"Good times are always too short, and happiness will leave in the blink ........of an eye" Ma Chao stood in the imperial garden, feeling the vigorous vitality at the bottom of the earth and striving upward, and his heart was full of emotion for a while.

The auction is over, and thanks to Pan's wonderful performance, Ma Chao attracted millions of dollars at once, which is not much better than those stars in later generations. However, although a million guan sounds like a lot, it is only a few hundred thousand stones when converted into grain and grass. Even if Ma Chaoqian instructed the Li family and the Guan family to buy as much cheap grain as possible that was enough to save their lives, it was only in exchange for another month and a half of rations in the Sili area.

The Ma family's current grain storage work is almost over. According to Meng Da's estimates, the Ma family has stored enough grain and grass for all the victims to eat for four months. If the disaster is particularly severe or lasts for a long time, the Ma family will need to find another way to survive: die with the victims, or simply abandon the victims in the Sili area.......

However, at present, it seems that the administrative structure of the Ma family is very reasonable, and the efficiency is also very fast. The emergency response to critical events is also in place: cylinder trucks and overturned trucks have been placed, and many places with abundant water areas have been selected outside Chang'an City, and many new wells have been drilled; Next to the barracks, shacks and simple shelters have been built, which can temporarily accommodate hundreds of thousands of victims if the earthquake really comes; In the end, if the Ma family survived until the locust plague came and did not consume much grain and grass, then the Ma family would have been able to survive the peaceful year. Although it was a little hard, with the backing of Yongzhou, Si Li could recover quickly.

Ma Chao prayed that history could spare the Ma family. He hopes that the people of Sili, who are in many disasters and difficulties, can suffer less. And for now, everything seems to be fine.

Feeling the warmth gradually brought by the wind, Ma Chao rarely had such a relaxing moment. He watched the breeze blowing the green seedlings of the earth and growing slowly, watching the sycamore willow trees in the imperial garden sprout again, and watching the sugar water from the moat being blown into ripples, his mood became more and more peaceful and serene, like a philosopher comprehending the mystery of life.

However, when his keen eyes saw the small creatures that jumped like ants on the earth, his face suddenly turned pale, and his blood faded: locusts appeared too early and too many.......

And the subsequent series of events almost made Ma Chao almost have almost no time to react. The entire Ma family, it seems, has entered the stage of emergency disaster relief for a while.

Spring, the first month, Jiayinshuo, the sun has an eclipse. The Chang'an Hussar General issued a pardon for prisoners who had been imprisoned in the war, as a way to counteract the fear of the eclipse among the people of Sili.

In February, Ding Chou, Chang'an earthquake. Countless houses have collapsed, thousands of people have been killed and injured, and people have been displaced. Fortunately, the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Rites of Ma Jiali publicized the common sense of the earthquake and evaded rescue in advance, and Ma Jiajun rushed to the rescue scene as soon as possible, so that the people of Beijing did not have more riots. However, since then, some rumors have gradually spread in the streets of Chang'an.

In April, it rained heavily and hail. Its size is like a chicken, and it is not immune to humans and animals, and the harvest is greatly affected. However, although the loss of this disaster is within the bearable range of the Ma family, and the Fufeng area is extremely loyal and trusting to the Ma family, the strange thing is that the rumors in the Jingshi area are surging again.

In May, Wuyin, Chang'an shook again. The earthquake was more serious than the earthquake in February, and there were almost no buildings in the Jingshi area. Tens of thousands of Li Shu had no choice but to hide in the emergency shelter next to the Majia military camp to receive relief. Since then, the rumors that the Ma family has no virtue and stole the treasure land began to spread to the army....... What's more serious is that the earthquake collapsed the outer wall of Weiyang Palace. The people of Chang'an were shocked to find that the once magnificent and majestic imperial palace, which they were proud of, was only a vast and desolate open space.

And this discovery made rumors rampant in Chang'an. All the victims of the disaster no longer have a trace of gratitude to the Ma family, and they have begun to criticize the Ma family. Even, many scholars killed themselves in front of Weiyang Palace to show their loyalty to the Han family. After that, it gradually evolved into a disaster victim who would rather starve to death than accept a trace of relief from the Ma family!

The entire Ma family seemed to have fallen into the tide of the people's war in the blink of an eye, and they were so overwhelmed that they didn't even have the strength to breathe........

Ma Chao didn't expect this. Although he has also used rumors to destabilize the enemy, he always believes that rumors stop at the wise, especially in the face of a strong government and military organization. But he never thought that it was those false rumors that couldn't even stand up to some bullshit that made the Ma family so passive!

"What bullshit is all here!!" Ma Chao's eyes were red, and when the situation in Chang'an was already exhausted, he no longer had a trace of majesty, like a mad dog roaring wildly: "What three-eyed god has descended to earth, God is going to collect life tax, that kid has seven strange red moles on the soles of his feet, and the butcher in Zhangjiabao has hacked a big snake to death, and so on." Is it true that the Ma family established the Shadow just to investigate these for me?! ”

At this time, Ma Chao realized the horror of rumors. And the terrible thing about it is that the parties are clearly innocent but cannot refute it at all. Moreover, the so-called three-person city tiger, rumors are often spread and spread, and in the end, not to mention the parties, even the founder of the rumors is likely to believe it, not to mention the people of Li Shu who don't know a single big word.......

"Husband......." Diao Chan gathered the green silk of his sideburns, and his mellow voice in the past also became hoarse because of the hard work of these days. But in the face of Ma Chao in anger, she still tried to show a calm and charming smile, and said: "The situation is still under control, and the shadow of the Ma family is by no means just an organization that eats dry rice.......

"Cicada, I know your affection for the Shadows. However, the matter has come to this......." Ma Chao sat on the edge of the bed and covered his head in pain: "I'm not blaming the shadow for being unfavorable, but, but ......." Speaking of this, Ma Chao didn't know what to say. I thought that I was ready to go wrong. But now Ma Chao sadly found that he was wrong. He is not only faced with the hard rescue of the coming disaster, but also has to guard against the loud and undecipherable rumor offensive.

To tell the truth, since the establishment of Shadow, although there has been training for counter-reconnaissance, those training courses are only the outline listed by Ma Chao. And the shadow has performed well enough in terms of intelligence, assassination, etc., and now in this battlefield without gunpowder, it seems that he has been beaten without the power to fight back, and the fault is not in the shadow, but in his own ...... In other words, the fault is the situation, and the Ma family has no way to fight back.

"Husband!" Diao Chan saw Ma Chao's decadent appearance, and for a while, she seemed to forget her humility as the daughter-in-law of the Ma family. She faced Ma Chao, the god of war who was dominating on the battlefield, rushed forward, grabbed Ma Chao's collar, and also roared, "The concubine said that the situation is still under control!" The shadow of the Ma family, as well as the cicadas, is not as useless as you think!! ”

Ma Chao was instantly conquered by the domineering queen of Diao Chan, and in Diao Chan's coquettish and painful scolding, Ma Chao's brain was dizzy. He vaguely saw that behind Diao Chan, there seemed to be a shining light, as indestructible as Athena.......

And after Diao Chan's gaffe at this moment, seeing Ma Chao's shocked and unbelievable expression, he immediately realized how shocking his behavior was, and couldn't help but hurriedly smoothed Ma Chao's collar, retreated, and said in a panic: "Husband, the concubine has lost her ........"

"No, Cicada, I suddenly feel like you're a person." Ma Chao suddenly laughed, after this little episode, his mood was reversed for a while, and he regained his fighting spirit.

"Who?" Diao Chan was still blaming himself, and asked subconsciously.

"My mother'......."