Chapter 388: Spring is here, I can’t hold it back

When Liang Qu conquered the wild finless porpoises last year, he had obtained many treasures, including a transparent teardrop-shaped jewel that contributed more than 2,600 water essences.

The old giant clam was knowledgeable and recognized the jewel as the tears of a mermaid at a glance. He also said that when the real dragon was still alive, there was a mermaid tribe near Xueshi County.

Therefore, Liang Qu had long coveted the mermaid relics that might have been left.

However, Xueshi County was too far away and located in the northernmost part of Huaiyin Prefecture.

It would take at least half a month to get the answer after going back and forth, and there was no specific location for the search.

In order not to attract too much attention, he could only use the field work of the Hebo Office.

Who would have thought that after waiting for less than a year, Liang Qu had never found an opportunity!

There are 13 counties in Huaiyin Prefecture.

Before the name change, Xueshi County was backed by the Bloodstone Mountain and made a lot of money.

In addition, it is close to Huaiyin Prefecture. Even if the Bloodstone Mountain dries up and it is renamed Xiangyi County, the foundation is there.

Its martial arts strength is not counted as the Huaiyin Prefecture, but it can still be ranked in the top three among the thirteen counties, and it is expected to maintain the second place and hope for the first place.

The gap between strong counties and weak counties is sometimes greater than that between people and dogs!

Under the advantage enrichment effect, the number of Langyan martial artists in Xueshi County is more than twice that of Huazhu County, which has not suffered the disaster of the Ghost Mother Sect, and it is as many as double digits!

With strong strength, what can't be solved by yourself?

Do you want the Hebo to intervene and squeeze out your prestige and power?

Similarly, things that can stump Xueshi County are not ordinary things.

Li Shoufu came this time, not because there are powerful people in Xiangyi County, but for one reason.

In the past, Xueshi County, now Xiangyi County, has a big snake monster in the nearby waters!

The big snake monster didn't pass by by chance. It asked the Zhang family and the Li family to hand over their captured offspring by name!

Everything is consistent with what Long Ren said after the New Year!

It's just that what Li Shoufu has in his hand is more detailed.

Liang Qu compared the two, and his heart was as clear as a mirror.

It turned out that in January before the New Year, in the middle of winter, snake monsters had already appeared in the waters near Xiangyi County, crashing into Zhang's fish pond and two large ships.

Zhang's family heard the news and sent out two wolf smoke masters without any nonsense to kill the snake monster.

Who knew that they failed underwater, and the first ambush failed, allowing the snake monster to escape with injuries.

I thought the matter was over, but after a few days, the snake monster actually found helpers, another stronger snake monster.

The two snakes joined forces to take revenge!

Underwater is not the home ground of martial artists.

Zhang's family was defeated, but they were unwilling to fail. They promised great benefits and set traps with the Li family in the county to deal with them. Finally, one died and one was injured.

Kill one, catch one.

Then on the third day, when the captured snake monster was tortured, the snake demon arrived.

It's really a continuous cycle of hitting the small and the big.

Compared to the two smaller ones, the snake demon was quite smart and did not take any rash revenge. It only wanted the Zhang family to hand over the surviving offspring.

As long as they handed it over, the two sides would call it quits.

They did not even care about the dead one, which was quite restrained.

However, things often develop beyond people's expectations.

The Zhang family chose not to hand it over!

Not only did they not hand it over, they also killed the last offspring of the snake demon on the spot!

The snake head rolled into the swamp, oozing red blood.

The head of the Zhang family made a bold statement.

In the territory of Dashun, is it your turn as a snake demon to shout and yell?

Get ashore if you dare!

So far.

The snake demon was furious and completely occupied the shore of Xiangyi County.

Merchant ships and fishing boats were not allowed to leave.

The Zhang family was not afraid at all.

Even if they could not win, they could not lose in momentum.

Not to mention the merchant ships, most of the livelihoods on the water belonged to the Zhang family.

All the fishing boats of the people were dragged ashore and "bought out" at the price of ten coins a day. One day's worth of money was paid for each day.

In short, the same attitude.

Consume!

See who can outlast the other!

Until today...

Liang Qu calculated carefully.

The incident happened in January, and there were twists and turns in the middle for half a month, and the confrontation began during the Spring Festival.

In other words, the conflict between the Zhang family and the snake demon has lasted for more than three months from the beginning of the year to today...

Liang Qu knew that the people of Xiangyi County were fierce.

Xiangyi County started with the Bloodstone Mountain, and the Bloodstone Mountain is now dry.

In the case of limited and increasingly scarce resources, a general situation of resource competition will naturally arise.

Armed fight.

Group armed fight!

Especially in areas with rich water systems, the clan atmosphere is relatively strong and the local organization is very strong.

I never thought it would be so fierce!

It took a whole winter and such a huge price to fight against the snake demon who dared not go ashore.

In fact, when Li Shoufu saw the briefing, he was no less 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 the river to ask for help today?"

"It's not the Zhang family asking for help, it's the Xiangyi County Magistrate, Liu Shiqin!" Li Shoufu bowed and explained.

Liang Qu closed the book: "That's even more strange, the Xiangyi County Magistrate should have known about this matter a long time ago, right? He didn't come earlier or later..."

Li Shoufu pointed to the jujube tree in the courtyard.

On the oblique branches of the jujube tree, little green buds swayed.

"Lord Liang, spring is here.

The money the Zhang family gives to fishermen has not increased by a penny."

Liang Qu used to be a fisherman, and after a little thought, he understood.

In winter, the catch is pitifully small, and the fishermen can't go out to fish. The Zhang family buys out the boats for ten copper coins a day. It doesn't mean they make a lot of money, but at least they get it for free, and they can get it at home.

But it's spring now!

The catch is getting better and better.

There is definitely more than ten copper coins a day for going out, but the Zhang family refuses to raise the price, and people's resentment is growing.

The Zhang family probably felt bad too.

County Magistrate Liu Shiqin is worried that something big will happen if the stalemate continues.

"The magistrate of Xiangyi County is a clear-headed person?"

Li Shoufu said with a smile: "At the end of last year, County Magistrate Liu had good performance. If he continues to maintain this year and manages well, he will have the hope of promotion. He certainly does not want any chaos to appear under his rule."

Liang Qu nodded: "What does the office say?"

"No resolution has been made yet. The adults all think it is difficult to solve."

"What about Huaiyin Prefecture? Xiangyi County and Huaiyin Prefecture are very close, right?"

"Well, Huaiyin Prefecture said that the things in the water should be under the jurisdiction of the river and lake department. They don't have the spare energy..."

"I understand."

It is now April, and there are less than two months before summer farming.

In other words, Huaiyin Prefecture is more likely to be Huaiyin County. It is a matter of two months. It is useless to waste time dealing with a water monster.

Besides, the snake monster is quite cunning.

Underwater is a dispute.

On land is an invasion.

If it invades, there will be something to say.

Now the snake monster is entrenched in the water, proving that it knows who is the big and small king.

Underwater combat is completely different from land combat.

The snake demon is a demon, and its own strength is equivalent to that of a tiger hunting master, not to mention the underwater environment.

The hatred is so entangled that it is a life-and-death struggle. You must not let the other party escape. If you fail to kill it, it will cause the snake demon to retaliate wildly, which is a big deal!

In this way, the difficulty will increase again.

In order to completely lock the underwater position and prevent the snake demon from escaping, at least three masters of the same level are needed.

Therefore, Huaiyin Prefecture has only one attitude - it's none of my business!

As for the Hebo Station.

On the surface, there are enough masters in the station, but it is better to hope that the snake demon will retreat by itself than to cooperate with Wei Lin and Xu Yuelong on matters other than the Ghost Mother Sect.

The snake demon did not come ashore and did not cause a big disaster, but it brought the whole incident to a stalemate.

A landmine that will explode if it is moved will be fine if it is not moved.

"What a coincidence."

Liang Qu handed over the booklet.

"Please ask Li Zhubu to go and tell me that Liang may give it a try!"