Look at the mountains and rivers I have drawn

Chapter 44

In the suburbs outside the city, there are several farmlands mixed in the wilderness. The grass in the wilderness is much better than the farmland, but no one cultivates it.

In the scorching summer, every field has farmers working hard, and after paying heavy taxes, there is not much food left in a piece of land.

It is a problem for the whole family to eat. Only by working harder can we keep more.

Lu Xiaoban is currently near a field, observing the work of farmers, and wants to make some better tools to help these farmers live a better life. Ye Yan has provided him with many ideas. Can he make them? It depends on how much Lu Xiaoban can comprehend.

Harvesting rice in summer is very slow, but according to experienced farmers, the last five days have been sunny, and there will be heavy rain after five days, just as the rice is ripe. Come on, all crops are wasted.

The southern part of the Great Yan Empire has experienced a flood, and a large amount of rice has been lost. This year's harvest is no longer good, and the imperial court has been fighting for years. Not only is there not much food for disaster relief, but more taxes have to be collected.

Isn't this forcing them to rebel?

But when it comes to this, I have to admire the officials of the official department.

The taxes collected are indeed high, but they just got stuck at a point, and this point is the point where these farmers are on the verge of collapse.

Floods in the south caused a large number of refugees to move to the north, and all those left behind were households with little loss of farmland. After the tax was collected, what was left was just enough food to survive.

In the coming year, I will borrow seeds from the government. If the weather is good and the harvest is good in the coming year, then the tax can be raised even higher next year because of the loan.

At that time, not only will the imperial court gain more, but officials from all over the country can also take the opportunity to search for a wave of people's fat and people's anointing.

Farmers are like this, as long as they still have a mouthful of food to eat, they will not participate in rebellious activities that may kill people.

What Ye Yan wants to do is to change this situation.

The basic structure of Quyuanli Ye Yan has been passed on to Lu Xiaoban, and now Lu Xiaoban needs to produce some samples according to the specific living environment in the south, and promote them before the next season of farming.

Lu Xiaoban already has a composition in his mind, but there are still some things he doesn't understand, so he doesn't plan to ask these farmers when they are resting.

The first wait is two hours, and the farmers seem to not know how to rest, harvesting and transporting non-stop.

Lu Xiaoban wanted to talk to them several times, but was chased away by the peasants waving sickles. Although he was a little angry, he still obeyed Ye Yan's order and made it successfully in a short time.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared behind Lu Xiaoban, walking silently.

When that hand patted on Lu Xiaoban's shoulder, Lu Xiaoban broke out in a burst of cold sweat.

"Xiaoban Lu? Mr. Ye told you to go back home and asked you to bring your secret weapon."

Lu Xiaoban jumped away with a stride, and looked back.

Ming has already left, leaving only a back to be seen by Lu Xiaoban.

"Young Master is really getting more and more powerful. He can recruit such an awesome martial arts master to run errands. He is worthy of Young Master Ye." Lu Xiaoban said happily.

Some excitedly ran to the blacksmith shop.

The secret weapon that has been prepared for so long is finally coming out!
Enter the blacksmith's shop and tell the good little blacksmith to watch the door so that no one can come in.

Lu Xiaoban looked around like a thief, afraid that Ming, who was moving strangely, would discover his secret.

In the dark room, Lu Xiaoban lit candles one by one, and with one operation, a secret door appeared from the ground, air was poured into the underground passage, and the torches lit up one by one, illuminating the entire passage very brightly.

Lu Xiaoban stood a little on the wall, closed the secret door, hurried to another dark place, took the crossbow in his hand, and aimed it at the passage.

The moment the secret door closed, Ming appeared in the room, looked at the secret door quietly, and knocked with his hand, but there was no hollow sound.

Sure enough, is this what Mr. made?

Ming exited the room and stood guard in the shade of the yard.

Lu Xiaoban in the passage heaved a sigh of relief, and he really came, young master, this thing is really powerful.

The principle of small hole imaging, although you can't see people clearly, at least you know someone is coming.

The young master said that if there is no password, no one can enter this secret passage.

At the end of the passage, there is a large blacksmith's furnace, surrounded by several pieces of discarded fine steel.

The furnace is still burning all the time while iron is being smelted. The flue and air intake are connected to the blacksmith's furnace in the courtyard. It can be described as a secret military factory!

There was a wooden box wrapped in brocade silk on the small wooden table. Lu Xiaoban took out a piece of coarse cloth from his side, wrapped the brocade box, wrapped a pile of coarse rice in the middle, and wrapped it with a layer of coarse cloth on the outside.

After layers of concealment, Lu Xiaoban slung his backpack, blocked a hole, and left the secret passage.

Not long after, the torches in the dark passage were extinguished one by one.

This was not taught by Ye Yan to Lu Xiaoban, and he didn't understand this technology, how to make the air spontaneously ignite when it enters, and it can be reused, which only shows that there were many capable people in ancient times.

"Young Master, I'm ready. Do you want to send me back to the city or should I go back by myself?"

"There is a fine horse two miles outside the gate, go ride it."

I only heard his voice, but didn't see his person. It's amazing.

No matter what, at least Lu Xiaoban knows that this is the son, that's enough.

Otherwise, he doesn't mind killing it.

Although the martial arts master is better, this blacksmith shop is his home field. If he wants to break through here, there are not dozens of people who can't do it.

The three gold characters at the gate of Yunxian County and Tianqi City shocked Xiaoxiao.

Now came a man with thick arms, carrying a giant hammer on his shoulders, with a faint expression that he would do anything if there was a disagreement.

Taking advantage of the commotion at the city gate, Lu Xiaoban spent a few copper coins to bribe the city defenders, and entered Yun County without searching.

After entering the city gate, Lu Xiaoban could only dismount honestly and lead the horse away. He is not a son, and if he has the courage to ride a horse in the city, it would disturb the order in the city.

Ming hangs behind Lu Xiaoban not far or near.

boom!
There was a muffled sound.

Ming pinched a plainclothes man with one hand.

Looking at the man with cold eyes, he said, "Do you know the consequences, but I need to do it myself."

His eyes were emotionless, his voice was cold and menacing, the man tried his best to stabilize his trembling body, and after struggling to no avail, he bit his teeth hard.

Ming watched a trace of blood flow out from the corner of the man's mouth, and the neck in his hand no longer had the fluctuation of blood transmission.

I wanted to just throw it away like this, but a trace of blood appeared in Ming's eyes, and he twisted his five fingers forcefully.

With a click, the man who was about to die was completely dead.

Ming quietly picked up the man and threw him into a corner.

Stretching out, he quickly scouted on the way back, followed Lu Xiaoban, told him Ye Yan's request, and told him Huang Ren's location, from which location Huang Ren would definitely find out.

Ye Mansion has hidden secret passages, and the west neighbor has been secretly bought by Ye Yan, just to dig a passage to escape.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, this is the most important ability that the world taught him through painful lessons.

(End of this chapter)