The Immortal Clan was established starting with the entry on the Dao of the Gou.

The sixth year of the Tianqi reign.

Jiang Yun's fourth child was born.

The name was chosen as Jiang Deping, with "Ping" meaning peace.

Jiang Yun now has three sons and one daughter.

But he was not satisfied.

She wanted to have two more sons so that her children and grandchildren could continue the Jiang family line.

That way, five sons and one daughter, no more and no less, just right.

"Jiang Deping... then how about naming the next child Jiang De'an? Peace and safety."

Ling'er knew that Jiang Yun wanted more children and was already naming their fifth child.

"That's right, whether it's a boy or a girl, the name will be Jiang De'an."

Jiang Yun couldn't guarantee that her fifth child would be a boy.

"Yes, I'll listen to my husband."

After listening to her son's words, she sat up in bed, wanting to get out and walk around.

She has to take care of her children, so she has less time for spiritual practice, but her health is getting better and better.

I wasn't weak at all after giving birth.

Grandma Cai was a little startled and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Lie down quickly! You just gave birth; you can't move around too much!"

"What my mother-in-law says is absolutely right."

Ling'er glanced helplessly at Jiang Yun, then pretended to be weak and lay down.

Jiang Yun placed Jiang Deping next to Ling'er, saying, "Mother-in-law, thank you for your trouble. I'll take you back."

"Fine."

Grandma Cai sighed softly.

She was lamenting that she was nearing sixty and would soon be buried.

Jiang Yun and his wife seem to have remained unchanged since 10 years ago.

She's still so young, she doesn't look like someone in their thirties at all.

Jiang Yun settled Cai's wages, then brought some eggs and took her home.

As she left, Grandma Cai said enviously, "Your house is so big. My son doesn't have that kind of ability."

"You flatter me, Mother-in-law. I was just lucky." Jiang Yun was carrying a bag of eggs. "Let me hold these eggs for you."

"That's fine." Granny Cai nodded and asked, "I heard you say earlier that you want to have a fifth child?"

"Exactly, we should have as many children as possible while we're young," Jiang Yun replied vaguely.

"It would be better to have more children. I don't even know if I'll still be alive when your fifth child is born."

Grandma Cai is nearly sixty years old.

Perhaps they knew they wouldn't live for more than a few years.

His tone was full of melancholy.

She witnessed the birth of so many babies.

Understand the preciousness of life.

However, people must eventually die.

"My mother-in-law is a highly respected and virtuous woman; she will surely live to be a hundred years old."

Jiang Yun felt a little sentimental.

Human life is short and everyone dies eventually.

Fortunately, he possessed the "Midas touch" ability, which granted him the spiritual power of a mortal.

Otherwise, if his son had no spiritual roots, he would watch his son die before him.

The elderly bury their children.

There is no greater sorrow in the world than this.

After escorting Grandma Cai home.

Jiang Yun did not return home, but went to the market instead.

Winter is fast approaching, so I need to buy some essentials to prepare for it.

Although we have plenty of rice at home, we sometimes make steamed buns to eat.

If you want to eat steamed buns, flour is essential.

Jiang Yun now has money in his hands.

The rice produced from the family's five acres of land, thanks to the fertile soil cultivation techniques, is truly of the highest quality, with every grain being exceptionally fine.

The family eats only refined rice every day.

Life is so much better than it was ten years ago.

……

Spring passes and autumn comes.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Autumn of the ninth year of the Tianqi reign.

Jiang Yun is 33 years old, and Ling'er is 30 years old.

The eldest son, Jiang Dexian, is 12 years old, and the daughter, Jiang Deyue, is 9 years old.

My second son, Jiang Defan, is 4 years old this year, not counting the 16 months he spent in his mother's womb.

The youngest son, Jiang Deping, is 3 years old.

Over the past three years.

Qingshan Village hasn't changed much.

However, some of the elderly people in the village have passed away.

Dr. Fang Bingchu and Granny Cai passed away one after the other, five months apart.

On the day of Grandma Cai's funeral, Jiang Yun even went to deliver some gifts.

After all, this old man had delivered four children for his family.

this day.

The autumn harvest is over.

After paying the land tax and returning home, Jiang Yun said to Ling'er, "The land tax has increased again."

"Another increase in land tax?" Ling'er complained. "Why does the imperial court raise land tax every year?"

"Emperor Tianqi is living off the legacy of Emperor Jinghe. The Great Yu Dynasty appears prosperous on the surface, but it is actually beset by internal and external troubles."

After saying that, Jiang Yun instructed Ling'er, "Ling'er, from now on, we will not sell our family's rice to anyone."

Thanks to the fertile soil technique, the rice grown by Jiang Yun not only has a high yield, but every grain is also of excellent quality.

Many people in the village go to his house to buy rice.

Jiang Yun and Ling'er would sell some of the surplus grain as needed to supplement their household income.

The fact that land taxes are increasing year after year is not a good sign.

Jiang Yun decided that she would not sell her rice to anyone from now on.

However, Ling'er did not understand what he just said.

What internal and external troubles have to do with the increase in Hotan tax?

Although Ling'er didn't understand, she didn't ask any more questions.

She knew that her husband's decision must have a reason.

"It's better not to sell the rice; we can store it up to prepare for a disaster year." Ling'er asked, "But I wonder how much the land tax has increased now?"

"The price rose to 450 cash per mu of land, and then increased by another 80 cash, which would be half a tael of silver."

Jiang Yun cursed Emperor Tianqi in his heart for being a spendthrift.

In recent years, the weather in Dayu Huaizhou has been favorable, with no floods or droughts.

However, the land taxes collected by the imperial court were becoming increasingly heavy.

Originally, during the reign of Emperor Jinghe.

The tax collected per mu of paddy field is 230 wen per year.

But now it has risen to 450 coins.

Land taxes have increased.

This led to a year-on-year decrease in the price of rice purchased by landlords.

Now, for every bushel of rice, only 750 coins are returned to the tenants, a full 100 coins reduction in price.

The tenant farmers' lives are becoming increasingly difficult.

Fortunately, Jiang Yun had already left the tenant farm, so there was no need to worry about these things.

"450 coins?" Ling'er was taken aback. "Then our family has five mu of land, and we have to pay 2 taels and 2 mace in taxes every year."

"Exactly." Jiang Yun glanced at Ling'er's belly and asked, "Do you feel pregnant?"

"no."

Ling'er shook her head in disappointment.

For the past two years, her husband has been working the land every day.

But she just couldn't get pregnant!

I used to get pregnant very easily.

I don't know why, but I just can't get pregnant.

"It might be because it's harder to conceive after you've reached the first level of Qi Refining," Jiang Yun said with a smile. "Let's try harder!"

"Yes, my husband."

Ling'er blushed and nodded gently.

She possessed a true spiritual root and reached the first level of Qi Refining a year after her youngest son, Jiang Deping, was born.

The reason I entered the first level of Qi Refining so late is...

The main reason is that she spends all her time taking care of her child and doesn't have much time for cultivation.

In recent years, Jiang Yun has had a lot of time to cultivate.

In the past few days, he felt that he was about to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, which would take anywhere from a month to several months.

Jiang Yun didn't want to wait, so he decided to take the "Qi Condensation Pill" to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

"Ling'er," Jiang Yun whispered, "I need to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining these next few days, and I may need to cultivate on the mountain for several days."

"My dear husband, you can focus on your breakthrough. I'll take care of things at home. If the children ask, I'll just say you went to the city on business."

When Ling'er heard that Jiang Yun was going to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, she seemed even more excited than Jiang Yun.

"Alright, please keep an eye on things these next few days. I'll go up the mountain tonight to break through."