Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

When Zhang He walked out of the small courtyard of Qifeng Mountain after two months of retreat, he saw that the entire Qifeng Mountain was busy planting sweet potatoes.

He bought hundreds of farmers in Qifeng Mountain from the slave market, and now he helps him grow sweet potatoes, and the treatment is not bad, and he can eat enough.

This standard of living is much better than other tenants.

The only disadvantage is that you must never leave the land of Qifeng Mountain.

In order to allow these people to farm here with peace of mind, the people on Qifeng Mountain have basically formed families and have children.

Now there are six to seven hundred people here, farming more than 3,000 mu of land, which is almost equivalent to a larger village.

Now the hearts of the people have almost settled down, with families and children, food and shelter, and no one thinks about running away.

In fact, apart from fleeing from famine, the tenants of the Great Zhou Dynasty lived in a village all their lives and had no intention of traveling far.

The transportation here is inconvenient, the information is blocked and underdeveloped, like a village completely isolated from the world.

Zhang He greeted the patrol team, and then rode to Heishui Town.

The experience of going to Suifeng City this time gave Zhang He a lot of ideas.

Sui State and Lu State are only separated by a river, and the monsters of Sui State may spread to Lu State at any time.

A group of zombies could easily level Jishui County. What if they appeared in Dehua County, or in his Black Water Town?

If he personally left Heishui Town, he might be able to escape successfully, but the entire 10,000 people in Heishui Town, as well as his father, would become the prey of demons.

If all human beings are dead, how can he escape?

Now at least make some preparations and train a strong army, just in case.

On the training ground of Heishui Town, a team of 500 people is now arranged in five square formations, and these are already all the members of the guard team.

"Now I have a book of inner martial arts training method in my hand. If a warrior succeeds in practicing this method, he can compete with the immortal cultivator in the Qi training period.

I decided to teach this exercise to all the guards one month later. "

Everyone heard that there was a lot of commotion at the scene. They have all practiced "Thirteen Swords of Soul Chasing and Death", and the general progress is relatively slow. Only a few geniuses have practiced the fifth and sixth forms.

One of the reasons for the slow progress in practice is the lack of an internal practice method to lay the foundation.

With the foundation of martial arts internal training and the improvement of overall physical fitness, and then practicing these swords, guns and sticks, the progress will be much faster.

The same saber technique will be more powerful if it is based on internal training.

For Zhang He's teaching of internal exercises, everyone in the guard showed anticipation and longing.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, as long as one could practice martial arts or immortal skills, it meant a class transition and had the opportunity to escape from the lowest class of society.

Even if it is for the landlord to guard the house, it is several times better than the tenant.

"One month later, I will conduct an assessment. Those who pass will stay, and those who fail will be eliminated, and they will not be eligible to practice martial arts within the martial arts."

Zhang justly poured cold water on everyone. The exercises are precious and rare, and they must not be taught easily.

Moreover, in the process of training, a lot of resources need to be consumed. If there are some bastards who don't think about making progress, wouldn't it be a waste of resources.

After Zhang He announced that the matter was over and dismissed, the guards geared up and went back to practice one by one.

After the guards dispersed,

Wei Peng walked towards Zhang He with a notebook under his arm.

"My lord, recently there are many people from other villages and towns who want to join Heishui Town. Shall we accept them?"

Since the riot a few years ago, the population of various places has dropped sharply, and many landlords have lowered their land rent a lot in order to retain tenants.

After several years of recuperation, many tenants have recovered some vitality, and the demand for arable land has also increased.

Landlords in various towns couldn't wait to raise rents and interest rates.

The previous 50% of the land rent was really not much profit for the landlord.

Because at least 30% of it needs to be handed over to the City Lord's Mansion, and the remaining 20% ​​is not enough to maintain a luxurious life.

Among the nearby towns, only Heishui Town has kept 50% of the increase, and the loan interest rate is as low as 10%.

And I heard that the Zhang family master in Heishui Town is a well-known benevolent person, and he doesn't like to exploit tenants.

Mr. Zhang also paid for the construction of water canals. In the same land, the tenants in Heishui Town have higher income than others.

Now Heishui Town has become a prosperous place that tenants from all over the country yearn for.

"receive!"

Zhang He only thought about it for a while, and then he had already made a decision. Why didn't he want the demographic bonus that came to his door?

"Take it all?"

Wei Peng repeated a sentence uncertainly.

Once this opening is opened, there will definitely be a lot of people from the surrounding villages and towns.

After all, Heishui Town is only a town, and the land it owns is limited, so it cannot accommodate too many people.

"Yes! Take all!"

Zhang He nodded again with certainty.

"But what should we do if we don't have so much arable land?"

"The tenants who have been recruited can first organize people to build water canals, so as to lead the water from the Heishui River to every corner of the town to form a water network."

Heishui Town had previously built two canals, which only improved the water supply in some places. There are still more dry land in the town, and they can only depend on the weather. Agricultural production must first be guaranteed in terms of water conservancy.

"Young master, although the construction of water conservancy is beneficial for thousands of years, how much food, manpower and material resources will be spent! With our existing food reserves, we simply cannot support such a huge project!"

Wei Peng is in charge of finances, and knows better than anyone else how much money Heishui Town has and how much it can do.

"You don't have to worry about money and food. My master just gave me some supplies, and it will be fine to send someone to bring them back after a while."

When Zhang He said this, Wei Peng began to look forward to this huge project.

"In addition, a group of people can also be organized to raise poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep according to local conditions."

Ducks and geese can be raised in the Heishui River and some canals, and chickens, cattle and sheep can also be raised in some mountainous areas that are not suitable for farming.

The residents of the Great Zhou Dynasty generally lacked meat, and many people may not be able to eat meat several times in their lives.

The main reason is that poultry and livestock that only eat grass grow slowly and don't have much meat. If they are fed with grain, no one is willing to give up.

In the batch of sheep raised by Fat Tiger in the early years, the one-year-old sheep only weighed 30 catties, and after they were killed, they only weighed more than a dozen catties. After removing the bones, only a few catties of mutton remained.

Raising pigs is similar. Mr. Zhang raises a few pigs and only feeds pigweed and swill every day. It is difficult to grow them to a hundred catties a year.

"In addition to breeding, you also need to pick a group of craftsmen, and open a brick factory next to Heishui Town to specialize in firing green bricks. The more the better, the better."

"Does the young master want to build a manor?"

"No, I plan to build a city wall to enclose Heishui Town and Zhangjiazhuang."

Zhang He threw out another project that was not weaker than the water conservancy network.

He naturally considered that if one day zombies or monsters invaded, he could defend against the city wall.