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Shen Wei set off with a batch of supplies, and it would take some time before he reached Chu Luo's place.

The first to arrive at Chu Luo's side were a group of skilled farmers.

This time of year is already the off-season for farming.

However, Sensa has a unique climate with no particularly cold season.

One side of the forest receives too much rain, while the other side of the desert is excessively dry.

Others might see this as a terrible place, but in Chu Luo's eyes, it was a great place for planting.

Chu Luo didn't go to that city-state at first. Instead, she and Shu Tong, along with some skilled farmers, went to investigate a place called the Great Dark Forest.

Find out the water source and what kind of plants are suitable for this place.

The skilled farmers' eyes lit up when they saw this place.

Upon hearing that it was Mr. Jing who was looking for them, they all became very enthusiastic.

They originally lived in mostly remote villages.

The land is barren, and after a year of hard work, they can only grow enough food to eat for half a year. For the other half of the year, they have to dig for wild vegetables and go out to beg for a living.

If something happens, they have to sell their children to survive.

Living one day at a time, enduring hardship and uncertainty about where the next meal will come from, is a form of torment.

Until one day, they were fortunate enough to receive help from someone and realized what it felt like to have a full stomach, with unlimited white rice, white flour, and steamed buns.

Only then did I realize what it means to be human, what it means to have hope, and what it means to have a good life.

This person has a title: Mr. Jing's disciple.

Mr. Jing's disciples are not one person, but a group of people.

Three years ago, a man came to their impoverished village during the spring planting season. He claimed to be a disciple of Master Jing.

Investigate their land and teach them what to plant.

He also gave away seeds to everyone and answered all their questions. Farmers who were disciples of Mr. Tingjing all had a bumper harvest that year.

In just two years, although different villages have different land, they all live a life several times better than before.

Later, not far from these villages, Mr. Jing's disciples would open a grain shop called Siyuan.

When it's planting season, the best grains will be sold very cheaply at grain shops in various places.

If farmers didn't have the money to buy grain, Siyuan Grain Shop would let them buy it on credit.

If you can't pay it back in one year, you can pay it back in two years.

They will also purchase surplus grain from farmers at very good prices, so that farmers have extra money in their hands.

Siyuan Grain Shop also has some novel seeds. Thoughtful people will buy a plot of land to plant first, and Siyuan people who are willing to plant together will teach them.

In addition to solving the problem of food, Siyuan also established academies in the places where he lived.

Despite the rudimentary conditions, this group of impoverished people, whose families had been unable to write their own names for generations, finally had children who could read and write.

These children, who study benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, share a common benefactor with their simple and honest parents: Mr. Jing.

Although these people had never seen the real Mr. Jing, in their minds, he was the person on the altar of the household gods.

When people go to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha, they pray for their benefactors to live a long and peaceful life.

So when Siyuan Grain Shop mentioned looking for skilled farmers to help Mr. Jing, they immediately signed up without hesitation.

Even if this place is the fearsome Sensa, they will not hesitate.

Chu Luo instructed them to find someone nearby to help.

The news from Siyuan's side was that people from even further away wanted to come and help.

With the year-end approaching, Chu Luo immediately gave the order that there were enough people.

She never imagined that the seemingly insignificant thing she did would have such a huge impact.

She was devoted to them without expecting anything in return, only remembering to do good deeds and not worry about the future.

Just like planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, if you plant enough seeds of kindness, whether or not they are harvested, and whoever harvests them, they will all bear fruit of kindness.

She initially established the grain shop simply to make it easier to help farmers, and in accordance with human nature.

Unsolicited kindness is hard for people to accept; it makes them doubt the other person's intentions and feel that they are not trustworthy.

It's nowhere near as reassuring or secure as an open transaction.

Her life experiences and understanding of human relationships have taught her that a small favor is appreciated, but a large favor breeds resentment.

Unconditional giving can also foster greed.

Besides, Zhongfangtang doesn't have that much financial resources to support her.

The land she uses to grow crops also requires manpower, material resources, and financial resources; it cannot be used to generate income but not expenditure, otherwise it will be difficult to continue.

Another reason she knew that most of the people who made a living by farming lived honest and hard lives.

They live a difficult life and receive little respect or kindness. They believe that suffering a loss is a blessing, and that not suffering a loss is already a gain.

I feel guilty and uneasy if I don't reciprocate someone's kindness.

She put forward the idea, and a wise and experienced elder helped her put it into practice.

She named the shop Siyuan and passed on what she had taught to more people, most of whom were destitute. Because of Mr. Jing's efforts, they now had their own homes, Siyuan.

They voluntarily called themselves Mr. Jing's disciples and went to help more people, so that the light of Siyuan could shine in more places.

Siyuan Grain Shop didn't require special management, and Chu Luo didn't put in much effort either. She simply instructed that wherever Siyuan was located, if there was profit, an academy should be established.

Not only must the granaries be full, but people must also know etiquette, benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Only when the people can all be like this can there be a future.

This is something that Shao Sheng repeatedly mentioned in his book with his teacher, Mr. Chang Fu.

No matter how many times she is reborn, she will read their books again and again and put their principles into practice.

When Shen Wei learned about Siyuan Grain Shop, Siyuan had already grown to a considerable size, and many people in Dazheng had Siyuan.

When Chu Luo asked Zhongfangtang to help Siyuan deliver messages and food, Shen Wei thought Chu Luo was the middleman who introduced them.

After all, Chu Luo has done a lot of things that help others and benefit the people.

When he finally learned exactly how much Siyuan Grain Shop had done and how many people it had helped, he admired Mr. Jing immensely.

Zhongfangtang also provided the greatest assistance; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were like family.

With Zhongfangtang scattered throughout various inconspicuous little shops, Siyuan also spread like wildfire.

It plays a significant role in places that are less prosperous and wealthy.

Chu Luo had always been unwilling to get involved too much, and didn't have much time either.

Fortunately, she set rules from the beginning to ensure that Siyuan's development would proceed in an independent manner, but would not go out of control.

Chu Luo never expected that they would now be helping her expand her territory in this unsafe Sensha.

Within a few days of their arrival, they had already built an irrigation canal, diverting some water from the forest.

The wasteland surrounding the forest was also cleared out.

They were incredibly excited and full of energy.

If it weren't for the presence of savages in the forest, they would have built even more irrigation canals.

The Black Witch Doctor and Shu Tong were both deeply shocked as they looked at these people.

Without overseers wielding whips and carrying swords, these slaves could still work diligently and contentedly from dawn till dusk.

They even firmly believed that this land could produce edible things.

"This land is poisonous; nothing can grow here. Even if something does grow, it's poisonous and inedible."

Both Shu Tong and the Black Witch Doctor said this to Chu Luo.

But Chu Luo smiled and said she had a way to turn the rotten into the miraculous.

To conquer the people of a place, you must first turn the land from an enemy to a friend.

She spent her entire life doing just this one thing.