Mythology Starts with Childish Skills

In Mengjiazhuang, in a secret room that few people know about, the four walls are covered with bookcases, bookcases, and bookshelves made by skilled craftsmen.

Within it, there are thousands of volumes, all of which are all kinds of information that have been summarized after a short period of refining.

In fact, it is somewhat similar to modern big data, but it is far less detailed and targeted than big data.

Even so, there is innumerable value contained here. Information is wealth and is by no means empty talk.

Meng Zhao looked at the paper in his hand, a trace of surprise and confusion flashed in his eyes, and murmured,

"How can it be Liangzhou? Lenan County, Pyongyang County, what is there?"

What he had in his hand was the news sent back by the spies who had successfully penetrated into Liangzhou, and it related to the nine people of the Li family.

In front of him, Night Owl was dressed in black and covered with a mask. He stood there with his head bowed respectfully, silently.

Li Ya'er and his group had met Meng Zhao several times. Meng Zhao wanted to exploit them, but was also wary of them. Therefore, after the night sneaking into Zhou's house, Meng Zhao rarely contacted Li Ya. Son of them.

At that time, it was Li Ya'er who encouraged him to search for clues about the Four Symbols Sky-shaking Bow. After all, it was a heaven-level magic weapon with unparalleled power and terrifying power.

Go and go, and you will indeed gain a lot, but the danger it will bring in the end is far greater than expected.

Meng Zhao suddenly woke up and realized that he had been taken advantage of by the Li family without knowing it.

Although the main reason was greed, the introduction was opened by someone from the Li family, so Meng Zhao was wary of the Li family. After learning the secret of the Zhou family, he did not share it with the Li family immediately, but instead planned it himself. A series of actions eventually led to the entire Zhou family being exterminated.

The ancestor of the Zhou family, Zhou Wangqiao, is also missing. I don't know if he was killed by the leader of the Pudu Sect or if he escaped and kept his name anonymous.

Originally, Meng Zhao had been sending people to secretly observe the whereabouts of the Li family, but he did not expect that after the night of Prince Yanping's banquet, the Li family quietly disappeared without a trace, not even the spies he had been monitoring. Any awareness.

Meng Zhao thinks the reason why the Li family left is very simple.

During the banquet that night, Beitang Ang and Beitang He proposed the idea of ​​forming a government army.

In this highly autonomous city, the royal family began to show its fangs and strength and became aggressive.

Out of caution and safety precautions, it is reasonable to stay away from here.

However, what Meng Zhao did not expect was that this group of Li family members did not return to Xuzhou, but went upstream and walked out of Lingwu City towards Liangzhou.

There is heavy snow and bad weather. This is not just the case in Lingwu City, but also in most of the north. Under such bitter cold conditions, what place in Liangzhou can attract people from the Li family to venture there?

After thinking for a moment, Meng Zhao walked to a bookcase and took out thick files one after another, which were all about Liangzhou and summarized various information in the past three months.

It covers everything from state capital news to rural anecdotes. It is not perfect or detail-oriented, but it is enough to give people a very deep and clear understanding of Liangzhou.

Night Owl watched Meng Zhao unfold the thick document, and in a very short time, he refined the information elements contained in it, and then picked up a pen to write down something on a blank paper. His expression changed from doubtful at the beginning. , gradually became solemn, and then lingered with a chilling air, I couldn't help but shiver, and silently looked away, keeping my mind tightly, not daring to think about it anymore.

I don’t know if it’s because of his growing strength, but Meng Zhao’s power is also becoming more domineering and profound.

It is enough to deliberately restrain yourself on weekdays. Once the heart is touched and the aura spreads, it is like the resurrection of a real dragon. The magnetic field that transcends the core and essence of human life is enough to suppress an innate master until he becomes insane.

After a long time, Meng Zhao put down the pen and ink in his hand and sighed,

"People's livelihood is so difficult, we are afraid of trouble!"

As he spoke, the paper he had just written on was torn to pieces with all his strength, making it impossible to see what was written.

Seeing that Meng Zhao's words had deep meaning and that he was close to the second-in-law son, Ye Mao'er asked cautiously,

"Sir, what happened?

Things are really not going well in Liangzhou right now. I heard that the food shortage is so severe that even many cattle and sheep have froze to death. There are victims everywhere, which we have not encountered in the past ten years. "

To be precise, it should be twelve years, because in the year Beitang Sheng ascended the throne, natural disasters came one after another on the land of China. The winter was extremely cold and severe, with heavy snow like a blanket, freezing everything.

In the summer, there will be heavy rains, floods, or droughts, so thirty-six nobles went to the Daci'en Temple to chant sutras and pray to ward off disasters.

The stability of more than ten years was suddenly attacked by this disaster. Many people, especially the people in the head of Guizhou Province, suffered greatly due to lack of planning and thinking of danger in times of peace.

What Night Owl said just now was still vague. Under the hunger, cold, and various diseases, the state capital could not save many people at all.

A large number of victims have been formed, and tragic acts such as exchanging children for food and dissecting corpses for cooking have become commonplace.

People who are crazy about hunger can do anything.

Coupled with the outbreak of rebellion in the south, which had always been a large grain store, the disaster caused by the heavy snow was even worse, intensifying the formation of this tragic phenomenon.

After all, in addition to natural disasters, there are also geographical factors involved.

Liangzhou is a large state developed by the peerless Liang King. Although it has been continuously developed and managed by successive dynasties, it still has its huge limitations.

First, there are many grasslands and hills in the territory, which are seriously insufficient for farming, but are conducive to grazing and raising livestock.

This resulted in a shortage of food within the territory. Large food shortages were basically allocated by the imperial court and maintained by resale by other state capitals. This made Liangzhou unable to escape the control of the imperial court and was unable to accumulate large amounts of food.

As a result, once such a rare disaster occurs and the transmission of information is inconvenient, the people will suffer greatly and the people will suffer.

Secondly, Liangzhou itself is a border state, far away from the Central Plains, and also very far away from the political center. The power of the imperial court and the aristocratic families in the territory are not very strong. Instead, there are many sects, gangs are rampant, and some are mainly anti-customers. trend.

Even the state capital cannot achieve perfect command and dispatch. Instead, it is often violated by the people below.

Now that disasters are coming, government agencies in various places are willing to provide disaster relief, but unfortunately they do not have the ability.

The capable sects, big families, and gangs are happily taking advantage of this snowstorm to occupy pastures and fields, and buy slaves and servants on a large scale to increase their own strength.

To put it bluntly, they are just a group of man-eating wolves who stepped on the people hard when they were in the most dire straits.

This led to the situation becoming more serious, and there were faint signs of big changes.

Not only Liangzhou, but also Lingwu City, if everyone hadn't worked together and started to rescue the victims under the guidance of the county prince's palace, I'm afraid it wouldn't be much better.