The captain was startled and immediately knelt down on one knee and said: "Young master, no, so much spiritual food requires too many gold coins. We can't afford it. Please, young master, take it back."
"We are all brothers. You don't know my temper. I have no shame in taking back what I have given away. You are all the soldiers that my pastoral family relies on the most, and you deserve this reward." Former Russell,
Although he is rather reckless and does things regardless of the consequences, he is really good to his subordinates. Once, there was a son of a big noble.
, unreasonably wounded a Qianlong soldier, De La Serre dared to lead troops to rush to the other party's house to ask for an explanation. Therefore, he offended many nobles. Perhaps due to the influence of his father, the Mu family, who was not born in a prominent family, opposed his subordinates.
, are very kind to the soldiers, and are as close as brothers! This is also the main reason why the Mu family has a high reputation in the military.
The Mu family treats their soldiers sincerely, and those soldiers are willing to go through life and death for the Mu family. This is also the key to the Mu family's Hidden Dragon Army being victorious and undefeated.
Knowing Russell's temperament, all the soldiers could only feel grateful and accept the reward. The soldiers all knew that the Mu family treated them with kindness and kindness. Sometimes, there was no need to be polite, because everything about them was
It's from the Mu family.
"Thank you, young master, for the reward!"
When all the soldiers saw that their captain had accepted the reward, they knelt down to thank him.
Russell: "Okay, everyone, get up. This thing is very convenient to cook. You just need to roast it directly on the fire, then peel it and eat it. It is very convenient. Brothers, you can try it. Eat well and drink well.
Next, we have to hurry up."
The soldiers seemed to be very curious about this new type of spiritual food. They gathered in small groups and each found a place to make a fire and roast the sweet potatoes.
All the soldiers gathered around the fire and chatted casually...
"Hey, is this really spiritual food? It smells refreshing, more fragrant than military food. I don't know how it tastes."
"Didn't you hear that? The young master has already said that this is high-grade spiritual food. I have never eaten it before. I never thought that I would be lucky enough to eat high-grade spiritual food! Such a big piece should cost several hundred gold coins at least. If so,
If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to take it out for others to eat."
"You still don't know how the young master treats us. In the entire Celestial Empire, the young master is probably the only one who would distribute such high-grade spiritual food to the sergeants under his command. The young master is the best."
"The young master has nothing to say to us. Anyway, I will do whatever the young master tells me to do!"
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As time goes by, the delicious sweet potatoes gradually reveal their fragrance in the flames. The sweet potatoes produced in Chaos Space are naturally not comparable to ordinary products. Just when they are roasted, the fragrance they give off is extremely attractive. It can be estimated from hundreds of meters away.
You can all taste it.
"Wow, this... smells so good... it can produce such a fragrance just by roasting it over fire without adding any seasoning. It must be very delicious."
"It's so fragrant, can I eat it..."
A soldier touched it with his hand and found that the sweet potato was soft. He didn't care about burning his mouth and bit into it.
Several people around him asked excitedly: "How does it taste? Tell me quickly..."
The soldier looked happy and said, "It's so delicious. This is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten in my life. It's a little sweet, and it tastes so sweet! It's amazing..."
After hearing this, many soldiers raised their sweet potatoes and began to enjoy them. For a while, they received rave reviews and words of gratitude one after another!!!
After Luo Cheng ate it, he also felt extremely delicious. Unexpectedly, this sweet potato was so delicious, and the spiritual energy contained in it was very mild. After being absorbed by the human body, it would automatically enter the meridians. After running, it would be stored in the Dantian, allowing people to quickly restore their spiritual energy.
force.
"Young Master, this... this thing must be very expensive."
"Hahaha, how about it, it tastes good, everyone, feel free to eat. If this disaster relief is successfully completed, I will definitely reward you again!"
"Long live young master!"
"Thank you, young master."
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At this time, a ten-man team guarding the explosive bear. The team leader was tasting sweet potatoes with a satisfied look on his face. Suddenly he remembered something and kicked a subordinate beside him, saying: "Hurry up, don't forget the business, the young master has ordered
Let us ask for information. You guys, go entertain those bandits and ask me everything the young master wants to know. Don’t let the young master down!"
"Captain, I haven't finished all the sweet potatoes yet. I'll go back later! This thing is so delicious..."
"No one can compete with you. Hurry up and don't keep the young master waiting. Remember, the young master only wants to know three questions. First, who asked these guys to ambush the young master? Second, Hungry Wolf Village
Detailed information on the key figures in the village? Third, the tunnel map of Hungry Wolf Village. Get to work quickly."
Several of his subordinates stood up angrily and complained: "Huh, I'll save it for dinner at night. These little bandits dare to ambush the young master. I'm really tired of life. I'll go and greet them now." As he said, he dragged them along.
Several seriously injured bandits left.
Looking at the retreating figures, the squad leader said: "Pull the people away, don't affect the young master's rest, and don't kill them too quickly. Remember to leave a few alive, do you understand?"
"I understand...the captain is so verbose!"
After more than half an hour of repairs, the army has been reorganized. I don’t know if it’s because of the sweet potatoes, but a few soldiers with low cultivation level have made breakthroughs. It’s really an unexpected surprise. All the soldiers are eager for sweet potatoes.
, became more profound, and worked hard to complete the disaster relief quickly and obtain rewards.
After passing through the Black Wind Canyon, there was an open plain ahead. Russell led the team along the way and never encountered danger. In addition to taking necessary rest, everyone rushed all night and finally arrived at Luoye Village at noon the next day.
, this is the nearest disaster point to Nanshan City, and it is also the most severely affected area. Before entering Luoye Village, Drasel saw countless dry and cracked farmland, dead crops, and skinny civilians. No matter where they were,
The lives of the common people at the bottom are in dire straits.
Luoye Village is located in a plain, and the terrain is slightly higher than the surrounding areas. Without the protection of mountains and forests, the sun here is hotter than other places.
Looking at the dry land, Russell asked curiously: "Uncle, where is the main water source of Luoye Village? Why is the disaster situation so serious?"
Yan Jun sighed and said: "Hey, Luoye Village used to be a wealthy village among several surrounding villages. Because one of the branches of Nanjiang River, the largest river in Nanshan County, once flowed through this place, making this place
There are abundant water resources, business trips are everywhere, and the annual harvest is several times that of the surrounding villages."
"Then why is this happening now?"
Na Yan Jun continued: "That's because the main water source in the village happens to flow through a large town in Qingshan City, and the nobles guarding that large town are distant relatives of the Zhang family in Qingshan City. A few years ago,
, using some means, the river
The road changed its direction and diverted most of the river water to them, causing Luoye Village to lose more than half of its water source. Once there is a drought, Luoye Village will become without water, and the result is what it is today..." This is obviously man-made.
Disaster.
"Grandpa doesn't care about this matter?"
"No matter what, according to the legal system of the Celestial Empire, the city lord has the right to change the direction of the water source in the city. Even if my father reports this matter to the imperial capital, the result will not change. Moreover, the Zhang family in Qingshan City and the imperial capital
The Wadia family are in-laws and have a lot of energy.
You, the boy, also know the relationship between the Dia family and your Dela family. What do you think my father can do besides starting a war? The only remaining water source in Luoye Village is that my father personally went to the Zhang family to cause trouble for a long time.
We just fought for it. Poor, it is these civilians who are suffering."
"Swadia family! Unexpectedly, the hands of Swadia family are so long. They even have power in Nanshan County."
"Dressell, the Swadia family has been a founding noble since the founding of the Celestial Empire. In these hundreds of years, their strength has not diminished. In the Celestial Empire, their influence can be said to be all over the world. You should be more careful in the future."
"In the face of real strength, these things are just floating clouds. However, the current Swadia family is indeed beyond our ability to deal with!" Russell is not stupid, and will not fight against the Swadia family now.
To fight with real swords and guns, what De La Serre needs now is time. As long as there is time and with the support of many spiritual food, De La Serre believes that the De La Palace will soon be able to restore its former glory.
Seeing that Russell despised the Swadia family so much, Yan Jun was a little helpless, but it was hard to say anything.
Approaching Luoye Village, you can see skinny passers-by everywhere in Drasel. Their eyes are dull and confused, and they have long lost hope for the future. They are like walking zombies, which is chilling to see.
As an aspiring young man in the new century, Russell had never seen such a scene before. It was not an exaggeration to say it was a hell of despair. He felt disgusted with Qingshan City for no reason. Seeing ordinary people about to starve to death on the streets, Russell felt in his heart
With a determination, in the near future, Russell will feed the civilians of the entire world.
Russell looked at the refugees along the way and said angrily: "What's going on with these refugees? Why are they outside the village, and don't the little nobles in the village care about them?"
Na Yan Jun: "I guess the nobles in the village saw too many refugees and were afraid that they would all enter the village and cause trouble."
At this moment, Drasel discovered that some villagers, after seeing the troops from the city lord's palace, not only did not come out to greet them, but even showed a look of hatred, their eyes full of resentment, and then left without looking back.
De La Serre wondered why these refugees had so much hatred for the City Lord's Palace or the Prince of De La Serre's Palace.
If there were only one or two people in this situation, Russell wouldn't care. But along the way, 70% of the refugees that Russell saw looked at him with anger, even though they only used it occasionally.
He glanced at himself, but with his keen soul perception, Drasel could still feel the hatred in his eyes.
Before Russell had time to think carefully, dozens of middle-aged men in rough clothes were already waiting at the entrance of the village, kneeling to greet him.
"Ye Gong, the head of Luoye Village, has met the lord." A middle-aged man wearing rough clothes with a slightly round face knelt down to greet him.
Dozens of people behind him also knelt down at the same time to greet Russell.
"You are the mayor of this village."
"Exactly, I have prepared the hotel. Lord, you have had a hard journey, please go and rest first."
Russell's eyes flashed and he didn't say much. He just nodded in agreement and said, "I'm very tired. Let me take this lord to my residence first. By the way, tomorrow's disaster relief location has been selected and relevant facilities have been prepared."
"Sir, everything is ready. Disaster relief can begin tomorrow."
Russell was a little angry. He said that the disaster relief would start tomorrow, but this guy really promised to start it tomorrow without thinking about the victims at all. At this time, the victims were in dire straits and had no idea how valuable time was.
This kind of village chief is not a good person.
"No need, let's go to the disaster relief site first today. Village chief, could you please hand over the list of all disaster victims in the entire village to my subordinates, and ask people to count the affected area, store the amount of food, build temporary shelters, and start work immediately
Work, we will start disaster relief today and distribute coarse grains to the victims, starting with orphans, widows, old, weak, sick and disabled villagers. For anyone who is sick, the palace will send doctors to rescue them free of charge. This news will be spread throughout the streets and alleys immediately, without any mistake!
"
"this…………"
Russell was angry and said: "Do you have any comments?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare... I will go down immediately to make arrangements. Lord, please take a rest." After saying that, he quickly summoned his subordinates and began to give instructions.
"Why don't you lead the way quickly! I want to go to the disaster relief site and take charge personally!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Village Chief Ye led the way with a look of horror on his face.
De La Serre followed up with food and troops, and took the time to ask: "Uncle, who is this village chief? Is he an official selected by the city lord's palace?"
"No, the city lord's palace is in charge of the nobles at all levels in the big town, as well as the officers and soldiers appointed by all the city guards in the city. If all the small villages are under the control of the city lord's palace, how can they manage it? Some of these village chiefs are
Small family groups hold offices in the village, and some are elected by villagers. In short, there are many situations and they are very complicated."
"A small village actually has its own divisions of power." Russell felt a little surprised.
"Dressell, although Luoye Village is not big, it still has tens of thousands of people. Some of the residences around the village are actually under the jurisdiction of Luoye Village. Wherever there are people, there will be competition. It is not surprising that there are some small forces. According to this
According to the previous regulations, as long as each village can pay taxes on time, my city government will not have too much control."
Maybe it’s because of the martial arts in this world that it doesn’t seem to care about some management systems. In many small places, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say. The village chiefs of some small villages are almost all the most powerful groups nearby.
The city lords don't care about this either. As long as they can pay taxes regularly, it doesn't seem to matter to them who becomes the village chief. Anyway, this world is a world of the jungle. If you don't have strength, even if you are killed, there will be no one to avenge you.
If some weak people want to change their destiny, they must either become strong themselves or cultivate a descendant with strong talents. These are the only two ways to go. This is also the reason why Nanshan County is overcrowded. The resources are limited but the population is too large.
There are so many of them, it’s not surprising that there are starving ghosts on the road.
Luoye Village is not a big one. It only took half an hour for the village chief to spread the news that Drexel had come to provide relief. Thousands of victims in the entire village came after hearing the news.
De La Serre also started distributing food in the village square, organizing doctors to see patients, and doing the usual to appease the people.
Although, in this world where military is respected, no one cares about the life and death of ordinary civilians. As the ancestral system of the Celestial Empire, as the lord, Drasel still has the responsibility to distribute food and provide disaster relief. If the victims are left alone,
, causing large-scale casualties, the emperor of China will hold the lord accountable. If it were normal,
No one has dared to report the Dela family in front of the emperor for such a trivial matter, but now, many people in the emperor are waiting for the Dela family to make a mistake so that they can have an excuse to attack the Dela family. Dela Ser does not want to encounter this.
What's more, Russell, who has memories of his past life, doesn't want to see many civilians lying dead in the wilderness.
In just half a day, more than 2,000 victims came and went. All of these civilians were emaciated and sallow. This was the first time that Russell saw people who were really starving to death. The hopeful look in their eyes when they saw the food made him
My heart was trembling and the scene was very shocking.
Unexpectedly, in this world where martial arts is respected, the lives of the real lower class civilians can be so miserable.
I thought that the victims would show gratitude when they received the relief food, but what surprised Russell was that many of the victims were still very ordinary, as if receiving the relief food was so natural.
There are still a few people who actually have a slight dislike for Russell and others. This makes Russell very confused.
After a busy day of disaster relief work, Russell and others returned to the post house to rest.
At the dinner table, Russell said curiously: "Brother Luo, uncle, did you find it strange during the day that many victims seemed to be resistant to us?"
But Yan Jun looked indifferent and said: "Resistance? Russell, are you wrong? We are here to provide disaster relief. How can the victims feel resistance to us? They should be grateful."
Luo Cheng: "Indeed, a small number of victims did show dissatisfaction. This is not difficult to understand. After all, it took us a long time to come to provide relief. Many civilians starved to death, so it is normal to be a little emotional."
"It's impossible. Half a month ago, my father had asked some wealthy villages and towns in the surrounding area to allocate part of the food for emergency use. Even if it's not enough, you shouldn't be dissatisfied." Yan Jun was a little confused.
"Brother Luo, let's see if the brother I sent out to investigate has come back."
"Back to the young master, I just came back not long ago. Originally, I planned to wait for the young master to finish the meal before letting them see him."
"No, let them in now."
Not long after, several sergeants in plain clothes walked in outside the door.
"Subordinate, please see the young master."
"Excuse me, get up and tell me what you gained from pretending to be disaster victims these two days."
"Back to my young master, in the past two days, my brothers have pretended to be victims of the disaster and sneaked into the disaster area. They found that every once in a while, strange people come to spread the disobedient words of our Prince Deira Palace, and these people also use food.
To buy people's hearts and minds, let more people spread rumors in the disaster area and discredit our palace, Prince Deira."
Drasel suddenly realized and said: "So, you actually want to use rumors to smear our Prince Dra's Palace, and you really go to any lengths."
Yan Jun was furious and said: "It's really unreasonable. We came here to provide disaster relief with good intentions, but there are people who are stumbling behind our backs. What on earth did they say? Let's hear it."
"Back to Young City Master, those people's remarks mainly include three points. One is that the Prince of Dela deliberately delayed the disaster relief and embezzled the disaster relief funds of the Celestial Empire; the second is that the Prince of Dela deliberately blocked the water source of the river and caused the disaster. The third is that... said
, the young prince has a reckless character, is arrogant in taking credit, looks down on the common people, and does not care whether they live or die."
"Oh, in this world, there are still people who know what it means to be fearful! This twists and turns method is very similar to those of the great nobles. Have you found out who is behind it?
Slandering my palace, Prince Deira... Let me guess, it's Tianrong Trading Company."
"Young Master Yingming, we followed those people and they are indeed from Tianrong Trading Company."
"Tianrong Trading Company! It's the Swadia family. It's the Swadia family who is behind this!" Yan Jun was immediately very excited.
"Uncle, this doesn't seem to be difficult to understand. The Swadia family and my Dera family have been incompatible with each other for a long time. This time, when we return to Nanshan County, if they don't do something to make us sad, I will feel it.
It's strange. But what I didn't expect was that they would do such a childish thing. According to the old man's temperament in Swadia, this kind of petty method is too small-minded and should not be his method."
Na Yan Jun: "This is still a small trick, Russell. After all, you have just arrived in Nanshan County. If your reputation is affected by this matter, it will be very detrimental to your future leadership of Nanshan County. Nanshan County has complex forces.
, if the palace loses the support of the people again, it will not be easy to quickly rule Nanshan County."
"If an old man from the Swadia Sea came to plan it, it would probably not be a drought, but a plague or a bigger disaster. Then within a few days, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people would die directly, and then a massacre would be secretly carried out.
Criticize the nobles and put this shit basin on the head of my palace after things get serious. At that time, I will
As a lord, if he makes a serious oversight, he can openly propose to the emperor and attack our Della family. Such a method is more suitable for the Swadia Sea. The current petty fight is too childish.
It won’t have much impact on us, after all, the death toll in this disaster was not high.”
Then, Russell asked again: "Then, what else did you find out?"
"Back to Young Master, we also found out that the main culprit causing the disaster in Luoye Village and the downstream villages was the water source, and the one who blocked the water source was the Lord of Qingshan City.
It was they who secretly asked people to change the direction of the river, which caused the current disaster."