Chapter 377: Capture the big snake together!
Chapter 377: Capture the big snake together!
Underground estuary.
The otter threw the wood into the river, and the big beaver hugged the wood, dragged it into the cave, crossed the underground river, and piled it all into the pond.
While the two families were busy, Liang Qu went ashore and went home. When he passed by Chen's house, the door outside was open. Five or six laborers were coming in and out, and someone was pushing a wheelbarrow filled with blue bricks.
It fell down, raising a cloud of dust.
Chen Qingjiang rolled up his sleeves and helped with the work. Seeing Liang Qu looking out the door, he wiped his hands on his trouser legs and said embarrassedly, "The house is a mess today, and I have nowhere to stay."
"It's okay, Uncle Chen, are you going to repair the house?"
Chen Qingjiang nodded and said, "It's getting cold, and the donkey is shivering in the straw shed every day. I thought about building a small house for it. Auntie said we should ask someone to build two more rooms to expand our home so that the children will have a place to live when they grow up.
I think it makes sense, and work is cheaper in winter. I went to find someone to do the work this morning. Did I bother you?"
"It's ok uncle, I just happened to be passing by and came in to take a look."
Liang Qu waved his hand.
Ordinary fishermen rely on the weather for their livelihood. Skills, seasons, and luck all have an impact on their fishing.
But Chen Qingjiang and his companions' daily fishing was not dependent on the weather, but on the two porpoises under Yuantou's command who drove the fish every night.
Even though there are fewer fish in winter, the prices are higher and they sell almost as well as in summer.
Therefore, the daily income is stable at around two cents, and at least four or five taels of silver can be earned in a month, which means several dozen taels in a year. It is a business that is sure to make money.
During the Chinese New Year last year, Chen Qingjiang caught some precious fish, and Liang Qu gave him a lot of them.
Adding the two together, Chen Qingjiang probably has a hundred taels of cash in his hands, so he should live better.
Watching Liang Qu's back as he left, the laborers were in awe of Chen Qingjiang.
Unexpectedly, even though Liang Qu had reached this point, Chen Qingjiang could still address him as uncle and nephew.
He usually keeps silent and never shows his true colors.
……
A few more days passed.
Longpingjiang and Longpinghe come to say goodbye.
They are going back to the depths of the swamp to celebrate the New Year, and they won't be back for more than half a month.
Liang Qu was curious: "You dragon people also celebrate the Spring Festival?"
"In reply to Lord Dragon, the dragon people also celebrate the Spring Festival, but they don't set off firecrackers, and it's not as lively as the human race. The elders of the tribe also decided before we set out that no matter whether we find Lord Dragon or not, we must all return to the tribe on the Spring Festival to report on the search results."
Liang Qu flatly denied it.
"I am not the Dragon Lord."
"Understand, understand. You are not the Dragon Lord."
Long Pinghe and Long Pingjiang nodded repeatedly.
Liang Qu was silent for a long time: "How many people did your clan send to find the reincarnated Dragon King?"
"Including the two of us, there are sixty teams in total, a total of one hundred and twenty people coming to the South Bank to find you... ahem, to find the reincarnated Dragon King."
"One hundred and twenty people, all masters of wolf smoke?"
"Yes, my two brothers are only in the middle of the pack."
Liang Qu was quite moved when he heard this.
One hundred and twenty wolf smoke guards, this number is more than the current number in Pingyang County!
When combined, they would become a very exaggerated force in Huaiyin Prefecture, capable of sweeping across almost all counties except Huaiyin Prefecture and Pingyang County!
Long Pingjiang roughly guessed what Liang Qu was thinking, and clasped his fists and said, "Sir, dragon people are different from humans. We have dragon blood, are naturally strong, and can practice much faster than humans."
"No constraints?"
"Yes, not only that, there are quite a lot of constraints. The distribution of dragon meridians is roughly the same as that of humans, but there are still slight differences. Many human skills will be extremely risky if used rashly.
After reaching the limit of the bloodline, it is much more difficult for dragon people to move up than humans. Since the death of the true dragon, our race has rarely produced masters through practice alone, and there are very few records. "
"Bloodline limit?"
"Your Excellency can understand this as a bloodline theory. The closer one is to the Dragon King on the family tree, the higher the limit. If one intermarries with the human race, then the gap will be more than two generations.
However, there are pros and cons. Intermarriage with humans will also reduce the bloodline limit and avoid inbreeding deformities. After all, the number of dragon people is limited."
Liang Qu looked at Long Pingjiang, who was 2.5 meters tall. The dragon man's physique was not sickly thin and long, but almost a magnified version of the human race. When he walked, he was no less than a wall moving sideways, full of oppression.
Can this thing marry people?
Long Pingjiang coughed twice and said, “Mostly it’s dragon-girl marriages. Dragon girls are usually between five feet five and six feet tall, so they’re considered a good match.
There are fewer Dragon men, which is not a problem. However, once the woman becomes pregnant, there is a very high risk of a difficult delivery.
Dragon people are generally born weighing over 15 jin, 17 or 18 jin is normal, and the largest recorded weight in the tribe was 42 jin. If the female is weak, and she is emaciated while taking in nutrients for the fetus, it is almost impossible for it to survive. "
Liang Qu understood.
If the fetus weighs more than 8 kilograms and the mother's pelvis is not large enough, dystocia may occur. If the weight exceeds 9 kilograms, the possibility of natural delivery is very small.
Forty-two pounds...
Half an adult woman!
It can't come out at all.
Liang Qu has a good understanding of the customs and habits of the Dragon people.
At the time of parting, Long Pingjiang asked again.
"Sir, do you want to tell the clan about your reincarnation as the Dragon King? Or do you want to tell the elders individually?"
"I am not the reincarnation of the Dragon King!"
The Longping River and the Longping River were clearly visible.
Not the time!
"Don't worry, sir. We two brothers will never tell anyone!"
"..."
The stubborn dragon brothers left, and the supply of precious fish once every six days came to an abrupt end.
Liang Qu sighed, picked up his spear, stood in the courtyard, and practiced his spear skills.
……
at the same time.
Like the two brothers Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe, the dragon people on the entire south bank who were searching for the reincarnated Dragon King rushed to the depths of the swamp to celebrate the festival and report the information they had been searching for for several months.
There are more than just the two brothers Longpingjiang and Longpinghe near Huaiyin Prefecture.
Near Xiangyi County.
A certain dragon man suddenly stopped in the rapids, dropped to the bottom of the river, and stared at the mud.
The companion asked, "What's wrong?"
"Look at this ditch, is there anything wrong?"
"ditch?"
The companion fell to the ground and looked carefully, and was surprised to find that the gully in front of him was extremely long and almost the same width.
"Snake!? With a body that big, it must be a monster! The dragon's men are coming to find us? Is it coming to find us?"
The dragon man who first discovered the traces rolled his eyes and said, "What is there for the two of us to find? There's not even two ounces of meat, just bones."
"Why did that demon suddenly come ashore?"
When the Dragon King of Jianghuai Lake was alive, there was a rule that monsters would not come ashore and big monsters would not approach the shore.
However, since the big monster took the lead, the monsters rarely approached the river bank.
Now, even though the real dragon has passed away, many water beasts have become accustomed to this unspoken rule and will not break it easily. The sudden change caused the two dragon people to frown and think hard.
"Could it be that it has news about the Dragon Lord?"
"Not necessarily. Do you remember what we overheard the conversation of the fishermen the day before yesterday?"
"Fishermen?"
The companion thought for a moment and his eyes lit up.
"It seems that there was a big snake swimming in the shallow water, and someone from the Zhang family managed to catch it?"
(End of this chapter)