Chapter 68: Winning over (1/2)

Chengxi Town is named because it is located in the west of the county.

There is the largest spiritual vein in the entire Anchang County, and a large spiritual field has been reclaimed.

The surrounding area of ​​Lingtian is usually heavily guarded, and outsiders are never allowed to approach.

As soon as Ergouzi entered Chengxi Town, he was assigned a defensive area.

Because the locust swarm takes off once and cannot fly too far, it needs to stop and rest before taking off again.

This gives them, who cannot fly, the opportunity to intercept along the way.

The area they were defending was originally farmland, and the crops had long been eaten up by locusts.

Behind them is a spiritual field.

There are some small trees two or three feet high planted in the spiritual field. There are a few small fruits sparsely left on the trees, which are long and pointed.

It turned out to be a pepper tree!

However, these pepper trees contain rich spiritual energy and are not ordinary peppers.

But the famous Chaotian Gongjiao.

Ergouzi remembered reading in a book that this was a specialty of Anchang County, and 500 kilograms of peppers were paid as tribute to the court every year.

It is said that Emperor Longxing Sheng, who is wise and wise today, possesses literary and martial arts skills, is virtuous among the people, has a long life, and is supreme, likes to eat chili peppers very much.

I love almost anything spicy, especially the Chaotian tribute pepper produced in Anchang County.

One characteristic of peppers is that the drier the environment and the less water, the spicier the peppers and the better the quality.

Therefore, the severe drought in Anchang County in the past two years has been very beneficial to this kind of spiritual vegetable.

However, the peppers on the trees in front of me must have been harvested. There are not many peppers left on the trees.

Around the spiritual field, a layer of fishing nets was temporarily pulled up to prevent locusts from entering the field to eat.

At the same time, it can also prevent people like Ergouzi from entering the fields to steal peppers.

To be honest, the first time Er Gouzi saw these tribute peppers, he had the idea of ​​stealing two pepper trees.

It was just blocked by a layer of fishing nets and had no chance to make a move.

He could only hope that when the team could no longer be stopped, the locusts would rush into the pepper field.

He can rush into the spiritual field with dignity to fight the locusts and take advantage of the troubled waters to fish in troubled waters.

From the time their team took over, there were already a large number of locusts in this area, and everyone went directly into combat mode.

After such a long period of fighting, their team was already familiar with killing locusts.

Coupled with the fact that there were two big white geese hovering in the sky, no swarm of insects could fly past their position.

The success of every battle makes Er Gouzi very anxious.

As an out-and-out farmer, when he saw those pepper trees, he wanted to get a few and plant them in Shekou Mountain.

But now I have no chance.

Now that he saw his team achieving brilliant victories again and again, he felt no joy at all.

In particular, the two geese were still ignorant. Every time after a battle, they stretched their necks and walked up to him to show off their military exploits and ask for praise from their master.

But he couldn't openly let the team go, and the two geese couldn't understand his subtle thoughts.

As for if the defense fails and some peppers are eaten by locusts, these are all the things of the county magistrate, what does it have to do with him?

Ergouzi stood on the periphery, occasionally using his aura technique to look at the center of the spiritual field. The closer to the center, the richer the aura became.

I heard Sima Yi say that some very precious elixirs were planted in the county magistrate's spiritual field.

However, the output is extremely rare. Apart from paying a portion to the superior government and the court, outsiders cannot even get a hair of the elixir.

It has been several days since the team came to Chengxi Town to exterminate the locusts.

During this period, he saw that the locust extermination teams originally sent to various places had been summoned to Chengxi Town.

Everyone came, including the team that had been guarding Dingjiazhuang and the team led by Zhang Youliang.

With Lingtian as the center, more than 20 locust extermination teams were assigned to various defensive positions.

Often, the team's defense line is torn apart by locusts, and the temporarily recruited villagers flee. The locusts rush into the spiritual fields, bite open the fishing nets, and eat the crops in the spiritual fields.

Among all the teams, only Ergouzi's team performed the most brilliantly.

During the continuous battle for several days, the locust swarm was not allowed to advance a step forward, and even advanced more than ten feet.

Compared with other teams, their achievements are outstanding.

As for the reasons for winning, firstly, it benefited from the adaptations made by Ergouzi in advance and the strict implementation of discipline.

In order to enforce military law, the police officers led a team of capable men every day, armed with broadswords, and killed each one as they escaped, leaving heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.

The villagers were frightened and had no choice but to fight to the death. If they died in battle, they would at least get a reward. If they didn't die, it would be a life.

After a period of hard training with iron and blood, all of his men were brave and fearless of death.

Moreover, Ergouzi did not deduct any of the locusts he received after each battle, and rewarded them all according to their military merits.

Although military discipline is very important, and everyone understands this truth, knowing it is one thing, and whether it can be implemented and achieved is another matter.

Besides that, the most dazzling thing about his team is the two big white geese.

The two giant geese evolved into spiritual beasts, and their strength was equivalent to that of monks in the early stages of human Qi training.

Among all the martial arts scholars on the battlefield, few could be better than the two geese.

The most important point is that on the entire battlefield, the goose is the only one on the human side that can fly in the sky.

On other battlefields, once the insect swarms take off, everyone can only stare on the ground, waiting for the insect swarms to land.

Only on Ergouzi's side, two big geese stood guard in the air, shooting down large swarms of insects.

So that the swarm of insects could never fly over their heads.

With two geese like this, naturally, many people came to inquire.

Er Gouzi only said that it was given by the master, anyway, Li Banxian didn't know where he went.

In the past few years, there were often things that were difficult to explain, and he always pushed them to Li Banxian.

Anyway, the master has great magical powers, even if he returns to Sanchazi Town in the future, he will not be afraid of these small troubles.

The battle just ended that day, and Er Gouzi's team won a big victory again. Everyone gathered together to distribute the spoils.

Among the harvested insect corpses, there were a large number of mutant locusts, most of which were swept down by the big goose with its wings, and killed by the ground personnel.

Now because of the high intensity of the daily battle, the casualty rate is high.

Er Gouzi has distributed some mutant locusts to ordinary villagers who have made meritorious contributions.

Mutated locusts contain energy, which is of great help to warriors, and ordinary people can also increase their strength by eating them.

"Good harvest! Congratulations!"

At this time, Sima Hong came alone and congratulated Er Gouzi.

Because of the relationship with Sima Yi, Er Gouzi naturally treated Sima Hong much closer.

"Brother Sima, how come you have time to hang out here? Please sit down. I just hunted some mutant locusts. Let's eat together."

"Okay, I just brought a jar of wine!"

Sima Hong was not polite and brought a jar of wine.

Not long after, a pregnant woman with a big belly came over with a large pot of roasted mutant locusts.

Sima Hong picked up a locust that was more than five inches long and took a bite. He chewed it with big mouthfuls and enjoyed it very much.

"It's thanks to you that I can have such a locust feast."

The physical energy of mutant locusts contains spiritual energy, which is of great help to practitioners.

It's just that this kind of locust flies in the sky at a very fast speed and is difficult to hunt.

The number that other teams can hunt is very small, and each one is very rare.

Er Gouzi has two big white geese flying in the sky to help, so he can hunt many mutant locusts.

As a result, ordinary people in his team can now be rewarded with one or two mutant locusts as long as they have made contributions.

Other teams are envious, and many civilians want to switch to Ergouzi's side.

However, Ergouzi has not expanded the population now. He has only added a few strong men, and has maintained more than 2,000 people except for the casualties.

"Brother Zhang, you should drink some too!"

"I can't get used to it. I feel that the wine is not good."

Ergouzi had drunk wine with his master once or twice before, and felt that this thing was not good at all. It was bitter, spicy and choking, which was like asking for trouble.

It is better to buy some honey and drink it with water. It is sweet in the mouth. This is the enjoyment.

"Hahaha..."

"How old is Brother Zhang this year?"

"I am 18 years old this year."

Ergouzi answered truthfully, but he himself didn't know when he turned 18.

He hasn't celebrated his birthday since his parents passed away, and he doesn't remember the specific date.

"I tell you, men have to learn to drink, and they have to drink the strongest wine and find the most beautiful women."

"Try this wine, it's like a knife in your mouth, and it's like a flame rising in your belly."

Sima Hong poured a big bowl of wine for Er Gouzi without saying anything.

Under Sima Hong's persuasion, Er Gouzi took the wine bowl and took a big sip.

The sip of wine entered his mouth, and the spicy stimulation made his tongue tremble.

Then it went down his throat, like being cut by a knife...

"Cough cough cough..."

"Ah..."

It's hard to drink!

He didn't understand why so many people like to drink something so hard to drink.

"Hahaha..."

Sima Hong laughed when he saw Er Gouzi blushing from the wine.

He took a big sip of wine from the wine bowl, and then slowly exhaled a breath of wine, seeming to enjoy it very much.

"You are still young now. When you grow up, you will be able to experience this wonderful feeling."

"Brother Zhang, you are 18 this year, which is not too young. Have you ever considered getting married and starting a family?"

"I have a cousin who is 16 years old and looks very beautiful..."

It turned out that Sima Hong was matchmaking with Er Gouzi this time.

After drinking, this guy was very talkative and praised his cousin as rare in the sky and unparalleled on the earth.

Er Gouzi was really moved and blushed for a long time.

Many families in the village who were about the same age as him had married and had wives and children every day.

That scene was very exciting to think about.

Only he was still a bachelor. His family bought hundreds of virgin girls, but he had never even touched a woman's hand.

However, he found it difficult to accept the conditions offered by Sima Hong.

Their Sima family was one of the most prestigious families in Anchang County. Unless they were well-matched, Sima women never married outside the family and could only marry into the family as son-in-law.

From then on, he belonged to the Sima family, and the children born could only have the surname Sima.

The advantage was that he could be protected by the Sima family from then on, and the Sima family could provide support in both officialdom and cultivation.

Moreover, the Sima family had the skills for the foundation building period after the Qi training period, and also had many inheritances in the cultivation of immortals, such as alchemy, refining, and drawing talismans.

In addition to alchemy, Er Gouzi was very tempted by these benefits.

He encountered obstacles everywhere when he went to the government office to do something, but when Sima Yi came forward, everyone in the government office would greet him with a smile, and try their best to show their most kind side.

There are also various inheritances in the field of cultivating immortals, which are resources that he wants very much now but cannot get.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has extremely strict control over the spread of immortal ways. Only by making contributions to the court can one obtain the skills from formal channels.

Er Gouzi thought about it again and again in his heart, and finally rejected Sima Hong's kindness.

He recalled the days when he lived with his uncle's family and lived under someone else's roof.

People under the eaves have to bow their heads.

To join the Sima family, you must look at other people's faces and obey their orders.

He finally jumped out of a pit, got a piece of land in Shekou Mountain, and set up his own business. There is no need to jump in again for a few benefits.

After being rejected by Er Gouzi, Sima Hong did not persuade him again. He drank some wine, ate up the large pot of mutant locusts, and said goodbye and left.

Strangely enough, just as Sima Hong left, the Ding brothers and sisters from Dingjiazhuang also came.

The purpose of this pair of siblings was similar to Sima Hong's. They also brought up the old matter and invited Er Gouzi to join Dingjiazhuang and become a guest official of Dingjiazhuang.

Er Gouzi still refused.

Then Captain Wang, on behalf of the Dianshi, also came to invite, but was also rejected by Er Gouzi.

Finally, even Daoxuanzong sent someone to secretly contact and persuade Er Gouzi to join Daoxuanzong.

He was also rejected.

It seemed that overnight, Er Gouzi became a hot commodity, and every force wanted to win him over.

But Er Gouzi didn't want to join any force anymore, live under someone else's roof, help others all day, and have to look at people's faces.

Although these forces offered generous conditions and said that there were all kinds of benefits waiting for him.

But after joining, whether they want to give you depends on their mood, and you have to work hard to perform.

Instead of this, he might as well return to Shekou Mountain and farm steadily.

He never thought about becoming rich and powerful, and just guarding his own territory and planting some crops would be enough.

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