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Although he talks about finding a way, Wu Zhongyuan can't think of any way, at least not yet, can think of any way to solve the bear tribe's food shortage problem. At this time, productivity is extremely low, and the problem of food and clothing has not been solved in the first place. There wouldn't be enough food to eat without a war, not to mention the extra consumption caused by large-scale wars.

In addition, it is already known to everyone that the five seals are about to disappear. Anyone with any brains will stockpile food to prepare for shortages. At this time, it is several times more difficult to exchange rice and food easily than usual.

The questions reported and asked for instructions through the bamboo slips were similar, so the clerk wrote the reply. Wu Di took the opportunity to take out some wooden boards from the wooden box, untied the ropes, removed the wax seal, and handed it over to Wu Zhongyuan for review.

Wu Zhongyuan was already worried, and the more he looked at these wooden boards, the more he became more and more annoyed. These confidential memorials were not reporting on government affairs, but small reports on intrigues. Zhang San accused Li Si of being a gangster, and Li Si reported Wang Er Mazi for violating laws and disciplines. They all have similar content, and there are also people competing for favor and loyalty. The only value of these memorials is that you can see each person's temperament and who they have a better relationship with through the content of the memorials. Other than that, it is useless.

After reading it patiently, Wu Zhongyuan left his seat and stood up, letting out a deep breath, "Let's go, come with me for a walk."

At this time, the bookkeeper had also finished writing Wu Zhongyuan's disaster relief decree. Wu Di ordered people to carry the bamboo slips down and distribute them separately, then put a cloak on Wu Zhongyuan and accompanied him to leave the palace.

Cloaks of different colors are symbols of the identity and status of warriors. Warriors of the three tribes wear cloaks all year round. The cloaks worn from April to October are thinner and are true cloaks. From October to April, the cloaks are thicker. It is more appropriate to call it a cloak.

The cloak that Wu Zhongyuan is wearing is brand new, with the bear wizard mark on both sleeves, and the embroidery on the back is not a bear head but a dragon head. He just agreed with the old blind man yesterday to ascend the throne of the Yellow Emperor. From this, it can be seen that this cloak with dragon head embroidery The cloak was made by a large number of embroiderers working all night last night.

Wu Zhongyuan wanted to tell Wu Di not to do this in the future, but he thought for a while and said nothing. No matter how difficult it is now, as the Yellow Emperor, he must have decent clothes.

It was a cloudy day with snowflakes floating in the sky. Wu Zhongyuan did not go to Zuofu Palace or Youbi Palace. After leaving the palace, he went directly to the folk houses in the city. At this time, except for the royal family and nobles, ordinary people only had two meals a day. He thought Go and see what the tribesmen eat.

The situation in the city was a little better than he expected. The porridge and rice were not very thin, and the amount was not too small.

The tribesmen in the capital are equivalent to the modern urban population. They are mainly craftsmen and soldiers. Their situation is not representative. If you want to see the real situation, you have to go down. Wu Zhongyuan turned to Wu Di and said, "You go back, I will go elsewhere. Turn around.”

"Where are you going?" Wu Di asked.

"I'll go take a look at the city and the siege below." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"I'll go with you." Wu Di said.

Wu Zhongyuan thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

The two of them were heading south. After being promoted to Taixuan, they could fly up to eight miles in a single flight. The snow in the south was heavier than that in the north. The two of them skied hundreds of miles through the snow and arrived at the boundary of the field.

Datian is a grain-producing area with bears. He wanted to come and see the situation here and see if the city lord Wu Shouzheng had exaggerated.

The two of them did not go to Yuancheng or Yicheng, but came to a besieged city. This village was very small, with only a few dozen houses. It was noon when they came here, because it was snowing heavily. There was no one outside, and the villagers all stayed at home. Wu Zhongyuan almost choked after pushing the door open, and the room was full of smoke.

I saw someone opening the door,

The people in the house came out. A woman and three children were living a good or bad life. You could tell at a glance that the family of four was in ragged clothes. In fact, ragged clothes were not enough to describe their poverty and embarrassment, because this family of four It's not that their clothes are torn, it's that they have no clothes at all. They are wrapped in torn linen, animal skins and straw.

In addition to ragged clothes, Wu Zhongyuan also had three other words that came to mind at the same time, noodles with vegetables, little carrot head, and gray-headed face. In fact, modern people have no concept of noodles with vegetables, because there are no people with vegetables in modern times. You Cai's appearance is not thin, but swollen and his face is blue.

Due to long-term malnutrition, the three children all have large heads, similar to the image of the little carrot head in Zhazidong. It is also possible that the heads are not as big as they appear on the surface, but they appear to be big because their limbs are too thin.

The reason for the disgrace was that there was smoke in the house, and a family of four lit a fire in the house to keep warm. The smoke was heavy because there was no charcoal, so they had to burn straw to keep warm and keep out the cold.

The woman didn't know Wu Zhongyuan and Wu Di, but she knew that the people wearing cloaks were all officials, and the one in the purple cloak was the eldest official. She invited the two in attentively and fearfully, and then she was at a loss as to what to entertain the guests. . starter

The woman had never seen anyone else before and was very nervous. She was even more nervous when talking to Wu Zhongyuan. Wu Di knew what Wu Zhongyuan wanted to know, so she asked her questions.

After talking, Wu Zhongyuan knew that there was a man in this family, but the man went out to fight and had not returned. The warriors who besieged the city also went out to fight and were not in the village. This place is far away from Daqiu. According to time calculation, the soldiers who went to Daqiu to participate in the battle that day should still be on their way back to the city at this time.

After the corn is harvested, the period until it snows is supposed to be the time for men to repair houses, cut firewood, fish and hunt. Since men go out to fight, these things can only be done by women, but women are innately inferior in physical strength. Disadvantage, how can it be possible to replace the role of a man.

The land in the field is very suitable for farming, but the grain yield is very low at this time. After the grain is harvested, most of it has to be turned over. The remaining grain is not enough to support the villagers through the winter. They have to add the income from hunting to barely make ends meet. But this year, men were drafted to fight. They went there and haven't come back until now. Now the heavy snow has closed the mountains, making hunting much more difficult. The water has also frozen, making fishing even more difficult. They are afraid that they will starve to death.

The woman was crying while talking, which made Wu Zhongyuan feel very uncomfortable. Although he was not responsible for this current situation, these are his tribesmen. Seeing his tribesmen, one can imagine how he felt.

The woman's cry attracted other women in the village. When they saw the two wearing purple cloaks, they knew they were senior officials of the clan. They cried to them one after another, hoping to get help. They just said that it didn't matter whether they lived or died, as long as they didn't starve to death. Just the kids.

Emotions are contagious. Everyone was sad and crying, and Wu Zhongyuan was in an extremely heavy mood. He had experienced many hardships and encountered countless dangers before, but he could overcome them no matter what the difficulties were. But at this time, he I feel powerless, no matter how high my spiritual energy cultivation is, it is useless. These things cannot be solved by force. The top priority is to find food for the tribe, otherwise most of them will not be able to survive this winter.

From the time they entered the village to the time they left, the two of them stayed for half an hour, but until they left, he didn't have the courage to lift the lid of the pot in that house. He didn't know what was in the pot, but he knew it was definitely not what he wanted to see. .

"Do you want to go somewhere else?" Wu Di asked softly.

"Let's walk again." Wu Zhongyuan said in a deep voice.

The route was chosen by Wu Zhongyuan. He chose to move southeast and stopped at five besieged cities along the way. The situation was more serious than he imagined. All the besieged cities lacked firewood and rice for the winter, just like bears. The people below can only survive until the end of the month at best. If they don't get help, people will start dying after the year.

At this time, he finally understood why the old blind man didn't let him run around anymore. The current situation did not allow him to do anything else. The search for the psychic weapon could be postponed, and the search for minerals and metallurgy could also be postponed. Save the lives of your clan members at all costs.

At watch time, Wu Zhongyuan came to the mountain forest where Dasha was. It was snowing here, and there were no living creatures in the mountains. Only Dasha braved the cold to open a road in the mountains at night.

Dasha was not as rebellious and cold as Huang Mao'er. When he saw him coming, he came over to get close to him. Wu Zhongyuan felt Dasha's emotions while touching him. In addition to the joy of seeing him again after a long separation, he also felt strong tiredness and the pain of enduring the cold. .

Dasha is an insect. Insects are all cold-blooded animals. What they fear most is the cold. It should not be sent to work in such a cold weather. Wu Zhongyuan was already in a bad mood before this, and after seeing Dasha, his mood dropped to the extreme. , Dasha is already far ahead now. Even if he continues to open up, the Yi people can't keep up with the cleaning. It's too cold, so he has to take it away.

Wu Zhongyuan did not return Xiong, but went east on Dasha with Wu Di. The Yi people did not pay tribute to the Bird Tribe this year. They must have extra food and grass, so they had to go there shamelessly to ask for some.

Although he had promised to protect the barbarians before, the consensus reached by both parties was that the barbarians would provide them with crossbows and a certain amount of salt for defending the city, which did not include food. This time it was an additional request. I asked others for help. How? Open your mouth?

On the way to the Yiren city, what Wu Zhongyuan thought about most was his senior brother Lin Qingming. After his master died, he and Lin Qingming had a very difficult life, but Lin Qingming never let him worry about money. He never talked to anyone else. I have borrowed money, and I have never defaulted on tuition fees. My living expenses after going to college were all provided by Lin Qingming. There is a saying that goes well, there is no such thing as quiet years, it’s just that someone is carrying the burden for you. Before, he So he was not embarrassed or embarrassed because Lin Qingming was taking care of him. starter

Now it's his turn. Not only is there no one to take care of him, but there are tens of thousands of people waiting for him to take care of him. At this moment, he feels unprecedented pressure. It turns out that life is not just about happy benevolence and killing. Killing, and living a living with daily necessities.

Knowing that Wu Zhongyuan was going to the Yiren's city, Wu Di guessed what he wanted to do. Seeing that he was in a low mood, he comforted him, "When we regain our strength, we can just repay them more."

Wu Zhongyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not answer. His current mood was the same as if he wanted to borrow money from someone else's house. Besides being embarrassed, he was still embarrassed, and besides being embarrassed, he was still embarrassed.

The weather was cold, so Dasha flew slowly. He didn't arrive at the Yiren city until the third watch.

On a cold winter snowy night, no one would take a rest early. When the two arrived, the Yi people had already gone to bed, and the city was pitch dark.

It's already embarrassing to borrow money at someone's house, and it's even more impolite to wake them up in the middle of the night. After hesitating for a long time, Wu Zhongyuan turned to Wu Di and said, "It's too late, don't disturb them. There is a cave nearby. Let's Go there and rest for the night.”

"Okay." Wu Di nodded in agreement.

Wu Zhongyuan sent out his thoughts and directed Dasha to go to a cave not far away. He had been here with Li Bie before and knew that there was a cave in Dongshan that could be lived in.

The cave is quite big, even Dasha can enter it. The cave is located at the east foot, and the light of the fire will not be seen by the barbarians.

Wu Zhongyuan gathered firewood, lit a bonfire at the entrance of the cave, and then sat by the fire and stared at the bonfire in a daze.

"If I hadn't taken over as Da Wu, we wouldn't have had these difficulties." Wu Di said.

"I am the only remaining royal family of the Bear Clan, and it is my responsibility to protect them..."