In Pengcheng State, the Prime Minister Wang Lang was extremely busy because thousands of acres of fertile farmland in Pengcheng State had been destroyed by locust plagues.

"After the locust plague, there is no harvest."

Wang Lang got off the carriage and came to the village that was attacked by locusts. It was shocking that there was almost no grass growing.

Wang Lang's discovery of the locust plague was relatively timely. If not, more farmland would have been destroyed in Pengcheng, and the locust plague would have rapidly spread to various prefectures and counties in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou.

Generals Mi Fang and Yin Li followed Wang Lang. When they saw the horror of the locust plague, they couldn't help but feel numb.

Locust plagues are worse than droughts and floods.

A minor official reported: "Pengcheng villagers have rumors that Master Zhou Mu has offended God, so the locust plague is a punishment for the Pengcheng Kingdom."

Mi Fang raised the little official with one hand and scolded: "Bullshit, Zhou Mu is a wise and powerful man with a reputation far and wide. How could he possibly offend God!"

"Sir, this, this is not what a villain said..."

Mi Fang then put the clerk down and said, "Arrest all those who spread rumors and beat them up at least thirty times."

In Mi Fang's mind, Chu Tian is completely his brother and idol. If it weren't for Chu Tian, ​​Mi Fang would not be promoted to Zhonglang General.

In just one year, Mi Fang went from a captain to a captain, then to a lieutenant general, and might even become a formal general in the future. He was naturally grateful to Chu Tian and tried his best to protect him. It was like someone insulting his idol, how could it be so?

Can stand by and watch.

"This is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. The top priority is to extinguish the locust plague as soon as possible and open warehouses to provide relief to the people."

Wang Lang is not a nerd, and he knows very well that the locust plague has nothing to do with ghosts and gods.

In Pengcheng, people are in panic because of the locust plague.

For local civilians, the locust plague is a disaster sent from heaven. For foreign players, most players are indifferent because they don't know how much damage the locust plague will bring to agriculture.

If Xuzhou encounters a major locust plague, the price of food will rise several times, or even dozens of times, and it will take Xuzhou many years to recover.

Food is the most important thing for the people. As the most important material in troubled times, food is even more important than gold.

In order to cope with the natural disaster that may affect the entire Xuzhou in Pengcheng Kingdom, Chutian led Langya Prime Minister Xia Liang, Xiapi Prime Minister Li Kui and others to Pengcheng Kingdom to try to eliminate the locust plague.

"Get rid of the moths and thieves, they will not harm me, Tian Zhi. Tian Ancestor has a god, who is responsible for the fire."

Xia Liang read a poem quietly, which made Chu Tian pay attention.

"Where did it come from?"

"The Book of Songs. Our ancestors already had countermeasures, and they mostly used fire to get rid of insects."

"What's the point of this?"

Li Kui replied from the side: "Locusts are similar to moths. They attack fires at night. You can set up a fire at night, dig a pit next to the fire, burn it and bury it at the same time. Although it may not be possible to completely eliminate the locust plague, it can also prevent great famine."

Li Kui has a lot of experience in agriculture and has experience in controlling locust plagues.

"Arrange all counties in Pengcheng State to immediately extinguish the locust plague and use fire attacks. Those who extinguish a large number of locusts can receive more disaster relief food from the government."

On the basis of fire attack, Chutian implemented the "work-for-relief" system.

The more locusts are killed in disaster-stricken villages, the more grain the government distributes for disaster relief to prevent people from getting something for nothing.

Disaster relief is necessary, otherwise a peasant uprising will occur in Pengcheng Congress, giving surrounding powerful enemies a chance to attack Xuzhou.

Because of the locust plague, almost all the grain stored in Pengcheng State's granary has been used for disaster relief, and this year's grain harvest will also be affected.

"The damage caused by a locust plague may be greater than the damage caused by the last war..."

Chutian encountered a large-scale natural disaster for the first time and couldn't help but feel troubled.

Xia Liang added: "Although one locust was caught, hundreds of locusts spawned in the blink of an eye. Villagers should be ordered to search for places where locusts lay their eggs and pour in herbal juice to kill the eggs. Villages can also be encouraged to raise a large number of locusts.

Chickens, ducks, birds and other creatures are insect-proof. One chicken can eat hundreds of locusts in a day."

"allow."

Chu Tian made arrangements one by one to control the locust plague, mainly by killing locusts and eradicating their eggs.

In "Lord", natural disasters are not uncommon, such as locust plagues, droughts, floods and even earthquakes.

This was the first time Chutian encountered a locust plague that affected a whole county.

"Langya Country has a large number of special buildings and special talents, which can increase the blessing value of the territory. I used to think that the blessing value had no effect, but now it seems that I have underestimated the role of the blessing value."

Chutian didn't pay much attention to this hidden characteristic. In fact, because Langya Kingdom's blessing value was very high, no huge disasters ever happened.

In contrast, the lords of Pengcheng Kingdom's construction of Pengcheng Kingdom is average, and there is a probability of locust plague.

"The administrative offices of each county can appropriately build some buildings that originally seemed unnecessary, such as the City God's Temple and other buildings."

Chutian weighed the cost of special buildings against the losses caused by the locust plague, and decided to build a batch of buildings in each county and government office that could increase the blessing value and reduce the probability of natural disasters.

The losses caused by this locust plague to Pengcheng State can be used to build hundreds of City God Temples.

Wang Lang, Mi Fang, Yin Li and others returned from the village and reported to Chutian the disaster situation in the village.

Wang Lang also mentioned to Chu Tian what Hou Jing did in Pengcheng Kingdom: "Pengcheng Kingdom has organized villagers to dig out insect eggs and kill them over the years, but Hou Jing of Shouchun City destroyed many villages and towns before leaving Pengcheng Kingdom, causing the land to be abandoned.

, may also be one of the causes of this locust plague."

"Hou Jing, I will kill him."

Before that, Chutian had learned that Hou Jing's soldiers were burning, killing, and looting in the Pengcheng Kingdom, and 200,000 civilians were affected.

If Hou Jing's rebellion indirectly caused the locust plague, then the damage he caused to the Chutian forces would be even greater.

"Order the army to go south to Pengcheng Kingdom to participate in hunting and killing locusts, and at the same time guard the surrounding princes to prevent them from attacking Pengcheng Kingdom during the outbreak of locust plague."

Chu Tian was worried not only about the locust plague, but also about the surrounding princes who were watching him.

"The outbreak of locust plague in Xuzhou is really a mixed blessing."

When Cao Cao learned that a locust plague broke out in Pengcheng Kingdom, he did not dare to act rashly for a while.

If the locust plague in Pengcheng State cannot be controlled due to war, Cao Cao will not be easy to live with once it spreads to Yanzhou.

The best case scenario is that the locust plague only affects Xuzhou. But the locust plague is uncontrollable.

Xun Yu was responsible for managing internal affairs and was worried that the locust plague would spread to Yanzhou, so he discouraged Cao Cao from taking the risk of attacking Pengcheng State. Otherwise, not only tens of thousands of people would die in battle, but hundreds of thousands of people would starve to death.

Cao Cao weighed the pros and cons and finally gave up attacking Xuzhou.

"There is a locust plague in Pengcheng State, and Xuzhou's main force goes to Pengcheng State to provide disaster relief. This is a great opportunity for us to sneak attack on Guangling County!"

In Shouchun City, Hou Jing heard that there was a locust plague in Pengcheng State and wanted to take advantage of the situation and attack Guangling County.

Guo Jia deliberately dissuaded him: "If you don't want to die, don't provoke Chu Zimou easily."

"There are only 30,000 ordinary defenders in Guangling, which is very weak. Besides, I just went to plunder and leave after getting the benefits. There is no need to worry. If you come, bring the military advisor. If the military advisor is not with you, I will always feel uneasy."

Hou Jing was worried that Guo Jia would try to escape while he was leaving Shouchun, so he took Guo Jia with him.

More than 20,000 soldiers from Shouchun City, led by Hou Jing, invaded Guangling County in Xuzhou.

He needed to rob a sum of gold and silver to satisfy the soldiers' desires.

A large number of troops were sent to Pengcheng by Chutian and went to various villages to fight the locust plague.

The legion that originally fought in all directions is now tasked with hunting and killing locusts...

At night, in the farmland on the outskirts of Pengcheng, a group of dismounted cavalry dug traps, piled straw and burned it to attract locusts, burn them to death, and then bury them.

The fierce general Zhao Yun is armed with force, but his role in the face of the locust plague is limited. He holds a shovel to cover up the corpses of the locusts.

Tens of thousands of locusts were exterminated. One can imagine how terrifying the locusts' reproductive capabilities are.

Joan of Arc also carried a shovel. She worked hard to dig the trap, sweating profusely.

In order to extinguish the locust plague in Pengcheng Kingdom as soon as possible, everyone went to battle personally.

After Chutian's martial arts improved, he could use a shovel effortlessly.

"Locusts are the biggest pest in farmland. Not only will they eat all the crops and plants, but they will also kill each other after eating all the food they can eat..."

When Xia Liang mentioned that locusts were killing each other, he couldn't help but feel a little sick and turned pale.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Chu Tian was holding a shovel and saw that Xia Liang's face was not very good.

"It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired."

"Xiu Ning, take Miss Xia to rest."

Chu Tian was worried that something might happen to Xia Liang, so he asked Li Xiuning to take Xia Liang down to rest.

The rest of the people are still hunting locusts in the fields.

"In the future, strict locust control measures will be established in each county to reduce the frequency of locust plagues."

It is almost unrealistic to completely prevent locust plagues. Even industrial civilization cannot completely avoid locust plagues and can only reduce the scale and frequency of locust plagues.

Otherwise, locust plagues would come every three to five, and the larger Chutian's territory would become, the more uncomfortable it would be.

Li Kui wiped his sweat with a dry towel: "Prime Minister Pengcheng discovered and controlled the locust plague earlier, and it is expected that the scope of the locust plague will not leave Pengcheng State. Pengcheng State has a major disaster, and there are seven other counties to provide disaster relief, so that famine will not break out.

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To be continued...