The vast majority of the hungry people surrounding the villages have dispersed on their own. The people who remained in the wooden shed were the elderly, children, and the sick.

They are tenant families with no roof on the top and no land on the bottom, and none of the immediate relatives in the family have survived the cold winter, and they have no place to go at all, so they can only live in wooden huts.

Shen Yun's attitude toward these people was: If they are sick, they will be treated first, and the money they owe for decoction and medicine will be repaid with labor after they have recovered from their illness; those who are not sick and still have labor will work in Zhuangzi for a day, and Zhuangzi will provide them with food for one day; and only those old people and young children who have no labor at all will be relieved free of charge in Zhuangzi.

It's not that he can't afford to support these poor people, and it's not that he has to drive these weak people to work, but that after wandering outside for many years, he has seen all the things in the world and understood a lot of truths.

For example, there are too many poor people in this world. On his own, he can feed a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand, but there are thousands of people who are more pitiful than these ten thousand. He really has a weak heart;

Another example is to promote Mien, and fight Mi Chou. Eat and live for nothing, take care of it carefully, and more often, it attracts white-eyed wolves that swarm. But it's a different story to trade labor for it. One side contributes, one side produces steamed buns, in the middle, no one gives, no one is charity, everyone does not owe each other, both sides have confidence, remember each other's good.

This is a clear example: the vast majority of the adult men who were so hungry that they walked and shook their feet did not come to receive free rice porridge when they heard that they could exchange their labor for white flour steamed buns; When they got the white-flour steamed buns and rice porridge that they had exchanged for their labor, everyone's faces were filled with satisfied and happy smiles.

And Zhuangzili also got direct benefits from this: first, the hungry people dispersed early on their own. They only used up half of their food stockpiles. The expected grain shortage did not appear; in Da Zhuangzi, for example, they recruited more than 1,000 short-term workers in just a few days. The original plan was to wait until after the spring ploughing, and the major work such as repairing the canal, reinforcing the retaining wall, and expanding the livestock shed were all started ahead of schedule and completed quickly. After the starvation dispersed, the Great Zhuangzi also changed greatly, from a farm to a small castle with moats, parapet walls, arrow towers, etc.

As for the title of "Living Immortal", Shen Yun knew that this was a simple way for simple people to express their gratitude and trust in their hearts.

In other words, the title of "living immortals" represents the sincere acceptance of people in ten miles and eight towns. Since then, their group of outsiders have gained a foothold in this area, without worrying about conflict with the locals and being sidelined.

That's a great thing.

Half a month later, Zhao Xuan led a team of spies from Tingfeng Hall, and the first batch came back. There were storage bags to carry grain and grass, and six people brought back 7,000 stone of rice and 3,500 stone of wheat without showing the mountains and water.

According to Zhao Xuan's report, the rest of the squad will also return in the near future. The amount of food they received was about the same amount.

As it stands, food shortages are unlikely to happen again. So, these are no longer very important. What Shen Yun was most interested in was that Zhao Xuan brought back the latest news of Bei Hou's rebellion this time.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the Beihou troops suddenly dispatched and launched an unprecedented fierce attack on the rebel lair, which had been besieged for three years. The rebels in the city fought back to the death. The two sides fought fiercely for seven days and seven nights. In the end, the rebels were defeated and the entire army was destroyed.

"It is rumored that all the ten heavenly kings of the rebels were killed in battle. The city was littered with corpses. There are few living people left. Zhao Xuan shook his head and sighed lightly, "Pingnanhou didn't take advantage of it. The news that he was seriously wounded during the siege was spread, and the words with noses and eyes were the same as the truth. ”

Shen Yun couldn't help but worry about the arrival of Deputy Sect Envoy Yong'an, Chen Long, Yuan Feng and others.

After calculating the time, it was time for him to go back to the Gap Yunwu Pavilion to eliminate the vacation. You should be able to find out the details of them in the martial arts hall.

What's more, before going south, he had planned to return to the martial arts hall after the New Year. He never made the trip because he was dragged by the hungry people who flocked to the country.

Now, the situation of Da Zhuangzi and the other seven Zhuangzi is very good, and he can go out with confidence.

On the same day, Shen Yun convened a meeting of the elders: "Tomorrow, all the array piles can be built." When the formation is ready, I am ready to leave early the morning after tomorrow and return to the martial arts hall. For the time being, I plan to come back in ten days. When I am away, you do your duty and watch over your home. If there is no decision, the elders will discuss it, and if it is not decided, they can send me a message. ”

"Yes. Everyone clasped their fists in unison to receive the order.

After leaving the Immortal Capital, Shen Yun expanded the Council of Elders. Li Yi and the other four treasurers also became one of the elders, ranking after Wang, Li, and Wu.

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan asked, "Lord, do you need me to accompany you?"

Shen Yun waved his hand: "No need." You stay, with more important tasks to do. ”

Zhao Xuan immediately stood up from the futon and listened to the order.

"This time, we will rescue the disaster, and it will definitely attract the attention of the surrounding immortal mansions. I guess that those old men will not only not be grateful to us, but at this time they are like thorns in their backs, and they can't eat well and sleep. You are responsible for keeping an eye on them, lest they come out of any demon moths, but none of us are prepared. Now, all of your people have not returned. I'll ask Uncle Ding to call some people and give you a hand. Shen Yun commanded.

At this time, everyone finally understood why the lord ordered that all Zhuangzi should give priority to the construction of various protective fortifications. It turned out to be guarding against the immortal mansion.

"Those turtle grandsons have never been able to distinguish between good and bad. Elder Wu sighed, "The Lord is extremely worried. ”

"Elder Wu is right, they are helping the turtle grandson. When dealing with the turtle grandson, you must not be polite. The owner of the Wang Fang snorted, "As long as they dare to stretch out their turtle claws, if there are a few, we will chop off a few." Let's see if their turtle claws are fast, or if our knives are sharp. ”

"Yes. We even dare to chop off the claws of Prince Shun, and we are afraid of the big masters of a few county governments!"

No one thought that Shen Yun was thinking too much.

The next day, Shen Yun set up a small five-element array. Zhuangzi's defense was already like an iron bucket, and with this protection, he could go out with peace of mind.

Early in the morning of the third day, he left alone and headed for the provincial capital.

Chunwang County is 400 miles away from the provincial capital. With his footsteps, he walked through the clouds, and could easily arrive before evening.

In fact, by the middle of the afternoon, he had already reached the southern outskirts of the provincial capital.