(Chapter 439 onward: Immortal Emperor breaks through apocalypse in a frozen world)
Li Mu cultivated for tens of thousands of years, finally becoming the number one Immortal Emperor in the Imm...
"Well, can I adjust the food supply now?" Li Mu looked at Huo Jianan and said calmly.
"No!" Huo Jianan stood up suddenly and blurted out, then seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, so he quickly added: "That's not what I meant. I meant that the snowstorm is so severe now that we can't transport grain out even if we try. We might as well wait until the situation gets better. After all, the snowstorm won't end in a short time. Although there is enough grain in the Shennong Mountain granary, it has to supply the entire Daxia. We can't take the risk of transporting grain out without full confidence."
"I've already said that how to transport grain is not your concern. You just need to transfer the grain out." Li Mu said with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"Director Huo, you have to understand that the grain in the granary belongs to the people of Daxia, not you, Huo Jianan! After all, you are a minister of Daxia. What the seniors said is of no use to you. Wouldn't you regard Emperor Xia even less in your eyes? Are you trying to rebel?" Li Dezhi shouted in a deep voice.
"I...I didn't." Huo Jianan waved his hands repeatedly.
This hat was a big one, and Huo Jianan's face turned pale instantly. Although the Xia Palace had lost control of all places due to the snowstorm, he really didn't need to bother with Emperor Xia, but he had no soldiers under his command! Moreover, if Yang Su from the military and Lin Qing from the police were not loyal enough to Daxia, and recognized him as the granary director and obeyed his orders, how could he sit in his current position safely? His power originally came from the top of Daxia, and now he was expecting to use this power to fight against the top, isn't this nonsense?
Huo Jianan took a deep breath, calmed himself, and said to Li Mu: "Commander, I can transfer grain to you, but for the sake of safety, I can transfer 100 tons first. If it can be delivered to the destination safely, I can continue to withdraw the remaining grain. This is also responsible for the people's food!"
"100 tons? How many people can eat 100 tons? There are 80 million tons of food here, I only need half of it." Li Mu chuckled.
"Half... 40 million tons..." Huo Jianan suddenly felt dizzy and fell on his chair.
"Don't worry, I don't need your people to help me move it. Xiao Zhou, tell him how I will transport the grain." Li Mu said to Zhou Yang.
"Ahem~ Director Huo, have you ever heard of the mustard seed containing the Sumeru Mountain?" Zhou Yang said with a light cough.
Huo Jianan shook his head. In fact, he didn't care about what Zhou Yang said, and even less about how Li Mu transported grain. He was now thinking about how to deal with the current situation.
Huo Jianan was not interested in these, but others were interested and looked forward to Zhou Yang's explanation. Chen Guangyun interrupted and said, "Mt. Sumeru can contain a mustard seed, and a mustard seed can contain Mt. Sumeru."
Yang Su glared at Chen Guangyun and said unhappily, "I didn't ask you to be a repeater."
Chen Guangyun quickly explained: "Captain, I didn't. This sentence comes from the "Zutang Collection·Guizong Monk" by the monks of Zhaoqing Temple. It means that Mount Xumi can accommodate a small mustard seed, and a small mustard seed can also accommodate a Mount Xumi."
"Ahem~" Yang Su was a little embarrassed, he coughed lightly and said unhappily: "I know, I didn't ask you to explain, and I believe in Taoism, don't mention monks in front of me."
"The Hui Taoist Lu Yan also has a poem that says: 'The world is hidden in a grain of millet, and mountains and rivers are boiled in a two-liter pot.'" Lin Qing said after pondering for a moment.
"Pa pa pa~" Chen Guangyun clapped his hands and said, "Great! I like this sentence. I have to write it down." Then he snatched the notebook from Yang Su's hand and began to record.
Yang Su didn't care about Chen Guangyun snatching his notebook. Instead, he laughed loudly: "Haha~ See, we Taoists are still more awesome. The poems we write are so majestic. How can those monks compare? By the way, who is this Hui Taoist? Why haven't I heard of him?"
Lin Qing rolled her eyes at Yang Su. You are a Taoist and you don't even know this? In order to save some face for Yang Su, she whispered to him, "Lü Dongbin."
"Cough~cough~" Yang Su coughed violently a few times, then sat up straight, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Hehe~ Right, that's about what it means." Zhou Yang said with a smile. Actually, he had never heard of what was just mentioned. He heard about Mustard Seed Nasu from reading online novels.
Then Zhou Yang stopped keeping the secret and said, "We have several of these things at Dragon Soul, called Sumeru bags. Even though they are only the size of a palm, the space inside can hold the contents of several rooms. Those Sumeru bags were given to Dragon Soul for free by the senior. Since the senior can give these Sumeru bags to Dragon Soul, do you think he has more advanced ones? Even ones that can hold a mountain?"
Zhou Yang was also a person who was about to be promoted to a senior position in Dragon Soul. Naturally, he had come into contact with the Sumeru bag in Dragon Soul. Moreover, when Li Mu accompanied Yin Ruolan to the Five Poison Sect to capture the remnants of the Soul Devouring Sect, a Sumeru bag was also seized. Zhou Yang was present at that time.
Everyone nodded when they heard this. It turned out that Li Mu had this good thing. Then there would be no problem in transporting the grain. It has been several years since the spiritual energy was revived. They have heard a lot about the deeds of the cultivators. Now they would not be too surprised to hear about the existence of such a thing as the Sumeru Bag.
At this moment, Huo Jianan laughed and said, "Haha~, in that case, I feel relieved. Chief, first of all, I have to apologize to you here, but isn't this also for work? I am responsible for the people, you have to understand. Since you have such a good thing, I have no reason to refuse. Let's do this, it's almost time for lunch, let's have lunch first, I'll have someone prepare the food now, you just need to pack it in the afternoon." His attitude made a 180° turn.
"Okay." Li Mu said with a smile. Huo Jianan definitely had no good intentions, but Li Mu wanted to see what he wanted to do, so he followed his will.
"Haha, okay! Xiaozhuang, you take the leaders and others to the cafeteria first. I'll go and arrange the grain transfer." Huo Jianan said to a young woman sitting below. Her name was Zhuang Hui, and she was the deputy director of the Shennongshan Granary.
Huo Jianan said goodbye and left in a hurry. When he reached the door, Huo Jianan once again instructed Zhuang Hui: "Xiao Zhuang, although the chief is a national-level official, this is a special period and many people are still hungry. We can't be extravagant. So, you ask the kitchen to prepare lunch at a standard of 200 yuan per person based on the price before the snowstorm!"
After giving instructions to Zhuang Hui, Huo Jianan said to Li Mu apologetically, "Commander, you don't mind, do you?"
Li Mu waved his hand and smiled, "Director Huo can still stick to his principles in such an environment. I am so happy. Why would I mind?"
Upon hearing this, Director Huo bowed solemnly to Li Mu and said, "Thank you, Chief, for your understanding of the work."
Then he trotted away.
Looking at Huo Jianan's leaving back, Li Mu narrowed his eyes slightly, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. With such little skill, he was still showing off in front of him.