The middle-aged man looked at the 'divine envoy' on the stage and looked at the people in the audience and said to the farmer: "Use soup soup to attract the homeless, and after the homeless people arrive, they will start to incite the panic of the homeless, throw out the argument that people want to cause natural disasters, and then make the people have a good impression of the soup soup first, and it is easy to believe their words. The confusion gradually erodes the minds of the displaced people, making them fall into illusions, and those who can come to receive the porridge and rice are hungry for a long time, and the lack of food and water has made them mentally weak, and some are even on the verge of collapse, where can they withstand this long-planned calculation?"

The farmer said: "The imperial court has long wanted to investigate the 'Divine Redemption Sect', but the number of internal and external thieves is increasing day by day, and they can't spare their hands, and in recent years, more and more generals in the army have spoken for the 'Divine Redemption Sect', and probably there are also people in the imperial court who are short of pay and have been bribed and infiltrated by the 'Divine Redemption Sect'. ”

The middle-aged man said, "What countermeasures does Master Hou have?"

The farmer shook his head and said: "There is no countermeasure, if you want to exterminate the 'Divine Redemption Sect', not to mention whether the court has the strength now, can you free up your hands, just cut off the road to give porridge to the homeless, it can be torn apart and eaten alive by the affected people, not to mention that there are people in the court who wish I was going to die, once the civil uprising increases sharply again, even the emperor will not be able to protect me as a handsome." ”

The middle-aged man looked at the homeless people who had eaten the air and drank the imaginary water one by one, wiped their mouths one by one, touched their bellies and looked satisfied, sighed and said: "Soul dementoring and hypnotic techniques are sometimes a kind of help, but such domineering and extreme methods can certainly make people feel full of food and drink for a while, but isn't it too cruel to the people who are so hungry and hungry?

The farmer said: "There is salvation, more than sixty percent of the people who die, and the rest will naturally have a way to live." ”

The middle-aged man's heart was shocked, he couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of this extremely low-key and principled person, and he looked at the farmer in shock.

The farmer sighed and replied: "The economy and population are very complicated things, I am a country based on agriculture, pointing to the sky to eat, seeking progress in stability, in the peaceful years of production recovery is very fast, it will not take a few years for the people to have food and clothing, after which the court needs people to pay taxes, need people to guard the frontier, so encourage the people to give birth, so it does not take a hundred years, the country is rich, the army is strong, this is also the reason why the dynasties chose to recuperate in the early days of the founding of the dynasty, and it is also the advantage of a big country in agriculture.

But at this moment, things began to get out of control, the population grew faster and faster, taking this dynasty as an example, it took a hundred years from 50 million to 80 million people, from 80 million to 100 million people in seventy or eighty years, but in the last forty or fifty years, the population has increased sharply from less than 100 million to more than 200 million, the population has doubled and the increase in arable land is less than 20 percent, the imperial court has been continuously introducing various grain seeds from Fanbang in recent years, hoping to be more productive and able to resist drought, but it is still too slow, and the newly introduced seeds can barely survive without a great famine, once the famine breaks out, the grain that could have fed 150 million people instantly became only able to feed 50 million people。

Moreover, there is uneven distribution between the upper and lower levels, and people are still wantonly extravagant and wasteful, but most people have to go hungry, coupled with the increase in transportation costs and inconvenience, so that the grain that could have fed 50 million people can really feed only 30 million people, but now it has to feed 200 million people, that is 200 million mouths, and it is impossible to eat for a day, rebellion is inevitable, and starvation is inevitable.

If you want to really check, I am afraid that at least 35 million people have died in famine and war in recent years, and the blood shed is not less, but more than half of the displaced people, or even more than eighty percent, death is the fate of most people, we just dare not admit it, when the 'dragon god' took his men to sea, I am afraid that there are some clues to have such a thing, it is rumored that the shopkeeper Luo returned the 'Qinlong Tower' and the money village to the emperor when he reminded ' Qinlonglou's business is not as good as selling, and then the business has plummeted, although the reason why the powerful ministers dare not go to the emperor's restaurant to eat, another point is also the unexpected outbreak of the famine, alas, you, I, the emperor compared to the 'dragon god' and Luo shopkeeper their vision is still a little worse. ”

The middle-aged man said: "What Hou Ye said is also reasonable, now do we want to mix into the 'God Redemption Sect' to investigate?"

The farmer said: "I don't have that time, I think it's more important to find out where their food is coming from and where it's going to be inside, can you still taste the Mi Shao Alliance Master that you have recovered?"

"Try it. The middle-aged man squeezed in front of the crowd, grabbed a handful of rice and then withdrew, walked to the farmer, and each grabbed a few grains of rice and threw them in his mouth and chewed them.

"Well, it's like rice in the area of 'Great Dragon City', what does Lord Shao think?" the farmer asked.

The middle-aged man said: "'Zhongzhou' mostly feeds on wheat and corn, and the transportation is not passable, and other families have never heard of the delivery of grain from other places, plus the taste matches This should be the batch of rice we lost, it seems that it is the same as the news we got before, and the branch of the 'Yangdao League' was picked by them." ”

The farmer nodded, and the two gradually walked out of the crowd, and the farmer said, "What is the Lord Shao going to do?

The middle-aged man said: "Then it depends on whether Master Hou can wish me a hand." ”

The farmer shook his head and said: "The situation is complicated, it affects the whole body, the internal and external thieves have not been eliminated, at this time, the enemy of the 'Divine Redemption Sect' may force it to join forces with the other two parties, and the 'Divine Redemption Sect' can destroy your 'Yang Dao Alliance' overnight Its strength can be seen, and now the imperial court is difficult to take care of, knowing that the 'Divine Redemption Sect' must hide the conspiracy, and can only let it go, I hope that before they launch, the internal and external thieves can calm down one and have a chance of winning." ”

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "If there is one, there will be two, and if there is three, there will be four, the Hou Ye is unwilling to help, not only can I not get back the lost food, but I can't take revenge on my brothers, and I'Yang Dao Alliance' will not be far away, once the 'Divine Redemption Sect' learns the true relationship between Mr. Wei and 'Osumi Heavenly City', he will definitely attack the helm, and then a Mr. Wei will not be able to stop them." ”

The farmer said: "So, the matter is imminent, I plan to ask Gai Motian to come to the army to help, if I can defeat the Liukou in one fell swoop, I can free up my hands to investigate the 'God Redemption Sect' in detail, as for the 'Yang Dao Alliance', how to choose is the matter of the Lord of the Shao League." ”

The middle-aged man said: "Master Hou, Gai Motian is a moody person with a strange personality, and I am afraid that there will be trouble in the army." ”

The farmer said, "Do I have a better choice?"

The middle-aged man said, "Yes." ”

The farmer said, "Oh?"

The middle-aged man said: "At the beginning, Yun Lao left a secret and made a deal with a master, he should have come in the first battle of the capital, but he never showed up, and he should not be disturbed again, but at this time and that time, I had to try to ask him to help again." ”

The farmer was stunned and said, "Who is this man?"

The middle-aged man said: "The first person in the 'Eight Desolate Valley' in the past two hundred years, and the former number one master in the Ouchi, Jing Hui Jing Xihuang. ”

"Was that him? wasn't he killed by the Immortal Venerable?" the farmer asked.

The middle-aged man said: "Lord Jing should not have fought with the 'Immortal Evil Venerable', the rumored 'Immortal Evil Venerable' who defeated Lord Jing was pretended by Yun Lao, Lord Jing faked his death for three days, and after the 'Eight Desolate Valley' Zhong Gu Lord found out, he would plan and bury Lord Jing late at night, at that time, Wu Jingguo was afraid that Jing Xihuang would fake his death, so he sent Zhao Ji and others to mourn and investigate in the open, and he was afraid that Zhao Ji and others would arouse the suspicion of Zhong Gu Lord because of their identity, so they sent Tang Xian, the only friend of Lord Jing before his death, to secretly investigate, but this section is not known to us. Lord Jing's skill is much higher than Tang Xian's, and with the Lord of Zhong Gu on his side, he must have failed to find out the clues as he wished, and later Lord Jing ran for help from all sides just to cover up people's eyes, and at that time, Lord Jing should have already recuperated in the 'Eight Desolation Valley'. Since then, the pattern of the capital has changed, the first emperor died of illness, the new emperor ascended the throne, although Yun Lao did not explicitly say the content of the transaction with Lord Jing at the beginning, he must have revealed one or two, plus the current emperor and the former emperor have a deep brotherhood, but the first emperor is not the victim of the current emperor, there is this section Lord Jing may come forward. ”

The farmer said: "If he can help, he will really be able to beat Gai Motian, but the Lord of the Shao League recommended Master Jing to me, wouldn't the 'Yang Dao Alliance' lose the best help?"

The middle-aged man said: "There are no eggs under the nest, I have plans for the 'Yang Dao Alliance', and I will lend Hou Ye 2,000 carriages and soldiers to me at that time, and I will also give half of the grain and grass to Hou Ye's soldiers." ”

The farmer exclaimed, "Do you still have a private collection?"

The middle-aged man said, "The hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen," Yang Dao League's collection of all the warehouses, the sale of all the belongings is the only these, this is still transported when the Cao Yun is unimpeded, at that time more than a heart, did not dare to put all the grain in the granary of the branch, originally planned to this winter and next spring to give porridge and rice to help the people, now it seems that sooner or later in our hands is not guaranteed, and it is useless to relieve the people of hunger for a while, the court is strong to have a chance to turn things around, otherwise the poor people will always let the conspirators deceive, like oil to squeeze the last drop of oil in life. ”

The farmer smiled and said, "Lord Shao is finally willing to face reality?"

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "Yun Lao once said that he has never had a heart to calculate or not to have a heart, this is also a helpless thing, if Yun Lao is still today, there will be a good law." ”

The farmer said: "You also have a way, but it's a pity that you are the same as Ming Trace, you are not ruthless enough to do it." ”

The middle-aged man also smiled and replied, "Master Hou is also talking about himself in this sentence." ”

The farmer was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "I really can't do anything in the face of ordinary people." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the farmer sighed and said: "I haven't drunk a cup of tea for a long time, I think back then, I was also an idler who slept until three o'clock in the sun, fried two side dishes and made a pot of tea, and became a tired and miserable person in the blink of an eye." ”

The two of them walked and chatted, and they had already walked out of the crowd, and suddenly the wind was loud, and the two turned around to see six Dharma protectors rushing to the scene.

"Evil demons, dare to spy on the mysteries of my Divine Sect, where to go?" The six people shouted in unison, and the six knives slashed indiscriminately, the knife skills were exquisite, and the coordination was mysterious, no less than the 'Xuanyi Guard'.

"'Rice'" The farmer shouted, only to see him and the middle-aged man suddenly stiffened, and stood still without moving, and the six knives were cut at the two of them, but they did not leave any blades, and passed through the air, and then the two of them stood stunned like two scarecrows who scared the sparrows, and then slowly disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

On the path ten miles away from the barracks, the farmer and the middle-aged man walked side by side, and the middle-aged man said: "Master Hou's kung fu is really a different way." ”

The farmer said: "This is my wife's family martial arts, it is said that her ancestors have someone in the court to do a military general half a life after killing the idle life in the mountains and wilderness, after the world is peaceful, he resigned and returned to the seclusion of his life martial arts combined with the art of war and the birds, beasts, fish and insects in nature, flowers and trees, mountain springs and clear streams, and then created this' 'The Great Hidden Five Styles', the five styles of the five moves are a total of twenty-five changes in usage, the tricks are novel, the style is unexpected, but it is a pity that the children and grandchildren on the back are not good, and one or two moves are less than one or two strokes in the generation of my wife and grandfather, and no one has practiced in the family of my wife's grandfather, and this half of the book is also found in a bunch of old books. ”

The middle-aged man said, "It's a pity. ”

The farmer said: "What a pity is this, too many good things have been lost, "Green Capsule Book", "Mengxi Pen Talk" and so on are scattered, in fact, even if they are handed down to this day, I am afraid that not many people cherish them." ”

While the two were talking, the military camp in front of them was in sight, and a merchant on the side of the road in front of him was resting with his burden, and when he saw the two coming, he suddenly stood up and greeted him, and the two immediately stopped.

"May I ask if the two of you are Marquis Zhong and Master Shao?" the merchant asked.

"Your Excellency?" asked the farmer.

The merchant didn't answer, and suddenly the cold light flashed, and a sword stabbed at the throat of the middle-aged man like thunder, the middle-aged man took half a step back, the handle of the knife in his hand was against the sword, and the knife was half out of the sheath A sense of balance made the merchant unable to advance, and the merchant took the sword and retreated, hugged his fists and said: "Offended, my landlord has a letter to hand over to the master of Shao Meng." As he spoke, the merchant took out a piece of letterhead from his arms, handed it to the middle-aged man, and turned to leave.

The farmer said: "The people of the master of the building are really straightforward, if the master of the Shao League has just made a knife, he will already be a dead man." ”

The middle-aged man opened the letterhead and looked at it twice and handed it to the farmer, the farmer looked at it and handed it back to the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man said: "If it matches the news from the 'Osumi Heavenly City', I wanted to continue to investigate, but now it seems that there is no need, Hou Ye, I will leave and return to the mountain here, and please prepare for the carriage and horse as soon as possible." ”

The farmer said, "Well, I will help you as much as I can." ”

The two said that they parted ways, this middle-aged man was Shao Mingqian of the 'Yang Dao Alliance', and this farmer was Zhong Yu, now he is in power, far from being comparable to the 'Hou of Hidden Prefecture' that day, but Shao Mingqian is still used to calling him Hou Ye.