Heaven's Formula

The leader didn't expect that as soon as he gathered his troops, the target retreated completely, leaving only a row of table boards in the middle of the road and plaques scattered all over the ground.

The words of attack that have been brewing in my heart can only be kept in my mouth at this moment, which is really uncomfortable.

"My lord, what should I do in this situation?" the refugee asked in a daze.

"You continue to follow the crowd first, and I will notify you when necessary." The leader turned around and squeezed out the crowd, and walked quietly towards the station.

What he didn't notice was that there were many wild cats on the eaves on both sides of the street.

……

what happened?Why didn't the expected chaos happen?

Pelican stared in the direction of the grain store, frowning slightly——before he saw where his subordinates were, the people from the affairs sub-bureau seemed to have retreated in a hurry, and didn't even bother to clean up the things they brought.

This performance was a bit too embarrassing.

However, those table boards lying across the street are like "roadblocks". If you want to take advantage of the chaos and rush past them, it will take some effort.

roadblock?

Pelican was startled suddenly, did they deliberately bring these things to appease the people?

He pulled back his vision abruptly, and turned his head to look around the bungalow.

Those streets and alleys were still quiet, and there was no sign of an enemy setting up an ambush at all.

Maybe I'm thinking too much...

Those few subordinates are not very good at other things, but they are very good at anti-tracking, so they shouldn't be so easy to be targeted.

The pelican put down the binoculars and rubbed his eyes - at this moment, he saw a few wild cats playing in the distance.They seem to be playing some kind of game, one by one lined up along the top of the eaves and marched forward, just like soldiers in training.

With a cat's temperament, this scene is really strange.

He snorted, and when he was about to continue watching the situation at the grain store, two stray cats suddenly crossed the roof and walked towards the teahouse.

The pelican focused slightly, and then took a breath!

At a position parallel to the cat, he saw two pedestrian figures in the street!

Chapter 4 Chasing and Escaping

Is this just a coincidence?

The pelican picked up the binoculars and looked at the approaching figures at a close distance—the two were not his subordinates, they were just ordinary passing residents in their clothes, holding the grain bags tightly in their hands, and they probably came from the grain shop. over there.

The wild cats walked unhurriedly above the eaves, keeping pace with the pedestrians. What made the pelicans feel chills was that they would look at the two of them from time to time. The so-called following was definitely not my imagination!

He looked around the bungalow again, this time, the pelican focused on the roof.

One...two...ten...hundreds...

He saw an incomprehensible strange scene: at some point, cats appeared in almost every house, some of them perched on the ridge to enjoy the sun, some of them biting and fighting in groups, But as long as these cats start to move, they will definitely be able to see accompanying figures around them.

The pelican just felt creepy.

All the people who showed up at the grain store were probably secretly targeted.

And what was staring at them was nothing but the unremarkable wild cats in the city!

At this time, he saw his men return to the bungalow.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, two pedestrians wearing bamboo hats flashed out from nowhere and followed into the bungalow.

The only thing Pelican can do at the moment is to stare at the door to see how many people can escape.

There were six subordinates who went to create chaos, but there were only two opponents, so there should be a lot of running and chasing and fleeing.

However, there was no movement in the alley, and even two streets away, he could feel the deathly silence beyond the hut.

Just as the Pelicans were feeling extremely distressed, the door opened.

Those two passers-by with bamboo hats came out.

What did their robes look like when they went in, and what did they look like when they came out, so clean that not even a trace of dust or blood stained them.

This can only mean one thing.

The strength of the comers was so much greater than those of those people, that the latter didn't even have a chance to escape in the chaos, and were killed or subdued almost instantly.Considering that all of his subordinates are blood lickers, there is no doubt about the identity of the comer.

Fortunately, he kept an extra thought, so he escaped this catastrophe by chance!

The pelican rejoiced secretly, thanks to the fact that he had left early, if it was a quarter of an hour later in the evening, he might be spotted by a passing wild cat.

No matter how rich his experience was, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that there would be such a watcher on the roof.

If you run out of subordinates, you can recruit again.

Keeping yourself is the most important thing.

This is also the reason why he can sit in the first position.

Suddenly, a man in a bamboo hat raised his hat and turned his head to look at the teahouse.

The eyes from both sides collided!

The pelican was so frightened that he almost threw the binoculars out of the window - on the other side of the lens, he vaguely saw the face of a woman.

The moment they retracted their heads, the two of them also started to run, heading towards the location of the teahouse!

He has been found!

How can this be?

There is no sign of a cat around!

Pelican turned around and saw Hu Kun wiping his forehead with a handkerchief.

"What are you doing?"

"I walked in a hurry just now, and I was sweating a little." Hu Kun gave him a strange look, "Are you okay? Did something happen?"

"Where did you keep your handkerchief?" Pelican suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Of course it's in the pocket—"

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, he stepped forward and tore off the other party's pocket.

"Master Tanshou, what do you mean?" Hu Kun immediately frowned displeased.

The pelican didn't have time to talk to each other at all. He opened his pocket, dumped all the contents on the table, and picked out a delicate sachet from it. "You take this with you?"

"Is there any problem?" Hu Kun asked back, "Which son in Liuzhou doesn't have a sachet in his pocket? And it's different from the sachets used by women. It smells more elegant, and you can hardly smell it if you don't get close."

The Pelican's heart sank.

He was negligent.

Because it is light, he can't detect it, but it may not be the case for the tracker!And the more special the taste, the easier it becomes a clue!

"Sorry, I'm sorry." Pelican handed the sachet back to Yizi Hu.

The moment the opponent stretched out his hand, he grabbed Hu Kun and pulled it, and stabbed the short dagger into the opponent's chest with his backhand.

"Uh——" Hu Kun stared at him incredulously, and opened his mouth to speak, but what came out was a hissing sound.

"That's why Mr. Hu wants to keep his adoptive son." Pelican whispered in his ear, "It's better for you to die than fall into the hands of the Jinxia people."

Then he took off his coat and shoes without stopping, and went straight to the tea room on the third floor.

"Guest officer, guest officer, you can't go in there!" Seeing this, Xiao Er hurried up to stop him.

——In teahouses, basically every floor has a separate compartment for storing water tanks. These water tanks are usually filled with brewed herbal tea or well water from downstairs. Cooking saves the time of running back and forth.In order to ensure that the tea is clean, only professionals in the store are allowed to enter the room to get tea.

"Is this okay?" Pelican took out a silver cake and threw it into the opponent's arms.

Xiao Er's eyes straightened immediately, "Please..."

This money is enough to replace all the tea in the room!

"Come in, too, and take off your clothes for me!"

"what?"

Another piece of silver cake was thrown, "Take off!"

"Okay, okay... I'll take care of this little one!"

The pelican found a large tank containing well water, opened a hole in the tank, and rinsed the whole body.After being washed all over by the water, he put on Xiaoer's clothes and shoes as quickly as possible, and ran downstairs.

The moment he approached the gate, Pelican's heart almost rose to his throat!

He lowered his head, stepped over the threshold of the teahouse, and walked towards the crowded street. Almost at the same time, he caught sight of the man in the bamboo hat coming from another alley from the corner of his eye.

The distance between the two sides at the closest approach is no more than twenty paces.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't take another look at this side in the end, but rushed directly to the teahouse.

The pelican didn't dare to linger too long, and blended into the crowd without looking back, and withdrew from this dangerous place as quickly as possible.

……

At noon, Jinxia General Affairs Bureau received a telegram from Baihe City.

"The operation to lure the snake has achieved initial results. The Baihe City Branch Bureau captured six perpetrators alive, and obtained the whereabouts of other hidden enemy footholds through interrogation. Before the release of the inquiry, a total of 65 suspects were arrested, and seven of them were local refugees. More than [-] taels of silver were confiscated, and the remaining grain was four thousand catties."

"During the pursuit, a deceased person was identified as the adopted son of Hu Shinan, the president of the Liuzhou Grain Bank, and the perpetrator was a secret agent of the Privy Council Office. Based on the above information, it can be concluded that the vicious food price hike incident was led by the Privy Council Office. Liuzhou, Gyeongju There are grain merchants involved.”

"The bandit leader is still at large."

"Evidence shows that the Privy Council's operation has lasted for at least two weeks, and most of the purchased grain was burned, and only a small amount of surplus grain was recovered. Considering similar phenomena in other towns, the food shortage in the whole of Shenzhou has become a problem. fact."

4 Chapter [-] Big Production

Shenzhou, Jinxia City.

Xia Fan met two elf elders in the office - Senia and Zhuo Fulan.

"I need your help." He cut to the chase.

"Oh?" Senia showed a friendly smile, "To be honest, Noah has been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Waiting... for a long time?"

"You have helped Shuzhou so many times, if it continues like this, it can only show that our ally status does not match." Senia stretched out her hand to hold her chest, "Now there is finally something Shuzhou can do, and it can be regarded as a relief It’s all my worries. If you need Noah to do something, Master Xia just say it.”

"So is Silver Star. You risked your life to save your people from the empire, and this alone deserves Silver Star's full reward." Zhuo Fulan also expressed her opinion.After just two weeks of study, she has been able to talk directly in mainland Chinese without an interpreter.

"I need as much food as possible to ensure that Shenzhou will not fall into turmoil due to food shortages." Xia Fan did not hesitate, and directly summarized the news he learned last night, "The food prices in Liuzhou and Gyeongju It is also rising, and the possibility of obtaining food supplies from other places is very slim, so the most suitable source of food at present is the sea."

"I understand." Senia nodded thoughtfully, "Do you want to convert most of the seeds into thorn algae to increase the fishing capacity of the tree boat?"

"No, what I want is a large number of golden vines—or rather, the aged vines of golden vines."

Xia Fan has already considered it very clearly. Although the thorn algae currently used by the elves for fishing does not need to be taken care of by humans, it can automatically wrap up the sea fish that come close to it when thrown into the water, but the efficiency is not much higher.After all, fish schools are active, and the darkness under the tree boat is not a favorite place for fish schools. Even if all tree species in stock are converted into thorn algae, the production will be doubled or tripled at most, and it still cannot keep up with the consumption of Shenzhou.

In terms of efficiency, trawling is the ultimate fishing mode. Not to mention eliminating the air force, almost no grass grows anywhere the trawling net goes. How much fish can be left depends on the size of the gap in the net.During the period when trawling was widely used, more than a dozen fishing boats could even make the fishing grounds by the sea empty and desolate, so that the regulatory authorities had to stipulate mandatory fishing moratoriums and limit the minimum size of the mesh to give the fish a breather opportunity.

The golden vine is full of toughness, and can control the thickness of the vine through the growth cycle, which is very suitable for making sea fishing nets.With the help of the elf's catalysis, it only takes a few quarters of an hour for the seeds to grow into vines, and if people take turns to supply air, their growth speed can be doubled.

"You want to use vines to make nets to catch fish? Is that really faster than thornweed?" Senia asked curiously.In her impression, catching fish with a net is labor-intensive and energy-intensive, and the effect is completely inferior to the thornweed that is harvested once a day.

"I'm sure of this. However, according to the price of the golden vine in the transaction manual, Jinxia can't afford it." Xia Fan said frankly.

"So that's it." Senia said happily, "Since what you want are aged vines, the price can be calculated separately. The list was just written according to the past practice, and we didn't expect it before Jinxia. Making gorgeous gowns is just a sideline."

"But this is Noah's specialty." Zhuo Fulan didn't want to miss this opportunity to repay Jinxia, ​​"The seeds bred by the Silver Star Spirit Tree cannot be transformed into golden vines..."

"It's okay. The trawling also needs to be handed over to Shuzhou." Xia Fan pushed a list in front of the two of them, "The Mechanical Engineering Bureau is responsible for providing technical support for trawling, and Jinxia City will also purchase it at the market reserve price." The seafood caught by the elves. Although the unit price is not high, but the quantity is huge, it can still earn a lot of income for the people on the island, and it doesn’t make everyone busy, what do you two think?”

"As long as it is something that can help, Yin Xing will not refuse." Zhuo Fulan replied without hesitation.

"Wait, Lord Xia, is this list wrong?" Senia carefully looked at the numbers on the paper, and saw that all the pricing units start from [-] catties, and the most common yellow croaker is even marked up to [-] catties.The measurement methods of the world island and the mainland are quite different, but this does not prevent the high priest from understanding the meaning of ten thousand catties.

This is certainly a rather large unit, so large that it is rarely used to weigh food.

"No, that's exactly what I mean." Xia Fan replied, "Only such a unit can handle the delivery after trawling."

Ten thousand catties is about five tons, and the harvest in one net may be ten times that amount.We must know that the sea in this era has not experienced real industrial fishing, and the offshore area is simply a natural cornucopia—the kind where resources are about to overflow.

"Really?" Senia blinked, half surprised, "Then I'll just wait and see."

Not long after Elder Elf left, Fang Jiuzhang and Fang Yu, the two principals of the Fang family, were invited to the lobby of the Bureau.

"I've seen Mrs. Xia." Fang Jiuzhang cupped his hands, "What's going on outside? The people who came to line up almost extended to the intersection of Long Street. Did the Bureau suddenly have so many new positions?"

"That's right." Xia Fan asked the two to sit down. "You should have heard the news that there are signs of food shortage in Shenzhou. The Bureau must mobilize as many people as possible to deal with this situation."