Humane laws dictate that the number of acres owned by a township cannot exceed 10,000 acres. This is the so-called 10,000 acres red line.

Previously, the Zhou family was busy developing business, and it was only at Zhou Bai's request that they added nearly 10,000 acres, which naturally did not violate the rules.

Now that Zhou Bai has been admitted to the imperial examination, his ancestral home has been transformed into a red house, and his family has been promoted to a county magnate. Ten thousand acres of fertile land is obviously not enough.

According to the system, as long as the number of acres owned by a county tyrant does not exceed 50,000 acres, it does not exceed the family status.

As for the county, it means one hundred thousand acres of fertile land, and one family's land can be as large as some small countries in ancient times.

These regulations are not expressly stated, but no family that has lasted for a long time dares to violate them at will.

Because this involves some mysterious luck restriction, if you are a member of a rural clan and must exceed 10,000 acres, then a disaster awaits your family.

It may be that the ancestral spirit suffered a disaster and is no longer able to protect the family, or it may be that some descendants of the family are trapped in bad luck and cannot escape.

Once there are many cases, the subsequent families will no longer ask for trouble and break through the limits of luck.

It is estimated that the earliest Humane Dynasty could not have imagined that land annexation was not prohibited by court decree, but that no family dared to violate the implicit restrictions of family character and luck.

"Although the restrictions on mountain fields are indeed not as strict as those on ordinary farmland, they are still within the framework of the acres included in the family grid. To be on the safe side, one acre of plain farmland can be exchanged for two acres of mountain field. What do you think?" Ji Hongzhe thought for a moment and asked.

Zhou Bai said dissatisfiedly: "According to the plan, our clan is currently developing 20,000 acres of wasteland at the foot of Cangshan Mountain. Doesn't this mean we can only exchange for 40,000 acres of mountainous land? Cangshan Mountain is so big, who can leave the mountainous land for cultivation?"

Ji Hongzhe waved his hand and quickly explained: "What I mean is that it is difficult to count the number of such irregular acres, and no one can determine how many acres of mountainous land will reach the red line.

This is also the reason why many families do not like the special acres of mountain fields and forest fields, and it is impossible to calculate a reasonable conversion number.

If it’s less, it’s better to cultivate an ordinary acre of land; if it’s too much, if it exceeds the upper limit of what the family can accommodate, the living people will suffer, and the ancestors will not be able to get good things.

Seeing that Ji Hongzhe was not really afraid, Zhou Bai simply put forward his own idea: "In this case, I won't exchange fields for fields. We will develop the fields in Cangshan ourselves. How about my Zhou family directly buys the right to use Cangshan?"

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"Cangshan Mountain is too dangerous, and I don't have the power to approve the use rights. So, I will lease you 100,000 acres of forest for five years." Ji Hongzhe thought for a long time and finally came up with a compromise.

Even though he wants to be transferred, he can't just stick to the bottom line and give people approval at will.

"Can you tell me, why are you thinking about that mountain? It's not a mountain of gold and silver, and it can't grow rice or wheat."

Faced with doubts, Zhou Bai did not explain. Instead, he remembered the changes in mountains and rivers in various places after the great catastrophe in his previous life.

Almost overnight, the world began an era of spiritual energy climax, and mountains, rivers and rivers are spiritual energy nodes, and precious spiritual veins have been formed in many places.

Cangshan Mountain is one of the few large mountains in Dingzhou, and the concentration of spiritual energy is naturally not low. It is also one of the few large-scale spiritual veins in Bei'an County.

It is not a revival of spiritual energy, but a rising tide of spiritual energy, because the concentration of spiritual energy in the world is not too low now and can support many practitioners.

At that time, Zhou Bai felt as if the world was stimulating their potential and allowing all living beings to improve their strength.

Cangshan Mountain is the place where he started. In the future, he will even have to support an obedient mountain god to control this mountain, otherwise he will not be able to feel at ease.

He is the head of the Zhou family. Even if he has 100,000 acres of mountain land plus 50,000 acres of ordinary land, he doesn't have to worry about exceeding the family limit.

Zhou Bai can completely rely on the Book of Luck to give early warning, and if there is a backlash, he can also avoid the hidden punishment.

The world is not yet in chaos, and the Zhou family's occupying too many acres would be conspicuous, so Zhou Bai should not go too far, otherwise he would have started to annex the abandoned fields without restrictions.

Zhou Bai then reminded Ji Hongzhe that he should pay attention to preventing a small Jin army from breaking through the Cangshan defense line, or even a large army to attack the border.

But after all, there was a military state like Cangbei County in front of him, so Ji Hongzhe didn't pay much attention to Zhou Bai's reminder.

But Zhou Bai strongly requested, and he had to agree, at least coordinating the county soldiers to defend Kukou Pass.

Now that the imperial court has not added troops to defend there, it is very empty. Ji Hongzhe just wants to have peace of mind.

Early the next morning, Zhou Bai took the escorting soldiers and rushed back to Hongni Township. It only took a few hours to hurry up.

The white snow dyed the red mud everywhere into snow-white, which gave the Red Mud Township a different charm. After not seeing it for only three months, he actually felt a little bit homesick.

"Da da da~" At this time, a group of cavalry came from a distance, and the orderly sound of horse hooves made it difficult for Zhou Baidu to identify the person coming.

The county soldiers guarding Zhou Bai were nervous, some even drew their swords, and they tightly surrounded Zhou Bai in the middle of the team.

However, in Hongni Township, who else can organize such a large number of cavalry forces except our own people.

"Hey, the inner palace horse team is here to welcome the master of the palace home!" Zhou Yuan led more than 30 horsemen and rushed to the horse team and stopped suddenly. Then they all got off their horses and knelt down on one knee to say hello.

Zhou Baixi smiled brightly and said: "Haha, okay, the old tricks have indeed lived up to my expectations and trained a horse team for me!"

When we left three months ago, there were not many people in the entire village guarding team who could ride horses, but now more than thirty serious cavalrymen can pull them out.

Zhou Yuan quickly led people to take over Zhou Bai's defense, and then reminded in a low voice: "The old patriarch and the clan members are coming out of the clan to greet him, they are right behind."

"Mr. Xie Yuang, since you are fine, let's take our leave first." The escorting captain of the county soldiers was not angry that his position was robbed, but he breathed a long sigh of relief.

Zhou Bai bowed his hand in thanks and handed Zhou Yuan a money bag: "Zhou Yuan, give these brothers a ride for me."

Then, under the escort of his own cavalry, Zhou Bai slowly walked forward for a few miles, and the familiar Zhou Clan buildings appeared in front of him. Just in time, a group of tribesmen crowded into the not-so-wide intersection, waiting for them.

The patriarch returns home.

"Welcome the patriarch home!"

"Congratulations to the clan leader on passing the imperial examination, honoring his ancestors, and promoting the prestige of our Zhou clan!" A neat and loud welcome echoed through the sky, and every clan member's face was filled with joy.

Even those clan elders who were highly virtuous and respected and respected their seniority were full of respect in front of Zhou Bai. He was the well-deserved clan leader of their Zhou family.

"My Lin'er!" At this time, an old voice called out, and Zhou Bai couldn't hold himself any longer. He quickly got off his horse and stumbled his way to the front of the crowd.

Zhou Bai supported Zhou Mingxuan, who was getting more and more old, and said with half respect and half complaint: "Old patriarch, how dare you greet me in this ice and snow. This makes me feel ashamed even if I pass the examination."

"Okay, okay, Brother Bai, you know our Zhou family has wanted to be a county magnate for generations. I never thought that I would be alive to see our family today."

"With this step, my ancestors of the Zhou family can rest in peace even in the underground! Come on, you are back now, let's go to pay homage to our ancestors together." Zhou Mingxuan wiped away tears excitedly while pulling Zhou Bai to go to the ancestral hall.

"The patriarch is back home!"
Chapter completed!