Yefutidaolu

Chapter 95 Aba Aba Aba
"Thank you, little brother, I'm fine." Gao Jian tried to get up.

Of course the fracture had not healed yet, so he couldn't do any big movements easily, but with Gao Jian's physical strength, it was not difficult for him to stand up simply using his muscles.

"Hey, kid, are you awake? Come and have some water. Why did you fall on the mountain?" At this time, a woman in her thirties or forties came in from outside the door. Her face was full of wrinkles and there was some mud on her hands. She must be working.

Gao Jian hurried forward and said, "Thank you, Auntie. You carried me down from the mountain?"

"My husband brought it down for you, fearing that you might encounter bears, wolves or something like that in the mountains. Life is hard these days. But the material of your clothes is good. You must have met with a disaster, right?" The woman handed the water to Gao Jian.

"I did run into something. I'll be leaving soon. Thank you very much." Gao Jian took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

The clear and sweet taste awakened his body which had just woken up.

Gao Jian put down the bowl and took out a gold coin from his belt.

Some of Gao Jian's money was carried with him, in his arms, sleeve pockets, belt, and shoe soles. The total amount of money on his body must have been several hundred gold.

Fortunately, Yijin is not very big, so it is not crowded.

Although it doesn't look very good, Gao Jian thinks it is more practical. If he had taken out his entire wallet, he would probably not have a penny left.

As for the rest of the money, Gao Jian left it in the outer city of Cangzhou, hoping that Li Jun would be more active in his thinking and not save it.

The mother and son's eyes widened when they saw the money.

They are indeed good people, but the value of one coin is too great, and ordinary people would definitely not be able to hold on.

Gao Jian put the money on the table and said, "I'm leaving now. If anyone asks, please just say you haven't seen it."

After saying this, he supported his broken body and prepared to leave.

It is not advisable to stay here for long. He will definitely be hunted down by a warrant. Staying here will put them in more danger, and even the entire village will be implicated.

Gao Jian only took two steps——

"Wait a minute, kid! Bring two pancakes!"

The woman behind caught up with him, holding two corn cakes wrapped in dried lotus leaves. She said, "Your clothes are made of good material and you are generous. We won't ask any more questions. If you want to escape, you'd better keep the money. It's not a small amount. It's important for your travel expenses."

Gao Jian smiled and felt happy.

He accepted the cake, then pushed the money back: "Take it, sister, I don't need it. You can keep it for two or three years and then use it. You should be more restrained recently."

Then he stopped talking and left the village quickly.

As he left, Gao Jian looked into the distance.

But for some reason, the family I met lived in the corner of the village, close to the mountain.

It can be seen that this is a typical village of the Divine Dynasty, where agriculture is the main occupation, but what is grown here is not just food.

Super high-yield staple food has long been popularized in the Divine Dynasty, with yields ranging from one thousand kilograms to four or five thousand kilograms per mu, which is more than enough as food, so most of the crops grown are actually medicinal herbs, spiritual herbs and the like.

These things exist as 'taxes'.

The imperial court collected taxes from farmers in two ways. One was to collect money, which was the simplest. There were fixed land taxes, head taxes, etc. every year.

Another type is to collect designated spiritual materials and specific herbs.

The government will distribute specific seedlings to farmers during the sowing season. Farmers only need to take them home and plant them, and then pay the corresponding amount of spiritual materials at the end of the year, and their taxes will be paid.

For example, in the case of the Red Fruit, the farmers have to spend a lot of energy in tending to these spiritual materials, which will then be collected in bulk into the Divine Dynasty.

There is no shortage of food in the land of the Divine Dynasty. Thanks to the improvements made by farmers and practitioners of various spiritual plants, all kinds of fast-growing grains and spiritual materials have long been popularized.

However, the taxes in the Divine Dynasty are very heavy. Out of every ten plots of land, eight plots must be used to grow these spiritual materials in order to pay the taxes. Otherwise, one has to fill the gap himself.

If this is the case for self-cultivating farmers, some tenants are even worse off. In addition to paying taxes, they also have to pay rent for the land they rent. Naturally, they can only live more frugally. Even with this kind of super-yield, it is difficult to fill their stomachs.

This is roughly what Gao Jian learned about the current situation of ordinary farmers in the Divine Dynasty.

With these thoughts in mind, I walked out of the village, crossed a piece of deforested wasteland, and was about to enter the forest.

At this time, a man was seen walking from the village entrance, carrying a giant wolf on his back.

The man was dressed like a simple Shenchao peasant. When he saw Gao Jian, he suddenly put down the wolf corpse in his hand, waved to Gao Jian and shouted, "Hey! Little brother, you're awake? What a coincidence, why don't you sit for a while before going? You are seriously injured, did you encounter some monster? Don't you want to rest?"

Gao Jian looked at the man.

Knowing myself, I am still carrying the corpse of a monster...

"Ah, brother, thank you. You were the one who helped me move it back, right?" Gao Jian reacted immediately and smiled at the other party.

"Yes, it seems that you were injured and fainted. It's dangerous on the mountain, so we carried you down. Why don't you take a rest? Look at the way you walk, your bones are broken, right? If you don't take good care of yourself, you will suffer from chronic illness." The man laughed heartily.

Judging from his energy and blood, although he hasn't reached the first level, he is already very strong.

Gao Jian thought of what he had just been thinking about. If the taxes were not paid in full, the gap would need to be filled.

The way to fill the gap is simple, either pay money or fill it with other things.

For example, catching snakes and collecting wild delicacies.

There are strange snakes outside the countryside. The dried snakes can be used as spiritual materials, and catching strange snakes can be used to deduct taxes.

Similarly, there are other materials in the mountains, such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, tigers and jackals, ginseng pickers, snake catchers, tiger hunters, and so on, which are common occupations among the civilians of the Divine Dynasty.

The big brother in front of him is obviously a hunter. As long as he collects the spiritual materials from the monsters he hunts and uses them to offset taxes, he can free up more land to grow crops and vegetables, so that his family can eat better and have both vegetables and meat.

However, there are demons and ghosts running rampant in the mountains and forests, which is quite dangerous. This is like exchanging your life for money, and few people can survive to die of old age.

Gao Jian shook his head: "I appreciate your kindness, but I have something important to do, so I won't stay for long. Thank you for your kindness, brother. By the way, I see that you seem to want to open the Tanzhong acupoint, but the way you impact the Renmai is wrong. When moving Qi and blood, try to move Qi from Tiantu to Xinshu, it will be much faster. Brother, you have good talent. If you follow my instructions, you may be able to break through to a new level."

Gao Jian's words made the man stunned for a moment.

Is this... a training method?
Aren’t these all heirloom-level items? How could this person just say that so casually! ?

"Brother, don't tell anyone else about this. Just pretend you haven't seen me. I'm leaving first." Gao Jian said, turned around and left, not planning to stay any longer.

Every second you stay will be more dangerous.

But as he left, Gao Jian glanced at the stunned other person, and then looked at the wolf corpse.

Hunters, snake catchers, and ginseng collectors are very dangerous professions.

But... this is actually just from the perspective of the common people of the Divine Dynasty.

From the perspective of the monsters, they will find that the common people of the Divine Dynasty are no pushovers either.

Because he had been to the Dragon Palace outside the Divine Dynasty, Gao Jian could say that the civilians of the Divine Dynasty were a group of little supermen. Even if it was just the training methods circulated among the people, they could train strong men who could carry hundreds of pounds on their shoulders and walk at full speed. They rushed into the mountains and forests day and night, catching snakes and drying them, and skinning tigers. The monsters were actually very miserable too.

It's painful on both sides.

But...is there any way?

There seems to be no way.

Gao Jian looked around. Although the weather seemed good, all this was under the control of the officials of the Divine Dynasty.

The world was dead silent, with no wind or rain, no seasons. The common people of the Divine Dynasty were extremely dependent on the court officials to perform sacrifices and control the wind and rain. The local government needed to control the wind and rain, and sacrifices were very expensive. Collecting taxes was essential, but how much tax was appropriate? Even Gao Jian didn't know.

Without the court collecting taxes to maintain the natural weather, the common people would be even more miserable.

Not to mention the local government, in the central court and temple, the annual "Temple of Heaven Sacrifice" is necessary to promote the operation of the four seasons in the entire Divine Dynasty.

The reason why the Divine Dynasty can have every person in the country as a little superman is that the Temple of Heaven drives the four seasons into operation, allowing the dormant energy of heaven and earth to continue flowing. In this way, the active energy of heaven and earth can flow, practicing cultivation will become easier, and there won't be so many dead places and Jedi outside the Divine Dynasty.

For the common people of the Divine Dynasty, the continued existence of the imperial court is necessary, even though the imperial court has nothing to do with human affairs, without the imperial court, that would be the beginning of a nightmare.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian left the village and walked quickly into the forest.

All I can say is that every current situation is actually formed by many, many reasons coming together. If you want to change it, it cannot be accomplished by just one or two things.

The Divine Dynasty can now function, perhaps... perhaps it is because... the Divine Dynasty must and can only function in this way.

Gao Jian thought about this and walked into the forest.

But at this time, I heard the sound of running footsteps behind me.

"Brother! Brother!"

Looking back, I saw that it was the hunter who had caught up with me. He was holding a piece of pork tenderloin in his hand. It was still warm and must have been torn from the wolf's corpse.

"You're seriously injured, so eat something good. Also, I won't keep you here, as you're all alone. Take these, so it'll be easier for you to walk in the wild." The other person caught up with him, handing Gao Jian meat in one hand and a bag in the other.

Gao Jian took the bag, opened it, and saw that inside was a set of flint, flint and tinder, wear-resistant coarse cloth, a bundle of hemp rope, some charcoal, a fist-sized iron vat, a leather water bag, some insect repellent pills and incense, a straw raincoat, and a small bag of coarse salt.

Gao Jian slapped his forehead.

It's true. He went into the woods without thinking. Isn't that just asking for trouble?

"Then I'll take this. As for the meat... I'll take it too. Thank you, big brother." Gao Jian took it and nodded in thanks.

It can be seen that the hunter was obviously relieved.

Then, Gao Jian left here and went into the mountains.

When the hunter saw him disappear from his sight, he returned home.

He just returned and saw his wife waving at him.

He felt a little puzzled, so he quickly ran back home. His wife came up to him immediately and whispered something in his ear.

The hunter's eyes widened, and he quickly hugged his wife and went into the innermost part. Only then did his wife take out a coin from her arms.

The hunter looked outside, but could only see a mountain.

Fortunately, he was a hunter, and his home was at the foot of the mountain, a little distance away from other farmlands, so no one cared whether he moved here or left.

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And at the same time...

Dansha secretly looked around through Gao Jian's eyes, carefully judging the surrounding situation and observing her current situation.

Cinnabar was scared to death.

It should... not be exposed, right?

Definitely not!

He didn't seem to notice either.

call……

Then I can finally put my mind at ease...right?
Only Dansha herself knew that she was not as reliable, noble, and elegant as Gao Jian looked...

Actually, she is very stupid.

But it is also true, if she was not stupid, how could she be plotted by the Zuo family and be killed at the bottom of the sea, and die so miserably before she even grew up...

"cinnabar."

She was only in the sixth realm at that time... and was still a young girl. She happened to pass by Cangzhou and just made it rain.

She had done the same thing in other places in the Divine Dynasty. At that time, everyone was grateful to her and the local officials also came forward to thank her, so she felt that there should be no problem.

But unexpectedly, this time, she was greeted with gratitude at the beginning. The local dragons even treated her to a banquet and hoped that she could act as a guarantor so that the noble families would let the dragons go.

Dansha agreed immediately, she thought it was no big deal.

But what followed was... being stabbed in the back, being killed and having its tendons and skin peeled off, and the dragon soul being suppressed in the sea for hundreds of years.

Over the past few hundred years, she had completely lost her sanity and was only able to save herself under the influence of instinct.

"cinnabar."

She continued to extend her influence, hoping to find someone to save her.

Crying, calling for someone to save me, and finally... it seemed like I succeeded.

Here comes a good idea.

She didn't dare tell Gao Jian at all that in fact Gao Jian was guided here by her.

As she thought about this, the image of a small rainbow-colored loach popped up in her mind.

That was also her 'missing'.

This is what she did unconsciously.

Anyone bitten by this little loach will more easily feel her thoughts and eventually be attracted to her.

It’s just… it seems like I almost killed someone.

So Dansha never dared to tell Gao Jian.

"cinnabar."

Not only did she not tell him, she actually hid even more things.

such as……

She was actually very nervous. She was not as noble and cold as she looked before. She was actually sweating when she was talking to Gao Jian.

You know, as a dragon soul, she herself is a precious medicine.

Even though she said she "believed" at the time, Gao Jian wouldn't sell her or eat her, would he?... He looked crazy when he was ready to die together with Ryugu... Can he really be believed unconditionally?

"Hey, Dansha!!!" Gao Jian's voice suddenly came!

“Ah? Uwaaa…Aba Aba Aba!”

(End of this chapter)