Xue Chen believed that the Ordos tribe must be saved. As a close ally of the Hua family, Hua Kai thought about it and agreed. If the Hua family worked a little harder to give more hay to the cattle and sheep, they could save a lot of green fodder for the Ordos tribe to save their lives.
"We can't give them too much at a time. First, give Chief Tiefa 50 cubic meters (150,000 jin) of green fodder to help them out. After the New Year, if the Ordos tribe doesn't have enough winter fodder stored, we'll give him another 50 cubic meters." Hua Kai thought about it and said.
At this time, Er Zhuang also came in. He heard Hua Kai and Xue Chen talking about helping the Ordos tribe survive the snow disaster, and told them that the snow disaster in the Ujumchin tribe was more serious than that in the Ordos tribe, and a large number of cattle and sheep had frozen to death.
"Master, I think we should not care about the snow disaster in the Ujumchin tribe. They have frozen too many cattle and sheep to death, and they can't continue to attack the Xiaoyuezhi Kingdom next year. Let's exchange all their frozen livestock back to Gaoliu City at a low price." Er Zhuang didn't have a good impression of Chief Ujumchin.
"Whether to ignore or not is a question of how much to help. We can ignore the Ujumchin tribe, but we can't help Princess Wurentuya. She also has many followers. We have to help Princess Wurentuya consolidate her strength." Xue Chen has a different opinion.
Hua Kai thought about this snowstorm. No matter how much the Ujumchin tribe and the Hua family disagreed, they were allies after all, and the Hua family could not stand by and watch them die.
"Xue Chen, you give 50 cubic meters of green fodder to Chief Tiefa tomorrow, and then lend them a divine horse for you to use. I will return them a divine horse in the future.
You send 50 cubic meters of green fodder to the Ujumchin tribe and give it to Erzhuang. Erzhuang will contact Wurentuya. If she needs it, give her some. We also need to feed our own horses and cattle and sheep." Hua Kai said to Xue Chen.
Divine horses all recognize their masters. It is estimated that only the Hua family in this world can say that they will lend a divine horse. Chief Tiefa will definitely not give all the divine horses to his subordinates. Xue Chen can go anywhere with the divine horse in winter.
A snowstorm made Hua Kai realize the importance of [Alfalfa Spirit Grass]. The green fodder fermented by [Alfalfa Spirit Grass] with green grass, grain powder, etc. can be stored underground for up to ten days. Although there is less snow, the weather is still cold. Sheep have been frozen to death in Huacheng, and you can imagine other places in the grassland.
Since the upgrade of the family's mental method, the family's luck value has recovered to a rate of increase of more than 4,000 per day. The Hua family is becoming more and more powerful. The higher the comprehensive strength of the family, the faster the family's luck value grows.
In the past few days, after all the Qidong Realm Great Perfection in Huacheng, Beishan, and Baoyuguan were equipped with sixth-level weapons, Hua Kai accumulated another 500 sets of [Gold Silk Soft Armor]. Now his luck value is increasing. The family secret trial and refining of elixirs do not need so much luck value.
Upgrading the family's martial arts and mental method to the intermediate level of the heavenly level is meaningless to the current Hua family. Upgrading to the heavenly level is a means of building the foundation, and the Hua family does not have a foundation building level!
Seeing that the family's luck value has reached nearly 100,000 points, and now the family's luck value can only increase by more than 2,000 points every day, Hua Kai felt a little regretful that there was no way to use the family's luck value.
At this time, Xue Pan happened to enter the [Family Secret Space]. This year, he and his fifth uncle Hua Zichen were in Beishan to help his second uncle Hua Ziqi to reorganize the various mountain strongholds in Beishan. He will have to return to the Qinglong Corps in the spring of next year.
"Master, I have something to tell you!" Xue Pan said when he saw Hua Kai was a little embarrassed.
"What is it?" Hua Kai said.
"Due to the heavy snow, many mountain strongholds in Beishan cannot go out hunting this year. Now all the mountain strongholds in Beishan are basically short of food, and some mountain strongholds have even been out of food for many days. How can we solve this problem?" Xue Pan said worriedly.
The entire Beishan has a population of more than 200,000, which is more than the entire Gaoliu County. The food in Gaoliu City can only barely meet its own use. Moreover, this year's heavy snow has increased the consumption of food for livestock and horses. The Hua family is completely unable to solve the food crisis in Beishan.
"We can't ignore the matter of Beishan. They will be part of our Gaoliu County in the future... Have you asked my third uncle?" Hua Kai asked.
Third uncle Hua Zijie has been collecting food in Huajiabao. The weather in the Central Plains has been good in recent years, and Huajiabao should have a lot of food reserves.
"The third master has sent people to deliver 100,000 stones of food to Gaoliu City before the winter comes. There is not much food in Huajiabao now." Xue Pan said in a low voice.
Now the whole grassland is covered with heavy snow. The snow disaster in the area north of the Qinling Mountains will be very serious. A large number of livestock will be frozen to death this year. The price of grassland grain will soar next year. The price of livestock in the world will definitely rise in the next three years. Hua Kai thinks Gaoliu County should be able to do something.
"It's still more than two months before spring comes. These two months are the most difficult. Without a large amount of food, Beishan's population will suffer a great loss, which is not conducive to our future management... I will go to Gaoliu City tomorrow to transfer 30,000 stones of food to Beishan first. This is enough for more than 200,000 people in Beishan. I plan to go to the South as soon as possible to see if I can buy food there."
"South? Chu?" Xue Pan asked in surprise.
"I plan to go to Wu and Yue. There is no snow all year round, and the food there is not less than that of Bashu. In recent years, the world has been peaceful, and they should have a lot of food.
The biggest problem with the South is transportation. We can buy food and even grass in Wu, Yue and other countries, and send it back through space, without having to consider transportation. As long as we can negotiate well with the royal families of the two countries, food and green fodder will not be a problem at all." Hua Kai said.
"The idea is good, but... the South is too far away from us to cross too many mountains and rivers... how many people do we need to send?" Xue Pan thought about it and felt that Hua Kai's idea was feasible.
"If we want to buy green grass for green fodder, it will definitely not work if there are few people going, so it must be Xiantian Realm riding a divine horse. Uncle Wu needs to transfer food and other supplies with me through the [Family Secret Realm Space]. The rest of us can go. This time we will act quietly and not let other forces find out. It is best not to tell anyone except our relatives." Hua Kai said.
Hua Kai now has a large number of basic spiritual medicines in his space, but the number of spiritual medicines above the fourth grade is almost used up. The number of people in the Hua family who are in the Qi training realm is increasing, and the number of strange stones in his space is also decreasing. While the family does not have many places to use the Qi value, he can go to the southern countries to find high-level strange stones and experience, so that the family's high-end combat power will increase.
"The Qinglong Legion is now free of war, and Donghu will not be able to attack us at this time. All Xiantian Realm can be transferred." Xue Pan said.
If this trip to the South can buy a lot of food and collect a lot of green grass, then the Hua family can completely increase its strength due to this snow disaster.
"Okay, except for my grandfather, Xu Hua and Uncle Wu, all other Xiantian Realm people can go to the South with us. This time, we will not only purchase grain, but also build several more green fodder fermentation bases in the South to help our affiliated families and allies survive this snowstorm. When the spring comes next year, the number of livestock on the grassland will decrease, and the price of slaves will inevitably decrease. At that time, our Gaoliu County will usher in a period of rapid development." Hua Kai decided.
In addition to the two Xiantians who broke through in the past month of [Hua Family Military Academy], the number of Xiantian Realm people in the entire Hua family has reached 15, and the family's combat power has exceeded 30,000, of which 5,000 are increased by Hua Kai's [Ice Will] entering the third level.
After Hua Kai upgraded the two BMWs brought back from the grassland this year, the family's divine horses have reached 12. Uncle Wu will not go, and Hua Kai will occupy two divine horses alone. In other words, this time, in addition to the Hua Kai family, there are ten Xiantian Realm people who can go.
The two divine horses in Huacheng were quickly distributed, and the entire Hua family Xiantian realm could quickly gather in the direction of Huacheng. On December 26, Hua Kai led Yu Jun, Xue Pan, Tang Lei, Hua Peng and ten other Xiantian realms, each with a divine horse, and jumped down from Pingdingshan 300 meters high, rushing towards the south.
Going to Wuyue this time is much easier than going to Bashu. Bashu is now in the midst of a poor uprising, and it may not be able to buy food. There are no huge mountains all the way south from Huacheng, and those big rivers are not a problem in the eyes of the Hua family.
In the evening of the first day, everyone came to the county of Jinan, which was under the jurisdiction of Qi, to rest. When the Hua family was in Guangxian, Hua Kai led the family to do business and passed by.
Tens of thousands of wild beasts surrounded the city outside the county, and soldiers kept walking on the city wall. It seems that the pressure on the county this year is not light.
The Hua family rushed through the wild beasts quickly, and all the wild beasts died wherever they passed. They arrived outside the city gate and did not wait for the other party to react. Eleven people jumped onto the wall of Zhu County.
"Please...Excuse me..." A leader saw that the Hua family easily climbed the 8-meter-high wall and spoke a little unsteadily.
"We are passing by Zhu County and come in to rest for a night. You don't have to worry about us. Just guard your city well." Tang Lei rode the [Sweat-Blood Horse] to the other party. His size can give people endless pressure.
The highest person in Zhu County is the head of a seventh-grade family. When has he seen so many innate realms? The person in charge watched the Hua family and others leave and hurried to the county magistrate's mansion to report.
It was already the end of the year, and the streets of Zhu County still looked very depressed. Hua Kai could see that the shops on both sides of the street had closed, and many places seemed quiet. Obviously, not many people lived here.
"Since the noble families of Qi moved into Linzi City, many people from the five counties and six kingdoms moved into the core area of Qi, and the population of the counties of Qi began to decline sharply. Alas... not all noble families are as kind as the Hua family." Yu Jun came to Hua Kai and said.
The noble families left and lost their high-end combat power. This county was attacked by wild beasts every year, and the defense pressure must have increased greatly. The more people died, the more people wanted to escape, which made this county become what it is now.