Three thousand acres of hillside land seemed like a lot, but for a population of five to six thousand, it would quickly be used up if each household took just seven or eight acres.
Some smaller households only received three or four acres. Fang Qingyuan had made it clear from the start that this hillside land was merely leased to the mortals at the foot of the mountain for farming. It did not belong to them—it was the property of Yuanling Mountain.
Once the crops were harvested, the yield would be split seventy-thirty, with Yuanling Mountain taking seventy percent and the mortals thirty. This thirty percent share shouldn't be underestimated; the profit from it was greater than what they could earn from farming forty or fifty acres of their own land.
After settling these matters, Fang Qingyuan found Jiang Kui to discuss the chaos caused by the White Mountain Loose Cultivators. Jiang Kui, however, had little reaction to the news. She said,
