The terrain is flat, and a stream is covered in ice.

A total of seven people are surrounded by a group of iron-toothed rats, iron-toothed rats, subordinate and other demon beasts, the teeth are extremely sharp, the volume is about the size of a bucket, although the killing power is not strong, but the teeth contain highly poisonous, for ordinary people, it is an insurmountable male pass.

The seven people were led by a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a coarse cotton jacket, holding a spear in one hand, holding a torch in the other hand and waving torches at the iron-toothed rats with his companions around him, trying to scare away this group of iron-toothed rats, but this group of iron-toothed rats was approaching step by step, obviously wanting to eat human flesh today.

Suddenly, the group of iron-toothed rats snorted at the same time, and they all collapsed to the ground, exposing their bellies and feet facing the sky.

Immediately after, a group of people and several large beasts appeared here.

Chu Nan looked at these people and asked, "Why are you here in such a deep mountain and old forest?" ”

The middle-aged man led by him was shocked, and looked at Chu Nan with great anxiety, could it be that he met a living immortal in this mountain and wilderness today, why did this group of people suddenly appear in front of him.

There is also Yuan Meng who has such thoughts, he has never known how strong Shen You's combat power is, but Shen You's hand across the void made Yuan Meng completely relieved, and Yuan Meng was very glad that he stood behind Chu Nan not long ago.

The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took his companion to bow to Chu Nanxing, and shouted: "The immortals are on top, we are the villagers of the nearby mountains, and this time I went to the mountains just to pick elixirs and treat the elderly at home, thank you for the immortals who appeared in time to rescue us." ”

This posture caught Chu Nan off guard.

Chu Nan stepped out, came to the middle-aged man, and said, "Get up and speak." ”

"I'm not an immortal, you think too much."

There was also some surprise in my heart, the villagers in the mountains and fields came to this kind of poor mountain and bad water land to pick elixirs.

I don't know how many people live in seclusion between the mountains and wilderness in order to avoid disasters in Haoyuan City.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was suspicious in his heart, if he wasn't an immortal, then who was he seeing?

"Get up." Chu Nan urged.

Hearing Chu Nan's accent, the seven people hurriedly got up.

Chu Nan asked, "How do you call it?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "The villain Yan Qiang, I have seen an adult." ”

If he is not an immortal, then call him an adult, Yan Qiang, as the leader of these people, at least his ability to adapt to changes surpasses his companions.

Chu Nan continued to ask: "As far as I know, the central part of Xizhou is barren, many people have fled to foreign lands or the rest of Xizhou, you are still in the middle of Xizhou, dare to ask how many people are still living in seclusion in the central part of Xizhou." ”

"You don't have to be nervous, I don't mean anything."

"By the way, my name is Chu Nan, I don't know if you've heard of it."

As soon as Yan Qiang heard Chu Nan's name, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he fell to his knees with weak legs again with tears streaming down his eyes.

"It turns out that you are His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I don't know His Highness with my own eyes, and I hope that Your Highness will not blame, we people have never seen the world, Your Highness, don't take it to heart."

The other six people also knelt on the ground, and they were extremely in awe of Chu Nan.

Seeing this, Chu Nan hurriedly bowed down and stretched out his hands to help Yan Qiang up, and said, "Hurry up and talk, I don't eat people, since you have heard of my name, it will be much easier to speak." ”

Yan Qiang said with tears in his eyes: "Not only have I heard of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Royal Highness the King of Chu opened the treasury and distributed grain and grass, no one in the land of Xizhou knows about it. ”

Chu Nan looked suspicious, it stands to reason that people who live in seclusion among the mountains and wilderness should not have received favors from the Chu Palace.

Chu Nan asked directly: "Could it be that you have also received help from the Chu Palace?" ”

Yan Qiang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Although we have not directly received the favor of His Highness, some of our relatives have received the favor of His Highness, and they share His Highness's favor with us. ”

"If it weren't for His Highness's help, we would have starved to death long ago."

Chu Nan came back to his senses, it turned out that he had received a favor indiscriminately, the central part of Xizhou was the hardest hit area, and Dayuan Academy acted in the name of the King of Chu, and the central part of Xizhou was definitely the first choice.

Chu Nan sighed: "I see, I happened to meet today, and I also want to ask you something." ”

Yan Qiang nodded again and again: "Your Highness, please ask, I will tell me everything I know." ”

Chu Nan touched his forehead helplessly, and said with an indifferent smile: "How many of you still live in seclusion among the mountains and wilderness." ”

"I know that there are a lot of people from different villages, hiding in different places."

"How many households can be estimated."

After Yan Qiang heard this, he hurriedly responded: "Our village is not far from the next village, hiding in Wuliang Mountain, the number of households is about three hundred, and I don't know the situation among the people in the rest of the village." ”

"But there must be quite a few people, and in terms of the number of households, there are at least three or five thousand."

"There are also many people who went to the territory of the Yongle Dynasty, or the territory of the Lihuo Dynasty and the Xinghan Dynasty, and after the world was chaotic, many people were scattered."

Chu Nan had a rough idea in his heart, he and Lao Chen came to the central part of Xizhou before and wanted to secretly investigate how many refugees were still living in seclusion between the mountains and wilderness, but now that he met Yan Qiang, many things could be carried out smoothly.

Chu Nan looked at these people and asked, "Have you found the elixir you were looking for?" ”

Yan Qiang nodded heavily and said, "I found it." ”

Chu Nan continued to ask, "Have you ever been to Haoyuan City. ”

When Yan Qiang heard Haoyuan City, his face condensed slightly, and he said in a weak heart: "I haven't been there, I heard that there was a battle there, and many roads have been broken, but we also roughly know which way to go to Haoyuan City." ”

Chu Nan said softly: "Now that Haoyuan City has been calmed down, I want to build a palace in Haoyuan City, after you go home, remember to spread the news, I am now in Haoyuan City, the villagers who are living in misery, if the food and grass are not enough, but go directly to Haoyuan City to find me." ”

"Now it is a ruin, and the construction of the palace is huge, and it is the time to employ people, but you can rest assured, if you go, I will definitely pay you silver, and you will not be hungry."

As soon as he heard this, Yan Qiang suddenly came to his senses, after all, it was a matter of making money.

"Okay, let's return to Wuliang Mountain, and when the time comes, I will bring my fathers and fellow villagers to join His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Yan Qiang said with an excited face.

That's right, it is to take refuge, many refugees live in the mountains and fields, there is no good land, and they can only rely on hunting for a living, but the prey in the mountains is always getting less and less.

Chu Nan smiled: "Go ahead." ”

Before leaving, Yan Qiang and the others planned to bow to Chu Nan again, Chu Nan pretended to be angry and said: "There is danger in the mountains and hurry home." ”

Yan Qiang and the others hurriedly left.

These refugees didn't know that Chu Nan Tianyuan asked about becoming famous in World War I, let alone why Chu Nan became the king of Chu in Xizhou, but they knew one thing, that is, the king of Chu was a good person, a good person who really helped many refugees.

The iron-toothed rat on the ground still didn't dare to move on all fours, as if it was pretending to be dead.

In fact, at this time, there were already many iron-toothed rats who were scared to death by the breath of the Qingling White Ape and the White Spirit Fox.

Shen You glanced at Yan Qiang and the others who were far away, and said to Chu Nan: "It's okay now, as long as these people let out the news, there will be many people who will hear the wind and come to take refuge in you." ”

"When the time comes, the matter of opening roads and building bridges in the mountains and rivers will be completely settled."

"But we don't have enough food and grass now, don't rush to recruit fierce beasts first, you have to go to Dayuan Academy once and let them find a way to get enough food for you."

"You're a parent to a lot of people now."