Zhou Yu frowned and pondered, when the Jiangdong Army captured Lujiang and Liu Biao withdrew, he had suggested that Sun Ce seize the land of Jiujiang, but Sun Ce's mind was on Jingzhou.

"If the lord wants to seize the land of Jiujiang, he needs to show goodwill to the saint first, the saint represents the Han family, and there is a gap between the saint and Cao Cao, he definitely doesn't want Cao Cao to sit big, Jiangdong soldiers are full of food, but Jingzhou is losing troops in the conquest of Yuan Shu." Jiangdong and Jingzhou have a long history of feuds, will not because Liu Biao inherited the unification, and resolve each other's grievances, the most important thing is that Jingzhou is rich, sitting on the land of Jiangdong, although there is no need to worry about Jingzhou Xing troops to invade, but it is difficult to chase the Central Plains, in this troubled times, but all the princes who want to make a difference, all want to get a piece of the pie in the Central Plains, and Liu Biao has become a more powerful obstacle to Jiangdong.

Sun Ce was silent for a long time and said: "Send someone to secretly contact Zhang Xun, and be sure to get the jade seal and bed crossbow." ”

Zhou Yu said yes, and understood Sun Ce's choice in his heart, although the land of Jiujiang is important, once the Jiangdong army comes out of the nest and competes with Cao Cao in Jiujiang, Jiangdong will be empty, how can Liu Biao miss such an opportunity, although Jingzhou has lost its troops, but the navy is still there.

"Order the spies to keep an eye on the movements of the Jiangxia and Jingzhou naval forces." Sun Ce said.

"My lord, the Jinfan thief plundered the warship and left, I'm afraid it was secretly instructed by someone, if the Jinfan thief belongs to Jingzhou, you need to be cautious." Zhou Yu reminded that from Gan Ning's actions, he felt an extraordinary meaning, and there was always a sense of uneasiness, if Gan Ning was a strange soldier of the Jingzhou army, it would inevitably cause trouble to Jiangdong.

"Sail thief? Hmph, if it provokes Ben Hou's head, they will have no bones. Sun Ce snorted coldly.

Zhou Yu frowned slightly, "Lord, Gan Ning, the leader of the Jinfan thieves, is quite martial and brave, proficient in water warfare, at this time there are two building ships and sixteen warships in his hands, which should not be underestimated, according to the news from Jingzhou, the saint is furious about the Jinfan thief's escape from Jingzhou, why not secretly order someone to contact Gan Ning, if it can be used by Jiangdong, then Jingzhou can also be used." ”

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Just take Gongjin's words." ”

When the generals in the field heard that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were plotting for the land of Jingzhou, they were not dissatisfied at all because Liu Biao was the emperor, the grudge between Jingzhou and Jiangdong was too deep, and this kind of grudge could not be changed by Liu Biao becoming the emperor, as for the civil officials, they were worried.

At the same time, the number of refugees who poured into Bingzhou from all over the country also reached 100,000, and dense houses were built outside Huguan, and around them were Zhao Yun trained tens of thousands of soldiers, and there was the deterrence of the Bingzhou army, but no refugees dared to take the opportunity to cause chaos.

The people of the state were also skeptical, and sent the dried locusts to the nearby city, and they could not understand what the state priest wanted the locusts for.

Outside the city of Jinyang, there were already officials of the state pastoral government there to buy locusts, after the weighing, immediately paid, which also greatly encouraged the people's confidence in catching locusts, the number of locusts was too much, for a time, the warehouse in Jinyang was piled up with dense locusts, rough estimates, the minimum is 200,000 catties of locusts.

"Lord, what should we do with these locusts?" Chen Tian was puzzled, he was always a little puzzled by Lu Bu's acquisition of locusts, even if it was to let the people catch locusts, there was no need to pay such a big price, one pound and one dollar, a common people, in places where there were more locusts, could easily catch a hundred catties of locusts in one day, and the minimum after drying was twenty catties, twenty dollars a day, and under normal circumstances, a stone of rice was only more than a hundred yuan, which was definitely more than the small houses in the restaurants in the city and the people who worked for the merchants, so that many refugees who flocked to Bingzhou heard the news. But it is to catch locusts outside Huguan, where there are officials who are specially responsible for purchasing locusts.

Compared with the people of Bingzhou, they hate locusts even more, and it is these locusts that make them exile and let them watch their relatives die of starvation.

If there are many locusts catched, they will have a certain ability to live after arriving in the state, and they will not need to rely on the help of the state governor to survive, especially as more and more people flock to the state, as a member of the refugees, they feel the great pressure.

"Yuanwu, locusts can eat the people's food, why can't the people feed on locusts in turn?" Looking at the mountains of locusts piled up in the warehouse, Lu Bu asked with a smile.

Chen Tian's expression was sluggish, he had never heard of eating locusts, in the face of locusts, the people avoided it, lest they get involved, the people caught locusts more because the price offered by the state pastoral government was attractive, but if you eat it, thinking of locusts, who dares to fill your mouth, I am afraid that even the soldiers in the army know that they are eating locusts, and they don't dare to move their mouths.

"Lord, this ......" Chen Tian was dumbfounded.

"Yuanwu, there is not much grain and grass in Bingzhou now, if there are more locusts to eat, not only can the current situation in Bingzhou be alleviated, but it is not impossible to lead troops to attack Hedong, the princes all think that Bingzhou does not have the power to attack because of refugees, and then Benhou will let them down." Lu Budao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's big moves, he has already learned, the princes want to seize the benefits at this time, although there is an influx of 100,000 refugees in Bingzhou, it is not to be left behind, this is also a good opportunity to seize Hedong.

"My lord, this is a locust." Chen Tian reminded.

"What about the locusts, tomorrow I will send 30,000 catties of locusts to the army, and the officials of the state will also go with me, and Benhou will eat first." Lü Bu said that compared to the price of rice grain, locusts are much cheaper, and a soldier will consume two to three stone of rice grain in a month.

Chen Tian's expression changed when he heard this: "The lord can't do it." ”

Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Benhou is not as delicate as you say, what about the locusts?" They make it impossible for the people to live, and Benhou wants to make them the food of the state. ”

Chen Tian looked at Lu Bu blankly, not knowing how to describe his mood at this time.

"Yuanwu, in fact, locusts are very delicious." Lu Bu attached his ear canal.

Chen Tian, who looked sluggish, looked at the dense locusts in the warehouse, and only felt a little disgusted, he seemed to see the scene of the soldiers in the army and the officials of the state feeding on the locusts.

Dian Wei also heard the conversation between Lu Bu and Chen Tian, glanced at Chen Tian sympathetically, and also felt that his stomach was a little tumbling, but Lu Bu mentioned the matter of eating locusts, and his expression was calm.

When the officials of the state pastoral government heard the news brought back by Chen Tian, they looked at each other, eating locusts, such a thing, Jin Hou can also think of it, Mo said that he ate it, just looked at the dried locusts, they all felt disgusted, especially those officials who bought locusts, during this period of time it was even more miserable, at the beginning the number of locusts was relatively small, and now the daily purchase of locusts can reach 30,000 catties, not counting the locusts purchased from refugees outside Huguan.

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