218: C218 Drought

C218 Drought

The shopkeeper hesitated, not knowing how to answer Xiao Chen's question.

"Withdraw! Since the three of you have come, I'm afraid you already know a thing or two." Soon, a voice came from upstairs, and a young man walked down.

"You admit it?" Liang Yiyi took a step forward and stood at the foot of the stairs. She looked up at the young man who was walking down.

"That's right. These weapons were forged and sold by me."

The young man did not hesitate or defend himself. The straightforward admission made Liang Yiyi feel that this was just a dream. It was too smooth and she could not argue or struggle.

"Then why did you send someone to Treasure Tower?" Liang Yiyi asked the man in front of her again.

"Because Treasure Tower is rich! This small loss is nothing to Treasure Tower." The young man stood in front of Liang Yiyi while he was talking. He wore a long white robe and stood with his hands behind his back. His eyes were glowing and full of energy.

"You? Shameless."

Liang Yiyi really did not know what to say. The only person who could make what she did sound so grand and without any guilt was the person in front of her.

"Whatever you say! Since you did it, you have to bear the consequences. Since you are discovered, you have to bear the price." The youth smiled and said.

"Good, well said!"

Xiao Chen clapped his hands. He had said it very well, and it was in Xiao Chen's heart.

"Are the three of you from Treasure Tower?"

The young man looked at Xiao Chen and asked.

"That's right! Who are you?"

"Zhang Bo from the Zhang Family of Shenglan Ancient Country!"

"Zhang Bo, son of the Minister of Finance Zhang Tianwei!" Liang Yiyi looked at the person in front of her in shock. If this person was Zhang Bo, it would be even stranger. How could Zhang Bo do such a lowly thing with his identity? Deceit was an act of contempt.

"Miss is right! It is me!"

Zhang Bo cupped his fists and bowed to Liang Yiyi.

"Then why did you do this?" Liang Yiyi asked in shock.

Zhang Bo shook his head. Clearly, he did not want to tell others about this. Liang Yiyi did not continue asking. Perhaps this was an internal matter in Shenglan Ancient Country.

"Since the three of you know about it, I have nothing to say. How do the three of you want to compensate me? I, Zhang Bo, have no complaints! " Please don't threaten the Zhang family and Shenglan Ancient Country. All of this is my own choice. "

Zhang Bo looked at Xiao Chen and the other two and said very seriously.

Xiao Chen smiled and put away all the weapons on the ground. "Forget it." Xiao Chen did not plan to punish Zhang Bo.

"Don't you want a reason? Is that it?" Zhang Bo had never thought that Xiao Chen would be like this. Could it be that he came here to interrogate Xiao Chen just to take a look at him and confirm this matter?

"Let's go!"

Xiao Chen turned around and left.

Zhang Bo was the only one left standing in the shop. He did not know what this meant.

"Young master, why?" Liang Yiyi did not understand why Xiao Chen suddenly left. Xiao Chen looked at Liang Yiyi and said, "Keep walking. You will know the reason." Xiao Chen did not tell Liang Yiyi directly.

"How did you see it, young master?"

Liang Yiyi asked Xiao Chen again. She really did not understand how Xiao Chen was sure that this shop was the origin of those imitation weapons.

"Because the weapons in the hands of the people who came out are all imitation weapons!" Xiao Chen said. Zhang Bo had laid out a huge arm. He was afraid that Treasure Tower was not the only one who was stupid.

"Young master, what should we do?"

The shopkeeper asked Zhang Bo.

"Notify all the people who have left to come back. Don't act rashly. Let's go back to Shenglan Ancient Country!" Zhang Bo looked outside and said slowly.

"But Young Master has 500 million Spirit Stones, and he still lacks 368 million Spirit Stones. How should we gather such a large amount?" Hearing that Zhang Bo was going to stop this operation, the shopkeeper was a little unwilling and said regretfully.

"The solution is to figure it out. I still have some assets in Shenglan Ancient Country. If I sell them, they should be worth some money! " In the end, what we do is still not on the surface! Let those people bring the things back and destroy them all."

"Young Master!"

I've made up my mind! You don't need to advise me! " If you're discovered, you can't continue. "

"But those people are all huge merchants who have committed all kinds of heinous crimes. They usually plunder the wealth of the people, and now that the ancient country is in a drought, the people are not able to live, but they don't have any sympathy at all. Each and every one of them took advantage of the opportunity to continue plundering the wealth of the people." The shopkeeper said with righteous indignation.

The Shenglan Ancient Country was in a drought, and not a single blade of grass grew within ten thousand miles. The land was dried up and no water could be seen. The Imperial Court ordered the Minister of Finance, Zhang Tianwei, to settle this matter within a month.

If he wanted to settle this matter, he had to use money. Zhang Tianwei calculated that he needed one billion Spirit Stones to go to the sky, but there were too many places that the Imperial Court needed money now. They could only give him 500 million Spirit Stones, and the remaining 500 million Spirit Stones needed Zhang Tianwei to settle on his own.

After thinking about it for a while, he had no other choice. Zhang Bo had left home on his own and came up with such a plan. After a month, they said that they had lived a lot.

Rank-8 medicinal Holy Treasures, those profiteers loved them dearly and wished they could take all of them.

"They are the ones who plunder the wealth of the common people. No, but we can't become people like them because of jealousy! " After this matter ends, I will personally apologize to father. " Zhang Bo shook his head and said.

Helpless, as long as there was a way, he would not make such a bad decision.

After staying in the Barbaric Ox City for a few days, the carriage continued to move forward.

"In front of Young Master is the territory of Shenglan Ancient Country! If I remember correctly, it should be Fengxiang Prefecture in front!" Liang Yiyi thought for a while and said.

Shenglan Ancient Country had 36 prefectures and 72 prefectures. Their territory was vast and traceless. The territory of these 72 prefectures was as big as Dynasty. The 36 prefectures were even more so. Four prefectures were comparable to one province.

"Fengxiang Prefecture? A pleasant name." Xiao Chen said.

Why are there so many refugees? "

As the carriage moved forward, they gradually saw many refugees on both sides of the road. Some of them were skinny, as if they had not eaten for more than ten days. Cultivators were fine, but ordinary people could not bear it at all.

Some of them were even chewing on tree bark and eating grass.

There were also many people who had starved to death. The further they went, the more refugees there were. They all looked hungry, as if they wanted to eat their companions.

"If this continues, I'm afraid we'll have to eat people!" old servant shook his head and said.

"How is it possible for people to eat people?" Liang Yiyi felt disgusted and afraid when she thought about it. What was the situation of humans eating humans? old servant smiled and did not say anything. It was not a new thing for humans to eat humans.

"Young Master, should we get off the car and take a look?" Liang Yiyi could not bear to say it.

"Let's go down then." Xiao Chen smiled and nodded in agreement. He got down from the carriage. The surrounding people saw Xiao Chen and Liang Yiyi's eyes brighten.

Xiao Chen and Liang Yiyi were like food.

"Sure, sure. Give me something to eat." Soon, three people surrounded them. Liang Yiyi looked at the people who came up and took out something to eat from her Storage Ring and handed it over.

If she did not take it out, it would be fine. But when she took it out, it was like throwing a huge rock into a calm lake. Layers of waves rolled up.2

The surrounding people surrounded him. They felt like they were going to eat Xiao Chen and the others.

"Young Master!" Liang Yiyi looked at Xiao Chen with a look of distress in her eyes. She did not expect such a scene. Xiao Chen shook his head slightly. "You take care of it yourself!"

Xiao Chen did not seem to interfere.

"Young Master is brave and invincible, domineering, and handsome!"

"That's enough!" Xiao Chen raised his hand and interrupted Liang Yiyi's words. These words did not sound sincere. Xiao Chen waved his hand and the Dao-Seeking Sword appeared in his hand. A blue light surrounded the sword and the water swirled around it.

With a swing of his sword, the water on the dry ground started to flow rapidly. In the blink of an eye, a huge lake appeared in front of him.

"Water!"

As one of them spoke, he rushed forward. When everyone saw the lake water, it was as if they had gone crazy. They did not ask Liang Yiyi to eat anymore and all rushed towards the lake water.

"What's wrong with these people?"

Liang Yiyi asked in shock.

"Drought!" Xiao Chen said. Liang Yiyi had learned something from the carriage and stopped to rest. Liang Yiyi did not take out any food.

She found an old man and asked, "Uncle, where did you guys come from?"

"We came from the Teng Long Prefecture. We are going to the barbaric bull ancient country!" The old man wiped his sweat and said with dry lips.

"Is it a drought? Why doesn't the Imperial Court care?" Liang Yiyi asked. With such a natural disaster, the Imperial Court of Shenglan Ancient Country should take action.

"It's a drought. The Imperial Court had ordered the Minister of Finance, Zhang Tianwei, to settle this matter a month ago. If Zhang Tianwei wanted to buy grain, he needed one billion Spirit Stones from the Imperial Court. However, over the years, the Shenglan Ancient Country was used by the army. The treasury did not have much savings, and only 500 million Spirit Stones were allocated."

"That's not a small amount!" Liang Yiyi said. 500 million Spirit Stones was already a huge amount.

"Miss, what you said is easy! Drought disaster isn't just Teng Long Manor and Fengxiang Manor. The Heavenly Tiger Manor, Rosefinch Mansion, Hua Yang Manor, and Shaoyin Manor have a total of six residences. They have a huge number of people, and 500 million Spirit Stones is nothing. Moreover, those profiteers are using this opportunity to raise the price. 500 million Spirit Stones won't be able to buy anything."

Liang Yiyi finally understood why Zhang Bo did that. It turned out that he was trying to raise money.

"Could it be that the Imperial Court doesn't care?"

"Control? How could they care? Which of the profiteers doesn't have someone backing them? If they don't have someone backing them, Would they dare to do this? The Imperial Court couldn't interfere. If they did, problems would arise. "As such, we can only turn a blind eye to it."

The old man said helplessly.

Our place is considered good. I heard that the Heavenly Tiger Prefecture and Rosefinch Mansion are already eating humans! " The old man said.

"Young master, this is too pitiful!" Liang Yiyi looked at Xiao Chen, but Xiao Chen did not show any expression. He just stood there quietly.

"It is very pitiful, but we can't do anything about it." Xiao Chen said. This was a natural disaster. If it was man-made, perhaps they could just kill that person. No one could do anything about a natural disaster.

Liang Yiyi also understood that no one could do anything about such a thing.

"Young Master, we can look for those profiteers!"

"You want justice?" Xiao Chen asked with a smile. Those people dared to raise the price and make a fortune. It meant that they were not afraid of trouble. They had strong backing. What could they do if they went there? Even the Minister of Finance, Zhang Tianwei, could not do anything about it. Asking his son to come up with such a plan was enough to prove how powerful those profiteers were.

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