Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

When Gu Ding woke up, his body was stretched again. Judging from his height, he was no different from an ordinary 17-year-old boy, even taller than the average height.

But the twitching was too fast, causing Gu Ding's bones to ache all over his body, and he also had cramps from time to time.

Moreover, all the small muscles that had been cultivated were all pumped out, and the whole person was really skinny.

Tang Bo felt hard-hearted, and felt a little distressed when he saw Gu Ding like this. He thought he was good at raising children. Gu Ding also raised him healthy and lively in the past five or six years. Except for not growing up, everything else was fine.Now the child has turned into a famine refugee with a single stroke.

Gu Ding stretched his limbs carelessly, and asked Tang Bo to rub his arms and legs for him with a shameless face, and he couldn't stop humming.

Tang Bo indulged the boy a little bit, at least he was a child raised by himself.Children are willing to act like a baby, which is also a kind of trust and dependence on adults.

Gu Ding looked at Tang Bo with bright eyes. He used to think that Tang Bo was different from other people, and now he thinks of him even better.

"I want to drink big bone soup, and I want to make it snow white."

"Ah."

"I want to eat elbow, braised in soy sauce, stewed rotten."

Bailuling has already started to raise pigs. The young wild boars caught from the mountains are being fed while looking for ones that are fatter and easy to gain weight. This is how they are selected and bred from generation to generation. Since last year, in order to improve the taste of pork, piglets have been steered.

When piglets that have been hoarded grow up, pork has no fishy smell and is more popular than meat from cattle, horses, sheep, mules and donkeys, but the amount is still relatively small and cannot be eaten openly.

Even Gu Ding has only eaten stewed elbow twice, and each time he can eat two big elbows in one go without getting tired.

Tang Bo once used [Delicious] and randomly picked out a rock sugar elbow. Gu Ding caught it.

Gu Ding then made a bunch of reasonable and unreasonable demands, and Tang Bo agreed to some and returned some.

Gu Ding was so happy that he rolled around on the bed, he just liked Tang Bo's intimacy with him.

Tang Bo picked up the pillow and patted the boy's buttocks, "Don't get lost, let me ask you, is that demon still honest?"

Gu Ding grabbed the pillow and hugged him, showing his eyes, and said shyly: "It's pretty honest. Didn't you see it too?"

Gu Ding already knew that those little crabs were transformed by Tang Bo's soul power.

The demon soul was not eliminated, but was imprisoned.

Just like Tang Bo and Xiaotian can only drive it out together, for Gu Ding, the demon soul is a much stronger existence than his real soul. Without Tang Bo's help, he would be killed by the demon [-]% of the time. Soul devouring, even if there is still a little consciousness left, it will become a part of the demon soul.

Now whether it is Gu Ding or Tang Bo, they can't directly kill and devour the demon soul, they can only lock it up and kill it a little bit.

The devil soul suddenly discussed with Gu Ding, expressing his willingness to leave Gu Ding, and completely return his third eye, which is the demon seed, to him.

"What do you think?" Gu Ding asked Tang Bo for his opinion.

Tang Bo said without hesitation: "Don't pay attention to him. It is in your soul sea now, and the third eye has also come to you. Even if it can control some of your demon seeds, but not all of them, you also have the right to use them. On the contrary, if we let it go, there will be endless troubles."

They can trap the demon soul in Gu Ding's soul sea now, but it doesn't mean they can do it in the future.If you let the demon souls go, there is no doubt that the demon souls will definitely turn around and take revenge on them when they become stronger.

Although the demon soul swore that it would never come to them again, both of them didn't believe it, and they didn't want to gamble on the demon soul's conscience.

The demon soul can pretend to be a system this time, and God knows what it will turn into to deceive them next time.

The demon soul was extremely angry, and the way these two bastards spent it was to eat those crabs and those weeds, as long as they touched it, they would desperately tear off a part of the soul power from it, no matter how much, just a little bit.Although not much was torn off each time, time and time again, no matter how much soul power it had, it couldn't withstand such consumption.

The demon soul wanted to try its best to break out of the soul power cage that Gu Ding and Tang Bo made together, but Tang Bo's soul power restrained it very much, and the burning blue flame made it very painful.

"I need more demon seeds and blood essence." Gu Ding stopped rolling, and started talking about business?

Tang Bo raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure you won't have diarrhea?"

Gu Ding said with certainty and confidence: "No." He also found his own way in the fight with the demon soul.

His demon seed was originally supposed to be of the wood type, but after being devoured by the demon soul, it mutated and became bloodthirsty and soul-thirsty.

And the monsters he devoured from the Golden Ax tended to be auxiliary boosters, which was also an important reason why the magic puppets made by the Golden Ax were particularly effective.

He fused the two monsters, and now the two monsters are still in the state of fusion, but it has already affected Gu Ding's ability.

"The ability of the new magic seed is a bit complicated. I can only feel it, but I can't explain it clearly. If I insist on it, it is... the roots of plants can absorb all kinds of dirty things as fertilizers, and they can even turn poisonous and barren things into fertilizers. Improve the land, I can now devour all kinds of blood essence, no matter what they are originally, I don’t need to purify them, I can absorb them directly, and those things that are harmful to others seem to have a lot of harm to me benefit."

Gu Ding paused, and said again: "If you need, I can also feed back the purest soul power to you."

Tang Bo wasn't surprised at all, he just smiled and said, "So you want to perform the beheading mission?"

Gu Ding smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will be careful, and I won't be caught. If I am really caught, I will say loudly that I am a nobleman and let you redeem me."

"Don't underestimate the people of the world. Those lords, including themselves, may have a few hidden gods. There are also those who slaughter demons." Tang Bo was still worried, secretly thinking about giving Gu Ding more Some magical weapons.

Gu Ding turned over and said, "Take it as exercise. I need growth and nourishment, and you and Bailuling need time to develop. You can also do the task of beheading, but as the lord of Bailuling, you always You can’t be away from home all the time. If you still don’t feel at ease, let Mountain Hunting and I have the illusion created by him, even if we can’t succeed every time, we should be fine if we want to escape.”

Tang Bo originally planned to ask Shan Lie to assist Gu Ding in the task, so he immediately called Shan Lie over.

Half a month later, Gu Ding, whose body and soul were relatively stable, quietly left Bailuling.When he left, he carried a list with him.

This list is a list of lords and nobles who are cruel to the people and even inhumane, compiled by Tang Bo based on the information he collected together with Gu Ding and others.

When Gu Ding left, the tax officer sent by Luma City came. This time the tax officer was no longer a random person, but the deputy of the Minister of Taxation of Luma City. His title was also two levels higher than Tang Bo. He was a hereditary The second-class earl is welcomed by a famous car.

Che Ying's ancestor was the coachman of the first generation of Luma Grand Duke. Because he had protected the Luma Grand Duke many times and had certain military capabilities, he got the right to lead the army and was given the surname Che by the first generation of Luma Grand Duke.

The Che family has always been loyal to the Grand Duke of Lvma in their seats. They never stand in advance, and they behave very low-key in the Principality. They will do whatever positions the Grand Duke assigns them, and they are not greedy for military power.

So don't think that Che Ying is just the deputy of the Minister of Taxation. In fact, he is the real confidant of Duke Luma, the assistant and supervisor sent by Duke Luma to the Minister of Taxation.

The Duke of Luma can send this person here, and it can be seen how much he attaches importance to the report from the tax officer of Sita County - all changes in Bailuling, including papermaking, are very likely to be related to the neighboring country Lanji Principality related.

In other words, Che Ying is not only here to collect taxes, he is also here to investigate whether Bailuling is suspected of colluding with neighboring countries to betray the Luma Principality.

For this reason, Che Ying this time not only brought hundreds of soldiers to escort the autumn tax grain and grass, he brought an army of more than 3000 people.

Of course, the army will not go with him, but will follow.

If Che Ying didn't find anything, and the lord of the White Deer Lord was more sensible, then these three thousand soldiers were just food escorts.If Che Ying finds out anything, or if Tang Bo is ignorant, then these three thousand soldiers will become the executioners of Bailuling.

In addition to the three thousand soldiers, Che Ying also greeted the Princess of Three Towers and the nearby Princess of Four Towers, asking them to give support when necessary.The two princesses all agreed very readily, and they even offered to send someone to help now.

How could Che Ying not know what the two princesses were thinking, but they just wanted to take the opportunity to get a share.But papermaking is very important. Before Che Ying found out the details of Bailuling, he didn't intend to lure wolves into the house in advance, so he declined the "kindness" of the two princesses.

With such confidence, when Che Ying came to Bailuling, he put on a big air.

Tang Ze, the former lord of the White Deer Lord, came out to welcome Che Ying and others into Sanshu City.

But Che Ying saw the tall and majestic city wall not far away, out of caution, he declined Tang Ze's invitation, expressing that he would directly enter Bailuling instead of Sanshuling.

Che Ying also pretended to be casual and asked Tang Ze why he lived in Sanshu City as a white deer leader.

Tang Ze said with a drunken expression on his face: "Of course, Sanshu City is comfortable to live in, so I live here. The White Deer collar is too barren. Don't be afraid of your jokes. My lord's mansion is not as comfortable as the hotel here. .”

Che Ying still refused to enter the Sanshu collar, saying that someone else would collect the taxes of the Sanshu collar, and made it clear that he came this time to discuss with the lord of the White Deer collar the tax amount in the future and the method of making paper.

Tang Ze laughed and laughed, holding these big shots from Luma City, he scolded all these officials big and small in his stomach.

His son is a bastard who took away his lordship, but the good life that he is so comfortable now without him worrying about anything is also given by his son.

His son managed to get a lucrative business, and he hadn't made much money yet, so Luma City came rushing to snatch it, and there were wave after wave.

What they robbed was not his son's money, but his!

But what did Tang Ze say?He immediately said in a big way: "It turns out that it is paper-making technology. It's a crap thing that slaves can make. I will ask my son to dedicate it to the Grand Duke tomorrow."

Che Ying and his party all paid attention to the former Lord of the White Deer Territory, and everyone was thinking: Is this a big talk, or is papermaking really so easy to get?Then what's the point of them engaging in such a big battle?

Tang Ze said nonchalantly, "There's no rush to do that. I'll have someone call the foreman later, and you can ask whatever you want. But the foreman is staying in Bailuling, and it won't be until tomorrow. Ladies and gentlemen, you If you rush to Bailuling now, you can only sleep at the foot of the mountain at night, why not go to Three Tree City with me, live in a comfortable hotel, drink good wine, eat fresh barbecue and bread, and be happy with a beautiful girl in your arms How nice? They're all there anyway, and they can't escape."

Not to mention the bad road conditions, even if there are asphalt roads and expressways in modern times, long-distance travel is still very hard.

What's more, it's not just that the road conditions here are not good, there are no roads in many places, and they have to be opened manually while walking.Along the way, insects, ants, snakes and beasts are not easy to provoke.When it rains, the wheels sink into the mud.Even if the weather is good, the uneven wild road will also make your soul go out of your body.

Moreover, it took a long time to come all the way from Luma City, and with the order of the Duke of Luma, they did not dare to stay longer when they passed through other territories. Everyone is quite tired.

Although Che Ying really wanted to rush to Bailuling immediately, he couldn't ignore the expectations and fatigue of his subordinates.

Especially the latter, if there is really a problem with the White Hart Lord, it is also very important for his subordinates to rest and recover their combat effectiveness now.

But... Looking at the majestic and towering city wall, Che Ying really didn't want to go in, he was afraid it was Bailuling's conspiracy.

Tang Ze suddenly laughed, "This is the Sanshu Territory, which is the site of the Gu family. Don't look at the young lord who succeeded to the throne, but he is much smarter than my son. In the past, Sanshu City was surrounded by an earthen wall. The city walls are all for it. The changes now are made by the little lord Gu, I heard that he and someone from Luma City seem to..."

Anyone who sees Tang Ze's expression understands it.

A subordinate approached Che Ying and whispered to him: "The Three Trees Territory is the closest to the White Deer Territory. If we want to rest, this is the best choice."

"What is the relationship between the lord here and Luma City?" Che Ying also asked in a low voice.He had never heard the rumors about Gu Ding.

Someone who had been to the Three Trees before stood up and replied with a strange expression: "Hey, we have heard some local rumors, but we don't know if it is true or not. It is said that the current Lord of the Three Trees, Gu Ding, was born prematurely. And The only thing we can be sure of is that the mother of this little ancient lord is named Ma, and she is the younger sister of the Earl of Ma Lin."

"Ma Ai?" Che Ying said Gu Ding's mother's name in one breath.

The subordinate nodded silently.

Che Ying took a deep breath. He didn't know the relationship between the lord of the Three Trees and Luma City, but how could he not be aware of the ambiguity between Ma Ai and Luma Duke and his son?

The daughter of the Ma family who was sent away suddenly, plus the premature baby...

Something is already on the horizon.

"Then go to Sanshu City and rest." Che Ying was a little relieved. He even guessed that Sanshu City could have such a towering city wall, and after the death of the previous generation of lords, the young lord could still develop so well. Maybe someone from those two made a secret move.

Gu Ding, who was far away from Sanshu's collar, sneezed several times.

But Tang Bo was not in Bailuling at this time, he was busy in the primeval forest to the east.Here is the second agricultural area and hunting area that he plans to develop, including important docks.

He put all the more than 1 disaster victims he brought back here, and provided them with food and tools—not free, but in exchange for labor.Then divide them into groups, and then bring out the technical personnel inside, divide them into hundreds of camps in groups of ten, and let them build houses for themselves.

There is already a temporary large warehouse built when the previous personnel came here, which can be used as a warehouse or as a temporary housing.

These warehouses are all made of cement and stone bricks with a small amount of wood, and the appearance is very strong. A large warehouse can accommodate about 500 people.Although there are many problems due to the large number of people, it is also warm to live in in winter. Anyway, it is temporary, and everyone can accept it.

I heard that working can not only earn work points, but also build houses for themselves and cultivate fields. Most of the disaster victims can't wait to get into work, and there are very few lazy people, even children. They are all doing what they can.

The lord said that the work points are their performance points, the more they do, the better and the higher the work points.

And there will be an award at the end of each month. Those with the highest work points and special contributions, the top three can get very good rewards, such as getting a house for free and selecting fields in advance.

More than 1 people may seem like a lot, but excluding the old and weak women and children who are not very able to work, there are only less than 5000 young men and women who can really work.

Tang Bo didn't have high demands on them, as long as they could push the primeval forest to about [-] mu of land before winter came.

Building a house and clearing the fields must wait until the spring of next year. Before that, we can only cut down trees and weeds.

Tang Bo also considered burning it with a fire, which would be the fastest.But autumn is dry and the area is large, and the fire is hard to control. Once it is not well controlled, it is not a matter of burning the entire virgin forest, so we can only use people to open up wasteland a little bit.

Slow, but safe, and cut down trees, dug up weeds, collected herbs, hunted animals, etc., are all valuable resources.

It's autumn again, and there are many wild fruit trees in the primeval jungle. Some Tang Bo can recognize some, but some he can't. However, with the help of Gu Ding and Yan Ren, they still found many kinds of edible fruits. Includes dried fruits like pine nuts and chestnuts.

Tang Bo also found bamboo-like plants in the primeval jungle. These plants have the same appearance as bamboos, with joints and hollows inside. A single bamboo root can grow into a piece, but these bamboos can grow fruit every year. When the fruit is produced, the taste of the fruit is more like fruit, the size of a fist, and the appearance is green like red snake fruit, with the unique fragrance of bamboo, full of water, not too sweet.

Bamboo is very useful, and Tang Bo doesn't care what the locals call it, just call it fruit bamboo.

The fruit of the fruit bamboo also brought even greater surprises to Tang Bo. It can be eaten as a fruit when it is fresh, and it can be dried and ground into powder, and a certain amount of flour can be added to make the mouthfeel very delicate and with a light sweet taste. , Special flour with bamboo fragrance.

The pasta food made from this kind of flour has an excellent taste, and the color is particularly beautiful, which is a light green color.

Tang Bo named this flour Bizhufen, intending to use this flour as a new specialty of Bailuling.

"Lord, the tax officials from Luma City have arrived outside Sanshuling City." The housekeeper asked Jia Dou to send the latest news.

Tang Bo is tasting freshly baked chestnuts. Although the grains are a little smaller, the taste is similar to earth chestnuts, but a little dry.

"It's all set up?" Tang Bo grabbed a handful of warm chestnuts and handed them to Jia Dou.

Jia Dou was overwhelmed by the flattery, and kept nodding while holding the chestnuts: "Uncle Bafu has made arrangements."

Tang Bo smiled slightly, clapped his hands and said, "Well, let them hang out first. They can't help but send someone to 'sneak into the white deer collar' to see 'what the real white deer collar looks like', lest we Take the initiative to take them there, they thought it was fake."