"What do you mean by that?" Mu Zhenshan said coldly.

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Lord Mu Meng, I went around with my tall village master before, and found that there are very few types of trees and crops here. In addition to the abundance of tea trees on the hillside, there are some locust and pine trees. There are other trees, but they are short and withered, and they don't grow at all. There are also crop crops. I only saw taro barley and wheat, and it also seemed to be not growing well. Since there is a large lake here, and there are large fields next to the lake, it should be possible to grow rice. However, I didn't see a single rice field. There are only a few kinds of wild grasses that grow abundantly, and when they bloom, they are all wild roses. It's full of wildflowers, but it's also very monotonous. Can you tell me why? ”

Mu Zhenshan's face changed, his long eyebrows furrowed, and he stared at Lin Jue coldly: "You guys are looking very carefully. What is your purpose in probing this? Don't you know the rules here? You can't just walk around and explore in my village. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Lord Mu Meng, we don't have any malicious intentions, I just happened to see this situation, so I just feel a little strange." Doesn't the Lord of the Mu League think it is strange? ”

Mu Zhenshan sneered and said, "Joke, what's so strange about this. Mountains and rivers have their own reasons for existence. What kind of trees grow on the ground and what flowers bloom, how can we care? ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "That's right, I guess that the brothers in the cottage of the Mu League Lord must like to nibble on taro and eat pasta, so the Mu League Lord will let the villagers plant these crops." As for rice, these things must not be eaten in Guizhai. It's really different. ”

"What do you mean? What do you say in a weird way? Are you here to talk about these things? Mu Buping finally couldn't help it and reprimanded sharply.

Lin Jue arched his hand and smiled: "Don't be excited, the second village master, I don't have yin and yang weirdness, it's just that you don't want to admit a fact." It's useless for you to cover up, I and the tall village owner both understand it in our hearts. Your Taoyuan Dazhai is in big trouble, isn't it? Is it that only those kinds of crops can be grown in the field, and the harvest is very bad? Is there a shortage of food in the cottage, and it is impossible to raise more soldiers and horses? Does this question bother the cottage up and down? ”

Mu Zhenshan's father and son glanced at each other, and they both saw panic in each other's eyes. This matter is a secret in the cottage, and they never allow anyone to talk about it, nor do they admit that there is a problem with the food supply in the cottage. Because, once this matter is known to outsiders, it will be known to people about the hidden worries of the cottage. A guy like Qin Donghe, if he learns that Taoyuan Dazhai is facing such a dilemma, he will definitely use it to make trouble. It can be said that the crisis of the cottage is a major secret related to the survival of the cottage, and it must not be shared with outsiders. But now, he was pierced by the two people in front of him.

"What the hell are you trying to do?" Mu Zhenshan had a killing intent in his heart, and he absolutely couldn't let these two people leak the core secret of the cottage.

Lin Jue restrained his smile and said quietly: "I and the lord of my tall village are here to negotiate a deal with the lord of the Mu League. ”

"Deal? What is the deal? Mu Zhenshan sneered.

"It's very simple, we want the alliance leader to come forward and recognize the identity of Luoyan Valley Dazhai and the fact that Shiren Mountain Dazhai belongs to our Luoyan Valley. We do not accept any conditions and blackmail. In exchange, we will help you solve the biggest problem you are currently facing, which is the food problem of your cottage. It's a fair deal. Lin Jue said quietly.

"Hehehe, Fang Junshi has a good dream, we don't have any so-called food problems in Dazhai. I'm afraid you won't be able to make this deal. Mu Zhenshan laughed. He would never admit it unless he had to.

Lin Jue also laughed, and suddenly reached out and touched it in his arms. Mu Zhenshan's face changed color, Mu Buping reacted very quickly, and stood up suddenly, with a long knife in his hand.

Lin Jue was stunned and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mu Buping sneered: "What are you going to do?" What to put in your arms? Firearms? ”

Lin Jue smiled dumbly and said, "What firearms?" What firearms do we bring with us when we come to see the Lord of the Muslim League? I didn't bring any weapons, didn't you check it at the door before? We still understand this rule. ”

Mu Buping frowned and said, "Then what are you doing?" ”

Lin Jue slowly took his hand out of his arms, holding a small cloth bag in his hand, slowly placing it on the table, twisting the four corners and slowly opening it, and the cloth bag was wrapped in a lump of mud.

"This is ......" Mu Zhenshan and his son were confused.

Lin Jue smiled: "This is a lump of mud, doesn't it feel familiar?" Yes, this is a lump of mud dug up in your Dazhai field. Lord Muslim, you refuse to admit that there is a problem with your food, and I can only come up with evidence to prove it. Lo and behold, this lump of mud was taken at random in a wheat field. The mud had a pungent sour smell and some yellow particles in it. This soil is corrosive, and it is difficult for crops to survive on it. This is why the crops in Guizhai are full of taro, barley and wheat, and only tea trees can be planted on the hillside. The reason why the trees and flowers outside are very monotonous. Because these crops are the most viable crops. ”

Mu Zhenshan's father and son looked at Lin Jue blankly, and they began to seriously consider Lin Jue's words. This guy is all right, maybe he really knows the solution.

"I'm sure you've tried many times and found that you can only grow these few kinds of rice, not because you don't want to eat rice, but because you can't grow rice at all. And, even so, although these crops can grow, the harvest is greatly affected. There are more than 15,000 soldiers and civilians in Guizhai, and even if all the surrounding fields are reclaimed for grain planting, it will be difficult to guarantee the yield problem. That's why I'm going to conclude that you're in a big food crunch. But you insist on not admitting this, but I can't help it, I thought that if the Mu League Lord can do us a favor, we will also repay the favor and solve the soil quality problem of your village for the Mu League Master. But since you don't need it, we didn't say it. The twisted melon is not sweet, and the transaction is over. ”

Lin Jue stood up and said to Gao Muqing: "Dazhai master, let's go, they don't want to make this deal, and we are also in vain." ”

Gao Muqing stood up and came: "That's it, we did our best." I thought they would agree. If a cottage of this size can't even get enough to eat, sooner or later it will fall apart or be destroyed by outsiders. Maybe we're mistaken, they have a lot of food. ”

Lin Jue nodded, bowed to Mu Zhenshan and his son together with Gao Muqing, and turned around and walked out of the hall.

Mu Zhenshan snorted and panted, his eyes staring at the backs of the two leaving, and his expression was a little terrifying. Suddenly, Mu Zhenshan shouted, "Two of you, please stay!" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Jue's mouth, but when he stopped and turned around, his face was blank.

"What? Do you have any other commands? ”

Mu Zhenshan swallowed and spitted at the mouth, and said with difficulty: "This ...... If you haven't finished a cup of tea, why not finish the tea before leaving? ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I don't mean to offend the Lord of the Mu League, to be honest, this tea ...... It really doesn't taste good. A pungent smell. I guess it's the soil problem, the tea tree absorbs the smell of the soil, and the tea leaves that grow are not delicious, weird and disgusting. Either that's the water quality. The land here is like this, and the water in the lake is sour and smelly. If you drink too much of this tea, you will die. ”

"You ......," Mu Buping scolded with disgust.

Mu Zhenshan waved his hand to stop him, squinted at Lin Jue and said, "The two of you still sit down and talk, and leave after half of the deal, this is not an honest businessman." Let's talk about this business again. ”

Lin Jue smiled, looked at Gao Muqing and said, "Lord of the village, they want to continue to talk about business, do you say we should talk to them?" ”

Gao Muqing said with a smile: "Of course, it's good to have business, and it's beneficial for both parties, why not do it?" ”

Everyone sat down again, and since they decided to make this deal, Mu Zhenshan no longer hid it. And it is clear that the other party has fully understood the situation, and there is no point in covering it up. So when Lin Jue asked him about the food and soil quality of the cottage again, Mu Zhenshan chose to tell him calmly.

"To tell you the truth, it is indeed difficult to supply food in my cottage, because of the quality of the soil. At the beginning, the ancestors settled at this time, and they took a fancy to the geographical advantages here, but did not consider the problem of land. In fact, in the beginning, the fields cultivated in this valley were also fertile, and the crops were well harvested. The food supply in my cottage is not a problem at all, and it can even be eaten by several brothers in the cottage outside. But that all changed eight years ago. One night eight years ago, all of a sudden, the whole valley was shaking, and it was a shaking. We didn't care much at first, after all, the ground shaking here in our Dazhai also happens from time to time. Over the past 100 years, it has happened no less than eight or nine times. The older generation said that this is the place of the dragon vein, and the underground dragon is surging, which is a good sign. I knew it was nonsense, but I didn't pay much attention to it because it came and went quickly. ”

Lin Jue nodded secretly, this Taoyuan Dazhai is actually located on a volcanic crater, which really fulfills the sentence that the butt is sitting on a volcano. Although the volcano has long been dormant in such a place, there must be a lot of activity underground. It is not surprising that there have been eight or nine earthquakes in a hundred years. I guess it's just some small earthquake.

"The strange thing is that since that earthquake eight years ago, the crops in the field have started to die, and the roots of the rice and everything have rotted. In the originally black and fertile land, once it was ploughed, a lot of yellow pungent things were seen. The water also became pungent and smelly. As you said, we tried to plant it many times, but the rice never survived. In the end, only wheat and taro, and the tea trees on the mountain could barely survive. In some places, the acres of land can't even survive on these things, so they can only be barren, so so much grass grows. Although we had a large amount of grain in the tun before, we couldn't stop consuming it after all. Over the past few years, we have been running out of supply. ”

"The old man never understood what was going on? How did it suddenly become like this? Could it be that God can't punish us? In this way, we have only one way, and that is to give up this cottage. But you have also seen that generations of people have shed blood and sweat in building my Taoyuan Dazhai, is there anything better in this Funiu Mountain than here? I'm not reconciled. Besides, I won't tell you that my Taoyuan Dazhai is here, and there will be chaos in Funiu Mountain. If Taoyuan Dazhai falls, soon this mountain will be attacked by swords. I, Mu Zhenshan, don't dare to say how much ability I have, but the situation in Funiu Mountain can be today's because I Mu Zhenshan suppressed them. The old man has no ambitions, he doesn't want to swallow them, and the old man is here, and he won't let them really have ambitions and kill each other. Do you see what I mean? ”