Chapter 52: Working hard
“Is it possible that there was a war somewhere, or a strange disaster somewhere that made it difficult for the local people to survive?”
That night, Xu Ke left the Li family During the daily incense prayer, I learned about what happened in Tianhu County recently.
It turns out that since last winter, there has been no rain in several surrounding state capitals.
It doesn’t snow in winter and it doesn’t rain in summer.
The land is dry and crops have failed.
The government organized several large-scale rain petitions, but they were all in vain, and they had to let some people who were seriously affected by the disaster to flee on their own.
Go to a place with abundant water and soil to temporarily escape drought.
Since Tianhu County is an important transportation thoroughfare, has money and food, and is located at the intersection of several water veins, there is no need to worry about water shortage.
As a result, it has become the first choice for escape in several surrounding counties.
Those victims who could not survive rushed here with their families to escape the disaster.
Originally, the local government was responsible for disaster relief.
But as we all know, the county master of Tianhu County always values money the most.
How could the opportunity to make money that I had waited so long for be passed up in vain.
He stole 70% of the rice porridge he provided for daily relief, and then added some rice bran and rice bran.
It's called euphemistically, because I was afraid that someone would take advantage of it, so I had to take this trick to prevent someone from doing it secretly.
As for the farmland that should be allocated at extremely low prices, it has also been driven up to extremely high prices.
Even the wasteland that needs to be cultivated by oneself has been taken away first. If the refugees want to rent it for farming, the price will be at least two or three times higher than the price in good years.
If those victims really had so much money, they would not be homeless in a foreign land.
As a result, in the next few days, victims began to faint from hunger and fainted on the road. Some victims with weak physical strength even starved to death.
The entire Tianhu County was filled with resentment and lifelessness.
When Xu Ke stayed in the evil place, he could feel a large number of strange and evil things nourished by these resentments, dancing with excitement and thriving.
“Such a large population...maybe we can take advantage of this opportunity.”
The area of Xu Ke’s dangerous land has been upgraded twice, and the area covered is much larger than before.
There are about 500 acres of fertile land, but no one dares to cultivate it.
"If these refugees can be moved into a dangerous place, it will be a huge resource that can be used."
But Xu Ke had good ideas.
The small amount of money in Mr. Li's pocket would not be enough to take over all these fields even if he were to sell iron.
Xu Ke had no choice but to ask Li to go to the government to give it a try.
With so much farmland, it can at least feed a hundred people. Wouldn’t it be able to fulfill part of the conditions for my promotion?
After hearing Xu Ke's instructions, Li thought it was Xu Ke, a landowner, who was out of kindness and wanted to shelter refugees under his rule.
So I rushed to the government that day to ask if those unowned and abandoned fields could be bought in bulk.
Who knew that after Li explained his intention, the county officials immediately said that the land had been sold.
If Li could not tell the truth, he would drive him out.
Fortunately, Mrs. Li hurriedly took out a piece of silver and mixed it, and then she learned the whole story from them.
It turned out that he was the brother-in-law of the county magistrate. He had used connections to buy the 500 acres of wasteland at a very low price a few days ago.
The purpose is to use the refugees to open up wasteland for them and make a lot of money from them.
If someone is willing to buy it, he will be even happier.
But the price is impossible to lower under any circumstances...
After coming back to report the matter, Xu Ke also made a plan.
"Isn't it just a collusion between the government and businessmen, preparing to take this opportunity to make a fortune?"
"Then I will let them see it carefully and let them know that the land I control is not so easy to get!"
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In the Xiangtan Tower, the auction has reached its climax.
Several precious and exotic treasures have been separated. The remaining few people are also physically disabled and unable to compete in the next auction.
However, they did not regret it at all, and the smiles on their faces did not diminish. They looked forward to how happy they would be when they took the rare treasure out of the pagoda.
They have many masks that can make the opposite sex fall in love with him at one glance.
There is also a ‘treasure bowl’ that can drop out ten gold ingots every day.
In the meantime, Chen Tianfu was so excited that he wanted to hold an auction several times and compete with others for various rare treasures.
But Li Sheng held back his temper.
Although these treasures are precious, they are not worth exchanging a lifetime of disability.
At the very least, save your body for the real final auction item.
The final auction item was finally announced at the last minute.
A palm-sized gray scale looks ordinary, nothing special.
Chen Tianfu glanced at it and sighed with regret:
“Damn it, if I had known earlier, I would have grabbed other rare treasures from others.”
“This thing doesn’t look like much. It's really a loss..."
But Li Sheng did not speak at this time, his body was trembling slightly, and he was desperately suppressing the urge to rush forward and snatch the scales.
In order to divert attention, Li Sheng looked aside.
The pirate Zhou Zhihu was indeed like this, staring at the scales and refusing to look away.
"This is the final treasure of this auction. It is the heart-protecting dragon scale of a true dragon. For you, the cultivators of the Poseidon lineage, it is the supreme treasure."
The golden Buddha statue explained with a smile.
Fishermen, sailors, captains... after that, their control over the sea becomes deeper and deeper.
If you want to break through to this realm, you must fully obtain the power of a true dragon.
Therefore, one of the realms of the Poseidon lineage is called 'Dragon Slayer'.
The power of the true dragon is basically divided into three parts.
The essence is transformed into heart-protecting dragon scales, the energy is condensed into a dragon bead, and the god is the elusive dragon soul.
The integration of essence, energy and spirit is the complete true dragon power, which can lead to the top level of the Poseidon series.
If you get this thing, even if you have not reached that level of cultivation, your subsequent cultivation path will be smooth sailing, if there is divine help.
As the auction began, Li Sheng directly put down one-third of his blood, half of his liver, half of his stomach, one of his kidneys, and half of his spleen, plus twenty years of life and one eye.
If the other party can offer a higher price than this, then Li Sheng will have no choice but to admit defeat.
It’s just a piece of heart-protecting dragon scale. If the worst happens, give it to the other person.
And Zhou Zhihu is indeed ruthless.
He directly raised an additional bet on the basis of Li Sheng and bet on his own ‘man’s proof’.
This moment made Li Sheng dumbfounded.
The other party would rather be a eunuch for the chance of making breakthroughs in cultivation.
"Brother Sheng, let me help you."
At this time, Chen Tianfu suddenly raised his hand and said:
"I want to sell my..."
"This little brother, one of your legs and one hand is fake. Please be careful when selling it."
Chen Tianfu smiled when he heard this: "So, except for this pair of hands and feet, the others Can they all be sold?"
Zhou Zhihu smiled sarcastically and looked at what price Chen Tianfu wanted to give.
But who knew that Chen Tianfu pointed directly at his body.
"I bid: the whole body except one arm and one leg, the head and the roots of a man!"
"Are you crazy!?"
Zhou Zhihu's eyes widened, as if he thought he heard something wrong. He had seen people risking their lives, but he had never seen someone so stupid and throw away his life in vain:
< br>"How can you live without your body! Do you want to risk your life to take this dragon scale!?"
(End of this chapter)