The small fishing village has completely changed. The old dilapidated houses have all been renovated. The road in the fishing village has also been repaired. The trail that originally led to Sangzi City has been expanded into a large road. The transportation route from Haihong Village to Sangzi City has also become extremely convenient.
Thanks to the new district mayor Tang Ming for all this. After the fall of Wei Meng, Tang Ming became the new district head under the recommendation of the Fourth Prince Xie Xuyang.
Tang Ming naturally knew that the reason why he was able to obtain this position was naturally inseparable from Di Xi's energy. Therefore, he gave the green light during the road construction and the reconstruction of Haihong Village. Di Xi and others saved a lot of trouble.
Now many people in Haihong Village have become employees of "Haihong". Like Tian Jianzhong, he is now the deputy manager of the "Haihong". The village chief, Qian Yao, is now in charge of the "Haihong Village" industrial base. He also holds the seat of director in the "Haihong".
Di Xi's disposal also won the trust and support of the villagers in Haihong Village. Di Xi couldn't help sighing, "Isn't it good to be able to open a business like this after the Hai Yaxing migration is over?"
After Di Xi gained a foothold in Sangzi City, he began to search everywhere for the whereabouts of Feng Ying'er and Xia Muyao. But there is no way to use normal particles, and searching in a huge underground country is like finding a needle in a haystack. So after searching for more than a month, there is still no valuable news.
Di Xi and Yu Zhibo were sitting and chatting in the elegant room in the "Qingxia Restaurant" that day. Now Yu Zhibo owns more than half of the shares in "Qingxia Restaurant", and he has become the real boss behind the scenes.
He also specially set up a long-term private private room for him to discuss matters with Di Xi.
When the two were discussing the next step in finding their wives, there was a loud noise outside the window.
"Elder Ge is out, please avoid all parties."
"Why is it so noisy outside?" Yu Zhibo said displeasedly.
"I'll take a look!" Di Xi, who was near the window sill, opened the curtain by a corner. He looked out the window.
I saw a passage cleared by officials on both sides of the street, and an honor guard sounded a gong to clear the way.
"Who is it that has such a big array!" Yu Zhibo was also amazed.
"Didn't that person just say that? It seems that it was some old man traveling." Di Xi said.
"Old Ge? Haven't heard of it?" Yu Zhibo said.
"You haven't even heard of the name of the oldest official in my court, the old man in the palace!" The Fourth Prince Xie Xuyang appeared out of nowhere.
"Siye Jie, what wind brought you here?" Yu Zhibo raised his eyes and looked at Xie Xuyang.
"Didn't I miss Chef Yu's craftsmanship?" Xie Xuyang laughed.
Since the Four Lords announced their identities, he, Di Xi and Yu Zhibo have become friends of irresistible friends.
Although Xie Xuyang is a noble prince, he is also the royal heir to the Sangzi Dynasty. But this person has no princeliness.
He didn't have the slightest interest in the throne, and he put more energy on doing business and enjoying life.
However, Di Xi also sneered at Xie Xuyang's lack of pursuit.
"Siye Jie, I think you are here today. It shouldn't be as simple as tasting food!" Di Xi said with a smile.
Although they knew the identity of Xie Xuyang, the two of Di Yu were still used to calling Si Wangye Jie Siye.
"I can't hide anything from Boss Di!" Xie Xuyang said with a smile, "Do you know what the palace pavilion did when he went out?"
"As the veteran of the three dynasties, Gong Hao shouldn't leave Sangzi City as a last resort. But once he leaves, there must be important things to do." Di Xi said.
"It looks like Boss Di's intelligence network is also quite powerful!"
"There is no way. You have to gain a foothold in Sangzi City. If you don't have some information, I am afraid that sooner or later, you will be eaten by others."
"Okay, Siye, what the hell did the palace elder do?" Yu Zhibo asked impatiently.
"He, he goes back to perform a drudgery about every ten years." Xie Xuyang said, "He is going to prepare a tribute to the Demon Realm."
"A tribute to Demon Realm?" Di Xi and Yu Zhibo looked at each other.
"Where is this Demon Realm?" Yu Zhibo asked.
"Don't you know?" Xie Xuyang looked a little surprised.
"I've heard a little bit." Di Xi said, "I have heard from people here. The Sangzi dynasty is currently facing these two difficult enemies. One is the neighboring country Jinshan. After the armistice agreement is over, they will definitely start war again. . And the second one is the Demon Realm located in the territory of the Sangzi Dynasty."
"Boss Di is right, and compared to Jinshan Country, this Demon Realm is indeed more of a headache." Xie Xuyang sighed.
"why?"
"Because the Jinshan Nation's army is no matter how powerful they are, they are all flesh and blood people." Xie Xuyang said, "And the creatures in the Demon Realm are all monsters!"
"Monster?" Di Xi suddenly became interested, "Four Master Laojie will tell us in detail!"
"No problem, but Chef Yu, please please!" Xie Xuyang said with a smile.
"Got it! Tell it soon!" Yu Zhibo urged.
"This should start from a hundred years ago!" Xie Xuyang opened the chattering box in an instant.
"A hundred years ago, in the depths of our inland of Sangzi, a dark area appeared. The ruler of the Sangzi country at that time also sent people to investigate the surrounding area, and did not find any problems, so he didn't take it to heart."
"The first two or three years were all in peace, but as the dark area gradually expanded, the people of Sangzi Kingdom were paying attention again at that time. Not long after, many monsters were born from the dark area. "
"Monster?" Di Xi said strangely.
"It's a monster with black energy. They began to appear when the dark area began to expand. At first, they just harassed the village and plundered food. But as the number of monsters increased, they started attacking the city."
"So the Sangzi dynasty at that time sent elite soldiers to suppress it."
"Has the effect been achieved?" Yu Zhibo asked.
"In the beginning, it was natural that the elite fighters of our dynasty had the upper hand." Xie Xuyang said, "Even the mid-level gas refiners are almost the nightmare of the monsters. Although the civilians are not opponents of the monsters, if they encounter the gas refiners, They can only escape for their lives."
"If that's the case, what is there to worry about?" Di Xi asked.
"It's a pity that the good times are not long. These monsters seem to be endless. Sang Ziguo keeps sending out gas refiners to encircle and suppress them, but in any case it can't completely eliminate the monsters, and the dark realm is still slowly expanding."
"Later, those monsters began to adapt to the power of refining Qi. Intermediate air refiners are no longer their opponents. Often, to solve the monsters that attack the city, it is necessary to dispatch a large number of high-level air refiners, and even grand master-level air refiners."
"It looks like these monsters have evolved!" Di Xi analyzed.
"Boss Di was right! After a few more decades, those monsters can even absorb Qi refining and transform it into their own strength." Xie Xuyang sighed.
"You mean monsters can absorb energy!" Di Xi and Yu Zhibo glanced at each other tacitly.
"Yes, at that stage, even the Grand Master-level Qi Refiners gradually became unable to do what they wanted. The Dark Realm began to gradually erode the entire dynasty."
"What happened then?"
"Later, Sang Ziguo could only survive by breaking his arms and abandon those areas that were completely sacrificed to the Demon Realm. We built a Great Wall around the Demon Realm to defend against attacks by monsters."
"But this only slows the rate of destruction."
"Who said no? But it's strange to say, I don't know why this Demon Realm suddenly stopped expanding decades ago."
"Stop the expansion? This is surprising!" Yu Zhibo said in surprise.
"I can understand. If the power is infinitely strong, it will eventually lead him to death. I believe the leader of these monsters can understand this truth." Di Xi said, "I think this monster does not expand the area, it is estimated that it will still Keep plundering the materials of Sangzi Kingdom."
"Who said no?" Xie Xuyang said, "They even put forward harsh demands on us afterwards."
"What demanding requirements?" Yu Zhibo asked.
"I think it should be the tribute prepared by the palace veteran!" Di Xi said.
"Yes, this is the tribute." Xie Xuyang said, "The people in the Demon Realm stipulate that thousands of treasures and various materials should be paid to them every ten years. For example, food, cattle, sheep and livestock. Almost equal. Yu Sangziguo's income for a year!"
"People? It seems that these monsters quickly gave birth to spiritual wisdom, and they have transformed into human form!" Yu Zhibo was also surprised.
"So now we are no longer able to compete with Demon Realm."
"Although the amount of tribute is a bit scary, it is safe to spend money. If one year's income can cover ten years of stability, it seems to be acceptable under the situation of Jinshan Country's eye on it." Di Xi said purely rationally.
"If the Demon Territory only needs these materials, it's fine." Xie Xuyang said coldly, "They still have to contribute to ten women in their kingdom every ten years."
"Are they going to sacrifice?" Di Xi frowned.
"They not only need ten women, but they also have requirements. Not only do they need women with good looks, but it is also best to be a gas refiner or someone with other abilities. If the selected woman does not meet their requirements. Not only do they Their corpses will be sent out of the Demon Territory. And a Demon Territory hunt will be launched to carry out a major cleaning of the designated city."
"What! This is so outrageous!" Yu Zhibo suddenly jumped from his seat.
"Chef Yu, don't get excited, don't get excited." Xie Xuyang said quickly.
"Okay Boge, don't worry, let's continue to listen to the fourth master."
With Di Xi's relief, Yu Zhibo sat back slowly.
"Such an unfair thing will naturally cause anger and resentment. Finally, ten years ago, our Jie dynasty of Sangzi State signed an armistice agreement with Jinshan State. All the soldiers of the country launched a general offensive against the Demon Realm." Xie Xuyang continued.
"The result?" Yu Zhibo asked.
"The result?" Xie Xuyang sighed, "We have lost most of our troops. More than half of the Grand Master-level gas refiners in the kingdom, including my elder brother, Xie Tianxiang, and the first heir to the original throne, all died in that battle. Middle. And the Demon Territory only wiped out some ordinary monsters without giving birth to wise monsters."
"It seems that you are badly injured this time!"
"So after this, we are no longer able to fight the Demon Realm." Xie Xuyang said sadly, "After that, my father also suffered a serious illness. After he passed the throne to my second brother, he died. He died. It's settled. Without full assurance, we must not launch a deadly war against the Demon Realm."