Chapter 439: Four hundred forty three

Chapter 439 Chapter 443: Choice
Fourth of August
The day before the flood struck, the huge Xiling was already empty, and even the hustle and bustle of the Golden Avenue had lost its past noise.
It's just that most of the clans still hold the idea that the flood will retreat and return to Xiling, so they also sent warriors to patrol around the clan land, for fear of vicious refugees arson.
It can only be said that the patriarchs of some small and medium-sized clans are optimistic about the flood, and they lack a clear understanding of the change of Longjiang River to Lingjiang.
The mountains around Xiling have been occupied by the clans, but the mounds and mud-rock mountains are not long-stay places after all. Landslides and landslides are the most common collapse phenomenon in floods. Usually a large flood can make many mountains steep. The place was washed away, because the huge impact force of the flood would cause the outer rock formations to quickly split and separate, and even some low mountains would be washed away by the flood in the continuous landslides.
Therefore, there are about three mountains in Xiling that can be called safe. One is the Tang mountain range to the north of Xiling. The mountains stretch for hundreds of miles can easily hide millions of people, and the magnificent Beishan has passed the years. The existence that has been standing for thousands of years has been the territory of the fox monster clan since ancient times.
Followed by two large mountains ten kilometers south of Xiling, wild deer and Changze, the two mountains intersect and stretch for more than ten miles. The center is the core of the Mi’s Nanling Beast Valley. Although it cannot accommodate all the population of Xiling, it is crowded. A million people can still be accommodated.
The second is Chixia Mountain, just east of Xiling. Although it has the smallest area, this natural mine composed of Chixia Jing should be the strongest among the three mountains. If you ask which mountain has the least impact during the flood, it should be This place.
In addition to these three places, there are many lonely mountains and dangerous ridges around Xiling. Although the number is quite large, it can accommodate tens of thousands of people at most.
Therefore, the aristocratic families of Yiwanji always choose one of three places to go, but no one dared to make this decision first. Even if there are four prominent families as examples, there will be no patriarchs in Xiling until the last minute. The way is determined.
Unlike civilians who can hide and shiver on Chixia Mountain, the family must choose to stand by the Tang Mi clan. Although neither clan has openly announced the announcement, the unspoken rules are laid there.
Perhaps for the wealthy families like Tang, Mi, and Xiao, they can rely on their own clan power to survive the once-in-a-millennium natural disaster, but for the other clans in Xiling, if the flood does not recede over the years, they must prepare for the worst. .
There are more than 2 million mu of arable land in Xiling, and the pasture stretches for thousands of miles. However, a flood will destroy everything. It is already August. As long as the flood does not retreat in March, the land of Xiling will be frozen ground. Spring ploughing is definitely not possible, which means that after the flood, there was a large-scale famine affecting the whole area of ​​Xiling.
Also because the family members practice martial arts, their energy consumption is greater than that of ordinary people, which also means that warriors eat more than ordinary people. If it's not a big deal in normal times, it's really dead in the famine season.
And once the little family can’t stand the famine, it’s the time when the wealthy clan takes action. Tang Mi and the two clan don’t know how much grain they are holding in their hands, waiting for the various tribes in Xiling to be in trouble. At that time, a bag of rice can be exchanged for the pinnacle of the world, and a few bags of salt. It is necessary to hand over the mortal warriors. When the hunger strikes, the clan can only sell the clan warriors cheaply. If the flood does not recede, it will be their turn.
Rather than compromise when there is no choice, it is better to take refuge first, at least to ensure an independent establishment. The four prominent families and the four small families in the west of the city saw this first before eagerly turning to Mi's.
The reason is simple. Mi's has the largest number of giant immortal birds in Longzhou besides the Royal Beast Sect. Immortal birds’ feather guards plus thousands of giant immortal birds can reach any city in the interior of Longzhou for replenishment within a few days. How long this flood will last, Mi's will never have to worry about his own food, this is the anti-risk ability of the top giants.
Moreover, with Mi Shen holding the Blood Shadow Jade, the four prominent families already knew that they could not win the gambling agreement with Xu Lao-win at all, so they could only pinch their noses to seek refuge in Mi's. After all, once this evidence reaches Yuanzhou Xu's , The three armies of the saint family can give four families a genocide package at random.
It can only be said that one step is wrong, the four great families have paid the price for their greed after all.
The Patriarch of the four small houses in the west of the city all died in the hands of Tang Sen, but they would not join the Tang Clan if they had any choice, so the Mi family became their only choice.
People have the heart of the crowd, even the head of a clan is no exception, but they still dare not act rashly, because the strongest of Xiling, the patriarch of the Xiao family, Xiao Jinlin has not yet made a choice.
After all, what Xiling can really affect the balance of Tang Mi's power is the Xiao clan, who is known as the third family of Xiling, especially with the "Dragon God Envoy" Xiao Jinlin.
The Xiling patriarchs locked their gazes on the Xiao Clan who was ready to go. They wanted to know what choice this top Xiling expert would make.
True South or True North, Down or Mi?
"Chixia Mountain, let's go."
The old and firm order came from the Longxiang chariot, and Xiao's large army marched in the direction of Chixia Mountain to the east, neatly and uniformly.
And the Patriarchs who were watching Xiao's movements were also completely disappointed. Xiao Jinlin was Xiao Jinlin after all. The tyrannical Xiao Clan didn't care about this monstrous flood at all, nor did it mean to stand on either side of the Tang Mi clan.
But in this way, they threw the problem back to the family lords. The Xiao family's reserves were enough to survive the flood. They did not have such confidence, so choosing to stand on the sidelines has become an almost unavoidable choice.
One day the flood will come, even if there is more entanglement, I can only grit my teeth and admit it.
With the Pan, Bie, Bai, and Wan beings among the nine prominent families, the Cao, Pei, and Wang three prominent families announced their trip to Nanling Beast Valley. For a time, the popularity of the Mi clan completely overwhelmed Tang. In the case of Xiao Clan’s observation on the wall, the Mi clan, who had obtained seven of the nine prominent clans, almost obtained half of the power of Xiling.
Patriarchs who had been hesitant at first chose to join the Mi clan one after another, but saw a large-scale clan convoy driving towards the south of Xiling, with no power.
But just when the whole Xiling thought the Tang family was over, Wei and Zhu took the whole family to the northern mountains and saw all the Patriarchs.
They really can’t believe that a wealthy family like the Zhu family who is full of copper smells will let Mi’s not want to go to the Tang family. You must know that the contemporary Zhu family’s famous saying is:
Where is good and evil? Side? Of course it’s the side with more people!"
Such a person chose the Tang family instead of the Mi family. I'm afraid it was not an undercover agent sent by the Mi family! ?
(End of this chapter)