Wang Yuan shook his head slightly, dispelled the doubts in his heart, and sighed: "Gu Xiao, let's find someone to send them back to the mansion first." I'm afraid these two little things haven't eaten for a long time, so let Aunt He prepare some food for them. ”

Hearing this, Gu Xiao turned around and left with a gentle smile on his rough face.

An hour later.

Wang Yuan took Gu Xiao to the edge of the outer city, where the buildings were already quite scarce, and he could vaguely see large areas of farmland.

Patches of farmland look orderly and orderly. The breeze slowly swept through the wheat field, like a golden wave, and there was a faint fragrance of wheat. Such a natural and beautiful scenery gave people a feeling of comfort and contentment, which made Wang Yuan's dull mood much better.

He stood on the edge of the farmland, stepping on the slightly muddy ground, looking out at the large farmland in the distance. But I saw that every once in a while, there was a disciple of the Yin and Yang family wearing a blue robe.

Wang Yuan asked suspiciously, "This is?" ”

Gu Xiao sighed: "The demonic calamity is getting worse and worse, in order to reduce the impact of demonic qi on the food, and speed up the ripening of crops, the elders of the wood and water departments have to perform large-scale spell casting every few days. ”

When Wang Yuan heard this, he suddenly realized that the wheat was ripe in March, not because of the great changes in the world.

He pondered for a moment, curious, "Can we go inside and have a look." ”

Gu Xiao bowed his head and said, "Yes, as long as we follow this path, we won't disturb their spell casting." ”

Wang Yuan bowed slightly, and walked more than ten miles along the winding road with Gu Xiao.

Along the way, Wang Yuan and Gu Xiaoguan watched the disciples of the two sects of Shuimu cast spells, and talked about the current situation in the White Emperor City and the situation of the Yin and Yang family.

From Gu Xiao's mouth, Wang Yuan learned a lot of things.

For example, the power structure of the Yin and Yang family, there are three pavilions of the sun, moon and stars, and the emperor of the Middle East is the head of the Yin and Yang family, and there are two protectors of the stars and the moon. There are five divisions of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, each of which is led by an elder, forming the general framework of the Yin and Yang family. Each department has its own duties, such as the gold department is in charge of weapon forging and other things, and the wood department is in charge of spiritual medicine, grain and grass.

At the same time, Wang Yuan also had a certain understanding of the situation in the outer city.

In the past, although the outer city was hard, there were irregular alms from the Yin and Yang family, as well as subsidies for planting some crops outside the city, and it was barely passable.

But if there is a food shortage everywhere today, not only the Yin and Yang family, but also other major forces are also in a difficult situation. In the past, most of the food supply of the Yin and Yang family came from the large farmland in the White Emperor City, and a small part came from the farmland outside the city, as well as hunting and fishing.

But since the demonic plague broke out again, ordinary food crops have been affected by demonic qi and cannot be eaten. However, the number of disciples of the two divisions of Mizuki is limited, and they can only take care of less than seventy percent of the fertile land in the city, and a large area of farmland is in a state of abandonment.

It's not that they don't want to plant, but without the spells of the disciples of Mizuki and Mizuki, ordinary crops can't resist the erosion of demonic energy. If an ordinary person eats too much food that has been corrupted by demonic energy, it is very likely that they will become a night demon without reason.

Therefore, the grain output has repeatedly declined, and if it weren't for the fact that there was still a little stock in the past, the White Emperor City would have been full of corpses.

Wang Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he had a little more thoughts in his heart.

The food problem is a top priority, and we must find a way to solve it as soon as possible, otherwise the world will collapse completely. When the time comes, if you are alone, you won't be able to save the world even if you blow up the sky.

However, it is not so simple to solve the problem of food.

Judging from the current situation, the most important thing is to find a way to make food crops resistant to demonic energy. In order to fundamentally solve this problem, the practice of Mizuki and Mizuki alone is too inefficient, and we can only find ways to improve the quality of crops.

It's not that no one in the world thinks about this problem, but at most a small number of optimizations can be made, but it can't solve the fundamental problem.

Speaking of which, the earth used to be a mythical era, and there are still a large number of spirit valley seeds, and I don't know if those spirit valley seeds can resist the erosion of demonic energy. If you can, you can buy a large number of Spirit Valley seeds from the earth, or use the elixir in the automatic alchemy furnace to cultivate some.

Wang Yuan thought of the life essence spiritual liquid he saw not long ago, and had some other thoughts in his heart.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "How much food is left in the house?" ”

When Gu Xiao heard this, he faintly guessed something in his heart.

He frowned slightly, but seeing Wang Yuan's serious expression, he recalled the tragic situation in the outer city, and sighed: "If the prince needs it, the mansion can spare five hundred catties of grain every day." ”

Although 500 catties of food is not a small amount, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to what you want to do!

Wang Yuan looked at the vast expanse of deserted fertile land in the distance and continued to ask, "If you want to plant all these fertile fields, how many people will you need?" ”

Gu Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then said in confusion: "Childe, without the continuous casting of the disciples of the two sects of Mizuki, even if you grow food here, you can't eat it." ”

Wang Yuan exhaled lightly, and said with a heavy expression: "I understand these truths, but if you look at the scene in the outer city, there is still a human appearance." Simple disaster relief and charity will only make them eat and wait for death, accumulating endless resentment and hatred.

In the long run, I fear that sooner or later, the outer city will change dramatically. It's better to find something for them to do now, even if it's something of little significance, it's better than being so decadent now. Tired, tired, at least don't have the energy to think too much. We call it cash-for-work. ”

Wang Yuan said, and he laughed.

Is the cash-for-work being broken by yourself?

However, if you can buy some Spirit Valley seeds, it is not impossible to resist the demon disaster and solve the food crisis in this world. It seems that I have to go back as soon as possible, find a way to deal with those two medicinal herbs, and then buy some Linggu back.

Gu Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard Wang Yuan's words, and then thought about it for a moment, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. If you can find something for them to do, and then even if you can barely make ends meet, it will be enough to settle those people.

Anyway, it's better than leaving them to do nothing and thinking too much every day, isn't it?

Gu Xiao thought for a while, and said with admiration on his face: "Childe is really a genius, he can actually think of such a method." I will report this matter to the master as soon as possible, and I will definitely do it in the shortest possible time. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "You don't need to trouble Huang'er about this matter, you go to someone and ask how much food you need every year if you want to rent these lands." ”

Forehead!

Gu Xiao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Wang Yuan with a shocked face and did not speak.

Is he really sure that he will grow edible food?

No, how is that possible. Even the joint efforts of Yun Zhongjun and the elders of the Yin and Yang Family could not solve this problem. Even other forces such as the Mohists, Taoists, and Buddhists, as well as the Great Song Dynasty, were troubled by this matter.

How could it be solved by him alone.

But if he wasn't sure, why did he dare to promise it?

For a while, Gu Xiao had countless doubts in his heart, but he couldn't figure it out.

Just as the two fell silent, there was a sudden commotion in the distance.

They vaguely heard a worried voice coming from it: "I heard that Minister Mu is in a coma due to excessive mana consumption, and I don't know when I will recover." ”

"Hey, Elder Ling'er hasn't closed his eyes for three days and three nights for this farmland. Even if the iron man survives for so long, he will collapse, not to mention that the elder is just a woman. ”

"No, after three consecutive days of large-scale spell casting, Elder Ling'er's mana has already been overdrawn. Now that the demonic energy is getting stronger and stronger, I don't know how long we can hold out. ”

Wang Yuan listened to the commotion behind him, sighed and said, "Let's go back." ”