Chapter 124: Opening the Granary and Releasing the Grain

  Ye Chen's divine soul swept over, and after seeing the reaction of the people in Donglin County, he was stunned for a moment before suddenly understanding. The King of Donglin, Liu Xun, had long been despised by countless civilians, but they didn't dare to speak out in anger. Now that the King of Donglin was dead, these civilians were naturally extremely excited.

  "I, Ye Chen, representing the Ye Family Fort, order all personnel from the East Lin County Wang Fu to disperse immediately. If not, there will be no pardon for those who refuse! If there are still any stubborn and unrepentant individuals, the Ye Family Fort is ready to welcome them at any time! I declare that the East Lin County Wang Fu will open its granary and distribute grain. Every citizen of the East Lin County city can go to the Wang Fu to receive 100 kilograms of rice!" Ye Chen's voice could be heard both inside and outside the city.

  The people of Donglin County heard Ye Chen's words and were stunned. Open the granary and distribute grain, each person can get 100 kilograms of rice?

  Except for a few wealthy families and martial arts households, the vast majority of people in Donglin County are very poor, especially the poor people living in the outer city, who often go hungry, and if they go to receive food rations and are investigated by the imperial court, they will be punished as rebels, but if they do not receive food rations, many people may starve to death before the imperial army arrives.

  After a moment of hesitation, the residents of the inner and outer cities flocked to the East Lin County Prince's Mansion.

  It's better to be killed than starved to death!

  Many people had such an idea, and the whole Donglin County was stirred up.

  Looking at the surging crowds in the inner and outer cities, Ye Chen let out a faint sigh. His divine soul swept over those civilians, and most of them were skin and bones, wearing tattered clothes. Yin Mung-tian was right; such people should rebel, how else could they survive? Today, he would accumulate some merit too. With the heavens watching above, Ye Chen felt that what he was doing was right.

  Ye Chen descended in a black hawk and arrived at the gate of the county king's mansion.

  As he fell, a figure rushed over quickly.

  Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, a mid-9th stage expert. A month ago, a mid-9th stage expert might have still made Ye Chen wary, but now, he didn't even put them in his eyes. His divine soul swept over the person and found that it was actually Xu Jian, the master of the Xu family. What was he doing here?

  Seeing Ye Chen and the Black Eagle, Huo Ling Diao, and Feng Xing Bai Yuan beside him, Xu Jian was secretly shocked. It had only been a little over a month since they last met, and he hadn't expected Ye Chen's strength to be terrifyingly strong, even capturing three tenth-grade demon beasts. He couldn't help but feel his heart racing with fear. In the entire Donglin County, there was absolutely no one who could control Ye Chen now.

  The Ye family has such a son, but it's unclear whether he'll bring fortune or disaster. If Ye Chen can rise to power and sweep aside all obstacles, then he'll be a blessing. But if he can't, the Ye family will face the calamity of extinction.

  "Xu Jie, the old master of the Xu family, is your father Ye Zhan Tian's closest friend." Xu Jie said with a slight bow, although he was older than Ye Chen, but he didn't dare to act superior.

  "Before the family celebration, I met Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu doesn't need to be too polite." Ye Chen's impression of Xu Jian wasn't too bad. When Liu Zhen despised Yejia Fortress, Xu Jian was on Yejia Fortress' side. This Xu Jian and Ye Zhantian weren't close friends either. He wondered in his heart what Xu Jian came for this time.

  "Brother, do you know that you have committed a great sin? That Eastern Lin County King Liu Xun is a vassal king appointed by the imperial court, and there's also Liu Kan, who is the Minister of War of the imperial court. You killed them, which will surely provoke the wrath of Emperor Mingwu. Xu Jian said, looking at the three demonic beasts beside him, his forehead sweating coldly, "Although Brother's strength is astonishing, but Emperor Mingwu has already reached the Heavenly Venerable level, and when the time comes, he might bring a calamity that would destroy the Ye family. I'm afraid Xuan Yi Zun won't necessarily intervene."

  The fear of the demon beasts was deeply rooted in the hearts of every person in this world, and even Xu Jian, who had seen much and was not easily flustered, found it difficult to remain calm when faced with three tenth-tier demon beasts.

  "If I hadn't killed Liu Xun and Liu Kan, it wouldn't be the Duke's mansion that was destroyed, but the Ye family. I know Xu BoBo had good intentions, but the Ye family was forced by circumstances to do so. If Emperor Ming Wu were to punish me, at worst, I would lead the Ye family in rebellion against West Wu!" Ye Chen said in a low voice. Xu Jian was still not bad, because he took some risks to say these things to himself, and now Xu Jian is facing three tenth-tier demonic beasts head-on!

  "The matter of distributing grain, in my opinion, is also not suitable. I'm not sympathizing with the Duke of Donglin over these grains, but once the Duke dies, the entire Donglin County will fall into chaos. My wise nephew's intention to distribute the grain to the people is good, but most of the people won't be able to keep them safe, and soon they'll be snatched away by others, ultimately bringing disaster upon themselves." Xu Jian carefully raised his head to take a glance at Ye Chen's expression.

  Ye Chen slightly furrowed his brow, he hadn't considered so many things, what if the grain was distributed and it ended up harming even more people, wouldn't that be a sin? Suddenly thinking of something, he said: "The Duke of Donglin is already dead, please ask Uncle Xu to put in extra effort, coordinate with the various martial arts families, stabilize the people's hearts, and prevent violent riots from breaking out."

  "I... will certainly try my best." Xu Jian fell silent for a moment, then let out a deep sigh and said, The Xu family has its roots in Donglin County, and the great chaos in Donglin County is not beneficial to them either.

  "I've already thanked Uncle Xu on behalf of the Ye family." Ye Chen bowed and said, The Ye family may be forced to leave Donglin County and cannot afford to divide their attention to manage the county city!

  "Thanks for your hospitality, young master. I'd better be off now to inform the other family heads." With that, Xu Jian bid farewell to Ye Chen and rushed away.

  After a moment, the common people had surged to the entrance of the East Lin County Prince's mansion. Many thugs with martial arts skills originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos and rush into the county prince's mansion to loot, but when they saw the three enormous tenth-stage demonic beasts, they immediately gave up on this idea and retreated far away.

  The Ten-Stage Demon Beast is an existence that they absolutely cannot match!

  Those common people saw the tenth-order demon beast and didn't dare to get close, but many starving people still couldn't help themselves and cautiously entered the East Lin County Prince's Mansion.

  "Line up over there for grain distribution!" Ye Chen said, pointing to the empty space beside him as he saw the commoners entering.

  The villagers hastily formed a line, carefully watching the giant Wind-Traveling White Ape, fearing that it would suddenly go berserk and attack them.

  Ye Chen swept his gaze over these people, and all of them had pale complexions, were thin as skeletons, and would be unable to withstand even a gentle breeze. Their tattered clothes made one's heart ache.

  "Can you carry one hundred kilograms of rice?" Ye Chen asked the crowd.

  These people looked at each other in dismay, then nodded one after another, but didn't dare respond.

  "Bring out the rice from the warehouse!" Ye Chen ordered.

  With a loud crash, Feng Xingbai burst open the door of a warehouse and lifted a sack of grain into the air with two fingers.

  "The first one, come here, this bag of rice is yours." Ye Chen pointed to the thin middle-aged man in front.

  The middle-aged man looked at the Wind White Ape, which was nearly five meters tall and weighed over 100 kilograms, with a fearful gaze. The Wind White Ape simply lifted it up with just two fingers, and despite its deep-seated fear of the beast, it eventually succumbed to the temptation of food and cautiously approached.

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