The terrible thing about the locust plague is not that it can fatally harm people. In fact, no matter how many there are, these bugs are just bugs. The only thing they can harm is plants.
This is the natural evolution process of heaven and earth, and it is an ancient biological evolution rule. However, these bugs have unintentionally affected the survival of another species. Human beings do not know when they will have to interact with these creatures that are older than them.
The enemy is defeated repeatedly!
People need to eat, and the food grown on the earth is the main source of food. However, these plants, which have been domesticated by humans with great difficulty, face various threats.
Through thousands of years of evolution, human beings have already summed up their experience of natural disasters. When there is a drought, they find ways to dig deeper wells, and when there is a flood, they need to prevent floods and waterlogging.
But there are not many ways to deal with small insects like locusts. They swarm in the mountains and fields, and they won't stop until they eat up all the green they see.
Once the locust plague begins, it cannot be easily ended. This is a well-known fact. Ye An also knows that from ancient times to the present, even in future generations with advanced technology, the locust plague cannot be completely eliminated.
As for the end of a locust plague, it is never the victory of humans over the locusts, but the end of the short life cycle after the locusts have eaten enough and gave birth to their offspring.
Similarly, in the face of disasters, human beings not only have to fight against natural disasters, but also against human beings themselves! This is an eternal truth. Natural disasters are not terrible, but the human heart is terrible.
In Ye An's view, the most correct choice for people in the face of the locust plague is to unite and tide over the difficulties together, but this slogan that has been shouted loudly for thousands of years is barely vulnerable to people's fear.
Selfishness is a common characteristic of human beings, but it is infinitely magnified in the face of locust plagues. People become more selfish because of fear. At the same time, the poisonous seedling of greed is also growing crazily.
When night falls, Ye An will look in the direction of Yangcheng County and lie awake at night. Because of the higher terrain, Yangjiazhuang can see Yangcheng County. Ye An stands on the top of the granary and stares in the direction of the county.
, and the old Taoist on the side was already trembling a little, and the fire appeared like stars on the city in the distance.
This shows that the number of refugees outside the city has increased again, and in order to prevent the flood of victims from flooding into the county, the sergeants guarding the city have had no choice but to light the torches on the city walls to stop the victims who tried to climb into the city at night.
Disperse or even kill.
At this time, being ruthless means being compassionate. Being ruthless towards the victims can lead to better management, and it is also responsible for the innocent people in the county. However, those damn grain merchants and wealthy households who hoard grain really should not be within the scope of protection.
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"If there were more victims, I'm afraid there would be a civil uprising, and Wang Wen's head would probably be picked off and kicked as a ball by the victims!"
Ye An suddenly spoke, causing Xuan Chengzi, who was already trembling beside him, to tremble suddenly: "One hundred thousand kilograms of grain has been transported away. It probably won't reach such a field, right?"
Ye An suddenly smiled, and his smile was full of sarcasm: "The end of a gentleman is usually not good. Wang Wen felt sorry for the people. He did not use the method I gave him, but sold the grain at a fair price. This seemed fair, but it was also for the sake of
To stimulate the rich households who stock up on grain, one hundred thousand kilograms of grain, but only one thousand dan, is not enough to provide relief to Yangcheng County, not to mention the large number of victims coming from the west? We don't even know how much land there is in the west.
Affected by the disaster, many people flocked to Tokyo City, but in the past few days, more than 10,000 people gathered outside Yangcheng County!"
"This is the time to press hard..."
"Suppression will not work. It is equivalent to adding fuel to the fire. Are those who have been forced to the desperation afraid of death?"
"Then comfort me!"
"Appease? If you think appeasement is useful, would a situation like this happen tonight? With Wang Wen's character, he will never let the Yangcheng County defenders go up the city wall unless it is absolutely necessary."
The old Taoist sighed: "Where did the defenders come from? The small Yangcheng County only sent a few dozen people. The people standing on the wall now are probably the people in the city."
Ye An was silent for a moment, yes! In a small Yangcheng County, except for the troops who need food, it is impossible for there to be troops. Now there is a fierce conflict between the people in the city and the victims outside the city.
Ye An suddenly turned his head and said, "What do you think will happen to the villages outside now that the county has become like this? What will happen to Wangjiazhuang?"
Following Ye An's words, Xuanchengzi pointed to Zhuangzi below and said: "Don't you think Wangjiazhuang is different now? It's true that Wang Hao is staring at your food, but everyone in Wangjiazhuang has food.
, can at least last until the autumn harvest or the court's disaster relief food arrives. Therefore, these farmers have become the guardians of Wangjiazhuang, protecting not only the Wang family but themselves."
Ye An nodded, and now he finally understood why there had been so many strong men patrolling in groups in recent nights. Pitchforks, sickles, woodchopping knives, and even wheat flails were all used as weapons.
Wangjiazhuang's defense finally worked. Very few people came to attack the village because they already knew that the food here had been taken away by the county magistrate.
People in Yangcheng County generally do not kill easily, but the guards in Wangjiazhuang do. Under natural disasters, villagers have every reason to kill people to protect their own food rations, and no one will be held accountable.
Ye An turned over and went down from the granary. The Wang Gang was still counting the grains over and over again. I am afraid that in his eyes, this was not grain but a "golden mountain".
Seeing Ye An coming down from the roof, the Wang Gang immediately stepped forward and said: "Master, I've done the math. The food is now more than a thousand guan! If it drags on for a while, the price will be close to 2,000 guan!"
"If it takes a while? What will Yangcheng County look like? I'm afraid Wangjiazhuang will no longer exist by then. The number of victims is increasing. Do you think people who become crazy due to hunger will be in front of Wangjiazhuang?"
Are you holding back?"
Gang Wang was stunned by what Ye An said. After looking at Ye An up and down, he said: "You really have a conscience, but it's a pity that you don't know that Wangjiazhuang is the property of the Wang family, but you can let it go at any time, Master...
…The officials will leave here before the victims riot, and as for those victims…”
Of course Ye An knew that Wang Hao could not stay in Yangcheng County. The number of victims here would increase and the danger to Wangjiazhuang would become greater and greater. But he did not expect that Wang Hao actually planned to abandon the bankers here. He squeezed
I have lived with these people for so long and benefited from them, but now I will abandon them without mercy.
Ye An felt a little chill in his heart. This was far from the scholar-bureaucrat class he knew. Even compared with the gentry in his impression, it was still inferior.
Local gentry usually rescued local disaster victims, because these victims were originally their villagers. If they were left to fend for themselves, it would also be a loss of "wealth" for the gentry.
What an evil feudal society! As the teacher said, when you opened the cracks in the pages of history books, there was a line of small characters written full of cannibalism!