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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 ten most famous cities along the Lingjiang river, and also the ones most severely

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

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

prestigious families preferred to fight with their own blades

was equal. The survival of the fittest was the most basic truth. No one held themselves back with moral constraints.

it was at the darkest time when benevolence could best show its power. When violence broke out in various cities over a few

could navigate through the flood with their ice ships, travel between the cities of northwest Longzhou, mediate in many clan wars, and distribute tons of grain, which people treated

that wherever this merchant fleet

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

food in one hand to alleviate the disaster, and weapons that controlled lightning in the other, they roamed the

Peak, on behalf of the Tang Clan, I invite you

rather, it was passed orally among the leaders of medium and small families as the

A family of this size usually only

grain and hearing the news, all families initially resisted. After all, everyone knew that there was no free lunch. And anyone who could become the head of a family knew

so many nobles had to accept the ship fleet’s grain while nodding their

Mountain, outside Fuling

in a cave with gloomy faces. No one could have imagined that these people, who had fought tooth and nail just two months ago, were now sitting together as though they had reached an

they just silently

in the flames, as though urging them

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