Chapter 388 Spring is here, I can’t stand it anymore
When Liang Qu conquered the wild finless porpoise population last year, he obtained many treasures, including a transparent drop-shaped jewel, which contributed more than 2,600 pieces of water essence.
The old Tridacna was well-informed and recognized the jewelry as the Shark Tears at a glance. He even said that when the real dragon still existed, there was a Shark tribe near Bloodstone County.
Therefore, Liang Qu has been coveting for a long time the remains of the sharks that may have survived.
However, Bloodstone County is too far away and is located in the northernmost part of Huaiyin Prefecture.
After going back and forth, plus searching without specific directions, I want to have an answer, so I won't talk about it for half a month.
I didn't want to attract too much attention, so I could only use the field work of Hebo Station.
Who would have expected that after waiting for a year, Liang Qu would never find a chance!
Huaiyin Prefecture has a total of thirteen counties.
Before the name was changed, Bloodstone County relied on Bloodstone Mountain and made a lot of money.
In addition, it is close to the main town of Huaiyin, even if the Blood Stone Mountain is dried up and renamed Xiangyi County, the foundation will still be there.
Not counting the Huaiyin Prefecture in terms of martial arts strength, it is still ranked among the top three in the thirteen counties.
The gap between strong and weak counties is sometimes greater than that between humans and dogs!
Under the advantage enrichment effect, the number of Langyan martial arts masters in Bloodstone County is more than twice that of Huazhu County, which has not encountered the catastrophe of the Ghost Mother Cult, and the number is double digits!
If you are strong, what can't you solve on your own?
Do you want Hebo to intervene and squeeze out your prestige and power?
In the same way, anything that can be difficult for Bloodstone County is not ordinary.
The reason why Li Shoufu came this time was not because there were powerful people in Xiangyi County and the people were busy. There was only one reason.
The former Bloodstone County is now Xiangyi County, and a big snake demon has come to the nearby waters!
The big snake demon didn't just pass by by chance. It asked the Zhang family by name and the Li family to hand over their captured heirs!
Everything is exactly what the dragon man said after the year!
It's just that the things in Li Shoufu's hands are more detailed.
Comparing Liang and Qu, my heart is like a bright mirror.
It turns out that in January of last year, in the middle of winter, a basilisk appeared in the waters near Xiangyi County, causing damage to the Zhang Family Fish Pond and two large ships.
When the Zhang family heard the news, they sent out two smoke masters to kill the basilisk without any nonsense.
Unexpectedly, he failed underwater and failed in his first ambush, allowing the basilisk to escape with injuries.
I thought the matter would stop there, but unexpectedly, within a few days, the basilisk found a helper, another more powerful basilisk.
The two snakes join forces to take revenge!
Underwater is not a martial artist’s home ground.
The Zhang family was defeated, but they were unwilling to fail. They promised huge profits and set up a trap with the Li family in the county to deal with them. In the end, one of them was killed and the other injured.
Kill one, catch one.
On the third day after that, when the captured basilisk was being tortured, the basilisk arrived.
It's really a series of small ones and big ones, one after another.
Compared to the two little ones, the snake demon was quite smart and did not take revenge rashly. It only wanted the Zhang family to hand over its surviving heirs.
Just hand it over and the two sides will be done with it.
He doesn't even care about the dead end anymore, which can be said to be a very restrained emotion.
However, things often develop unexpectedly.
The Zhang family’s choice is not to pay!
Not only did he refuse to hand it over, he also killed the last descendant of the snake demon on the spot!
The snake's head rolled into the swamp, bleeding red.
The head of the Zhang family made bold statements.
In the realm of Dashun, is it your turn to have a snake demon yelling at you?
Come ashore!
So far.
The snake demon was furious and completely entrenched itself on the shore of Xiangyi County.
Merchant ships and fishing boats are not allowed to enter.
The Zhang family is not afraid at all.
If you can't beat it, you can't beat it, and you can't lose your momentum.
Not to mention merchant ships, most of the water-based livelihoods belong to the Zhang family.
The common people dragged all the fishing boats ashore and "bought them out" at the price of ten cents a day. After one day, they were given a day's money.
In short, an attitude.
Consumption!
Let’s see who can outlast whom!
Until today...
Liang Qu calculated carefully.
The incident happened in January, and there were delays and twists and turns for half a month. The confrontation started during the Spring Festival.
In other words, the conflict between the Zhang family and the snake demon has been going on for almost three months now...
Liang Qu knew that the people in Xiangyi County were tough and tough.
Xiangyi County relied on the Blood Stone Mountain to make its fortune, and the Blood Stone Mountain is now exhausted.
When resources are limited and becoming less and less, a general situation of resource competition will naturally arise.
Fighting with weapons.
Fight together!
Especially in areas with rich water systems, the clan atmosphere is relatively strong and the local organization is very strong.
I never expected to be so powerful!
It took a whole winter to spend such a huge price and waste time with the snake demon who dared not go ashore.
In fact, when Li Shoufu saw the briefing, he was much more surprised than Liang Qu.
It can only be said that each place has its own customs.
"The Zhang family has such a tough attitude. Why did they come to Hebo for help today?"
"The Zhang family is not asking for help, but the magistrate of Xiangyi County, Liu Shiqin!" Li Shoufu bowed and explained.
Liang Qu closed the album: "That's even weirder. The magistrate of Xiangyi County should have known about this for a long time, right? If it's not coming sooner, it's not coming later..."
Li Shoufu pointed to the jujube tree in the courtyard.
On the slanting branches of the jujube tree, little green buds swayed.
"Master Liang, spring has arrived.
The money given to fishermen by the Zhang family has not increased by a penny."
Liang Qu had been a fisherman, so he thought about it briefly and understood.
In winter, the fish catch was so pitiful that fishermen could not go out to fish, so the Zhang family paid ten coppers per boat a day. Not to mention making more money, at least it was free, and they could get it while staying at home.
But it's spring now!
The fish catch is becoming more and more abundant.
There was never more than ten copper coins shipped out of the ship in one day, but the Zhang family refused to raise the price, and public dissatisfaction gradually increased.
The Zhang family themselves probably feel uncomfortable too.
County magistrate Liu Shiqin was worried that something serious would happen if the stalemate continued.
"The magistrate of Xiangyi County is a very capable person, right?"
Li Shoufu said with a smile: "At the end of last year, Magistrate Liu's political performance was good. He will continue to maintain it this year. He has managed things properly and has hope for promotion. He certainly does not want any chaos to occur under his rule."
Liang Qu nodded: "What did the office say?"
"There is no resolution yet. Several adults feel that it is difficult to resolve."
"What about Huaiyin Mansion? Xiangyi County and Huaiyin Mansion are very close, right?"
"Well, Huaiyin Mansion said that things in the water should be under the control of Hebo. They have no spare power..."
"Understood."
It's April now, less than two months before summer plowing.
In other words, Huaiyin Mansion is more likely to affect Huaiyin County, and it will take two months to deal with a water monster after eating enough.
What's more, the snake demon is quite a chicken thief.
Underwater is dispute.
Going ashore is an invasion.
Someone said something about the invasion.
Now the snake demon is entrenched in the water, proving that it knows who the big and small kings are.
Underwater combat and land combat are completely different things.
The Snake Demon is a demon, and its own strength is equivalent to that of the Tiger Hunting Master, not to mention the increase in the underwater environment.
The hatred is entangled to such an extent that you have to live and die, and you must not let the other party escape. If you don't kill him, it will cause the snake demon to retaliate wildly, which is worse than anything else!
As a result, the difficulty will increase again.
If you want to completely lock the underwater position and prevent the snake demon from escaping, you need at least three great martial arts masters of the same level.
Therefore, the Huaiyin Mansion has one attitude - it’s none of my business!
As for the river park.
On the surface, the number of great martial arts masters in the institute is sufficient, but if Wei Lin and Xu Yuelong are to cooperate on matters other than the Ghost Mother Cult, it is better to hope that the snake demon will retreat on its own.
The snake demon did not come ashore and did not cause a big disaster, but instead brought the whole incident to a deadlock.
It's fine if it doesn't move, but it will explode if it moves.
"What a coincidence."
Liang Qu handed over the album.
"I'd like to ask Mr. Li to go and tell me, Mr. Liang, that I might have a try!"
Chapter completed!