Time flies, and time flies by.
Spring passes and autumn comes, and another two years pass.
Outside Chaoge, there are thousands of miles of fertile plains, waterways extending in all directions, and waterwheels turning non-stop.
The breeze blows, the golden rice waves surge, and the rice is fragrant and intoxicating.
Countless people are sitting on the ridges of the fields, with expectations and joy of harvest on their faces.
In two years, more than 10 million acres of rice were planted, benefiting more than 10 million people of big business.
Every household built a new granary, filled it with food, and put on new clothes.
The warehouses are full and the society is stable.
People have spare money in their hands, which also drives the business development of Dashang to a certain extent.
To the east of Chaoge City, there is the Medical State Pavilion.
Shen Gongbao is a high-ranking official with more than a hundred subordinates under his command. He is very busy counting the harvest of this season.
After a long time, Wang Er looked very excited and reported excitedly, "Sir, tens of millions of acres of rice, with an average yield of 450 kilograms per mu, harvested a total of 37.5 million shi of grain, levied a 40% tax, and 15 million shi of grain went into the national treasury."
In the Medical Country Pavilion, the faces of more than a hundred petty officials showed excitement. This was a real bumper harvest. Chaoge alone could feed tens of millions of people.
Shen Gongbao also chuckled, "Thank you for your hard work. Please submit it to Prime Minister Shang Rong. You will be rewarded after the busy autumn period."
"Yes, thank you sir."
Shen Gongbao led Longxuhu out of Chaoge and walked among the fields.
The scale of the farm continues to expand, and it is expected that rice cultivation will reach 100 million acres in two years. By then, Dashang will no longer be trapped by food.
Forty percent of taxes can greatly make up for the emptiness of the national treasury, and the people can quickly recuperate and regain their strength by leaving 60%.
This move is called hiding wealth among the people.
People regard food as their first priority, safety as their priority, safety as their foundation, and quality as their root.
Solving the problem of agriculture is actually the first step towards change.
In order to enhance the national power of Dashang, reforms are needed to solve the root causes.
The great merchants frequently waged foreign wars and attacked barbarians for strategic supplies, such as salt, copper and iron.
Dashang has been fighting for years, and countless good men have been buried in foreign lands. If you want to stop the war, Dashang needs to solve its urgent needs!
Salt, copper and iron!
There are countless salt and copper mines in Dashang, but they have not been discovered yet.
Shen Gongbao thought, "The next step is to excavate salt wells and salt ponds."
Salt is a hard need. It can be supplied not only to big merchants, but also to eight hundred princes in exchange for strategic materials!
While walking, Shen Gongbao formulated the next five-year plan in his mind.
There are still 18 years until Emperor Xin ascends the throne, and 25 years until Emperor Xin Nuwa offers incense in the palace!
Five five-year plans can be completed, which is enough for the people of Dashang to rest and recuperate for two generations!
The dragon-bearded tiger followed Shen Gongbao obediently. In the past few years, he had studied with the master, and his eyesight, knowledge, and experience had grown rapidly.
Moreover, Longxuhu vaguely felt that the reason why the old man joined a big businessman as an official was not for wealth in the world, but something bigger... so big that it was unimaginable.
The master and the servant were walking.
Suddenly, there was a roar of thunder in the nine heavens.
The originally clear sky turned into clouds in an instant.
Lightning and thunder can be seen in the layers of black clouds, and a great deterrent effect can be felt.
Shen Gongbao stood quietly in the plain rice fields, raised his head, his eyes were filled with a layer of jade-like fairy energy, and he looked at the nine heavens.
"Huh? One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals, the army is pressing down on the territory? What do you mean?" Shen Gongbao saw clearly that the person coming from the dark cloud was none other than the heavenly soldiers and generals from heaven.
The person in charge is Shen Gongbao's 'old acquaintance', Yao Ji.
Yao Ji was wearing a red battle armor, which was different from the fluttering white fairy she saw that day. She was red, beautiful and heroic.
Beside, Long Bearded Tiger was already lying on the ground, trembling with fear, "Old... Master, what have you done?"
"Aren't these heavenly soldiers and generals coming for us?"
"Old...Master, we are no longer officials, run...run quickly." Longxuhu said tremblingly.
Shen Gongbao couldn't help but kicked the dragon bearded tiger, "I have nothing to say to you idiot. You can go back to the Medical Country Pavilion."
After the words fell, Shen Gongbao jumped up and turned into a stream of light that went straight up to the sea of clouds in the sky.
"Master... pay attention to your safety. If you can't beat him, run away..." After Long Xuhu finished speaking, he hid and ran back to the Medical Country Pavilion.
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Above the sea of clouds in the sky.
Hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers, armed with swords and weapons, beating drums and thundering, extremely fierce.
Yao Ji was wearing red armor and holding a long sword. She was about to pursue her when she saw a familiar stream of light coming towards her. Her body couldn't help but stagnate, and there was a complex expression in her beautiful eyes.
"Little God Shen Gongbao, I have met the eldest princess." Shen Gongbao fell into the sea of clouds, bowed to see her, and deliberately called the little god, as if to express some kind of emotion.
"Fellow Taoist." Yao Ji returned the gift to Shen Gongbao without showing off her eldest princess airs.
"Fellow Taoist, what is the level of cultivation in the late stage of Xuanxian?"
"In the past few years, I have encountered some opportunities in clearing mountains, rivers and seas, and I luckily broke through to the late Xuanxian stage."
Shen Gongbao was wearing a black Taoist robe, and Yao Ji was wearing a red dress. They faced each other, standing in the sea of clouds, and they seemed to be a beautiful landscape.
Yao Ji bit her lip lightly, with a peerless appearance and a complex expression in her beautiful eyes. She thought she would forget it after a few years, but when she met him again, her heart was still beating as crazily as that day.
Unspeakable heart palpitations, after all, it was the man who took her for the first time...
"My Taoist friends are all top-notch in their qualifications, understanding, blessings, and within a few years of hard work, they will be promoted to a godly position."
Yao Ji told herself in her heart that if she couldn't forget, she might as well face it. After returning to Heaven, she would beg Brother Haotian to promote him...
Shen Gongbao didn't care about the empty position of the gods, "One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, the eldest princess personally leads the battle, what happened to such a big battle? Can I get a poor man?"
Listening to Shen Gongbao's question, Yao Ji showed a hint of embarrassment on her face, but she did not hide it from Shen Gongbao and said in a deep voice: "Capture Yang Tianyou, the traitor to the Western religion!"
"Huh? Capture Yang Tianyou? No...how did he become a traitor to the Western religion?" Shen Gongbao looked stunned.
"During his tenure, Yang Tianyou ignored the rules of heaven and the power of heaven and bewitched the Peach Blossom Fairy..."
"Peach Blossom Fairy?"
"My adopted sister..." Yao Ji sounded helpless.
"Yang Tianyou had a secret meeting with Fairy Peach Blossom for more than two years. It wasn't until Fairy Peach Blossom gave birth yesterday that it caused a strange phenomenon, and the Heavenly Court didn't know about it."
"But who would have thought that the traitor Yang Tianyou actually tricked the Peach Blossom Fairy into escaping from heaven and escaping into the wilderness." Yao Ji and Peach Blossom Fairy are sisters, and now they personally lead the charge to capture him. They are very reluctant, but they can't.
Listening to Yaoji's explanation, Shen Gongbao finally understood the cause and effect, "While Yang Tianyou was on duty in Heaven, he hooked up with Peach Blossom Fairy, and Peach Blossom Fairy gave birth to a child for him. Then the Dongchuang incident happened, and the two rebelled against Heaven together and fled to the wilderness. "
"Wu Cao! What the hell is Yang Tianyou's restless master?"
"Yang Tianyou is a disciple of the Western Sect. Was it really the Western Sect that was plotting against Yao Ji before? Are you still evil after reaching Heaven?"
"If you can't plot against Yao Ji, how about plotting against Peach Blossom Fairy?"
"According to the urine properties of Jie Yin and Zhunti, after successfully stealing the fortune of heaven, he declared Yang Tianyou to be an abandoned son and traitor of the West. It is normal for them to renounce their relationship!"
“It’s very Western!”
