As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 700: Common People’s Home (1)

With the evidence here, they had nothing to say. Suhong College even demanded compensation for the medical expenses of the student who was slandered.

As one of the five major colleges, Mingxiao naturally values ​​its reputation. In addition, Jiang Ran has close relationships with the heads and heirs of the Qi and Feng families, so they cannot afford to offend them. Therefore, on the one hand, Mingxiao paid for the healing pills out of his own pocket, and on the other hand, Mingxiao put pressure on the seven people to pay compensation even if it meant losing everything. Mingxiao also expelled them from the college.

Su Ling's toughness earned him respect from the exchange students who came to Mingxiao to study, which was an unintentional benefit.

Not long after the exchange student incident, in the same month, the time for delivery of bamboo deer bows and arrows agreed with Yanluo County arrived, and Suling recovered more than 300,000 gold yuan.

After the contract with Zeyan County was torn up, Suling no longer had to pay it one million gold yuan. This huge amount of money was invested in the construction of military industry, ships, and roads.

In addition, it should be mentioned that a year later, Yanluo County was no longer a county town, but a county town that ruled over an area of ​​150,000 square kilometers.

The bamboo deer bow and arrow played a significant advantage in Yanluo County's external wars. After the territory was named a county, people who analyzed Yanluo County City also paid attention to the bamboo deer bow and arrow that it had used in previous wars. They found that this bow and arrow was cheap, durable, and had a long range, making it an excellent weapon of war.

As a result, not only did Yanluo County, which had purchased the bows and arrows, place an additional order for 100,000 bamboo deer bows and arrows, but many other forces also found ways to contact Suling and want to place orders for bows and arrows.

However, Su Ling had limited manpower, and having experienced an experience of having an order destroyed, they were more cautious in choosing buyers and only accepted an order of 100,000 from Yanluo County and an order of 1,000 from Ziyun Sect.

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The events that have taken place in Suling since March have brought about tremendous changes in the lives of ordinary people.

In Jintang Village, Xinheng Town, early in the morning, sunlight shines through the gaps between tiles and into a farmer's house.

There was the sound of clinking dishes and chopsticks in the room; Liu Mu's family in the east of the village was having breakfast.

"Dad, sister, today is our village's turn to go fishing. I'm afraid I won't be back for a few days. You two should help me look after Fanfan and Qingqing." Liu Xiang put down his bowl and chopsticks, looking expectant as he thought about taking a boat out to sea.

"Sister, when will you teach me how to swim? Then I can be selected." A-mei said coquettishly to Liu Xiang.

"Why are you swimming?! You look forward to going out to sea all day long. What's so good about going out to sea? Someone from the next village fell into the sea and choked on the water a few days ago. He had a near-death experience. I really don't understand you young people. Don't you know what fear is?! Don't you think about Fanfan and Qingqing?"

Liu Mu put down the bowl in annoyance and didn't want to eat anymore.

Liu Mu's family is a family of five.

Liu Mu broke one leg when he was in his forties. His eldest daughter, Liu Xiang, has a son and a daughter who are both under five years old. His second daughter, Liu Yun, is now eighteen years old.

This family seemed a little incomplete, as some members were missing. In fact, there were more than five people in the family at the beginning. It was just that their former lord was a man with not much power and loved to start wars. Many wars took away many relatives, and Liu Mu lost one of his legs at that time.

Because he had lost too many relatives, Liu Mu attached great importance to the few relatives he had left and wished they were away from all dangers.

Seeing his father's dazed look, Liu Xiang knew that he might be thinking of his mother, but he also missed the people he lost in the war, but people always look forward. Separation and death are common in this world, but his father is an extremely emotional person and has been unable to get over it. Liu Xiang scooped a mouthful of batter residue and sucked it into his mouth, looked at A Mei, and said nothing more.

"My darlings, wait for your mother to come back and bring you some big fat fish!" After dinner, Liu Xiang smiled and kissed her two children separately, then hurried to the village to meet up with her companions who were going out to sea.

Liu Mu sighed but did not stop them. He knew that going out to sea was dangerous but there was nothing he could do, especially since it was dry that day and the autumn harvest was poor. Winter would come soon after autumn, and without enough food stored, they would have a hard time this year.

"There is no water. Wipe the bowl clean with a linen cloth, and wait until the water is repaired in the village tomorrow and then take it to wash together." Liu Yun took his two nephews to clean up the dishes. Liu Mu was worried and instructed them.

The river has dried up and it is difficult to get drinking water now. Fortunately, there is a water repair company that comes to our house regularly to make water.

Just as the plants created by wood-type monks cannot be eaten, because the plants themselves are the embodiment of the monks' spiritual power, once the spiritual power dissipates, the created plants will dissipate.

The principle is similar but a little different. The water created by water monks cannot be drunk directly due to strange reasons such as residual "waste spiritual energy", but it can be used for washing and watering.

The weather was too hot, not a single breath of cool air could get in, and every breath felt like fire. The ground was relatively cooler, so Liu Mu sat on the ground with his bare chest and rubbed the hemp rope.

In addition to growing food crops such as corn, the several villages under Xinheng also make money by growing dye plants such as smilax glabra, indigo plant, and madder, as well as by twisting hemp ropes to make fishing nets.

Ever since the territory changed hands, life has indeed become visibly better. Not only the monks but also the people and farmers can now live with their heads held high.

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"The sun is so bright today." Liu Mu looked at the weather outside and suddenly lost interest in twisting the hemp rope. "The madder is very delicate. The government will soon send people to collect it. We can't let anything go wrong."

Thinking of this, Liu Mu wanted to go to the fields to take a look, so he quickly grabbed his precious straw hat, put on his patched shirt, and walked towards the door with his crutches.

"Xiao Yun, I'm going to go check out the fields. You keep an eye on Fan Fan and Qing Qing."

Not getting a response, Liu Mu shouted again while standing at the door.

But all I heard was the laughter of two children.

Liu Mu felt something was wrong and staggered to the kitchen, where he saw the rice bowls still placed in a wooden basin. The windows were wide open and there was no sign of Liu Yun.

Liu Mu's eyebrows burned, his chest heaved with anger, and his crutches banged against the ground. "Okay! Okay! I can't control these two sisters. Tell them not to join the army! They've been locked up for a few days, and they seem to be more well-behaved these past two days. It turns out they were waiting for me here!!"

October was the peak period for recruiting soldiers in the county, but Liu Mu didn't want his daughter to join the army. He had been on guard for so long, but he didn't expect that she would still go.

The cane fell to the ground with a clang, and Liu Mu angrily pounded his rotten leg, "War is so terrible, haven't you seen it before? Who would be so eager to join the army? They are crazy, all crazy!!"

"Grandpa, don't be angry. Fanfan and Qingqing will accompany you." Fanfan picked up the crutch on the ground and held it in his arms, looking at Liu Mu with pitiful eyes.