Chapter 645 Winter is coming
"Master, only this once!"
After Zhang Yi left, Mr. Xu's face looked a little ugly.
When Uncle Lu heard what Mr. Xu said, he sighed and finally said only one word, "Okay."
Knowing the grudges between Mr. Xu and the Jieyun Dao, Uncle Lu himself understood that it was a bit too much for him to ask Mr. Xu to release Zhang Yi, the son of the Jieyun Dao.
But he also has his own unspeakable difficulties.
As the guardian of the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty, this is the responsibility passed down from our ancestors.
Logically speaking, knowing that Zhang Yi would be the one to sever the dragon vein, he should have taken the initiative to protect the dragon vein. However, he chose to indulge himself and even planned to sit back and watch Zhang Yi sever the dragon vein in the future.
"Since you call me Master, I'll tell you something. It's a small compensation!"
"Within three years, the Tang Dynasty will remain in chaos!"
"Natural disasters will continue to occur over the next three years, so please be careful!"
…
After Uncle Lu left after saying these words, Old Master Xu was still thinking about it.
Three years of natural disasters!
Is this a prophecy?
"father!"
Seeing that Old Man Xu didn't move for a long time, Boss Xu couldn't help but shout in a low voice.
"What's wrong?"
Old Master Xu looked up at Boss Xu.
"Dad, do you think what Master said is reliable?"
"Three years of natural disasters?"
"If this is true, our lives will be really difficult!"
Boss Xu's expression was extremely serious.
Old Master Xu sighed and said, "It's better to believe it exists than not to believe it exists!"
"Send a message to the third brother, and tell him to hurry up and stock up on food!"
"Also, let the third brother take people back to the village and open up the gold mine behind our house!"
Old Master Xu didn't think Uncle Lu was exaggerating. So, the natural disasters of the past three years might actually happen. By then, food would be more valuable than gold and silver.
After all, if you have money but no food, you cannot live on gold and silver.
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Linyao City, the prefectural government office, the backyard.
Fubao leaned on the old turtle's back, basking in the warm gaze, and suddenly fell asleep.
She didn't sleep for too long, just a quarter of an hour, before she woke up with a start.
Nightmare!
An unprecedented nightmare!
A cold wave came from the south, with raging wind and snow, and the sky and the earth were covered in white.
Countless houses collapsed under the weight of snow, there was not enough firewood to keep warm, and many people froze to death in the extreme cold.
Fubao, who was awakened from a nightmare, did not delay for a moment. He ran as fast as he could with his short legs to find his third brother to report the bad news.
There are many mountains and forests around Xiangyi Prefecture. If we are well prepared, this snowstorm won't be so terrible. But that's where the problem lies.
Many families in the city do not prepare too much firewood. After all, in winter, there will always be people coming into the city to sell firewood.
But in Fubao's dream, heavy snow fell for several days and nights, and no one could go to the mountains to chop firewood. As for sending firewood to the city to sell, that was even more impossible.
Not to mention that every household doesn't have extra firewood, even if they did, the heavy snow would block the roads and prevent it from being delivered into the city.
"Little sister, you are making things difficult for me, your third brother!"
After hearing Fubao's nightmare, Xu Laosan looked miserable and said, "I feel like I don't have enough manpower right now. Where can I find someone to do this?"
"Third brother, there really will be a snowstorm. Many people's houses have collapsed. There is no firewood, and many people have frozen to death."
"I saw it all in my dream!"
"Little sister, I don't have anyone available right now!"
Xu Laosan had a bitter face.
It wasn't that he didn't believe Fu Bao's dream, but the problem was, he really had no one else to turn to. To provide logistical support for his father and second brother, and to ensure that no chaos arose between the two sides, Xu Lao San had really used every person he could, even recruiting the gang members on the streets of Linyao City and using them like animals.
"Brother, you are stupid!"
Fu Bao angrily stretched out his short legs and stepped on his third brother. "You don't need to send anyone to do this. Just post a notice saying that a lot of firewood is needed. As long as you have the money, I don't believe you can't find people to do the work!"
“That’s right!”
Xu Laosan nodded. "But, you also said that many houses collapsed in the dream. I have to find someone to repair these!"
"Brother San, didn't you recruit those gang members? Let them go!"
"This is their job!"
It was Fubao who suggested recruiting these people, and they were positioned as property management and urban management personnel.
"Little sister, you don't know, I've sent most of those people to transport food!"
"My father wrote to me a while ago, saying that the temperature in the north is starting to drop, and asked me to prepare more food."
"Then pay!"
"Tell the people in the city that anyone who repairs their house will receive money from the government."
I have money anyway.
Besides, the wool will eventually come from the sheep.
"Okay, you pay the money, so you have the final say!"
What can Xu Laosan say?
Soon, Xu Laosan had the notice posted.
This is not only the case in Linyao City, but also in the entire Xiangyi Prefecture.
The price of firewood was two cents higher than the market price, which immediately attracted many villagers to go up the mountain to chop firewood.
Xu Laosan also asked the village heads of each village to be responsible for purchasing and then sending them to the county town and the provincial capital.
At the same time, the notice of house repair was also spread to all villages and towns. They could repair their own houses and the government would give them money. Who would refuse such a good thing?
Correspondingly, the Xu family's reputation rose with these two events.
When Xu Laosan received the news about gold mining sent by Mr. Xu, he breathed a sigh of relief, because if he continued to spend money at the previous rate, he would soon be short of money.
Now, with this gold mine, I don’t have to worry about money for the time being.
As teams of garrison troops arrived at Lingshui Village, the villagers became panic-stricken, fearing that this was revenge from the Xu family.
However, they soon discovered that they were overthinking it.
The town army arrived at Lingshui Village and quickly set up camp. Then a large number of civilians came and began digging along the Taohua River.
The news that there was a gold mine here spread quickly.
The villagers of Lingshui Village truly regret their decision!
Originally, if their relationship with the Xu family had not changed, then their Lingshui Village would definitely not have become what it is now.
After the news about the gold mine was confirmed, the villagers gathered in front of the ancestral hall to discuss whether it was possible to ease relations with the Xu family.
Unfortunately, at the end of the discussion, no one dared to stand up and say that they were going to talk to Mr. Xu.
The events of Lingshui Village did not reach the ears of Mr. Xu or the third Xu.
For them, Lingshui Village has become a thing of the past.
But in fact, some things cannot be solved so simply. It just depends on whether some people have the courage to take that step.
(End of this chapter)
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