Chapter 364

"Young Master, all the farm workers from other prefectures who signed labor contracts are coming toward the Fengzhou government office."

In the early morning, Ji You had just gotten up when he heard Old Qiu come to report.

After looking through Chen Fuzi's old items, the matter of the Night Watchmen was still shrouded in mystery. He pondered all night and made many speculations, but the questions that arose with the speculations were even more.

And under these circumstances, he could only focus on the present first.

Ji You dressed well, reached out and picked up the reply letter for the tsundere ghost from the table.

This girl specially sent him a letter to report safety, so he replied to one before going to bed yesterday, in which he drew a fat baby wearing tiger-head shoes.

This fat baby was copied from the New Year paintings bought by Old Qiu, looking lifelike.

Pushing the door out, he handed the letter to Old Qiu, and then said: "Go call Xiang Kuangcheng."

"Yes."

Old Qiu bowed, then went to the west wing to call the Kuang scholar.

The three came to the outside of the village gate, passed through the long street of the government city, and saw a vast crowd of people slowly surging toward Fengzhou in the distance, unable to see the end at a glance.

Seeing this scene, Ji You and Xiang Kuangcheng couldn't help but furrow their brows.

For Fengzhou, low-cost labor is indeed helpful for the development of the region, but the problem is that there are really too many people.

If land leasing could succeed, these people would not have to worry about placement, but the reform had not yet succeeded, and these unequal labor forces were also a trouble; after all, everyone carried heavy tax levies.

And Fengzhou really didn't have the ability to support the world.

"First notify the government offices of various prefectures to send people to register, divide them according to the work they are familiar with, and divide the people who have been engaged in farming into levels according to the strong, weak, elderly, and orphans/disabled."

Looking at the refugees surging into the border of Fengzhou, Ji You pondered for a long time before giving instructions.

Hearing this, Xiang Kuangcheng couldn't help but look back: "Are we going to clearly divide people into three, six, and nine grades?"

"Fengzhou cannot accommodate too many people, so we must send a batch back. We can only use this last resort; otherwise, even the current environment of Fengzhou will be in chaos."

"That's true..."

Kuang scholar muttered to himself.

The reason why cultivators can squeeze commoners without any scruples, besides the Great Xia's tax levy promise back then, is the most critical point of distinguishing levels by immortal and mortal.

This is actually a very dangerous thing, because once the public accepts this registration system, it often produces oppression from top to bottom from within.

But now that things have come to this, they have to do it.

Kuang scholar looked into the distance, his eyes narrowing slightly.

At this distance, he couldn't see clearly with his mortal body, but from those slow and staggering movements, he seemed to see the numbness and fatigue on their faces.

Seeing this kind of scene too much would really make people's mentality unbalanced.

Old Qiu had already arranged for several big guys around him to send a letter to the Fengzhou government office.

After receiving the order, the Fengzhou Governor immediately notified the commandery governors, and government runners and militia from all over began to be dispatched in large numbers, heading toward those refugees surging from the Six Prefectures.

And set up temporary sentries and registration points, starting to organize the crowd in an orderly manner, letting them register in units of villages, towns, and counties.

After watching for a long time, Ji You returned to Ji Village and then filled the courtyard with spirit stones.

His physical combat power was still in the Middle Boundless Realm, which was not too fast compared to his previous body refining, but the spiritual energy required had been raised to a higher level.

The amount of spiritual energy in the natural spiritual energy gathering place was no longer enough for a complete body refining, and the assistance of spirit stones became a necessity.

Sixteen times...

Ji You couldn't help but mutter.

Breaking through the sixth level was what he started after waking up from the Heavenly Academy, passing through the spirit fire sixteen times.

According to this calculation, the seventh time would definitely be no less, and even more in the future, and the essence spiritual energy needed would be more majestic, which meant he needed more spirit stones.

Spirit stones are expensive, but they are necessary.

Ji You entered meditation quietly and began to swallow spiritual energy.

And as his spiritual orifices opened, the spirit stones laid around him also shattered, and countless essence spiritual energy and heaven and earth spiritual energy merged together, madly pouring into his body.

Between the rotation of stars and moon, several days passed by.

The fifth spirit fire burned wildly, and the scorching flames gradually began to penetrate from his body, accompanied by intense pain that made his teeth clench and creak.

This is the second stage. As the spirit fire burns through the body, the scorching flames will penetrate the body, spreading all over the body as the number of times increases.

This process is like refining Qi, burning the physical body into a whole piece.

It's just that this way of breaking and then standing causes a very strong pain, but every time the process advances, Ji You can feel a sense of freedom.

He had heard before that Dao cultivators seek the great freedom of the divine soul.

And as his body refining realm became deeper, he didn't feel the freedom of the divine soul, but he had a sufficient feeling of the gradual freedom of the physical body.

In fact, human control over their own body is less than thirty percent; skin, bones, internal organs, and blood are all not under the control of the will.

In this point, the demon race that can demonize and the barbarian tribe that can barbarize are much higher than the human race.

And the current Ji You is far from the initial state in this regard.

He clenched his fists slightly, and a boiling energy and blood began to surge in his body, like a tiger roaring and a dragon singing, and the strong roar made his heartbeat like a drum.

This made him think of Cui Lang; how strong must that last generation of Night Watchmen be.

During body refining, he also received a reply from the tsundere ghost.

In the letter, there was a stick figure with long hair draped over her shoulders cutting off a stick with a sword, which made Ji You feel a chill.

However, the good news is that through the scale and size of the stick she drew, he felt that the tsundere ghost was still very satisfied; otherwise, she wouldn't have drawn it so exaggeratedly, even more frightening than what Yuan Caiwei drew.

According to his habit, Ji You replied to her, but this time it was a bit more serious, talking about the current days and future plans.

The tsundere ghost is very lonely on the mountain, otherwise she wouldn't run to his residence whenever she had time, giving him an opportunity to take advantage of, and a good future empress calling him husband.

So this letter, rather than saying it was to convey information, it was better to say it was to relieve her boredom.

In fact, Ji You also sent several letters to Dan Mountain, but the mountain-closing state had not been lifted, and the letters had not had any reply until now.

With a few strokes, he finished writing a long letter.

Ji You pondered for a while, and then mentioned the search for Chen Fuzi's old items, and attached the sentence "Heaven has damage, people are hard to be complete," hoping she could check something.

After the letter was sent, it was quickly passed out of Fengzhou and crossed thousands of miles under the escort of a fast horse.

"..."

"Stand well, don't crowd, register in order according to the previous instructions!"

"The information must be filled in comprehensively, don't have any omissions, this is also for your own good."

Outside the Fengzhou government office, under the drizzle, the commoners from the Six Prefectures were conducting large-scale registration.

Countless people, under the guidance of officials from various commanderies and counties, were registered into the labor books according to the previous division.

Afterward, the registers were sent into the rain shed at the back, and the officials responsible for the review called names in order according to the registered books, conducted secondary questioning, and then wrote on them with cinnabar pens, such as "strong," "weak," "elderly," "orphans/disabled," etc.

The commoners of the Six Prefectures are actually not stupid, so they naturally know what they are doing this for.

Even if Fengzhou is rich in resources and the reclamation speed is fast, how much good farmland can there be?

But there are too many commoners in the world, and they all carry heavy tax levies. It is not something that Fengzhou can keep if it wants to.

Because taking them all in means that Fengzhou has to support the entire human race with its own strength, which is simply a fantasy.

Under the rain shed, some farmers with graying hair sighed lightly, but didn't say anything.

Being able to survive a cold winter in a situation of grain shortage was already a favor from that immortal master, and they were still grateful.

"There are really many old, weak, sick, and disabled people."

Under the rain shed, Wei Rui couldn't help but speak lightly.

Xiang Kuangcheng nodded upon hearing this: "In this world nowadays, people's bodies have all been dragged down."

The two of them couldn't stay idle in Ji Village, and they didn't need to cultivate like Ji You, so they came to help. At this time, looking at those dark and silent faces, they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"Are these people going to be sent back?"

"Hmm, but Fengzhou should send people to guide them, and the Agricultural Division of Fengzhou has been cultivating good seeds for many years, so seeds with higher yield per mu can also be brought to them."

"If the land leasing had succeeded back then, would there not be so many unbearable choices?" Wei Rui's eyelashes trembled.

Xiang Kuangcheng looked in the direction of Ji Village upon hearing this: "If the land leasing was completed, Brother Ji's shoulders would be pressed with heavier burdens, and there might even be a risk of death. In fact, I have always had some selfishness, rejoicing that that matter did not succeed."

"Is that so?"

Wei Rui nodded: "I heard it when I was drinking tea with Instructor Cao and Fairy Wen before the New Year."

"Is it?"

Drizzle, cold air.