"Since the beginning of summer this year, the rainfall has plummeted, and the crops in various places have decreased by three to four percent on average compared with previous years, especially in Xiliangzhou, which has not rained for two months so far.

His Royal Highness the Rising Sun, Zhang Meng bent over with his fists clenched, and said in a loud voice.

On the top of the nine steps above, Zhang Chu sat on the black iron chair and looked at the documents presented by Zhang Meng, and the more he looked at it, the more his brows wrinkled.

Zhang Meng is now more and more meticulous in his work.

Before coming to Zhang Chu to talk about things, he had already done his homework.

The document he submitted recorded in detail the drought situation in various parts of Xuanbei, as well as the increase in grain prices in various places in the past month, and even the frequency of grain mobilization in Xuanbei Prefecture.

Data doesn't fool people.

situation, somewhat serious......

"In your opinion. ”

Zhang Chu closed the book and clasped it under his palm, and his two slender fingers tapped rhythmically: "This year, Xuanbei Prefecture, can you survive this drought?"

Zhang Meng pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "If only our Xuanbei Prefecture suffers from the disaster, the people are hungry and full, and they are expected to survive, but the situation in Xiliang Prefecture is worse than our Xuanbei Prefecture, and the situation in Yanbei Prefecture is better, but it is estimated that it is only barely enough for them to tide over the difficulties by themselves......

The subconscious meaning is that if Xuanbei Prefecture does not get the support of the imperial court, it will be difficult to survive this year.

But there is an even worse Xiliangzhou below.

The imperial court may not be able to save it.

"This God, I'm really afraid that the world will not be chaotic!"

Zhang Chuxin sighed, and his furrowed brows did not let go for a long time, "If I Beiping League arrange manpower to go down to drill wells for disaster relief now, is it too late?"

When Zhang Meng heard this, he hurriedly shook his head: "Absolutely not." ”

"The great heat is just around the corner, and this year's grain production reduction is a foregone conclusion. ”

"Even if my Beiping League doesn't count consumption and digs wells for the villagers to provide disaster relief, it will be difficult to grab much food. ”

"Moreover, this year's grain production will be reduced, prices will rise, and the income of our Beiping League will also be greatly affected. ”

"We still have more than 100,000 people to take care of in Taipingguan. ”

"Alliance leader, think twice!"

After Zhang Chu heard this, his brows were about to become tangled.

The family background of the Beiping League was dug once before he went to Nanshan Prefecture at the beginning of last month.

If the situation is indeed as serious as Zhang Meng said, the family background of the Beiping League is really untouchable!

But now buy food from other states......

The grain of Dali is a government camp, and each prefecture and county has an official who is in charge of grain collection and grain operation.

Although there are certain loopholes that can be exploited.

But that can only be a small transaction.

What a drop in the bucket!

Zhang Chu thought for a long time, and asked in a deep voice, "What can you do?"

Zhang Meng raised his face to look at him: "Are you asking about our Beiping League, or ......?"

Zhang Chu: "Of course it's the entire Xuanbei Prefecture!"

Zhang Meng sighed, shook his head and said, "There is nothing the subordinates can do. ”

Zhang Chu looked at him fixedly, he knew that Zhang Meng couldn't have no way.

He just didn't dare to say it.

I don't want to say it either.

"If you don't say it, then I'll tell you!"

Zhang Chu said in a deep voice: "First, mobilize manpower to dig wells and grab grain on a large scale in Wuqu County, and grab as much as you can. ”

"Second, send me all the archdeacons of your Aoba Department, go to Dongsheng Prefecture and Nanshan Prefecture, I don't care if you buy it, rob it, or cheat it, and get me as much grain back as you can before the food shortage. ”

"Third, in the name of my Beiping League, I will greet the grain and straw transfer officials of various prefectures, and 'request' them not to transport the grain from our Xuanbei Prefecture out again...... Later, I will send the Red Flower Department to block the water and land routes out of the state, and from now on, grain will not be allowed to enter or leave!"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Chu's voice suddenly became soft: "Mengzi, I know that if you do this, you will be under a lot of pressure." ”

"But our Beiping League has been developed by relying on the people of Xuanbei Prefecture, and at a critical time, it is time for our Beiping League to return some ordinary people to ......."

Zhang Meng in the hall had a bitter face.

Isn't the pressure on him to do so?

But Zhang Chu has said it all here, what else can he say?

can only be summed to the end: "subordinates, dare to disobey ......"

Zhang Chu smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, go and do things, if you have any difficulties, come to me again!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Meng saluted again, turned around and exited the Rising Sun Hall.

Zhang Chu picked up the tea bowl on the desk, and before he could swallow a sip of tea, another soldier entered and bowed down to report: "Alliance master, Fengnan outside the door asks to see you." ”

Zhang Chu then remembered that he had sent someone to spread the news that this person had come more than an hour ago, and immediately put down the tea bowl: "Please let him in." ”

"Wow. ”

The armor turned around and went out, and it didn't take long for the middle-aged man in brown clothes with a high crown and a dignified appearance to step into the hall quickly, bow down and salute: "Subordinate Fengnan, meet the alliance leader." ”

Back then, after Zhang Chu took charge of the Xuanbei Martial Arts Alliance from the hands of Feng Sixiang, the Feng family sent some men from the clan to enter the Beiping League for training.

This person is the highest-ranking person in the Neifeng family of the Beiping League, and is currently serving as an archdeacon in the Ministry of Thick Land.

"Brother Feng doesn't have to be polite. ”

Zhang Chuwen said: "There are some important things to discuss with Minister Zhang, so Brother Feng has been waiting for a long time. ”

Feng Nan hurriedly replied: "The leader of the alliance bears the heavy responsibility of the safety of my Xuanbei rivers and lakes, and he is extremely thoughtful and has every opportunity, and his subordinates just waited outside the door for a while, how dare they speak for a long time." ”

Zhang Chu smiled when he heard this, and said in his heart that people from this big family speak well.

"Sit down!"

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!"

Feng Nan rubbed it to the end again, and walked lightly to the chair on the side and sat down, but it was only a little bit of the chair surface with his buttocks, and he didn't dare to sit down at all.

Zhang Chu: "Brother Feng has been exchanging letters with his family recently, is the fourth master okay?"

Feng Nan: "There are letters every month, the ancestor is fine, and the leader of the Labor League is worried." ”

Zhang Chu said with a smile: "I really envy the fourth master, I drink tea every day, visit friends, idle clouds and wild cranes, and be at ease, how can I be born with a hard life like me, and I can't be idle for a day." ”

Feng Nan: "The alliance leader's words are wrong, the old saying is that those who can work hard, if it weren't for the alliance leader's hard work and leading the rivers and lakes, how could we have such a happy life in Xuanbei Prefecture, thousands of children ......of the rivers and lakes."

The two of them exchanged pleasantries without nutrition.

Feng Nan didn't know why Zhang Chu invited him here today, and he had been dealing with it carefully.

After a long while, Zhang Chucai finally got straight to the point and said: "I invite Brother Feng to come over today, there is something unclear, please ask Brother Feng for advice." ”

Feng Nan apologized: "I don't dare to give advice, but the leader of the alliance has something to ask, and his subordinates will know everything and say everything." ”

Zhang Chu smiled and nodded: "Brother Feng is really polite...... Brothers in southern Xinjiang had the fate to see the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, I heard a friend talk about the genus of the Divine Beast, very interested, and nowhere to understand, think about it, only Brother Feng's family has a deep origin, and since childhood with Yuzun companionship, maybe you can point out one or two brothers. ”

When Feng Nan heard this, his heart sank, and he secretly said that it was broken, isn't this dog thief the idea of hitting Yuzun?

His face did not move, and he responded with a smile: "The theory of the divine beast has always been mysterious, and my subordinates don't know much...... When his subordinates were young, they had heard their ancestors say that divine beasts were born and raised, and they would be born in the world when they were in the world. ”

"Or give birth to a tiger's belly. ”

"Or give birth to a cow's fetus. ”

"Or the thunder and the wind. ”

"But in general, the divine beasts can be divided into two types: fierce beasts and auspicious beasts. ”

"The ferocious beast is born in the troubled times, it does not understand human nature, it eats and kills, and if people kill it, they will have great merit in the world. ”

"And the auspicious beast was born in response to the prosperity of the country and the people, with a merciful heart and human nature, and it is unknown to kill it, and it is easy to be punished by heaven. ”

One hundred and sixty years ago, Emperor Taizu also came to Xuanbei Prefecture in person, wanting to welcome Yuzun into Beijing, Yuzun was unwilling to leave my Feng family, so he would stay in Xuanbei Prefecture. ”

Feng Nan smiled and meant something.

Zhang Chuquan didn't hear the meaning of his words, and replied with a smile: "Oh, Yuzun still has such a background, your Feng family really has God's favor...... It's just that as far as the brothers know, the divine beasts are all from the genus of the five elements, the white tiger belongs to gold, the green dragon belongs to wood, the basalt belongs to water, the vermilion bird belongs to fire, and the noble jade zun, what kind of genus is it?"

After a pause, he waved his hand again and said: "Brother Feng, Brother Mo Duoxin, brother has no malice, just curiosity, and wants to increase knowledge." ”

Feng Nan: I believe you're a ghost......

But looking at Zhang Chu's smiling face, he didn't dare to say that he didn't know, for fear of bringing disaster to his family...... Zhang Chu's current strength is only stronger than his ancestors!

He hesitated for a few breaths before he stubbornly said, "Yuzun, it belongs to the earth. ”

Zhang Chu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he almost slapped the table and shouted hello!

He was worried that Yuzun was not a native of the earth, and he would have to waste a lot of effort.

Yuzun is an earth genus, so everything is much easier.

"Dare to ask Brother Feng, Yuzun has lived in your Feng family for so many years, has he ever lost his scales and changed his horns...... Hahaha, Brother Feng, don't get me wrong, my brother really has no ill will towards Yuzun. ”

Well, there's no malice yet.

But if that pretending unicorn is an iron rooster, it may have it!

Damnation?

If the curse of heaven is to be useful, then how can there be a big villain like the king of Zhenbei like the tens of millions of people in Xuanbei Prefecture who are pawns in this heaven and earth?

Feng Nan looked at Zhang Chu and only felt that his scalp was numb.

Tyre!

Dog thief, your saliva is about to flow out, and you dare to say that you have no malicious intentions?