"Brother, something seems to be wrong."

Zhu Wu came to Ghost Li worriedly.

"This year, there is a severe drought in all states, and although the grain stock is still enough, the people have begun to become anxious."

"According to the news from all over the country, some people are secretly rumoring that this drought is the punishment of the gods and Buddhas in the sky for my Liangshan blasphemy."

When Ghost Li heard this, he was very angry, and scolded and said:

"Thief Bird!"

"It must be the people of the Imperial City Division who are secretly making trouble!"

"Don't ignore these rumors, just take a good look at where the water conservancy project is built, and don't let the built facilities be destroyed by the Imperial City Division."

"I have a developed water system in Shandong, and I don't know how many rivers there are, even if we encounter drought, as long as we do a good job in irrigation, we are not afraid of serious harvests."

"What's more, Brother Zhang Shun buys a large amount of grain in Na'an and other places every year, and we have enough food, and we don't need to collect grain from the people in the territory, so we can't get out of the chaos."

Liangshan's current state is actually abnormal.

The normal relationship between the imperial court and the common people should be that the imperial court constantly collects food taxes and labor from the common people to maintain the operation of the state political system, and the existence of the imperial court provides order and security for the common people.

This is essentially a situation in which people who lack the ability to protect themselves exchange their own resources and freedom for their own security.

This should be an equivalent trade.

However, due to the huge disparity in power between the two sides, such transactions are often not equal.

When a court gradually loses the ability to protect the safety of the people, it is often the beginning of the collapse of the dynasty.

And the situation of Yangshan is even more special.

Liangshan's original money and grain were snatched from the gentry Haoqiang's house, and the current money was snatched back from Dongying Yinshan.

Today's Central Plains is rich, and the only goods that can be sold overseas to the Central Plains are such as ivory, agate, and pearls...... and so on.

But Liangshan doesn't want these things, just food.

Zhang Shun's foreign trade ships have always only transported all kinds of porcelain, silk, and tea, and then brought back a boatload of grain.

If there was still any surplus in the price difference caused by the sales, a large number of seagoing ships were hired to continuously ship grain back from overseas.

Anyway, Liangshan spirits also need a lot of food, so don't worry about too much food to use.

A lot of silver is so capricious!

As a result, under the rule of Liang Shan, the government actually had no resource needs for the people.

In the event of a disaster year and the government needs disaster relief, in fact, it is the Yangsan government that provides for all the people.

This model is simply not sustainable, and it can continue to operate now because of the small territory of Liangshan, the small population, and only a few states.

But if it expands to the whole country in the future, this model will inevitably collapse.

No matter how big the silver mountain is, it can't support a big country.

No matter how much grain is purchased from overseas, it will not be able to fill the stomachs of hundreds of millions of people.

Agricultural self-sufficiency in the territory is still very important, so Liangshan has been building water conservancy for many years and has never stopped.

These things have already been decided, and Ghost Li didn't take it seriously, but when he saw Zhu Wu's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he asked strangely:

"Brother has something to say?"

"Then let's put it bluntly, don't be separated from my brother!"

Zhu Wu froze and smiled apologetically:

"It's the little brother, isn't it!"

The little brother asked directly.

"The younger brother received the news reported below, saying that the clouds in the sky avoided the land of our Liangshan and it rained."

"When I first got the report, my younger brother didn't believe it, so he went to confirm it."

"As a result, the younger brother saw with his own eyes that at the junction of Yingtianfu and Shanzhou, the dark clouds in the sky only rained in Yingtianfu, and in Shanzhou one step away, there was no rain at all."

"That's horrifying!"

"Brother, I think that in the past two years, the territory of the Song Kingdom has been smooth and rainy, and there has been no disaster at all, but when it comes to the territory of our Liangshan, there are all kinds of unhappiness, plague and drought."

"This ...... Isn't this really the heavenly gods looking for trouble with their brother? ”

Ghost Li was stunned after hearing this, and subconsciously wanted to deny it, but suddenly his heart jumped, and he realized that there are immortals and Buddhas in this world, so this abnormal situation may not be impossible.

Looking at Zhu Wu's worried expression again, he knew that he, or the people above Liangshan, were very uneasy about being involved in the immortal brawl, so he laughed and reassured:

"Tang Seng still has ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties in learning scriptures, where is it so easy to establish the Dao system of exorcism Zhenjun?"

"But you've also seen it, even if this thing was done by the gods and Buddhas in the sky, it is already the limit of what they can do."

"They can't come down at all, they can't even kill a certain person with a thunderbolt!"

"Brother, although tell everyone on the mountain that there is a certain family watching things like immortals, you brothers don't need to worry, just do a good job in the world."

After hearing this, Zhu Wu let out a long breath, his expression relaxed, and he apologized with his crossed hands:

"It's the little brother who is too nervous, don't blame the brother."

Ghost Li hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile:

"Brother, this is also worried about the safety of a certain person, so he is willing to remind Yu XX, it is too late for a certain family to be grateful, how can it be blamed?"

The two brothers spoke thoroughly, and there was no gap.

Zhu Wu had a lot of affairs, and after his heart was exhausted, he took his leave and went to appease the rest of the people.

Ghost Li frowned and drove the Hot Wheels down Liangshan.

He was going to check to see if it was true.

He walked quickly along the border of Liangshan, and sure enough, when he saw that it was raining in some places, it was falling along the border, and he really avoided the rain in Liangshan.

"Straight sissy thief!"

"It's really a heavenly immortal Buddha who is making trouble!"

He had only been sure that the heavenly immortals could not come down to the earth to trouble him, so he acted unscrupulously, but he never thought that this immortal Buddha could also use this method to influence his actions.

Ghost Li didn't know that this incident was actually not the intervention of the gods and Buddhas in the heavens, but the result of Zhang Tianshi's report to the heavens from Longhu Mountain, but he only needed to think about it logically, and he could think of some clues from the past.

If this drought was caused by the gods and Buddhas in the sky, then was the plague last time too?

Isn't it the same last time when the White Lotus Sect made trouble?

Will there be other disasters after that?

Flood?

Flooding of the Yellow River?

Thinking of this, Ghost Li couldn't help but be shocked, if the Yellow River flooded, the disaster would be too great.

But he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, because the Yellow River is one, and if the Yellow River rises, it must be the first embankment on the upstream side of the Song Kingdom.

Because the Yellow River embankment on the Liangshan side has to be specially inspected and repaired every year, and the situation of the embankment on the Song Dynasty side is difficult to say.

However, these judgments are entirely based on the premise that the means of the gods and Buddhas are still in line with the objective laws of the present world, and if the immortal Buddhas in the sky can ignore the objective laws of the present world, then the situation faced by Liang Shan can be regarded as the real trouble.

Ghost Li thought about it carefully and felt that everything was not easy to say.

The clouds only rained on one side of the Song Realm, and no matter how you think about it, you don't feel that it is in line with the objective laws of the present world.

But in other cases, it shows that the methods of the gods and Buddhas are not so foul.

Although there is no rain in Liangshan, there is abundant rainfall in the surrounding Song Realm, which leads to the abundant water in the rivers flowing into the Song Realm, and these rivers can be irrigated by water conservancy projects.

If the methods of the gods and Buddhas do not abide by the objective laws of the present world, then it is much easier to directly cut off the flow of water in Liangshan?

But in fact, the gods and Buddhas in the heavens did not do this?

Why not do it?

Could it be because of kindness?

Definitely not!

It must be because I can't do it!

From this point of view, the heavenly gods and Buddhas can do very limited things in the world, or they can only rely on the means of believers to do certain things.

Although this method is somewhat difficult to deal with, it is still in line with the objective laws of the present world, and it is not an unsolvable problem.

In the current situation of Yangshan, if you want these rivers to stop flowing and there is no water available for irrigation in Yangsan, you can only build dams upstream of these rivers.

But the problem is, with the current situation of the Song Kingdom, this dam will definitely not be built.

Song Huizong would rather take the money to build a few Taoist palaces than build a dam!

But if the immortals and Buddhas in the sky are more ruthless, and directly let the entire Song Kingdom not rain, so that there is a drought all over the country, then the situation will be serious.

He had no doubt that if he found that this drought could not stop him, the gods and Buddhas in the sky might really do so.

At that time, there will inevitably be chaos in the world, and smoke will rise everywhere, and that is not in the interests of Liangshan!

What Liangshan needs is a stable Song state, a Song state that can allow Liangshan to steadily encroach, so that all the occupied states can gradually become what they are now under Liangshan's rule.

Otherwise, like the Mongols, they have a false name, except for the ability to exploit and obtain resources on a large scale, and there is no difference between ruling and not dominating.

But now this drought has made Li Ghost change his mind.

The fact that the plan can be perfectly executed can only exist in it, and in reality there will always be all kinds of sudden changes that make the plan change again and again.

If there was no god and Buddha to intervene, it was just a battle between Liangshan and the Song Kingdom, then Li Ghost could certainly carry out his own plan calmly.

But now, he has to think carefully about whether to speed up the process of reunifying the country.

The Shinto of this world will be influenced by the human dynasty.

If Ghost Li's plan succeeds, as time passes, the people of this world may completely lose their knowledge of the gods and Buddhas, and do not know their names and teachings.

At that time, the world will be completely out of the control of the gods and Buddhas.

The intervention of the gods and Buddhas also proved that what Li Ghost had done had threatened the foundation of their existence in this world.

Perhaps the world under the throne of gods and Buddhas is like the sand of the Ganges, but none of them can be given to others in vain.

Strategically defy the enemy, but tactically value the enemy.

Although Ghost Li didn't think that the gods and Buddhas in the heavens would be able to stop his plan, he obviously couldn't be beaten down so passively.

He can allow the existence of the Song Kingdom because the Song Kingdom does not pose any threat to him, and he can destroy it at any time, but he must not sit idly by and watch the threat of the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

It's like Nami can allow Dongying to grow bigger, but it definitely can't watch the rabbit develop steadily.

After returning to Liangshan, Li Gui immediately ordered all armies to prepare and take Denglai Erzhou first.

He wanted to do an experiment to see how quickly the gods and Buddhas in the sky reacted.

If the gods and Buddhas are always paying attention to this world, then their reaction must be very fast, but they are afraid that the front foot Li Ghost will recover the two states of Denglai, and the rain in the two states of the back foot will also be cut off.

But if not, even if Denglai Prefecture is included in the rule of Yangshan, it has not been affected by the drought, which means that the reaction mechanism of this god and Buddha is delayed.

Based on the length of this delay, he could draw up a new unified plan accordingly.

Due to the speed of communication and organizational structure, the mobilization speed of Liangshan has made great progress, and within a few days, an army of 3,000 people was organized to march towards Denglai and the two states with artillery.

As early as after Zong Ze and all the generals died in the tent of the Chinese army, the remaining soldiers dared to continue the attack, and they all fled back in a swarm, spreading the news.

Now the two states of Denglai have long been in chaos, and a group of gentry have once again sat together to discuss matters, but everyone in the whole living room is arguing in a mess, and there is no useful idea.

"How's that okay?"

"I knew that Zong Rulin was such a waste, I shouldn't have wasted gold, silver, grain and grass on him in the first place!"

"What's the use of talking about that now?"

"Who would have thought that the killer star Li Ghost would actually infiltrate the army as an assassin that day?"

"Why don't we descend?"

"If you want to surrender, you have to be willing to ask for you!"

"Even the descendants of the saints have been killed, how can they keep them?"

"I think that Liangshan only kills the gentry, not the merchants, or he will sell all the land and property and buy a big mansion in the city to be a merchant!"

"What stupid are you talking about? Sit and eat the mountain empty! Without a foundation, it's not meat on someone's board, you can eat it whenever you want? ”

"So what do you say? It's hard to go to sea and wander! ”

"It's really not good, so I'll take a boat around Jiangnan and go back to the rule of the Song Kingdom."

"You can't take away the land and houses, what's the difference between going to Jiangnan and being a businessman? I think I might as well be a businessman! At least it's your own homeland, everyone is familiar with it! ”

"At least we are allowed to buy more land and become gentry! We took all the gold and silver with us, and although we couldn't buy so much fertile land there, it was enough to gain a foothold in the local area. ”

"I can see it, as long as you don't live under Liangshan, you can go anywhere!"

A group of people quarreled for a day, did not reach an agreement, and finally broke up unhappily, and everyone went their own way.

After Qin Daguan returned home, he thought about it, and still felt that he couldn't continue to stay in Laizhou, and he didn't care what others thought of him, anyway, he definitely wouldn't stay here.

He immediately asked his family to hire big ships, prepare carriages and horses, transfer houses and fields cheaply, and prepare to run away.

He was already a local tyrant and attracted much attention, and as soon as he made such a move, everyone else in the city immediately received the news.

A friend came to persuade him, but he was already determined to leave, and in the end the two had a big quarrel and broke up unhappily.

Under the influence of the Qin officials, those who were about to leave also began to prepare.

The atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense, and there were houses sold at low prices everywhere, but their residences were originally some big mansions, where could ordinary people afford to buy them?

And those who can afford it are now at a loss, although they don't know what to do in the future, but they will definitely not come up to take over.

As a result, the housing prices in the city suddenly fell to the bottom, and no one bought them at all.

On the contrary, there are scattered small landlords in the countryside who are not well-informed or have a fluke mentality who are willing to buy it.

But there were too many people selling, and the property could not be sold at a high price.

This delay has passed for a month or two, and their land has not yet been sold, and the news of Liangshan's troops came first.

This time, this group of people was really panicked, and they didn't care whether the land was sold or not, so they hurriedly packed all the gold, silver, and soft boxes and put them away, pulled them by car, transported them to the ship, and set sail directly to the sea with their family members and slaves, and then fled to the land south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing that the land was getting farther away and there were no pursuers coming, everyone on the ship breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they had to get out of the disaster.

When the ships were on the sea, the captain came out of the cabin with a knife and a group of men, and exclaimed with a smile:

"You birds, you are the most good at bullying the good on weekdays, and you eat your own family full of brains, but today you hit the hands of the master!"

"Grandpa, let's wait, do you want to eat pandao noodles or wontons?"

It turned out that because of the importance of maritime trade, Liangshan had long controlled all the shipyards and sea ships in his hands, even if Denglai Erzhou was taken back by Zong Ze, he never gave up these sea ships.

The river boat was just that, but no matter which sea boat it was, the boat was slowly replaced by Liangshan's sailor soldiers.

The owners of those ships only knew that the sailors on their ships were veterans of the sea, but they did not know at all that these people were paid double salaries.

Now that Liangshan wants to take back Denglai Erzhou, there is no need to continue to hide the identities of these people, and it happened that these gentry wanted to escape by boat, so they simply planned and wiped out all their people and property.

Now that it's at sea, there's no need for any public trial or anything like that, just hack to death with a knife, throw the body into the sea and feed the fish, and the matter will be resolved.

Pity this Qin official and others did everything possible to bring their hidden wealth on the ship, but in the end, they were all cheaper and directly transported to Liangshan.

Although it was not a single shot, Liangshan's capture of Denglai Erzhou was also easily completed.

At present, some adult graduates of the church schools opened by Liangshan in various places have begun to work, and they are just in time to take over the affairs of Denglai and the two states.

They don't need to do anything more, they just copy the model that has already taken shape.

First eliminate the gentry and the strong, blast all the Zhuangzi, and destroy the door.

Then demolish the "obscene shrine", change the temple of monks and Taoism into the temple of Zhenjun, unify the faith, and confiscate the temple field.

The land is measured and divided equally according to the head of the young and strong.

The village was merged into a township, and the township was merged into a town, and then retired soldiers were stationed in the local directly administered places to replace the local clan elders.

Exemption from grain tax, exemption from hard labor, and paying for the construction of water conservancy facilities......

After this set of work, it has basically become the shape of Liangshan.

Ghost Li carefully observed the climate change in the two states of Denglai in the rear, and found that the two newly incorporated states did not become arid because of this, so he knew that the way the gods and Buddhas controlled the weather was not carried out in real time, but they didn't know what means and through which believers did it.

Just as he was pondering whether to quickly destroy the Song State and promote the progress of reunification, news came from the maritime merchants who had returned from transporting grain that there had been many riots in overseas countries, and it was no longer suitable to buy grain.

(End of chapter)