Chapter 132 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
East of the city.
Several leaders of the gentry and wealthy business forces met unexpectedly at the door of their house in Yunlu Village.
The two sides looked at each other, moved the corners of their mouths and wanted to smile and say hello, but when they thought about what happened yesterday... they couldn't smile.
The villagers who had just opened the gate noticed them and came forward with a smile, saying, "Hey everyone, come in."
The villagers were warm and hospitable, but the two forces who knew that they had killed all the gambling house thugs overnight could no longer treat them as ordinary villagers. They were as reserved as a new bride who had just married into the family.
When he was brought to the dining room, Lu Xuan was already waiting at the table, along with the village chief, Wu Cheng, Ge Yuan, Old Man Zhang and others.
Li Tie stood up and said, "Come and sit down. The food is ready. Eat it while it's hot and enjoy the cooking of the women in our village."
Several people sat down with stiff smiles.
Mr. Chen glanced at the food on the table.
There were all kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat, and the rice was fragrant white rice. There was even fruit wine. The feast was so sumptuous that it was comparable to the banquets in the big restaurants before the disaster.
Boss Wang, Landlord Liu and others couldn't help swallowing their saliva. It was such a sumptuous meal, it must be the last meal before execution.
When exchanging supplies for the disaster victims, the landlord Liu, who was the most unscrupulous in terms of price, couldn't help but think: Is it too late to hand over all the supplies in my hands to save my life?
Seeing that they were not moving their chopsticks, Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"
Several people automatically translated the implication: If you don't eat it, you can die now.
Landlord Liu was the first to pick up his chopsticks. With a fierce desire to survive, he said, "Eat! Brother Lu and the village chief have spent so much money, how can we let their kindness go to waste?"
Others also picked up their chopsticks one after another.
Even if I die, I want to die with a full stomach.
However, after they really picked up their chopsticks, they found that the dishes tasted even better than they had expected.
It would have been fine if it wasn't just chicken and duck, they also ate the long-lost fresh pork and beef!
There was another kind of meat that no one knew what it was at first. Li Tie told them, "This is python meat that we found in an underground cave. Mr. Chen should have heard about the cave from Boss Chen, right?"
"When we first encountered the python, we were all shocked by its huge size. Later, when we escaped, Xuan found another, even bigger python, and we realized that the one we encountered was actually just a small snake."
"But because it's a small snake, the meat is tender enough, and the snake soup made from it is especially delicious! This is a delicacy you can't find anywhere else. You should all try it."
Li Tie used his serving chopsticks to pick up some chicken stewed with mushrooms for them. "This mushroom is also a special species found in the cave. When fried with animal oil, it tastes almost the same as meat."
In addition to various meat dishes, the vegetarian dishes such as braised bamboo shoots in oil, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and candied sweet potatoes are almost all rare materials that neither faction can obtain. They are rare and delicious.
Although the people who came today are all powerful figures, they haven't eaten such delicious and fresh dishes for a long time.
Fresh vegetables were basically out of stock after the earthquake, and although we could occasionally eat wild game, it was not as fresh and tender as domestic poultry and livestock.
At first, everyone was worried about whether they would be thrown out sideways. However, as the food and wine went into their stomachs, their appetites were satisfied. Li Tie and Mr. Zhang took the initiative to liven up the atmosphere. Gradually, they forgot their fear and began to relax and truly enjoy the food. The slightly stiff atmosphere gradually warmed up.
Mr. Miao also took the initiative to ask about the details of their exploration after discovering the cave.
Wu Cheng and Ge Yuan, who personally participated in the exploration, were more knowledgeable in this regard, so they told them about everything other than the discovery of the agate mine.
Old Man Chen sighed with emotion and regret: "It sounds like a good place. If it hadn't collapsed in the earthquake, it would have been an excellent place for refuge."
Li Tie picked up a piece of candied sweet potato with chopsticks, enjoying the sweet happiness brought by the sweet food. He shook his head and said, "It's indeed a good place during the extreme heat, but when the flood comes, the underground will definitely be flooded. Even if it doesn't flood, we can't return to the surface until the water recedes. We can't live without seeing the sun forever."
Wu Cheng said: "Besides, there is no guarantee that there won't be a third or even a fourth giant python in other unexplored places."
They were able to deal with it because they had Lu Xuan around and more and more people in the village had acquired superpowers. If ordinary victims encountered it, they would become a delicious meal for the giant python.
The others thought about this and nodded, "That's true."
However, when it comes to floods, the expressions of several people inevitably paused.
Lu Xuan, who had been silent the whole time and concentrating on eating, finally spoke after filling his stomach a little, "In order to avoid causing too much chaos, the villagers only mentioned the flood issue to the people in the city. In fact, it's not just a flood. In the next five years, mankind will face various natural disasters.
"Cough cough cough——" Boss Wang, who was tasting fruit wine, choked on the wine and started coughing violently.
The others also looked surprised, and when they turned to look at Lu Xuan, they almost sprained their necks because of the large movements.
“Five years—!?”
"Are you serious?!"
"How does Brother Lu know about the future?"
Lu Xuan didn't rush to answer, but continued, "The gambling houses and government offices were liquidated because they provoked us first. We don't intend to dominate the city and fight for power and profit. Striving to survive to the end is the main theme of the disaster period."
"We will distribute the supplies obtained from the two forces to all the victims in the city based on the number of people. You can send someone to notify them within the next two days and prepare some manpower to help distribute the supplies."
"After that, I can also trade with you for a batch of supplies you want and need. We will leave after the transaction is completed, so you'd better make plans early."
When they learned that Yunlu Village was preparing to leave the county, their first reaction was relief.
But they soon realized that the focus now was not this at all.
Old Master Chen asked anxiously, "Brother Lu, what disaster are you talking about? Five years, what exactly is going on?"
The high fever period of more than two months is already terrible enough, and God wants to torture them for five consecutive years?
"Let me tell you."
Li Tie couldn't help but repeat to them the disaster information that Lu Xuan had told him before the earthquake.
The impending two-plus months of torrential rain disasters; an extremely cold winter, the complete opposite of the extremely hot season; and the dark, eternal nights, storms, tsunamis, and mountains that can spew fire...
The further he talked, the more excited Li Tie became.
Old Man Zhang Geyuan of Wucheng: “…” There’s no need to be so excited, it’s not a good thing.
Didn’t you see that Mr. Chen and the others’ faces turned blue after being scolded?
The audience in the live broadcast room showed off the food and sighed:
[Alas, for ancient people, such a catastrophe would have been despairing.]
[To be honest, even on some remote planets of the Star Alliance where technology hasn't fully caught up, encountering this kind of disaster would be quite difficult.]
【Luckily, they met the anchor. 】
[The host is about to become the savior. ]
Lu Xuan who saw the barrage:?
Just take care of yourself, who wants to be the savior?
At most I can help out a little, no more than that.
When Li Tie paused, still unsatisfied, after Wu Cheng's subtle reminder, Old Man Chen spoke with difficulty, "What basis do you have for saying this? It's not that we don't want to believe it, it just sounds too horrifying. There's never been such a thing before."
Li Tie subconsciously looked at Lu Xuan, who tapped the table with his fingertips and said calmly, "It's easy to get evidence. There's going to be a hailstorm tomorrow. You can wait and see if it does."
…
Half an hour later, Mr. Chen and the others cleared the table of food and returned to their respective territories with heavy hearts.
When Chen Bing and Miao An asked about what happened, they were in no mood to explain. They just asked them to notify the victims in the city as soon as possible and tell them not to go out tomorrow morning as there might be hail tomorrow.
Chen Bing and Miao An were puzzled:?
What do you mean by "there will be hail tomorrow"? How can you know what will happen tomorrow?
How could I have eaten so much that I lost my mind? Was I poisoned?
Not only did they have doubts, the victims who were notified also felt that there might be something wrong with the people above them.
You say it's going to hail, and it's going to hail. Do you think you are God?
"But what if it really snows?" Some cautious disaster victims felt that the gentry and wealthy businessmen would not inform them of such a thing for no reason.
"I've never heard of those country gentlemen being able to predict the weather before. It's impossible that they suddenly developed this ability. It's not something that weird."
"Haven't there been enough bizarre things lately? Flying cars, flying boards. Who would have dared to believe that people could really fly into the sky before?"
“…” This seems to make sense.
Someone with inside information whispered, "Didn't you hear about the incidents at the gambling house and government office yesterday? It's said to be the work of the people from Yunlu Village. They're the ones who predicted hail this time. They're quite capable, maybe they actually have a way of predicting tomorrow's weather."
The victims looked at each other in bewilderment. "...How about we just stay indoors tomorrow? If it really does hail, it'll be much more dangerous than rain. We'll get hurt if we're not careful."
"Let's see first. If the news is true, the people from Yunlu Village probably won't come out to arrest us tomorrow. If they don't come, we can't go to the north of the city. There's really no need to go out."
"Then let's just wait and see."
The next day, there was actually nothing to see, because many people were awakened by the loud crackling noises before they even woke up.
"Oh my god! It's actually hailstorming!"
"These hailstones are bigger than my fists. If they hit someone's head, won't they be bleeding?"
The disaster victims who had doubts about the notice the day before were thankful that they had not had time to go out, otherwise they would have been beaten to death today!
The hailstorm did not last long, only less than twenty minutes, but a layer of hail more than a foot high piled up on the ground.
In the afternoon, Lu Xuan didn't need anyone to call him. Old Man Chen and others who had left yesterday came to the door on their own initiative. Their faces looked even paler than when they heard Li Tie talk about the disasters yesterday, and their eyes looked very panicked.
Because the time was too short, they were unable to determine the damage to all the people in the city caused by the hail, but Lu Xuan's "prophecy" had been fulfilled, and Mr. Chen and others no longer dared to doubt the source of the information from Yunlu Village.
Five consecutive years of natural disasters, I'm afraid it's true.
How can they not panic when they think about the natural disasters they will face in the future which will be many times more terrifying than the high fever period?
Mr. Miao also remembered what Lu Xuan said yesterday, asking them to make plans early.
He didn't think much about it when he heard it at that time, but when he came to the house again today, Mr. Miao had a hunch that Lu Xuan had something else in mind and couldn't help but ask.
"Brother Lu doesn't just mean that we should stockpile as much food as possible, right?"
Lu Xuan said: "I mean that you should prepare to leave the county as soon as possible."
Others who were still worried about the subsequent disaster: "???"
Old Master Chen was shocked and asked, "Why would you leave the county town for no reason?"
Lu Xuan spoke these terrifying words calmly: "Many buildings and roads in the city have deformed. This is mostly due to ground subsidence caused by the lack of groundwater during the hottest season, which has caused the entire county to sink a lot.
Once the rainwater from other surrounding areas accumulates enough to form a flood peak, Yangshan County will undoubtedly be the first to be hit. By then, the entire county will be completely submerged, and no one will survive."
It has been raining every day these days, with only the duration and amount of rainfall varying. However, the areas in the county where subsidence is most serious have accumulated water of no less than half a meter.
There will be heavy to torrential rain for at least half a day every day over the next few days, and the rate of water accumulation will only increase faster.
The flood peak will arrive within ten days.
And they must leave here before the flood peak arrives.
"Hiss—" Everyone gasped and their faces became even uglier.
Lu Xuan glanced at them and said, "There's not much time to waste now. If you want to trade supplies with me, do it as soon as possible."
Several people's minds were in a mess.
Sometimes he thought about the disaster in the past five years, and sometimes he worried about the flood that might come at any time. His face kept changing between shock, panic, and hesitation.
Finally, thinking of the people in the city and the remaining supplies in his hands, his expression gradually became firm.
Old Master Chen, who had the most life experience, was the first to speak: "Brother Lu, please bring out any supplies we can use. As long as it can increase our chances of survival, we will exchange it!"
Boss Wang was afraid of being left behind, so he hurriedly said, "Let's change too!"
Lu Xuan didn't keep them in suspense.
After leaving the Yunlu Mountains, the grocery store is gone, but I still draw blind boxes every day. Seeing that the miscellaneous items are increasing, it is time to have a bulk transaction to clear out the goods.
He simply took out the products he had prepared in advance that he thought they would be useful, interested in, and able to afford.
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