Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Tong didn't know how long it would take for Qingran and Mingyu to wake up after they fell asleep, so she slaughtered a newly grown chicken, added a few ginseng roots to stew soup, and cooked a pot of thick rice porridge for preparation. That said, only after this kind of food is cooked can it be kept warm over a low fire without affecting the taste of the food.

Tong's approach was very prescient, Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu really slept until the sun was setting, and then got up one after another.

Eating the seafood porridge with a strong rice fragrance and drinking the delicious chicken soup with a little ginseng flavor, Zhong Qingran felt warm in his heart.It’s better to be at home, not to mention eating and sleeping outside, you need to be vigilant at all times, not only to be careful to hide your whereabouts, so as not to be followed by clues to seek revenge, but also to guard against beasts living on the grasslands, that life is by no means a habit like him. What the family yearns for.

After dinner, Mr. Zhong called Jian Mingyu to the upper room.

"Mingyu, I didn't ask too many questions in front of Qingran before. Tell me honestly, what happened to Qingran's nightmare? It's only been a long time since you've been out, and you've become so skinny. Are you really healthy?" As calm as Tong said, he could roughly guess the reason for Qingran's behavior, so he wouldn't be at ease if he didn't ask clearly.

Jian Mingyu didn't hide anything, and revealed all the crux of Qingran's appearance.

"I know about this. Go back to your room and call Qingran over." Mr. Zhong felt like a mirror in his heart. After Qingran went to rest in the morning, he visited those village guards who had experienced this for the first time.

Although these people were all affected by this trip, after all these days passed, they had recovered a long time ago, and when they returned home, they were basically normal.Mr. Zhong didn't expect that Qingran would be so obsessed with this matter. If this matter was not resolved, Yu Qingran would suffer from physical problems, and with such a big burden in his heart, he would not be able to live comfortably in the future.

In the final analysis, he was not capable enough, and he asked his grandson to take up the heavy responsibility of a village.Mr. Zhong sighed, his eyes dimmed.He really can't help with major matters, at most he just gives advice and acts according to Qingran's plan. If he wants to grow Fucun, he still has to rely on Qingran's juniors. It seems that he is really old and has lost his youth. When he was ambitious, he only hoped that his family would be safe and sound.

"Grandpa, are you looking for me?" Zhong Qingran pushed open the door, sat down and poured himself a cup of hot water, and drank slowly.

Mr. Zhong didn't speak immediately, but looked at Zhong Qingran carefully.He looked energetic, but he had lost a lot of weight, which made Mr. Zhong even more convinced that Qingran didn't seem to be troubled by this trip on the surface, and everything seemed normal, maybe he didn't know that he was suffering all the time inside.

"Xing Ran, after you left, people from Walin Village came once and traded a batch of goods with us." Mr. Zhong said unhurriedly, "I learned from them that the bandits who raided them only The villages hand in the offerings on time, which is relatively easy to talk about, but occasionally some beautiful men and women will be forcibly taken away, and if someone resists, the method will make people horrified just by listening to it."

Mr. Zhong stroked the unlit cigarette rod, with a hint of fear in his eyes, and then turned to rejoicing and pride: "Xing Ran, you have to know that if you don't do this, only Fucun has so few people, unless we have been living in At sea, otherwise, you don’t need to tell me what will happen, you know it.”

In fact, Zhong Qingran has always understood this truth. It can be seen from the fact that he is normal during the day, but his subconscious mind is beyond his control.

Seeing Zhong Qingran's helpless look, Mr. Zhong decided to use a heavy hammer to wake up his drum: "Qingran, what do you think they will do after Fu Village is discovered by bandits? The people of Walin Village have said that many things in our village are Not even those big tribes, not to mention the green brick houses, the materials we brought over are enough to make people envious."

"Have you ever thought about it, if we can't protect ourselves, those craftsmen will be taken away, and the village will be robbed, leaving us with barely enough supplies, which is not bad, if their leaders are flexible enough, Other villagers may be able to save their lives, our family bears the brunt, and nine out of ten will return to the embrace of their ancestors."

"Qing Ran, do you want to see me and your grandma working in the field all day long without enough food and clothing? What's more, to die on the spot?" Mr. Zhong said earnestly, "You have to understand, this This is the way of the world, since we can't obediently pay the protection fee like Walin Village, it is destined that between us and them, either you die or I live. You are doing this to let us live a better life What's wrong with my day?"

Following Mr. Zhong's voice, every sentence, Zhong Qingran could feel that the invisible shackles that bound him were loosened.He himself doesn't know why he is like this, he is not such a weak person, he was a little uncomfortable at first, but he can do everything, is he going to regret it for the rest of his life?It doesn't look like it, but the fact is so frustrating, he can't do anything about it, and his sleep improves after he gets closer to home, but that's all, he wakes up in a start during the day twice.

Zhong Qingran was like this, not only was he troubled by himself, but also Jian Mingyu often couldn't sleep well. When he woke up, Jian Mingyu also woke up. After this period of time, Jian Mingyu also lost a little weight.

"Qing Ran, not only did you do the right thing, but you also helped villages like Valin Village a lot. After the robbers stopped looting, their lives would be much easier in the future, and they would no longer have to worry about bandits. This is a great thing." Zhong said. The old man continued to persuade, "Isn't the lump in your heart the result of those women, children and children? Some of them are indeed innocent, after all they were robbed by force, but more of them are due to their crimes. They don't have everything they need to eat and drink. Did their husbands and fathers snatch them here? Since they enjoy the benefits with peace of mind, they naturally have to bear the consequences of doing so, there is no reason in the world to just take the benefits."

"Grandpa, I remember." Hearing Mr. Zhong's words, Zhong Qingran didn't say anything, at least he felt much more at ease. He felt the invisible pressure on his body suddenly lighten, as if his whole body was bathed in the warm sun.

At first, Zhong Qingran didn't notice any abnormalities, and thought it was his illusion, but he didn't expect that after a while, this refreshing drowsy feeling still existed, he hurriedly bid farewell to Mr. Zhong, and hurried back to to the bedroom.

"Qing Ran, in such a hurry, what's the matter?" Jian Mingyu put down his half-packed luggage and asked with concern.

"It's okay, you're busy, I'm a little sleepy, let's take a nap first." Zhong Qingran slept on the recliner, and closed his eyes to check the situation of Fu Yunzhu.There was an abnormality in his body, and all he could think of was Fu Yunzhu.

Zhong Qingran was taken aback as he sank his mind into the Fortune Bead.Originally, the Lucky Bead was just a bead emitting red light. The brightness and depth of the red light represented the amount of good luck. Zhong Qingran needed to feel the specific value. Now, not only the lucky amount appeared, but also some functions were added.The warm current that spread all over his body just now was the expression of combing Zhong Qingran's body when the Fortune Pearl transformed into its final form.

Previously, Zhong Qingran had to figure out how to use the lucky beads, but now he didn't use them. But whatever Zhong Qingran wanted, as long as it didn't exceed the scope of knowledge covered by the lucky beads, he could quickly answer them.Looking at the information that directly appeared in his mind, Zhong Qingran was no stranger to it.

Zhong Qingran looked up the amount of good luck gained in this bandit suppression operation, and a large amount of information flooded into the sea of ​​consciousness in an instant, most of which were red information representing good luck, and a small part was green, red for rewards, and green for punishment.It seems that Fu Yunzhu is very fair, and will not be favoritism because of merging with him, and it will deduct what should be deducted.

Zhong Qingran's expression changed, he could only lament for those innocent people who suffered innocent disasters, and if he had the opportunity, he would definitely take care of their families.

After watching it for a long time, Zhong Qingran understood that Fu Yunzhu advocates punishing evil and promoting good, doing good deeds increases luck, and doing bad deeds reduces luck, which is the so-called punishment.He had vaguely felt these things before, and he didn't feel too surprised. What made him happy was that Fu Yunzhu had another extra function.With it, he only needs to spend a sufficient amount of luck to obtain various technologies that can be used under current conditions.Since then, he no longer has to be constrained by the backward conditions in Hanhai Prefecture, and he can develop and produce the ones that are not available now.

Zhong Qingran fell asleep without realizing it while imagining the beautiful life in the future.Jian Mingyu packed his luggage, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhong Qingran was sleeping soundly with his head tilted on the recliner.

Jian Mingyu didn't disturb him, and finished washing lightly. Seeing that Zhong Qingran didn't show any sign of waking up, he helped him clean his hands and feet, and carried him to the kang. The two fell asleep next to each other.

That night, the two had a rare good night's sleep.

The next day, Zhong Qingran opened his misty eyes under the warm sunshine in the early summer morning.At this time, Jian Mingyu was no longer on the kang, and he wanted to come and work outside.

Zhong Qingran was very lazy, he didn't want to get up very much, so he lay on the bed as he wished.He's just come back and there's nothing wrong with taking a day or two off.

Even in summer in Hanhai Prefecture, the temperature is not high, not to mention it is still early summer, such a temperature is most suitable for people to live in.It's a pity that such good weather only lasts for three or four months, and the rest of the time is either overheated or too cold, and winter takes up nearly half a year.If there is not enough charcoal and firewood, life here will be difficult.

"Are you awake?" Jian Mingyu pushed the door open and entered the room, with a slight smile in his eyes, "You didn't have any nightmares last night, I guess it's good."

"Well, I think so too." Zhong Qingran was also very happy. He didn't feel anything when he was awake, but when he went to sleep, he was awakened several times by nightmares every time. This was by no means a wonderful feeling.He wanted to get rid of this predicament, but he couldn't find a way. Yesterday, Mr. Zhong enlightened him, opened a hole in the invisible shackles, and then touched the transformation of Fu Yunzhu, helping him break free from the ideological shackles that had troubled him for several days. He is relaxed now and full of hope for the future life.

"Wake up now? If you wake up, I'll serve you noodles right away." The corners of Jian Mingyu's mouth turned up slightly, and his eyebrows stretched.

"Okay." Zhong Qingran rubbed his hands on the bed, and slowly got up.The quilt was so comfortable that he didn't want to leave.Although he didn't suffer from insomnia these days, he was awakened several times by nightmares every night, and he knew how poor the quality of sleep was. He managed to get a good night's sleep last night, so it's not difficult to understand why he loves the bed so much.

Yesterday's chicken soup was still left, so Jian Mingyu simply made chicken noodle soup, added an egg, sprinkled a handful of green vegetables, and a breakfast exuding an attractive aroma was declared a success.

Zhong Qingran ate a delicious breakfast, feeling extremely happy.The day's plan is in the morning, Zhong Qingran rarely stays in bed today, but he didn't get up late, it should be said that he was earlier than most of the time.Whoever slept too much yesterday will naturally wake up early in the morning.

After breakfast and a short rest, Zhong Qingran found Mr. Zhong: "Grandpa, there is no rumor about our going out these days, right?"

"No." Mr. Zhong is not lacking in this kind of defensiveness.He had explained this matter to the villagers when Qingran and his party left.Once this matter is known to outsiders, how can Fucun be safe?

Zhong Qingran relaxed. When he left, he didn't expect that Walin Village would come to Fu Village for a deal so soon, so he didn't think about it. Fortunately, Mr. Zhong made up for this omission, otherwise, if this matter got out, it would be a big trouble.

The bandits were basically wiped out, but Zhong Qingran couldn't relax immediately.As far as he knew, the number of gangsters was not enough to firmly hold Hanhai Prefecture for more than a hundred years, and there must be someone behind him to support them, and the most likely targets were those big tribes who did nothing.

The supplies that Zhong Qingran dug out from the bandits' dens were not at all close to what Wan Fei said was the offerings handed in by various small and medium tribes, which also proved that his guess was very likely to be correct.Thinking along this line of thought, where those things went, it was ready to come out.

Moreover, there are slaves in Hanhai Prefecture, which is different from servants. Except that servants do not have freedom in life, they are not much different from ordinary people. They have wages for working for the master's house, but slaves are different. If you are busy until late at night, not to mention the exhaustion, you may not even have enough to eat, and if you die, you will die in vain, and no one will hold you accountable for it.If the servants died suddenly for no reason, their master would have to have a plausible reason anyway, and could not kill them at will.

Zhong Qingran learned from Mr. Zhong that when Wan Fei came to Fu Village for the second time, he had said that the bandits would sell the slaves who were handed over as part of the protection fee to the big tribes, and then the small and medium tribes would spend money to buy them from the big tribes. Zhong Qingran didn't believe that no one would have noticed such a blatant way of selling stolen goods, but they couldn't find any evidence, so naturally they couldn't denounce the big tribe.After all, apart from the slaves, the bandits had no other contact with the big tribes, and they could only feel aggrieved in their hearts, while the others were helpless.

This news, combined with Zhong Qingran's knowledge, he can conclude that the people behind the bandits must be those big tribes.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckled, did he just say, how could just these bandits be arrogant for so long without anyone backing them up?

Zhong Qingran didn't despise the person behind the scenes because of this, on the contrary, he admired him very much.If it weren't for his accident, these bandits would still be rampant for a long time.He could imagine that the number of bandits in the past must have been much higher than it is now. The reason for this is that the small and medium-sized tribes have been used to it, and the long-term inertial thinking has made them unaware that the number of bandits is decreasing year by year.This is also the cleverness of the behind-the-scenes. They don't need to keep so many minions, which is a waste of human resources.

But the thing happened here too, if the people behind the scenes were honest and didn't tamper with these small places, even if Zhong Qingran had a way to deal with the bandits, they wouldn't be able to solve the banditry so smoothly.

Zhong Qingran knew that after the bandits were wiped out, the large tribes would not dare to blatantly attack the small and medium-sized tribes in a short period of time. Doing so would completely tear their faces and arouse their resistance. want to see the situation.As for the future, Zhong Qingran couldn't guarantee it.The big tribes are used to enjoying it, but suddenly they stop offering sacrifices, and their living standards will definitely drop. If they endure it for a while, how long can they bear it?

This period of time is a rare development opportunity for Fucun, and he must seize it.Only when you are strong enough can you not be afraid of anyone.

Zhong Qingran went to the glass workshop and found that the glass had been improved during the time since he left, the color was lighter and the transparency was higher, but there was still a big gap between the glass he wanted.

After returning to his room, Zhong Qingran spent his fortune to buy a complete recipe for making colorless glass.Zhong Qingran frowned as he watched the 100 million fortunes flow away in a hurry. This consumption was much higher than when he used the ability of the fortune beads before. 100 million fortunes was equivalent to 1000 taels of silver. In terms of quantity, after using it more than a dozen times, it is estimated that it will bottom out.It seems that he will have to save some money in the future.Luckily, when luck turns into gold, silver and copper, there will be no loss. As long as 100 million luck is left as a base, it is enough for him to deal with emergencies.

Zhong Qingran copied down the glass formula, and only then did he realize that what he wanted was the formula for making colorless glass, but what Fu Yunzhu gave was all the glass formulas he could currently produce, including colorless and colored ones , all together, there are nearly ten kinds.With such a calculation, Zhong Qingran is not at a loss.

After putting away all the other formulas, Zhong Qingran set off for the glass workshop again with the colorless glass formula in his arms.

"Guard Li, try this recipe. If you successfully make colorless transparent glass, send someone to let me know." Zhong Qingran handed the recipe to Li Xu, and after making sure he understood it, he didn't stop at the workshop and took He returned to Zhong's house with a window as large as glass.

Zhong Qingran found Jian Mingyu who was improving the hand crossbow, and said with a smile: "Mingyu, I've been tired for so many days, so I'll take a day off today. Let's go, I'll take you to have fun."

Looking at the high-spirited Zhong Qingran, Jian Mingyu didn't ask any more questions, but he wanted to see what Zhong Qingran said was fun, exactly.

Jian Mingyu put down his crossbow, cleaned himself up, and followed Zhong Qingran out.

Seeing Zhong Qingran holding a piece of glass and not letting go, Jian Mingyu's eyes were full of curiosity: "What are you doing with this?"

"This one, I won't be able to explain it for a while, but you will know its magical effect later." Zhong Qingran's eyebrows curved, and he was eager to try the next thing, "By the way, I have to bring a telescope."

With that said, Zhong Qingran returned to the room and brought out something.

Jian Mingyu became more and more curious, fortunately he is not impatient, otherwise, he would have to chase after Zhong Qingran and ask non-stop.

Zhong Qingran led Jian Mingyu along the beach and stopped until he saw no one.At this point, Zhong Qingran was still not at ease, and set up the binoculars to look around, making sure that no one around could see them, and then started to move.

Seeing a pair of copper boots that suddenly appeared on his feet, Jian Mingyu was startled at first, and then calmly accepted it.This is not the first time he has seen such a thing, but it used to be copper chains and copper blocks, all foreign objects. He has never seen copper boots before. He tried to walk a few steps on the beach. It felt a little strange, but it was still possible. Accept it, but it is a little hard and not soft enough.

It was also the first time for Zhong Qingran to try it himself, so it was also very novel.Afraid of hurting the feet, the copper boots made by Fortune are very light and thin, without any edges or corners.

"Let's go, let's go into the sea." Zhong Qingran took the lead and walked towards the sea, followed by Jian Mingyu.

When the water was about to submerge the copper boots, a small copper boat with two pairs of copper oars appeared in front of Jian Mingyu.The purpose was clear at a glance, Jian Mingyu stepped into the bronze boat naturally, and after Zhong Qingran also sat down, he grabbed the oars and rowed the boat out to sea.

Zhong Qingran's brows and eyes were crooked with a smile, and he took a step back, following Jian Mingyu's pace and swaying the oar.

"Okay, let's go here, it's deep enough." Zhong Qingran stopped his movements after checking that it was several hundred meters away from the shore.

"Here?" Jian Mingyu was a little confused.They didn't bring fishing rods or nets, so they wanted to watch the scenery here?

"Well, look at me." Zhong Qingran enlarged the boat, and a copper pillar extended from the bottom of the boat, which went straight into the bottom of the sea to fix the boat.Then, expand the copper pillars around until a spiral staircase can be plugged in, and then stop expanding.

Jian Mingyu didn't know what Zhong Qingran had done, he didn't realize it until a hole was opened at the bottom of the cabin.

"Let's go, let's go see the scenery of the seabed." Zhong Qingran stepped down the stairs, the further down the stairs, the darker the light, and he had to light a lantern.

With the dim light of the lantern, Jian Mingyu could only see clearly that they were in a cylindrical space, and the surroundings were pitch black, not even a trace of sea water could be seen.Remembering that Qingran brought a piece of glass with him, now he understands the usefulness of glass.

Soon, they descended to the last flight of stairs.Zhong Qingran handed the lantern to Jian Mingyu, and he took the glass, randomly selected a wall, mounted it on the copper wall, and then took back the paulownia pieces outside the glass.In an instant, the meandering underwater time appeared in front of the two of them.

Jian Mingyu hurried forward and put the lantern by the glass.Looking at the brightly colored and strange-looking sea fish swimming around, as well as various seashells, Jian Mingyu was greatly surprised, and unconsciously opened his mouth slightly.Has he ever seen such a spectacle?Jian Mingyu turned his head to look at Zhong Qingran, who was close at hand, and admired his ability even more.