Locust plague passing through

Wen Songtao understood Emperor Hongwen's thoughts very well and did not talk much about this topic.

The monarch and his ministers started chatting again about the drought and the affairs of Jinyang Mansion.

Although the food supply has been solved, the drought is not over yet.

This year's disaster is very serious, and the local government will need to continue to support the people in the future to recover quickly.

Just when the monarch and his ministers were chatting lively, a young servant from outside trotted in hurriedly.

Emperor Hongwen frowned slightly, feeling very unhappy.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Dai from Zhongshu Province has something urgent to see you."

When Emperor Hongwen heard that something was urgent, he took back what he wanted to scold and asked his servant to pass it on.

Soon Master Dai walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, something bad is going to happen. The locusts are coming."

"What!"

Emperor Hongwen and Wen Songtao stood up in shock.

"Did you just talk about the locust plague? Where is the locust plague coming from?"

Mr. Dai quickly presented the memorial with both hands without taking the servant to convey it to him. Emperor Hongwen himself quickly stepped forward, took the memorial and unfolded it.

At this sight, his face turned dark instantly, and his temples tingled.

I thought to myself, what on earth is this guy going to do?

The drought has not been resolved yet, and now there is another locust plague. Moreover, the memorial also said that this locust plague is fierce and has a large scope. One county has already been affected, and the overwhelming locusts are now approaching the capital at a fast pace.

"how so."

Emperor Hongwen staggered two steps back.

After ten years of hard work, he finally got a good situation. He was about to show off his talents, but major disasters occurred one after another.

The previous drought had already consumed more than half of what he had accumulated over the past ten years, and now there was a locust plague. The ten years of work might be wiped out in an instant.

How could he bear it?

"Quickly pass, Dong Qingyang and the Minister of Hubu and the Ministry of Industry have entered the palace."

Not to mention how Emperor Hongwen and the ministers discussed the response to the locust plague in the imperial study room.

Outside the capital, Lu Yaoyao from the village also received the news immediately.

During the recent period, she has been arranging people to go everywhere to keep an eye on the situation.

When she got the news, she immediately asked Lao Kang to give the order. Everyone inside and outside the village immediately put down the work at hand.

Go prepare for protective work.

Worried about the coming locust plague, Lu Yaoyao not only stocked up on wheat, chickens, ducks and geese, but also prepared a lot of firewood in many places around Zhuangzi.

At this time, her first order was to have people guard various places around Zhuangzi. Once a locust swarm was discovered, they would immediately light firewood and bring the farmers out one by one. If not all of them could be stopped, at least many locusts would be able to avoid this area.

Go somewhere else.

The tens of thousands of chickens, ducks and geese were also released from their cages, allowing them to move freely in the fences surrounding the farmland.

In addition to the above, she also asked Qiu Shuang to inform everyone to prepare tools to catch locusts. She would buy them for a penny and a pound.

As soon as the order was given, people inside and outside the farm immediately took action.

Although the locusts haven't arrived yet, they can fly, and they will come overwhelmingly at any time.

About half an hour later, Lao Kang came back to report that everything had gone according to the instructions.

"Lao Kang, find me another twenty strong laborers and ask them to bring digging tools and go to the small depression to the west of the village."

Lao Kang responded, and just as he turned around and walked out, Lu Yaoyao said again: "Wait a minute, call more and ask them to move all the lime from the warehouse in front."

She immediately took Qiu Yu to the west outside the village, where there was a small depression.

Not long after the master and servant arrived, Lao Kang came with a group of people.

"Miss."

"No need to be polite, dig a hole here quickly, make it bigger and deeper."

She personally pointed out the location and area, and the people on the farm started working on it without any nonsense.

In the afternoon, a dark cloud suddenly appeared in the northern sky.

"Hurry, the locust plague is coming."

I don't know who shouted, and the whole village immediately took action, lighting the fire, fucking guys, fucking guys.

The owner of the farm said that catching locusts costs one penny per catty. How much does it cost to catch locusts that are so densely covered in the sky?

Moreover, this guy is not strenuous, and both old and young can do it.

There are many old and weak women and children outside the village, and they usually don't have much to do as waiters. Now that we have this opportunity, it would be a great thing to make more money.

At the same time, everyone in the capital, from the dignitaries to the peddlers, fell into panic.

We all know that the locust plague passes through the country and the spring grass does not grow. Just look at this overwhelming army of locusts. Just looking at it makes your scalp numb.

"Miss, you'd better go back first. I'll just keep an eye on you here."

Qiu Yu vigorously waved the tree branch in her hand to drive away the locusts around her, and did not forget to turn around and let Lu Yaoyao go back first.

These densely packed locusts are all aggressive.

"Then be careful."

Lu Yaoyao didn't show any pretense, it was actually the locusts that made her scalp numb and goosebumps all over her body.

This time the locust plague came so fiercely and in large numbers that they stayed in this part of the capital for nearly two days.

Almost all the farms on the outskirts of the capital were affected, and the degree of damage varied.

Some areas had already suffered a sharp decline due to drought, and now they have been ravaged by the locust plague again, leaving almost nothing left.

Lu Yaoyao's farm also suffered some losses, but fortunately she had made sufficient preparations in advance, and she also had a lot of manpower.

According to statistics, the losses on her farm due to the locust plague were only about 10%.

You must know that during the drought, her farm was not affected. Now the locust plague has only lost 10%, and retained 90%.

That is truly unique in the entire capital.

Just after the locust plague, the old man of the Lu family hurried to the farm with his people to inquire about the situation.

There were so many locusts in the past two days that it was inconvenient to go out.

"Eh!"

As soon as Mr. Lu's carriage entered the farm, he noticed something was wrong.

"What's wrong, Dad?"

"Look outside, Yaoyao's farm seems to have suffered no damage."

Hearing what the old man said, Lu Xiu was the first to shake his head and said, "How is it possible? The scale of this locust plague is so large. Other farms have lost at least 70% to 80%, and even more have retained less than 10%.

"

But Lu Kang didn't speak, but opened the curtain.

When he lifted it, Lu Xiu also turned his head and looked over. At this sight, several people in the carriage were stunned.

"how so?"

Didn't those locusts come?

This sentence came to Lu Xiu's mind immediately.

When they entered Zhuangzi and saw Lu Yaoyao, they realized that she had already made plans.

This is why the situation on her side of Zhuangzi is so good.

Seeing that she was fine and Zhuangzi was safe, everyone in the Lu family felt relieved and had lunch at Zhuangzi before returning to the capital.

And at the same time as they left, the news that Wanfu County Lord's farm had not suffered much damage was also spread in the capital.

Many people came here to investigate the situation.
Chapter completed!