Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

Zhang He chatted with the three generals of the Black Water Army for a while in the tent, and learned about the current battle situation.

"When the three of you are fighting against the enemy here, you must always be on guard against the invasion of the demons."

"Young master, what did you find? Now that all the powerful people of the human race are gathered here, do those demons dare to approach?"

Several people looked at Zhang He suspiciously. Although the two sides are currently at war, the monsters are the common enemy of the human race. As long as they dare to show themselves on the battlefield, either side will not let them go.

"Now the demon is not only approaching, but has already penetrated in.

I am now very suspicious that all the troops under Young Master Fei on the opposite side may have fallen into the hands of the demon..."

Zhang He didn't mention what he witnessed just now, only told the three to be careful.

"Judging from the current signs, it is very likely that Young Master Jian has colluded with demons. Since Young Master Jian came back from Sui State, there have been many incidents of demonic disturbances in various parts of Lu State."

When Magan heard the words, she was also making guesses.

"Master, do we want to tell other Taoists or forces about this?"

"The family is a human race. Naturally, we can't sit back and watch the demons run rampant, but the way of informing them is debatable."

Zhang He thought about the stakes involved, the Shadow Demon's methods were too hidden and hard to detect. If they were allowed to develop, I really don't know what the result would be.

But if he preaches about this, it is very likely that he will provoke revenge from the demon. How can he resist with his small body?

"You just need to protect yourselves, and I'll handle the spreading of the news."

Zhang He didn't stay in the army for long before he left the battlefield and was about to go home.

In Zhaoling County City, Zhang He knocked on the door of a small courtyard, and a young man in ordinary clothes opened the door. Seeing it was Zhang He, his face showed surprise.

"Master, please come in!"

Zhang He then walked into the small courtyard and entered a secret room. Immediately, three people came to pay their respects.

"Yingyi meets the son!"

"Don't be too polite!"

Zhang He waved his hand and sat down in the main seat casually.

This is the headquarters of the intelligence agency he built by himself. The name is the Shadow Pavilion. There are more than 100 people in total, and there are also a number of peripheral personnel.

In addition to collecting intelligence for Zhang He, the Shadow Pavilion will also sell intelligence to other forces or individuals.

At present, it is only in its infancy, and has not yet been recognized by various forces. It is very well-known, and the business is not good. It is difficult to support himself. Zhang He needs to keep putting money into it.

Ying Yi is a code name, the highest person in charge of the Shadow Hall, and is directly responsible to Zhang He.

"Since the army of the Sui State entered the country, demons and monsters have been rioting in various places. According to statistics, there have been 1,352 cases in the entire Lu State.

Among them, 516 were completely extinguished by various forces, and the rest are still in trouble.

Among them, a monster locust accident occurred in Longkou County, and a flaming tiger appeared in Dehua County, all of which have been extinguished.

and……"

Inside the secret room, Ying Yi made some brief summary reports on the information, and then handed a jade slip to Zhang He.

Zhang He's divine sense penetrated into it and looked at the contents of the jade slip.

It turned out that after he left, a fire-breathing flaming tiger broke into Dehua County and devoured dozens of tenant farmers.

In the end, Fat Tiger, Gu Liangyu, and Fugui were besieged together, and they succeeded in beheading the Flaming Tiger.

After Zhang He read all the content, his expression became a little dignified.

The demon activities in the Zhou Dynasty were too rampant, and every demon accident that happened meant that life was ruined.

For example, the demon locust swarm that appeared in Longkou County, although it was killed in time, still killed and injured tens of thousands of people.

Of the more than 1,000 incidents that have occurred in the territory of Lu, there are still more than 800 that cannot be completely eliminated. The disasters caused can be imagined.

The people of the Lu country are really unlucky. They suffered from years of drought and half of them died. After all these years of recuperation, they have just recovered. When this happens again, they don't know when they will be able to live a peaceful life.

Moreover, even Gongzijian's army is now possessed by demons, so I really don't know what the situation will turn into in the future.

"Good job!"

After Zhang He read the information, he nodded in satisfaction, then took out another jade slip and handed it to Ying Yi.

"I have such information in my hand. You are responsible for spreading it as soon as possible, and try to make it known to everyone."

"And when you spread this news, you must hide it, and don't let people know that we did it."

Zhang He handed the jade slip into Yingyi's hands, and left Zhaoling City with only a few words of exhortation.

In Heishui Town, as soon as Zhang He returned home, Wei Peng quickly found him.

"Sir, recently our three counties have increased the number of displaced people, how should they be resettled?"

Since the three counties under Zhang He's rule only charged 30% of the land rent, this was the only share in the entire Zhou Dynasty.

Under normal circumstances, if only 50% of the land rent can be paid, the landlord is already merciful.

Moreover, Zhang He didn't like to arbitrarily recruit corvée, and every time he requisitioned civilians, he would be given a certain amount of remuneration.

In Zhang He's view, it is only natural that labor gets paid.

But in the eyes of tenants ~www.wuxiahere.com~ Zhang He is already considered a benevolent person rarely seen in ten thousand years.

Unknowingly, Zhang He's reputation in Heishui Town spread like this, and many tenants from other places moved their families to the three counties under his jurisdiction.

In the past few years, people have joined Zhang He's forces every year. This year, many tenants have been displaced due to the appearance of demons in various places, so more people have migrated here.

"The tenants in Dehua County were relocated to two other counties, and a large-scale farm was established in Dehua County. These refugees were sent to the farm to work and paid monthly wages..."

Compared with Zhang He's thoughts this time, there are more things that need to be done, so Wei Peng led the way and went out.

The main purpose is that Zhang He plans to grow sweet potatoes throughout Dehua County.

Anyway, the ownership of the land belongs to him, so this time, all the land in Dehua County will be collected and managed centrally in the form of a large-scale farm.

Zhang He used to keep secrets, so the sweet potato planting scale was only more than 5,000 mu in Qifeng Mountain.

Now with the growth of the army under his command, the overall strength has greatly improved, making Zhang He feel that, relying on the Black Water Army and Pang's militia organization, he has the ability to completely control the county.

For the next period of time, Dehua County seemed to be in a state of turmoil and tossing everywhere.

Some people need to be moved out, and the rest have to be divided into small groups according to the village, and they are jointly responsible for the sweet potato planting in an area.

With the change of production methods, the previous method of directly collecting rent is obviously no longer feasible. Wei Peng needs to formulate a new management system.