Chapter 112 The Darkness Before Dawn Is the Most Difficult to Endure (Seeking Monthly Votes!!)

"Alas, the world is like this now..."

At the ferry crossing of Dawn City, the boatman roughly expressed his views and sighed deeply: "To put it bluntly, we just want to make a living, but we can only go with the flow."

"Although it was hard and risky in the past, we could still make a little money a day. If there was work every day, it would be much more than farming."

"But now that the Rain Country is in such a mess, the number of merchant ships coming here is getting smaller and smaller, and there is often no work for half a month or a month."

"And that Hanzo-sama is extremely aggressive. Every time he attacks Sand Village, there are casualties, and then he continues to use both soft and hard methods to take people away..."

"My son left like this." Another boatman hung his head, his gray hair messy and gray. Sang choked up and said, "I thought he could live a good life, maybe even support his family, but in the end..."

"In the end, he didn't die at the hands of Konoha and Sunagakure, but died in the poison gas that Hanzo accidentally released."

The leading tracker added what he hadn't finished, and finally patted the man on the shoulder and sighed: "Although some pension was indeed given in the end, that is the pillar of the family in the future!"

"I, an old friend, had hoped that the child could help me share the burden in the future, but in the end, a strong man died like this."

"So, we came here to try our luck..."

At this point, the tracker raised his head timidly and carefully looked at Yunchuan's expression.

"Is that so..." Yunchuan just lowered his eyelids slightly, covering his twinkling eyes, and whispered, "What a pitiful experience."

The words of these trackers verified the information obtained by Nagato and added many details.

The capital of the Rain Country is located in the south of the Rain Country. In the past, it was much more prosperous than the north where the Cloud River was located because it was adjacent to the Fire Country and the Wind Country.

It is precisely because of this that the number of merchant ships is far greater than that in the north, so these boatmen used to gather in the south.

However, now that the wars between the Wind Country and the Fire Country are becoming more and more frequent, the Sand Country obviously knows its weakness of insufficient stamina.

Therefore, they have been frantically plundering the border as a precaution, trying to slow down the consumption of their resources in order to gain more time to fight Konoha.

In the southern part of the Rain Country, which was originally prosperous due to the two countries, almost all the villages on the route of the Sand Country troops have been plundered to varying degrees.

In this case, there will obviously be no more merchant ships, and they dare to take the risk of staying in the south.

The ambitious Hanzo took the opportunity to expand his power and took those who were hungry into his own hands, but he and his Rain Ninjas did not produce anything.

As Hanzo's people became more and more, although his own power was growing, the money and food he had to consume also increased, and in the end, it would still be borne by the civilians.

—— Either wait to starve to death, or become Hanzo's cannon fodder.

Most people would choose which one, it is obvious, to become cannon fodder, at least you can live a few more days.

Even being cannon fodder requires conditions, the old, weak, women and children can only wait to die quietly.

These boatmen did not want to wait to die, nor did they want to be useless cannon fodder, so they crossed the river from the south and wanted to try their luck in the north.

Or, he heard some gossip from some merchants...

"..."

Yun Chuan raised his eyelids slightly, met those dodging and hopeful eyes, and smiled gently: "If you trust me, you can also join Dawn City. As long as you work hard, you will not go hungry."

After that, he pointed to the undeveloped wasteland and the dilapidated houses left by the bandits, and said calmly: "Clear these houses first, you will stay here for one night."

"I will send you tools tomorrow. All the earth walls will be demolished and rebuilt. The usable beams will be collected, and the rotten ones will be chopped and burned as firewood."

"Within a month, you will build the house by yourself, and then go directly to reclaim the mountain."

At this time, a tracker suddenly raised his hand and said awkwardly: "Sir, I don't know how to farm or build houses. What should I do?"

The other trackers also looked excited and uneasy.

"If you don't understand, you can learn. Someone will come to teach you." Yunchuan waved his hand, "Don't worry about food. You will definitely not be hungry. As long as you reclaim the land, you will be given household registration and land deeds, and you will be exempted from taxes for three years."

The dozens of trackers in front of Yunchuan, although few of them know how to farm, are excited and look forward to hearing that they can have land by reclaiming wasteland and they don't have to pay taxes for three years.

"Really, is it really possible?" The leading tracker was overjoyed and said respectfully: "On behalf of this group of old friends, I sincerely thank you, thank you so much!"

Soon, they each chose an abandoned house as a family unit, and they did it very actively without Yunchuan sending anyone to urge them.

"Uncle Qiuyu."

Yunchuan motioned Qiuyu to lean over and whispered softly: "You are responsible for managing these newcomers and send them tools tomorrow."

Don't let them build houses in a scattered manner. Discuss whose house should be built first and whose house should be built later. Plan ahead of time so that the speed can be fast. Ask for stonemasons and carpenters if you need them. "

"Also, if soilless cultivation is feasible, start promoting it from them."

Qiu Yu nodded and was about to agree, but was suddenly interrupted.

"Remember, this kind of thing must not be forced!"

Yun Chuan reminded with a serious expression: "After all, it is an unheard-of technology. It is normal for them to have doubts. You can use my test fields first. If you can get a good harvest, they will naturally flock to follow suit."

Hearing this, Qiu Yu was stunned for a moment, and nodded solemnly: "I understand. "

This place is a distance away from Dawn City. The subsequent refugees will be settled between this place and the city, and then slowly build houses and open up wasteland to form a whole.

Thinking of this, Qiuyu couldn't help but admire the long-term vision of Lord Yunchuan.

According to the thinking of those noble merchants, the money and grain should be saved.

They must choose to store enough money and grain, and then find a good piece of land to build a mansion, and the land should be controlled as much as possible in their own hands.

With grain, money, land, and a mansion, they also have to buy some slaves to show their status.

But this person is madly absorbing population and reclaiming wasteland, and he is paying for the construction himself. He is actually giving them a lot of land, and there are no servants at home.

Qiuyu put himself in his shoes and would never do this.

"That's enough."

Yunchuan interrupted the thoughtful people, walked towards the shed in the rain and fog in the distance, and whispered: "We don't have much time."

"The darkness before dawn is the most difficult to endure."