Wang Lin, the county lord sat in a gorgeous dress, his eyes swept across the gazebo, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a little delicate and charming, although she was a woman, she had the majesty of the royal blood of the Ulan Empire.

In the pavilion, the officials and Taoist priests on the left and right seats were encouraged and offered advice one after another.

"The lower officials thought that they should report the disaster to the imperial capital, and ask for food from other states and counties to save the hungry people, and wait for the drought to ease. As for those rebellious soldiers and thieves, the county lord doesn't have to worry, with our generals, it is enough to exterminate them, and there is no need to worry that they will attack Xingcheng!"

"In the past two years, there has been no harvest of grain in thousands of miles of fertile land in the state and county, and the former grain has long been exhausted. This year, a lot of grain has been transferred from other prefectures and counties, more than half of which is consumed on the road and half is transported to various county seats. Millions of soldiers and civilians in Xingzhou County consume millions of catties of grain every day, and several other prefectures and counties cannot supply them. This drought has not been resolved for a long time, and the imperial capital has already complained. ”

Wechen suggested that a grand canal should be dug to bring water from other states directly to the main river of Xingzhou! Although the project is huge, it will be done once and for all, and there is no need to worry about drought again. ”

"Other prefectures and counties may not be willing to give up water to our county! It is better to mobilize millions of soldiers and civilians to dig deep wells in Xingzhou County to get water! ”

Civil and military officials have offered advice.

However, the Taoist priests on the left seat have another theory.

As long as the rain falls and the drought eases, everything else can be solved naturally, and there is no need to worry about it. ”

"Chaotianguan does a ** thing, praying for blessings and rain, but it only consumes hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If the canal is excavated and a large number of deep wells are dug, I am afraid that hundreds of millions of taels of silver will not be enough, and it will cost the people and money, and cause a civil uprising, absolutely not!"

There were clearly two factions at the banquet.

Officials advocated sending food, sending troops to suppress the rebellion, digging rivers to carry water, and waiting for the drought to ease.

The Taoist priests advocated that rain would eliminate the disaster. This method is a little simpler, but it costs less. A mere hundreds of thousands of taels of silver is much less than other methods. You must know that if you fight a war, it will be a million taels of silver.

Ye Chen was silent.

Spells don't come out of nowhere, either using the mana in the monk's body or the water aura from the outside world.

The rainfall technique must mobilize the water aura between heaven and earth, otherwise there will be no rain to fall.

If you do things and ask for rain in normal times, the rain will come down. But now there is a drought for thousands of miles in Xingzhou County, the fire aura is extremely strong, and the water aura is extremely thin. There is not enough water aura in the outside world, and the rain spell cannot get support from the outside world.

During the Qi refining period, the cultivator used his own mana to irrigate a few acres of land at most. Outside the city gate just now, the spiritual rain technique performed by Immortal Master Kong used the mana in his body to release a very small piece of **.

Unless millions of spirit stones can be transported, tens of thousands of water system cultivators can cast spells to rain together, they can reverse such a large-scale drought - but this is an impossible thing, for the immortal cultivation world, millions of spirit stones are far more important than the rise and fall of a secular country.

Even if the Ulan Empire was destroyed, the Heavenly Void Immortal Gate would not use such financial resources to do such a thing.

I am afraid that this drought will not be stopped.

He is the Tianxu Inspector, and the most important task is to check the situation of the Ulan Empire, it stands to reason that he doesn't need to meddle in this drought, he just needs to report it after returning to Xianmen, pat his ass and leave.

What Ye Chen is worried about is that after the natural disaster, millions of Li people in Xingzhou County are afraid that they will suffer. Now that it has happened, something must be done to prevent the disaster situation here from worsening.

"If this drought lasts for tens or hundreds of years, the whole of Xingzhou will become a dry sandy land, and it will be useless to dig canals and pray for rain. In the future, it is better to abandon Xingzhou as soon as possible and move millions of soldiers and civilians to other states and counties, so as not to be in vain. ”

A black-clothed man in the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Period on the table suddenly said in a deep voice.

"Give up Xingzhou County?!"

"How can you do this! My Ulan Empire spent countless financial resources and troops to capture Xingzhou County. How can you just give up if you give up! Don't let you fool the people with false words!"

As soon as the black-clothed man said this, he was suddenly shocked, shaking dozens of monks and officials and generals at the pavilion banquet, and retorted sharply.

Even the rest of the monks could not help but be shocked by his bold idea.

"Xingzhou County is the fief of the county lord, isn't the county lord without a territory!

Lord Wang Lin's face was stunned, and he shook his head for a long time.

"This is a well-intentioned advice, as for whether to listen to it or not, it is a matter for the county lord. ”

The man in black said coldly.

Ye Chen's gaze swept over the banquet, a little strange. There were several monks of higher cultivation, such as the white-shirted old man and the Confucian monk, who looked blank and did not participate in the discussion, as if they had nothing to do with themselves.

"This Ye Dao Chief, I don't know what countermeasures there are, I can dedicate it to this county lord!"

Lord Wang Lin's gaze fell on Ye Chen.

She wondered if this new young Taoist priest was very strange, since he took the initiative to serve, he would usually show himself enthusiastically, so that he could be rewarded with wealth. He was fine, but when he came, he was silent, and only listened to the other monks discussing, as if he had really come to eat and drink.

"When I first came down, I didn't know anything about the drought, so I couldn't say much. I still don't know how this drought happened, but I have traveled all the way, and in other countries, and in the neighboring states and counties of Ulan, I have not seen the slightest sign of a great drought. But as soon as I entered Xingzhou County, I saw such a severe drought, which was very incomprehensible. It's not even clear about this below, so it's naturally hard to offer any countermeasures. May I ask the county lord, do you know the source of this drought?"

Ye Chen shook his head.

In the pavilion, dozens of monks were silent.

When it comes to the source of this drought, it seems that there is some taboo.

During the banquet, a few sharp eyes suddenly looked at Ye Chen, as if he was very dissatisfied with Ye Chen's many things, which was also mixed with the smell of warning.

Ye Chen just looked at Lord Wang Lin indifferently and didn't even look at them. It's just a few Qi Refining Stage cultivators, and it's not their turn to be dissatisfied or warn anything.

The Confucian monk drank a glass of wine, and when he saw that the monks were silent, he couldn't help but sneer, "I don't dare to say anything, I'm afraid of getting into big trouble! What sacrifices to the sky to ask for rain, what suppresses thieves, and what excavates canals, these are useless! These are not at the root, they are just begging for fish and deceiving themselves." ”

"Brother He, you've drunk too much!"

A middle-aged monk next to him hurriedly dissuaded.

"Isn't it just an Earth Flame Mountain! Look at you all are scared to death, and you don't dare to mention half a sentence! You don't dare to say, I'll talk about it!"

The Confucian monk laughed.

"Volcanic eruptions? How did we not know!" "Volcanic eruptions, you should be able to see them for thousands of miles!"

The first- and second-grade officials of Zhongxingzhou County couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's not a volcano, it's a mountain of earth flames. If there is no one to guide you, you will not even find the ground. This news has been blocked by some monks, and it has not been revealed at all, and a little disguise can cover up the past, of course you don't know, and it would be strange if it was known to you. ”

The Confucian monk said disdainfully.

Many of the monks at the table glanced at each other, and their faces showed worry.

"Earthflame Mountain?"

Ye Chen frowned slightly, "As far as I know, there is no Earth Flame Mountain in the territory of the Ulan Empire!

Ye Chen had already read the "Yunzhou Catalogue", and there was no record of the Earth Flame Mountain in the territory of the Ulan Empire. Otherwise, he would have guessed a long time ago.

"There is a dead flame mountain on the border of Xingzhou County, and there has been no movement for hundreds or thousands of years. The year before last, somehow, a large amount of fire aura suddenly began to erupt, becoming an earth flame volcano, and Xingzhou happened to be downwind of the earth flame mountain, blocking the water aura, which caused no rain for two whole years. I went there once before I realized what was going on. ”

The Confucian monk shook his head.

"If the Earth Flame erupts, it should just be a pure natural disaster!"

Ye Chenqi said.

Natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes may make the people of Lebanon awe and fear. But it is not a taboo for immortal cultivators with vast magical powers, there is no need to block the news, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Hmph, it's that simple. Whether this earth flame was deliberately detonated by someone and made it erupt is not clear! Moreover, as soon as this earth flame erupts, many fire treasures underground will be born! Originally, there was no spiritual land in the territory of the Ulan Empire, but as soon as the Earth Flame Mountain came out, it had become a fire-based spiritual land, and many fire spirit root cultivators were gathered to cultivate, and even looked for fire spirit treasures!"

Confucian monks.

All the civil and military officials looked at each other and closed their mouths in amusement. They are just secular officials, these are the affairs of the immortal cultivation world, and they have no power to ask at all. Don't look at them sitting here, talking to a group of monks about disaster relief. But these monks were invited by the county lord, who was a member of the royal family of the Ulan Empire, and the Ulan Empire was a secular country under the jurisdiction of the Tianxu Sect.

Most of these monks came for the sake of the face of Lord Wang Lin.

Otherwise, these officials alone would not be able to invite these monks who were in the fourth or fifth level of the Qi refining period.

Lord Wang Lin had just learned that a spiritual land had appeared in her territory, and he couldn't help asking, "Which guest Qing went to the Flame Mountain to investigate the situation?!"

At the table, all the Qi Refining Stage cultivators suddenly changed color.

"I'm preparing for a retreat recently, I'm afraid I can't do anything!"

"There is still a furnace of Dan in the Poor Dao that has not yet been refined, and it will take several years to refine the Dan first. Say goodbye!"

"The old man almost forgot that an old friend came to visit today. The old man went back first, so as not to snub the old friend. ”

Many monks hurriedly jumped up and took their leave.

They are the guests of the county lord's mansion, and they come and go freely. The soldiers did not dare to stop it, and even if they wanted to, they could not stop it.

After a while, the powerful people and strangers dispersed like a fire on their buttocks.

Lord Wang Lin and all the officials were dumbfounded, and asked them to go to the Flame Mountain to investigate the situation, and they actually said that they would leave.

The civil and military officials were helpless and dispersed.

The banquet in the pavilion of the county lord's mansion dispersed, and a countermeasure discussion ended in vain.

"Taishi, this Earth Flame Mountain is so terrifying, they don't dare to go?!"

Lord Wang Lin was taken aback and looked at the old man in white shirt.

The white-shirted old man was silent for a moment and shook his head, "The Earth Flame Mountain is not terrible, what is terrible is the monks entrenched in the Earth Flame Mountain, they gather in groups and block the news, this is not something that ordinary casual cultivators can do." Let them be so afraid, just afraid that some force will occupy the Earth Flame Mountain! The old man's duty is to protect the safety of the county lord, and he will ignore everything else!"

(To be continued)