"Well, you have a good eye. This piece of land is large and very flat. There's a river in front and mountains behind. It's a good place. However, this piece of land is the farthest from the capital among all the suitable places for living, so many village chiefs were reluctant to take it." Lord Wu approved the land very readily and marked the words "Shengdan Village" next to it.
"Thank you, sir."
"Then you should go with me now to get the farm tools. There are a total of 170 sets. One set for each household. I will go to get the grain later. It may arrive a little late. After all, these more than 8,000 kilograms of grain need to be divided into several batches before they can be delivered to you. When you leave later, I will ask two people to lead the way for you." County Magistrate Wu said again.
"Sir, there's no need to go to so much trouble. I have a space ring here that can hold these things. Just show us the way."
County Magistrate Wu was stunned. This refugee who was fleeing famine actually had a space ring that only cultivators could use.
In this continent where everyone can cultivate, not everyone is gifted. Some choose to be mortals, while others pursue immortality.
"Okay, I didn't expect you to have such a convenient magic weapon. That saves us a lot of trouble." Lord Wu came back to his senses and asked the lawyer to take them to get the things.
He sighed inwardly, wondering if he was living worse than a refugee. His village could afford a space artifact. A space ring starting at 100,000 spirit stones. That single spirit stone could be his salary for over a decade.
There's no comparison between people. Fortunately, he didn't embarrass Village Chief Sang. It's hard to believe that the village chief, dressed in ordinary cotton, could use magical instruments. This means there's a cultivator in their family.
Regardless of the level of Qi Refining, they were all stronger than ordinary people like him who didn't practice cultivation. Those who walked in the mortal area were either ordinary people who couldn't practice cultivation, or low-level cultivators in the Qi Refining stage. Generally, it was difficult for them to encounter cultivators with higher cultivation levels.
Unless they are the younger generation of disciples sent out by a sect or academy to gain experience.
Sang Jin and his companions waited for a full hour by the Forbidden Water Lake before Old Man Sang and his companions returned. They were accompanied by two additional yamen runners on horseback.
"Fellow villagers, we have chosen a piece of land and we will reclaim it ourselves. The whole village can come together. We will reclaim as much land as we want. The county magistrate said that all the land we reclaim will be ours. We will be exempted from taxes this year and next year."
"Our county magistrate has also provided each of our households with subsidies of silver. They are all with me for the time being. Once these two yamen runners escort us to the local area, we will begin to receive the subsidies from the government. However, you will have to pay for the household registration fees yourself. The county magistrate said that it can be paid in monthly installments starting next year."
"good!"
"We don't want to be separated either. We're worried about this."
"Didn't you hear? The village chief just said that the county magistrate also gave me a subsidy in silver."
"What's important is that the land we reclaim is ours."
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"Everyone, listen to me. There's a small problem with our land. It's a little far from the city. It'll probably take two days to get there." Father Sang finished telling us all the information.
"It's okay, Village Chief. We've already come a long way in the past few months. We don't mind just two days."
"Yes, Village Chief, you've worked hard leading us all this way. It's great to have a place to stay here. Besides, the county magistrate here is very kind to us and even gives us subsidies."
"Yes, yes. We don't mind this road."
A two-day journey wasn't far for the villagers. They were now landowners in Munan Prefecture, officially permitted by the government. With their own land and a kind official, they finally had a home.
The yamen runners rode horses, but they were not moving very fast to take care of the villagers following behind. Next came the three carriages of the Sang and Mu families. At the end followed the villagers on foot.
Sang Jin and his group didn't stop to rest until it was dark. If it weren't for the orders from Yamen Sun and Yamen Li, the villagers of Shengdan Village wouldn't have wanted to stop at all. They really wanted to walk through the night and reach their destination as soon as possible. That was their home.
This made them even more excited than when they first went to the Black Turtle Palace. No matter how nice the Black Turtle Palace was, it wasn't their home. They believed their village chief and clan leader would choose the best place for them.
"Li Ya, Sun Ya, come and eat with us," Old Man Sang called out to the two yamen runners. It was little Sang Jin who told him to ask the two runners to come and eat with him.
Seeing that the two of them only brought water and flatbread, Sang Jin thought of asking Father Sang to invite them over to have a hot meal with the Sang family.
"That's embarrassing," Sun Ya said. They were refugees themselves, so the food wasn't much better. And they had to feed the two of them.
"It's okay, we have enough food here." Old Man Sang still warmly invited the two yamen runners.
Seeing Old Man Sang’s enthusiastic invitation, Li Ya and Sun Ya no longer refused.
"All right then. We'll just eat a little."
The Sang family's dinner was simple: a few stir-fried dishes made with readily available wild vegetables and flatbread. There was also steaming hot, thick porridge. While there was no meat, the dishes were cooked with plenty of oil.
For the two yamen runners who were eating dry hard bread, these meals were already very good.
Every time it was time to eat, someone from the Sang family would come and call Li Ya and Sun Ya to eat together. This way, Li Ya and Sun Ya didn't eat the dry and hard bread on their bodies during the whole journey.
After a few meals, the two yamen runners became familiar with the people from the Sang family.
"I'll tell you the truth, Village Chief Sang. The land you are going to is really a treasure land. But it is also a bit dangerous. The mountains behind your land are called Weinan Mountain. The mountain range connected to this mountain is very large. You must not go deep into the mountains. The monsters in there are ferocious, and it is said that you can only go in and not leave." Sun Ya talked about the situation of the place where Sang Jin and others were about to go.
"Yes, there are some magical herbs and medicines on the outskirts of the mountain. If you're lucky, you might find them. If you're unlucky..."
"What will happen if it's not good?" Sang Jin asked.
"If things go wrong, you'll lose your life. So it's okay for you to just farm at the foot of the mountain. Every five years in April, the four major sects and three major academies of our Southern Wilderness Continent will send disciples out for training. It's also a training ground. It usually lasts for two months. This time it's the turn of our Tianqi Country's Weinan Mountain." Li Ya added.
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