In the past, the fields must have been green, with tall seedlings, rippling water, and birds falling into the fields to rest and hunt. If you walked over, you would be startled by a flock of birds.
This is such a harmonious and beautiful pastoral scenery, prosperous and full of vitality.
This is the memory in my mind. When Yao Yun led everyone to the field, it was already a different scene.
At first glance, the rice seedlings are still green, like a green grassland, but if you look closer, you can find that some leaves are yellow and yellow. The water in the rice fields has not completely dried up, but it is dry in one part and wet in the other. The water is almost dry.
This was still in relatively good condition. Yao Yun walked all the way and found the paddy fields in even worse condition.
The terrain of those paddy fields is relatively high, and the nearby small ditches and ponds have dried up, and there is no water source. Not only do the seedlings in those paddy fields grow shorter than those in other places, but the overall look is green with yellow, which is very obvious.
In the fields, there are busy figures of Xidu farmers everywhere.
Each of them carried large and small wooden barrels on their shoulders and returned to the water sources and rice fields. It seemed that they were using human power to lift water for irrigation!
Yao Yun was curious, so he walked over and took a look. As he expected, the paddy fields were actually irrigated by manpower.
Yao Yun could hardly imagine how long it would take to irrigate this acre of land using human labor.
Not to mention that this year Xidu has adopted the art of ox plowing, and the cultivated land is far more than in previous years. The workload of farmers will inevitably increase greatly.
The farmers who were lifting water for irrigation saw the king and his entourage arriving and hurriedly bowed to see him.
"I've met the king!"
Yao Yun originally thought that the people would cry to him as a great king, but the result was beyond his expectation. The people bowed respectfully and showed anxiety on their faces after the salute.
Yao Yun knew that the people were worried about their own fields and were racing against time to save the seedlings. He had no intention of chatting, and he didn't mind. After all, for these people, cultivated land was life. If the fields failed to harvest, they would not be able to survive.
"You guys go ahead and do some patrolling ahead!"
As if they had been granted amnesty, the people ran away carrying buckets of water.
Yao Yun noticed that among a group of farmers there was an eight or nine-year-old child also carrying a small bucket.
"Hey, what a disaster!" Yao Yun said with emotion.
Wu Tong on the side then answered: "Your Majesty, drought caused by lack of rain is indeed a natural disaster, but not every time it does not rain is because of God, it may also be a 'severe disaster'!"
When Yao Yun heard this, he was stunned. If he had been in his previous life, he would have scoffed at these words, but this world is a mythical world, and it is really possible for some mysterious existence to cause changes in the celestial phenomena.
Yao Yun asked: "What does the second elder mean?"
Wu Tong nodded: "I have noticed that the rain seems to be different this year, but I didn't take it to heart. The situation has been getting worse these days, so I tried to divine it, and it turned out to be a bad omen."
Yao Yun frowned: "What does this mean?"
Witch Channel: "It means that there are 'evils causing trouble'. In fact, it is easy to solve this situation. You only need to sacrifice a living person to the sky to solve the problem. This is not uncommon. There are many powerful things in the mountains. They may be
Inadvertently, as long as we give enough sacrifices, it will leave on its own. When the time comes, a rain prayer meeting will be held, and rain will fall from the sky..."
Yao Yun shook his head after hearing this. He thought there was something mysterious about it. Isn't this a common method used by ancient tribes? He also thought that the second elder Wu Tong had some magical skills. In the end, it was just about sacrificial rituals.
If animals were used as sacrifices, Yao Yun would not care. But if human beings were used as sacrifices, Yao Yun could not accept it.
Yao Yun was depressed and didn't want to talk.
However, Wu Tong thought that the king was shaken when he came to the farmland and saw the tragic situation, so he became more and more enthusiastic and spitted:
"Your Majesty, this human sacrifice is very simple. As long as you agree to give me twenty slaves, your Majesty will not need to do anything in the future. I will handle it all by myself. Well, this is my responsibility."
"Speaking of this human sacrifice, there are two rituals. One is the fire sacrifice. This sacrifice is to take twenty copper pillars, tie the slave on the copper pillar, and burn it in the charcoal fire. When the slave eats the pain and screams, he chants to call the spirit.
Mantra, recite the notice of sacrifice, and then activate the charcoal fire to burn the slave's body. This method is to deal with ghosts, gods, and evil spirits. They like to eat people's lives and souls."
"The second is the earth sacrifice. This method is even simpler. You only need to bury the slave alive, recite the spiritual incantation, and chant the memorial. This is to deal with ferocious beasts and monsters. As long as it is satisfied with the sacrifice, everything will be fine.
Can return to normal!"
Hearing the second elder Wu Tong talk, Yao Yun got goosebumps and felt a chill in his heart. This is indeed a primitive world, too barbaric and bloody, especially when the second elder Wu Tong talked about it.
At that time, he actually showed a look of obsession and reverence.
"What if someone is not satisfied with the sacrifice?"
"If you are not satisfied, we can discuss it. If it doesn't work, just add more slaves. Don't worry about this king, I will communicate with him!"
Yao Yun actually asked subconsciously, but he never expected that the second elder Wu Tong answered so simply and so naturally.
"hehe!"
Yao Yun groaned subconsciously, but it didn't mean much.
Wu Tong originally looked very interested, but when he heard the king's "hehe", he suddenly became confused.
"Your Majesty, what does hehe mean?"
"It doesn't make sense." Yao Yun shook his head. Of course, he couldn't say that he was a witch. After all, the world was like this. He was the one who stood out. After thinking about it, Yao Yun said:
"Second Elder, it is not a natural disaster. Why should we succumb to power? If there is an evil spirit, we will kill him or drive him away. Even if it is a natural disaster, we can work hard to strengthen ourselves and change the surrounding environment."
In fact, what Yao Yun wants to say is that man can conquer nature!
But after thinking about the background of this world, Yao Yun wisely kept his mouth shut.
Wu Tong was stunned when he heard this. He never thought that his king would think this way. He couldn't say that the king was fanciful. After all, he would become the prince of Zhuxia in the future. He would be happy to have such courage, but...
"Your Majesty, the origin of the opponent is unknown. We have no way of driving him away. As for fighting the natural disaster by ourselves, it is even more difficult. The former can still be tried, but the latter has really little hope."
Wu Tong wanted to express it tactfully, but he forgot the words for a while, and after a while he said: "There is little hope."
Everyone talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at the Yingshui River.
The big river is rippling, the water is rushing, and the water is rushing.
"We are facing a great crisis, why not give it a try?" Yao Yun saw that although the water level of the Yingshui River had dropped a lot, there was still plenty of water, and he suddenly felt confident. He wiped away his previous depression and said with a smile.
Wu Tong was stunned. Try it? Which one should you try?
"Which one do you want to try, Your Majesty?"
Yao Yundao said: "There is only one treasure that can lead the fish from the Yingshui River into this rice field."
Yao Yun pointed at the vast expanse of farmland behind him that was short of water.
Wu Tong shook his head repeatedly: "The water in the Yingshui River has also become shallower. The paddy fields in the lower plains can still be irrigated, but how can we irrigate the rice fields in the upper reaches? Hey, Your Majesty, you said you have a treasure. What kind of treasure is it?"