The fake daughter is also trying to exploit system loopholes today

Su Xiaomeng explained seriously: "The food consumption will indeed be a little more, but under normal circumstances, in order to dredge the river, it is necessary to recruit farmers and consume a lot of food."

"Using work-for-relief and asking these disaster victims to dig the mud from the riverbed is just moving food that will be consumed later to be used earlier."

Bi Gan was stunned for a moment, narrowed his eyes, did a quick calculation, and found that this was indeed the case.

"My Lady Goddess, your strategy is brilliant. I am the one who is being too picky."

Su Xiaomeng waved her hands repeatedly: "This idea was not thought of by me alone, it was thought of by my sister and brother Jiamu together."

Everyone carried the colorful sedan chair, and several people started to flatter each other.

A few minutes later, the director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau came out and said, "Your Majesty, disaster relief is only a temporary measure. If it doesn't rain, the farmers will have no harvest, and no matter how much grain is in the warehouse, it will not last."

"I ask for permission to offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, asking for rain to dispel the drought."

"Sacrifice to the Heaven! Sacrifice to the Heaven!" Emperor Xin roared and stood up. "Since the drought started, how many times have we sacrificed to the Heaven? So many offerings, so much incense?"

"I just want to ask you one question, where is the rain?"

Facing the furious Emperor Xin, the Chief of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau showed no fear and said, "Your Majesty, the drought is because the gods are not satisfied with the sacrifices!"

"What do you mean?"

The Imperial Astronomical Bureau was putting on a righteous look and said, "Ever since you abolished human sacrifice, the Shang Dynasty has been hit by natural disasters. If we want good weather and good harvests, we must offer human sacrifices!"

"Your Majesty, please do not hesitate any longer. It is their honor to be a human sacrifice!"

The so-called human sacrifice refers to the sacrifice of living people.

After Emperor Xin inherited the throne, in order to seize more power from the priests and make human rights more important than divine power, he deliberately abolished human sacrifice. He never expected that he would encounter such a thing.

If it were possible to make it rain by using the lives of a few slaves, then it would be fine, but...

Su Xiaomeng noticed the change in Emperor Xin's expression and was worried that his attitude would waver, so she quickly spoke in her mind.

[Putting aside other things, Emperor Xin's abolition of human sacrifice was his greatest achievement in his life. If he was a righteous god and had mercy on the people, how could he be willing for his followers to sacrifice their lives in worship?]

[On the contrary, if the gods are willing to sacrifice their lives, they are definitely evil gods. Emperor Xin, you are the emperor of mankind, how can you stand on the side of those evil gods who take human lives lightly? ]

[This Astronomical Bureau Director speaks in a high-sounding manner, but he is actually a fraud. If you don't believe him, didn't he say that being a sacrifice is an honor? Why don't you let him be a sacrifice himself and see for yourself.]

After hearing Su Xiaomeng's voice, Emperor Xin, who had been a little shaken, became extremely firm.

"Since you, the Director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, believe that human sacrifice is necessary to satisfy the gods of heaven and earth and thus bring down rain from heaven."

"Then you, the Supervisor, should offer yourself as a human sacrifice to the gods."

The director of the Imperial Observatory was stunned and begged for mercy immediately.

"No, my king. I am already old. The gods will be unhappy if I serve as a human sacrifice. The younger the sacrifice, the better. It would be best if it is a boy or girl. At the very least, it has to be an unmarried girl..."

[Haha, isn't this just bullying the weak and fearing the strong? The sacrifices are all weaklings who are powerless and dare not attack the strong. ]

[Don't think you can get away with it like this. If the knife doesn't hit you, it won't hurt. How can they not have children when the Si Tian Jian is in charge of their family? ]

Emperor Xin's eyes lit up and he cleared his throat: "This is easy. I remember that Jian Zheng had a son in his old age, and our family just had a unicorn. The honor of this sacrifice will be bestowed on your family."

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

The chief of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau was stunned and kowtowed repeatedly, "This is the only child in my family. If he dies, my family will be extinct!"

"Oh," Su Xiaomeng stood up, "You only know how to feel sorry for your own child! If other people's children become sacrifices, won't their families feel sorry for them?"

The director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau said in a muffled voice: "They are just some untouchables! It is their honor to be offered to the gods! Why is the goddess angry?"

"So," Su Xiaomeng deliberately followed his words, "You don't offer the most precious things to the gods, but instead offer lowly slaves to the gods. No wonder God doesn't rain!"

Su Xiaomeng did not give the chief of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau a chance to speak again, and changed the subject, "Man can conquer nature, it is better to rely on yourself than on others. Instead of wasting manpower and material resources to worship the so-called gods, it is better to create wealth with your own hands."

“If it doesn’t rain, dig a well. If there’s no water in the well, dig a canal. Even if there’s a drought that’s thousands of miles long, it’s limited. The whole world can’t be completely dry.”

Emperor Xin was so angry at Su Xiaomeng's bold words that he slammed the table hard.

"That's enough. Stop talking nonsense. Prime Minister, take your people to the disaster area to provide relief immediately."

"Master Wen, you are responsible for patrolling the four fields. Anyone who takes advantage of the situation to cause chaos will be killed without mercy."

"Director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, as Meng Meng said, it's already this time, so you should stop performing sacrifices. Take your men and the prime minister with you to open the granaries and release the grain."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

Everyone took the order and left.

Soon, a huge notice was posted next to the city gate, and people quickly gathered around.

"Hey, hey, hey, what does this notice say? Does anyone know how to read?"

As Chaoge was the capital, there were many educated people. Soon someone stood up and read out the above words.

"Are you kidding me? When can the mud at the bottom of the river be exchanged for food?"

"I didn't lie to you, that's what it says."

"I don't believe it! I've only seen food growing out of the soil, but I've never heard of soil flowers being able to be exchanged for food."

Su Xiaomeng and the others had already anticipated this situation, so Su Xiaomeng volunteered.

According to the textbook, during Shang Yang's reform, a three-meter-high log was erected at the South Gate, promising a generous reward to anyone who could move the log to the North Gate.

Su Xiaomeng had just finished speaking and thought she would have to wait a while when a well-dressed young man reeking of alcohol came over with a lewd smile on his face.

"Hey! Young lady, what is the reward you are talking about? You are not going to give you to me as a reward, are you?"

As he said that, he stretched out his hand and wanted to pinch Su Xiaomeng's chin.

Su Xiaomeng never expected that the scene of a dandy boy molesting an innocent girl, which she had only seen in books, would actually happen to her. Her desire to perform suddenly increased, and she crossed her arms over her chest, trembling.

"You, what are you doing! Don't come over here!"

"Young lady, don't run." The young man took a big step forward and said, "I am the child of destiny. Follow me, and I will make sure you have everything you want."

Hearing the words "child of destiny", Su Xiaomeng instantly realized the young man's true identity and felt everything was dull.

"It's so rare to meet a typical dude, but he turned out to be a time traveler. How disgusting!"

Su Xiaomeng was too lazy to talk to this horny guy who thought he was invincible after traveling through time. She just waved her hand and two guards came over, holding his arms on the left and right and pushed him back.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Ye Jiamu hurried over to comfort her.

"Meng Meng, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, but," Su Xiaomeng frowned, "there are more and more time travelers. If they continue like this, the world will definitely be messed up by them."

Ye Jiamu gently hugged Su Xiaomeng: "Time travelers are indeed troublesome, but they are not useless. I don't know if it is the way of heaven or the saints, but these guys who traveled through time and space have brought a few golden fingers with them, more or less."

Su Xiaomeng pouted: "It's useless for them to have golden fingers. Not all of them are willing to help the Shang Dynasty."

"We don't need everyone to be on our side. We must first distinguish who are our enemies and who are our friends."

"We need to unite the majority, make more friends and fewer enemies."

Ye Jiamu was very patient. He broke down the teacher's thoughts and explained them to Su Xiaomeng bit by bit.

"Brother Jiamu," Su Xiaomeng raised her hand to interrupt Ye Jiamu, her eyes sparkling, "According to your method, we can indeed make Dashang the final winner, but this is too slow."

"It's fun to become a nine-tailed fox, but this world is too primitive. There are no mobile phones, no computers, and no way to play games."

"I don't want to stay in this world for decades. I want to go home, lie on the bed, eat potato chips and watch a movie."

"So, Brother Jiamu, I need your help. I'm going to speed up this world!"

"no problem."

Ye Jiamu looked at Su Xiaomeng lovingly and agreed very readily.