Chapter 1572: Pervasive
The frenzied buying of water in the rat's nest-like trading market spread quickly, and most people disdained and scoffed at it, and in the eyes of those noble lords, a noble person should not go to that kind of place at any time to do anything.
Although these noble gentlemen quickly realized that after the water source was exhausted, they might have to drink less water and sent someone to the market to buy water as soon as possible, but ...... They really didn't go themselves, but they could continue to despise Tianidle.
As a popular figure in Boiling Water City now, the spokesperson of the White Water Pool Exploration Action appointed by the Great Lord Ivan is idle, and such a thing makes everyone despise and at the same time is a little puzzled.
The transport fleet was damaged and stranded due to the tide, and it would not arrive until later, which everyone had already heard, not only water, but also other materials would be in short supply for a short time, of course, water as a necessary consumption would be a little shorter.
But it's only a little bit, and Boiling Water City still has its own water reserves, although not much, but it's enough to last for a while.
And the price of water has increased hundreds of times, and there is still no profit, in the eyes of this rich predator, this money is not even a fraction.
So just before dinner that day, Tianxian's practice has become the laughing stock of the whole city, everyone is talking about Tianxian wanting to make money crazy, and he doesn't know how to operate his wealth, the big lord Ivan may have taken a fancy to Tianxian's excellent strength and strength, but what about other aspects...... Ha ha.
I don't care about those gossips, and now I have bought water, which is the most serious thing!
Because of the early start, Tianxian didn't spend much money to buy a lot of water, and as a celebrity in front of the big lord Ivan, although the price of water rose later, it was not good for Tianxian to sign an order and then increase the price, Tianxian did make a lot of money.
Even if this cheap is obtained by the way, Tianxian didn't care about it at all.
Soon, the carriages carrying goods began to carry water to the house of Tianxian, which was not luxurious and did not have a large courtyard, and was filled with large buckets in front and back, which looked like a warehouse.
It took a whole day to transport all the water that Tianxian had bought.
There was no duel in these two days, so I concentrated on preparing at home and waited patiently.
After three days, the convoy still did not move in the distance, and the news that it was still a few days before it set off.
Boiling Water City's short period of water scarcity has finally arrived.
Those princes and nobles will not be without water to drink, and they can't drink much water even if they are water monsters, after all, the number of people is very small, and the real big water users are the descendants of these big lords.
The number of servants and servants is far more than that of those rich lords, and drinking water is only a fraction, and a large family up and down, washing and cooking, cleaning and dusting, everywhere needs to use water, these consumption is the big head.
The poor family has no servants and nothing to clean, and they can survive by drinking some water every day, but the daily water consumption of the whole family is very staggering, and the water used to clean the floor alone is a staggering figure, and these old men will never let their homes be covered with even a single piece of dust because of a short-term lack of water.
Anyway, the water is far away, and it will arrive soon, and as long as the transport fleet leaves, it will take two days at most to reach Boiling Water City, and then you can have as much water as you want.
There is no need to save at all, if you don't have water, you can buy it, if you can't buy it, you can buy it at a high price, unless there is no water in Boiling Water City, you must buy it!
It's only two days of work, and all the places that sell water in the streets and alleys of Boiling Water City are sold, and all the water has been purchased in large quantities, even if the price rises to a hundred times, it can't stop the buyers from shining gold.
Tianxian has never moved, and if someone comes to buy water, it will not be sold, unless it is obviously poor, and the guy who is very unsatisfactory will give him a small bucket for free.
You can't let the really poor die of thirst.
The patient wait soon had an effect, and when the large and small reservoirs in Boiling Water City were almost consumed, a very bad news came from afar.
The convoy has had some disputes with the port due to overtime, and the port has restricted its passage, and it may not be possible to return to Boiling Water City anytime soon.
In other words, the huge reservoir that was supposed to reach Boiling Water City on the transport ship was directly flown away......
The news sent the city into a small mess.
Originally, the day after tomorrow was supposed to be the date of arrival of the transport fleet, but now this date suddenly became uncertain.
As soon as this news came out, the number of people who came to buy water at the door of Tianxian's house immediately skyrocketed several times, and all of them were stewards of rich families.
Ignore all the idleness, hide in your own home with peace of mind, you have enough water, you are definitely not thirsty, and you don't need to clean and dust so much water.
At the beginning, the housekeepers who came to buy water were still very reserved, polite and decent, but they didn't give face to Tianxian, and they didn't see each other at all for several times in a row, which made the old men very annoyed, and they directly withdrew people, ready to go to Tianxian to buy water even if they were thirsty.
Moreover, there is plenty of rain in Boiling Water City, so maybe it will rain when, depending on what you do!?
Tian Xian completely ignored these, concentrated on doing his own things at home, busy, and didn't know what rumors were going on outside.
But there are two things that Tianxian knows very clearly.
First of all, the transport fleet will never come back in a short time, because Old Dolly has already let the dragons who are mixed with the fleet start to operate, and this dispute with the port is also the result of the dragons' covert activities.
The second thing is that there will be no rain in the near future, because the Great Lord Ivan's several large-scale searches have consumed all the possible rain, unless he can also launch a larger-scale city-wide search, which can bring rain immediately, but obviously he doesn't want to do this anymore, it is very risky, and the consumption is very alarming, and it is obviously not worth it to do it in order to bring a painless rain.
Finally, Tian Xian knew that he couldn't ignore everyone's request to buy water, because when it came time for Tian Xian to go to the arena to duel, he found that everyone was gritting their teeth at him.
So Tian Xian smiled apologetically, and then what to do or how to do it, and immediately went home after the fight, and no one was seen!
The whole city began to run out of water, and many wealthy people had to start cutting back on water consumption to only the most basic amount of drinking water.
At this time, the huge buckets piled up around Tianxian's house were particularly dazzling.
But Tianxian's house is guarded by a powerful energy array all around, not to mention thieves, it is impossible for ordinary strong people to get close.
"Sir, Lord Belen is here!"
Tian Xian was tinkering with things in the small living room, when suddenly Lobie's voice came from the door.
"Oh, just let him in. ”
Before he could finish speaking, Old Belen had already pushed open the door and walked in.
Tian Xian lowered his head and was busy with his own things, and he didn't look at him, "Sit, why are you so idle today, not studying your energy array at home, but running to me." ”
Old Belen glanced at the small living room, and finally his eyes fell on the things that Tian Xian was busy working on, which should be ...... Building block?
Tian Xian was fiddling with a bunch of black squares, trying to piece them together into any shape, but they always seemed to be dissatisfied, and they put together a piece and dismantled, and a piece was dismantled.
"I haven't seen you in a few days, and now there's a lot of talk about your name outside. Old Belen sat down and looked carefully at the things in Tianxian's hand, "What are you doing?"
Tian Xian shook his head with a smile, and didn't answer, just said: "Ever since I arrived in Boiling Water City, my name has been discussed everywhere, and I'm used to this kind of thing now, it's nothing." ”
"I mean, the water thing. ”
"Water, what's wrong with the water? Don't you have any water to drink at home?" Tian Xian raised his head strangely and looked at Old Belen with a little puzzlement.
Old Belen looked Tian Xian up and down, "Clever young man, what are you paying attention to, I don't think that at such a critical moment, you will still think of using that pitiful water to earn a pitiful gold coin, I think that selling all that water is not enough to buy a tenth of the little thing in your hand now." ”
Tian Xian was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "You know this." ”
"Anyway, I've lived in Boiling Water City for more than a hundred years, and there's nothing in this city that I haven't seen, and what I've seen, people here may not have seen. Old Belen stroked his beard without boasting, and then said conclusively, "What you hold in your hand is the deep space ink crystal, which can only be produced after the tides in the pure starry sky, pure and condensed, and the production is very rare. ”
Glancing at the ink crystal in Tianxian's hand again, Old Belen said casually: "Look at the color, you have at least eight or nine grades, and it is worth a lot of money! I'm afraid you used all the money you earned before." ”
Tianxian gave a thumbs up, "Sure enough, the old man knows a lot, yes! I bought this thing after painting it at a high price." ”
"What do you want this for?"
Old Belen's face was puzzled, "This thing has a fairly high level of pure energy, but the energy of the tide is too irritable and domineering, and it is not easy to use, unless it is a place with extremely high consumption, this precious thing is rarely used, as far as I know, in Boiling Water City now, only those giant transport ships will use this kind of thing." ”
As he spoke, Old Belen raised his eyebrows, "You don't want to use it on the Black Skin, it's a bit of a waste, although the Black Skin is a pretty good ship, but it doesn't need such a huge amount of energy to support it." ”
"Of course, the Black Skin doesn't use a lot of energy, and long-distance travel is also with the help of the energy secret path under the starry sky, and this thing can't be used on it. ”
"Could it be...... Do you want to play with transport ships?" Old Belen laughed after speaking, "Ever since Boiling Water City has had these giant transport fleets, it has always been in the hands of the lord himself, and this is also the iron law of Boiling Water City, you don't know this yet, do you?"
At this time, Tianxian put together a strange shape again, and this time he seemed to be quite satisfied, and he did not dismantle it immediately.
"No, what's the use of me asking for that kind of thing, I have another use for these things, now...... I'm not sure myself. As he spoke, he took apart the things he had put together and made a new attempt.
Since he didn't talk about it, Old Belen didn't want to ask any more questions, so he asked: "So, what is the use of the water you want, you can always tell me, soon the water will be useless, and your plan will be implemented in the next day or two, how about it...... Do you need help?"
Tian Xian raised his head in surprise, "Could it be that I look like someone who is planning some kind of conspiracy?"
Old Belen also looked surprised, "Isn't it? The gods are above, and almost every one of your big buckets has the word conspiracy written on them." ”
Tianxian looked at Old Belen in surprise.
Old Belen also looked at Tianxian in surprise.
Then Tian Xian showed a smile, a smile with a bad stomach, "The old man is really still ...... keen"
"It's just not stupid. ”
Tian Xian clumped the deep space ink crystal in his hand, put it in his pocket, and then pulled out a crumpled piece of parchment from his buttocks, "This thing, your old man will help me take a look, does it need to be improved?"
Taken out of the ass low...... Old Belen was at once a little reluctant to see it.
On the parchment is an energy array.
"What is this?" said Old Belen, looking at it from afar, and frowned.
"Map!" "Tian Xian swore a map, "a map of Boiling Water City." ”
Old Belen couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, this thing was obviously an energy array, but its appearance was indeed very similar to the urban layout of Boiling Water City.
Leaning up and taking a closer look, Old Belen suddenly felt a cool breath coming out of his heart, "Boy, what are you...... What the hell are you going to do?"
This energy array is very cleverly arranged, and the texture arrangement is extremely similar to the planning and layout of Boiling Water City, for which the energy array has been improved a lot and a lot of auxiliary small energy arrays have been installed, and it seems that it took a lot of thought to build.
"I'm not saying that, I'm not sure about it myself. "Heaven is smiling at people and animals.
Then Tian Xian thought about it for a while, and then said, "But I really have something planned, this plan...... It's going to be achieved through this thing, and the water I bought, and the goal is to cover the whole city for the time being, huh...... All of them. ”
Old Belen looked at Tianxian deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Boy, you ...... If you want to do something that harms the whole city, then there is no essential difference between you and Ivan, you have to understand that if that's the case......"
"You're going to be my enemy, aren't you?"
Old Belen nodded slowly, "I don't want to see the second Ivan." ”
"I don't want to!" Tian Xian shrugged his shoulders, "I'm a pacifist, it's you big people who want to fight and kill, I just want to live quietly." ”
"That kind of person doesn't have this kind of energy map!"
"I just need a little ...... Feedback!" Tian Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm...... Be comprehensive, be ...... Everywhere!"