Chapter 66 Wisdom
Three days later.
The rumors about the meteor shower finally spread back to Tianhu County.
Except after the first meteorite hit outside Tianhu County.
The rest of the meteorites are scattered throughout most of Daqi.
There are bits and pieces.
Fortunately, because Daqi is a sparsely populated area, a large number of people choose to live together for safety.
As a result, most of the meteorites crashed into uninhabited areas. Even if they evolved into hills behind, they still did not cause too many casualties.
However, there are still some unlucky states and counties.
For example, Jiufang County, which is only a hundred miles away from Tianhu County, was solidly smashed into the city by meteorites falling from the sky.
The huge shock wave not only killed most of the residents and houses in the city, but even the city walls were directly destroyed.
The large number of residents who died brought with them soaring resentment and blood, and they gave birth to countless new evil things and strange things.
Following this, a large number of evil creatures and demons from outside the city were also attracted, invading the city that had lost all order and defense.
According to the people who escaped there, the entire Jiufang County has become a hell on earth.
Thousands of birds have disappeared, and thousands of people have disappeared!
Resentment is like clouds covering the sky and the sun, making Jiufang County still as gloomy as a dark night even in broad daylight, with all kinds of monsters and ghosts walking in the streets as if there is no one around.
Selling and talking like a living person.
It looks like a city of monsters, it’s too miserable to look at.
The imperial court also immediately organized manpower to prepare to conquer the demons entrenched in Jiufang County.
At the same time, a large number of young people appeared from nowhere and began to migrate to Jiufang County.
After preparing to complete the cleanup at the imperial court, that group of people just completed the relocation work.
At this time, Xu Ke was finally convinced.
The Da Qi court definitely has some way to multiply the population in large numbers.
It’s either a controllable or exploitable weirdness, or a rare treasure similar to it.
Otherwise, among the nine orthodox beliefs, there is the ability to accelerate the birth, reproduction, and growth of human beings.
Otherwise, at this rate of death, even if the emperor is a holy king and a wise master, all the officials will be extremely honest and people-oriented.
The Qi court should have died seven or eight times a long time ago, and it cannot survive the current state that it can barely maintain.
Although this meteorite rain was a devastating disaster for the Qi court.
But for the people of Tianhu County, the perception is not so direct and clear.
For these people who may never leave the county where they live, the impact of this incident is just that there is an extra mountain in the south of the city.
Blocking the official road going south.
If you want to go to some capital cities in the south, you need to go around dozens of miles at least.
Or take a steep mountain road and climb over that mountain.
But most people will not leave the county, so it is also harmless to them.
At most, it worries some businessmen who often take this official path.
This change will reduce their profit per trip by at least 50%.
However, Xu Ke did not neglect the mountains transformed by the meteorite.
Being included as one of the seven plagues, this ‘Color of Stars’ may be more than just a mere meteor shower attack.
I repeatedly told Li Sheng and the others to avoid the mountains as much as possible and never get close to the mountains easily, especially not go up the mountain.
After Li Sheng and others learned about it, they also enthusiastically informed the original victims of the disaster in Huangtian. Everyone kept it in mind and did not dare to leave the city and wander around the south of the city.
But those businessmen from the south did not know this.
A businessman collected dozens of sacks of fresh hulled rice from surrounding farmers, loaded it on a carriage and transported it to Tianhu County.
Because there have been so many refugees in Tianhu County recently, the price of rice has soared.
Therefore, transporting rice to sell is definitely a good business with profit and no loss.
After going around a long mountain road, we finally bypassed the meteorite mountain.
Tired, he sat on a boulder to rest for a while, preparing to drink some water and rest.
But he did not notice that the meteorite mountain exuded a beautiful colorful light, reflecting on him like a rainbow.
The eyes that were originally tired and numb, suddenly appeared with the light of wisdom as the light flashed. "That's it, that's it."
The difficult problems in the past became clear overnight, and many thoughts and ideas poured into his mind.
The businessman stood up in a hurry and drove the carriage to the river not far away.
He poured water into the sack with a gourd. After a while, the weight of the carriage was at least three points heavier.
Due to the scorching heat of the sun, the surface of these sacks quickly dried out like new, but the weight of the rice inside doubled due to the water.
Then the carriage was driven into the city and came to the rice store that used to sell rice.
First open a intact and dry sack to let the rice shop owner confirm that the quality of the rice is intact.
Even if you look at the other rough sacks, they are all filled with rice.
After another weighing, the rice store owner was not suspicious and settled the price based on the total weight of the rice and the current market price.
After the businessman took the money and left, the clerk in the rice store opened the sacks and transported them to the rice warehouse, only to find that the rice in the remaining bags had been soaked in water and gained weight.
Not only is a lot of money wasted, but rice is also prone to mold and deterioration when it gets damp.
It will cost a lot of money for drying, which will waste a lot of manpower and material resources.
The owner of the rice store was filled with regret after hearing this.
Obviously that businessman has been a partner of their family for many years, why would he suddenly do such a cunning thing?
At the same time, a young man from a wealthy family who had just returned from an outing in the south of the city walked into the school.
At this time, Li Sian was already reading books in the school.
Looking at the other party coming, he said hello politely.
"Brother Zhao."
The other party also bowed his hand and sat back in his seat without saying anything more.
About half an hour later, the teacher from the private school walked in and began to check how everyone was memorizing their homework.
Li Sian picked it up naturally, and he easily recited long and obscure articles.
Even if it was some unfamiliar words, Li Sian never made a mistake.
But the student named Zhao has always been an example of unwillingness to study seriously. In addition, he is indeed not a material for reading.
As a result, he stumbled almost every time when his homework was checked, and he was often slapped by the strict teacher.
But when it was his turn to step forward and recite the article, he was able to recite the article very fluently without stumbling or stumbling.
"Huh?"
Even the absent-minded gentleman couldn't help but frown slightly, very surprised by the other party's performance.
For a moment, I didn't even know what to say to encourage and reward the other party.
But Mr. Zhao seemed quite proud and continued to demonstrate his recitation ability to his husband.
In the past, it was extremely difficult to memorize ancient Chinese prose, but now it is easy to memorize it backwards and forwards.
Moreover, no matter how the gentleman breaks out a few separate sentences and asks for their original meaning, he can answer them with ease.
Obviously not just memorizing it by rote, but actually integrating more than a dozen articles in a short period of time.
With such a talent, he is not much worse than Li Sian, and it may not be impossible to win the imperial examination in the future...
The gentleman naturally thought that he had suddenly come to his senses and turned his mind back to studying.
So he greatly praised him and wanted to use him as an example to persuade everyone to be perseverant and diligent in learning, so that one day they would become enlightened like him.
But in the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Zhao secretly sawed off one of the legs of Mr.’s chair and pretended that it was intact to lure Mr. to sit on it.
The old and frail gentleman naturally almost fell out after such a fall. He lay on the ground for a long time before being helped up by the students.
Li Sian even noticed that Mr. Zhao was sneering darkly behind his back, and seemed very proud and excited.
Immediately, the gentleman, who finally calmed down, found the missing chair leg in another student’s book bag.
He concluded that it was the other party's fault. Not only did he punish the other party severely, but he also asked the other party to call his parents and give him a lecture.
After witnessing the whole process, Li Sian couldn't help but fall into thinking.
Although Mr. Zhao is a bit playful, he is not a naughty person, and he would not have done such slightly vicious things in the past.
Why...
(End of this chapter)