuo. I will accept you as my disciple, and you will also be my second disciple."

Taking out the flying knife in his arms, Li Ziji continued: "This is something that your senior brother Locke Lee gave to the master. I hope that one day the master can pass it on to the next junior brother. I will give it to you today."

"Your elder brother is born stupid, but what he believes is never letting go and daring to fight with his life. You are smarter than him. I hope you can learn from his strengths and surpass him."

"In the future, eat, drink, live, and travel, just follow me as a teacher."

(End of this chapter)