Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

What made them even more relieved was that for the next six months, there were no unusual changes under Chen Qingzhu's rule, nor was there any tendency of outward expansion.

The main reason for this is that Chen Qingzhu's cultivation is still far from the foundation-building stage.

If the situation allowed, before breaking through the foundation-building stage, she did not intend to push Emperor Yong'an too hard, nor did she intend to confront them head-on.

Therefore, she has no plans to expand further north for the time being.

Moreover, the twelve prefectures she had just conquered had not yet completed the distribution of land. Both the soldiers and the civilians needed time to recuperate and accumulate strength.

Therefore, after eliminating the threats from Japanese pirates and garrisons under her rule, she handed over government affairs to the cabinet. Unless there were urgent matters, she only held court meetings twice a month to listen to her subordinates' reports on the progress of government affairs.

She spent the rest of her time practicing.

After annihilating the Japanese pirates, she once again obtained many merit points, and the speed of absorbing spiritual energy increased again.

However, just as she had expected, the effect of merit on cultivation speed was getting smaller and smaller. Although she had gained a lot of merit this time, it was only increased by 50%.

But Chen Qingzhu was not anxious about it.

Her current qualifications are vastly different from when she was just reborn, and she is very content.

What's more, once the land is divided and the millions of people under her rule have had a chance to recuperate, she will surely gain a huge amount of merit again.

More than half a year has passed in a flash.

In a blink of an eye, it is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is already the Little New Year.

On a mountain village path in Jinhua Prefecture, 37-year-old Chai Xingjia and three strong laborers from the same village were carrying two large baskets full of New Year's goods on shoulder poles and rushing home.

Even in the south, this winter is still very cold, and the cold wind blowing on the face feels like a knife.

But when Chai Xing's family looked at the New Year's goods they had carried, and thought about the expressions of the old and young at home when they saw these things when they returned home, they felt extremely excited.

A year ago, they never dared to dream that they would have such a good life now.

Now, because of the grace of the gods, all the fields of the wealthy families in the county have been distributed to the common people like them.

Every household has at least ten acres of land.

With so much land, except for the 20% tax paid to the government, the rest belonged to them.

The wheat, beans, etc. harvested in the spring, except for a 20% tax, all belong to them.

After two harvests, every household had two to three thousand kilograms of grain stored.

Looking at the golden wheat and rice, I feel so at ease.

In addition to these grains, there are also sweet potatoes that the God ordered everyone to plant.

The villagers were reluctant to plant it at first, but when they heard that it was brought back specially by the deity and there was a government decree to force them to do so, they reluctantly started planting it.

When the harvest season came, everyone realized how good this thing was and regretted not planting more.

Dig under the sweet potato vine and you'll find a bunch of fist-sized sweet potatoes.

From one acre of land, we harvested more than two thousand kilograms!

It’s as much as the harvest from ten acres of land planted with other crops!

Not only is the output high, but this thing is also delicious and filling.

It is crispy and sweet when eaten raw, and sweet and soft when cooked.

Mixing it with rice not only saves rice, but also makes it sweet, fragrant and delicious.

Originally, even if they were given land and had plenty of food at home, people just no longer had to worry about starving to death, but they did not dare to eat as much as they could.

But since the sweet potatoes were harvested, everyone has felt completely at ease.

With such high-yield sweet potatoes, do they still need to worry about food shortages?

From then on, everyone ate happily every meal and had a full belly. After two months, everyone in the village, young and old, men, women, and children, had gained weight, which looked so festive.

In addition, the Japanese pirates who would attack from time to time in previous years were wiped out by the God this year.

They no longer had to worry about their newly harvested food and the money they had saved with great difficulty being stolen by Japanese pirates, and they no longer had to worry about their lives being taken away at any time.

When people are well fed and their lives are stable, they will naturally have other thoughts.

Now, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, many people in the village have picked up some grain to sell in the county, intending to exchange it for some money to buy some New Year goods to celebrate the New Year well.

This is a rare good day that only comes once in a thousand years, so we should celebrate it properly.

Moreover, without the Lord God, there would be no good life today.

On such an important festival as the Chinese New Year, it is natural for people to worship the gods properly to express their gratitude and respect to them.

Naturally, one must go to the county to purchase supplies in order to present a presentable offering.

The four of them carried New Year's goods and walked home in big strides, chatting happily.

As they walked, an oil-paper package in Chai Xing's basket fell out from the pile of New Year's goods.

He was walking in the front, so the three people behind him naturally saw him.

"Brother Xing, something fell!"

Chai Xingjia immediately stopped to pick it up, and the other three people then noticed the red paper with the shop pattern printed on it on the oil paper package.

Although they could not recognize the words, they remembered the patterns on it.

"Oh, Brother Xing is so rich that he actually went to He Xiang Zhai to buy cakes!"

The man who was a few years younger than Chai Xingjia immediately started to tease him.

It's no wonder they made a fuss, the main reason was that He Xiang Zhai was a famous dim sum shop in the county, and just a bag of dim sum would cost dozens of coins, which the villagers like them couldn't afford!

Chai Xingjia put the oil-paper bag into his arms, touched his head and smiled innocently:

"Hehe, isn't it that my wife is pregnant and has no appetite, so I thought of buying her some preserved fruits to stimulate her appetite!"

"Brother Xing is really generous to his wife! He is a retired soldier after all, he has money!"

Another middle-aged man who was traveling with them joked.

Chai Xingjia's face suddenly turned red:

"Sister Chuntao didn't mind that I was a former soldier, nor did she mind that I was old. She was willing to marry me and even got me pregnant. So I should treat her better!"

This immediately caused the other two to burst into laughter.

Only the youngest man, who looked less than 20 years old, asked expectantly:

"Uncle Xing, does being a soldier really pay that much?"

When it comes to being a soldier, Chai Xingjia becomes very talkative.

"Being a soldier must have been miserable in the past. Not only did you get no money and not have enough food, you also had to train hard and be beaten by your superiors. You might even be treated as a slave by your superiors for your whole life."

"But now under the rule of the God, it's completely different."

"Like before I retired from the army, I captured a lot of spoils from the battles against the rich. The God said that 30% would be given to us soldiers, and that's the real deal. According to the military merits, everyone can get at least a dozen taels of silver, and those with more military merits can get dozens of taels!"

"Even if these are not available, the monthly silver for upper-ranking soldiers is 1,000 wen, that for middle-ranking soldiers is 700 wen, and that for lower-ranking soldiers is 500 wen. They are all paid in full and on time."

"Moreover, we will have a battalion system in the future. You will get money when you are called up or discharged, and you will also get pension money when you are old! Basically, you will be a soldier under the God, and you will never have to worry about anything in your life!"

The young man was busy counting on his fingers the amount of money he could get, and the more he counted, the brighter his eyes became.

With this money, we will have enough to build a house and for my younger brothers to get married!

If sacrificing him can bring us these, it would be worth it!

"Uncle Xing, have you heard when we will recruit soldiers again?"

Chai Xingjia saw through his thoughts at a glance and looked him up and down:

"Hey, you want to apply to be a soldier too! You have to train hard. The treatment under the command of the God is well-known nowadays. There are many people who want to apply to be soldiers in the camp, and the requirements for strength and character will definitely be higher!"

The young man immediately asked Chai Xingjia for more guidance.

When the other two heard about the young man's ambitions, they also praised him.

The group was filled with joy along the way.

There are thousands of people under Chen Qingzhu's rule who are just like them, happily welcoming the Spring Festival.

Even the officials had a very different New Year this year.