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Chapter 187 Another Fortune Telling

"You can't say that. When we first started working together, I never told you that I had to improve my skills for you. I also never told you that I had to give you 30 extra spiritual fruits!" Shi Xuanying's tone was quite hurt. "I thought we were friends."

"This..." Lu Xi thought about how he had taken the reward a while ago but secretly went to practice martial arts. Master Xuanying not only did not blame him, but also paid him a year's salary and helped him learn the martial arts. But he refused even such a small thing. His conscience suddenly ached, "Okay, I'll go!"

Shi Xuanying immediately smiled happily: "Okay, okay, Master Lu is really righteous! Go out and save as many people as you can, and we in Tao County will take in as many as you can! This kind of good deed is suitable for a kind-hearted person like Master Lu to do..."

Lu Xi was flattered by her, and he led a group of people out of Tao County in a daze. When he reached the river mouth, the servant behind him asked him how to get out. Only then did he feel that he seemed to have been deceived!

It wasn't that he regretted taking the job, but he was angry that he didn't ask her for anything!
You have to use a car or boat to travel, right? You have to eat, drink, defecate, and urinate, right?
The county magistrate didn’t give her a cent!!!
Between "returning to get the things" and "making do with it", Lu Xi chose to quietly climb to the top of the mountain to observe the water level.

Standing below and looking up, one has a terrifying feeling of being covered by a flood. However, when Lu Xi stood on a high place, he found that the amount of water pouring into the river mouth was not particularly large. Even if the water poured into Tao County without any obstruction, it would not submerge the county seat. At most, the farmland on both sides of the river bank would be flooded.

However, Lu Xi did not think much about it. Seeing that the water was relatively calm, he took out a boat from his storage bag.

He was about to lead his men out when he heard someone shouting at the foot of the mountain: "Master Lu! Master Lu!"

Lu Xi's face changed, and he appeared in front of the man in the blink of an eye: "Shut up!"

County Magistrate Cao was slightly startled before he remembered that Lu Xi was from Xu State and probably didn't want to reveal his identity. He quickly smiled apologetically and ordered his men to tow over a few wooden boats with some supplies on them. "These are the things that the Lord asked me to prepare. I didn't have enough time, so they are not complete. Please bear with me."

After he said this, he felt very uneasy.

The lady said the county would send people out to help with the disaster, so he wanted to go and prepare immediately, but she said, "Just get a few sturdy boats and a few bags of cakes. We don't have much food left at home, and we'll have to help the victims and build a new county soon. We'll have to spend money everywhere, so saving a little is a saving. How can Master Lu lack these little things from you? Just show your appreciation."

Shi Xuanying calculated the bill clearly. She would definitely not let Lu Xi take the upgraded skills and thirty spiritual fruits for free. Paying first could also be a favor. Of course, if the other party didn't know what was good for him, then there would be another way to pay him back!

"It's okay." Lu Xi's expression indeed relaxed a lot.

He was rather short of materials for cultivation, but he had no shortage of money and supplies. He had originally prepared to pay for it himself, but he didn't expect that Shi Xuanying would still remember to prepare things, which made him feel a lot better.

County Magistrate Cao watched the group leave, couldn't help wiping his sweat, and hurried back to the yamen to report.

"You're not angry, are you?" Shi Xuanying asked with a smile.

County Magistrate Cao smiled awkwardly: "Yes, you are still very smart."

"That's just the beginning. Master Lu will continue to support the development of our county in the future. You think you are too stingy."

"Yes, it's my heart." County Magistrate Cao shed a tear of sympathy in his heart and quickly talked about other things, "Sir, now the flood is raging, we can't sell the things in our workshop, and we can't get things in from outside. It's not a solution."

The other workshops had just been built and needed investment, so there was no visible profit for the time being. However, a lot of dried fruits, candied fruits, and fruit wines had already been stockpiled. The air had been humid recently and they might go bad and moldy over time. All the workshops had only income but no sales and were burning money every day. County Magistrate Cao couldn't help but feel anxious.

He knew that the county magistrate was not short of money, but the two counties were currently in a closed state, and the food and goods circulating in the market were limited. If he just poured money into it, prices would definitely soar in a short period of time.

"It's okay. I'll have the yamen runners escort the workshop owner out to sell the goods." Shi Xuanying said, "The victims will come in next. Go and get ready."

Bai Xue had divined before the trip and knew that the area affected by the Lancang River bursting its banks would not be too wide and Tao County would be safe, but the river mouth might be flooded. However, Shi Xuanying concentrated the water flow to create the illusion that most places outside were flooded.

If the flood is really that severe, eating some sunflower seeds will not be enough!
"Okay." County Magistrate Cao didn't know this, but he believed in Shi Xuanying's decision, "Then I will arrange disaster relief right away."

At the beginning, Shi Xuanying had stored a large amount of food in advance, so there was no pressure even if 8,000 people came at once. However, it was just to help the emergency, not to help the poor. No matter how much food there was, it could not be supplied for free and unlimited. It needed to be carefully planned and distributed. In the county government, except for Shi Xuanying himself, everyone who could breathe was sent out.

She ate some spiritual sunflower seeds for a while, then made some hand gestures and went to Linxi County.

Tao County has more convenient transportation and is mainly responsible for disaster relief, while Linxi County is closer to Piaoyun County and Qingshan County, and they are trying to lure them recently. It would be best if they could conquer them without losing a single soldier and take over the mountains, forests and basins.

After all, there are too few people now, and it would be a pity if one or two died.

Shi Xuanying took advantage of the nightfall and took a walk around the city.

After County Magistrate Huang's surrender, all government orders in Linxi County became more smoothly implemented, and the dilapidated city walls had been mostly repaired.

Because of the two miracles of Xinu mending the sky and setting up a barrier to stop the flood, the people of the two counties have unprecedented cohesion. They believe from the bottom of their hearts that the new county magistrate is a messenger of God who can not only protect them but also lead everyone to live a good life.

Nowadays, no one mentions that women should not show their faces in public. After all, Xi Nu and the county magistrate are both women!
The process of surrender of Piaoyun County and Qingshan County was easier than imagined. Many of them also saw Xinu mending the sky, and also saw the mountain tops that were directly cut off and the mountains that were drilled through!

Bai Xuexing used magic and magic stones to recruit priests from the two counties. They just said that these were all God's will, and the people there became a hundred times more fanatical than the people in Tao County and Linxi County.

When Master Xuanying discovered it, people from the three counties were singing and dancing around a bonfire in front of the newly built Xi Nu Temple.

My goodness! If we had come a little later, the new county would have been built!

……

Bai Xuexing didn't like the hustle and bustle of the city. He sat alone in the yard, watching the stars, with a picture spread out on the small table beside him.

Shi Xuanying appeared behind him silently and looked over: "Hetu Luoshu."

Bai Xuexing raised his head, his expression showing resistance that he couldn't hide: "Why are you here again?"

"Hmph! I haven't blamed you for not delivering the message in time, but you think I'm annoying?" Shi Xuanying sat down next to him and reached out to pick up the River Map and Luo Shu.

Bai Xuexing couldn't help feeling guilty.

He didn't expect to take over the two counties so quickly!

Thinking of Shi Xuanying's enthusiasm for exploiting people, he was frightened and was reluctant to send a message immediately. Who knew that this person would come on time that night!
Shi Xuanying saw through him at a glance: "Are all the people in Tiantongmen as innocent as you?"

Now she knew she had to keep it a secret, but she didn't think that Liu Zhubu and Huang Xiancheng were both hers now. If she could keep it a secret for a while, could she keep it a secret for a lifetime?
It would not be that difficult to complete it in a slow manner, but he chose to cover up his mistakes.

"No." Bai Xuexing said matter-of-factly, "I just couldn't stand their intrigues, so I stayed in Shanchenjie for several years."

"A smart choice." Shi Xuanying praised halfheartedly, and then immediately changed the subject abruptly, "You were stargazing just now? Why not tell fortunes while you're at it?"

"..."

He knew it! She was here to order people around again!