As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 703: Home of the People (End)

Liu Mu quickly found a restaurant where someone was telling stories.

There were a lot of people in the restaurant. Some people who didn't want to spend money but just wanted to listen to stories found a corner and sat against the wall.

There was a small stage on the first floor of the restaurant. A middle-aged man with a beard, dressed like a scholar, stood on the stage and talked.

Liu Mu and his two children also found a corner and squatted there.

He arrived just in time, and the storyteller had just started.

"...Last time, we talked about how the Bailizhui team got stuck in a quagmire..."

Liu Mu only heard the storyteller's ups and downs in voice and the use of popular vernacular. Even an illiterate farmer like him could understand it and soon became immersed in it.

This story is about "Chasing Clouds" serialized in Suling County. The author wrote with great skill and wrote about Baili Zhui's ups and downs. However, books have their own reading thresholds. "Chasing Clouds" is very popular in the circle of readers, but it is the publicity of storytellers that really makes it widely circulated.

At this moment, Liu Mu seemed to have become the teenage protagonist, feeling ashamed because Baili Zhui was despised, furious because he was robbed, unwilling to let his companions get hurt because of his weakness, and moved and proud to be appreciated by the city lord...

Upon hearing this, Liu Mu was fascinated.

After that, whenever she had some free time or was tired, she would take her two little grandchildren to the restaurant to listen to the storytelling.

Once, the topic of war came up.

The neighboring city was greedy, started a war, and stepped into our city.

Baili Zhui saw with his own eyes the enemy's fangs were ferocious, his eyes glowed with green light as he entered the house to rob the property. Under the light of the burning fire, there were the screams of fear from children and women...

Liu Mu gritted his teeth and trembled when he heard this, and his bulging red eyes seemed like they were about to burst.

Everyone's emotions were heightened, but fortunately, the storyteller quickly told the story that Baili Zhui's territory had successfully driven away the invaders, defeated the enemy city, and rescued the poor civilians who had been oppressed by the evil lord.

Finally, the storyteller ended today's story with a sentence from the original text:

"'I... was actually very scared. When the enemy's head rolled down to my feet, I saw my own face... In this army, every day is killing, killing... But... why am I killing people...'

Facing his companions' confusion, Baili Zhui was extremely determined, "Only when you have a city to live in can you have a small family to settle down in. This world is too chaotic, I will use my knife to help him build a peaceful and prosperous world, so that all the children who cry because of the chaos will have a stable family with laughter in the future..."

Liu Mu didn't know how he walked out of the restaurant until Qingqing cried out in pain. Then he realized that he was so tense that he hugged the little girl so hard that it hurt her.

When she got home, her second daughter who had disappeared for a few days came back. She was sneaking her head out and when she saw her father, she smiled flatteringly, "Dad, I passed the test and will start military training tomorrow..."

Liu Yun looked at Liu Mu's suddenly changing expression and immediately closed his eyes nervously.

But after waiting for a long time, the familiar cane did not fall on his body.

He opened his eyes cautiously, only to see Liu Mu's expression was strangely calm, and he was rummaging around the house.

Liu Yun scratched her trouser leg nervously, and saw Liu Mu threw a package into her arms, "There is some money in it, keep it for yourself, and get yourself some sturdy armor to wear, and don't be a cannon fodder on the battlefield. Your two nephews also want a majestic general aunt." Liu Yun blinked: Is the old man possessed today?

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As the morning light breaks, the golden slanting light shines into the ancestral hall through the faint pine scent that permeates between the beams and pillars, interweaving into a solemn and sacred picture.

The Jiang Mansion was only renovated when the territory was first upgraded to county level. The ancestral hall was built in an ordinary manner, and there were only two tablets in it, those of the former lord Jiang Chengfu and his wife Yan Lengyue.

Jiang Ran took the incense handed to her by Chun Ya, bowed in front of her parents' tablets, and walked towards the huge and ancient mountain and sea Feng Shui tripod in the center of the hall.

The empty and dusty tripod was completely new, and a new world appeared quietly inside, with forests, plains, rivers, ocean islands and mining areas in the distance. There were also houses and roads connecting them. The topography and culture of Suling County were portrayed inside the tripod.

But there was an ominous aura filling the cauldron. The ground was cracking, the grass and trees were withering, and swords were pointing at the surroundings of Suling.

The Shanhai Fengshui Ding was born out of luck and is a treasure that suppresses luck. When she placed the heavy Ding on the land of Suling, the confused and drifting aura suddenly had a destination and gathered above Suling County.

Suling is located in a remote corner of Yunshang, where the spiritual energy is somewhat barren. But after the placement of the Mountain and Sea Feng Shui Cauldron, perhaps affected by the luck, the thin spiritual energy around it actually began to gather towards Suling County.

However, the benefit that the ordinary Feng Shui Mountain and Sea Cauldron brought to Suling County was not that great. Most people could not feel the gathered spiritual power. Perhaps only a few geniuses like Hu Lian who were extremely sensitive to spiritual elements could feel the changes in spiritual power in this small space.

The Shanhai Fengshui Ding has a certain predictive effect, but the current predictive ability... To be honest, ordinary people can also make simple predictions about the outside world based on the situation.

"County Lady, Lord Wu Yun is waiting for you in the lobby." A Sheng's crisp voice came.

Jiang Ran walked towards the hall, and Wu Yun stood up, "Greetings, Lady County Master."

The servants were waiting at the door. Jiang Ran and Wu Yun were the only ones in the huge lobby.

Jiang Ran sat down, took a sip of the cool nectar, and asked directly, "How much grain is there in the granary now?"

Wu Yun said, "It can protect the entire county's population for three years."

"Not enough." Jiang Ran frowned slightly.

Since Jiang Ran said it was not enough, Wu Yun believed it was not enough, but he was still a little confused.

"Forgive my stupidity...but...the people in this county have long heard the news, and the smart people have already stored a lot of food. The granary is said to be able to last for three years. In fact, after this drought is over, it will be good if 10% of the food in the granary can be used. Besides, the demons in the county are still exerting their magical powers."

Jiang Ran lowered her eyes to glance at Wu Yun and shook her head, "You are really self-aware, but you are really stupid. What if I say that I want to ensure that not only the people of Suling County have enough food and clothing, but also the areas outside Suling, including the east of Xisong Plain and the north of Wulian Qingshan-Kuanhe?"

Including the area east of Xisong Plain and north of Wulian Qingshan-Kuanhe, isn’t that the territory of Zeyan County, Yajin Town and Zhuoli County?

The county lord means...

After being scolded, Wu Yun had no time to feel ashamed, his breathing was choked.

He is not like the daring Qiu Baishui, nor like the treacherous Lin Sha. He is truly conservative. He may have thought about assigning the surrounding territories to Dasuling, but that was just a thought. He has never thought about fighting one against many.

Wu Yun knew very well that these things should not be made public, so he respectfully handed over a few storage rings and storage bags, which contained half of the county's food and fodder.