I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

The people looked up at the sky pitifully, crying out in hoarse voices,

"God, please save us..."

"Please give us some food..."

"The gods have appeared and blessed the world. We are saved. Woo woo..."

"Thank God, please be kind and save us..."

........

Looking at the immortal mount coming towards them, and then seeing the immortal wearing goggles and a mask on the mount, the refugees' eyes brightened even more.

It turned out that the gods were different from those worshipped in temples. They looked very spirited, and the immortal objects they saw were things they had never seen before. They made people's eyes light up and they were instantly filled with hope.

The immortal must have heard their prayers, so he came down to earth to save them.

Lin Yiran, who was sleeping soundly in the car seat, heard a sobbing sound from afar.

She shook her eyelids, opened her eyes and climbed up.

Lin Yiran looked in the direction where the crying sound came from and saw ragged refugees kneeling densely on the official road.

Listening to the refugees' prayers and cries, she thought of the severe drought in the book when people had to eat their own children. The scene was horrific and a drought turned the world into hell.

She had never suffered any hardship in her life, let alone hunger. The most difficult days in her life were the days when she and the Xiao family were just exiled.

Compared with these common people, that little bit of suffering was nothing. She sneaked food in every day and was not hungry. It was just that the resting environment was poor.

Looking at the skinny people lying all over the ground, she truly experienced what suffering was and felt very uncomfortable.

Xiao Yunzhan's eyesight and hearing were not bad. When he saw the refugees from afar, he slowed down.

In the first half of the year, Xiliang Kingdom was hit by drought, and now Daliang Kingdom seems to be hit by drought as well.

It has not rained in the area around the capital for almost two months. In Brahma City, which is close to Xiliang State, it has not rained for more than three months. The drought is more serious than in the capital.

Judging from the direction these refugees came from, most of them were residents of Shiquan City and Pinghe City.

They were about to reach Wuyi City, and would arrive at Brahma City via Wuyi City - Shiquan City - Pinghe City - Pingliang City - Brahma City.

Brahma City is a long way from here, and the people must have walked just as far.

As we got closer to the refugees, their cries became clearer.

The women sitting in the carriage also heard the crying and turned to look over.

Madam Xiao frowned.

"The drought is so severe, hasn't the government opened its granaries to release grain?"

It hasn't rained for several months. Logically, the government should open the granaries to release grain and appease the people. Why are there refugees appearing so early?

Old Madam Xiao had no idea that all the grain collected from various cities, as well as the old grain from previous years, had been collected by the Ministry of Revenue.

At this time, not only was the national treasury empty, but the local granaries were also empty. How could they care about the local people?

In some places, officials and businessmen colluded to hoard grain and raised the price, making survival even more difficult for the people.

The eldest sister-in-law sighed, her eyes full of doubts.

"It is said that a drought of at least half a year would cause a large number of refugees to flee. How come there are so many refugees in just over two months?"

Natural disasters have happened before.

More than ten years ago, heavy rains continued in the south for half a month, causing a large-scale flood.

The flood destroyed a large number of farmlands and drowned countless people.

After the late emperor learned of the disaster, he immediately issued a series of measures to appease the affected people.

The plague caused by the flood was also brought under control in a timely manner.

When Emperor Wu of Liang was still a prince, he also participated in the whole process.

How come there is a drought when he takes office, but he doesn't take any measures and refugees are running south.

The second sister-in-law snorted coldly, "Why else? It's because Emperor Wu of Liang committed a sin. Heaven will not tolerate a tyrant. A disaster has been sent down from heaven. He..."

Before the second sister-in-law finished her words, the three-wheeled motorcycle made two slow thumps and stopped one meter away from the refugees.

The refugees looked with tears in their eyes at the huge monster and the various strangely dressed fairies that stopped before their eyes. After pausing for a moment, they kowtowed and begged.

One of them was kneeling in the front row, looking at the educated old man, raised his head slightly and said in a hoarse voice,

"Please, immortal, save us all. I am the head of Zhujia Village in Pinghe City - Zhu Changshou."

Zhu Changshou saw that the immortal did not interrupt him, so he licked the blood from his dry lips and continued in a hoarse voice,

"In the past four months in Heihe City, there was only a drizzle three months ago, and there has not been a drop of rain since then."

"First, the shallow wells in the village ran out of water, then the deep wells ran out of water, and finally the deepest river in the village dried up."

"Later, the drought became more severe, and a locust plague broke out. The crops that had not yet been harvested were devoured by locusts, causing the village's farmland to have no harvest..."

"Under the drought and locusts, countless people starved to death. Yet, at this time, the government came to collect taxes. Those who had no food had to pay silver..."

"The crops have failed, and those without food have to pay silver. Even if we empty our family savings, it's still not enough. The government doesn't care about the lives of the people at all, and only wants taxes... ah... ah..."

Zhu Changshou couldn't help crying when he thought of the villagers who were beaten to death by the government because they could not pay taxes.

"Woooooooo..."

When talking about the government's forced collection of taxes, the refugees could not help but bow their heads and sob.

If the government had not left them no chance to survive, they would not have run away from home and fled to the south.

Many villagers starved to death along the way. They all felt that they would die of starvation and thirst at any time, and they followed the large army southward like zombies.

"Stupid ruler!" The second sister-in-law cursed angrily, "The drought is so severe that he doesn't allow the government to open the warehouse to provide relief, and he even wants to collect taxes. He is simply the most stupid ruler in the world."

"There are so many wealthy merchants in the cities who have hoarded so much food. The government does not ask the wealthy merchants to donate food for disaster relief, but instead only thinks about the little food in the hands of the people. What a dog official and dog emperor!"

Madam Xiao frowned, "Is Emperor Wu of Liang possessed by a ghost? How could he become so incompetent and ruthless? There is so much silver and grain in the national treasury and granary. Why are they not being used in this natural disaster? Are they being infested with insects?"

In the past few years, the weather was good and the granaries in the national treasury were full. Every year, the old grain was sent to the army and new grain was put in.

Because there is so much grain, the Ministry of Revenue's granary has been expanded several times. The grain inside can provide relief to the people of the country for at least half a year.

The black-hearted Emperor Wu of Liang not only did not open the granaries to provide disaster relief, but he was also thinking about collecting taxes at this time. He was not afraid of being struck by lightning.