Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 72 Harvest (Part )

We stopped in Ye County for a while.
He Bo did not disturb Ximen Bao and the villagers from celebrating the harvest.

Next, he planned to go to Nirvana City for a visit.

After Ximen Bao sent the ghost away, his wife walked up to him and asked, "I have never seen that gentleman before. How come he looks so much like you?"

Ximen Bao snorted, not very happy that such a dignified ghost was imitating his face.

"It's a coincidence!"

The wife believed it, but she was still sighing, "How could such a coincidence happen in the world...but that gentleman is much more handsome than you!"

Ximen Bao looked at his wife in disbelief, "That's not a young gentleman. Do you think he's handsome?"

The wife held her heart in her hands and said to Ximen Bao with a smile, "Youth has its own beauty, and age has its own charm!"

"It's a pity that I've been looking at your face for too long. I can't taste anything anymore!"

Simon Bao was angry.
Get up straight away without taking a break.

He went to the field and winnowed several kilograms of millet.

……

In Nirvana,

Gongzi Chao was also listening to his retainers, as well as Xiang Liqin and others who had volunteered to assist him, reporting on the preparations made for Niecheng this autumn.

Although he arrived a little late and missed the spring plowing in the fields, Gongzi Chao was unable to use the farming book bestowed by the gods.

But thanks to the fact that Gaolang's area is populated by a large population and is surrounded by many mountains, the weather this year has been good, and there have been no mountain torrents or floods, so there is no need to worry about food.

But to say that everyone can have enough to eat, or three meals a day, is a bit like living in a dream.

After all, Nirvana City is still expanding, and many people are doing heavy physical work every day, so they have to eat and drink more than usual.

Gongzi Chao was able to save some money for the New Year in Niecheng when the output was mediocre and major repairs and construction were underway, which showed that he lived up to his "reputation for virtue".

"It's better to prepare more food."

"If necessary, we can also use the prey we hunted to exchange for some drinks from the surrounding areas."

"This is the first year that you are in charge of this place, so there must be some new atmosphere."

The retainers talked on the side, and then reconciled the accounts with the Mohist disciples.

Although I don't know what this group of Mohists are doing, they are clamoring to come and assist their young master, and even kidnapped Young Master Chao for this purpose...

But Mohism is really useful!
When the retainers thought about the various powerful tools that Mo Jia made after coming to Nie City, and how he took people to hunt many wild animals in the surrounding mountains and forests, allowing Nie City to trade with the surrounding areas in exchange for many things, they had to look upon Mo Jia with great favor.

As for the Mohists being too capable, would they squeeze out their original ecological niche?

The retainer had never thought of it that way.

He was a sincere man and did not believe that Gongzi Chao would one day become a mature middle-aged man and start to consider his gains and losses based on interests.

Perhaps it was because of Gongzi Chao's innocence that the retainer, who was originally ordered by Madam Zhao Huai to accompany Gongzi Chao in play, became an elder who truly cared about him.

but,

Gongzi Chao had never known these secrets.

He even felt a little sleepy after listening to it.

When he knew that the reserves in Nie City were enough to last a good New Year, he wanted to run away.

However, Xiang Liqin and his old retainer were guarding the door on both sides, making it impossible for Gongzi Chao to even urinate.

As soon as the other party looked over, Gongzi Chao couldn't help but retract his legs and hold back the urge to urinate.

He Bo took advantage of the fact that living people cannot see ghosts and gods, so he took Xi and Ji Wu to watch the fun from the side.

He introduced the people and things in Nirvana to the other party.

Xi tends to focus on the expansion and renovation of Nirvana and people's livelihood.
Ji Wu also kept staring at the Mohist disciples. His little hand was almost touching the thigh of a Mohist disciple, trying to steal the weapon hanging around his waist.

But mortals cannot see ghosts, and ghosts cannot touch mortals.

Ji Wu never gave up and put his hands through the opponent's waist and legs again and again, showing his immense persistence.

He Bo pointed at him and said to Xi, "Look, this is the sex-hungry ghost!"

Xi scratched his head and wanted to say that Ji Wu was just interested in weapons, but when he saw that scene, he couldn't help but nod, "Yeah, it's really lustful!"

Ji Wu was annoyed when he heard this, "Am I such a dissolute person?"

"You're a ghost now!" He Bo pointed out. "But it looks really rude!" Xi nodded honestly.

Ji Wu gets even angrier.

The innocent Mohist disciple who was targeted by him suddenly felt his body getting cold, so he crossed his arms over his chest, trying to warm himself up.

result,

This makes Ji Wu’s previous actions seem even more outrageous!
He Bo then remembered an anecdote and conjured up a peach and threw it to Ji Wu.

Ji Wu realized, "Did the ghost want me to use this peach to exchange weapons with this person?"

He Bo just smiled and said nothing. He turned to Xi and said, "If you want to continue to collect people's opinions on something in the future, you can come to Niecheng and ask the people of Mohist School."

Before this, He Bo had arranged to use the art of dreaming to harass the villagers on both sides of the Zhang River every night and ask them about their opinions on certain things.

It’s just that I’m not as lucky as an ordinary old ghost. I can’t sneak into the dreams of living people as frequently as ghosts and gods, and still keep my soul stable and unaffected.

Even though the passage of time in dreams is different from that in reality, Xi can usually only ask two or three hundred people in one night, and then he would feel too headache to concentrate.

Later, He Bo asked Ji Wu to participate.

After all, Ji Wu had been a knight-errant in his lifetime. He had traveled to many places and dealt with many people. He also had a clear understanding of the local customs and people.

Only by looking at the same problem from multiple angles can we finally come up with the most appropriate solution that is most in line with Chinese customs.

In today's world, although the Legalists have produced figures like Li Kui, they have not yet truly developed and grown strong.

He Bo also read Li Kui's "Law Classic" at Ximen Bao's place. For ghosts and gods who are supposed to govern the underworld and enforce the law, the content is not comprehensive. It only emphasizes that "law is supreme" and uses the law as a tool for the monarch to whip the world.

So no matter how lazy He Bo was, he did not copy such laws. He just arranged for Xi and others to handle this matter slowly.

However, there are many cities and towns on both sides of the Zhang River, and the population is also large. The two ghosts have not had time to come to Niecheng to investigate yet.

But since I'm here today, I might as well get the job done.

It just so happened that Li Zhimo had also traveled far and wide and knew the customs and habits of many places.

The Mohist school, which has been dealing with the common people for many years, also has a considerable say in matters of public opinion.

"understandable!"

Both ghosts agreed.

then,

Wait till night,

As soon as the Mohists lay down, they felt overwhelmed with sleep.

Then, he tilted his head, kicked his feet, and fell into a dream snoring.

The scenes in the dream were a little vague and their minds were not clear enough.

But it is precisely because of this ignorance that one can filter out the many distracting thoughts that one has acquired in life and express the most genuine thoughts in one's heart.

After waking up, I won’t remember much——

Otherwise, when everyone talks to each other in the future and finds that they had the same dream at the same time, it is inevitable that they will panic because of people's tendency to think too much.

therefore,

When the Mohists woke up, they did not realize that they had encountered another ghostly incident.

Only one disciple said to his good friend anxiously, "I want to find a woman in Nirvana City and settle down."

"Why?" The friend was surprised. "Didn't you say before that you wanted to travel around the world with your teacher and not get married and become a burden to others?"

The disciple's face changed, and then he said to his friend shyly, "This... I dreamed last night that a big man wanted to share a peach with me!"

"That peach looked so juicy, I almost couldn't resist!"

"Tell me, is it because I haven't married and haven't had much contact with women that I got sick?"

"Ugh?"

"Why are you so far away from me all of a sudden?"

"I'm not done yet!"

The disciple watched helplessly as his friend jumped away from him in two steps, then turned around and ran away, and he was also confused.

　(*︶*)The first volume is about to end before it hits the shelves!
　　I want to add more!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)