Yuandu City

This former Mongolian capital, the royal court of the Great Yuan Dynasty, at this moment can no longer see a trace of the royal court should have the atmosphere, out of the cage-like manor, all the way, the eyes are full of unspeakable desolation, in the streets and alleys, the streets are full of yellow muscles and thin muscles, refugees-like people stay on the side of the road, the godless eyes are numb and have no focus, as if they have despaired of life, silently stay here and wait for death.

Moreover, unlike ordinary beggars, although these people are yellow and thin, they are not as ragged as ordinary beggars, and even in the crowd, it is not uncommon for well-dressed people to feel the slightest anger in them, just like everyone else.

It is no wonder that although there was no food before, but every day looking at the endless stream of grain transport teams in the city, there is still some expectation in my heart, after all, the current appearance of the capital of Yuan, some people with vision can see that even if the Mongols are unwilling, but if they don't take the grain out, this capital will probably become a dead city, and there is some hope in my heart, especially when the cart of grain passes by, and the car full of grain exudes the smell of grain, although it is not my own, and there are a large number of Mongolian soldiers escorting, but at least there is no despair in my heart.

But starting this morning, the endless stream of grain transport teams in the past suddenly disappeared strangely, as if they disappeared out of thin air overnight, and then, instead of decreasing, the Mongol troops on the street were not reduced, but increased, so that some people with insight faintly smelled a trace of unusual breath, and more people fell into a kind of despair, the sudden disappearance of the mysterious grain transportation team, as if sucking away the last trace of vitality of the city.

The huge Yuan Capital, at this moment, there is no feeling of blossoming when he first entered the Yuan Capital a month ago, the whole city, but it makes people feel an indescribable dead silence, although they are in the crowd, and they are surrounded by people, but they don't feel a trace of life, as if walking in a dead city that has been abandoned for a long time.

Even as the initiator, he witnessed the reasons for this series of changes, but at this moment, walking on the streets of the Mongolian Dynasty, whether it was Yang Xiao, Xiao Zhao or Wu Qingying, they couldn't help but be infected by the surrounding atmosphere at this moment, and an unspeakable desolation and a faint guilt rose in their hearts, only Li Xuan was alone, his face did not change from beginning to end, but he did not speak.

It's not that he is cold-blooded, but Li Xuan knows that his future road may not be a smooth road, the road of the emperor is destined to be full of hardships, not to mention that his country will be wider, not limited to a continent or even a plane, this kind of tragic situation, he must adapt, one will succeed in ten thousand bones, one emperor will succeed in the mountains and rivers of blood, as an emperor, he must give up some things, some emotions that ordinary people should have, so he can't express the guilt and pity in his heart like Yang Xiao, Xiao Zhao, and Wu Qingying. Instead, let yourself adapt to these silently.

"What's going on at Wan'an Temple?" Li Xuan's gaze swept lightly over the numb crowd, and turned his head to look at Yang Xiaodao.

"Sect Master, the Bat King has already sent news a few days ago, and has been in contact with Brother Fan, and the letter has been sent to the heads of the six major factions, Song Yuanqiao Daxia and Exterminator Master Tai have agreed to our plan, and He Taichong, the head of Huashan, is still hesitating, but the Shaolin, Kunlun, and Kongtong factions have refused." Yang Xiao said in a deep voice.

"It's enough to have the masters of these two factions join, as for the abbot of Kongwen, they are already old, their thinking is too rigid, they have no fighting spirit, they take personal grievances too seriously, and they are destined to be difficult to become a climate, so don't pay attention to them." Li Xuan nodded, Mingjiao and the six major factions have a deep grudge, Li Xuan didn't think about how many masters of these six major factions could come, Song Yuanqiao and they were able to agree to it was expected, after all, there was Zhang Wuji, and he was also kind to the Wudang faction, between the two sides, the personal grudge was not too heavy, and it was natural to agree, what really surprised Li Xuan was the consent of the exterminator.

Emei's grudge with Mingjiao, the stubborn personality of extinction, Li Xuan's impression in the original book is too deep, and it is rare to be able to suspend the personal grudge with Yang Xiao under his own mediation, Li Xuan really didn't expect that he didn't invite the respected empty news with a letter, but invited this stubborn and rigid old nun in the original work, which made Li Xuan a little unexpected, but the result was good.

As for whether the exterminator will regret or plot at that time, Li Xuan is not too worried, although the old nun is stubborn and unreasonable many times, but she has never disdained conspiracy and tricks, if she does not have the will to die in the original book, I am afraid she will not let Zhou Zhiruo perform any beauty tricks.

"As you know, in this city now, not to mention us people, even those century-old shops, it is easy to take out gold and silver from their stores, but if you want to take out food, I am afraid that you can't get even half of it." In the crowd, a group of well-dressed 'refugees' gathered together at this moment, these people should be considered well-off, at least in their eyes, they can't see the numbness and lifelessness of ordinary people.

"Yo, it turned out to be Brother Zhu, I haven't seen him for some days, I thought Brother Zhu had left this capital and went to find another way to make a living."

"I also want to, but unfortunately, the Mongols at the gate of the city are not allowed to enter or leave, I knew that this was the case, and I should have left yesterday." The man known as Brother Zhu sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"These hateful Mongolian Tatars, this is forcing us to death!" Another middle-aged man with a fat body said with a vicious expression.

"Who's to say it isn't? But with the knife in the hands of others, what can we do? Brother Zhu, those news of yours are long outdated, don't talk about those shops now, I'm afraid that there is not much food in this capital. ”

"It turned out to be Boss Chen, hehe, you're wrong." The man surnamed Zhu shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"Oh? Is it difficult for Brother Zhu to know anything? Boss Chen's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, and he looked at the man surnamed Zhu and said.

"I know a little." The man surnamed Zhu nodded, looked around carefully, and after making sure that no one was paying attention to this side, he said to everyone in a serious way: "You should be able to see that this food loss is ...... No, from the very beginning of the price change of crane grass, it was operated behind the scenes by people with intentions. ”

"I can see this, but I can't think of it, who is so big?" Boss Chen nodded, a flash of amazement flashed in his eyes, as a businessman, to be able to gain a foothold in this Yuandu, not to mention anything else, this insight into the market is still there.

"Huh." The man surnamed Zhu sneered and said, "If others want to do this, it will naturally be difficult, but if the Mongols take the lead, it will be too easy." ”

"Mongols!?" Boss Chen's eyes widened in surprise and said in disbelief: "Impossible, right?" This is the capital of the Mongols, so what's in it for them!? ”

Not only did Boss Chen not believe it, but the others also looked at the man surnamed Zhu in disbelief, after all, this thing sounds too unbelievable, and other places are good to say, as the capital of the Mongolian Dynasty, the Mongolians have nothing to do when they are full, and they have made their royal court into this virtuous way, where is there still a little bit of the scene of a dynasty and a royal capital?

"Hey, I didn't believe it at first." The man surnamed Zhu sneered: "But think about it, if this is not the case, why would the imperial court send so many troops to protect the grain transportation team?" ”

"This ......" Boss Chen looked at the man surnamed Zhu with some hesitation, shook his head with a wry smile, this is not only him, I am afraid that few people in the entire Yuan do know.

"The day before yesterday, I had a few friends from the south who came back, they brought news, the war in the south is getting more and more intense, the counterinsurgency army sent by the imperial court not only failed to exterminate the rebels, but let the rebels take the opportunity to burn the grain and grass of the army, that is the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, now there is not only a rebellion in the south, except for our north, there are many places where the soldiers are used, I also heard the news, plus the unusual behavior of Yuan during this time, I see ......" The man surnamed Zhu did not finish speaking, The human imagination is endless, and sometimes the words do not need to be finished.

"These hateful Mongolian Tartars, are they going to force this city full of Han people to a dead end!?" A burly man couldn't help but slap the ground around him fiercely and roared.

"Shh......h Brother Chang, be careful! The man surnamed Zhu covered the man's mouth, and watched vigilantly as a group of soldiers walked by not far away, until they disappeared at the end of the street, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, Brother Chang said this, when did those Mongolian Tatars take the life and death of our Han people seriously?" It was Boss Chen who spoke, and at this moment he seemed to have completely believed the words of the man surnamed Zhu.

"So what do we do? Are you just waiting here to die? Brother Chang said unwillingly.

"It's not impossible!" A gleam flashed in the eyes of the man surnamed Zhu, and he looked around and said: "Now in this capital, the people's grievances are boiling, the people have no food, and they have lost their way to live, if we can grab food from the Mongols......"

"How does this work!?" Boss Chen exclaimed: "With us, where are these Mongols' opponents?" ”

"The Mongolian Iron Cavalry is powerful, but there are a lot of us!" The man surnamed Zhu sneered: "If the people of this city know the truth, what do you say these hungry people will do if they know that there is a large amount of grain in the Tartars?" ”

"You mean......" Boss Chen looked at the man surnamed Zhu, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Shh~" The man surnamed Zhu made a silent gesture, gathered more than a dozen people around him, and discussed in a low voice.

"Sect leader, this person's name is Zhu Yuanzhang, that black-faced man is Chang Yuchun, the main and deputy altar master of my Ming Sect Fengyang Branch, last time the six major factions besieged Guangming Ding, Fengyang Branch Altar bore the brunt, only the two of them were spared, this time the sect leader summoned people, these two people are one of them." Outside the crowd, Li Xuan, who had been paying attention to the conversation here, looked at this side with interest, although Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately lowered his voice, how could he escape the ears of Li Xuan and Yang Xiao, and naturally heard the conversation of a group of people clearly.

"Zhu Yuanzhang?" Li Xuan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then shook his head with some disappointment, at this time, this future Ming Dynasty Taizu obviously has not yet started, although there is a faint true dragon qi on his body, but this dragon qi is not strong, and it is not worth Li Xuan to capture, he thought about it and said: "After this matter is over, let the two of them come to my subordinates to listen to it." ”

"Yes!"