I have become immortal, Taoist friends still need to be diligent

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

A lot has happened in these five years.

First of all, Li Mu has two younger brothers and a younger sister. The second brother is the son of Li Dazhuang and Wang Lanhuahua. He is four years old this year. His name is Li Tieniu.

The third sister and the fourth brother are twins born to Li Erzhuang and Bai Jiao after they got married three years ago. They are two years old this year and are named Li Tiehua and Li Tiechui respectively.

This name was given by Li Youliang. He said that his family is now considered a wealthy family, and the names are connected together, even with the word "iron".

Li Mu is also thirteen years old this year and is already considered a low-level warrior.

According to the classification of warriors in this world, from low to high, they are divided into body-forging realm warriors, unqualified warriors, third-rate warriors, second-rate warriors, first-rate warriors, and the master realm above warriors. This was what Li Erzhuang told Li Mu last year.

For the sake of safety, Li Mu rarely went out in recent years. His activities were limited to Xiaohe Village. After all, he heard that there were all kinds of murderous masters and bandits who blocked the road.

In addition to about 30 acres of land currently used by the Li family to grow food, Li Mu has used the other 50 acres to plan and cultivate artificial herbal medicines. After all, martial arts schools use a lot of medicines.

Originally, Li Mu didn't dare to cultivate it for fear of being remembered, but Li Erzhuang laughed loudly and told Li Mu to go ahead. First, the larger warrior families would cultivate some herbs themselves, so they were not afraid of being the first to be scorpion-pooped. Thinking about it.

The second is that Li Erzhuang broke through to the first-class martial arts level three years ago and is known as the best swordsman among the younger generation in Chengyang County.

There is no thief who would have the guts to come to the Li family and act recklessly. Moreover, the then Magistrate Zhao and the current Magistrate Zhao still have some connections with the Li family. Everyone with some status in Chengyang County knows that.

The first thing Li Erzhuang did after his breakthrough was to take Bai Jiao to the Bai family in the south and tell his stubborn father-in-law the good news.

Sure enough, when his father-in-law saw that Li Erzhuang was a first-rate master, he immediately agreed to their marriage.

Even my uncle became friendly and cheerful.

……

"Brother, do you think this ginseng can be successfully cultivated?"

"Of course you can pull it. If you plant one ginseng per level, you can probably cultivate three-year-old ginseng."

In the 50-acre medicine garden enclosed by the Li family's fence, Li Mu patiently answered the questions of his second brother Li Tieniu.

Currently, the Li family's 30 acres of grain and 50 acres of medicine fields are mainly managed by Li Youliang and Li Dazhuang. They are mainly responsible for commanding more than a dozen long-term workers, working with three scalpers, and two black dogs to keep watch.

Li Mu set aside an acre of land to cultivate usable medicinal herbs. Once cultivated, he would immediately expand production.

Five types of medicinal materials have been cultivated. Although they are all annuals, they are more profitable than growing grain.

For example, one acre of tax-free grain can earn seven to eight hundred taels of silver a year, not counting labor, while one acre of medicinal herbs can earn about 10 taels of silver.

Although the manpower is much more, the wages are low. If only one strong laborer is responsible for food and housing, he will be thanked for three hundred kilograms of grain a year.

Li Mu then recruited the family members of the long-term workers to do chores such as cooking, cleaning, and weeding. Throughout the year, each long-term worker's family could still receive five hundred kilograms of grain. They were all very happy.

Now, Li Mu is cultivating three-year-old ginseng in the field. It seems that there is basically no major problem. Maybe he can expand the scale next year.

Herbal medicines generally depend on their age. The older the age, the better the medicinal properties. For example, one artificially cultivated one-year ginseng is worth about 100 yuan, three-year-old ginseng is worth five or six hundred yuan, five-year-old is worth three taels of silver, and ten-year-old ginseng is worth 300 yuan. Thirty taels of silver. The higher the vintage, the more expensive the price.

As for century-old ginseng, thousand-year-old ginseng cannot be cultivated artificially. We can only meet by chance in the mountains.

Moreover, the general medicinal properties of artificial cultivation are 30 to 40% lower than those of wild ones. But there are so few that can't stand the wild ones, so artificially cultivated ones have a market.

Just like the Li family's medicinal herbs, part of them are used by themselves, part of them are sold to pharmacies in the town, and most of the rest are sold to medicinal material merchants in the county.

"Young Master, the disciples from the martial arts school are looking for you."

Li Mu, who was serving ginseng, suddenly heard a long-term worker calling him.

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

Li Mu washed his hands in the newly built residential area of ​​Yaotian and asked Li Tieniu to go home. Then he went to the martial arts gym and saw a fifteen-year-old boy coming up to him.

"Elder brother, we agreed to go horse riding today, but you didn't come. Everyone was impatient."

"Okay, let's go now."

When the Li family got rich last year, they bought more than twenty horses specifically for daily training of disciples and for riding outside.

They are all teenagers, and they cherish every ride.

No, when January came to be a three-day holiday, several disciples didn't want to go home, so they pestered Li Mu to take them to ride horses, and Li Mu agreed.

"Da da da~"

"Wang Er, are you about to break through to the third-rate warrior level now?"

Riding on the riverside of Xiaohe Village, Li Mu saw Wang Er, who was not good at words, and asked.

"Hehe, yes, senior brother."

The young man said with a smile.

This young man is the only eighth-grade talented disciple in the martial arts school. His family is a farmer, and he only has the training resources after signing a contract with the martial arts school.

"Well, my second uncle is very optimistic about you and said that he will teach you internal skills next month."

"Ah, did the master really say that?"

"Can I still lie to you?"

After speaking, Li Mu took the lead on horseback.

A group of boys and girls began to ride horses by the river to enjoy the flowers and have fun.

I heard from Li Erzhuang that third-rate warriors are all considered to have external skills, and those who want to break through the third-rate can only use internal skills and mental skills.

However, only when the external skills have been practiced to a certain level, even if you are not at the peak of martial arts, will you have a trace of internal strength. Only then can you practice the internal skills and mental methods.

"Elder brother, do you see what's going on there?"

Suddenly, a female disciple pointed to the mountain in the distance and said.

"Oh, there is smoke, let's go take a look."

A group of seven or eight people galloped towards the mountain with their horses and whips raised.

"Hey, here's a bunch of little dolls."

The two black-faced men who were roasting rabbit meat said when they saw Li Mu and others who had reached the foot of the mountain.

"Brother, do you want~"

One of the big men made a neck-wiping gesture to the other.

"There's no rush, we'll see what happens later."

"Good."

……

Li Mu and Wang Er took the lead and walked at the front. They dismounted and asked other disciples to watch their horses. Li Mu and Wang Er continued to walk towards the fire.

"Who's lighting a fire here?"

Before Pastor Li arrived, the sound came first.

Li Mu occasionally came to look for medicinal herbs in this small mountain. In order to get medicinal herbs, Li Mu asked the village chief to tell the villagers not to start a fire, for fear of burning the mountain.

"Hey, kid, it's your eldest grandpa and I who had a fight with your second grandpa."

Suddenly, two big men rushed down, guarding Li Mu on the left and right in the middle.

"I'll go, at least a third-rate warrior."

Li Mu looked at this skill and roughly judged the opponent's strength.

"Two good men, don't know what they are doing around our brothers?"

When Li Mu saw that he couldn't beat him, he immediately changed his face to a smile.

"Hehe, it's okay. I just look at the clothes you're wearing. I guess you're a young master from a wealthy family."

One of the big men chuckled and said a little excitedly.

"Well, you guys, if you have anything to say, please talk to me. Anyone who comes here is a guest. Why don't you go back to my house and I'll prepare a table of wine and food for you two guys?"

Li Mu saw the malicious looks in the two big men's eyes and felt that they did not look like good people, so he quickly advised them.

He tried to trick Li Erzhuang into going home to deal with these two black-faced men.

"Elder brother, these two people must be thieves. I will block them while you go find the master."

Wang Er said to Li Mu firmly.

"..."

Li Mu wanted to scold his mother.

"Oh, and Master, little doll, we actually don't have any ill intentions."

"I'm just short of money lately, so I want to borrow some money to spend."

"You go back and find someone to prepare a hundred taels of silver. This slippery boy can stay with us."