Chapter 247: Grab the water
"That's your business!"
Zhao Bingzhi smiled and raised his eyebrows at Zhao Rui.
"Master, you, you, you're too thief!"
Hearing these words, and then looking at his master's expression, Zhao Rui instantly understood what kind of calculation Zhao Bingzhi was playing.
"Get out—"
Zhao Bingzhi glared at him again.
"Master, if you're like this, aren't you afraid that old buckle from the Zongren Mansion will trouble you?"
"It's like if if I don't do this, he won't trouble me!"
Zhao Bingzhi sneered, "I want a knighthood, I just want to change the way I play, and I want to break my wrist with the three princes of the Xu Mansion." ”
"But why now?"
"Where did so many come from, why?"
"Do whatever you want, remember to show your master and my banner with great fanfare!"
Zhao Bingzhi smiled slightly, "Everyone in the world calls me Zhao Caishen." But I don't want to think about it, how can my dignified God of Wealth not control the wealth of the world? As for why now, just because, this time is just right! ”
"Hehe......"
Regarding his master's explanation, Zhao Rui had a feeling that he was fooling a fool.
Well, he's the one who is being fooled right now, and he's the fool.
……
Zhao Rui, the steward next to the second master Zhao, suddenly disappeared from Sanhe Town, and did not hide it from the old Xu family.
When Boss Xu got the news, he went to report to his father.
"Leave them alone!"
"By the way, you go to the town and close our restaurant first!"
"That's it? Too early, right? ”
"It's not too early, if you wait any longer, there will be chaos."
"The price of rice in the county has risen by 30%."
"Your fourth uncle is already preparing to issue an official document prohibiting grain stockpiling."
"A restaurant like ours will only be closed for a few days."
"Understood, I'll go to town."
Boss Xu nodded in response, turned around and set off.
Not long after Boss Xu left, Elder Xu came back from the river with a load of water and watered the old turtle and the huge river mussel that had settled in his house. As the weather gets hotter and hotter, in order to ensure that there is water in that small puddle, Xu Lao Er now has to pick up water three to four times a day.
Counting his own water use, Xu Lao Er now has to pick up water seven or eight times a day
"Dad, this situation is not quite right!"
Xu Lao Er poured water on the turtle and the river mussel, put the bucket away, and found it directly in front of Old Man Xu.
"What's wrong?"
"I just went diving and found that the water level of the Peach Blossom River had dropped a lot, and the water didn't seem to be moving."
"I wondered, it can't be someone upstream who cut off the river, right?"
After Xu Lao Er finished speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Old Man Xu.
Old Man Xu looked bitter and said, "It must be the people of Shangxi Village who cut off the Peach Blossom River." This group of deflated calves, here again, did this twenty years ago, and now there is such a thing! ”
As soon as Old Man Xu finished speaking, Guan Laoqi's call came from outside the courtyard gate of Lao Xu's house.
"Old and young masters, copy the guys and grab the water!"
"It's the master, come along!"
"The deflated calves of Shangxi Village have intercepted the Peach Blossom River again!"
……
With Guan Laoqi's shouting, the entire Lingshui Village boiled.
A group of people carrying flat poles and sticks gathered in a mighty stream, and under the leadership of Guan Laoqi, they walked towards the Peach Blossom River.
Old Man Xu and Xu Lao Er were also in the crowd, at this time, as long as it was the people of Lingshui Village, no one would hide behind.
In a year of great drought, cutting off water is killing people.
However, when the people of Lingshui Village reached the Peach Blossom River, they saw a group of people on the river bank shouting loudly and going up the Peach Blossom River.
This is the people of Yinghe Village, which is located below Lingshui Village.
A peach blossom river flows through many villages.
Shangxi Village is located upstream, and their village can cut off the Taohua River because the section of the Taohua River that flows through their village has a narrow channel with turbulent water.
When the river is abundant, it is difficult to block this narrow road.
But once the water level of the Peach Blossom River drops, it will not be so difficult to cut off the Peach Blossom River.
As long as you tie everything down the river and get stuck in the narrow path, you can cut off the river with the trunks one by one, and only a small amount of water will flow out through the gaps in the trunks.
Of course, if Shangxi Village does it more ruthlessly and gets some sandbags, it can completely block the Peach Blossom River.
Twenty years ago, Shangxi Village completely blocked the Peach Blossom River, triggering a fight between Shangxi Village and Lingshui Village, and both villages were dead.
And the old man Xu at that time happened to go into the mountains to hunt and missed this fight.
Guan Laoqi and his father also crippled his leg in this brawl and died within a few years.
This time, when he found that Shangxi Village had cut off the Peach Blossom River again, Guan Laoqi immediately went crazy, and directly summoned the old and young masters of the whole village to prepare to go to Shangxi Village to fight.
It's just that no one expected that the people from Yinghe Village below would actually be ahead of them.
"Brother Seven, your speed is too slow!"
Jia Gentian, the village leader of Yinghe Village, led the old and young masters of Yinghe Village to walk fast, and soon went hand in hand with the villagers of Lingshui Village.
"You're coming fast this year!"
Guan Laoqi didn't have a good impression of Jia Gentian.
The two villages once fought for the village boundary, and they also did one.
"Brother Seven, what's wrong, do you still hold grudges?"
Jia Gentian snorted, "I'll compensate you for that year's incident." Now that this matter is over, I'll invite you to drink and make amends for your sins!" ”
"Humph!"
Guan Laoqi snorted arrogantly.
But this voice can be regarded as writing off the past grievances.
The people of the two villages gathered together, and soon arrived at the narrow road that cut off the Taohua River in Shangxi Village. What is unexpected is that there are really a lot of people guarding Shangxi Village, and looking at this posture, it is not only the manpower of Shangxi Village.
Guan Laoqi and their side converged the villagers of Yinghe Village, the old and young masters of the two villages, but there were more people on the other side.
"Old Seventh Brother!"
"Don't be impulsive just yet!"
Jia Gentian looked at the posture on the opposite side, and immediately grabbed Guan Laoqi.
Obviously, it was not only Shangxi Village that decided to cut off Taohuaxi this time, but several upper-stream villages reached a consensus.
"Wang Ba calf, play yin!"
Guan Laoqi also discovered this situation.
If there is a war now, they will obviously not have enough manpower.
"Brother Xu, what do you think?"
Guan Laoqi ignored Jia Gentian next to him, but looked at Old Man Xu.
Old Man Xu's ability, he knows.
If Old Man Xu comes forward, then he may be able to take the lead and beat the momentum of the opposite side.
"Retreat!"
Old Man Xu glanced at the people on the ground, and without thinking about it, he gave such an answer directly.
He understood what Guan Lao Qi meant.
But the problem now is that if you want to suppress the momentum of the opposite side, unless it is a one-hit kill, use the ruthlessness and domineering of killing to crush the opponent's momentum in an instant.
Otherwise, just injuring or repelling people will only provoke the other party and will be useless.