"It doesn't matter if the bet is wrong. Even if the enemy's main attack is not Xiangzhou, the price of food will always rise as the war goes on, and we will not suffer any losses in our food harvesting."
"My retainer Zhuge Liang already has a lot of money, and he will gain a lot in the market. This will be the guarantee for future military supplies. Money will depreciate, and food will only increase..."
In fact, no one is an idiot. At this time, the market has already begun to instinctively store grain. However, after the price of grain rises, fewer people dare to enter the market. This is not stupid, but has practical factors.
In this fairy world, there is a water palace system, and the water palace is responsible for regulating agriculture.
Many people are accustomed to the water system's stable regulation of rain and climate year after year, and their understanding of the law of grain fluctuations has remained the same as it has been in the past hundreds of thousands of years.
This is also the reason why farmers in this world can basically have enough food and clothing.
Many people may have realized that food prices will rise in the next few years, but they may not know to what extent they will rise—a level that will cause large numbers of people to starve to death.
Ye Qing could not guarantee the pace of reaching sky-high food prices in his previous life, but the details were not important. He could only grasp the general trend - the general trend was the collapse of the water government system.
In his preliminary summary, there are two disadvantages to the Black Vein. One is that the dark side of the earth is invaded by the outside world, and the other is that the water palace system is exposed on the surface and is most vulnerable to attack. It seems that the enemy is obviously aware of these weaknesses. The previous life master
The death of the Black Emperor, who was in charge of water affairs in the world, shows the severe imbalance in the power of the Black Veins.
The unexpected occurrence of the Black Emperor's fall shocked the heavens and caught them off guard. The balance between the human cultivators and the dragon clan was out of control and they were fighting among themselves. The major water-lineage immortals competed fiercely for position. Who expected the water palace to care about mortals?
It can be said that the foreseen sky-high food prices are inevitable. This is the true meaning of people's livelihood being difficult.
Long Jun raised his tea cup and took a sip. In fact, this was just a trivial matter to him, but the expansionism revealed by his son-in-law's move made him interested.
"Yu'er Yun'er has been cultivating in Xiatu for fifty years. The second turn of Jiao Zhu is not far from the real dragon. Do you intend to make them transform into a real dragon in four years? I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a suitable water body."
In fact, Yanghua will turn into a small dragon, maybe only a foot long, but it is still a real dragon, but the strength needs to fill the gap. Both of them are mentally prepared for this, but in this case, water is the key.
Only strong waters can provide sufficient energy.
"Four years later, I think the East China Sea is good." Ye Qing said with a calm expression. The death of the Black Emperor was a big event in the previous life, which led to a series of changes in the water palace. Many water tribes got an advantage and mastered the blank water palace in one step. This opportunity must be seized.
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Long Jun spit out tea and frowned: "You want them to open up the Blackwater Ocean? This is not going to the East China Sea and the South China Sea. Do you know how difficult it is to develop the deep ocean?"
Marine deepwater development...
Ye Qing's eyes were steady as he recalled some of the big plans he had on Earth. Now he didn't have the foundation or strength to do so, but he had some foresight.
The development of Heishuiyang, under the rule and restrictions of the Black Emperor, was a thorny step. Even if it was successful, there would be some trouble to prevent the Dragon Clan's power from continuing to expand.
But now if you have a certain reputation, you can take advantage of the situation to expand, and even complete the great power of occupying the Blackwater Ocean. It is not impossible.
This is a secret. There is no way to explain it in detail. I can only say: "This is also the path you have traveled... In the past six thousand years, don't you regret the failure back then?"
The corner of Long Jun's mouth twitched and he was speechless.
"They are dragons. Their future lies in the sea. In the face of great catastrophe, they are better than your father-in-law. Can you confidently protect them for the rest of your life?" Ye Qing smiled and pointed out: "And they are different from you fighting alone in the past. I am their husband.
, is their backing... The current premise is that my foundation can break through Lingzhou in the east and reach the East China Sea. This may not take a few years, but it is my strategic goal."
"As you know, Qingmai's power is most concentrated in the states along the eastern coast, and even in Qingzhou, Dongzhou and other maritime islands."
"As soon as it develops there, the speed of my annexation and rise will increase tenfold. Which of the founders of the dynasties did not rise through the siege and connect the core states of the dynasty into one power?"
As soon as he said these words, there was silence in the Dragon Palace for a moment.
Long Jun looked at him with deep eyes, feeling for a moment that his investment might have really created a powerful enemy of the alien lineage.
The Xinglong clan does not care about humane struggle for hegemony and has few conflicts of interest.
"Okay, it's up to you." The Dragon Lord stared at Ye Qing for a long time. Seeing that Ye Qing was graceful and graceful, he was far from the boy he used to be. He couldn't help but sigh and suddenly laughed: "We Dragon Clan don't care about this matter. It's a shame that you took precautions. Forget it.
Thinking so far ahead.”
"Forget it, if you turn into a little dragon and go to the Blackwater Ocean to temper yourself, that's the right way. I'm sorry I still have a little face. As for where to go to the official water in the end, we'll talk about it later. I won't talk about it today, let's have a drink - come on
, let’s have a quick dinner, let’s have a glass of wine.”
Ye Qing raised the tea cup and smiled: "Forget it about the banquet. I will drink tea instead of wine and give my father-in-law a cup. That's enough."
As he said that, he drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.
Long Jun smiled, drank the tea in the cup, and sent him out: "The black star projected from the outer domain is clearly visible in the sky. Time is running out. If you want to grab food, hurry up. The Dragon Palace will allocate part of its resources to maintain the Lord.
Yuhe's branch waterways and waterways will be fully open to your grain transport teams."
This delivery was delivered to the lakeside, once again showing the importance and respect.
Ye Qing bowed and reciprocated: "When the Dragon Palace Aqua Tribe is approaching the river to control the water, my father-in-law is not the real earth immortal at this time. You must be careful of the Xiangzhou Navy's defensive reaction to Taiping Lake... You know, the Qing Commandery Prince has just arrived in Xiangzhou.
There will definitely be a conflict with the originally established Xianghou Zhang Weicun, and the position of the Xiangzhou Navy Admiral is unclear, so the two thousand warships are likely to avoid the disaster and leave the port."
"Oh, anyone dares to stop me?" Long Jun raised his eyebrows, very surprised.
"It's not a hindrance. The human world and the Water Mansion have been separated for a long time. It can't prevent some people from being ignorant and ignorant of the overall situation and unable to see the majesty of your father-in-law." Ye Qing said calmly, and then left.
This is not information, it is just an incident in the memory of the previous life, which was later smoothed down somehow, but it is certain that Cai Chao suffered a heavy loss.
At this moment, Ye Qing felt that it was quite interesting. The interests of the group and the interests of small groups could not be completely unified. His behavior of rushing to buy food was also a secret act. He would definitely be accused by his competitors of not understanding the overall situation, but he would never do it openly.
To disrupt things, or even lend a hand at critical moments... A loyal minister like me who takes the overall situation into consideration, well, at least a loyal minister in heaven, is really a species that is about to become extinct.
"Cai Chao..."
Long Jun heard something now. This son-in-law never speaks freely. He must have gotten the news from the court somewhere.
Looking up at the sky, the wind and clouds are surging over the long river.
Heaven is clearly under military control, even the emperor has accepted his destiny and decentralized power, and there are still some minor characters jumping around?
If they really don't understand destiny, then they can crush them and not do anything for thousands of years, or some people have forgotten that dragons have reverse scales. Thinking of this, Lord Long gave a sneer.
Not to mention, in the two days after arriving in Sanshui County, Ye Qing inspected the embankment and saw that Xun You had rebuilt most of the embankment. At this time, the magician group joined in and quickly completed the key closing of the dam, eliminating all the problems.
County disaster sources.
"If there is no abnormal follow-up disturbance, the dike will not break again here, but the remaining sections of the dike will still need to be patrolled, which requires comprehensive inspection by technicians." Xun You said this. He was not worried about the natural dam break, only worried about the impact of the war.
"I will allocate you thirty magicians." Ye Qing said casually. Now that we have gathered the resources of Yingzhou Immortal Sect, we simply don't need too many magicians.
There are relatively few real people. We have just gathered 120 people. The old ministers are basically Yin gods, a few are already Yang gods, and the more than seventy new ministers have not yet recovered due to the short time of Yang transformation, so there is still a gap in strength.
"It would be better if we delay the recovery for a little longer..." Ye Qing said with a little regret, because the underground society has been promoted to the blowout stage, and time is actually on his side.
The longer he delayed, the closer he got to being a true immortal. Not to mention that all the ministers had gone to the earth to offer sacrifices and held official positions on earth, so his strength recovered and progressed very quickly.
Things are always unsatisfactory. According to the news from Lord Long, there is still fighting and entanglement in the void. I am afraid that during the Black Star Festival within a month, enemy ships will be seen...
I really don't know how many immortal ships will break in in the end. After seeing the huge fleet of the Black Lotus, Ye Qing couldn't help but be worried about it.
"Lord, Governor Lu Minglu came from Jinsha County overnight to see you in person." Ji Caizhu reported, feeling a little impressed.
The Lu family dominates Jinsha County. Normally, they would not appoint a county governor named Lu. However, due to some considerations such as the strength of the Lu family and the use of channels to get involved in Lingzhou, the lord just sold it. In fact, the county governor only has a term of three years.
It happened to be a political stabilizing effect, but it has not been recovered even after three years.
"Oh? Please invite him over quickly... No, I will go down and pick him up personally." Ye Qing quickly walked down the embankment and returned to the camp to show his attention. After a while, he saw Lu Ming waiting outside the camp.
There was also a motorcade accompanying them, with hundreds of escorting knights wearing raincoats. They stood erect and motionless even in the wind and rain, with an obvious murderous aura about them.
"It's quite an elite force."
Ye Qing paid close attention and saw that there were only a few elite soldiers. With his own strength, he didn't worry about hidden assassins, and since the two of them were close to each other, Lu Ming would not make such a mistake. Most of them were members of the Lu family.
In terms of military strength, the cross-state wealthy families are unusually powerful, far more powerful than county leaders.
"Brother Lu came here in person. Could it be that there was something wrong with the fleet's return trip?"
Ye Qing held Lu Ming's hand. Regardless of the heavy wind and rain outside, he first asked with concern... In fact, he was now more concerned about the reply to the letter sent to Lingzhou.
The Lu family in Yingzhou and the Yun family in Lingzhou always make people more awe-inspiring when mentioned side by side.
In a sense, this is similar to the royal family and descendants on the grassland.
The origin of the relationship between the two families is related to the way the Lu family started their business. Jinsha County was renamed after the gold sand was exposed from the riverside mineral deposits. After the Jinsha was mined, most of the county officials farmed on the spot. However, the Lu family's ancestors had a long-term vision and switched to river transportation by fleet.
The Yun family in Yunzhou have been fighting over shipping for hundreds of years, and the normal development should be a feud to the end.
The result turned out to be a comedic change. Since the Cai Dynasty built the Tianmen Gorge to stabilize long-river shipping, successive generations of Lu's ZTE family saw the trend of increasingly thin shipping profits. While maintaining the fleet, they gradually merged with small and medium-sized shipyards and switched to shipbuilding.
As a result, the two families suddenly became functionally compatible and turned from enemies into family members for generations.
The Yun family has the disadvantage of asking for help from others, but it is not inferior in nature, because if the two families unite, both parties will benefit, and if they separate, they will suffer two harms.
What Ye Qing is looking for is a tentacle to enter Lingzhou. It would be better if he has better luck and recruits that person... His rise is relatively late, so there is a slight possibility.
"No, fortunately, the Lord reminded me that the fleet set off from Lingzhou early. It was a bit hasty, but the key things are..." Lu Ming still adhered to the distinction between monarch and minister, winked at the back of the fleet, and secretly transmitted the message
He said: "I have fulfilled my mission and convinced my wife's uncle to come and join me."
"He read the letter and agreed to surrender?" Ye Qing was surprised. Even though he was this person's brother-in-law, how could his heroic spirit be disturbed by this? He had originally wanted to give it a try.
Lu Ming seemed to have expected that Ye Qing would say this. He smiled proudly and whispered: "Everyone is already here, right behind."
Ye Qing's expression became strange, and he followed his gaze and looked behind him.
The knight who had been silent in the rain separated from the team, rode out, dismounted, and took off his bamboo hat. He was a young man. He looked at Ye Qing and suddenly smiled and said: "I have heard about the name of the Grand Governor for a long time. The Grand Governor is far away in Yingzhou. I have heard about it.
Why should I invite people to lobby in the name of quitting school?"
He said this calmly, with a heroic spirit that broke through the rain.
Lingzhou's Yunbo School, although it is said that it is no school, is actually studying hard and diligently, boasting that "when the day is insufficient, it is followed by the night".
It's just that his family background was not good enough, so he couldn't make a living after being elected. It is said that he once encountered a giant python on the plank road, calmly killed it, and gradually rose to prominence.
Although Yun Bixue was a hero, he lost on the Qi faction line and the cave was taken away by the governor of Lingzhou.
Yun Bixue was saddened by it and sighed: "Thinking about this makes my heart confused."
However, he turned his sorrow into motivation and repeatedly made military exploits in the catastrophe. In a short period of time, he achieved great military exploits. However, the governor of Lingzhou failed one after another. Therefore, seven years later, Yun stopped school and was able to capture Lingzhou.
, achieving the status of a prince.
This is both hard-won and also shows the caliber of this person.
Ye Qing did not change his expression at all, but strode forward and stretched out his hand to this person: "This great disaster is coming, the world will be in chaos, business is about gathering people, you are a hero, you have heard of your name for so long, how can you be reduced to the countryside?"
"Young people are not talented. I am willing to sweep the couch to wait for the general."