In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 586 Radiant Panda

With the arrival of the Blood Feather Chicken, the entire Zhangshan Village was immersed in a joyful atmosphere. Young people mustered their strength and practiced martial arts with the help of the Blood Feather Chicken.

Meanwhile, in Taiping County, the people all wore smiles on their faces.

With the bumper harvest in Taiping County, grain prices in the county also fell accordingly. Taking rice as an example, before the autumn harvest, the price of one jin of rice remained at around 13 wen.

After the autumn harvest, the price of rice dropped by 3 coins, and now you can buy a pound for only 10 coins.

The reason why the price only dropped by three coins was not because grain was still scarce in Taiping County, but because most people chose to store their grain in advance for the coming winter and did not sell it on the market. Therefore, the price of grain did not drop much.

Rice at 10 coins per pound, while not as expensive as 3-4 coins per pound in good years, was still half the price of 20 coins per pound in the past.

This is still the price of rice. The prices of other grains such as wheat flour, sorghum flour, and bran would be even lower: wheat flour would cost 8 copper coins, sorghum flour 5 copper coins, and bran only 1 copper coin per pound...

This grain might not be enough to feed the people of Taiping County, but at least it gave them a way to survive and prevent them from starving to death...

"Thank God! We finally don't have to go hungry anymore."

"What do you mean 'heaven has eyes'? It's clearly Lord Xu who did the right thing! If it weren't for Lord Li taking pity on us and giving us land to cultivate, how would we have anything to eat!"

"Yes! Lord Xu is truly a good official! Without Lord Li, I would have starved to death outside the city long ago."

"Having a good official like Lord Xu is a blessing we earned in our past lives."

"..."

People's demands these days are so simple. Xu Zhiwen only did some insignificant work, distributing the land from the powerful clans to the common people to cultivate, which was enough to make them grateful to him.

It's ironic that so few officials are willing to do such a simple job for the people.

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【Radiant Red Panda】

【Characteristics: Possesses the power of the sun, capable of unleashing its blazing force to scorch enemies; combat strength comparable to a second-rank martial artist.】

[The first advancement path for the Radiant Red Panda: mating with the Blazing Red Panda will produce the Golden Flame Red Panda.]

【Special Features of the Golden Flame Panda: Can control the power of golden flames to incinerate all enemies; its combat strength is comparable to a first-grade martial artist.】

[Yaoyang Red Panda Advancement Route Two: Feeding it Dragon Beard Grass continuously for one month will advance it to Dragon Bone Red Panda.]

【Features of the Dragon Bone Panda: With a body of steel and iron, claws as sharp as dragon claws, the ability to control crimson fire, and combat strength comparable to a first-grade martial artist.】

In Chenjia Village, Chen Dao is checking on Xiao Yuan's progress.

Back when they left the city, Chen Dao had already fed Xiao Yuan Python Blood Grass. After eating Python Blood Grass for a month, Xiao Yuan finally succeeded in advancing to the next level today, and her appearance changed slightly.

Its fur turned a golden-white color, and its claws became longer and looked sharper.

"Xiaoyuan is getting more and more amazing!"

Chen Dao gently rubbed Xiao Yuan's head, feeling very satisfied.

Xiao Yuan has now advanced to the Radiant Panda, and her combat power is equivalent to that of a second-grade martial artist.

What is the concept of a second-rank martial artist?

In the land of Kyushu, second-rank martial artists are absolutely rare and elusive figures. At least Chen Dao, who transmigrated to this world, has never seen a second-rank martial artist.

Chen Dao had never even seen a martial artist at the third rank.

The only one who could barely be considered a third-rank martial artist was probably Xia Yan, the commander of the Qingwang Mansion's personal guards who was killed by Xiao Yuan before.

However, Xia Yan was only a quasi-third-rank martial artist, and there was still some distance between him and a true third-rank martial artist. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been killed by Xiao Yuan, who was still a little red fire panda.

Xia Yan, the commander of a prince's personal guard, was only a near-third-rank martial artist, which shows how rare third-rank martial artists are.

Second-rank martial artists... are even rarer.

Among the people Chen Dao had heard of, the only one with a cultivation level of rank two or above was probably Tian Yu, the commander of the Great Wall Army.

However, Tian Yu was stationed at the Great Wall for many years to defend against the barbarians in the north, and he almost never appeared outside of Youzhou.

Of course, besides Tian Yu, there should be quite a few second-rank martial artists in Jingzhou as well.

After all, the world's wealth converges in Jingzhou. Whether it's grain, treasures, or rare medicinal herbs, Jingzhou has more of them, and therefore, there are more powerful martial artists in Jingzhou.

but……

Those martial artists from Jingzhou wouldn't bother Chen Dao, so... with Xiao Yuan, who is equivalent to a second-rank martial artist, protecting him, Chen Dao is almost certainly not in any danger.

Not to mention, in addition to Xiaoyuan, Dahuang, Erhuang, Feiyu Yi, and Feiyu Er will also advance successfully one after another. At that time, as long as Chen Dao stays in the village, it will be equivalent to having five second-grade martial artists protecting him.

With such a formidable lineup, let alone a second-rank martial artist, even a first-rank martial artist would be able to make sure they don't return alive!

Realizing this, Chen Dao immediately relaxed. Ever since he transmigrated to this world and realized the cruelty of feudal society, he had lived cautiously, even walking on thin ice. Now he finally had the means to make a living and no longer needed to worry about his life.

"but……"

Chen Dao glanced at the advancement information that appeared in his eyes, and a worried look appeared on his face again: "These advancement-level medicinal herbs are getting harder and harder to find!"

Xiao Yuan's next advancement requires Dragon Beard Grass, but Chen Dao had never even heard of Dragon Beard Grass.

Furthermore, judging from the character "dragon" in "dragon's beard grass," one can probably tell that this medicinal herb must be extremely rare and precious...

"I'll have to ask around!"

Chen Dao sighed softly, putting the matter aside for the time being, and turned to Chen Cheng, saying, "Cheng-ge'er, let's go!"

After saying that, Chen Dao took the lead and walked towards the Chen Family Village training ground. Chen Cheng followed closely behind Chen Dao, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings, alert to any potential dangers.

Although Chen Cheng was honest and simple, he was not stupid; on the contrary, he was extremely thoughtful.

He knew very well that the matter of Chen Dao killing the Prince of Qing would not be resolved so easily, and the imperial court would certainly not let Chen Dao off the hook in order to maintain its own prestige.

Therefore, during this period of time, Chen Cheng, who was Chen Dao's bodyguard, would be extra attentive when Chen Dao went out, not daring to slack off in the slightest, for fear that an assassin from the imperial court might suddenly appear and harm Chen Dao.

Fortunately, whether the imperial court was too slow to react or had not yet found out Chen Dao's identity, no suspicious people have appeared in Chenjia Village recently, and Chen Dao has not been assassinated.