After learning about the small strongholds of the Red Whale Gang and the structural characteristics of the gang from the old man, Lu Sheng left the cemetery.

The next day, Lu Sheng came out to stroll early in the morning, intending to explore the Red Whale Gang's points.

When passing by a bustling street, a large shop in the city was holding a discount event. The discount event here is not called discount, but called Yunli.

A large group of children gathered at the entrance of the shop, where a wooden platform was built, and someone was talking loudly on it, attracting many passers-by to watch.

Lu Sheng only glanced at him and planned to leave quickly.

But when passing by the high platform, I noticed that among the crowd watching, there were many ragged clothes, pale and thin skin.

"The people in the mountains have always lived a good life. I have never seen so many refugees walking on the street before. Why are there so many more people all at once?"

Lu Sheng ignored the shops and merchants talking loudly on the wooden table. Instead, he carefully observed the refugee-like people.

They looked sad and had no hope in their eyes. They just stood by the wooden platform, hoping that the shop would send something to satisfy their hunger.

Lu Sheng walked forward for a while and heard a group of people gathering on the right side of the front. The gatherings whispered from time to time and talked a lot.

He approached and separated the crowd and took a look.

A pair of hungry couples, wearing nothing to cover themselves, were holding a little girl who was only three or four years old, kneeling on the ground, with a piece of bark hanging around their necks, and a simple pattern was drawn with crooked gray charcoal on it, which seemed to be a string of big money.

"Good good, everyone, my daughter is only three years old this year. She is obedient and sensible, has a good facial features, and asks kind-hearted people to be kind and merciful... to eat and eat..." The woman kneeling on the ground said sarcastically.

The girl standing beside her looked confused and knew nothing.

Lu Sheng frowned, squeezed out of the crowd, walked forward for a while, and saw someone selling his daughter and son again. They were all very young children.

"Where are so many refugees coming from this city?" Lu Sheng couldn't help but murmur.

While wandering around, he saw more than five families selling children and daughters along the way. This made him feel a little deeper and he became more confused.

After all, before he came to this world, he had never seen such a tragic incident. If a family reaches the point of selling children and daughters, how difficult does it take to make such a choice?

When the time was almost over, Lu Sheng returned to the small building where he was. There was a young woman kneeling on the ground and selling herself. She was talking with an accent from another place and couldn't hear clearly.

Lu Sheng took a look and saw that the waiter at the winery was also watching the fun, so he walked closer and asked.

"Why are so many refugees coming in here recently? Is there any disaster outside?"

When the waiter saw that it was Lu Sheng, he knew that the noble man who lived in his own winery building, so he nodded and bowed.

"Young Master, isn't this a severe drought in Yunzhou? I don't know how many people have no food and are wandering around. The number of people starving to death in the middle is one-tenth of the population along the mountain city. It's so miserable along the way..." The waiter shook his head and sighed, "At the beginning, I heard that our city would not allow these refugees to come in. Later, seeing that it was too miserable, the yamen master couldn't bear it, so he ordered the passage to allow the few refugees to enter the city. In fact, our city is fine. In the direction of the Central Plains, there are many cities that have been squeezed by refugees, so the food price has soared."

"Yunzhou..." Lu Sheng knew that this place was west of the Central Plains and was a general term for an area. He did not expect that the severe drought in that place was so severe. If such ordinary people wanted to come here from such a distance, they would not know how many people were killed or injured in the middle of the journey.

"Yes... I heard..." The waiter looked around and lowered his voice, "I heard that Yunzhou was in chaos. You said that in this weather, how could there be a severe drought in ten days of hail and a few months?"

"Ten days of hail? How many months of severe drought?" Lu Sheng said in confusion.

"It is said that the hail is as big as an egg. Then there was a severe drought of eight or nine months, and there was no drop of rain... Tsk tsk, it was so miserable. I heard that people were eating people." The waiter was also a chattering chatter and couldn't help but tell the whole series he knew as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Egg-sized hail, eight or nine months of severe drought..." Lu Sheng was also shocked. You should know that in his perception, it did not rain for three consecutive months. Even if it was a drought, eight or nine months of severe drought, no wonder the entire Yunzhou collapsed. The crops were probably dead, and even water might not be able to drink.

"I heard that whenever it rains, there are even black clouds, but something strange happens immediately, such as cloud vortexes and thunder, and then the black clouds that just emerged disappeared immediately." The waiter said in a low voice.

After hearing the news, Lu Sheng returned home, he was still a little surprised.

This unreasonable weather brings hail for ten days first, and then it will cause direct drought, which is completely inconsistent with the laws of nature.

He has been in this world for so long and has probably understood that it is not much different from ancient China. Except for the differences in customs and customs, the natural laws are no different.

Only there are many supernatural phenomena such as monsters and ghosts.

"This kind of weather that is completely inconsistent with the laws of nature must be driven by external forces." Lu Sheng guessed in his heart, and his intuition told him that this drought was most likely related to demons and monsters.

When she got home, Xiaoqiao was sewing something. When she saw that she entered the door on the road, she quickly got up.

"Young master, are you back? Do you want to take a shower? Take a small snack and take hot water."

"No need. How much money does the family have?" Lu Sheng asked casually.

"About twenty-one taels." Xiaoqiao quickly answered a helpless number.

Lu Sheng was speechless. He even wanted to borrow from Song Zhenguo and Chen Jiaorong, or sell the white jade qilin given by Chen Jiaorong. It was worth ten thousand gold and extremely expensive. There was also the purple jade hairpin. Although the Yin Qi was absorbed, it was made of purple jade and the price was extremely expensive.

"These are just temporary solutions. If I follow my previous methods, maybe I can create a foundation of my Lu family along the mountain city like this." Lu Sheng thought in his mind and started to eat the food served by Xiao Qiao.

The food was bought from the restaurant next to it, and it tasted good. Xiaoqiao stood by and poured wine for Lu Sheng and said a few words to him from time to time.

"How long is the release date?" Lu Sheng asked casually.

"About a month, the college will have a notice, and Qiaoer will pay attention to visiting it." Xiaoqiao answered quickly.

"Just don't forget. I may have to work hard during this period. If you are alone at home, be careful. If refugees enter the city, there will inevitably be people with ill-behavior."

"Qiao'er understands." Xiaoqiao replied obediently.

After dinner, Lu Sheng went out again. He found out the points from the Red Whale Gang in the morning.

It’s time to pass by noon, and it depends on how to join in.

Lu Sheng slowly walked along the way, got into a carriage and slowly arrived at the door of a casino.

Golden Seal Casino.

The name of this restaurant is tacky, but it is also very appropriate. The entire casino gate looks like a golden seal, square and eye-catching.

Lu Sheng got out of the car, took out a golden silk folding fan, opened it with a swish, and slowly squeezed into the crowd entering and leaving the casino.

As soon as I entered the venue, there was a mess of noise inside, and the sound of gambling money suddenly came to me. Gambling tables of all sizes were placed in the hall, and each gambling table was surrounded by groups of gamblers, each of whom was red and shouting loudly, as if the sound was loud enough to win money.

Lu Sheng was not interested in gambling, but glanced at him and saw the red-faced middle-aged man standing at the bottom of the Golden Seal Casino.

The man stood quietly at the gambling table in the innermost casino, looking at the lively scene in the venue, expressionless, and dressed no differently from the casino guards around him.

But Lu Sheng knew that this person was actually the little leader of the Golden Seal Casino, Red-faced Zhao Jie. He is also the usual custodian of this venue. If you want to join the Red Whale Gang, it is easiest to find him.

He slowly walked straight towards the red-faced Zhao Jie.

The other party soon noticed his approach and looked over with surprise.

"Brother, why don't you go to have fun in this corner?" Zhao Jie asked casually. Although he leaned against a gambling table, there was no gambling here, but he just used it as an ordinary table.

"The student is a student from Dongshan College. If you want to join the Red Whale Gang, I wonder if you can recommend it one or two?" Lu Sheng directly pointed out his purpose and said with a smile.

"Student of Dongshan College?" Zhao Jie was stunned.

This is the first time he has been in the gang for so many years that a college student has taken the initiative to join the Red Whale Gang.

Although the Red Whale Gang where he is, the students of the academy have always regarded themselves as noble. Apart from the relationships of some upper-level bosses or forced to join by using some special incidents, I have never seen a scholar who takes the initiative to join the gang.

After all, the ambitions of these scholars are not something that can be bound by a gang, they are people who want to become officials.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Jie looked up and down Lu Sheng.

"Your Excellency said that you are a student in the college, can you prove it?"

Lu Sheng smiled and took out the nameplate of his academy, which contained his last name and the name of the college.

There is a huge Dong character with a very small road character below. The nameplate is made of brass, with some weight and exquisite patterns covering it, which is difficult to fake.

When Zhao Jie saw the nameplate, he believed it. It was difficult for ordinary people to get it. Even if he wanted to forge it, it would be difficult. All the craftsmen in the city did not accept private work, and some craftsmen in their families made this thing privately, it would be a serious crime and it would be possible to be sentenced to beheaded.

"Why do you want to join us?" Zhao Jie asked again. On weekdays, most of the people who want to join the gang are suffering from the bottom of society, either businessmen or skilled craftsmen. There is no need to join the gang for scholars like the ones who are in front of you who have a family background at first sight.

"I heard that the Red Whale Gang is the largest gang in the north. There are many masters in the gang and their skills are powerful. I want to practice the best skills, so I hope to join." Lu Sheng said his purpose directly, and he was too lazy to do anything to be straightforward.

"Martial arts..." Zhao Jie felt relieved. The martial arts of the Red Whale Gang are indeed the strongest in the Northland, and there is no other way to compare with any other sect.

"Okay, please go and register your name, age, and good at it." He pointed to Lu Sheng directly at a small door on the right side.
Chapter completed!