Chu He said: "Master Li, I came here this time because I hope you can open a warehouse to store grain and sell it at a fair price."
Li Dezhong heard this and said: "The words of His Highness the Fourth Highness are indeed reasonable. However, if a subordinate opens a granary privately without the permission of the Governor, I am afraid he will bear the responsibility. It would be a light matter to lose his official position."
Chu He heard this and said: "I am traveling to Chengzhou this time as an imperial envoy. With His Majesty's decree, I can handle disaster relief matters with full authority. So, you don't have to worry. If anything happens, I will naturally be responsible for it. Mr. Li is an upright official.
He has always loved the people, so he must not have let the disaster-stricken people starve to death."
Hearing this, Li Dezhong immediately said: "Since His Highness said so, I will naturally obey your order. Tomorrow morning, I will open the warehouse to put food. By the way, has Your Highness ever had dinner? I will ask the chef in the mansion to do it again."
Cook some dishes.”
Chu He looked at the leftovers on the table and said, "There's no need to be extravagant and wasteful, let's eat together!"
…
Half an hour later, Chu He finished his meal and was about to leave. Before leaving, he stared at Li Dezhong and said, "Master Li, I will come to you again tomorrow. I hope you can do a good job in disaster relief."
Li Dezhong said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your Highness's expectations!"
Immediately, Chu He's figure flashed, he used Qing Gong, and quietly left the governor's mansion.
At this time, Li Dezhong's wife said: "Master, didn't you say that you should be held responsible for opening a warehouse to store grain without permission? What will happen if the fourth prince refuses to admit his debt in the future?"
Li Dezhong scolded: "Shut up, what do you, a woman, know?"
The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.
The guards at the Sheriff's Mansion began to post notices, stating that the Sheriff's Mansion would open Changpingcang and sell grain at a fair price. Each person was limited to purchasing 10 bushels.
When the people in the county saw the notice, they immediately went home to get sacks, and then went to the government rice shop to buy rice.
The selling price is 5 cents per meter, which is lower than they imagined.
Everyone who bought rice looked happy.
The rice shop owners who were hoarding money changed their minds and sent people to the county magistrate's house to protest.
However, the guards of the Sheriff's Mansion stopped them.
At this time, near the rice shop, Chuhe saw that the people had bought rice, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
However, the food problem in a county is easy to solve, but it is different in a state. In addition to food, water sources are also a problem.
If this drought problem is not solved, there will be water shortage sooner or later, and then the situation will be more serious than food shortage!
At this time, Chu He was unable to show up due to problems with the Ziyang Sect, and was always tied up.
We must find a way to solve this problem!
Evening, Sheriff's Mansion, Hall.
The county magistrate Li Dezhong and his family were having a meal. In a flash of light, Chu He's figure suddenly appeared next to them.
Li Dezhong quickly clasped his fists and saluted: "See you, Your Royal Highness!"
His wife also saluted and said: "I have met His Highness the Fourth Prince!"
Chu He smiled and said: "No need to be polite, Mr. Li, you did a good job this time. When the matter is finished, I will ask for credit from my father and I will not treat you badly!"
Li Dequan said: "Thank you, Your Highness. However, the disaster is serious. If the drought cannot be lifted, the grain storage in Changpingcang will not be able to support it for long. It must be solved as soon as possible. The severity of this year's drought is far more severe than in previous years. It is too abnormal. It may be a zombie. Your Highness
Maybe we can start from this aspect.”
When Chu He heard this, he was thoughtful. There is also a legend in this world that once the drought demon comes out, the red land will be thousands of miles away. If there is a drought in a certain place, the people will dig graves nearby and burn the corpses, which is commonly known as digging bone piles.
If it were a demon-free plane, this would of course be superstition.
But in this plane of cultivation, zombies are very normal and evil things, not uncommon, and they do have the ability to cause drought.
Zombies are extremely yin and evil creatures. They will absorb yin energy from the earth, causing an imbalance of yin and yang. The nearby temperature will become higher and higher, resulting in less rainfall.
The deeper the zombie's cultivation, the greater the scope of its influence.
If it wants to affect the climate of a state, it must be the corpse king of the Golden Core stage!
Could it be that a corpse king really was born?
Chu He thought for a while and said: "In that case, you can check for me and see which area has the worst disaster. I'll go check and see if there is really a corpse king causing trouble!"
Li Dezhong said: "I have checked, and the most serious one is Dangyang County. Among them, the situation in Li County is the most serious. The fields are huge dry cracks, the wells in the county have dried up, and the trees on the mountains have died.
The people couldn't survive, so they all fled, and the entire county was empty and turned into a dead city!"
Hearing this, Chu He nodded and said, "You are serious!"
After he finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper, which said that the opening of the warehouse and the distribution of grain were all his orders and had nothing to do with the county governor Li Dezhong. It was also stamped with his prince's seal.
When Li Dezhong saw it, he cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness!"
Chu He smiled, then activated the invisibility talisman and left instantly invisible.
After a while, Li Dezhong looked at the place where the Chu River disappeared and sighed quietly.
…
Night, Dangyang County, Li County.
A blue sword light fell from the sky and transformed into a middle-aged man in blue shirt.
The middle-aged man in blue is none other than Chu He, and he has changed his appearance with the Senluo Wanxiang Mask.
Chu He walked on the street and found that the entire county was dilapidated and silent. He searched with his spiritual sense and found no living person, but he found many ghosts.
At this time, he took out the Netherworld Pearl.
At this time, the Netherworld Bead has been continuously refined by the Ghost King Lu Haitao, and it is already a second-level low-grade magic weapon, and the ghost realm space inside is also wider.
Immediately, a burst of black energy flew out from the Netherworld Pearl and condensed into a middle-aged man in black, it was Lu Haitao.
At this time, Lu Haitao's ghost body had condensed a lot, and his cultivation level was comparable to that of a middle-stage master.
Chu He said: "Mr. Lu, please check the flow direction of the underground Xuan Yin Qi within a hundred miles nearby and see where the center is!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After Lu Haitao finished speaking, the ghost body dissipated into black energy and escaped into the ground.
Half an hour later, Lu Haitao returned to the ground and said: "Your Highness, the underground Xuan Yin energy for hundreds of miles nearby is gathering in the direction of the mountain to the north."
Chu He's figure flashed and flew to the city wall. Looking at it, the mountain was not high and unremarkable, but looking at the trend of the gathering of Yin Qi, he was afraid that a Corpse King was really born.
However, at night, when the Yin energy is strongest, it is not the best time to take action.
Therefore, he found an uninhabited private house to stay in, set up a formation to guard the area, and then began to practice.
However, in order to prevent others from noticing, Chu He only used spiritual stones to practice, and left Lu Haitao, Shen Yanfei and other ghosts nearby to be on guard.
Nowadays, Shen Yanfei, the number one dog under Chu He, is already a peak ghost, and Guo Youliang and the ten fighting spirits are also high-level ghosts, equivalent to the seventh level of Qi training, and they are no match for casual cultivators.
The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.
A group of ghost cultivators returned to the Netherworld Pearl, and Chu He activated his flying sword, turning into a blue sword light and flying towards the short mountain in the south.
After a moment, the sword light fell, and Chuhe appeared in a forest.
But most of the trees and vegetation in this area were dead, and there was no sound of birds or insects. It was completely silent.
Chu He used his spiritual sense to explore for a while and found a cave with a large entrance. He couldn't help but use Qinggong and rushed there quickly.
