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Chapter 224 The growth history of Li Shenzong!
Walk out from outside Lugongyuan.

General Han seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Lin Yan was silent for a while before he spoke: "As you expected, my Qi Refining Realm has reached its end."

"I didn't intend to ask this..." Han Zongqi's cheek twitched and he said in a muffled voice: "Just now in the yard, I know it, you don't need to emphasize it!"

"Then what's the reason for your expression?" Lin Yan was a little surprised when he heard that.

"You are responsible for the expansion of the new city. There will be a lot of trivial matters in the future."

Han Zongqi said, "If the Liu family falls, the vacant position will be vacated and there will be bloodshed. Jie Jin is secretly stirring up trouble. If we are not careful, chaos will ensue! Therefore, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to help you with the expansion of the new city."

Lin Yan pondered and said, "Now that all parties dare not embezzle, everything is carried out as usual. Logically speaking, I am just supervising all parties... What do you mean?"

"It's winter now, and many people die every year."

General Han said, "Even in the city, some people will die from hunger and cold, let alone refugees from the outside world."

"As the new city was being built, refugees from all directions rushed in, hoping to get a meal and a blanket to get through the winter."

"Jinliu Village is destroyed, and there will be more refugees this year."

"The clean land around Gaoliu City can't accommodate too many people."

"That is to say, many people will die in the strange night, and many people will die of hunger and cold."

"You hate evil and behave uprightly. People outside say that you are a murderer and treat human life as nothing, but I know that you are the one who respects human life the most in this city."

"You pity all living things, and it's easy for you to fall into traps."

As General Han said this.

Lin Yan frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

General Han let out a breath, his expression becoming more complicated.

"Shall I tell you a story?"

"All ears."

"Once upon a time, in the city of Qifeng, there was a young man who was a genius with a heroic appearance. He was only eighteen years old, but he had already reached the level of inner strength and was in charge of the affairs of a district."

"and then?"

"One winter, there was a snowstorm in Qifeng Prefecture, and the people suffered from hunger and cold."

After a pause, General Han sighed, "Those in power embezzle food and clothing in exchange for silver... If the upper echelons act like this, even an ordinary clerk below dares to sneak around and embezzle a lot!"

"There are also various business houses and various forces that are raising the price of grain in an attempt to make money."

"You also know that not everyone can understand the overall situation. The word 'greed' is enough to make people lose their minds."

"Back then, my... that good friend was like you. He hated evil and killed people with his sword. He checked the accounts, made rules, forced all parties to bow their heads, and finally maintained stability."

As General Han said this.

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Come to think of it, it is indeed similar to my style of doing things. Logically speaking, if we do this, fewer people will die."

"But the leaders of other districts colluded with other forces and businesses to make profits and accumulate wealth."

Han Zongqi Envoy sighed and said, "My good friend had limited cultivation and power at the time, so he could only manage his own small piece of land! But you should also know that you can't get along with those corrupt things. They are enemies, not friends!"

Lin Yan frowned and asked, "Did they attack you?"

General Han coughed and said, "This is not my business. It's the experience of my good friend."

Lin Yan nodded and said, "What happened to your friend later?"

Han, the flag envoy, sighed and said, "Under the operation of various forces, a lot of voices have been heard from all sides of Qifeng Mansion... saying that Rongguangfang, which is run by my good friend, is the only way to survive."

“Rongguangfang distributes porridge and bedding every day, hoping to save more people.”

"But the people in other districts couldn't survive, and even refugees from outside the city came here."

"The food and clothing stored in a city's market is enough to sustain the people in the market and prevent them from suffering from hunger and cold, and to prevent people from dying. This is already a great achievement, so how can we care about so much more?"

"At first, my good friend cared about human lives and wanted to save as many people as possible. But within two days, he found that his kindness had led to more and more 'refugees' coming from all directions."

"Many of them are not even refugees, but are simply here to consume the food in Rongguangfang."

"Even because the prices in Rongguangfang remain the same, people from other places are scrambling to buy them."

"In this way, the original common people will be crushed to death again."

Han Zongqi Envoy sighed: "In the end, there are only two ways!"

Lin Yan felt clear-headed after hearing this.

The first way is to accept everyone who comes, and save as many people as come.

This move may seem like a good deed, but it will inevitably lead to the lower-class people in Rongguangfang suffering from hunger and cold, and a large number of them will die! Even because the food and clothing stored in the neighborhood were robbed by outsiders... The people of Rongguangfang died even more!

In the end, the situation in Rongguangfang will definitely be the worst among all parties!
People who want to do things well end up making things worse!

Then they were jointly excluded by other parties and blamed for improper governance that caused the people to die of hunger and cold!

"My good friend chose the second one."

General Han sighed and said, "He closed Rongguangfang and refused to accept the people outside the district. He only managed the affairs under his jurisdiction! But in the end, he was short-sighted and only cared about the people within his jurisdiction. He ignored the lives of all parties and forced the refugees to death!"

He put his hands behind his back, looked outward, and said slowly: "Other forces have pushed all those who cannot survive within their jurisdiction to Rongguangfang..."

"They couldn't survive in the first place, but under the manipulation of those with ulterior motives, they regarded Rongguangfang as their only hope and the only way to survive!"

"In the end, Rongguangfang's failure to accept them was like cutting off their chance of survival. In the eyes of those refugees, it was my good friend who killed them!"

"You know, people worship gods for the sake of incense!"

"But if you are pointed at by thousands of people and resented by them, it is a sin!"

"My good friend wasted many years and could not make any further progress in his cultivation. Finally, the priest of Wutong Temple learned the details and was willing to help him resolve the debt of resentment."

"This temple priest is Lord Lu."

At this point, General Han paused and said, "Later, he broke through to the Refining Essence Realm. But that year, a young man also entered the Refining Essence Realm."

Lin Yan looked solemn, and vaguely understood in his heart.

"That young man's family was poor in his early years. In the winter, he and his family went to Rongguangfang, hoping to find a way to survive."

"But I didn't expect that the people in charge of Rongguangfang would close the place and cut off my livelihood."

"In the end, his family died of hunger and cold, but this young man sold himself into slavery and managed to survive."

"Later, when he followed his master out of town to hunt, he encountered a little demon. In order to protect his master's mount, he fought desperately with brute force and was seriously injured."

"The owner saw that his injuries were too severe and the cost of treatment was too much, so he planned to bury him on the spot."

"But a captain who was in charge of patrolling the city defenses saw him fighting the little demon on the city wall. He felt pity for him, took him in, and cured his wounds."

"This young man is extremely talented. He followed the city defense captain to practice martial arts. In just half a month, he has mastered the skin refining skills on his own without the help of medicinal bath pills!"

"From then on, the captain regarded him as a true disciple and focused on training him. Not long after, he made rapid progress and entered the Essence Refining Realm, shocking the top leaders of Qifeng Mansion."

General Han paused and said, "This young man is called Li Shenzong!"

Lin Yan frowned.

Is this the origin of the hatred?

For Li Shenzong, the last hope for his parents, brothers and sisters to survive was cut off by the person in charge of Rongguangfang!
"The people in power in their own neighborhood made it impossible for them to survive and forced them to go to Rongguangfang to find a way to make a living..."

Lin Yan said slowly: "They don't blame those people, they only blame the person in charge of Rongguangfang?"

"I can only say that the person who resents the most is naturally the person in charge of Rongguangfang."

Han, the flag envoy, smiled and said, “In the end, my good friend, who was competing with Li Shenzong, was in the same Jing Refining Realm. He was suppressed everywhere, and his heart was filled with gloom, and it was difficult for him to be pure, which cut off his path to the Qi Refining Realm!”

"Two years later, Emperor Li Shenzong found fault with me again and punished me according to the law. I was chopped with a sword and banished to the outskirts of Qifeng Prefecture."

"I heard that Emperor Li Shenzong did not let go of those who were in power back then. He conducted a thorough investigation and killed anyone who was found to be corrupt."

"For this, Emperor Li Shenzong offended many forces."

“So what if there is a talent that only appears once every three hundred years in Qifeng Mansion? He has also been assassinated hundreds of times and has struggled to survive in the blood!”

"To be honest, it's hard to tell what's right and wrong, what's right and wrong, what's grateful and what's hateful."

General Han sighed after saying this.

Lin Yan said slowly: "No wonder, before, when I was in Lu Gongyuan, I heard Lu Gong mention Li Shenzong's deeds, and I felt that this person was not a high-handed, cold-blooded person who looked down on the world! At that time, Lu Gong said that he was a sentimental person, so the hatred between him and you is difficult to resolve..."

General Han was silent for a moment before he said, "I have no grudge against him!"

After hearing this, Lin Yan finally nodded slightly and said, "Your good friend has a grudge against him."

"My good friend has no grudge against them!"

General Han was so angry that he waved his sleeves and said, "I'm telling you this because I'm afraid you'll fall into the same predicament this winter!"

Lin Yan waved his hand and said, "I am different. If the leaders of other forces dare to shirk their responsibilities and push the victims to my side, then... I will go over and chop them up, and replace them with someone else in power!"

Han Zongqi said expressionlessly, "What if another Li Shenzong emerges among the victims?"

Lin Yan said calmly: "Your disciples are far more talented than Li Shenzong. Are you afraid of another Li Shenzong?"

He said this, and then he pondered, "However, we may not have enough food and clothing to expand the city and recruit refugees. We should make more adequate preparations!"

(End of this chapter)