I opened a mall in ancient times

The drought in the south has actually affected business.

Although the situation in Suzhou City is good, it is near the sea and there is not much shortage of food.If there is a real shortage of food, it can also be transported from the north by water.

Do whatever you want to do business, but the sales volume is much worse than before, only the rich people nearby will come to patronize, the business is tepid, and I dare not close it, after all, there are many shops with shopfronts inside , if the whole thing is closed, the customers must have opinions, and now the business is only reduced, not at all.

Before the release, they must complain, but everyone knows that the current situation is not good, so it is hard to say anything.

This time, Luo Chaochao appeared directly in the office on the fifth floor, and Lu Juanchi was also on the side. In order to facilitate the movement, Luo Chaochao found a bamboo hat and put it on his head to cover part of his face.

But when I came to the fifth floor, I found that it was really weird to wear a bamboo hat indoors. It would attract attention instead, so I might as well not wear it.

Luo Chaochao went back and changed his clothes.

Luo Chaochao used to prefer plain and light colors, black and some brighter colors were not in his wardrobe.

In order to distinguish it from the previous style, Luo Chaochao even wore purple clothes, his usual combed hair was changed into a loosely pulled up hairstyle, and the jewelry on his body was clattering.If people who are not familiar with it see it, they will definitely not think about Luo Chaoxi.

Seeing how happy Luo Chaochao looked, Lu Juanchi also changed his clothes, wearing the light blue color that Luo Chaochao liked before, and replaced the hairstyle of a warrior with a hairstyle of a literati. The effect is a bit strange, but it still looks good.

The two people's cross-dressing was quite successful. Although these customers in the mall couldn't help but look at the two of them, they didn't recognize Luo Chao Chao as "Luo Chao Chao". On the contrary, the employees in the store saw it. The two were taken aback by being dressed like this.

Because there are a lot fewer customers than before, if there are as many employees in the store as before, there will be a surplus of manpower, so they moved some of the employees to other stores in Montenegro, or they are volunteers.

"Why are you dressed like this, I almost didn't recognize it." Heishan couldn't help saying when he saw the two dressed as if they had changed their gender.

"It's good to try other styles of clothes every once in a while, how about that? Do I look good in purple?"

"My boss looks good in anything she wears." Heishan boasted sincerely.

Heishan first saw Luo Chaochao, and then saw Lu Juanchi, and bowed as well.

"How are you doing recently?" Luo Chaoxi asked.

He only looked at the turnover in the background, and only knew that the recent turnover was not good, but he really didn't know exactly what happened.

"The south is not very good. It hasn't rained in the south since you left. The two rains in the middle were caused by the clouds from the sea forced by our big monsters. But the water vapor in the sea is not good for the crops. Well, I don’t dare to use too much.” Heishan said in a low voice, “Many aquatic monsters are dead, and they can’t stay out of the water for too long. Although some big monsters are still alive, they are not in good condition. I went to the north. And the human beings are even worse, there is a famine, but fortunately, the governments of various places have opened warehouses to release food, so people will not starve to death."

Montenegro put it mildly, but famine is no joke.

Although Luo Chaochao has never experienced famine, he experienced the days when he was not full when he was a child.Even after such a long time, he would never forget the feeling of being so hungry.

The way to let Luo Chao tide solve the famine is also very simple, open warehouses to release food and call for clouds and rain.

"Are there any victims outside Suzhou City?" Luo Chaoxi asked.

"Yes, the store has been giving out porridge during this period, so there is no riot outside Suzhou City. The victims are very honest. We will tell them about you when we give out porridge. I don't know if you feel it. "

Montenegro is proud to talk about this matter.

Their boss is a dragon!The price went up immediately, and they didn't even need to pretend to be arrogant. As soon as the other party heard that he was under Luo Chaoxi's subordinates, his attitude immediately became polite.

Especially monsters.

On the human side, it still needs to be spread by word of mouth, and the transmission speed is very slow, but on the monster side, it didn't even take one night to spread the word!

All the monsters, even the old monsters in the deep mountains and old forests who are too lazy to get along with other monsters also know this.

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the monsters seemed to be crazy.

Especially those monsters who had a good relationship with Luo Chaochao before, felt that they were dreaming.

When Hu Shisan heard the news, he locked himself in the cave for three days and didn't come out. After he came out, everything was settled, so he contacted Hu Xiaohong and the others in a daze.

"Luo Chao Chao, is he really a dragon???"

"Yes." Hu Xiaohong's place was very lively, and the background didn't look like Jiushui shopping mall.

Hu Xiaohong is actually in the plane of comprehension now, and it's her turn to study this month, so she is still in the plane of cultivation.

There is no famine over there, and the shopping mall is the busiest place no matter what time of day it is.

She had already heard other employees say that Luo Chaochao was a dragon, and she was beyond the level of shock.Seeing Hu Shisan in such a shock now, I feel a little bit refreshed.

"Why don't you tell us in advance? That way we are also prepared."

"What is there to prepare for? Boss Luo didn't say anything before. I only found out about it recently, and it doesn't matter if Boss Luo is a dragon."

But there is a saying that one person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, Hu Xiaohong and the others are employees who have signed a formal contract, what if?

However, Hu Xiaohong is now in a state of ascension to heaven.

She is now staying in the place where the gods live!

Ordinary monsters don't get this kind of treatment.

Hu Shisan calmed down quickly after the initial excitement, and wanted to see Luo Chaochao, but he disappeared after learning that Luo Chaochao had done that earth-shattering event, and he didn't know when he would come back.

But these monsters from the Monster Chamber of Commerce would not ignore Jiu Shui just because Luo Chao Chao was not there.

Who dares!

They also all know that Luo Chaochao has a good impression of human beings. After discovering that human beings encountered difficulties, they did not stand by as before. Instead, they were very enthusiastic to help human beings through various channels.

For example, those two rains.

Before Luo Chao Chao came, these monsters had already gone to other places to enjoy themselves, so why did they spend so much effort to attract clouds and rain for them, it was thankless.

But I have to say that with Luo Chaochao's leading role, the people of Sheng Kingdom can live better than before, and there are even fewer vicious incidents of ghosts attacking humans.

With Jiu Shui taking the lead, and the merchants of the monster firm disguised as humans working together with Luo Chaochao, they brought the rich merchants and officials of Suzhou City to serve porridge outside.Although the porridge is not thick and the taste is very ordinary, it can indeed fill the stomach, calm down the victims outside the city, and barely maintain the calmness shown.

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Luo Chaochao had a headache.

He certainly can't come forward to open the warehouse to release grain, unless the emperor comes forward.I just don't know if Emperor Qing knew about the situation in the south, and if he planned to deal with it.

But the situation proved that Luo Chaochao's vision was indeed correct, Emperor Qing was a rare and good emperor.

The reason why the emperor didn't intervene last year was because he knew that the south had the ability to resist disasters, and the granaries of various government offices also had food that could supply the entire county. In addition, in recent years, a lot of new foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn have been added, and every household has them. There is a lot of surplus food, and it is really not a problem to last for a year or two.

I just didn't expect this severe drought to last for a year and a half.

The food accumulated before is almost exhausted, and people fleeing from famine have appeared one after another in some places with relatively small food reserves.

This is why there are disaster victims outside Suzhou City.

The memorials were sent to the capital one by one and placed in front of Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing also started to do it. Now that he has reached the peak of his control over the entire country, the officials who were thousands of miles away from him at that time would obediently obey his orders, even if they were greedy, they did not dare to be too greedy.

Although a lot of food was taken out of the national treasury due to the previous wars, it was slowly accumulated during this period, so that it would not be impossible to get a little bit of it, so I simply took out all the old food that had been accumulated before, and escorted it to the Southern Disaster Relief.

Emperor Qing knew that someone would embezzle part of the food, so he sent eunuchs and several honest officials in the court to go with him, and he also specially sent the army with him.

When making this decision, Emperor Qing was still a little melancholy.

Now that there is a dragon in Sheng Kingdom, the weather should be good. How could there be a drought?

He didn't blame Luo Chaochao for the drought, but felt that he had done something that made Luo Chaochao angry.

Coupled with the fact that the queen always told him that dragons like wise monarchs, Emperor Qing has been handling state affairs conscientiously, and his dedication scared the ministers.

"What are you thinking?" When Emperor Qing was still reading the book in the imperial study, a familiar voice suddenly came from above his head.Emperor Qing was startled and almost called the guards outside.

But when he took a closer look, the person sitting on the beam turned out to be a man in a purple shirt, completely different from usual.

Take a closer look, isn't this the Luo Chao Chao that I have been thinking about so much? !

"Your Majesty!" The emperor quickly stood up, bowed respectfully, and even wanted to kneel down for Luo Chaoxi, but Luo Chaoxi waved his hand, and a gust of air directly held Emperor Qing back, preventing him from kneeling down. .

"You don't need to call me Your Majesty, it's weird, just call me Boss Luo as before." Luo Chaoxi jumped off the beam, "You know about the drought, right?"

"Yes, Zhen... I have opened the treasury and sent people to escort food to the south to help the victims." Emperor Qing even changed his name to show respect for Luo Chaochao.

"It's okay, the speed is quite fast."

The two exchanged their recent situation, and Luo Chaochao was quite satisfied with Emperor Qing's performance during this period.Although the drought could not be contained, there was a reason for it, and now Emperor Qing was also preparing to help the people.

"Where... have you been during this time? Why haven't you come back?" Emperor Qing finally couldn't help asking.

"Going home." Luo Chaoxi simply raised his mouth.

"Dragon, Dragon Palace?"

Luo Chaoxi thought for a while and nodded: "If you want to understand it this way, you can."

There are hundreds of dragons in the keel cemetery, so it's not wrong to call it the Dragon Palace.

Emperor Qing sighed even more.

"Then do you know how to make it rain in the south?" Emperor Qing said: "Although there is still food in the treasury, which is enough to relieve the victims in the south, if it continues like this, the food in the treasury will definitely not be enough. Only when it rains , the seeds can be sown, the food can grow, and the people can survive.”

"Yes, let's hold a ceremony to pray for rain." Luo Chaoxi simply agreed, "There is no need to sacrifice anything, just hold a puja. The more people who sincerely pray, the better."

By the way, Luo Chaochao took this opportunity to collect another wave of faith to heal his wounds.

He can indeed pray for rain now, but he still has injuries on his body, and his body is deficient.Although it is indeed slowly improving, if you want to return to the previous state, it will take at least several years.At that time, everyone will be dead, so where is the need for Luo Chao to call the wind and rain?

It wouldn't be a problem if it rained only on a small area, but now the drought is severe and has spread to several provinces. Not only does he have to rain to rehydrate the land, but it also needs to rain intermittently for several days. It is necessary to add the power of faith to supplement the nutrients lost in the land, so that the seeds planted can grow as soon as possible.

Calculated in this way, the demand for spiritual power and body is relatively large.

Luo Chaochao needs more power of faith to restore his body, otherwise he will drain his body before the rain is over, and he will faint from exhaustion.

Abundant power of faith is much faster than simply cultivating in an environment with abundant spiritual power.

"Yes! I'll do it right away!" If you just set up an altar to pray for rain, it couldn't be easier.

But it would take a long time to build a new altar, and it would cost a lot of money. Emperor Qing was a little hesitant, but he still agreed when he remembered the victims in the south.

But this time it is estimated that he will be called stupid.

"It's fine to use the old ones, and the sacrifices don't need to be expensive, just get whatever you want. I don't eat those things, what I want is sincere prayer and faith, and those are more useful than anything else." Luo Chaochao seemed to have seen Emperor Qing thoughts, directly.

"But how disrespectful is it to use the old one? It will be laughed at by others."

There is no use of old ones, not even sacrifices.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you are a wise monarch—" Luo Chaoxi disappeared in front of Emperor Qing before finishing his sentence.

Emperor Qing looked at the standing figure of Luo Chaoxi just now, and nodded.

The capital is going to hold a rain sacrifice? !

The news spread throughout the capital in an instant.

Setting up an altar to pray for rain?

Seek that Dragon God?

Everyone couldn't help sighing when they thought of the Dragon Temple built with separate funds during this period.

They should have understood that every emperor is the same.

After a period of time in the position, you will pay special attention to these gods and ghosts.

There is an urgent need for disaster relief in the south now, so we can't waste time in the capital.

Many officials desperately begged to see the emperor, hoping that the emperor could withdraw his order.

What's wrong with having so much food and livestock, you have to sacrifice to a god who doesn't have a god!Is it okay to keep it for yourself?

However, the emperor's sacrificial ceremony this time was not as the ministers had imagined, spending countless manpower and material resources on temporary construction and construction. Like the previous emperor, he wished that everyone had to participate.On the contrary, they used the places where they worshiped heaven in the past very frugally, and even the sacrifices were simple fruits, pastries and cooked meats that seemed a little pitiful in quantity.

Worshiped, but it seems not fully worshiped.

Emperor Qing thought of Luo Chaoxi's sincere prayer, and thought of those people in the capital, so he simply told the capital and nearby towns that anyone who prayed sincerely could go to the government to receive two potatoes!

Now, the people who didn't take this matter to heart suddenly became very interested in this sacrificial activity.

I even wanted to come and pray seriously.

"Is this just a sacrifice? Will that adult really agree?" the eunuchs whispered while setting up the scene.

In the past, when offering sacrifices to the gods, a large amount of food and meat had to be taken out, and a new altar had to be built, but now His Majesty is so perfunctory in offering sacrifices to the Dragon God.

It's okay to be perfunctory about the location, why are there so few sacrifices?If he was a god, he would not be happy to see Emperor Qing only give him such a little thing, let alone solve his troubles.

Emperor Qing was also filled with resentment.

He also wanted to give Luo Chaoxi a better sacrifice, but Luo Chaoxi didn't want it, and even specifically told him that if he wasted money and people for this sacrifice, then he would not help.

Emperor Qing could only wrong Luo Chaochao.

But Emperor Qing's behavior, in the eyes of other ministers, turned into a special ritual to appease the people.

The ethos in the court immediately changed to flatter Emperor Qing.

Luo Chaochao was really not interested in the sacrifices, even if the sacrifices were really given to him, he would not eat them.What he needs is the prayerful faith of these men.

The atmosphere in the capital could barely be considered serious, but the situation in the south was even more depressing.

This time they took the waterway and landed directly at the port outside Suzhou City. The streets in Suzhou City have long been repaired and leveled. In addition, the cars now have been improved, and the speed is much faster than before. Come here so quickly when you are in a hurry.

The news that the sacrificial activities were carried out in the capital was also spread to various cities in the south.

They thought Emperor Qing was joking, but the people sent by Emperor Qing did bring food, but Emperor Qing's request was to thank the Dragon God and the emperor after collecting the food, especially to pray for the Dragon God.

If it is said that the people in the northern part of Sheng Kingdom highly respect Luo Chao Chao and the Dragon God, then although there are also stories in the south, everyone worships this Dragon God very much, but there are too many gods on this continent, and there is really no one. People go to believe in this new dragon god.

But now everyone can't care about these.

These are life-saving food, as long as you can get life-saving food, who cares whether you believe it or not.

If this is the condition for receiving food, they really don't mind believing in this new dragon god.

The people are very simple, especially in this situation where they can't get enough to eat, they sincerely thank Luo Chaochao after getting the food, so that the fine energy is also absorbed into Luo Chaochao's body, slowly recovering from injuries.

Luo Chaochao returned to Suzhou City at this time, and he didn't tell anyone about his appearance, only the employees in the store knew about it, and he agreed with what Luo Chaochao said.

Because this can help Luo Chao to collect beliefs.

They are all monsters, so they naturally understand the importance of the power of faith, which can make human beings become immortals, and ghosts and monsters can also be transformed into immortals.

How can the power of belief be so good?Even some immortals who have become gods will disappear completely because they lose their faith.

Now is the time when Luo Chaochao is well-known, so of course he should seize the opportunity to save more for himself.

They even helped Luo Chao tide to publicize outside.

They donate porridge outside in Jiushui Shopping Mall every day. They have been doing it for half a year, and the money they spend every day is not a small amount.

Even the wealthy businessmen and officials in Suzhou City couldn't help the victims with so much food like Jiu Shui.

For a month in a row, they could still say that this was a play, but it had been half a year, and the money and food they had spent were enough to buy a three-entry yard.

If it was for acting, Luo Chaochao would have paid too much.

And these victims have been eating porridge for a long time, and they are even more grateful to Jiushui, and they also sincerely thank the Longshen Luo tide that the employees of Jiushui said.

The effect is not bad.

But disaster victims elsewhere don't care.

They don't believe in dragon gods, and it's not like they didn't ask the gods for rain when the drought first started, but these gods didn't give them feedback at all, let alone make it rain.

The drought is still drought.

Now that the emperor sent food, everyone sincerely thanked the emperor, as for the dragon god... everyone didn't care.

But for the sake of the emperor, he also begged, but he didn't hold out hope in his heart, and he didn't make trouble.

Instead of praying to God, it is better to count on the emperor.

Lu Juanchi was guarding Luo Chaochao beside him.

The power of faith accumulated during this period was used by Luo Chao to repair his body. Such a large amount of power of faith allowed Luo Chao to recover much faster. Coupled with the help of a large number of spirit stones, Luo Chao's body finally recovered. The degree to which spells can be cast to rain.

For this day, the monsters are gearing up.

Everyone admired Luo Chaochao very much, but Luo Chaochao lived in seclusion during this time and saw no one at all. Anyone who went to look for him was stopped back.

But now, they heard that Luo Chaochao is going to rain!

That's a big deal!

A few big monsters forced it to drizzle twice before, and they were so tired that they rested for several months before recovering. How far can Luo Chaochao go?

Will they be blessed if they can see the dragon?

We don't know, but we are very much looking forward to it.

Ordinary people don't know when Luo Chaochao is going to start, but the monsters know that before it starts, Luo Chaochao specially asked people to contact officials from various places to let them start as soon as possible.

Even the emperor received the news, and quickly asked someone to hold another sacrificial ceremony.

The common people complained and felt that it was unnecessary, but they still came together.

Luo Chao Chao saw that it was almost done, and stood on the top of the mountain at noon.

There is no one else here except monsters, and in all parts of Sheng Kingdom, all cities that have received orders are holding rain-seeking ceremonies, large or small. Although the dragon god ceremony in the capital is hasty, it is not too crude. There are ceremonies.

Emperor Qing was wearing a black auspicious suit, half kneeling on the altar, and the prayers embroidered with red silk thread could be seen on the long silk that was blown by the wind.

Emperor Qing solemnly opened the scroll and recited prayers for rain, with a solemn voice that reached everyone's ears.

"The ancient sayings are above, respect the gods and ghosts, do righteousness and righteousness, and the gods bless you. The people of the South are magnificent, and if righteousness is not abused, the sins of heaven will be punished, and the heart will be terrified. The Eastern Emperor will be punished for nine days..." ①

It takes about ten minutes to recite the prayer of thousands of words, but when Emperor Qing read the middle, clouds suddenly flew in the sky, blocking the blazing sun hanging in the south, bringing a ray of light to the capital and the south. coolness.

At first, everyone thought it was a coincidence, but as the prayer went on, the capital, which had been clear not long ago, was covered with dark clouds, as oppressive as evening.

The capital city is still relatively good, and the south south of the Yellow River has become a real dark cloud over the city.

That was a harbinger of heavy rain.

The people who were praying were surprised and happy at this time.

Surprised that praying is really useful, and happy that it is really useful.

Looking at the long-lost dark cloud, they immediately amplified their voices, and some people even kowtowed.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Luo Chaochao immediately sensed the rising power of faith.

That was the feedback from the people who became more devout after they found out that it was indeed useful.

Luo Chaochao took a deep breath and lived up to the expectations of these people. He jumped down from the top of the mountain. The nearby monsters only saw the sky brighten up suddenly. Afterwards, a dark green dragon with golden light appeared in the sky. There was a dragon roar that resounded across the continent.

Then, accompanied by loud thunder, the first drops of rain fell on the ground.

Within two breaths, the bean-sized raindrops poured down from the sky as if out of control, quickly moisturizing the dry and cracked land, turning it into a dark brown full of water, and the people who were drenched in the rain were not only not wet by the rain Panicked, even rushed into the rain in ecstasy, stretched out his hand to catch the rain in the palm of his hand, looked up at the sky, even though the rain was so heavy that his face hurt, he didn't care at all.

But when everyone raised their heads and looked at the sky, they saw the looming golden figure hidden in the clouds.

That is Dragon God!

Isn't the thing they worshiped and prayed just now the Dragon God? !

The dragon god appeared!

Luo Chao was flying so high that he looked into the city from the sky and could only see the people in the city kneeling on the ground, saluting and kowtowing to him.

The opposite is the power of faith that is rapidly filling up in his body.

These people are as small as ants, and the Luo tide flies very slowly, flying all the way from the place close to the capital to the southernmost point, ensuring that every place can be moistened by rain, drenching the land thoroughly, and letting the dry land Rivers are restocked with water.

It wasn't until the dark clouds disappeared and the golden figure disappeared into the sky that the people stood up from the ground, staring at the people around them as if they were dreaming, and couldn't believe what happened just now.

Just now... is that true?

Is it really a dragon? !

Did their prayers come true? !

It turns out that there really is a god in this world!

The people were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

They have all heard the story of the Dragon God, but they have never believed it. It has been raining for so long, and I believe everyone has seen the Dragon God!

Sure enough, it is the blessing of the Dragon God!

Luo Chaochao returned to the mountain where he transformed into a dragon, and Lu Juanchi and the staff in the store were still waiting for him.

"Boss! You were so handsome just now!" Montenegro said excitedly.

"Are you tired? Go back and rest for a while." Lu Juanchi took a coat and put it on Luo Chaoxi's shoulders, leading him down the mountain.

"I'll go back and digest the power of faith. It should be almost the same after it rains again in a few days."

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①: Excerpts from the prayers of "The Process of Praying for Rain in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties" in Baidu Library