Chapter 390: Three years of drought, traces of the demon gate(1/2)
In that year, there was a drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and people in Quzhou were entwined.
The weather is very bad, and I do a great job.
In the farming era, if there were severe droughts for three or four years, no matter how wise and well prepared the people in power, hell would come.
"The grain in the city is only allowed to be collected and not sold now, do you understand?"
Lin Jiao ordered loudly, her tone was very serious.
It is almost time for spring plowing, but it still does not rain, and the ground is extremely dry and cracked. This year it seems that it is another severe drought.
After she came to this world, she heard from people around her that her hometown had been drought for several years and she could not grow many crops in the land, so everyone had to escape famine and survive. After that, the conflict between her and the Guo family in Taibai was because the Guo family in Taibai massacred people in a village because the other party did not pay the rent.
Many people are looking forward to good weather and rain this year so that everyone can slow down, but it has not rained until now.
She was worried about this, and after listening to it, Chen Yu said that the news was very important. After taking control of Tianshui City, the first thing he did was to count the food.
Chen Yu's behavior made Lin Jiao breathe a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Chen Yu would not take it seriously, but now it seems that Chen Yu is doing good.
Of course, what she didn't know was that in Zhang Jiao's era, when there was a severe drought in the world, people were living in poverty, countless disaster victims flocked to it, and there was also a plague epidemic. At that time, Zhang Jiao established the Taiping Road, and changed history with five dou of rice, pills of disease removal, and calling the wind and rain.
Tianshui City is the largest city in a radius of hundreds of miles. It is close to a river and is also the center of transportation. The large households have hoarded a large amount of grain to sell and make a fortune, and now they all belong to Lin Jiao.
These foods are enough for hundreds of thousands of people in Tianshui City to eat for three years, but Lin Jiao's heart was full of anxiety.
The spring plowing time is about to begin, but there is still no rain. The drought in various places has been severe for three or four years, and it has almost completely consumed the food stocks in various places. Now, the entire land is filled with the smell of restlessness.
Even some small sects and ordinary powerful people have other ideas. When everyone can't survive, what else should they consider?
Just then, someone reported that Liu Yazhi was visiting.
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After witnessing the death of the Xue family's son that day, Liu Yazhi stayed in Tianshui City and watched the subsequent liveliness.
She admitted that she had misunderstood her eyes, and everyone had misunderstood her eyes, and no one expected that Master Sanbiao would be so sinister and powerful.
Although his external strength is strong, when you attack him, you will find that his combat power is even stronger. Whether it is the Quan Zhiliu brothers or the Buddha Heart Sword, these people are much stronger than the three masters from the outside, but when they attack, they can't die anymore.
No one has seen how these masters died, whether they were poisoned, mechanisms or spells, etc. Everyone is not sure, but one thing is certain, that is, this person cannot be messed with.
It doesn’t matter if a person has great martial arts skills. You can use various means to plot against him, but if this person is good at using poison, then I’m sorry, if you don’t have any deep hatred with him, try to cause him as little trouble!
The scene where the Buddha's Heart Sword was killed, many people died. The facts spliced from the surviving people show that the Master of Qingdeng Sword is also Master Shan, and his use of poisonous methods is really shocking.
Can you imagine such a person coming to Jiuhua Sword Sect, Kunlun, the main halls of various major sects, and then sabotaging them?
"The Taibai Sect is willing to pay a lot of money to buy your food."
Liu Yazhi came with a middle-aged man, who was from the Taibai Sect. The Taibai Sect had a big conflict with Lin Jiao before, so she asked Liu Yazhi to help her come forward.
Are you very curious about why the Buddha's Heart Divine Sword took the initiative to insert it, and would rather anger Master Shan than control Tianshui City?
The reason is very simple, there is food stored in Tianshui City!
After three years of severe drought, there was a shortage of food everywhere in the world, but some cities also used the advantages of geographical advantages and opportunities to store a large amount of food. The Jiuhua Sword Sect sent two young masters to purchase enough food in this city. The rich people in these cities also took advantage of the opportunity to establish a relationship with the Jiuhua Sword Sect, and the best of both worlds.
The Kunlun Sect also came with this purpose, but no one expected that Chen Yu would actually make a fuss, especially after he took the rich people in the city, he needed to find Chen Yu to buy food.
The three-year severe drought has consumed countless grain storages from major forces, and many forces have fallen into a state of incompatibility. Although the upper and middle classes have food to ensure, there is no problem with big fish and meat, what should I do if my basic needs are? What should I do if my tenants, their disciples’ relatives and friends?
Especially this year's spring plowing is about to begin, and there is no drop of rain in many places.
The Buddha's Heart Divine Sword is just for this, but his ending also forced many people to reason.
"I'm sorry, we don't have enough food. It's really hard to sell it to the outside world. Sorry, sorry."
The Guo family of Taibai has offered a lot of conditions, such as writing off the conflict with Lin Jiao, purchasing grain at a price of twice the market price, etc., but no matter how good the person said, Chen Yu said that the grain would not be sold.
Gold, silver and treasures are usually very useful, but they are just payment tools. In the years of the Great Wilderness, let alone double the price, even if it is ten times the price, it is useless to not buy food.
He politely sent the people from Taibai Guo’s family out, but Chen Yu just shook his head.
"Miss Liu, let's talk?"
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In the historical records of later generations, there are so many beautiful stories about Liu Yazhi, saying that she is kind-hearted, that she puts the overall situation first, etc., but what Chen Yu saw at present was just a beautiful girl with long and straight black.
And he is a proud black straight girl, but I don’t know whether this pride is real or disguised.
"I have been in Tianshui City for a while and have no deep understanding of the situation outside. Can you tell me how serious the drought is now?"
Chen Yu was very interested in droughts because according to historical records, there would be large-scale riots and so on soon, and the whole world would be swept away, and Zhang Jiao also rose to prominence at that time.
"It's really miserable."
Liu Yazhi blinked and sighed.
"The first year of the drought, and the local people thought they could take the opportunity to harvest more land. The second year of the drought, the bigger farmers considered fleeing the famine. In the third year, even the Zhuang masters from all over the country could not sit still. They asked for the Kunlun school to find a way.
But what can we do? There are now smoke everywhere in the local area. Although the Kunlun Divine Sword can suppress all the heroes, who will reason with you if you can’t eat?
We can cut the mountain and cut the road, but how can we make food? At most, we can help us dig a few more wells, but it is just a drop in the bucket. In some places in the north, we can't get water even if we have been dug fifteen meters!
We were hoping that it would rain normally this year, but now it seems that it is still a year of severe drought. It is right for you not to sell food, but you must be careful. At this time, your food storage will bring you a lot of danger."
“What danger?”
"Devil's Way."
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There is a manor by the Cuihu Lake thousands of miles away, which is the fort of Huang Dahu.
The walls of the fort are thick and deep, and the food stored is enough for everyone to eat for several years. The fortresses in the city are all strong and strong, and there are also many martial artists who can be dispatched at any time.
The arsenal was filled with bows, arrows, swords and guns, and there were always patrolling the city. Everyone was very motivated, but all this could not bring a trace of security to Mr. Huang!
"Are you sure that it is the demonic son of the Supreme Sensing Sect?"
Mr. Huang, who usually smiles like Maitreya Buddha, is as frightened as a quail at this moment.
"Father, you don't have to worry, it's just some people who are out of the way. No matter how many of them are, they can't break through the fort. These loose sand people..."
"You don't understand!"
Mr. Huang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was a disciple of a well-known sect. Later, he went down the mountain and became a local tycoon. His knowledge was much stronger than most people, and he also knew what kind of existence the Taishang Ganying Sect was.
That was the target of being killed by the nine major sects, the three major sects, and even the entire world martial arts world, but it was unable to kill them every time, and then it was rekindled.
"What can those grass-roots people do if they are powerful?"
The son said indifferently that he had never heard of the name of the Supreme Ganying Sect, but no matter how many grass people are in a radius of hundreds of miles, what can I do if more than 100,000 people gather together?
He can lead the horse team to take the initiative, fight slowly and eat up the unruly people, or use the fort as a defensive counterattack, and still win very easily.
"Taishang Sensation Sect...that is a lineage of the Demon Sect. You don't understand how weird they are..."
Mr. Huang shook his head in fear.
Just then, a noisy sound came from outside the dock.
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This world is not equal.
This world is full of despair.
This world is a sea of suffering.
There is no shortage of miracles in this world!
The scene of more than one hundred thousand refugees gathering together is not spectacular. On the contrary, it is very, very miserable and fearful, people who are hungry, dying parents, children who may die at any time, and some people who are holding sticks and stones to try to knock on the Huangdahu Fort.
But...even the most optimistic person does not think he can succeed.
But... some people still touched the stone with eggs and failed again and again.
The bodies were piled up with trenches and blood was mixed in the soil. Everyone knows that only by breaking through this fort and getting the food inside can we survive, but...
There is no possibility now.
It was getting darker and someone sang a song.
It was a lullaby, it was a voice of despair.
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"Demon Sect?"
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment. He had heard of this name, but he had not studied it carefully.
"Didn't you hire the Master of the Green Lantern Sword from the Demon Sect?"
Liu Yazhi gave Shen Yu a blank look.
These days, there are legends everywhere in the world that Master Shan is a master of the Demon Sect, and he and his good brother, the Master of Qinglan Sword, colluded with each other, etc.
"Yeah, you talk."
"We normal people should first have talent or resources when practicing martial arts.
Your muscles, talents, etc. determine your upper limit, but if you don’t have any at all, then don’t expect to become a warrior.
To be continued...