On September 24, Han Jianming sent an excerpt from Yanzhou 800 miles in an expedited manner. In Yanzhou, there was a locust plague.

After reading it, Yuxi's expression was relieved. Although locust plagues have occurred in Yanzhou and Linzhou, they are not as overwhelming as Henan and Shanxi, which should be the role of killing insect eggs before. Moreover, because they took precautions in advance, they killed these locusts in the fastest and shortest time.

During this time, I was worried about a locust plague, but the locust plague really happened, and Yuxi calmed down instead.

Because Linzhou and Yanzhou are the places with the most severe drought, they are also the places most prone to locust plagues. Han Jianming offered to come here that day.

Looking at the mountains of locust corpses, Liu Yongnan asked very strangely: "Lord Han, why don't you burn these locusts?"

Han Jianming said with a smile: "It's a pity to burn it." These locusts can be used to feed chickens and ducks. I heard that after the chickens and ducks ate it, they laid a lot of eggs. "This locust plague can be killed in the fastest time, and it is also thanks to Liu Yongnan's great help.

Liu Yongnan's eyes lit up and said, "What you said is true?" They also raised chickens and ducks in the barracks before, and the eggs of these chickens and ducks were for the soldiers in the army to eat. It's just that the drought is too severe and there is no water, so all these poultry are eaten.

Han Jianming nodded and said, "Naturally, it's true." ”

Liu Yongnan just shook his head after being excited for a while and said, "It's a pity that all the chickens and ducks are gone now, so they can only be burned." "Although I think it's a pity, since I can't save it, I still burned it early to save trouble.

Han Jianming said with a smile: "Not now, it's not that I won't raise it in the future." The locusts are dried and then ground into powder for storage. In the future, I raised chickens and ducks, and then fed them to eat, and I could lay more eggs. ”

Liu Yongnan was skeptical: "Really?"

Han Jianming shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm actually not sure about this, it was said by Dr. Bai." He said that this thing was fried and eaten, and it was also very tasty. Otherwise, let's try something new today. ”

Liu Yongnan laughed: "Lord Han has this interest, and Liu naturally accompanies him." "I think that back then, they caught those snakes and insects on the grass and ate them raw, and now they are fried in oil, which is simply too luxurious.

Han Jianming said: "Today we also have a luxury. "Because of the drought, Yunqing and Yuxi have reduced their meals to two dishes and one soup. The officials below were also very frugal when they heard this. Now in the northwest, driven by Yunqing and Yuxi, the atmosphere is still very good. In the month that Han Jianming has been in Yanzhou, every meal is one dish and one soup, and most of them are vegetarian dishes.

During the meal, Liu Yongnan also took out his treasured liquor to entertain Han Jianming.

Han Jianming shook his head and said, "Now is a critical juncture, don't dare to drink." Keep this wine, and when I deal with the locust matter, the two of us brothers will get drunk again. "The locust matter has not been resolved, and he does not dare to slack off for a moment.

Liu Yongnan said happily: "Okay, then I'll keep this wine for you." When the matter is settled, we will drink again. "The locust plague is a matter of great importance, and if something goes wrong because of him, he will not be able to afford this responsibility at that time.

The cook brings the fried locusts. Liu Yongnan smiled and said, "Looking at this appearance, it should be good." After speaking, he put one in his mouth, and after eating, he nodded and said, "It's fragrant, crispy, and delicious." "It's hard to eat raw, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious when fried. Liu Yongnan decided to fry a plate every once in a while in the future.

To catch locusts, we not only rely on officials and soldiers, but also on the people. The people are not doing white labor, ten catties of locusts for one catty of artichokes. As soon as such conditions came out, the people were still very positive. Of course, when locusts appear, it is not enough to hunt and kill, but also to check whether the places they pass have laid eggs. If the eggs are laid, the eggs must be removed, otherwise there will be endless troubles, and doing these things is very exhausting.

Yunqing heard Han Jianming say that the fried locusts tasted very delicious, and said to Yuxi: "Let's also fry a plate at noon to try it." ”

Yuxi showed a look of disgust, but she didn't refuse, and said, "If you want to eat it, then let the cook in the front yard fry it!"

At noon, there was an extra plate of golden dishes on the table. As soon as the jujube saw it, he immediately clamped one. After eating, he was full of praise and said to Liu'er: "Sister, this is delicious, you can eat one and try it." ”

Liu Er asked Yuxi with a look of disgust: "Mother, what is this, why does it look like a bug?"

Yuxi was worried that Liu Er would vomit after knowing that this was a locust, so she replied, "If you don't like to eat it, don't eat it." She didn't stop Yunqing from appearing on the table, hoping to send a signal that locusts were edible and that they tasted good. If everyone follows the trend and eats locusts, the danger of locusts will be reduced invisibly.

That night, Yuxi received Fu Minglang's excerpt. Fu Minglang said in the excerpt that there was also a locust plague in Jinzhou, but because there were not many of them, they were quickly hunted and killed. In addition, Fu Minglang also said a phenomenon in the excerpt, that is, locusts do not eat mulberry trees, and the mulberry trees planted before are intact.

Yuxi put down the fold and said in a low voice: "There are still things that locusts don't eat, which is also rare." ”

Although locust plagues occurred in 17 counties in six prefectures, they were killed in time and did not cause serious consequences.

Soon, the news of a heavy rain in Gansu reached Hocheng again. Yuxi said to Xu Wu: "There have been two heavy rains in Gansu, and Shaanxi should be about the same." ”

Xu Wu nodded and said: "It's the end of September, and if it doesn't rain anymore, the people really won't have a way to live." "In the past three months, more than 20,000 people have died in the entire northwest. This is still on the premise that they are fully prepared.

Yuxi weighed it in his heart for a long time, and said: "If a well in the back garden is opened to the outside world, what do you think?" Yuxi felt that the drought in Gansu had been alleviated, and it should be about the same in Shaanxi.

Xu Wu shook his head without thinking about it: "It's raining in Gansu, but there hasn't been a drop of rain in Shaanxi yet." None of us can predict when the drought will end. "In addition to that, there is another reason she didn't say. The hottest season is about to pass, and now it is not a good thing to provide water to the people of Ho City, Yu Yuxi and Yunqing.

Yuxi thought for a moment and said, "Forget it." Yuxi was also hesitating just now, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Xu Wu.

Not long after Xu Wu went out, he came back again: "Princess, this is a letter sent back by Yang Duoming." "The letter written by Yang Duoming this time is quite thick.

Halfway through the letter, Yuxi's face was gloomy.

Xu Wu asked cautiously, "Princess, but what happened to Lord Yang?" Yang Duoming is also a person who has hung up a fifth-grade official, and it is not an exaggeration to call Lord Yang.

Yuxi said: "Over there in Henan, many people kill the elderly and children alive to eat, not only eat them but also sell ......" After that, Yuxi couldn't say anything.

When Xu Wu heard these words, his eyebrows didn't move: "Henan is a drought and a locust plague, and the people have no way back." Those who want to survive can only do this kind of hurtful thing. "To be exact, they don't think it's hurtful anymore. If you had this thought, you wouldn't have sold human flesh.

After Yuxi was silent, he continued to read Yang Duoming's letter. After reading it, Yuxi said to Xu Wu: "Qingge is dead, and when he died, he was with He Gaoda. Qingge was given to He Ye, but he did not break off his relationship with He Gundam. As for why he died when the two were happy/in love, Yang Duoming is not clear for the time being, and he is still looking for the reason.

Xu Wu said: "The goal has been achieved, and her life and death have no effect." "Such a woman is dirty at first glance, she was really obsessed with ghosts, and she would be stupid.

Yuxi said: "No one can deny that she lost her life for doing things for us. And Yuxi thinks that this matter should not be simple, Qingge is specially trained, she is the only one in bed who lets a man die, how can she be killed by a man.

Xu Wu said: "Then let Lord Yang bury her thickly!" Qingge has no family, and they can't follow the Buddha if they want to.

Yun Qing came back from outside, opened the curtain just in time to hear the word thick burial, and asked, "What were you talking about just now? What kind of thick burial?" Hearing that Qingge was dead, Yun Qing didn't pay attention to it. When he heard the current situation in Henan, his face was worried: "The people of Henan have now reached this point?"

Xu Wu saw that he had nothing to do, so he retreated on his own.

Yunqing weighed it in his heart for a long time, and said to Yuxi: "Yuxi, only if we capture Henan, can we get the people out of the sea of suffering." ”

Yuxi shook his head and said, "Not for the time being, we must wait until the drought is over." "The rear is unstable, and the larger the territory, the more dangerous it is. Probably because of the woman, Ok-hee acted very cautiously and was not sure enough that she would not do it.

Yun Qing knew that Yuxi's concerns were right, but if he didn't do anything, he felt uncomfortable. After thinking for a while, Yunqing said: "Yuxi, when the time comes, send troops to attack Henan and other places, this is not enough. "How can Yunqing not know that Yuxi is not willing to be in the northwest of this acre and three points of land! If you want to conquer the city, the premise is that you must have enough men and horses and grain and grass. There is no shortage of food for the time being, but there is indeed a shortage of people and horses.

Yuxi heard what Yunqing meant, this was to recruit troops from Shanxi and Henan. Yuxi thought for a long time, nodded and said, "Yes, but the number of people cannot exceed 100,000." Moreover, when recruiting soldiers, it was stated that we only took care of food and did not give us money. But when the war starts, it will be paid. Even if this condition is a bit harsh, Yuxi believes that many people are willing to join the army.

Seeing Yunqing's hesitation, Yuxi said: "One hundred thousand is already the limit, and we can't afford more." "Now that the situation in Gansu and Xihai has improved, otherwise she would never agree to Yunqing's construction.

Yunqing nodded and said, "Then Shanxi is 50,000 and Henan is 50,000." "The disaster situation in Hubei is not so strict, so I won't go there to recruit troops.

And so it was settled.

PS: I made a common sense mistake, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces belong to the Yangtze River basin, and their floods have nothing to do with the Yellow River. Most of them have been modified, there may be omissions, everyone saw the help to point out, thank you. ~~~~(>_