Chapter 387

When Liang Qu conquered the wild porpoise group last year, he had obtained many treasures, including a transparent water-drop-shaped jewelry, contributing more than 2,600 points of water essence.

Old Tridacna is knowledgeable, recognized at a glance that the jewelry was a Mermaid Tear, and said that when the True Dragon was still alive, there had been a mermaid tribe near Blood Shixian.

Therefore, Liang Qu had long coveted the mermaid relics that might remain.

Alas, Blood Shixian is too far away, located at the northernmost part of Huaiyin Prefecture.

One round trip, plus searching without a specific orientation, if he wanted an answer, it would take at least half a month.

Not wanting to be too conspicuous, he could only borrow the field tasks of the River Patrol Office.

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

Huaiyin Prefecture has a total of thirteen counties.

Blood Shixian before renaming relied on Blood Shishan and made a lot of money.

Coupled with being close to Huaiyin Prefecture, even if Blood Shishan was exhausted and renamed Xiangyi County, the foundation was there.

Its martial arts strength, not counting Huaiyin Prefecture itself, could also firmly rank in the top three among the thirteen counties, guaranteeing second and looking at first.

The gap between strong counties and weak counties is sometimes bigger than that between humans and dogs!

Under the effect of advantage gathering, there were more than twice as many Wolf Smoke martial artists in Blood Shixian than in Huazhu County, which had not suffered the disaster of the Ghost Mother Sect, reaching double digits!

With strong strength, what can't they solve themselves?

Need the River Patrol Office to intervene and squeeze their prestige and power?

Similarly, things that can stump Blood Shixian are not ordinary things.

Li Shoufu came this time, not because there were powerhouses in Xiangyi County bullying the people, but for one reason.

In the waters near the former Blood Shixian, now Xiangyi County, a large snake demon came!

The large snake demon didn't just pass by by accident; it named the Zhang family and the Li family to hand over the offspring they captured!

Everything matched the situation the Dragon People said after the New Year!

It's just that the things in Li Shoufu's hands are more detailed.

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

It turned out that in the first month of the previous year, in the middle of winter, snake monsters had already haunted the waters near Xiangyi County, hitting and leaking the Zhang family's fish pond and two large ships.

When the Zhang family learned the news, they didn't talk nonsense, dispatched two Wolf Smoke experts to go and slaughter the snake monster.

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

They thought the matter would stop there, but who knew that after a few days, the snake monster actually found a helper, another snake monster with stronger strength.

Two snakes joined forces to retaliate!

Underwater is not the home field of martial artists.

The Zhang family was not an opponent, but they were not reconciled to failure, promised heavy profits, and set up a trap with the Li family in the county to deal with them, finally killing one and capturing one.

After that, they killed one and captured one.

Three days later, when the captured snake monster was suffering torture, the snake demon arrived.

It was really the small one coming and the big one coming, endless.

Compared to the two small ones, the snake demon appeared quite smart, did not rush to retaliate, it only wanted the Zhang family to hand over the still-living offspring.

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

It didn't even care about the one that died, which could be described as quite restrained in emotion.

However, the development of things is often beyond people's expectations.

The Zhang family's choice was, don't hand it over!

Not only didn't they hand it over, they also slaughtered the snake demon's last offspring on the spot!

The snake head rolled into the Great Marsh, emitting red blood.

The Zhang family head made a bold statement.

In the Great Shun territory, is it your turn, a snake demon, to shout?

If you have the ability, come ashore!

Up to this point.

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

Merchant ships and fishing boats were not allowed to go out.

The Zhang family was not afraid at all.

They couldn't beat it, but they couldn't lose their momentum.

Not to mention merchant ships, most of the water business was the Zhang family's.

All the fishermen's boats were dragged ashore, "bought out" at the price of ten wen a day, giving money for one day if they passed one day.

In short, one attitude.

Consume!

See who can consume whom!

Until consuming until today...

Liang Qu calculated carefully.

The incident happened in January, and after half a month of twists and turns in the middle, the confrontation started during the Spring Festival.

In other words, the conflict between the Zhang family and the snake demon had been going on from before the New Year until today, for more than three months...

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

Xiangyi County started by relying on Blood Shishan, and Blood Shishan was exhausted again.

In a situation where resources are limited and getting less and less, a universal resource competition situation will naturally be derived.

Armed fighting.

Armed fighting in groups!

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

Never expected it to be so fierce!

Spending such a high price for a whole winter to consume with a snake demon that didn't dare to come ashore.

In fact, when Li Shoufu saw the briefing, the surprise in his heart was only more than Liang Qu's.

It can only be said that one place has one place's customs.

"The Zhang family's attitude is so tough, why did they come to the River Patrol Office for help today?"

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

Liang Qu closed the booklet: "That's even stranger. The Xiangyi County Magistrate should have known about this long ago, right? Not coming early, not coming late..."

Li Shoufu pointed to the jujube tree in the courtyard.

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

"Lord Liang, spring is here.

The money the Zhang family gave to the fishermen hasn't increased by a single wen."

Liang Qu had been a fisherman, pondered for a moment, and understood.

In winter, the fish catch was pitifully small, and fishermen couldn't go out to fish. The Zhang family bought them out at ten copper coins a day per boat, not to mention earning more, at least it was free, and they could get it by lying at home.

But now it's spring!

The fish catch is gradually abundant.

Going out to fish for a day is definitely more than ten copper coins, but the Zhang family refuses to raise the price, and public resentment is gradually rising.

The Zhang family themselves probably didn't feel good either.

The magistrate Liu Shiqin was worried that if the stalemate continued, something big would happen.

"The Xiangyi County Magistrate is quite clear-headed?"

Li Shoufu smiled: "Magistrate Liu's performance appraisal at the end of last year was good, and he continues to maintain it this year. He has handled things well and has hope for promotion, so he certainly doesn't want any chaos under his rule."

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

"There is no resolution yet. Several lords feel it is tricky and difficult to solve."

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

"Hmm, Huaiyin Prefecture said that things in the water should be managed by the River Patrol Office, and they don't have the energy..."

"Understood."

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

In other words, Huaiyin Prefecture is more easily Huaiyin County, things within two months, they are full and have nothing to do to spend effort to deal with a water demon.

Not to mention the snake demon is quite chicken-thief.

Underwater is a dispute.

Coming ashore is an invasion.

If it invades, then there is something to say.

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

And underwater combat and land combat are two completely different things.

The snake demon is a demon, its own strength is equivalent to a Hunting Tiger Great Martial Artist, not to mention the amplification in the underwater environment.

The hatred is twisted to such a degree that it must be a life-and-death struggle, and the other party must not be allowed to escape. If it is not killed, it will cause the snake demon to retaliate crazily, which is a big deal!

In this way, the difficulty will rise again.

To completely lock the underwater position and avoid the snake demon from escaping, at least three Great Martial Artists of the same level are needed.

Therefore, Huaiyin Prefecture has one attitude — none of my business!

As for the River Patrol Office.

On the surface, the number of Great Martial Artists in the office is enough, but wanting Wei Lin and Xu Yuelong to cooperate on things other than the Ghost Mother Sect is not as good as hoping the snake demon will retreat on its own.

The snake demon didn't come ashore and didn't cause a big disaster, which made the whole event fall into a stalemate.

A landmine that doesn't move is fine, but if it moves, it will explode.

"What a coincidence."

Liang Qu handed over the booklet.

"Trouble Registrar Li to make a trip and say that I, Liang, might be able to give it a try!"