Since Mu Taoist himself has seen through life and death, he accepts it calmly.
Li Xiuyuan would not shed tears like a woman. He could only hope that he, his uncle, could survive this ordeal and survive the disaster.
He looked at the hazy sky outside and suddenly shouted: "Where are the Yin soldiers?"
"Young Master, what are your orders?" A Yin soldier waiting outside the City God's Hall revealed his figure and bowed his hands respectfully.
"Bring Zhang Yingjie here." Li Xiuyuan said.
"yes."
The Yin soldier responded and left quickly. When he came back, he was holding the soul of a baby in his hands.
Li Xiuyuan took out an object. The object was crystal clear, like a jade garment, but it was not. It had a faint luster.
"This is a jade fetus, wrapping Zhang Yingjie's soul inside."
"Yes, young master." Yin Bing responded, took the jade fetus, and put it on Zhang Yingjie's body.
As soon as the jade fetus was draped over the baby's soul, it immediately wrapped it up, and then quickly shrank, shrank, and finally turned into a crystal clear jade ball. There was Zhang Yingjie's soul in this jade ball. At this moment,
Zhang Yingjie curled up like a fetus, motionless, like an embryo waiting to be delivered.
When Li Xiuyuan saw Zhang Yingjie's soul entering the jade womb, he took it from the hands of the Yin soldiers and put it into the Ghost King's bag. He also put the treasured armor and bow that his uncle had left for him before striding out.
The door.
"You guys, keep an eye on Guo Beicheng these days and don't cause any trouble. If there are ghosts and gods that you can't deal with, come to me and I will deal with them."
"Yes, young master," Yin Bing nodded, and seeing Li Xiuyuan about to leave, he hurriedly said: "Young master, when I went to pick up Zhang Yingjie's soul, one of my companions said that the imperial court had sent relief workers.
The imperial envoy is here and is currently in Jinling City. I believe he will arrive in Guobei City soon."
"I know about this." Li Xiuyuan nodded.
No matter how corrupt the imperial court is, relief will be needed if such a big disaster occurs.
However, the situation in Guo Beicheng has stabilized. As for what is happening elsewhere, he doesn't know yet.
Li Xiuyuan, who left the Chenghuang Temple, returned to his house at this time.
Because the guards had returned to the city, the mansion had been cleaned in the past few days. However, there is still no one to live in, and it will take several days to clean up. After all, the mansion is so big.
However, there were guards on duty in front of the house early in the morning.
The city was hit by a disaster, and victims continued to pour in.
In addition, the prefect here has gone away, and everyone in the yamen has no one to restrain the people. Naturally, public security is a problem.
"Young Master, you are back." The guard immediately cupped his hands when he saw Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "The security in the city these days has been hard on you brothers from the escort agency. In a few days, the disaster relief ministers from the court will come, and then you can rest."
"You're welcome, young master. This is what we should do," the guard said.
Li Xiuyuan said again: "By the way, are there any healthy horses in the house? You guys will be ready to follow me out of the city later."
The two guards were stunned for a moment and said: "There are still a few horses. Is the young master going back to the county?"
"No, no, I have some personal matters to take care of, you just need to prepare." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Yes." The two guards responded and immediately went to prepare horses and travel equipment.
However, when Li Xiuyuan returned to his house, he saw several men waiting in front of the lobby. These men were wearing armor and looked like soldiers. They were powerful and mighty.
However, after walking in, he smelled the smell of paper ash and incense coming from these people. Obviously, these were not people, but ghosts, and they were ghosts who had received incense as offerings.
"Hey, Tieshan, why are you here?" Li Xiuyuan took a look and asked in surprise.
These men are none other than Tieshan and the others.
That day, he ordered Tieshan and the others to return to Guobei County to enjoy the offerings, hoping that they would gather more ghost bodies and become Yin soldiers as soon as possible.
But it looks like Tieshan and the others have all become Yin soldiers now that they have helped improve their Taoism, and Guobei County has built a small temple for them and enjoyed offerings.
All in all, it was just over a month.
Becoming a Yin soldier in such a short period of time has made many ghosts envious.
"Young Master."
Tieshan was a little excited when he saw Li Xiuyuan, and the other guards who became Yin soldiers also saluted respectfully.
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be so polite. Everyone, sit down. Tieshan, you are not protecting the safety of the county in Guobei County, why did you come here?"
"Didn't the eldest young master send a ghost to ensure safety? The master was worried about the eldest young master, so he asked the younger one to run away. Now that he sees that the eldest young master is fine, he is relieved," Tieshan said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Fortunately you are ghosts and can travel hundreds of miles at night, otherwise you would not be able to come back and forth so easily."
"Yeah, I feel a lot more comfortable now that I'm a ghost. Now I like being a ghost a little bit." Tieshan said with an embarrassed smile.
Li Zhong next to him said: "Isn't that what the young master said? If we don't turn into ghosts, we won't be able to come. Although the floods have receded, many roads have been washed away and submerged, and the rivers are overflowing. Even the rivers are flooded.
There is no ferry, so the way back to Guobei County now has to be a long detour."
"I also expected the situation after the disaster, so I didn't rush to the county. By the way, how is the situation at home?" Li Xiuyuan asked again.
Tieshan said: "The floods occurred. Guobei County was not flooded because of its higher terrain. However, some farmland was completely soaked by the rain. I am afraid that the autumn harvest will be lost."
Li Xiuyuan said, "If the autumn harvest is gone, it will be gone. There is no way to deal with such natural and man-made disasters. We will waive the rent for this year for those tenants. In addition, with this disaster, food prices are bound to rise. We, the Li family, do not want to make money from such evil intentions."
Money, tell my father later to open a few granaries to stabilize grain prices."
"The eldest young master is still foresighted. In recent years, there have been great harvests of grain, but he has built granaries every year to store grain. The master also said that the eldest master was a waste of money. Now that we have suffered a disaster, our Li family's granary has come in handy. I must be sure that now the master will
He will exaggerate the young master." Tieshan said with admiration.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said nothing.
He was not far-sighted, but he always felt insecure when he came to this world. He was afraid of encountering natural disasters and military disasters, so he built an escort agency, opened an iron mine, recruited gangsters, and expanded the strength of the Li family, just to avoid chaos if the world was in chaos.
The Li family can have the power to protect themselves and not be ruined.
And Li Xiuyuan often thought about what would be the most precious thing if the world was really in chaos.
There is no doubt that it is food.
Therefore, the Li family has not left behind one thing over the years, which is building a granary to store grain.
The real wealth of the Li family is not stored in the treasury, but is transformed into a lot of hidden strength.
When these things are gradually revealed, perhaps many people will discover that the Li family is definitely not just a local powerhouse.
Then Li Xiuyuan asked about the situation in the county.
Guobei County is as peaceful as ever, and my family is very peaceful. However, victims from disaster-stricken areas continue to pour into Guobei County these days.
Because Guobei County has become very prosperous under the influence of the Li family, its reputation has spread, and disaster victims will naturally flock there.
"The problem of the victims is indeed a difficult problem. Who is the county magistrate of Guobei County now? My father can discuss with the county magistrate and try to accept these victims as much as possible according to the previous method." Li Xiuyuan said.
According to the Li family's past practice, they recruited disaster victims, allocated them houses, and then hired them to reclaim wasteland and grow food.
The imperial court had already stipulated that the reclaimed wasteland would be owned by the person who cultivated it after three years of cultivation.
It's just that the government decrees are neglected and the people's taxes are heavy, so no one is willing to do such a thankless task.
But not in Guobei County, because the Li family has the final say there, so the Li family has more and more fields in recent years.
"Young Master, the county magistrate of Guobei County has not yet taken office. The Yamen is currently under the temporary control of Magistrate Liu. However, due to the disaster this time, the appointment of the county magistrate will probably be delayed for a long time." Tie said.
Shan said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Since there is no county magistrate, then our Li family has the final say. Disaster relief should be carried out as usual."
This disaster relief is not only to save people, but also to save ourselves.
Otherwise, disaster victims will be everywhere, which will also be a threat to the Li family itself. Unfortunately, from ancient times to the present, there are still many rich people who do not understand this problem.
Tieshan nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it.
Li Xiuyuan then talked with these Yin soldier guards for a while, and after explaining some things, he also learned about the situation in Guobei County.
I have let go of this mental arithmetic.
"By the way, I have one more thing to tell you." Li Xiuyuan said suddenly.
"There is no longer a city god in the local area. Now there is a group of yin soldiers in the city god's temple. The ghost officers are waiting there. Tieshan, I need you to help me rectify them and use them for my own use. It's a bit awkward for me to always leave them to those two yin soldiers."
I'm not very reassured. They are very thief-minded and have no loyalty. I can't let hundreds of ghost soldiers and dozens of underworld soldiers listen to the orders of their two ghost soldiers. If something goes wrong at a critical moment, it won't be good.
Already."
Li Xiuyuan said: "As for Li Zhong, go and guard Guobei County with other people. Don't let the evil spirits wander into the county. The surrounding ghosts must also be monitored. If there is any problem, report to me at any time."
"I understand, little one." Both Tieshan and Li Zhong agreed.
At this time, a guard outside the door came in and looked at the empty room curiously. He didn't know who the young master was talking to before. He raised his hands with some doubts and said: "Young Master, the horses are ready and ready to go at any time."
You can go."
"Okay, you guys wait outside the door, I'll be here soon." Li Xiuyuan said.
After the guard left, he said again: "I have finished what I want to tell you. You can go and do your work. It is getting dark now. You will stay at home today and take action again at night."
The guards of the Yin soldiers responded and turned into a gust of Yin wind and dispersed in the lobby.
Li Xiuyuan just took some belongings after they left, packed them in a ghost bag, and then strode out the door.
He is going to send Zhang Yingjie to be reincarnated.
This is a promise to the Zhangs and his wife.
An elderly person in the family has passed away. In the updates of the past few days, I hope to bear with him a little more. Although it is unstable, he will still make up for it.