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"Just do the math. Eleven years have passed in this time!"
Chen Mu's face suddenly turned ugly.
The future is worrying.
……
After the meal, Chen Mu saw Mr. Hao off and agreed to start learning how to grow yellow sprout rice the next day.
The door was closed, black smoke billowed, and the pots and pans were quickly cleaned.
Chen Mu returned to the room, lit the oil lamp, took out all the money, and checked and calculated it bit by bit.
"There are still two thousand two hundred and thirty-two ounces of silver."
"There are still nine gold cakes left."
"This little money is only enough for two months' food expenses at most."
Moreover, the Yun Shen Ling Armor Technique has been practiced to four-fifths, and the integration of armor and soul is getting faster and faster.
"If I eat as much as I want, I might not be able to last for a month." Chen Mu's face was gloomy.
By then, it will be necessary to use white jade money.
"One white jade coin costs one hundred kilograms of yellow sprout rice."
"Based on my current appetite, I have to eat at least twelve white jade coins a year!"
"And according to what Mr. Hao said, to grow yellow sprout rice, you need to buy exotic animal bone powder, and one bag costs five white jade coins!"
And he had only seventeen white jade coins in total.
"What should we do if we can't afford the yellow sprout rice when the autumn harvest comes?"
"Debt?"
You don't know until you calculate it. Once you calculate it, Chen Mu's heart is suddenly covered with a cloud of gloom.
A huge pressure suddenly came over my heart.
"Work hard and practice diligently?" Chen Mu couldn't help but sneer.
"If it doesn't cause more trouble, why would we create a second Supervisor Song?" A surge of anger instantly filled my heart.
"The people at Jilong Road have planned to kill us long ago!"
"Don't even think about doing anything except working hard!"
Chen Mu felt as if an invisible net was covering his head.
The binding became tighter and tighter, leaving him no room to move!
"In the end, it's still because I don't have money!" Chen Mu couldn't help but feel discouraged: "I'm a time traveler, but I've become a hero who is stumped by money?!"
Chen Mu smiled bitterly, and suddenly felt sad.
"God is so unfair!" Chen Mu thought hatefully.
Those who are born with a natural talent for Taoism are born to win at the starting line.
He is so talented that people are eager to give him money without him having to work hard.
Compared to them, what do I have? I am just an ordinary person with ordinary talents. I have nothing!
Chen Mu was filled with grief and indignation. He picked up a basket of Yin Gan Ding Shen Pills with a reluctant look on his face.
"I worked so hard for a long time, but thirty pills only sold for one white jade coin?!"
"This bamboo basket, at most, is worth only five white jade coins!"
Chen Mu turned his head and looked at the wooden shelf in the corner. There were seven flat bamboo baskets placed layer by layer, full of Tranquilizing Pills.
Chen Mu silently withdrew his gaze, feeling grief-stricken and angry: "It's so hard for me!"
……
The next day, in a fan-shaped field at the foot of a low hill.
"Your land is not very good. There are mountains on both sides. Although it is not high, the light is still poor." Old Hao stood in the black soil and looked around.
"The terrain is irregular and too long and narrow, so planting and watering take too much time."
"By the way, you must only use the well water in the yard for watering, okay?" Old Hao turned around and looked at Chen Mu and reminded him.
Chen Mu's heart moved, thinking of the worn edge of the well: "Is there anything special about that well?"
Mr. Hao smiled mysteriously: "Do you think that yard was built casually?"
"Where the well is, there is the yard."
"All the wells in the entire basin were dug by the masters of the Upper House after they had carefully identified the water veins."
"The source of the water vein comes from Jilong Mountain, which contains the spiritual energy of the earth."
"Otherwise, there is no way to make the yellow rice sprout and grow."
Chen Mu couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Earth spirit energy?"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 183 Difficulties
“Plant one every two steps.”
"When watering, you have to use a wooden spoon to water each plant individually. No more, no less, just one level spoon."
"Pay attention to weeding. Pull out small grasses as soon as you see them."
"The most important thing is to defend against strange beasts." Old Hao warned solemnly.
"You have to come here regularly to patrol at night. It will be troublesome if the strange beasts in the mountains come and destroy it."
Chen Mu was surprised: "Strange beast? The strange beast with the strange beast bone powder?"
"Yes, the exotic beasts are not the wild beasts you imagine." Old Hao carefully reminded: "Most of the exotic beasts that can live near the earth's spiritual energy have thick skin and flesh."
"Ordinary swords can't penetrate the defense at all."
Chen Mu couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
"Invulnerable to swords and spears? This is almost catching up with the armored warriors, right?"
Elder Hao looked at Chen Mu meaningfully: "The standard that lower-court disciples must be of Armor Soul is no joke."
"The spiritual energy of the earth can drown people."
"Strange beasts can also bite people to death."
"Without the armor and spirit to protect you, you won't be able to stay in the lower house for long."
Chen Mu felt a chill in his heart.
"This seemingly peaceful Jilongshan Lower Courtyard doesn't seem to be very safe."
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"Yellow sprout rice has harsh growing conditions and is tedious and difficult to grow."
"There are usually strange beasts stealing food, so it's not easy to protect it."
"When the rice is ripe, its fragrance spreads dozens of miles away, and herbivorous birds and exotic animals will come to grab the rice, making the harvest even more difficult."
"You have to be mentally prepared. You will definitely be in debt in the first two years." Old Hao looked at Chen Mu with sympathy.
"Forget about what Fatty Ge said to fool you guys."
"It costs money to buy the Secret Method of Integration, and it costs even more to practice the Secret Method of Integration."
"You have to face reality and not be too ambitious!"
"First settle down and farm the land, and take care of the yellow sprout rice." Mr. Hao advised earnestly.
"After we complete the grain delivery target, we will slowly accumulate the extra yellow sprout rice."
"By then, I will have money in my hands and will not be panicked. It will be natural for me to practice the secret method of unity."
Chen Mu nodded in agreement: "Mr. Hao is right!"
"Without money, you have no confidence in doing anything." Mr. Hao sighed: "It is important to save a reserve fund, which will give you more opportunities to try and make mistakes."
"Look at your own pocket, and then think about the difficulties you are about to encounter. Let me ask you, are you panicking?"
Chen Mu looked at the nearly a thousand tranquilizing pills in the Five Ghosts Bag and nodded solemnly: "I was too panicked!"
……
For seven consecutive days, Mr. Hao taught Chen Mu how to breed, how to plant, how to fertilize, and how to care for the plants.
He also helped Chen Mu get yellow sprout rice seeds from the lower house warehouse.
He also acted as a guarantor for Chen Mu and went to Baicao Pavilion in Tongtianfang to buy a year's supply of exotic animal bone meal fertilizer on credit.
The two of them taught while working, and after working for seven days, they only managed to plant one acre of yellow rice field.
Inside the courtyard of the low mountain.
Chen Mu and Mr. Hao sat at a square table, feasting on a table full of vegetables and meat.
"Thank you, Mr. Hao, for your guidance." Chen Mu said sincerely.
These days, the other party did not hide anything from others, which really touched Chen Mu.
"If you can grow the millet as soon as possible, it will be the greatest thank you to me." Old Hao burped and took out his pipe to smoke.
"If you can meet the grain delivery target within two years, I will receive a reward of twelve white jade coins from the House of Commons."
"If you can complete it within a year, I can even get twenty-four!"
"Now you know why I care so much about it." Mr. Hao exhaled a puff of smoke, raised his eyebrows and said happily.
Chen Mu suddenly realized something, but he was still grateful.
Even if there are rewards, it is rare to find people who can teach so diligently.