Chapter 231

"Hot, so hot!"

"This damn weather, I don't know when it will end!"

In Xinzheng City, the heat was unbearable. Last year, many people experienced an extremely hot summer, but fortunately, it rained in the end. But this year was much hotter than last year, which made many people start cursing.

Because of the hot weather, there were very few pedestrians on the streets.

Wealthy families, because they had ice cellars and ice blocks collected in winter, could take them out to cool off at this time. Poor families, however, could only endure it, hiding in their houses and waving palm-leaf fans, hoping to bring some coolness. Unfortunately, even the wind brought by the fans was warm and could not make people feel much better.

In Zilan Pavilion, the members of Quicksand gathered.

Although Nongyu had brought ice blocks and placed them in the room to reduce the heat of the scorching summer, everyone had a look of worry and solemnity on their faces, not feeling relaxed at all.

They could use ice blocks to cool off, but for the vast State of Han, how could they resolve this drought?

In the past, when facing man-made disasters, they could use their respective methods and wisdom to resolve them, but natural disasters were ruthless and had a huge impact. Even people as confident as Han Fei and Wei Zhuang felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Looking at it now, there was a reason why the King of Han favored that person back then."

As everyone was silent, Wei Zhuang spoke abruptly.

Although he did not say the name, everyone knew who he was talking about.

Who else could it be?

Su Xuan!

Su Xuan became famous because he summoned wind and rain to resolve the drought in the State of Han. Although Wei Zhuang, Han Fei, and others guessed that the so-called summoning of wind and rain was just a coincidence—that Su Xuan had determined the celestial phenomena through certain means, such as knowing it would definitely rain in a few days—

But as the drought continued today without a single drop of rain, Han Fei and the others suddenly missed the time when Su Xuan was around.

Regardless of whether Su Xuan's summoning of wind and rain was a scam, at the very least, Su Xuan had indeed summoned rain and resolved the drought in the State of Han.

"Now I only hope that this severe drought can end soon!" Han Fei said in a deep voice, his expression worried, "If it continues for another period of time, it will not be a good thing for the State of Han."

Last year, because of two consecutive months of drought, the autumn harvest was not a good one. If it happened again this year, it would be a very heavy blow to the State of Han.

It would be no exaggeration to say that the people were living in misery!

"The only good news now is probably that the Guanzhong area of the Qin Guo is also in a severe drought, so they should have no intention of taking the opportunity to make trouble for the State of Han." Zhang Liang said a piece of news that could be considered fortunate in misfortune.

The State of Han was located in a place of four battles, close to the State of Zhao, the State of Wei, the State of Chu, and the Qin Guo, and the greatest threat among them was obviously the Qin Guo.

Especially since that King of Qin, Seeing Ying Zheng, had come to Xinzheng last year and had had an interaction with them.

Although they got along quite well at the time, that was only when they were in Xinzheng. Han Fei and the others knew very well that when Seeing Ying Zheng returned to the Qin Guo and they met again, they would already be enemies.

Especially since Seeing Ying Zheng had revealed unprecedented ambition in front of them at the time.

If Seeing Ying Zheng had remained trapped in a cage after returning to his country, that would be one thing.

But according to what Han Fei and the others knew, after Seeing Ying Zheng returned to his country, he first executed the rebellious Marquis of Changxin, Lao Ai, and then dismissed Lu Buwei from his position as Chancellor on the grounds that he was involved in Lao Ai's rebellion.

Now, Seeing Ying Zheng had no more constraints by his side, which meant that Seeing Ying Zheng might proceed to realize the ambition he had spoken of earlier.

And if Seeing Ying Zheng wanted to unify the world with the Qin Guo, the first to bear the brunt would be... the State of Han!

"Zifang, don't really take this as good news." Zinu interrupted Zhang Liang's optimism, "I have just received news that the Zheng Guoqu of the Qin Guo has been completed. With this canal, the water of the Jing River can be diverted to irrigate the entire Guanzhong area. In other words, this year's drought does not have as great an impact on the Qin Guo as imagined."

"Zheng Guoqu?"

Zhang Liang was very unfamiliar with this name.