The road is still muddy and difficult to walk, the ice and snow have not yet been transformed, and the earth is still strong by the frozen ground. Only scattered stars emerge from the early blooming wild flowers of ice and snow, indicating that spring is approaching.

Jiang Xingchen sat in the shaking carriage, lifted the curtain and looked outside, sighing in his heart: "This severe winter is indeed as rumored, affecting spring plowing. It's the end of March..."

Although Jiang Xingchen had never planted land, his uncle had gone to the countryside and joined the team! He had heard of the sayings of thirty acres of land, a cow, a warm kang for his wife and children, and a 99-9 plowing oxen walking around the ground. Even though this is another world, he is still familiar with the environment. At this time, spring plowing should start, but the land is still covered with ice and snow.

"If the ice and snow melt, it should be too late to dig a ditch for irrigation and flood discharge!" Jiang Xingchen said in his heart. The last time he replied to Han Xiaowu and the others, he would keep the three thousand soldiers. If the method of sprinkling ash in the wood is reliable, dig the ditch immediately.

"Even if there are cattle, there are more than 30 households in Qingshan Village and less than 100 people, they can cultivate more than 1,000 acres of paddy fields and then plant rice. If there is no time, dig the surrounding areas that need to be planted first, and let's talk about the others!"

"Brother!" Jiang Xingchen was thinking, Mei'er suddenly called him and asked, "It will cost a lot of money to leave three thousand soldiers to dig a trenches?"

"Not much! Brother is rich?" Although Jiang Xingchen's tone was calm, he couldn't help but twitch.

The food and clothing consumption of 3,000 people is really not a small amount. In two months of opening up, 500,000 yellow crystal coins have been spent. During the food crisis, more than 700,000 yellow crystal coins sold for the secret recipe went down like flowing water, and it seemed that a lot of them had to be spent.

Moreover, he also had the idea of ​​building a new village, and he had to design new farm tools based on his impression. He looked a lot of money at hand, and it was really not enough to use it for construction.

"Brother, in the future, the cultivated land we led by Xingchen will move to the expansion place, what about the original cultivated land?" Mei'er asked again.

"The land is too barren, and it is not easy to draw water. It is not suitable to plant anything. I thought about turning back to build a house and moving the entire village over!" Jiang Xingchen patted Mei'er's head and replied with a smile.

"Build a house!" Mei'er's eyes narrowed and said with a little yearning: "Is it a skyscraper building?"

"Cough cough!" Jiang Xingchen was choked, and felt his forehead was black. He couldn't help coughing twice. He said, "This... is still a little too early! We have to come step by step. Didn't you keep saying that you want to renovate the house for the villagers? This time we will be in place at once. In addition, our Lord's Mansion is a little small. Han Xiaowu and the others can't always squeeze in two rooms..."

"Yeah!" Mei'er pointed her little head hard, smiled, and her eyes narrowed into caterpillars. She just said that the skyscraper was a joke, and she didn't take it seriously. However, when she heard from her brother that she built a new village, she couldn't help but be fascinated and painted a picture in her mind.

"We will build a new village first and develop slowly. Only when the territory is expanded in the future can we build a skyscraper!" Jiang Xingchen said softly.

"Yes, when our Star Leader expands, my brother will definitely not be able to take care of it. Mei'er can help you!" said the little girl happily.

"Where do you need your help? Some people are available? Look at the lords of those small towns, which one has no subordinates..."

Before Jiang Xingchen finished speaking, the old man opposite him spoke: "Boy, you really dare to think about it! Only the territory above the town is allowed to have administrative departments... Your territory has been expanded once, and you still want to expand again. It is simply whimsical to upgrade from a village to a town!"

"Oh?" Jiang Xingchen was stunned. He didn't know that there were such regulations. He couldn't help but ask: "Is it difficult to expand into a small town?"

"You can't see how difficult it is to expand your territory this time... Not only should you improve the town, not only should you have enough area, but you must also be promoted to viscount!" the old man explained.

"Yes!" Jiang Xingchen nodded, feeling helpless. It was so difficult to expand Wuli this time. Wouldn't it be even more difficult to expand again? At least the aristocratic management department would definitely obstruct... Besides, there is a Viscount's request.

"Actually, you don't need to be so persistent. You have to develop Qingshan Village. After your title reaches Viscount, you will have many ways out. Whether in Hongyuan City or to the imperial capital, you won't be able to choose a good position!" The old man pointed out.

Jiang Xingchen shook his head slightly, without saying a word, but sighed in his heart: "If you want to develop your territory, you have a long way to go. Now you can't even start..."

Seeing that Jiang Xingchen did not answer, the old man said again: "Your territory has too few people. Even if you really become a small town, there is no one available under your command, and there is not a single nobleman. Do you still want to recruit people from outside... A lord has few real irons under his command, and it is easy to get into trouble!"

Jiang Xingchen frowned and said in his heart: "If you want to manage the territory, you also need nobles..."

After a little thought, Jiang Xingchen suddenly realized that for a long time, he only knew that aristocrats had a higher status than a commoner and enjoyed certain privileges, and he had also personally felt it... But after hearing the old man's words, he truly understood the status and the root of superiority of the aristocrats.

The old man’s meaning is obviously that only nobles are qualified to be officials, which is amazing.

"Isn't this the same as the ancient literati. Everything is inferior. Only those who are high-study, scholars, juren, and Jinshi can become officials after passing the exam... The Qiankun Empire can only become officials or enfeoffed territory if it becomes a noble..."

Thinking to himself, Jiang Xingchen nodded to the old man, then lowered his head and thought. For him, it was not difficult to make the villagers a lower noble. What really hindered the development of the territory was to continue to expand and become a viscount!

"Forget it, I don't want to, make good use of the wasteland first and keep it stable for a while... and there are still 200 kilograms of distilled liquor to be made!" Jiang Xingchen shook his head gently.

"Boy! Don't forget, you owe me a delicious meal!" At this time, the old man suddenly said.

"I can't forget it!" Jiang Xingchen glanced at the old man speechlessly. He had already mentioned it to him countless times on the way back from the imperial capital.

"No! It's not one meal, it's two meals! I didn't eat a few bites of fried rice last time, and it was cheaper that little girl Ni'er!" The old man immediately added.

"Can you blame me?" Jiang Xingchen glared and retorted: "Last time it was because of the Seventh Legion!"

"Then I don't care, I didn't eat it anyway!" The old man played a scoundrel.
Chapter completed!