Li Chang'an found a place to sit down and looked at the crowd that had gathered around him with fawning expressions. He then spoke.
"Alright, it's just a few kilograms of rice, is it really necessary for everyone to act like this?"
"Immortal, you are unaware of this."
Meng Xian was the first to speak, her previous aloof demeanor completely gone, replaced by a girlish air that left Cheng Hu speechless.
Is this still the female demon from the Great Wind Camp, or the cold-blooded and ruthless Instructor Meng?
“We in Lingnan are short of food. There are 300,000 households in Lingnan, and the annual output from the land is only 1.2 million dan (a unit of weight).
This kind of harvest only occurs when the heavens are in a good mood. If they are in a bad mood, with a major flood or a drought, the total grain yield for the year might be less than one million dan (a unit of weight).
The prince's palace could only collect a maximum of 400,000 dan of grain in taxes, which was far from enough to support the soldiers stationed on the border.
Meng Xian plopped down on the ground, no longer maintaining her status as a Grandmaster, and started settling accounts with Li Chang'an like a peasant woman.
"You are a celestial being, you do not know the suffering of us mortals."
Back when I was traveling the world, I saw countless people starve to death on the roadside, and countless refugees die from being stuffed with clay.
Those prestigious families and martial arts sects, on the other hand, indulged in lavish meals and fine clothes.
In a fit of anger, I began to rob the rich to help the poor, specifically targeting sects that oppressed the common people.
As a result, she became a female demon whom everyone in the martial arts world hated.
When I was being hunted down by those so-called righteous martial arts sects and had nowhere to escape, the princess took me in.
Later I stayed in Lingnan, because at least here, unlike other places, it wasn't a place littered with corpses and starving people.
Upon hearing her words, Li Chang'an couldn't help but cup his hands and say, "It was I, Li, who underestimated General Meng. General Meng truly deserves to be called a heroine."
Meng Xian gave a bitter smile: "I am just a woman, yet I was taken in by the Meng family and became the chief instructor of the Lingnan army. I was even regarded as a god-sister by the princess. It can be said that good deeds have been rewarded."
It's a pity she lacked the ability to change the miserable plight of the people of the Ming Dynasty; what kind of worthless heroine was she?
"Why."
Wang Zhongxian sighed, ignoring the dirt on the ground, and plopped down on the floor.
"Yes, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, internal and external troubles have never ceased. However, with your descent to the mortal realm, my Ming Dynasty is saved."
Meng Xian exchanged a glance with him, never expecting that this infamous eunuch was also a man of character.
"I, Meng Xian, beg the immortal to descend from the mountain and save the lives of the tens of thousands of soldiers at Jiayang Pass!"
Meng Xian knelt before Li Chang'an and said, "If the immortal does not find you unworthy, I am willing to serve you like a cow or a horse to repay your kindness."
Wang Zhongxian also knelt down and said, "Wang Zhongxian of the Great Ming Dynasty, although I am a eunuch, I still beg the immortals to save my Great Ming Dynasty."
Li Chang'an looked at the two people kneeling on the ground without saying a word.
He certainly deserves the title of a deity.
After all, he's cheated, so it's normal for him to be called a god.
Moreover, his actions just now were also well-considered.
I can't stay in the mountains forever; I'll definitely need to connect with the outside world.
They were nameless, had no official status, and no travel permit.
It's inconvenient to go anywhere.
In order to better engage with the world.
He decided to give himself the identity of a deity.
This makes traveling the world much more convenient.
They wear imperial armor, have GPS navigation systems, and are then given the identity of a deity.
That would solve most of the world's problems.
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