In Douluo, Wuhun holds the Tianping

As the sun set, the teams searching for survivors outside returned to the city lord's mansion.

Li Xuan sat down in the conference room, waiting for the others to report on today's search and rescue situation.

After all, it was necessary to estimate how many survivors remained in Huangsha City. If the number was too large, Li Xuan would stay there for two more days to save more survivors.

The team captains are currently summarizing this information, and will report back to Li Xuan once they have compiled it.

A dozen minutes later, Bangchui, Baihe, Yanglin, and Baichuan walked in from outside.

"Greetings, young master! (Brother)!" The four men bowed respectfully to Li Xuan and said.

"No need for formalities, you've worked hard today." Li Xuan stood up and clasped his hands in a fist salute to the four people in front of him.

"It's not hard work," the four of them said in unison.

"Alright, let's not stand on ceremony. Come on, Bangchui, go first and tell me what happened today." Li Xuan nodded to the three of them and then pointed to Bangchui.

"Yes, brother! Today, our city lord's mansion distributed 2,632 bowls of white porridge. These people are living in relatively difficult conditions, so we also distributed some food to them. According to our estimation, there should still be several hundred people in Huangsha City, making a total of about three thousand people." Bangchui nodded to Li Xuan and then reported to him.

“Good. Increase the amount of porridge by 30% tomorrow, so that everyone can have some,” Li Xuan said to Bangchui after thinking for a moment.

Li Xuan wanted to ensure that more people could have porridge and survive, so he used more grain without any reluctance.

"Yes, brother!" Bangchui nodded in agreement without hesitation. Li Xuan would also be joining the porridge-making team tomorrow, so the work should be easier, and it wouldn't be a problem for him to do more.

The man with the stick took a step back, indicating that he had finished speaking.

"Chief Bai, thank you for your hard work this afternoon," Li Xuan said to Bai He with a smile.

After hearing Li Xuan's words, Bai He shook his head helplessly.

Bai He would rather be tired than go out with Li Xuan. This trip, filled with anxiety, truly made Bai He feel the pressure of life.

"Young Master, it's no trouble at all. Today, the Min Clan scouted the eastern part of the city. There was no danger. They found 2,325 people, as well as two people who had starved to death and were treated with medicine." Bai He straightened up and reported to Li Xuan.

“Yes, the number of survivors in the east of the city should be the largest, after all, the only oasis is there.” Li Xuan nodded with a smile.

"How many people can we bring back?" Li Xuan thought for a moment, then asked Bai He.

“We can bring them all back. These people are starving. The oasis is barren, with only a spring of water left,” Bai He said to Li Xuan with a smile.

"Alright, thank you for your hard work tomorrow, Chief Bai. Bring all these people back. We'll be setting off the day after tomorrow," Li Xuan said with a smile to Bai He.

"No problem, young master!" Bai He quickly replied, then took a step back.

Li Xuan turned his head and focused his gaze on Bai Chuan.

The Min clan and the Po clan each assigned one-third of their members to Shirakawa for management, so that they could simultaneously search for survivors in three directions.

“Young Master, there aren’t many survivors in the north of the city, only less than 630 people. The north of the city is really not suitable for living; even grass doesn’t grow there. So that’s all the people we have. I’ve already distributed all the food. If we want them to join us, they shouldn’t have any objections.” Bai Chuan scratched his head awkwardly and said to Li Xuan.

Although the Primordial Valley is located in the north of the city, the desolation of the north is also true.

However, compared to the border between the two great empires, the environment of Huangsha City should have allowed for a larger population to survive.

Li Xuan nodded to Bai Chuan, then turned to look at Yang Lin.

"Young Master, I searched the south of the city today and rescued 1,200 people. All of them are willing to leave Huangsha City with us." Yang Lin bowed and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Li Xuan, and then respectfully said to Li Xuan.

"Good heavens, so many people? Yang Lin, you didn't force them, did you?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Lin with annoyance and asked.

“Young Master, you forbade us to use coercion, so we can only use bribery. They said they would come with us as long as they could have some plain porridge.” Yang Lin quickly stood up and waved his hand.

"Alright, that's impressive." Li Xuan smiled and shook his head.

Then, Li Xuan pondered for a moment, and then turned to look at the club.

"Bangchui, when you and Zhuqing were in the city today, did you find out how many people are still in the city while you were chatting with those survivors?" Li Xuan asked Bangchui.

"Brother, I asked around, and there are about three thousand people in the city. They all live off their stored grain. This is the most important transit point in the far western desert, so they usually have a lot of grain stored up, but it seems it's almost all used up," Bangchui said to Li Xuan after thinking for a moment.

That's true. After all, this is the only transit point in the far western desert, and there's no fertile land around. If you want to eat, you can only rely on caravans to come here to sell their goods, so the city has plenty of stored grain.

If that's the case, why are there only a little over three thousand people in the city?

"Hey, why are there so few people in the city?" Li Xuan asked Bangchui again.

"Brother, it's like this. About four or five years ago, the Tiandou Empire stopped trade with the far western desert. Eighty percent of the men over eighteen years old in the city were conscripted to Tiandou City. Later, many women and the elderly died or were injured. Most of the people here are refugees who came here later." Bangchui explained to Li Xuan in detail.

"So that's how it is. No wonder there's no war here and the population is so small. If things are already like this here, how much more difficult must it be for people in other places?" Li Xuan felt a deep sense of sorrow at this moment.

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

Li Xuan now has the capacity to do something for the world.

"By the way, it's still early today, so I'll deliver some more food later and let them have more to eat tonight," Li Xuan said to the people in front of him.

"Also, gather more information about the surrounding area and try to get all the survivors to leave with us," Li Xuan continued.

"Yes, young master!" the three men replied in unison, then turned and left the conference room.

After watching the three people leave, Li Xuan pondered for a while, and then wrote a letter to Zhou Chen.

Inquire about the current situation of those caravans that control the puppets.

After all, the caravan of three thousand people covered the entire Douluo Continent, so the work there was much more difficult than here.

The letter was transmitted through the small grotto.

Not long after, Zhou Chen's reply came back.

Li Xuan sat in the conference room and looked at the message Zhou Chen had sent back.

Li Xuan read it for a while, then smiled faintly. After finishing the letter, he nodded in satisfaction.

"It's alright, things are going quite smoothly over there. It seems I don't need to worry too much about it." Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

Everything on Zhou Chen's side was proceeding according to plan. After gathering a group of people, they began transporting them to Ladi Canyon.

Li Xuan sat in a chair, rubbed his temples, and rested for a while.

After pondering for a while, Li Xuan moved his mind and entered the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle.

At this moment, the space inside the Palm Heaven Bottle was filled with growing grains, and they matured extremely quickly.

After all, the most scarce resource in Douluo Continent right now is food, which is why Li Xuan is planting so much food here.

After entering the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle, Li Xuan went directly to the Yellow Turban Warrior.

At this moment, the Yellow Turban Warrior was sitting on a stone beam in front of the rice paddy, cultivating.

"Warrior, it's been a long time." Li Xuan greeted the Yellow Turban warrior.

"Hello, Immortal Master." The Yellow Turban Warrior also stood up and greeted Li Xuan.

"I'll have to trouble you all again this time. I plan to build several tall buildings in the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle. A group of people will be coming into the Palm Heaven Bottle soon, and I want to build them a place to live," Li Xuan said with a smile to the Yellow Turban Warriors.

“No problem, there are plenty of building materials here, and we can build several buildings in no time. Immortal Master, let’s get started!” The Yellow Turban Warrior didn’t bother with further pleasantries with Li Xuan. He stood up and walked toward the open space.

"Wait a minute, Warrior. It's not that I want to stay here, but rather that it's for some refugees. So it doesn't need to be too luxurious, just enough for a large number of people," Li Xuan quickly stopped the Yellow Turban Warrior who was in a hurry to leave.

The Yellow Turban Warrior stopped, paused for a moment, then turned back to Li Xuan and said with a smile.

"Understood, Immortal Master, we'll go do it now." The Yellow Turban Warrior nodded, then turned and left.

Li Xuan looked at the decisive and efficient Yellow Turban warriors and nodded in satisfaction.

Li Xuan's plan was to place these survivors in the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle, even if it was just a large dormitory.

All we need to do is smoothly transfer these people to the vicinity of Ladi Canyon. Moreover, within the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle, these refugees can eat and drink their fill, and their bodies will be nourished by spiritual energy.

By the time they reach Ladi Canyon, these people should be able to recover.

Li Xuan wanted to make the area around Ladi Canyon prosperous, so that he could leave a seed for humanity.

Next, Li Xuan went to the herb garden, checked the mature natural treasures, and glanced at the thriving red spider lilies before leaving.

After returning to his room, Li Xuan lay down on the bed and fell asleep immediately.

……

The next morning, Li Xuan got up early, tidied up briefly, and then started cooking porridge with Zhu Zhuqing and Bangchui.

Because he needed to cook rice porridge for three thousand people, Li Xuan hesitated for a moment before summoning the alchemy furnace and adding water and rice.

The alchemy furnace can cook porridge much faster than an iron pot.

In less than half an hour, Li Xuan had cooked more than a dozen pots of rice porridge. He would check later; if it wasn't enough, he would cook more. After all, cooking porridge with the alchemy furnace was incredibly easy.
As the fragrant aroma of rice porridge wafted out, those who had received porridge yesterday came out again and formed a long queue at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion.

Because they ate porridge yesterday, the survivors looked much better today than yesterday, indicating that they had been truly hungry recently.

Li Xuan noticed that there were already quite a few people there.

So he raised the spoon in his hand.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I will still be cooking porridge here tomorrow, and everyone will have porridge to drink. However, I have something to think about," Li Xuan said earnestly to the people in front of him.

The survivors all looked up at Li Xuan.

"We're leaving Huangsha City the day after tomorrow. Anyone who wants to leave with us can come and sign up here, and then we can leave together," Li Xuan continued, addressing the people in front of him.

After hearing Li Xuan's words, the survivors looked at each other in bewilderment, as leaving this place would be far too dangerous.

"Can you guarantee that we'll have something to eat every day?" one of the survivors asked Li Xuan loudly, waving the bowl in his hand.

"Don't worry, as long as you come with us, you'll have plenty of food and drink!" Li Xuan said with a smile to the person in front of him.

"Holy crap!" the man shouted.

"Okay, let's go register over there in a bit!" Li Xuan pointed to Huang Shang's side and said to him.

"Can we go after we finish eating?" the person asked again.

"Eat!" Li Xuan tapped the pot and said to the person.

"Thank you, thank you!" He laughed heartily and thanked Li Xuan.

Then, the others asked all the questions they wanted to know, and Li Xuan explained while serving the porridge.

From morning till noon, everyone in Huangsha City agreed to go to Ladi Canyon.

The people sent to search for survivors outside Huangsha City have all returned, bringing back a large number of survivors.

With 3,000 people inside the city and 4,000 outside, Li Xuan thus gained a population of 7,000.

However, the Yellow Turban Warriors haven't finished building the structure yet, so their upcoming journey will likely be a grand affair.

"Everyone, get some rest today. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning," said one of Li Xuan's returning men.

"Yes, young master!" everyone replied in unison.

……

On the morning of the third day, Li Xuan arranged for people to start cooking porridge early and then distribute the porridge to these people.

Feeding seven thousand people is no small task.

Li Xuan distributed rice porridge while selecting suitable people.

Finally, seven people who were suitable for management were found among these people. Each of them was put in charge of a thousand people, and then several deputy captains and squad leaders were selected from the thousand people.

These survivors were directly militarized and managed.

After breakfast, Li Xuan led the group away from Huangsha City and headed towards the next city.

Once the Yellow Turban Warriors' buildings are completed, Li Xuan can have them live in the space of the Palm Heaven Bottle.

A large group of nearly 10,000 people left Huangsha City in a grand procession. After eating, the survivors followed Li Xuan with great energy.

(End of this chapter)