Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

When Zhang He went to Zhaoling City this time, besides selling horses for 1500 taels of silver, he also sold several elixir plants in the space one after another.

Now he has accumulated more than 2,000 taels of silver, six pieces of Lingshi, and four pieces of Peiyuan Pill.

If all of them were converted into silver, there would be more than ten thousand taels.

Several kinds of elixir were newly planted in the space, and there was only one very tender seed in the Thunder Spirit Grass ball. After watering it a few times, he actually planted it alive.

In addition, some auxiliary medicinal materials for refining Peiyuandan and Bailudan were planted.

When his cultivation base is higher in the future, he plans to try alchemy by himself, and it is not appropriate to always go to the alchemy shop to buy it.

In the space, you can grow medicinal materials by yourself, and there are several alchemy recipes in the Introduction to the Alchemy Classic, which are just right for you to try, and now there is only one alchemy furnace missing.

After returning to Heishui Town, I listened to Ma Gan's report that the White Armor Army returned to Dehua City after suffering a big loss that day, and did not come to Heishui Town again.

I heard that the city is offering high rewards for the capture of two female thieves, Plum Blossom Bandit and Big Sword King Wu.

Zhang He curiously asked about the news of Plum Blossom Pirates and Da Dao Wang Wu, and Ma Gan said he did not know the news about these two robbers.

In addition, Ma Gan brought back a very strange news.

The tens of thousands of people who died in this riot were originally buried outside the city.

But suddenly overnight, the big pit where the corpses were buried was dug open, and all the tens of thousands of corpses buried in it disappeared.

At present, the City Lord's Mansion is still under investigation, and no reliable clues have been found yet.

Zhang He quickly thought of the weird scene he saw at the inn that night, and felt that there seemed to be some connection between the two.

Back home, Mei Yingxue's injuries had all recovered, and the other party didn't mention leaving Heishui Town, so Zhang He was naturally so happy and wouldn't bring it up foolishly.

But he still went to Dehua City again, gave Su Fa 300 taels of silver, and bought his shop.

He went to the nameless shop to find Gu Liangcheng, and gave him another piece of Lingshi, a pill of Peiyuan, and a thousand taels of silver. It seemed that he had sold all his belongings.

Before he came, he had made a preliminary estimate. All the wealth accumulated by the entire Wan family, except for the land, should also be estimated at five or six thousand taels of silver. It's the limit that can be taken out.

When Gu Liangcheng asked about the Baijia Army being attacked halfway, Zhang He naturally pretended to be ignorant and pushed it cleanly.

Gu Liangcheng didn't have much doubt about Zhang He, because according to intelligence, it was two women who attacked and killed Gu Liangqing on the way.

One of the murderers was the Plum Blossom Pirate. Some time ago, Gu Liangqing had indeed besieged the Plum Blossom Pirate with a group of monks, and he escaped.

The other murderer seems to be called Da Dao Wang Wulai. Although he was disguised and dressed in men's clothing, he made a man's voice.

But several lieutenants of the Baijia Army were not blind, and Dao Wang Wu definitely had the face of a woman.

As for the group of refugees who robbed the horse, there is no news yet, and it is very likely that they are also the accomplices of the plum blossom thief.

Therefore, according to the summary and analysis of intelligence from all parties, this time the White Armor Army should be seeking revenge by the Plum Blossom Pirates.

Zhang He's suspicion was not great, and Gu Liangcheng didn't think Zhang He had that kind of strength either.

Gu Liangcheng accepted Zhang He's belongings, and after asking about the Baijia Army, he let Zhang He go.

Taking Gu Liangcheng's personal letter, Zhang He went to the City Lord's Mansion to find a deacon who specialized in land management, and officially registered the land of Wanjia in Heishui Town under his own name.

From this moment on, he was officially recognized as truly owning the territory of Heishui Town.

However, since then, he has to pay taxes of 3 million catties of grain to the City Lord's Mansion every year.

In addition, whenever there are festivals, they have to pay a sum of money to the City Lord's Mansion, and usually cooperate with the City Lord's Mansion to levy corvee.

Even as a landlord in Heishui Town, the pressure on his shoulders is not small.

Of course, the wool comes from the sheep, and the landlords at all levels can collect more from the tenants below.

At most, the tenants will starve to death, but the landlord will not starve to death.

After completing all the formalities, Zhang He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he can finally return to Heishui Town to farm with peace of mind.

He still has a special liking for farming, which seems to come from the hobby brought by the blood inheritance.

Before traveling, Zhang He had a friend who dreamed of buying a villa for growing vegetables.

Now that he owns a large piece of land, with a population of 15,000 under his control, he feels a sense of arrogance. He feels that he can build Heishui Town into a paradise.

Zhang He's current mood is the same as when many people's children were born, they felt that their children would rule the world in the future. As for the future, who knows.

After returning to Heishui Town, he rode a horse and walked and looked at all the land belonging to Heishui Town.

Since the Chinese New Year, land reclamation activities have continued in various places. After last year's disaster, these tenant farmers now have nothing.

There is food to eat every day when opening up wasteland, and it is too late for everyone to be happy.

After reading all of them, he already had some understanding of his territory.

Heishui Town is a hilly area, with hills everywhere, and only some flat land along the banks of the Heishui River.

At present, the land along the Heishui River has been transformed into paddy fields, mainly for rice cultivation.

The rest of the hills and mountains are all dry land, and there are not many lands that have been reclaimed, mainly corn and soybeans.

The remaining uncultivated parts are natural forests or wild grass and rocky land.

While looking at it on horseback, Zhang He simply outlined a map with a pen, and made various marks densely on it.

In fact, if all the land in Heishui Town is fully developed, the people in Heishui Town will definitely be able to eat enough, and even eat meat.

Wei Peng, how much arable land do we have now?

After thinking for a while, Wei Peng replied: We originally had 57,000 mu of arable land, after last winter's land reclamation, up to now, we have reclaimed 14,000 mu of new land.

There are now a total of 71,000 mu of cultivated land, including paddy fields...

Okay, not bad! Starting tomorrow, land reclamation will be temporarily suspended.

Ah? Those coolies...

Wei Peng was a little surprised. Now all the coolies rely on land reclamation for a living. If the land reclamation stops, what will the coolies do?

But he didn't ask, because no landlord has the obligation to support the coolies, Zhang He is kind enough.

These coolies can't be idle, of course, we still have a lot of things to do, not just land reclamation.

There are only more than 10,000 people in Heishui Town, and more than 70,000 mu of land is enough for them to cultivate. If there is any more, they will have to be abandoned in the end.

Zhang He said that he had placed the simple map he drew on the table.

Look, this is the upper reaches of the Heishui River, and the terrain is relatively high. We can build a canal from here and divert the water to here, here.

You arrange 5,000 people to be responsible for repairing this canal, and this section must be opened before spring plowing.

As he said that, he had already drawn a crooked line on the map, and Wei Peng quickly wrote it down with a notebook.

Then Zhang He marked many small spots on the map, which needed to be built into ponds for storing water.

The original water conservancy facilities in Heishui Town are very few. In many places, as long as the sun shines for ten consecutive days, drought will occur, resulting in reduced crop production.

After these water conservancy facilities are repaired, the water supply situation of the entire Heishui Town should be initially relieved.

As for the follow-up construction, we can only wait until after the autumn harvest and organize tenants to build during the slack season.

In the future, these ponds, canals and the like can also be used to raise fish, ducks and geese, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.