Chapter 342: The Great Drought in the Qin State (For the Alliance Leader's 'Purple Flame Destroying the Heavens')
The time came to the middle of June, and the entire Canglong Continent entered the midsummer season.
This season is the time when the crops are thriving, but this year's weather is unknown for some reason, since May, there has not been a single rain in the Daqin realm, and many crops in the fields have been malnourished due to insufficient rain, and they have grown into withered and yellow.
This can be bitter for those ordinary people, who have nothing to pray for rain every day since the beginning of summer, or they have to shoulder the flat burden and run dozens of miles to fetch water in the rivers.
But it was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, and the entire Qin State sighed and fell into wailing.
For this reason, Qin Shi Huang had no order to order Jing Xing, the master of the Tianji Pavilion, to ask the sky for rain and relieve the drought.
So on the day of June 16, the master of the Tianji Pavilion and the Xuantian Master Jing Xing laid down the Nine Star Celestial Phenomena Great Array on the Tianji Terrace, trying to ask the sky for rain.
However, in the expectation of the hundreds of millions of Li people in the Qin State, Jingxing failed to ask for rain.
Qin Shi Huang was furious and dismissed Jingxing Tianji Pavilion as the head of the pavilion and demoted to a commoner.
The Tianji Pavilion failed to ask for rain, and the First Emperor could not do anything, so he could only order the river to be reclaimed and diverted into the canal to alleviate the drought losses.
For a time, the entire Qin State fell into a state of slump.
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Qingshui Town is a small town with a permanent population of several thousand people, it is located at the border of Qin State; there is an official road named Huarong Road ten miles north of Qingshui Town, which is a road connecting Yan, Qin and Chu; because of the particularity of the official road, there are often merchants and adventurers from the Three Kingdoms passing through this place.
There is a Qingshui Mountain and a Qingshui River about ten miles north of the official road, where the river water is the foundation of the survival of the residents of Qingshui Town, and every day there will be residents of the town who go back and forth to the Qingshui River to fetch water for daily life, especially since the beginning of summer this year, the drought is serious, and the residents go back and forth to the Qingshui River more diligently, because they need to use the water of the Qingshui River to irrigate the fields that have dried up.
Da Niu is an ordinary resident of Qingshui Town, only 16 years old this year, but he is five big and three thick, nearly two meters tall, and he walks with a tiger-like style, and his face is also a look of no one else, but it is a pity that everyone who knows him knows that Da Niu's courage is smaller than anyone else.
For example, now, the big cow finally walked to the official road with a large vat filled with water, and saw Zhang San from the same village carrying a bucket to go to the Qingshui River to fetch water.
Seeing Zhang San, Da Niu lowered his head and turned slightly, speeding up his feet, trying to avoid him.
"Big Niu!" But Zhang Sanyi blocked Da Niu in the middle of the official road and patted Da Niu's solid chest with his skinny hand.
"What are you doing. Da Niu whispered. There was a hint of fear in his tone, and it was hard to imagine that such a big man would look like this in the face of a small man.
"What do you say!" Zhang Sanyi slapped Da Niu's head, put the bucket in his hand on the ground, and said viciously: "Don't fill it yet." ”
Da Niu was slapped, his head subconsciously shrank back, and the vat on his shoulder shook, overflowing a little, splashing on Zhang San's body, wet.
"Poof~phew~ Big bull, you dare to throw water on me?" Zhang San was angry, and said sharply while wiping the water droplets on his face with his hands.
"Yes... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Da Niu was a little cowardly, with a look of fear in his eyes.
"Lao Tzu killed your turtle son. Where did Zhang San listen, he picked up the barrel and threw it at the big cow.
The big cow was afraid that the water in the tank would be spilled again, so he closed his eyes and stood still and resisted this blow.
'Smack~'
The barrel hit the big bull on the back and was directly shattered.
Zhang San was momentarily dumbfounded, pointed at the big cow and said, "You broke my bucket." ”
"No... Not me. The bull stammered to explain.
"It's you! I don't care, you have to lose, lose money, hurry up!" Zhang Sanyi interrupted Da Niu's words, looking like Da Niu would not give up if he didn't lose money.
"I ~ I have to keep my money to marry my daughter-in-law, and I can't give it to you. Da Niu said aggrievedly.
When Zhang San heard this, he sneered, and said with a look of contempt: "Even if you look like a bear, you will have to steal someone sooner or later." Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and take it out. ”
"I don't!" Although Da Niu was afraid, he attached great importance to money and refused to give it to him.
"Hey... Don't give it, right?" Zhang San rolled up his sleeves, picked up the broken wooden plank on the ground and hit the big cow, and said while beating: "Do you give it... Give it or not!"
Da Niu let Zhang San beat him with a wooden barrel board, gritted his teeth, and did not lose money whether he lived or died.
"Drive!"
Suddenly, there was the sound of horses galloping from the direction of the Qingshui River, Zhang San was beating the big bull, and when he heard this sound, he was frightened, and he threw away the wooden barrel board and ran towards the town.
"Where to go!"
'Huh~'
An arrow shot at Zhang San.
Zhang San was so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground, holding his head in his hands, and begged for mercy: "The two grandfathers spare their lives... Spare your life!"
'Poof~'
The silver-white arrow pierced into the ground next to Zhang San accurately, the arrow feathers trembled continuously, and the vigorous and powerful 'Qin' character on the arrow shone in the sunlight.
'Huh~' reins reined in, two snow-white horses appeared on the official road, the appearance is almost the same as ordinary wild horses, but on the forehead there is an extra silver-white horn than ordinary wild horses, which is particularly conspicuous.
On top of the horse, two handsome young men sat on it, looking at the big bull with a smile on their faces.
"Da Niu was bullied by Zhang San again? ”
"It's a shame that you have such a strong body, and you're blind. ”
Da Niu was not angry when he heard the two of them ridiculing him, but touched his head and said with a smile: "The big boss, the second boss, where are you going?"
The big boss waved the horsewhip in his hand, looked proud, and said, "Of course, I went to recruit troops and horses to expand my Qingshui Village." ”
'Bang~' The folding fan in the hand of the second master on the side opened, fanned the wind, and said with a smile: "By the way, I will go to the famous Yihong Mansion in the mainland." ”
"Hehe~" Da Niu didn't know what to say, so he could only smirk.
"I said Da Niu, or you can follow us, as long as you nod and agree, the position of the third master of Qingshui Village is yours, and you will be bullied by this splash every day. The big boss looked at the big bull and said expectantly.
When Da Niu heard this, he shook his head violently and said, "I don't want to be a bandit." ”
When the big boss heard this, he was immediately unhappy, looked at Da Niu and said: "What's wrong with bandits? Bandits are also a kind of technical work, is it okay! I, Qin Xiaoqian, am determined to become the biggest bandit leader in the Canglong Continent, as long as Da Niu follows me, it will be no problem if I want to marry a few daughters-in-law at that time." ”
"You can't find a daughter-in-law yourself...... "Zhang San muttered on the side.
"Hmm, did you let you speak? Second brother, shoot him. Qin Xiaoqian frowned and said.
The second master nodded, raised his bow into the arrow, and aimed at Zhang San.
"Grandpa Qin Hunt spare his life!" Zhang San turned to Qin Hunt in fright, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Qin Hunt's face showed disdain, and he put away his bow boringly, this kind of splashing, killing his arrows that were dirty, and was about to open his mouth to let him go, when he suddenly felt something abnormal, frowned, and subconsciously looked behind the official road.
Qin Xiaoqian also turned in the same direction with a solemn face at this moment.
'Da~'
'Da~'
'Da~'
On the official road, there was a crisp and slow sound of footsteps, strangely, not loud, but very calm and powerful.
'Da~'
Gradually, the voice became clearer and clearer, and a figure appeared on the official road.
Gray-haired, rickety, and old.
Barefoot, bare-bottomed, naked.
He carried something in the shape of a book on his back, his naked upper body was engraved with small gold letters, and he held a black exquisite pagoda in the palm of his left hand.
'What a strange man. ’