I'm in Type-Moon, I have a Holy Evil Simulator

The Home Secretary was completely baffled.

Why would a blind kid born in Linquan Temple be related to Owari Province?

While Nagao Harukage's group was still confused, Axue's group had already started farming vigorously!

If you want to promote the southern crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn on a large scale and let farmers throughout Echigo Province grow them, you must first have results as a guarantee.

So Axue chose the farmland that she had selected earlier, which was the field at the foot of Kasugayama Castle, as a demonstration field, and decided to start planting crops here.

Winter is almost here, and normally nothing can be grown in winter. If there is a problem with the autumn harvest and food cannot be stored for the winter, many people will die in the cold winter nights.

However, crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn can be grown in winter.

Although the harvest will not be as abundant as in spring, for ordinary people at the bottom of society, being able to harvest something in winter is already a lifesaver.

However, after a discussion with the farmers sent from Owari Province, they found that the current problem facing everyone was still the land issue in Echigo Province.

Most of the fields in Echigo Province were abandoned because the soil was salinized and difficult to grow crops on, and it was often washed away by floods. Months of hard work could be destroyed by a typhoon in the summer.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes are both terrestrial plants. Although they can grow in saline-alkali soil, they will still rot if they are washed away by typhoons.

Only corn can barely survive the heavy rain and will not die directly like sweet potatoes and potatoes.

“…Constructing paddy fields is very important.”

Axue frowned slightly and gave the first target.

Although crops such as sweet potatoes can be planted now, they can only be grown in fields with better locations.

If Echigo Province wants to truly get rid of famine, it is necessary to make use of these barren lands!

“…Is it really possible?”

Xiantaoyuan held a paper umbrella and stood gracefully beside Axue, gazing down at the ground beneath her feet.

If it were really that simple to transform dry fields into paddy fields, the farmers who depend on these fields for their livelihood would have already started the transformation.

This piece of farmland at the foot of Kasugayama Castle is owned by the old man Hidesaburo who chatted with Axue and others a few days ago.

Old man Xiuzabulang has protected this land for generations. His father is a farmer and his grandfather is also a farmer, so naturally he also makes a living by farming.

Hidesaburo lives in a nearby village, which is not big, with only about twenty people living there.

Except for this piece of farmland, all other farmlands are owned by Linquan Temple.

Linquan Temple rented out these lands to other farmers, who had to pay high rent every year while cultivating the land. Therefore, when the harvest was poor this year, some people would eat their own children or hang themselves.

"Linquan Temple never sent anyone to teach the villagers how to farm, nor did it distribute rice seeds."

Xiu Sanlang looked at Axue deeply.

"Kid, you're the first one to do this. It seems like you, a monk who has returned to secular life, are the real monk..."

After distributing the sweet potato seeds to all the villagers in the village, the old man Xiuzabulang personally found Axue and began to discuss with him how to transform the paddy fields.

"I've heard from the farmers from Owari that the plan is indeed good. If it can be transformed into paddy fields, our village can barely survive."

Then the old man pointed at Torachiyo, who was rolling the mud in the field with a hoe like a tireless tiger, and smiled bitterly.

"That's Bishamonten's reincarnation as the God of War, right? He's incredibly powerful and can certainly use weapons to make others obey him, but when it comes to fighting against the earth, brute force alone won't cut it, right?"

Torachiyo, who was turning over the soil in the field, had very sharp hearing. When she heard this, she patted her hands covered with soil, turned around and stared at the old man Hidesaburo with some dissatisfaction.

“How can I grow crops if the soil is not turned over?”

"Farming is not a soulless endeavor. Try to listen carefully to the voice of the soil. Please don't bully the soil."

Xiantaoyuan, who was standing nearby, heard the old man's almost accusatory words and immediately frowned and cursed.

"You scoundrel! Torachiyo is a descendant of the Nagao family! The nobles personally tilled the fields for your village, and you farmers are not grateful, but you actually have to say such harsh words!"

After hearing what Xian Taoyuan said, Xiu Sanlang shook his head, turned around and left with his crutches.

"...What a strange old man."

Torachiyo wasn't angry.

But her emotional intelligence was not that high, so she couldn't understand what Hidesaburo was saying, which was almost like a riddle.

Farming is farming, how are you bullying the soil?

How can soil make sounds?

However, unlike the sisters, Axue lowered her head, picked up a cup of soil, placed it in front of her nose and sniffed it carefully.

"Little monk, do you want to try it again?"

Hearing Xiantaoyuan's unpleasant complaints, Axue just shook her head and asked back.

"Brother, how come Linquan Temple owns this land? Didn't the temple ever distribute seeds to this village?"

"It's perfectly normal for a temple to own land. This is the territory of Linquan Temple."

Torachiyo replied calmly.

"As for why the seeds were not distributed, perhaps it is because Buddha cannot save people, only people can save themselves. You should ask the master about this matter."

"Little monk, you don't have to pay any attention to this weird old man. Now that the farmers from Owari Province have come, all we have to do is follow their instructions and transform these fields."

Xian Taoyuan felt that the current situation was very good. If things continued to develop in this way, what Axue said about solving the famine problem in Echigo Province might soon be initially verified.

"But I will be the one to farm this field from now on."

Torachiyo pointed to the field next to him that he had just turned over with a hoe.

After all, as Axue's senior, she didn't want to sit by and do nothing while her younger brother was busy.

Today's farming was just a whim, but since the old man said he couldn't grow anything, Hu Chiyo decided not to believe it and decided to do something himself.

"...But we haven't been to any of the nearby villages yet. Why don't we take some time to visit the villagers now?"

Axue was thinking about the sweet potato seeds she had distributed. After all, to promote the crop vigorously, she had to at least mobilize the cooperation of the people.

If the fields were only cultivated by people sent by Torachiyo, then it wouldn't be of much significance.

So soon, the three of them arrived at a nearby village.

However, unlike what everyone had imagined, the villagers who got the sweet potato seeds did not show any ecstatic expressions of finally being saved. Instead, they still looked dull and like zombies.

What's worse, some people are digging the mud in front of the Guanyin Buddha statue and putting it into their mouths one mouthful at a time.

No wonder only old man Xiuzabulang can be seen in the farmland on ordinary days. It seems that the other villagers in the village have completely run out of food. I am afraid that they have even used up the energy to go to the fields to sow seeds.

The timing of Axue's arrival was perfect. Xiu Sanlang was desperately kicking a villager, cursing, "You bastard! The master just distributed the seeds! And you ate them as food?!"

"I, I'm not like you! We ran out of food at home a few days ago! We don't have any food stored like you do!"

The villagers who were beaten and scolded by Xiu Sanlang were like dead pigs that were not afraid of boiling water. They just lay on the ground motionless.

"——How could you waste Axue's kindness!"

Upon hearing that the sweet potato seeds that cost five hundred taels of gold were swallowed whole by the villagers as if they were relief food, Xian Taoyuan had not yet gotten angry, but Hu Chiyo's eyes suddenly filled with murderous intent.

"I kill you!"

The Buddhist martial god immediately drew the samurai sword from his waist and was about to chop off the villager's head!

Sensing his senior brother's anger, Axue quickly grabbed the furious Martial God and walked up to him and said calmly, "Master Xiu Sanlang, please calm down. After all, we are all very hungry."

"My child, this fellow is the lazy fellow of the village. He won't work in the fields!"

Xiuzabulang had a look of disappointment on his face.

He knew that Axue and others were the rare upright officials in Echigo Province in recent years, and he also hoped that Axue and others could change this village!

However, bad water breeds unruly people, and the land of Echigo Province has been unable to grow anything since ancient times, so most villagers would sell the seeds when they got them, and in short, they would not go to the fields to work!

Although he was already very cautious, he didn't expect these lazy guys were so hungry that they ate the seeds as food!

"I still have some seeds here. Let's first count the number of villagers who eat the seeds as food like him."

Axue was not angry. He calmly started to take stock of the situation in the village.

Fortunately, among the more than 20 people in the village, only one person swallowed the sweet potato seeds on the spot like this lazy man.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that other people don’t have this idea, but it’s definitely mainly for making money.

After all, the fact that Axue spent five hundred taels of gold to buy sweet potato seeds was too shocking, and the news spread like wildfire. After Nagao Harukage's disruption, these profit-seeking villagers heard it first.

However, when giving the lazy man the seeds, Axue spoke to Torachiyo beside her.

"Brother, do you remember what this guy looks like?"

"I will definitely remember it. I won't forget any of those who want to harm Axue."

When Tora Chiyo distributed the seeds to the lazy man, the dark golden tiger eyes stared at him intently, without moving away for a moment.

"That's just right."

Then Ah Xue smiled, but the words that came out of her mouth made the lazy man tremble all over, and he was almost incontinent -

"If he dares to do this again next time, I hope you won't dirty your hands. Send someone to hang him on the crooked tree at the entrance of the village."

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night.

The group had dinner in Kasugayama Castle.

But looking at the table full of delicious food and wine, Xian Taoyuan had a worried look on his face and was the first one unable to pick up his chopsticks.

Torachiyo, who was eating rice in big mouthfuls, noticed her sister's strange behavior and asked while chewing the rice in her mouth, "What's wrong? Is your appetite not good today, onee-sama?"

"Brother, there's no need to talk while eating."

"Oh oh."

The beautiful woman looked at the food on the table and sighed, "Ah, when I think of the village I saw this afternoon and the villagers who can only eat dirt to fill their stomachs, I can't eat at all..."

Xiantaoyuan’s worries are not groundless.

Just as the old man Xiu Sanlang said, Xian Taoyuan is a noble lady who grew up in an attic, so she naturally doesn't know the sufferings of the common people.

She had never had to worry about food and clothing all her life. She had only heard of the horror of the Great Famine but had never experienced the poverty of the famine.

After seeing this hell on earth, any person with a conscience would never be able to return home and enjoy their meal after seeing this scene.

of course.

Except for his own sister Torachiyo.

"Little monk, tell me, who is withholding the food for disaster relief?"

A big part of the reason why Xian Taoyuan was weighed down by the huge stone was that the disaster relief food was embezzled.

It was clear that Kasugayama City had just opened its granaries a few days ago, and all the grain purchased at a huge expense was used for disaster relief. This was a project that Xiantaoyuan personally managed.

But the intention is good.

But when it came down to it, even the villages at the foot of Kasugayama Castle couldn't get any food for disaster relief!

How could Xiantaoyuan not be angry and eat their food?

"You want to hear the truth?"

Axue said quietly from the side.

"truth."

"There are many people who are corrupt. I believe even the retainers who support my senior brother are an important part of it."

Axue drank the tea, but the words that came out of her mouth made Xiantaoyuan's whole body freeze.

"If we continue to follow this thread, I'm afraid even Lord Qingjing will be implicated."

"W-why? Isn't Brother-sama the king who will soon inherit the family throne? This is a matter of livelihood. Why would he have any ideas about disaster relief food?"

Xiantaoyuan was puzzled.

The problem of famine is so imminent. Are these corrupt people going to watch the people of Echigo starve to death?