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"Scholar, there's something I need to report to you."

Niu Ye approached Zhou Wu alone, and judging from the expression on his face, Zhou Wu guessed it was something good.

“Brother Niu, just say what you need to say. There’s no need for us to be so polite.”

“Our Niujia Village now has a permanent population of over 4,000. According to the laws of Dalong, we can now apply to change our status from a village to a town.”

Zhou Wu was shocked. It turned out that the permanent population of Niujia Village had exceeded four thousand. Good heavens, when he first transmigrated here, there were only a hundred or two hundred people.

"Oh, Master Niu, you know more about this than I do. What are the benefits of setting up a town here?"

Niujia Village is Zhou Wu's fief, but if there are no benefits, Zhou Wu doesn't care about Niujia Village or Niujia Town.

"The benefits are huge. First of all, after the town is established, the territory will increase significantly, and we will be able to cultivate more farmland and have more space for breeding and planting. After it is upgraded to a town, the imperial court's administrative orders will be directly transmitted to us instead of being relayed by Qingyang County. Moreover, the Qingyang Army may be able to expand again due to the expansion of the territory."

"Oh, great, Mr. Niu, what should we do next?"

Zhou Wu initially thought that being promoted to a town level was nothing special, but after hearing about these benefits, he couldn't wait to upgrade immediately.

"I will prepare some materials here, and then I need to submit them to the Jinshan government office first, and they will report them level by level."

"Uncle Niu, then I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Serving the village has always been what Uncle Niu enjoys most.

. . . .

Lin Niangzi's arrival allowed Zhou Wu to gain a deeper understanding of the world of pirates.

The first and third ranked Shichibukai, the Golden Hook Pirates and the Cross Pirates, mainly operate in the West Blue, which is very far from the Great Dragon Empire. The second ranked Slaughter Pirates mainly operate in Southeast Asia, with the Moon Man Kingdom being their sphere of influence. The fourth and sixth ranked Red Hair Pirates and Steel Pirates mainly operate near the North Blue, where it is winter for most of the year. The remaining fifth and seventh ranked Shichibukai, the White Skull Pirates and the Yellow Pirates, operate in the West Blue of the Great Dragon Empire.

Moreover, although Lin Niangzi has now gone ashore, the information channels she has cultivated over the years are still intact. So, just as she was able to deliver the news of the alliance between the two great pirate crews to Zhou Wu last time, she was also able to deliver the news of the rift in the cooperation between the two great pirate crews this time.

"Haha, infighting, that's good."

The enemy collapsed without a fight, which naturally pleased Zhou Wu, who could now devote himself wholeheartedly to the development of Niujia Village.

. . . . . .

It was only the beginning of summer, but the scorching sun was already making people sweat profusely. Zhou Wu had just returned from the city wall construction site when he saw the workers still working under the blazing sun. He immediately told them to stop. Doing such heavy physical labor in this weather was bound to cause them heatstroke.

He instructed everyone to start work every morning and late afternoon when the sun was not so hot and scorching.

These words left the workers completely bewildered. It was always the employer who constantly urged them to work hard, afraid of them slacking off. But now, the employer was afraid something might happen to the workers, so he forcibly prevented them from working. This was truly a rare occurrence. However, Zhou Wu's reputation rose even higher once again.

"It's so hot~"

Li Baiwei lay in the shade of the corridor, constantly waving the fan in her hand.

As modern people, we simply cannot get through the summer without air conditioning and fans.

"I remember seeing a circulating water cooling system in some famous novel before."

Seeing that the three people in the family were too hot and had no energy, Zhou Wu decided to do something.

“I’ve got it, Bai Wei. Just bear with it a little longer, I’ll cool you down in a bit.”

Li Baiwei, Yang Chun, and Hongdou all looked at Zhou Wu with puzzled expressions, wondering what method he had to make the weather cool down.

Zhou Wu quickly found a few helpers, went to the bamboo forest in the backyard to cut some bamboo, and cleared all the bamboo groves.

Zhou Wu remembers that the expert laid pipes all over the roof and then made a sprinkler system to cool the whole house using water circulation.

Zhou Wu also laid a circle of bamboo pipes on the roof. The bamboo pipes had many holes, and water would spray out from these small holes, creating a rain-like effect, enveloping the entire house in moisture. Although bamboo is not very durable, there was no other substitute at the moment, so they had to make do for now.

After a whole day of work, the pipes were finally laid. Now, only the last step remains: connecting the water source.

There is a mountain spring behind Zhou Wu's courtyard, and the water flows all year round, which is perfect.

As soon as Zhou Wu put the drinking water into the spring, the spring water immediately began to flow through the pipes throughout the house. Soon, water mist began to spray from the roof, enveloping the entire house in water vapor, and the temperature dropped rapidly.

"It's really not hot anymore, my husband is so amazing."

"Brother Wu is too smart."

"So cool."

The three women threw away their fans and ran straight into the courtyard to greet the water mist spraying from the roof; it was so refreshing.

The villagers who helped could hardly believe their eyes; they had worked all day and it turned out to be something amazing.

Seeing the good results, Zhou Wu immediately thought about whether to promote it throughout the village, but after careful consideration, he rejected his previous decision because the thing was actually very simple, but it would be a waste without a water source.

Since Zhou Wu's family started spouting water every day, many villagers have come to watch the spectacle. Many wanted to imitate it, and some even started doing it themselves. However, after the pipes were laid, they found there was no water source and immediately gave up.

. . . . . .

"Scholar, scholar, good news!"

Uncle Niu has stopped scheduling his work appointments at the village committee and is now going directly to Zhouwu's house. I wonder if it's because of the cooling system.

"Uncle Niu, what good news? Come sit down and have some water."

"Scholar, our Niujia Village will be Niujia Town from now on, haha."

No wonder Master Niu was so happy; it turns out that's what it was about. But Zhou Wu was even happier; with a larger territory, he could do more things.

"That's great, this is all thanks to Uncle Niu."

"By the way, scholar, there's something else. Now that we've been upgraded to a town, the higher-ups want us to appoint a town mayor. Who do you think would be suitable?"

"Haha, Uncle Niu, aren't you just looking for a better option while you're still using one? Who here is more suitable to be the town mayor than you, Uncle Niu?"

"Me? No, no, no, scholar, I'm too old for that. I might be fit to be a village head, but I'm really not cut out to be a town mayor."

“Uncle Niu, I said you can do it, and you can do it. An elder in the family is a treasure. You are the treasure of our Niujia Town.”

Hearing Zhou Wu strongly recommend him, Niu Ye couldn't help but feel moved. He was just an old man, what merit or ability did he have to become the town mayor from a small village head? He would definitely do his best to assist Xiucai and help him reach a higher position.