Mortal Immortal Gourd

In the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, some people were happy and some were worried because of the report that Ergou had died in battle some time ago.

Most people in the court and the public were happy to hear the news and wanted to celebrate with fireworks.

They had no hatred between them and didn't even know each other.

But Sanyang County was already a big piece of fat meat under Ergou's management. Who wouldn't want to get a piece of it?

In the past, when Ergou was alive, and with the support of the King of Qi behind him, he was jealous and no one could touch his position as the county governor.

Now that he is dead, the fat Sanyang County has become the focus of competition among all parties.

Everyone wants it, and everyone wants to reach out.

The Xia family has always regarded Sanyang County as a thorn in their eyes and flesh, and of course they want to take this opportunity to take Sanyang County back and control it in their own hands.

Those officials in the court are greedy for the fatness of Sanyang County.

As a result, Ergou has been dead for so long, but the new governor of Sanyang County has not been determined.

In the carnival of the struggle for interests, only three and a half people in the whole capital were sad for Ergou.

Ji Cang, Sima Yi, and Xiao E.

As for the remaining half, it turned out to be the Longxing Holy Emperor of the Great Zhou.

It’s not that I have a lot of feelings for Ergou, but I finally got a nail in Qingzhou, and it’s gone.

The Great Zhou has been established for more than 10,000 years, and many interest groups have been formed inside.

These interest groups are tightly hugged together, and water cannot be poured in. They fool the upper and squeeze the lower.

Only a very small part of the wealth extorted from the upper will flow into the hands of the emperor.

The interest groups use the extorted wealth to cultivate their own people, so that in the past few thousand years, all officials have come from various groups.

After these new officials grow up, they will only make profits for their groups.

Under the monopoly and oppression of these interest groups, ordinary people will never get ahead. Except for the people of these interest groups, there has been no fresh blood in the officialdom of the Great Zhou for a long time.

There are too many interest groups and they are too strong. The emperor often has no way to deal with them.

After all, even the throne was supported by some interest groups.

Unless everything is overturned and rebuilt.

But after all this, it is hard to say whether the world will still belong to our Ji family.

With the strength of those interest groups, maybe they can support another emperor.

As an emperor, he can only constantly balance the power of various interest groups and let them restrain each other.

In the eyes of Emperor Longxing, the most unique thing about Ergou is that his background is extremely clean and he does not belong to any interest group.

Moreover, as far as I know, this person is still stubborn. He has been in Qingzhou for so long, but he has never surrendered to the Xia family.

Placing such a person in Qingzhou can at least restrain the Xia family.

Unfortunately, the only drop of fresh blood died before it grew up.

When the court officials were arguing over the position of the governor of Sanyang County.

The border guards sent another memorial, saying that the border battlefield had won a great victory, and the eight camps of the Wan Yao Kingdom were connected.

The credit for the victory of this battle was first of all the Holy Emperor Longxing, who planned and appointed people based on their merits.

Secondly, the general of the Zhenguo Army had a good command...

But among these many meritorious soldiers, there was an eight-legged beauty who was extremely conspicuous.

According to the report, this eight-legged woman was actually Zhang Ergou's wife.

This woman admired the teachings of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and fought for the Great Zhou, breaking through several camps.

When the Holy Emperor Longxing saw this memorial, he was greatly impressed that Zhang Ergou was really a lucky general.

He was so loyal and brave even when marrying a wife.

It's a pity that the gods are jealous of talents.

The Holy Emperor Longxing could only sigh.

Although the position of Sanyang County Governor has not been determined, the reward for Ergou and his wife was quickly approved.

Everyone is fighting for practical interests. Who would compete with a dead person? As for Ergou's wife, she is just a demon.

After discussion, the court posthumously conferred Ergou the title of the first-class loyal and brave baron, and his name was engraved on the loyalty and bravery stone tablet of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was admired by future generations!

The title of loyal and brave baron is not an actual official position, but a lord.

The titles of the Zhou Dynasty are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Earl, and Baron, with a total of 10 levels.

The title is a special honor, and only those who have made great contributions to the dynasty can be rewarded.

Everyone knows that Xia Mingyuan of Qingzhou is in a high position, but he is only an Earl.

Now that Ergou is dead, his wife has made great contributions, and everyone has no more opinions.

If a living person, no matter how many great contributions he has made, Xia Mingyuan will never agree.

This is equivalent to having someone at hand who can be on an equal footing with himself in terms of title. How can this be tolerated? Forget about the dead person.

The imperial edict from the court to reward Zhang Ergou was sent out so smoothly.

However, a few days after this imperial edict was sent out, General Chen from the border sent another report.

Zhang Ergou has made another great contribution, bringing back a large amount of supplies for the front line, enough for one or two years.

What shocked the court and the public was that Zhang Ergou actually came back alive.

He was not dead, so everyone was happy for nothing.

More people were upset that they did not decide on the candidate for the governor of Sanyang County earlier, and the meat that was delivered to their mouths flew away.

The most annoyed person was Xia Mingyuan, the general of Qingzhou.

That feeling was worse than eating a fly.

The happiest people were Sima Yi and the King of Qi.

The Holy Emperor Longxing was in a very good mood, and even exaggerated that Ergou was a lucky general.

The previous reward for Ergou's meritorious service had been issued and could not be changed.

But now that he had brought back enough supplies for the front line for two years, the Holy Emperor Longxing was in a good mood, and with a wave of his hand, he rewarded Ergou with a foundation-building pill.

Last time, Ergou cried poor to him and asked for more than a dozen foundation-building pills. This time, he was rewarded with one pill.

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Ergou, since he brought back a large amount of supplies, has no more tasks to escort food and grass for the time being.

General Chen left him at the front line to participate in the war, and Ergou had no choice but to obey.

The 200 men that he brought out from Sanyang County followed him to guard outside a camp most of the time, and occasionally escorted.

During this period, Huang Laocai, who was stationed in Sanyang County, sent several letters.

According to Huang Laocai, when the people of Sanyang County heard that Ergou was killed in the battle, hundreds of thousands of people in the county were in mourning, and many people cried bitterly.

Ergou was not sure whether this news was true or false.

He guessed that someone probably cried.

After all, when a great official like him died, who knows what kind of officials he would be in the future.

However, one thing is 100% certain, Sanyang County had a bumper harvest during his absence.

Huang Laocai collected 2 million shi of grain for him and built several large warehouses for grain storage.

Ergou's grain was increasing, and he simply didn't eat that much.

Every year, the old grain was not consumed, and new grain could be harvested. If it continued to pile up like this, the old grain in the warehouse would soon go bad.

It is true that if you store it in the gourd, it will go bad, but you have eaten so much, and there are still more than 10 million in the gourd.

The bottomless pit, Hei, has been sleeping recently and rarely eats on his own initiative.

According to Huang Laocai, Sanyang County has added tens of thousands of people in the past year.

People who survive in many places have flocked to Sanyang County to make a living.

If this continues, the land in Sanyang County may not be enough.

Er Gouzi looked at Huang Laocai's letter, thinking that there was a lot of food in his warehouse, and it would go bad if he ate it.

On the other hand, he was thinking about the large number of people pouring into Sanyang County.

He was willing to give all his food to these people for free.

It was all earned by himself with hard work, and it would be painful for him to give it away to people he knew for free.

But if it was kept in the warehouse like this, it would go bad easily.

At this moment, he understood a little, why those county magistrates in the past stored the grain in the warehouse to rot.

It was really generous to take out the things in his own bag and give them to others.

After thinking hard for a long time, he finally came up with a way to have the best of both worlds.

Er Gouzi told Huang Laocai this method in his reply, and those newcomers would not have to rent land to them temporarily.

Instead, they would extract grain from Er Gouzi's warehouse and arrange these people to open up wasteland, build reservoirs, and repair canals.

In fact, there are still many barren mountains in the entire Sanyang County that have not been reclaimed.

Doing these things requires a lot of labor and manpower, but it is impossible to produce grain in a short time.

It takes a lot of manpower and food to develop it.

In this way, the surplus grain can be consumed, so that it will not rot in the warehouse, and a large amount of arable land can be added.

As for the additional arable land, of course it belongs to Er Gouzi, and it can be rented to these people for cultivation, and then they pay him rent.

In this way, a cycle can be formed, and his fields will increase, and the rent harvested will also increase.

Er Gouzi came up with such a wonderful idea, and he was very happy for several days.

He felt that he was indeed a very talented person in farming.

Before he was happy for several days, there was something more exciting.

It was still the white-faced and beardless man who sent the emperor's imperial edict of reward.

When he rushed to the border of Qingzhou, he had already learned that Er Gouzi was not dead.

But in order to maintain its authority, the imperial edict could be changed as long as it was issued.

He handed the imperial edict originally sent to the dead directly to the living Er Gouzi.

By the way, he got some spiritual benefits from Er Gouzi.

First-class loyal and brave earl!

Although there is no actual job benefit, it is still quite intimidating to have such a title in the officialdom.

Moreover, his name was engraved on the monument of loyalty and bravery. He was probably the only living person who enjoyed such treatment.

He was just immersed in the joy of being named an earl and had not yet completely pulled himself out.

Another reward came down.

This time it was a real good thing, a foundation-building pill.

Since the emperor awarded him, it means that he can give a quota to his subordinates.

This is a formally registered foundation-building pill, and he plans to give it to Huang Mancang.

Currently, he is the only one who is capable of both civil and military affairs and has the talent to lead the army.

His father Huang Laocai is also right, but unfortunately he has not passed the exam yet, and his cultivation is also not good.

As for Yushan and Daye, not to mention that they have no names, they are not even human beings.

The Great Zhou Dynasty will definitely give Da'e a title of Goose Scholar or Goose Juren, and will even let Da'e take up an official position.

If Da'e wants to build a foundation in the future, he still has to rely on Er Gouzi to refine the foundation-building pill himself.

He got a lot of rewards this time, but his official position remained unchanged. He still has to escort food and grass for the front battlefield, and he will be stationed at the front line when there is no mission.

After receiving a large amount of food and grass from Er Gouzi, the front line has gained confidence and has been launching a counterattack against the Wan Yao Kingdom recently.

The battlefield finally turned the tables and took advantage, chasing the Wan Yao Kingdom army.

Fatty Chen led the Zhenguo Army to charge forward, and this team has been chasing and killing for hundreds of miles.

Er Gouzi and Yang Tie's team have also been following behind the army, responsible for some logistics escort.

"Brother Yang, we are also foundation-building cultivators, why is the combat power of the Zhenguo Army so much stronger?"

Er Gouzi was impressed by the powerful strength of the Zhenguo Army when he first saw the Zhenguo Army.

Although he also practiced the method given by Brother Ji to expand the Dantian Sea and increase combat power.

But he knew very well that this effect was achieved only when a large amount of supplies were consumed.

Looking at the Zhenguo Army, it seems that they did not consume too many resources.

Often they can't even eat enough, so where can they have so many supplies to consume.

Moreover, he learned from Yang Tie's book that the method that can widen the sea of ​​​​the dantian is also very rare.

Maybe the national defense army has a copy.

"I just happen to know this."

Yang Tie nodded and continued.

"The selection and training of the national defense army are extremely strict. After the foundation is established, the sea of ​​​​the dantian must be two feet wide."

"Do you know what the concept of a two-foot-wide sea of ​​​​the dantian is?"

Yang Tie did not wait for Er Gouzi to answer and continued.

"My brother's dantian sea is one foot and eight inches. In my family, I have been recognized as a talent and the most outstanding rookie of the entire young generation."

Yang Tie said this with a face full of complacency. The dantian of one foot and eight inches has always been his pride.

Even though he is very cultured now, he often can't help but want to show it off.

"One foot and eight inches is considered a talent, and those whose Dantian Sea can reach two feet are rare talents."

"So the entire Zhenguo Army is composed of talents. Any one of them, in the ancient sect era, is a proud figure fought over by major sects."

"The combat power of such a talented person is naturally several times stronger than that of an ordinary foundation-building person."

"I heard that General Chen, when he was in the foundation-building period, his Dantian Sea reached a terrifying three feet wide."

"This is just the Ren Division of the Zhenguo Army, and there are even more powerful Rou Division and Di Division..."

"Then if a person's Dantian Sea reaches six feet, what kind of water is it?"

Er Gouzi asked a little curiously.

Because after practicing for the past year, he took a lot of Xuanyuan Dan, and his Dantian Sea finally reached six feet wide.

"Six feet? That's a legendary existence..."

The two escorted some supplies and moved forward slowly, chatting casually.

However, they did not notice that at this moment, a visible figure was approaching them cautiously.