The fifth day of February, morning.

A figure flew from a distance.

Because Meng Zhou opened the formation in advance, the opponent went straight into the courtyard and landed directly in the elegant house.

Although they had not seen each other for a long time, Zhu Qian was not unfamiliar at all. She looked around and praised:

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, the cultivation of spiritual plants in your courtyard is really good."

The thirty spiritual plants with second-level top-level potential, as well as the few plants that participated in the test of spiritual dew, were all covered up by Meng Zhou's formation.

Therefore, what Zhu Qian can see at this moment are all spiritual plants growing under normal conditions.

It's just that because of his superb spiritual plant attainments and Yaya's careful care, it became so full of vitality, far beyond ordinary.

But Meng Zhou smiled and asked curiously: "Why are you here alone? I thought the two Taoist Luo friends would go with you."

At this moment, he was preparing spiritual tea. There were four teacups placed next to a large teapot, obviously expecting the Luo family and his son to be included.

Zhu Qian explained: “When they first came here, they were not familiar with the situation here, so they needed me to guide them.

Now that they are more familiar with the situation in Mikawa Plain than I am, why do they need me to take care of them? We have already separated.

Because the division of labor is different and the areas they are responsible for are different, I have not met them at all these days."

As Zhu Qian spoke, she sat down opposite Meng Zhou, picked up the cup of spiritual tea that Meng Zhou filled for her, brought it to her mouth, sniffed it, and praised:

"Zhuang Daoyou's tea-making level is really getting better and better.

According to me, if you open a few hundred acres of tea gardens and become the tea garden owner yourself, you will make more money than running these thousand acres of jade heart and red fruit."

Meng Zhou didn't answer, just smiled reservedly.

In fact, the spiritual tea he prepared today was just old tea made when his processing skills were still at the master level.

He didn't take out the spiritual teas that he made after he reached perfection in the art of processing.

It's not that he was stingy with the tea, he just didn't want to look too evil.

As his cultivation and strength improved in all aspects, Meng Zhou became more and more confident. He also consciously showed his genius side to people close to him such as Kan Yue and Zhu Qian.

But on the other hand, he is also very carefully controlling a degree.

Zhu Qian drank the tea soup in one gulp. Meng Zhou refilled her cup and asked:

"Fellow Daoist Zhu is very busy these days?"

Zhu Qian corrected: "It's not very busy, it's very, very busy!"

She complained to Meng Zhou:

"I originally thought that I would feel a lot more relaxed after Fellow Daoist Luo came over.

Who would have thought that just after he came here, the head of the Fan family would be killed over there.

With each increase and decrease, my burden has not lightened at all."

"I originally thought this was the limit, but I never thought that something like the Blue Blood Plains would pop up again!"

Having said this, Zhu Qian couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

Meng Zhou thought for a while and asked curiously: "Is it about opening up wasteland and expanding production?"

Zhu Qian nodded and said:

“Since Bixueyuan launched the two services of Shaking Mangniu and Rainforest Black Toad, the vast majority of farm owners have chosen to continue to expand production.

Those who are more conservative will only expand production by a few hundred acres, or directly double it, and there are many who will expand production by thousands or hundreds of acres.

There are a few that are particularly radical, do you know how much production has been expanded?"

"How much?" Meng Zhou asked.

"Four to five thousand acres!" Zhu Qian said.

"Uh... isn't this too exaggerated? Can they manage it?" Meng Zhou was really surprised.

Zhu Qian said: "Do you know how they settled this account?"

"How do you calculate it?" Meng Zhou was really curious.

"The Sanchuan Association has a preferential treatment for newly opened wasteland. Within ten years, only 10% of the output of the spiritual field will be used to cover spiritual planting and other expenses.

Within twenty years, it will be 20%, and within thirty years, it will be 30%. Starting from the 31st year, both sides will return to 40% to 60%."

Zhu Qian first introduced the basic situation, and Meng Zhou nodded. Governor Li had told him about this before.

At first glance, Meng Zhou also thought that this policy was quite loose, but after gaining a better understanding and practical experience of Lingtian's management, this preferential policy seemed to him to be just that.

Based on the growth cycle of most second-level spiritual plants, one crop can be harvested at most every ten years.

If you want to harvest two crops, that is, compress the growth cycle to less than five years, the range of optional spiritual seeds will become very narrow, and the economic value will also be reduced.

Therefore, after comprehensive weighing, it is most appropriate to choose spiritual seeds with a growth cycle of six to seven years within thirty years. While you can get more discounts, you will also benefit the most.

This thirty-year preferential period for land reclamation cannot be said to be worthless, but if you take a closer look, it is just that.

Zhu Qian said: "They have never thought about managing the thousands of acres of newly opened spiritual fields themselves."

Meng Zhou was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"It means that if you cultivate the land, you can look for the shaking cattle, if it rains, you can look for the black toads in the rainforest, and if there are problems in the spiritual fields, you can look for the spiritual planters. They don't have to worry about anything, just wait for the harvest to be done."

"Oh, I can't say that I don't worry about it. Daily care and checking the status of all the spiritual plants in the thousands of acres of spiritual fields at any time are always necessary.

But they don’t need to do this themselves, they just need to recruit more qi-training servants, they just need to lie comfortably at home and be masters.”

Speaking of this, Zhu Qian's tone was obviously filled with sarcasm and displeasure.

It can also be understood that in this situation, the status of these spiritual planters is the same as that of the two monsters.

What's even more pitiful is that there are many of them, whether they are earth-shaking bulls or rainforest black toads, but there are only two spiritual planters.

You can imagine how busy they must be with this change.

Meng Zhou was surprised and said: "Do they really make money by doing this?"

Zhu Qian nodded and said: "Yes!"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but show admiration on her face.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the shrewd landowners for increasing his workload, he had to admire their intentions and calculations in this regard.

“They used a rotation method, alternating long-cycle spiritual plants with short-cycle spiritual plants, interplanting high-value spiritual plants with low-value spiritual plants, and taking into account the different needs of different spiritual plants for spiritual rainwater.

After their calculations, after maximizing all this, they can successfully harvest two rounds every ten years.

Even if they do nothing, after deducting all expenses, they can enjoy 25% of the income from the newly opened spiritual fields in the first ten years.

Within ten to twenty years, you can enjoy 15% of the income from the spiritual field for free.

In the last ten years of this preferential period, they can enjoy half of the income for free."

Meng Zhou smiled and said: "Then if they continue to operate these thousands of acres of spiritual fields when the preferential period ends, won't they have to pour spiritual stones into them?"

Zhu Qian asked in return: "How many of the hundreds of village landowners in the Sanchuan Plain do you think, fellow Taoist Zhuang, are willing to farm here for more than thirty years?"

Meng Zhou was silent.

The vast majority of landowners in Ji Zhuang Village choose to farm here not because they like it, but out of necessity.

When they have accumulated enough capital, who will have the patience to nail themselves to this one-third of an acre of land year after year?

Which foundation-building monk doesn’t have the heart to pursue the great path?

Meng Zhou thought for a while and then said:

"This expectation is based on Lingtian's stable output, right?"

The output of newly opened spiritual fields is usually lower than expected.

Zhu Qian nodded and said:

"But as long as we benefit from regulating our qi and have the care of the spiritual plant master, even if the output is lower than expected, the reduction in output can be controlled within half a percent.

In this case, the income in the first twenty years is still guaranteed.

With the support of the Sanchuan Society, hundreds of people built foundations in the Sanchuan Plain. There were not only sixty but also fifty people who were proficient in the art of regulating qi. Therefore, it was not difficult to regulate qi in the newly opened Lingtian.

The biggest pressure falls on me and Fellow Daoist Luo."

“Furthermore, according to the contract between the Sanchuan Association and the Zhuang landowner, if the production of the spiritual field is reduced to the point where the Zhuang landowner is no longer profitable, the Zhuang landowner can choose to directly destroy the land and stop operations.

Sanchuan Society’s investment in these spiritual fields will all be wasted, and the owner of the village land does not need to pay half of the spiritual stone as compensation.”

"In the past, the situation was that the landowners invested more time and energy in these spiritual fields, and they were the ones who were more sensitive to losses."

“According to the current way of playing these village landowners, most of the investment is from Sanchuanhui.

Once there is a reduction in production or even no harvest in Lingtian, it is Sanchuanhui who suffers the most.

Therefore, compared to those village landowners, Sanchuan Association does not want any problems to occur in Lingtian.

Once there are signs of a reduction in production, they will be more anxious than the landowners themselves!"

Meng Zhou suddenly realized that this sounded a bit like the village landowners voting for the Sanchuan Hui in reverse and collectively harvesting the wool of the Sanchuan Hui.

It seems that without doing anything, a thousand acres of spiritual land were acquired in vain.

——With four to five thousand acres of spiritual land, getting 20 to 30% of the income for nothing is equivalent to picking up a thousand acres of spiritual land for nothing.

But Meng Zhou felt that things were not that simple. The cooperation between Bixueyuan and Sanchuanhui, the first plan launched, could not have such a big flaw.

With this thought in his mind, he sighed with emotion:

"Listen to what you said, what's the difference between this and picking up spiritual stones for nothing? Are other village landowners not allowed to rush to follow suit?"

Zhu Qian nodded and said:

"Yes, in the beginning, only a handful of landowners were brave enough to drink this verbal soup.

By the time other farm owners came to their senses and wanted to follow up, they were no longer able to get in line."
To be continued...