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Chapter two hundred and ninety six: the tide rises and falls

Time flies and never returns, and the past can only be recalled.

For most people, if they can live in a particularly good era, they will not have much time to recall them.

Because there are more and more new things and better, the old ones should be thrown into the Lese bucket.

But the tragedy of every era is that it will have many faces, and it is impossible for each face to become better.

So people will start to recall, and what they remember is not the pain they used to be, but the glittering beauty of hard work.

Just like the indigenous people of Wushuang City, they occasionally climb to the top of the mountain and then overlook the thousands of miles of lakes and talk about the beauty of the past.

How rich was Xiling at that time, there was even a street paved with gold in the North City.

Whenever ten thousand sails on the treasure ship, as long as you have good luck, you can pick up wealth that you will never spend in your life.

There are also girls from Tianxianglou and Miaoyinfang. If you can take a look, you can give your soul a few days of color and soul. If you get the spring breeze, you will be able to live and die immediately without regrets.

There is even further afield!

The elderly will raise their hands, just like pointing out thousands of miles of land.

Every autumn, golden wheat ears extend on the Lingjiang plain, as if they are invisible waves and ripe grains a year. Whenever the harvest comes, the master family in Xiling will recruit farmers and workers in large quantities.

Even the farmers and workers at the bottom of Lingjiang River, as long as they work hard for a few days, they will not have to worry about not having money to buy food, and can still eat meat every few days, and their lives are better than they do in Wushuang City now.

Merchants from all over Longzhou will stay in Xiling because the wealth here is immeasurable. It is said that there are several auction houses that can sell more than one billion gold in one night, and those who pay for it are all the noble ladies of Xiling.

It was a real paradise, self-sufficiency, and after the issuance of the Five Acres of Land Order, all people had a greater hope.

But now, Lingjiang no longer has such a paradise like this. Even Chaochang seems dead.

Most of the old people's remembrance cannot be believed, because if the image they said came true, they should be a middle-aged peasant, not a middle-aged worker, or a poor worker who is infected with the habits of rich families.

After all, it is difficult for people to imagine a scene they have never seen before, so children who grew up in Wushuang City would not believe that there would be a big ship that would scatter coins as soon as they sailed back, and so many would scatter.

They would ask questions after curiosity, but when the elders who were still jokingly just now would change their faces when they heard the younger generation ask for details, their faces would change suddenly, and they scolded them with a tiger face and cursed.

This must be guilty, so whenever this happens, the younger generations should just listen to it. After all, the facts and legends are too inconsistent, and bragging becomes the explanation of the truth.

The elderly in Xiling can naturally understand the helplessness and ridicule in the eyes of their younger generations, but how could they justify them?

Although they don’t know much about the truth, they still know the simple truth for the respected masters, no matter how evil the legend of the Dragon West Alliance is.

In the hearts of these old people in Xiling, the ten thousand treasure ships are ships full of happiness, and the sailors on them are all heroes of Xiling. Only in this way can one clearly distinguish between gratitude and grudges and have a clear conscience.

As more and more craftsmen enter Wushuang City, more and more residents climbing the mountain are also increasing.

Because I couldn't get a job, I simply stopped sitting at the base of the city wall, got a few side dishes, and swayed up the mountain with a small bottle of turbid wine, bragging and eating vegetables, and the whole day and afternoon.

Many refreshing craftsmen discovered the direction of the residents in the inner city and set up stalls along the mountain road, some selling snacks and some selling wine, turning the road up the mountain into a small market with no end, which attracted more people to go up the mountain.

Since the peasant disciples transferred all the business of the vegetable stalls, they have become idle vagrants.

Although they are idle, their family background has been sufficient for food and drink for a few years. These days they either go up the mountain to play cards or drink on the mountain. As for the scenery, they probably don't see it.

After all, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it’s just like that if you look at it a few more times, you can’t be as excited as winning or losing.

But today I don’t know what happened. The peasant disciples who played cards in the pavilion in the Mid-mountain always turned their eyes to Lingjiang from time to time, and then turned back after taking a look.

Finally, someone couldn't hold it in anymore, so he put down Paijiu in his hand and asked the card friends uncertainly: "I don't know if I've read it wrong. Do you think the water level on the river seems to have become lower?"

It was like a revelation. This sentence awakened several brand friends. They were scrambling to find out, and then they started to discuss it in a slight manner.

...

The water level of Lingjiang is getting lower

There is nothing to be surprised about such things. The rise and fall of the tide is the norm of rivers, and the fisherman who has been making a living on the water all year round has summarized a set of rules about the rise and fall of the tide.

The first important rule of this rising tide is rain. If the rain is abundant, the river will inevitably rise. If it rains heavily, there will even be floods.

The second important rule is the stars in the sky, especially the two moons and suns. After thousands of years of exploration of the rules, most fishermen can now see a bit of the tide from the astronomical phenomena.

For example, if the two stars are in the same position, then there will be a tide; if the two stars are incorrect, there will be a tide; there will be a tide on the upper and lower strings.

Now June is the day when the two stars are in the same position. With abundant rainfall, the water level should soar, but how did it fall?

The fishermen were puzzled, and this matter became a strange thing to be discussed in the streets and alleys of Wushuang City.

If this happens elsewhere, then what the people talk about will probably be horrifying stories such as natural disasters or evil demons coming. At the same time, there will be witches and witches from all over the country, and lies such as those who believe in me and those who are unlucky will be miserable.

But Wushuang City is different. If the people don’t understand, they will surround the bulletin board in front of the city hall and ask the city hall to come out to give an explanation.

So far, the City Hall has given many inexplicable things to explain, and these seemingly useless things have cultivated the trust between the people and the City Hall.

As a result, there was a strange incident of water level falling during the tide. People did not panic, but hoped that the city hall would give an explanation.

But what can the city hall give? Recently, these people are already busy because of the massive number of craftsmen entering the city.

Several municipal officials who are in charge of household registration have not returned home since last month. They can smell the stench on their bodies three feet away. It is of course unrealistic to expect such a group of people to know that the tide is falling.
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