The best demon master

Chapter 118 Eating Problems
Gu Xiaopu looked at Qian Rong in front of him, with some appreciation in his eyes. "I have to say that Qian Rong's idea is very good, but it still lacks!"

Qian Rong bowed his head slightly, pretending to be listening.

Gu Xiaopu reached out and picked up the cup beside him. "The price of the rice grown in Lingtian must not be too low. I think everyone will agree with this!"

This is really true. After all, the rice grown on land with aura is definitely much better than those grown on land without aura.

If the price is very low, it will definitely be wrong.

Liu Hong has a deep understanding of this.

The rice he grew was only slightly better than the rice grown by ordinary people, but in the end, the price was twice as high as that of ordinary rice.

"Such expensive rice, Qian Rong, how many people do you think can afford it!"

Qian Rong opened his mouth wide, "If it's very expensive, it must be..."

"Only a few people can afford it!" Liu Hong borrowed Qian Rong's words very naturally, and said that the rice he grew was directly sold to the powers in the city. These powers were much richer than most people in the city. The rice will be sold to these people.

Qian Rong was silent, he was a little ashamed. "Master, little one..."

Gu Xiaopu smiled lightly, "It's okay, but, Qian Rong, your idea is very good. If you can take all these into consideration and make it more perfect, it would be very good!"

"Yes, yes, yes, let's think about it, little one!"

Gu Xiaopu nodded, "Liu Hong seems to know this well!" She turned to look at Liu Hong who was not far away.

There was a touch of excitement on Liu Hong's face, "My lord, this, this is what villains live on. On weekdays, business, etc., are just..."

laugh……

Before Liu Hong finished speaking, Gu Xiaopu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Liu Hong froze slightly.

"Liu Hong, you don't need to be so nervous. As long as you have ideas about the development of Crystal City, just say it. You don't need to be so nervous, I won't eat people!" Smile, such a bright smile, fell into the eyes of the few people on the side, but it was really a little startled.

The lord, who always had a cold face, suddenly smiled, and the few of them just felt the spring breeze blowing on their faces for a moment.

Almost at the same time, a thought popped up in the minds of several people. No wonder the adults often have a cold face. He has an outstanding appearance and a pure and charming temperament. If he doesn't have a cold face, I don't know how many people will pounce on.

In just a moment, Gu Xiaopu's expression returned to his indifference. "Liu Hong, about this point, you should discuss it with Qian Rong and Qian Er in the past few days. After you have conceived all your ideas, write them down and show me! As long as If possible, you can..."

"My lord...!" Qian Rong weakly raised his hand, his face was slightly red, as if he was embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Gu Xiaopu turned his head slightly.

"My lord, the villain can't write!"

Gu Xiaopu was speechless for a moment, she turned her head to look at Qian Er and Liu Hong standing beside her, "Where are you guys?"

Qian Er shook his head almost instantly, "The little one can't write either!"

"My lord!" Turning his gaze to Liu Hong, this guy didn't shake his head immediately, but said with joy. "The villain can write, but..."

Liu Hong frowned, "However, the young one can only write a few words!"

Gu Xiaopu supported his forehead, "Could it be possible, I have to teach you how to write first!"

At this moment, she really felt helpless.

Her hand tapped slowly on the table, "I don't care if you can write or not, anyway, after five days, I want to see this idea written into a document. As for who you ask to write it, that's your business." !"

"Yes, my lord, the younger one will find someone who can write!" Qian Rong hurriedly bowed and agreed.

For people, eating is always a big problem. If even eating can't solve it, it will bring a lot of problems at the same time.

If you don't work to earn money, then you will definitely not get money. Similarly, if you don't have money, you will definitely not have enough to eat. This is a vicious circle.

The barren land is short of materials. When Gu Xiaopu came here, she never thought about the extent of the shortage of materials here. Therefore, when she came, most of the things she brought were precious materials. Naturally, no consideration has been given to food.

In fact, in her mind, although there is a shortage of supplies here, the problem of eating can always be solved...

This is her own idea.

Moreover, although she also wants to continue to develop the barren land and turn it into a rich place, she also knows that without decades of development, this place may become a large-scale city, and even, she thought, The best thing is that after some years of development, at least everyone can be self-sufficient and so on.

Similarly, she also directly handed over the people in the entire territory to the local aborigines. After all, native people always pay more attention.

She had a good idea of ​​this point. After she assigned all the tasks, those people who got the power immediately started to work on this aspect.

Her idea was very good, to rectify the Crystal City and take the entire Crystal City into her own hands, but she ignored one thing.

Among the many gossips, the people of Crystal City have easily attached themselves to the new city lord. In fact, for those ordinary people, it doesn't make much difference who is the lord, at least, in the short term , They still don't have enough to eat, and they still don't have enough clothes.

This guy Liu Hong has good business skills. Simply, Gu Xiaopu handed over business and agriculture to the other party. Since the last time we met, within three days, this kid directly sold all the farms near Crystal City. Subdued.

In fact, those who have land in their hands are not willing to take out the farmland at all. After all, for those people, these farmlands are the property they depend on for survival. After handing over to others, those people were a little aggrieved and helpless at the same time. After all, those who came to reclaim the land were gangsters in the city, and these people have been directly in charge of them all the time.

After seeing this scene, those ordinary farmers lamented in their hearts, feeling that the City of Crystallization has not changed at all, and even looks worse and worse.

Gu Xiaopu didn't know the twists and turns. At this moment, she was following Liu Hong on the edge of the farmland. She could tell without using her spiritual power that the soil quality of these lands was almost like that of marble, without any nutrients in it. , How can there be lush plants growing on such a barren land.

"How much grain will there be in this year's harvest?" She casually checked the nearest leaf, then shook her head. She was malnourished, and even the whole leaf had a yellowish feeling.

"My lord, I estimated that outside of Crystal City, there are about a thousand acres of land that can be heavier, and among them, the slightly better land is about one hundred acres!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a trace of excitement on Liu Hong's face. In just three days, all these farmlands were under his management. doubled.

"Only this little?" Hearing Liu Hong's report, Gu Xiaopu only felt that a mouthful of blood was blocked up.

"Yes, my lord, there are only so many!"

Gu Xiaopu was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at Qian Er who was following him, "Qian Er, the approximate population of the Crystal City, have you figured it out?"

Qian Er was slightly startled when his name was suddenly called, and then quickly bowed, "My lord, I have already sent someone to count the population. There are about [-] households that own houses in the city, and the others are... ..."

Qian Er secretly glanced at the woman in front of him before continuing to finish his sentence. "They are all people who occupy houses at will!"

Gu Xiaopu just picked his eyes and was not angry. "Well, what else!"

Her calm tone made Qian Er a little confused, "All together, it's about 1 people!"

"1 people!" The corner of Gu Xiaopu's mouth twitched slightly. In a crystal city, all the people add up to only 1 people. "Is this still a joke?"

She remembered that when she lived in seclusion in a small town, there were tens of thousands of people in a small town, but now, her territory, a place comparable in size to the imperial capital, only had 1 people!

"My lord, I have counted the entire Crystal City. There are probably so many people. People with names and surnames in the local area are about 3000 people, and there are 7000 people. They are other refugees who came here by chance. However, my lord, as you know, Crystal City has already become a land of no owner, and the last city owner was decades ago, so, because of the chaos, many things, basically..."

Gu Xiaopu stretched out his hand and directly stopped what he hadn't finished speaking. "I see."

"Liu Hong, do you estimate how much grain can be harvested this year, and can it last until next year?"

Gu Xiaopu took a deep breath. Now it seems that if the Crystal City is allowed to be self-sufficient first, some people might starve to death this winter.

However, fortunately, because of the poverty here, all the people here have already married when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.For example, Qian Rong is only 16 years old and already has a family!

Gu Xiaopu was really shocked, but when he thought about it, it was because he was concentrating on cultivation. If he was just an ordinary country girl, maybe he would have married Quinidine at his age.

"My lord, I have made some calculations. Judging from all the food in Crystal City, if each person counts at one and a half catties per day, they can only last for two months!"

The corner of Gu Xiaopu's mouth twitched slightly, "Then, if we harvest another season before winter..."

"My lord!" Liu Hong said with a hint of helplessness on his face, "The quality of the soil in the barren land is too poor, and it takes at least four months to harvest each season. However, the land in the villain's valley grows very fast, but, It's still three months away!"

Gu Xiaopu breathed out lightly, "If it was in the past, what would it be like!" Listening to these figures of Liu Hong, Gu Xiaopu even had a very strange feeling. Normally speaking, if this is the case, the crystallized The people in the city must have all died long ago.

"My lord, every year, after winter, many people in Crystal City will starve to death. The people here will throw their bodies into the hidden mountains after they die!"

Gu Xiaopu turned his head abruptly, "Why did you throw it in there?"

She really felt that this was too weird.

Liu Hong rubbed his head, "Well, my lord, there is a legend in the city of crystals, as long as the hidden mountain is enshrined, the hidden mountain will protect us, and the city with the crystal will not disappear!"

The corner of Gu Xiaopu's mouth twitched slightly. Although she didn't believe it in her heart, she still acted like she was listening.

Sure enough, her move gave the other party a great urge to continue talking.

"My lord, don't look, there are relatively few people in our crystal city now, but a lot of people freeze to death every year, but every commemoration will definitely have a large number of refugees wandering here. Most of those people are just like us. It is impossible for those who want to get out of the barren land, so they live directly in the crystal city!"

Gu Xiaopu turned her head, she looked at the guy in front of her, she couldn't believe it for a moment. "you sure?"

In this way, if the food can keep up, doesn't that mean that in a few years, the people in Crystal City will at least be similar to a small town?
"If the number of people who die every year decreases, will the number of people coming here decrease?" This is also a question!
She whispered to herself, then turned her head to look at Liu Hong who was beside her.

It's a pity that Liu Hong didn't know the answer to this question at all, because in his memory, no one died, almost nonexistent.

"Forget it, I won't pay attention to this matter. If that's the case, I'll try to improve the land!"

Liu Hong on the side couldn't help nodding, "Yes, my lord, you are a cultivator, so you must have a way!"

Gu Xiaopu pressed his brows, "Let's go, let's go to the Crystal City. By the way, in the past two days, draw me the map of the Crystal City! I need a piece of land as an experiment site!"

Liu Hong and Qian Er on the side nodded quickly.

Qian Er and the two of them were very fast. Almost after Gu Xiaopu told the two of them, the two of them drew a huge map the next day. This map looked really crude.

However, being simple is not a big problem, Gu Xiaopu only needs to find a place to use as his experiment place, but after a glance, Gu Xiaopu made up his mind.

"Who lives in this piece of land now?" The place Gu Xiaopu pointed to was the street next to the City Lord's Mansion. After living in the Crystal City for a while, she had already discovered that the Crystal City The place with the most people in the city is not the City Lord's Mansion, but the place closest to the Dongcheng people.

The City Lord's Mansion is in the northwest corner of the entire Crystal City. Of course, during these few days of wandering, Gu Xiaopu also discovered that the City Lord's Mansion should actually be in the middle. However, the Crystal City has not had a city lord for decades. In fact, the large area of ​​land in the northwest has become barren land. Therefore, the large area in the northwest with the city lord's mansion as the boundary has become wasteland. Even if there are houses, it is also a wasteland.

"My lord, there is no one living in this piece of land. Even if there are people living there, they are probably beggars or other people!"

Most of the people like Qian Er are the toubobs of Crystal City, so they naturally know them very well.

Gu Xiaopu nodded in satisfaction. "Very well, I have decided to use the City Lord's Mansion as an experiment place first, as long as the soil quality in the City Lord's Mansion can be improved, then the second plan can be implemented!"

A group of people standing aside nodded quickly.

"My lord!" At this time, Liu Hong who was on the side hastily stretched out his hand, "Isn't it too good for you to build the City Lord's Mansion as it is now?"

Now the city lord's mansion has a basic pattern based on the idea of ​​taking care of Xiao Pu. These days they often go in and out of the city lord's mansion, so they can clearly see it.

In the entire City Lord's Mansion, except for the houses in the front hall, there are only four or five houses, which is really abnormal.

You know, in the former City Lord's Mansion, the number of houses was more than one, one house after another. As a result, except for the houses in the front hall, the large area of ​​land behind was actually demolished by the City Lord. Symbolically, two buildings were built.

"It's okay, I don't need such a house, I keep the house that is basically used. If I need to use it again in the future, I just need to build it again."

The City Lord's Mansion now only has a few rooms like this, a main hall, and then two small buildings.

All the rooms add up to only twenty.

Some of them have already begun to estimate the distribution of these rooms. The adults have a bedroom, a room for training, a study room, a kitchen, and others. The remaining houses can only accommodate five or six people. No, there are only so few people in such a big City Lord's Mansion?

It's ridiculous.

How did they know that Gu Xiaopu didn't want more people to live in it at all, after all, there are too many people.

"My plan is to build a house in this place. As long as the person registered in the city lord's mansion can rent a yard to live in on the premise of paying a certain amount of rent, of course, if you want to buy a house, you must Those who are registered can do it!"

Several people couldn't help looking at each other, "My lord, if this is the case, those people might look for those ordinary places to live in, just like those refugees who occupied the city lord's mansion back then!"

Gu Xiaopu smiled lightly, "That's right, but, if those people can't find any blank space at all, so what!"

"My lord, you are preparing to..." Qian Er who was on the side was the first to react, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Gu Xiaopu nodded, "That's right, I will renovate the entire Crystal City, tear down all the houses that are about to be run down, and of course, those demolished bricks and tiles can be used as materials for new houses! "

(End of this chapter)