"What about us?" The butler asked.

"Look." The man took a sip of wine, already thinking about it. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of this chaos to make the southwest independent of Qiming Kingdom, and I made a lot of preparations for this, but I didn't expect a Nangong Yuan. He didn't panic, he just quietly watched the situation, to see how far Nangong Yuan could go this time, if he could really manage the drought in the southwest, then he would also follow up at that time, open a warehouse and release grain, and express his support; If you can't, then you can follow your previous plan, just one of them is a member of the royal family, and it will be even more exciting to kill it. The two paths have already been thought out by themselves, and it depends on Nangong Yuan's ability.

The man poured the wine on the ground and did not speak.

"Lord Wang, there is a woman named Ye Jing who asks to see you." A servant briefed.

"Oh?" The man was stunned for a moment before he remembered something and said, "Xiaoqing, call her in." The man was a little excited, obviously very happy.

"Yes." The servants withdrew.

Prefectural Government:

"Seventh Prince, this is the list of those corrupt stewards." Master Zhang handed the list in his hand to Nangong Yuan. I didn't talk much before, because the emperor told him that he was only assisting in the southwest this time, and the Seven Princes did everything by themselves. Master Zhang is a loyal person and an upright person, he knows the subtext of the emperor, that is, if the seventh prince has no ability, he will die if he dies. But in the past half a month, I have also seen the actions of the Seventh Prince, and I have been constantly explaining the recent situation to the emperor.

At first, he was very unoptimistic about the cowardly Seventh Prince, but he didn't expect Shen Fan to stand on the side of the Seventh Prince, Lord Li didn't know Shen Fan, but he did see it from afar, and naturally knew that Shen Fan was the next national teacher. This made him have to reevaluate the Seventh Prince. This is also why Lord Li didn't take care of the Seventh Prince himself before, and now he takes the initiative to present the list of corrupt officials.

"Hmm." Nangong Yuan took it. Master Zhang himself retreated.

"Shen Fan, it's not a way to go on like this." Nangong Yuan obviously knew the current situation, there was not much food, there was not enough water, and the land was still dry, although the flow of the river had improved some crops, but it really didn't have much effect.

"Hmm. Is there anything the Seven Princes can do? ”

"Aren't these lists fat sheep sent?" Nangong Yuan said with a smile.

"Well, but that's just to stop the boiling." Shen Fan reminded.

"Yes, if it doesn't rain heavily, the people in the southwest will have to move out." Nangong Yuan thought.

"Shen Fan, do you have any ideas?" Nangong Yuan looked at Shen Fan very intently, like a believer looking at his own god.

"Ask for rain." Shen Fan gave his own answer.

"Asking for rain?" Nangong Yuan was a little incredulous, in his opinion, this was a very risky measure, after all, who knows if it will rain or not? It's all unknown. If it succeeds, it is fine, at least its prestige among the people will increase a lot, but if it does not succeed, it is a good lever to be criticized.

"Hmm. It will rain in a few days. Shen Fan said very seriously. There will be rain in a long drought, and in the original book, it rained heavily in the next few days, when the second prince governed the southwest, and many people thought that the second prince was the true dragon emperor, so as soon as he came, it rained in the southwest, which can be said to be why the second prince later ascended the throne and received great support. And Shen Fan looked at the sky a few days ago

Phase, it is indeed very likely to rain in the past few days, of course, in order to ensure that it is really raining when Nangong Yuan asks for rain, Shen Fan naturally has to make some preparations.

"Did you hear that? The officials who came this time asked for rain. ”

"Officials begging for rain? Really? ”

"Ai, not an official, is the Seventh Prince, a member of the royal family. Officials dare to ask for rain, is this a system of etiquette? ”

"Can it really be successful?"

"Ai, I don't know if I can make it?"

"Maybe it will work? I think that the seventh prince has the spirit of the Son of Heaven. ”

"What do you know?"

"I think the chances of success in praying for rain are very small, who doesn't know that this weather is very dry!"

"Ai, don't talk about it, I must go see it that day anyway."

"Me too, me too."

Prefectural Government:

"Are you ready?" Shen Fan was wearing green clothes, looked at Nangong Yuan, who was also wearing green clothes, and asked.

"Alright." Nangong Yuan looked at Shen Fan, who was wearing green clothes for the first time, and smiled. There is less solemnity in white clothes and more greenness.

Well, Shen Fan looks good no matter what.

"Well, let's go." Shen Fan walked out the door, there is no doubt that today is the day to ask for rain.

Earlier, Nangong Yuan had ordered someone to set up an eight-foot-high altar outside the east gate of the city, and the dragon dance procession was ready, and Nangong Yuan walked towards the east of the city.

"It's coming, it's coming."

"Start?"

"These seven princes are a sign of appearance."

"You say, is it really going to rain?"

"Who knows?"

"I don't think it's going to rain today."

"Oh, that's it."

The people who arrived early looked at Nangong Yuan, who had come, and they had already discussed, some expectations, but also some disdain and ridicule.

Nangong Yuan didn't care what the people below said, he directly ordered someone to bring a few corrupt officials up, there is no doubt that these people were on the list given by Master Zhang, and the people who escorted these corrupt officials up were all dressed in green clothes.

"Blood Sacrifice!" Nangong Yuan shouted loudly. After a while, the heads of several corrupt officials fell to the ground. The ground was sprinkled with paralyzed blood, and Nangong Yuan did not move.

"Dragon Dance!" So, the dragon dance procession began to move, and the drum-beating procession began to beat their own drums loudly, and there were also big drums in the four corners of the altar, and some people were beating. In an instant, the sound of drums shook the heavens and the earth, and the dragon dance team also danced very exquisitely, and the people were immersed in it.

"Worship the sky!" The inside of the altar was on fire in an instant, and the flames soared into the sky, but it was always inside the altar, not outward.

"There is a great drought in the southwest, the land is wasted, the bandits are in turmoil, and the people are struggling to make a living. After Nangong Yuan finished speaking, he closed his eyes and practiced the scriptures in Sanskrit, his voice was pure, and Nangong Yuan was deliberately pretending, so he naturally looked holy.

Although the drums shook the sky, the people still clearly heard Nangong Yuan's practice, and the pure Sanskrit language flowed into their hearts through their ears, feeling that they were instantly cleansed, looking at Nangong Yuan's god-like posture, their hearts were shocked, and the people who were still noisy at first were quiet, and their eyes were full of Nangong Yuan.

The time of the sacrifice is generally yes

It lasted for a long time, so Nangong Yuan quietly maintained his god-like demeanor and kept chanting on it.

"Drip, drip." One drop or two of the raindrops fell on the people's faces.

"It's raining." A man touches the raindrops on his face in a trance.

"It's really raining." The other woman was also in a trance, with disbelief on her face.

Drop by drop, it turned into a downpour in a short time. The people were almost all surprised to see the rain falling, hugging each other and laughing happily. Some people who didn't go out also went out to catch the rain with pots, with smiles in their eyes. The whole street was running to tell each other "it's raining" and "it's raining". A man took the rain with both hands and put it into his mouth, constantly muttering, "It's raining, the crops are saved." ”

In the midst of the revelry of the people, a servant-like man was out of step with such joy, and walked quickly in one direction.

Southwest Palace:

"Lord Wang, it's really raining." The butler approached the man in his seat and said close to his ear.

"Well, it seems that the heavens favor the Seventh Prince." The King of the Southwest touched his chin.

"When the rain stops, open the granary and send it down. After all, as the king of the southwest, these are all things that should be done. The King of the Southwest smiled.

"Yes." The housekeeper stepped back.

This rain was four days at once, and during this period, many people blocked the prefect in the county mansion just to thank Nangong Yuan, but in the end, they were all stopped in the prefect mansion and could not enter.

"Shen Fan, you are so powerful." Angel Yuan wagged his little tail and looked at Shen Fan with sparkling eyes.

"The Seventh Prince is also very powerful." Shen Fan looked at Nangong Yuan, whose eyes were wet, and his eyes were doting on him that he hadn't even discovered. Shen Fan's words were not to comfort Nangong Yuan, but to say it really. Shen Fan thought that Nangong Yuan was inexperienced, but these days he found that Nangong Yuan handled everything very well, and it could be said that he was at ease.

Observing the river, digging wells, personnel management, and handling internal contradictions are all very good, Li Li has been playing tricks openly and secretly before, sneering from time to time, preventing Nangong Yuan's work, but it wasn't what Nangong Yuan did, Li Li quieted down, and didn't make any trouble.

These days, Nangong Yuan's actions, Shen Fan is all in his eyes, and it can be said that he is a generation of Ming Jun. Think about what the people think, worry about the people's worries, and feel the people's suffering. These days, Nangong Yuan has been eating and living with the people, without any shelf, very close to the people, understanding the people's situation and prescribing the right medicine, it can be said that the prestige of the people is very high.

"Shen Fan, what's burning in that altar?" Nangong Yuan was a little curious, for such a thing as sacrificing to the sky and asking for rain, to be honest, Nangong Yuan didn't believe it, so he was more inclined to have something else in the altar.

"Some gadgets." Shen Fan said indifferently. In fact, Shen Fan only borrowed from modern artificial rainfall. There are two ways to make rain fall: one is to increase the number of condensation nuclei in the cloud, which is conducive to the collision and increase of water vapor particles; The second is to change the temperature in the clouds, which favors disturbance and produces convection. The disturbance and convection in the clouds will be more conducive to the collision and increase of water vapor, and when the updraft in the air cannot withstand the floating of water vapor particles, rainfall will occur. Therefore, when the contents of the altar burn, it will rise and increase the condensation nuclei, and the temperature of the altar when it burns will change the temperature of the air, causing convection. This is also why it is not unreasonable that the altars of all dynasties have been cultivated high and high.