This side effect is awesome

There are more than 100 tenants relying on Chaoyun Farm for livelihood, and the total number exceeds 1000. Song Ankang is the owner of the farm here, and he can manage everything in the farm in theory.

Its power is far greater than that of the general managers and chairman of those companies on earth, and it can basically decide the fate of everyone in the farm.

However, because he is a newcomer, most of the people in Chaoyun Grange are not convinced by him, especially those high-level people in the farm. Some high-level people are also related to some powerful people in the Tang family, so it is a bit troublesome to manage.

Liu Yuanqing is one of the representatives. He is in charge of the warehouse and has a lot of power in Chaoyun Grange. He can basically be ranked in the top five. No wonder he dared to refute Qiu Shi and Song Ankang's face.

The food grown in the farm is mainly a strange plant called red wheat, which is somewhat similar to the wheat on the earth. Each tree is the size of a small tree, and it is covered with red wheat fruits.

Now the wheat fruit is not yet ripe, one is only the size of an apricot, and when it is mature, it will be about the size of an adult's fist. The energy contained in it is quite considerable, and one can fill an adult.

There are many farmers catching insects in the field at the moment, and those are farmers of Chaoyun Farm, relying on Chaoyun Farm for their livelihood.

While busy with farm work, some discussions reached the ears of Song Ankang and Qiu Shi.

Chapter 006 Earthworms Drive Me Forward

"The weather this year is not good. It has been dry for several months. If it continues like this, I'm afraid there won't be much harvest. Life is sad."

"We are better. We pay a lot less tax. People outside the farm are miserable. The drier the weather, the more bugs. I don't know what's going on."

"I just changed the new owner this month. It is said that I don't know any farm work. I have never grown food or medicinal materials. I just eat rice and can't help us solve our problems."

"In winter, I'm afraid many people will die again. I hope the new owner will not exploit too much. He will always leave us something to eat, so as not to starve to death, alas."

……

Hearing these discussions, Song Ankang fell silent, and Qiu Shi next to him was a little annoyed: "These people are really too much, and they gossip behind their backs, let's see if I don't deal with them."

"Don't worry about it, they're telling the truth." Song Ankang stopped Qiu Shi, and the good mood just now faded a lot.

Originally, with Song Ankang's status, when he heard these tenants gossip, he could slap them, or even whip them, but others would not say anything.

However, Song Ankang, who has just traveled from modern times, is not used to doing this kind of thing, and there are too many employees gossiping behind the earth, and I have never seen a boss who slaps and whips employees because of gossip. Ankang did it too, so he didn't deal with them.

The tax of Chaoyun Grange is not heavy. If it is a normal year, after paying the tax, the Grange can still have about [-]% of the grain and about [-]% of the medicinal materials.

Among them, [-]% of the medicinal materials and half of the grain belong to the owner, who can decide where to go at will, and the remaining [-]% is the harvest of the farmers.

It seems to be quite ruthless, but you must know that outside the farm, even in normal years, the villagers have to pay more than [-]% of the tax, and only [-]% belongs to themselves.

However, the share of Chaoyun Farm can reach [-]%, which is far more than that of the villagers outside. Naturally, many people flock to become tenants of Chaoyun Farm.

But this year's severe drought has greatly affected both food and medicinal materials, but the tax will basically not be reduced, and may even increase. This means that more of Chaoyun Farm's share will be taken by the Tang family. Walk.

In this case, not to mention [-]% of the food and [-]% of the medicinal materials, I am afraid that even half of it can be left, or even less.

Even so, Song Ankang, as the owner of the estate, has to share a lot of profits, and the rest will belong to the tenants. There will definitely be very little left, and it will be difficult to survive.

But even in this case, not too many people think it is too much, and basically no one thinks it is too much.

Because these taxes were not handed over to the Tang family, nor were they embezzled and put into personal pockets, but most of them were shipped to the front line.

As I said before, there are thousands of races in the Xuanhuang Great World, among which the human race is just an inconspicuous lower third-rank clan, occupying an area of ​​only one state, surrounded by many races, many of which are far superior to the human race.

Two of these races have been at war with the human race for many years, one is the mermaid race and the other is the angel race. There are demons and ghosts in the human race, and the situation is precarious. Of course, the biggest danger comes from the front line.

Regardless of whether it is the Celestial-human front or the Mermaid front, as long as one of them falls, the human race is not far from extinction.

In order to be able to hold these two fronts, the entire human race is saving money to support the frontline soldiers. It doesn't matter if you are hungry, it's better than dying.

The soldiers on the front line are fighting desperately for them. Isn't it reasonable for them to contribute more taxes?

So no matter how much tax the country collects, basically no people will object to it, because everyone knows in their hearts that this is for the frontline soldiers and themselves.

Song Ankang once again experienced the difficulty of the human race in the Xuanhuang Great World, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are walking on a tightrope.

Sighing, the mind that had just relaxed became tense again, and was about to go back to practice, when he heard exclamations from the wall of the village.

"Run, you'll be safe when you get back to the village. There are Qinggang stone slabs in many places in the village. Standing on them is not too dangerous."

"Don't look back, the earthworm is right behind you, you have to run past it, Shanwa."

"Help, come and save me!"

……

Song Ankang's expression changed, and he ran towards the wall of the village. There were already many people standing on the wall of the village. Seeing Song Ankang approaching, these people gave way to Song Ankang.

Song Ankang quickly came to the wall of the village and saw the situation outside.

Outside Chaoyun Farm is a large area of ​​woods and grassland, which cannot grow food and medicinal materials. It needs years of reclamation before it can be used slowly.

There are fierce beasts in the woods, so Chaoyun Farm built a wall to resist some small and medium-sized beasts and protect the safety of the tenants.

At this moment, on the grassland to the north of the farm, there was a farm tenant wearing rough linen clothes running away frantically, and behind him there was a raised earth line chasing him.

If the original owner's memory is correct, it should be an earthworm, a ferocious beast whose strength is comparable to that of a second-tier internal martial artist. It is active in the red leaf forest around the farm, and occasionally feeds on humans.

Apparently, this tenant named Shanwa was spotted by an earthworm when he was outside and wanted to eat him, so he ran desperately to the vicinity of the farm.

Although there were many people shouting on the wall, none of them dared to go down, because going down was basically courting death.

At this moment, the strongest person in Chaoyun Grange is only four levels of external training, which is more than two realms behind Earthworm, and the gap from external training to internal training is even greater.

Not to mention that when the earthworm is hiding in the soil, even warriors who surpass internal training can't do anything to it, so no one dares to go down to save people.

"puff……"

Just when Shanwa was tens of meters away from the wall of the village, the earth line that was chasing him suddenly accelerated under him, and then a gray-black bald earthworm that was as thick as a bucket and three meters long rushed out. The ground swallowed him in one gulp, and then quickly disappeared into the ground.

If there is no accident, it is impossible for this tenant named Shanwa to survive.

There was a dead silence all around, and crying sounded after a while, it was Shanwa's relatives and friends.

"It's only a little short. If Shanwa was faster, he would be able to escape to the Zhuangzi. There is a green stone road in the Zhuangzi, and the earthworms can't walk through it."

"It's a pity. Shanwa is the first time to leave the village in the past few months. She originally wanted to get some wild vegetables for the family, but she never thought that she would never come back."

"If the harvest is good, who wants to go out and take risks? Seeing that the weather is getting more and more dry, I don't know how much we can harvest this year. I hope the owner of the farm can reduce the profit and let us live."

"The owner of the farm is raising people. There are many adults in charge of Chaoyun Farm, and they also have to live."

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About [-]% of the medicinal materials and about half of the food that Chaoyun Farm can obtain in a normal year do not belong to the owner. After all, as the owner of Chaoyun Farm, he is also responsible for the monthly salaries of many staff in the farm.

Now Song Ankang's monthly salary is saved from last year's bumper harvest. If this year's harvest is not good, neither Song Ankang nor the management staff of Chaoyun Grange will be able to live comfortably next year.

Sighing, Song Ankang sent someone to deal with the Shanwa's affairs. In fact, there was nothing to deal with. Even the people were swallowed whole. There was basically no need for coffins and cemeteries. In the Clothes Tomb, bury some of his clothes during his lifetime.

Taking Qiushi back to the residence, he heard a knock on the door outside: "Master, I'm back!"

"It's Instructor Jiang. Instructor Jiang is finally back." Hearing the voice outside, Qiu Shi, who was a little listless, immediately regained his energy and walked quickly towards the gate of the courtyard.

Chapter 007 The Correct Practice of the Boy's Magic

Coach Jiang, formerly known as Jiang Yunhe, is Song Ankang's cheap wife Tang Yelan, and also a guard specially arranged for him by the acting head of the Tang family. His strength has reached the level of internal training.

The specific step of the internal training has been reached, Song Ankang is still uncertain, but it is certain that he is very strong, and he can be called Chaoyun Tianzhuang No.1.

It is said that Jiang Yunhe was stronger in the past, but because of an accident, his strength plummeted, leaving only the cultivation base of the inner realm.

Even so, with his rich combat experience and skills, Jiang Yunhe has become the martial arts instructor of many guards of the Tang family. If Tang Yelan hadn't asked him personally, Jiang Yunhe would not have come to Chaoyun Farm to protect Song Ankang.

It can also be seen from this that Tang Yelan is really good to the original owner, and this cheap wife still cares about him very much.

With Jiang Yunhe's protection, Song Ankang basically didn't have to worry about safety in Chaoyun Grange.

However, two days ago, the original owner asked him to go to the capital to bring him some exercise books in order to secretly learn the Seven Scars Demon Sutra and avoid being discovered by Jiang Yunhe.

It happened that Jiang Yunhe also wanted to go home to deal with some matters, so he left for two days and only came back now.

"My lord, these are all the classics of exercises, basically of the eighth grade or above, and some related to food and medicinal materials, which will be very helpful for you to deal with the affairs of the farm in the future."

Jiang Yunhe, in gray clothes and gray trousers, was tall and burly, with a square face and big eyes. Looking at them gave people a sense of honesty and stability. He smiled and put a large bag full of classics in front of Song Ankang.

Song Ankang said: "Teacher Jiang has worked hard, you must be tired from traveling back and forth, Guoguo, hurry up and prepare some meals."

"okay."

Qiu Shi smiled sweetly, and went to prepare food and drink for Jiang Yunhe. Before leaving, he did not forget to glance at some idle books mixed in the classics, such as the story about a master who slays demons and eliminates demons to help humanity, such as Miss Dahu and ordinary people. Qiushi likes to read these love stories among ordinary people. When Jiang Yunhe returned to the capital, Qiushi specially asked him to buy a few copies.

When Qiushi left, Jiang Yunhe sized up Song Ankang in surprise: "Young master's body has become much stronger, could it be... Could it be that he has started cultivation?"

"In the past two days, I have suffered a little injury. When I was lying on the bed, I fell into an epiphany for no reason. I actually found a path that suits me, so I have made some progress in my practice." Song Ankang smiled, explaining his abnormality.

Song Ankang didn't think about being able to hide it from other people. After all, no matter whether it was external exercise or internal exercise, once he stepped into a certain realm, his body would be abnormal.

Unless Song Ankang wraps his body tightly, something will inevitably be exposed.

Although it is impossible to completely hide it, it is still possible to conceal the progress. Later, Song Ankang plans to practice some secret techniques of concealment to cover up his own improvement speed, otherwise it will be too exaggerated.

And people always have some cards.

Jiang Yunhe suddenly said: "Enlightenment is rare, and I only encountered it once in my life. Unfortunately, I didn't seize the opportunity and almost wasted a great opportunity. I really congratulate you."

Song Ankang smiled slightly, and began to look through the classics in front of him, and soon his eyes fell on a skill that could only be practiced in the great realm of Qi refining.

Boy magic!

This is also a seventh-rank upper-class magical skill, with extremely impressive power. Although it is a righteous way, if it is not cultivated properly, it has side effects far exceeding that of magic skills.

As the name suggests, the so-called boy's magic skill can only be practiced in the state of a boy, that is, the state of not breaking the body.

People who have not broken their bodies can progress extremely fast when practicing the boy's magic skill. Even if their talents are not good, the speed of improvement is also very fast.

Moreover, the boy who has been cultivated through the boy's magical power is extremely powerful and powerful, and his power is extremely amazing. He can effectively deal with most demons and ghosts and ensure his own safety.

There are many benefits to practicing the boy's magic skill, but you can't break your body for a lifetime. Once you break your body, your skill will plummet, your true energy will change, your foundation will be destroyed, and you will fall from the great realm of qi refining.

This kind of side effect is far more than most magic skills, so those who want to pass on their families will basically not choose this technique, even though there are many benefits to practicing boy magic.

However, Song Ankang possessed the Book of Fate-Defying Heaven, which could effectively absorb the side effects and turn them into benefits. The more terrifying the side effects, the greater the benefits after absorbing them.

When you step into the realm of Qi refining, you can practice the boy's magic skill, but before that, you have to think about the target of breaking your body.

Thinking of this, Qiu Shi's figure inexplicably appeared in Song Ankang's mind, and immediately shook his head, "It's not too late, you can't do this kind of thing, although he will be fine if he does it, but the harmonious beast will kill the author .

Not to mention Tang Mingyue, although Tang Yelan is a cheap wife, but she also has amazing resistance, who should I turn to?

Song Ankang frowned, stopped thinking about it, and began to look through other classics, and soon his eyes fell on another seventh-rank upper-class magical technique.

Hidden Heaven and Earth Technique!

One of the most powerful hiding secrets of the human race is also one of the most useful hiding secrets. It is said to be able to hide shape, energy, and spirit... all three are hidden, and it can also disguise and change.

The power is very good, the only side effect is that it is easy to damage the energy and spirit after practice, affecting its effect, which belongs to the semi-magic secret technique.

In addition, this is just a secret technique of hiding, and the human race has more than one kind of secret technique of hiding, so there are very few people who practice it.

Song Ankang silently wrote down the names of the Boy's Divine Art and the Cangtian Nadishu, preparing for the follow-up practice, and then went to read other exercise books.

In the Xuanhuang Great World, skills and secret skills are mainly divided into nine grades of ordinary skills/ordinary skills, eighth grade spiritual skills/spiritual skills, seventh grade magic skills/magic skills, etc., and each major level is divided into upper, middle and lower three levels. Wait.

Because the power and strength of the human race are limited, the strongest secret skills created so far are the magical skills and skills of the seventh rank. I haven't heard of any secret skills that surpass the seventh rank or above.

Therefore, Song Ankang's strongest secret skills are those of the seventh-rank superior level, and it is not difficult to obtain them. In other words, it is not difficult for any human race to obtain the magical secret skills of the seventh rank.

There is no other reason, the human race is in a difficult situation, precarious, and they don't know when they will perish, so how can they play any tricks of self-preservation.

Therefore, it is not difficult for Song Ankang to obtain the secret skills of exercises in Xia Kingdom, even the highest level of skills of the human race.

Before that, the original owner had memorized a lot of seventh-rank magical skills and skills, and specially selected a seventh-rank superior magic skill and seven-injury boxing sutra to practice.

At this time, Qiushi prepared the meals and brought them over, and specially prepared medicinal meals for Song Ankang, serving him to eat.

"Uncle, this is the last ginseng plant, it will be gone after eating, Liu Yuanqing is too stingy."

"Now Coach Jiang is back, let's clean him up after dinner and let him hand over the ginseng honestly."

"Teacher Jiang, you don't know. I've been dead for the past two days. My uncle was knocked out by the brocade goose because of his weakness. I just wanted to get some medicinal materials for my uncle to make up his body. But Liu Yuanqing made excuses in every possible way. It's really too much." Too much."

"I didn't ask too much. These medicinal materials are all within my uncle's monthly salary. In the end, Liu Yuanqing still refused to give them. My uncle and I couldn't beat him, so we could only suffer."

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While serving Song Ankang, Qiu Shi kept talking with a small mouth, with his willow eyebrows upside down, which was quite cute, but he just brought up Song Ankang's sad story again.

Hearing that Song Ankang was injured by the golden-haired goose, Jiang Yunhe was also a little speechless. Some understood why Song Ankang made rapid progress and fell into an epiphany, probably forced by the golden-haired goose.

This is also a blessing in disguise.

For Liu Yuanqing who offended Qiu Shi and Song Ankang, Jiang Yunhe agreed with a pat on the chest, planning to clean him up after dinner. There is no reason in this world for servants to deduct their master's monthly salary.