Chapter 153: The water in the north city is shallow, so it cannot support a real dragon
County Magistrate Wang returned home not very happy.

At home he saw someone who was even more unpleasant to him.

Liu Qun sat in the hall waiting for him with a gloomy face.

"County Magistrate Wang, didn't you say it was foolproof and that your Wang family has completely taken control of the water veins of the northern city? Why can Lu Yuan dig out water!"

Liu Qun was furious.

As soon as Lu Yuan arrived, he won over the constables in the county government.

He even wanted to take charge of the county barracks.

Under normal circumstances, there is a county magistrate and a county lieutenant in a region. The county magistrate is in charge of all affairs of the county, while the county lieutenant is in charge of the barracks, and the two check and balance each other.

But now, Lu Yuan has the emperor's decree, so he can promote another county lieutenant.

Isn't this clearly an attempt to kill him?

Thinking of this, Liu Qun felt very unhappy.

Before becoming an official, Lu Yuan was a businessman.

As the saying goes, all businessmen are dishonest, so Lu Yuan is rich, not just ordinary rich.

Then Lu Yuan started to win over the other soldiers.

Lu Yuan offered many benefits.

He wanted to recruit his own soldiers in the military camp, and their monthly salary would be as high as two taels of silver.

The key point is that his personal soldiers were provided with three meals a day, and there was meat every day.

the most important is.

Lu Yuan was so wicked as to bring a group of women with him from outside.

He said that they would prepare a marriage meeting, at which time the man and woman could express their feelings to each other, and he would be the witness.

Beat this set of combos.

The morale in the military camp is already unstable.

Even before Lu Yuan dug out the water, these people were already thinking about Lu Yuan.

Now Lu Yuan has dug out water.

All these people lined up one by one.

He maintains such a large military camp with so many mouths to feed.

The expenses are not low. If he doesn't rely on selling water, how can he provide his brothers with good food and drink?

but now.

Lu Yuan dug out some water and let these peasants get it for free.

You said that Lu Yuan was not a person blessed by the Dragon God, but when he dug out water, these peasants became disobedient and thought that Lu Yuan was a person blessed by the Dragon God.

No matter how bad Lu Yuan's water is, it can't stop these peasants from queuing up like crazy.

Liu Qun felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have listened to the Wang family in the first place.

He should go to other places and try to dig for water a few more times. Maybe he can really dig out water.

He wouldn't be controlled by the Wang family in every way now.

"Liu County Lieutenant, what are you talking about! Lu Yuan was personally appointed by the emperor. The emperor is the emperor, and the Dragon God is just giving the emperor a face."

"Hmph! County Magistrate Wang, you may be able to fool those ignorant people with these words, but there is no need to use them to fool me!

When Lu Yuan wins the hearts of the people, you will be the first person he will deal with.

As for me, the worst that can happen is that I can just cooperate with him in pearl hunting.

He has a strong background, and the water in North City is too shallow to support a real dragon.

He will leave sooner or later.

But I didn’t do anything wrong. Your Wang family has done too many wrong things. They will definitely not tolerate you.”

What Liu Qun said was somewhat true.

Lu Yuan needs a county lieutenant.

Lu Yuan needs an obedient county lieutenant.

Lu Yuan is rich, so you can listen to Lu Yuan. Although it may be frustrating, you won’t starve to death.

Since the Wang family doesn't intend to take action, he doesn't want to be the first to take action.

Liu Qun couldn't stand Lu Yuan.

He knew the purpose of Lu Yuan's coming to North City.

If he was really demoted, how could he bring so many guards to North City, and also have a steady stream of caravans coming?

Lu Yuan also has the secret decree from Emperor Sheng in his hand, which is not simple no matter how you look at it.

Liu Qun had no respect for the imperial court at all.

The only person he believes in is himself.

Liu Qun knew that the imperial court's purpose was to collect pearls.

Pearl diving has been suspended for several years.

Today, there are some pearls in the North Sea again. Liu Qun still remembers that dark moment.

The people of North City are miserable now, but they were even more miserable back then.

Even the officials and soldiers of the imperial court were not much better.

At that time, the number of people in North City was dozens of times that of those present at the scene.

The North City used to be very lively.

But after the imperial envoy from the court arrived.

Everyone is going pearl fishing.

Then everything in North City came to a halt.

No one opens a shop anymore.

No one reads.

Only by collecting pearls can you have food to eat.

Others thought that it was the pirates who drove away the imperial army.

But only Liu Qun knew.

The imperial army left only after all the pearls had been collected.

The imperial court starved to death batches of people from the northern city, and found that these people starved to death in the sea and had no pearls handed over.

They finally discovered that there were no more pearls in the North Sea.

Although Liu Qun claimed that he was not a good person.

But he couldn't bear to see so many people starving to death in the sea.

He could also beg his superiors to give the people of North City some food.

But those big shots who are high up.

It's just an understatement. These untouchables are all cheap bones. They won't work on their own initiative unless they are forced.

So many people!

Forced to death at sea.

Fortunately, there are many fish in the sea, which provides food, so humanity is not forced to become extinct.

But without green vegetables, it would not be down to earth.

Moreover, there is no fire on the fishing boat, so we can’t cook and can only eat raw food.

Those people could only be forced to die in the sea.

For Liu Qun, it was no different from starving to death.

So many people died in the sea, and that year the water in the North Sea was smelly.

Those officials clearly knew that as long as they gave the fishermen a little bit of vegetables, they would be able to survive and the curse of the Dragon God would be resolved.

But the officials watched helplessly as the people died in the Beihai.

Until those colleagues who could no longer tolerate it were unwilling to be officials and were willing to become bandits.

Among those officials, a minor one died.

They finally felt the pain.

Plus the pearls in the North Sea are gone.

So the officers and soldiers finally retreated.

And Liu Qun, who was a running dog, was finally promoted.

Liu Qun was unwilling to suppress the bandits because he could not get over the hurdle in his heart. Firstly, those pirates were indeed very powerful and exceptional. Secondly, he felt guilty.

Since the pearl diving incident, Liu Qun has never eaten seafood until now.

Now he feels like vomiting whenever he sees seafood.

He could not forget the blood-red color of the North Sea.

Once upon a time, Liu Qun’s favorite food was seafood from Beihai.

But now, this has become Liu Qun's most hated food.

Although Lu Yuan didn't say anything, he didn't have any intention of collecting pearls now.

But Liu Qun had a hunch that Lu Yuan was here to collect pearls.

This is also the main reason why Liu Qun has always targeted Lu Yuan.

Liu Qun hopes that the Wang family can fight against Lu Yuan.

If the Wang family does not take action, then he can only take Lu Yuan's money and become Lu Yuan's lackey.

Once a person kneels once, it is not that difficult to kneel again.

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Wang family.

Wang Shuhe and Wang Shujun stood together in front of County Magistrate Wang.

"Keep a close eye on that well. There's something wrong with that well. The water vein in the north city has been blocked. It's impossible for Lu Yuan to dig out water. He must have used some tricks."