Leaving Hengyang City, Pan Long went east along the main road.

Every time he passed by a town, he deliberately found the granary here and sneaked into it to find out.

As a result, he became more and more worried the more he looked at it. Among the ten granaries, there were always seven or eight dissatisfied, and some were even completely empty. There were only a handful of people who could truly make the full grain warehouse ready for use at any time.

This is a bit bad. Yangzhou is a famous fish and rice town in the world and one of the granaries of the entire Jiuzhou of Daxia. Along the Tongtian River, it is a relatively wealthy area in the entire Yangzhou. If the grain reserves here are so bad, let alone other places.

Pan Long shook his head repeatedly when he saw it, and became more worried about the possible famine.

Moreover, God is not helping.

Along the way, the weather did not warm up at all, and even snowed twice.

As April is coming, it has already reached the end of spring in previous years. It is said that "the fragrance of the world is gone in April", and fruits such as peaches and plums have begun to bear fruit, and winter wheat has even reached the stage of grouting and ripening.

But after this extraordinary cold current, the wheat in the fields was sick and the rice was in even worse condition. In the frozen mud, frozen rice seedlings could be seen almost everywhere. When Pan Long walked on the road, he often saw farmers sighing in the fields, and even cried loudly.

But he had no choice.

Such a large-scale natural disaster, let alone him, even Teacher Bi Lingkong would have no choice.

All he could do was to sneak into the farmhouses at night, each of which left some money.

The gold and silver accumulated when the heroes and righteousness swept away the illegal and powerful forces was consumed in just three or five days. The wealth of ordinary people who have been rich for generations is just a drop in the bucket in the face of disaster relief.

But this is all that Pan Long can do now.

The Daxia Dynasty did make a lot of efforts. He saw more than once the city gods and lands, mountain gods and water gods imposed on the sky to improve the climate. But their efforts were just a drop in the bucket.

When the spell is still working, the climate does mean a little warm, but once the spell fails, the climate will immediately cool down.

Such large-scale natural disasters, let alone human power, are irreversible even if they are divine!

Judging from the current situation, this summer and autumn are probably going to be a big famine...

With concern, Pan Long came to Guangling City again.

He first secretly visited his apprentice Zheng Shuang's family. They were doing well, and Zheng Shuang became a chef in the tavern. After he practiced martial arts, his cooking skills also improved a lot. He is now a famous chef in Guangling City.

As a famous chef, Zheng Shuang earns not only enough money to support his family, but also helps neighbors. When Pan Long visited them, he saw his wife bringing grain, oil, rice and flour to an old couple with two sons.

Pan Long also recognized the old couple. They were originally doing small businesses and made some money, but they settled in Guangling City. However, they were lucky and had a few children, but they couldn't raise them. Later, they simply believed in Buddhism and became a home-based practitioner.

The two elders usually don’t have much income, and they mainly copy scriptures and string Buddhist beads in the temple. Rather than making money from this, it is better to say that the temple they are named in this way to help them. However, the monks in the temple are just compassionate, not suckers, and the rewards they give are just ordinary daily use. Neighbors often help them so that the old couple can live a better life.

But now that the natural disaster is approaching, neighbors also have to store money, grain and materials to prevent accidents, so naturally they can't help them again.

Zheng Shuang's family is considered to have a better life on this street, so they have the spare time to help others.

Pan Long nodded secretly when he saw it, and did not come out to meet them. He turned around and left.

What Zheng Shuang and the others knew were not the new real master Pan Long, but the rising star of Yunzhou, Baihuxing. As for the situation of Baihuxing, Pan Long forgot to ask his teacher before.

If Baihuxing was still drinking and having fun every day in Yunzhou, Zheng Shuang saw his master here, wouldn’t it be revealed!

After leaving, Pan Long found an inn to stay. While eating, the envoy of the Marquis of Yangzhou came to the door again and sent an invitation letter, but the Marquis of Yangzhou wanted to talk to him about the possible disaster.

This time Pan Long did not refuse. After finishing a few bites, he wiped his face and followed the messenger.

Soon after, he came to the Yangzhou Marquis' Mansion, and the Yangzhou Marquis was already waiting for him in the study.

The contemporary Yangzhou Hou was named Zhang, with his name Hong and his courtesy name Guodong. He was the top scholar in the world thirty years ago. At the age of twelve, he won the imperial examination for poetry, songs and essays, at the age of 15, and at the age of 18, he won the imperial examination for "experienced ancient and modern examinations". He was the first in the same list three times.

After the third time, he went to Shendu to take the exam. Among the ten subjects in the world, except for not knowing martial arts and not referring to the "Military Arts and Martial Arts and Taoism", the other nine lists were the first, which shocked the world. Prime Minister Shen Wujiu replied with him, praising him, "There are the best literary talent in Daxia for thousands of years."

After winning the top scorer, he studied in the Hanlin Academy and wrote an article "Theory of Nothing in the World", which was criticized and criticized some of the court's conservative customs. The previous emperor Xin Mao referred to some of the plans proposed, and after trial, the effect was good. He praised him and betrothed the young daughter Princess Nanping to him.

Then he was promoted many times and continued to be the Minister of Personnel. He replaced the old Marquis of Yangzhou at the beginning of this year and became the Marquis of Jiuzhou. If there were no accidents, he would probably return to Shendu in a few years and serve as the Prime Minister of Daxia.

Among the civil officials of the times, he was undoubtedly the emperor's confidant and pillar of the court.

Pan Long only knew about these things recently.

In theory, the former Marquis of Yangzhou was not very old. As a congenital master, he was only considered a prime minister in his early age, and was far from when he retired. The court arranged for Zhang Hong, a confidant minister, to take over, but I wonder what kind of thoughts he had?

Could it be... the court should take this opportunity to gather power and strengthen its control over Jiuzhou?

Pan Long thought so and met the legendary number one civil official in the world.

Zhang Hong and Zhang Guodong are 48 years old this year. His hair and beard are slightly white, and there are many wrinkles on his fat face, which looks a bit old. He is wearing round glasses, a slightly fat figure, and a kind smile on his face. He doesn't look like the leader of the literary world, but rather like a successful businessman.

"Young Master Pan, I've been looking back for a long time." He walked out of the study with a smile to greet Pan Long, with a very warm expression. "I have heard about you more than once in the Gods. The 20-year-old real master, you are the youngest and most promising in the history of my Daxia. Especially when you come from a poor family, you have no family accumulation or guidance from the master. It's even more admirable!"

Pan Long also smiled and said, "Compared to the Marquis' three-yuan ranking and the top nine list, what is my worth? I will blush when you praise you so much."

Both sides smiled at each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

But Pan Long was always a little suspicious - the new Yangzhou Hou was anxious to find him, was it really just to talk about the disaster?
Chapter completed!