Chapter 46 Jiang Cheng's Calculations

  In the late afternoon, when a grain-laden grain cart drove into the Outer Temple, it immediately startled all the tribesmen who were resting in the Outer Temple.

  Sixty-five grain carts, the entire outer courtyard was packed to the brim. From the moment the grain carts started unloading, the tribal leaders Ge Xiong, Yang Ze, and a group of hunters from the tribe couldn't stop smiling.

  Fifty carts of grain can absolutely let the people of Ge Shan department have a comfortable winter, and even have some surplus.

  Moreover, according to the words of the tribal elder Ge Xiong, with Jiang Cheng's extremely abnormal combat strength, next year the tribe can even organize a small team of soul warriors and expand the pace of preparing food for the tribe to the outer periphery of the North Hengshan Mountains.

  Tribal days will definitely get better and better!

  "Haha, although there's no meat to fill our bellies, these are all top-quality grains, not a single one is stale! Good boy, you're too great, do you know how much contribution you've made for the tribe?" Uncle Yang Ze kept circling around the fifty grain carts belonging to the Ge Shan Tribe, his mouth never stopping from the start.

  But Jiang Cheng, who was standing at the door, had a bad feeling.

  Especially when Jiang Cheng saw the people of other tribes who had been watching these fifty grain carts from the beginning, their eyes on the grain carts were like those of hungry wolves.

  Especially when Yang Zedai took out a handful of golden grains, Jiang Cheng could even see the other tribesmen's throats heaving and their eyes turning redder.

  Their gaze gave Jiang Cheng the feeling of being stared at by a silver wolf in the icy snow. This kind of gaze made Jiang Cheng increasingly uneasy, and he became more and more aware of a certain danger.

  Suddenly obtaining such abundant grain brought an unspeakable crisis to the Katsuragi family.

  This situation suddenly made Jiang Cheng think of a few words, "A commoner is not guilty, but the one who harbors him is; two peaches kill three knights" seem to be somewhat consistent with the current situation.

  With a furrowed brow, he suddenly realized the danger that Jiang Cheng posed, turned around and entered a room, just as the clan leader Ge Qian had walked in.

  Guo Xiong was sitting there with a worried face, Jiang Cheng didn't waste any words and went straight to the point: "Tribe leader, something doesn't feel right."

  "What's wrong? You've also noticed something off?" Ge Xiong said with some surprise.

  "It's obvious, just look at Hu Zhenjiang's eyes, staring at these grain carts, his eyes are almost red. And there's too much grain, when everyone is in such short supply." Jiang Cheng said.

  "Yes, I also felt that something was not quite right. We have over thirty people and fifty carts of grain, but it's impossible to transport them all. And besides, that Hu Zhenjiang guy might ambush us halfway!" Ge Xiong, the tribe leader, wasn't someone who had risen to his position for nothing; his intuition about danger, honed from years in the mountains and forests, had also made him aware of this early on.

  Jiang Cheng shook his head lightly: "Tribe leader, a single Tiger Power tribe is not enough to be feared. What I'm worried about is that the Tiger Power tribe will unite with other tribes that are short of food and ambush us on the road! If that happens, these grains will become our bane! At that time, it's uncertain whether we can even make it back alive to the tribe."

  "They dare, we Ge Shan Department......" Ge Xiong's voice suddenly dropped rapidly, apparently, Jiang Cheng's predicted things were very likely.

  "Jiang Cheng, it's not as serious as you said, is it?" Yang Ze walked in.

  Jiang Cheng shook his head again, "It's not just that, I think this matter is not so simple."

  "You think, before the heavy snow sealed the mountain, Bai Hun's department was desperately rushing to collect taxes from us, not to mention that the reward for the martial arts competition has always been dan medicine and other things, but now it suddenly changed to a large amount of grain. When did Bai Hun's department become so generous?"

  "That's not your usual style, I thought you were just a mediocre player, but it seems I underestimated you?" Yang Ze said.

  "Think about it again, this time at the martial arts conference, when drawing lots, I always managed to draw a soul warrior from the Tiger Clan? This is suspicious point one."

  After a pause, Jiang Cheng asked again: "Tribe leader, in the martial arts conference held by the Bai Hun department in previous years, among the top three or four soul warriors, how many can the Bai Hun department occupy?"

  "I'll think about it." Ge Xiong thought for a moment, then replied: "Two years ago, the top four soul masters were all from the White Tiger Division.

  Three years ago, Shi Dahu from our clan was lucky enough to make it into the top four, but was defeated by Feng Zhan Yuan and became a useless person. The other three were all from the Bai Hun Department.

  Five years ago, the top four were all Soul Warriors from the White Cloud Department. Seven years ago, among the top four, the White Cloud Department occupied three places. Eight years ago... But this time...

  The more he recalled, the more cold sweat appeared on the forehead of the tribal elder Ge Xiong, and his face became increasingly difficult.

  Yang Ze's expression also became extremely solemn, "The previous rewards were all wrapped up by the White Tiger Department, this time only Feng Zhan Yuan was among the top four, Jiang Cheng, are you saying that this is the White Tiger Department's intention?"

  Jiang Cheng nodded solemnly, the cultivation resources of Bai Hun Department were much stronger than those of Bai Hun Eight Departments. After hearing the results of the martial arts competition a few years ago from the patriarch, Jiang Cheng became even more convinced of this point.

  "Our tribe has obtained a large amount of grain, while other tribes are still struggling on the verge of life and death. At this time, if someone were to stir up trouble and make contact, for example, Hu Li Zu's Hu Zhen Jiang..."

  As soon as Jiang Cheng spoke these words, Ge Xiong and Yang Ze's faces instantly turned pale as paper!

  "Let's hurry and leave now, before they unite, we must set off immediately, these grains must be transported back to the tribe!" Yang Ze said urgently.

  The clan leader, Ge Xiong, remained silent, but Jiang Cheng spoke up again: "We can advance with light gear and full speed from the White Haze Department's earth city back to the Ge Shan Department in four hours. But if we bring along the slow-moving and cumbersome grain carts through such deep snow, it will take at least two days!"

  "Two days' time is enough for Hu Zhenjiang or someone else to unite these tribes and block us."

  "It's not just that, they're also the elite troops of the tribe who have come to plunder our grain, and it's still not too late!" said Ge Xiong, the tribal chief, with an extremely solemn expression.

  "What shall we do then? Shall we send someone back to our tribe to come and meet us?" Yang Ze asked urgently.

  "If they were to unite, even if Ah Gong himself came, we would have no chance of winning!" Ge Xiong vetoed Yang Ze's proposal once again.

  "This won't do, that won't do, what are we going to do then? This is the grain that can keep our people alive! We didn't have it before, but now Acheng has risked his life to get it. Are we just going to leave it here?" Yang Ze was getting anxious and a bit irritable.

  "Reporting back to the tribal leader, Hu Li tribe's leader Hu Zhenjiang has just entered the Flying Feather Department's courtyard and immediately left for the Fire Day Department's courtyard." The report from a hunter who had just been instructed to pay attention to Hu Zhenjiang's movements made Yang Ze and Ge Xiong's hearts sink to the bottom of the valley in an instant!

  Hu Zhenjiang's actions were faster than they had imagined!

  And all of this was said by Jiang Cheng!

  The room suddenly became suffocatingly dull, that intangible pressure weighing heavily on people until they couldn't breathe.

  "This won't work, that won't work, then let's fight our way out. I don't believe it, with the brave warriors of Ge Shan Department, we can't even break through a bloody path..."

  "Uncle Yang Ze, don't worry, actually this matter isn't without a way to resolve it, if handled properly, heh heh." A fierce glint flashed across Jiang Cheng's eyes.

  Upon hearing this, Ge Xiong was overjoyed and Yang Ze was even more ecstatic, urging: "What's the plan? Speak quickly!"

  Jiang Cheng, however, was in no hurry to speak and instead turned to the clan leader, Ge Xiong, saying: "Clan Leader, before we confirm this method, I have a few questions for you!"

  "You ask!"

  "Tribe leader, compared with the Huli tribe, how is our Geshan department's reputation?" Jiang Cheng asked.

  Ku Xiong's face turned stern, and he replied: "Need you ask? My fellow clansmen from Ku Shan are men of their word. A promise is a promise, and we don't go back on our words like the Tiger Clan thieves. Our reputation is infinitely better than theirs!"

  "Second question, among the eight tribes of Baihun, apart from the Huli tribe and the Jingang tribe, which tribes are closest to our Geshan tribe, or rather, which tribes can the tribal leader persuade?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

  "Persuade?" The clan leader, Ge Xiong, was stunned and then smiled bitterly: "If it were in peacetime, there would be no problem at all, but now, relying solely on a single mouth, it's difficult!"

  "What if we add food as well?"

  "What's going on? Are we supposed to send grain to them? If we give them grain, what about our own people?" As soon as Jiang Cheng spoke up, Yang Ze suddenly jumped up.

  "Yang Ze, don't be impatient, let Jiang Cheng finish speaking." Tribe leader Ge Xiong said.

  "Uncle Yang Ze, don't worry, it's not that we want to send all the grain away. If we try to swallow fifty carts of grain by ourselves, maybe not a single grain will reach the tribe. But if we share some out..."

  A faint smile appeared, and Jiang Cheng suddenly pulled over Yang Ze and Ge Xiong to whisper a few words in their ears, causing the two men's gazes to turn towards Jiang Cheng with extreme horror.

  "Head of the clan, what to do, you understand?"

  Kong Xiong nodded while sizing up Jiang Cheng with an eerie gaze, then sighed: "Old Master indeed has a discerning eye! I'm starting to worry about the Tiger Clan's fate."

  After saying this inexplicable sentence, Ge Xiong hastily left the door, and Jiang Cheng's plan couldn't be delayed at all.

  At night, the Ling Gong Grand Temple of the White Cloud Sect was brightly lit.

  Report back to Lord Ling, just now the scouts from our tribe have returned and said that Hu Li Zu's Hu Zhen Jiang has already begun contacting other tribes.

  Almost all the tribes, including the Huli tribe, which has a deep feud with the Jin Gang department, have their own people leaving the Foreign Affairs Institute in a hurry. A hunter from the Geshan department ran the fastest, and it seems that he should be gathering his people!" said Bai Feibao, the chief of the Baishan department.

  "That Ge Xiong is indeed as cunning as a pig!" Little Ling Gong Feng Qing smiled and said, "However, the saying goes that even if Lin E came, he may not necessarily be able to see through the Spirit Lord's calculations."

  "Kazama's group has also gone to ask for reinforcements from their main force? Alright, alright, alright!"

  Dà Líng Gōng Bái Cè heard this and was overjoyed, saying three good words in a row.

  "This time, the surrounding tribes' powers are all empty, I see what you Lin E can use to resist my Bai Hun tribe's attack! Since those fools have already acted according to our plan, then you all go back and prepare!"

  At this point, Da Ling Gong's voice suddenly turned cold and he shouted: "The great plan to establish the country is about to succeed, I don't allow any mistakes this time!

  "Who dares to be slightly different, come and see me!"

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