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Chapter 634

Chapter 634: Chapter 633: Start of Spring

Longzhou Calendar, 1781, early January, The Beginning of Spring

The Beginning of Spring marks the commencement of seasons, the revival of all things, the awakening of hibernating animals and the springing up of vegetation.

To the people in the western Longzhou, the coldest winter had finally passed. However, it was not the onset of a vibrant spring, but rather, a time of greater death as spring approached.

An unexpected flood during the autumn harvest had turned western Longzhou into a vast swamp. Even powerful clans couldn’t harvest their crops while also fleeing the disaster. The flooding of the plains meant that there were no crops to plant, no food to harvest, not only for the commoners, but for the noble families as well. They could only rely on their stockpiled grain.

Throughout the flood, the starving noble families occupying the high grounds revealed their most savage sides, turning the entire western region into a purgatory where water and fire intersect.

Powerful clans seized lands, prestigious families submitted to them, smaller families lost everything, and the lives of common people became as cheap as dirt.

The strong became stronger, the weak became weaker. In a city of millions, it would be a miracle if two-thirds of the population survived the massive flood. And at least half of those survivors would die in the subsequent famine.

Violence and struggle became the main theme of the natural disaster. Only the noble families of each city, sitting in the clouds, watched the purgatory below with smiling faces, holding their wine cups.

Starting from the upper reaches of the Lingjiang river, there were ten major cities: Zhangtong City, Fuling City, Lanshan City, Xiling City, Clearwater County, Shen Ping City, Qutang City, Andong City, Boma City, and Jiejiang City.

the Xiling valley in the lower reaches. These were the ten most famous cities along the Lingjiang river, and also the ones most severely hit by the disaster. In particular, Xiling, Clearwater, and Shen Ping were completely obliterated by the flood due to their geographical locations and became part of

was not much affected due to its location atop Mount Lan, the plains of all the other major cities were destroyed by

triggered by hunger and fights over food were commonplace in western Longzhou, most of which were instigated by the major

to the powerful clans and becoming their vassals, these prestigious families preferred to fight with their own blades to acquire the essential resources needed

basic truth. No one

darkest time when benevolence could best show its power. When violence broke out in various cities over a few dozen bags of

ships, travel between the cities of northwest Longzhou, mediate

that wherever this merchant fleet went, wars

not only because the fleet had an abundance of grain and was generous, but also because there were nine extremely powerful

the northwest of Longzhou,

Qiyun Peak, on behalf of the Tang

not spread far, but rather, it was passed orally among the leaders of medium and small families as the fleet moved through most of the western

size usually only had three to

After all, everyone knew that

children were crying for food, so many nobles had to accept the ship

outside Fuling

could have imagined that these people, who had fought tooth and

silently

wood crackled in the flames, as though urging them to say

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