my grandfather was qin shi huang

But even so, things were still too sudden, which made Gongzi Gao feel a little uneasy.

"Second the order, all soldiers will be on duty in shifts. The fleet will not stop when passing through the border. It will move forward at full speed. It must return to Xianyang as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

Lu Matong immediately took the order and went down to make arrangements. Ge Jun and Xu Fu on the side could not help but move their eyes slightly, as if they had thought of something, then they looked at each other, and then looked away in a tacit understanding.

The rest of the journey became quieter and quieter.

The fleet traveled day and night, from the mouth of the river, all the way to Xianyang. Fan Kuai, the commander of the personal soldiers who was specially assigned by Zhao Ying to protect Gongzi Gao, stood silently behind Gongzi Gao.

He has only one mission, which is to protect Gongzi Gao's safety.

Never slack.

At the same time, Gongzi Gao also sent the memorial to Xianyang through the post station in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, you can see that on the Yellow River, a huge fleet is cutting through the wind and waves, struggling upstream. On the galloping road not far away, there is a captain who is sending a message. The horses were galloping, forming two complementary spectacles on the land of Qin.

On July 21, Gongzi Gao's fleet successfully passed the intersection of Ji River and Yellow River, and then passed through Licheng without entering.

On the morning of July 22, the fleet successfully arrived near Pingyuanjin.

(The research here is based on the research of Professor Xin Deyong. The ancient Yellow River passed through Pingyuanjin, which is about 120 miles southwest of Pingyuan County, Shandong Province today, and about kilometers away from Julu County.)
At this time, the sun was scorching hot.

The sun above their heads made the deck shiny. The elites of Great Qin on the deck, who were wearing black armor, were sweating profusely. They kept raising their sleeves to wipe the sweat from their faces.

"This weather is really evil. It's such a big sun and there's no wind at all. Even if there's no wind, it's fine if a cloud comes over..."

A man with a big beard and a terrible scar on his face stood on the hot deck, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help but muttered a curse.

Then, he saw his friend opposite him, suddenly pointing behind him in shock.

"Lao Yu, your mouth is really evil. Look, look, cloud, cloud, it's coming so fast——"

At first he thought his little friend was teasing him, but it was obvious that his face didn't look fake, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look, but after just one glance, he couldn't help but shiver.

All I could see was that the sky in the distance was vast and vast, covering the sky and the sun, and the clouds pressing over them were clearly countless katydids!

A dark face instantly turned pale.

The terrible memories hidden deep in his heart resurrected again, and he remembered that that year, a katydid disaster occurred in his hometown. Wherever the katydids passed, no grass grew, all the crops were destroyed, and even the bark of the trees was eaten away.

Countless people starved to death, including his parents, brothers and sisters, who all died in that katydid disaster. He was lucky enough to receive relief from the court with the help of a handful of millet secretly given to him by his mother.

The disaster of katydids is more severe than that of flood beasts.

"What's wrong? Didn't you just complain that there were no clouds? Why did the clouds come over, but you seemed to have lost your soul..."

The companion beside him couldn't help laughing and joking.

Who would have thought that after hearing his joke, I saw that this man, who was usually carefree and liked to joke the most, seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. When he looked carefully, his whole body was trembling, and he couldn't help but feel panicked.

Just as he was about to call his companions, Lao Yu suddenly let out a wail as if he was going crazy.

"Katydid plague! Katydid plague! That's a katydid plague! It's not a dark cloud, it's not a dark cloud, it's a katydid plague—"

Lao Yu's shout was so shrill that the people on the deck couldn't help but put down their work and look up.

Then, they saw a horrific sight that they would never forget.

The katydids flying up and down covered the sky and sun, spreading towards him like rolling dark clouds.

The news soon reached the ears of Young Master Gao who was enjoying the cool in the room. Hearing the words, Young Master Gao couldn't help being frightened. He put down the herbal tea in his hand and jumped to the window with a quick step.

Then, he saw a horrific scene that he would never forget. Directly north of him, in the direction of Julu County, katydids were already spreading overwhelmingly towards this direction, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Julu County is over!
As a young master of the Qin Dynasty, how could he not know the horror of this katydid disaster?

It is impossible to prevent it, and once it happens, the role of human culling becomes almost negligible. You can only hope that the thing will gradually lose its power and then be slowly culled.

"Inform the entire army to pass through this section of the river as quickly as possible!"

Gongzi Gao quickly extracted himself from this terrible emotion and issued an urgent military order.

Although there are rivers blocking the way, those katydids will most likely not be able to fly across the Yellow River, but Gongzi Gao still doesn't dare to bet on whether they will fly onto the boat. He can only think of ways to get out of this dangerous area as soon as possible.

There is also a strange medicine hidden on this ship that can prolong life.

……

At this time, Zhao Ying had already received urgent news from Julu County.

A katydid plague breaks out in Julu County!
The official memorial from Julu County has not yet been delivered. This was fed back by the intelligence network he deployed in Julu County. Looking at the description above, he couldn't help but frown.

Obviously, I had notified Han Zhang before and asked him to make a series of preparations. How could a locust plague of this scale break out?
Speaking of which, it was a coincidence.

During this period, the Emperor's condition became increasingly critical. He was negligent and failed to take into account the possible outbreak of locust plague in Julu County, nor could he keep up with the implementation of measures to prevent the locust plague there.

However, I had actually made specific arrangements before!

However, the locust plague had already started, and it was too late to say anything.

The only thing I can do is to consider post-disaster relief issues.

Fortunately, it was already late July, and part of the crops on Julu's side had been harvested. The autumn grains had not been planted yet, so people would not starve to death in a short period of time.

"Inform Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Left, Shi Teng of Zhi Su Nei, and Shi Lu of the Shaofu to come quickly..."

When the new emperor summoned him, the three men quickly put down their work and hurried over.

"A serious katydid disaster has occurred over there in Julu County. The disaster is serious at this time. Can you, my dear friends, have any countermeasures?"

When Li Si heard this, his expression couldn't help but change.

"The disaster is critical. Your Majesty, please order immediately, order all officers and soldiers stationed in Julu County to be dispatched to participate in hunting and killing katydids, organize manpower, trap them with bonfires, and bury them in ravines, so as to quell the disaster as soon as possible..."

Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng's face was also extremely serious.

"Your Majesty can first issue an order to appease the local people. I will go back immediately to collect food and grass to prepare relief for Julu County, but..." At this point, Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng couldn't help but paused and said with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty, the collection of summer grain and grass has not been completed today. There is not much grain left in the treasury. I am worried that I will not be able to mobilize so much grain temporarily..."

After speaking, he looked at Shi Lu.

Seeing this, Shi Lu simply spread his hands.

"Don't look at me. I don't even have it here. You shirk that you don't have the food and grass needed by the three counties of Mobei this year. Later, almost all of them left the grain depot of the Shaofu, plus the countries in the Western Regions and those who migrated to the people. Grain and grass subsidies are also something our Young Mansion has come up with. It’s hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. Now the mice are almost hungry in our Young Mansion’s grain depot. There really is nothing we can do now..."

Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng wanted to say something more, but Zhao Ying had already waved his hand to stop him.

"I will pay for the money and food myself——"

Zhao Ying looked at the two of them simply.

"I previously ordered the handsome steward in my house to purchase a large amount of grain from major families in Hedong County at a high price and build dozens of granaries, which can be used for temporary emergency purposes——"

What belongs to His Majesty is almost equivalent to belonging to the imperial court!
There is a source of food.

The three ministers didn't have much to say. They were all experienced veterans and had rich experience in disaster relief. They immediately made specific relief plans.

At this time, Han Zhang, the governor of Julu County, wrote an urgent memorial in person and arrived in Xianyang.

Looking at the messenger captain who was covered in sweat and with chapped lips, Zhao Ying nodded slightly.

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go down and rest. I will make arrangements for this later..."

"promise!"

The messenger captain got Zhao Ying's order and simply went to rest.

Li Si, Zhi Su Nei Shi Teng and Shaofu Shi Lu couldn't help but look at each other, and then withdrew their eyes in a tacit understanding. They looked at their noses and their minds, like an old monk in meditation, and fell silent. .

Not long after His Majesty ascended the throne, he already had an intelligence system comparable to the Black Ice Platform.

Even before the memorial from the local government came, he had already grasped the local situation!

Thinking hard.

Han Zhang's memorial was obviously more specific than the people under his command. He finally understood why he had so many detailed arrangements and why such a severe katydid disaster could occur.

Before Han Zhang, although he did not dare to say in his memorial, a katydid disaster might break out in Julu County this year.

But based on his own experience, he had already made some vague guesses. Therefore, when he saw that the then emperor's grandson's judgment coincided with his own, his heart suddenly lifted.

You should know that Julu County has dense waterways, including rivers, Huichi Water, Zhangshui, Shangshui, Jishui, Jushui, Lianshui, Hengshui, Zhushui, Zishui, and Daluze. The major water systems are crisscrossed. Due to the drought this year, Because of this, large areas of riverbeds have been exposed in many places, which is almost perfectly in line with the factors that caused the outbreak of the katydid disaster pointed out by the Emperor Taisun in his reply.

Therefore, he did not dare to neglect, immediately arranged various prevention and control measures, and began to implement them to the letter.

But in fact, this kind of invisible thing, no matter how serious he said it was, would not cause much trouble if it fell down, let alone other counties, even the people of Julu County under his direct management. , most of them also sneered at this.

Many village elders took the lead and failed to act.

joke.

The katydid plague is something you say exists, so just tell us why it exists?

During the busy farming season, it is already outrageous to delay the people from their busy work and organize them to occupy rivers and open up wasteland. They even have to throw a lot of lime on the reclaimed wasteland!

What a joke!

So what’s the point of reclaiming land?
It's just a waste of people's energy.

No one took the lead in writing a letter to impeach Han Zhang, but Han Zhang already had some prestige in Julu. As for implementation, don’t think about it. As for raising a large number of ducks...

First of all, where can I buy so many ducks? Secondly, if I buy so many ducks, who can afford to raise them?
Absolutely, it means bad governance, careless moves, wasting people and damaging wealth.

Therefore, over and over again, Han Zhang's arrangements for preventing and controlling the katydid plague can be implemented in a down-to-earth manner. Except for the vicinity of Julu County where Han Zhang is located and Guangzong, Xiaquyang and Nanhe, other counties have almost no action. !

And when countless katydids hatched from the eggs and began to wreak havoc everywhere, and finally slowly gathered into a disaster, everyone was dumbfounded.

Of course, with the katydid disaster, even the four areas where prevention and control measures were in place, such as Julu, Guangzong, Xiaquyang and Nanhe, were relatively effective, but they inevitably suffered from the katydid disaster.

The damage was quite serious.

After Zhao Ying read it, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and passed the memorial to Li Si. After Li Si read it, his expression changed slightly, and he secretly glanced at Zhao Ying, who had a gloomy expression.

Although the memorials issued by Zhao Ying usually go through the hands of his left prime minister, except for a few important pieces of information reviewed by his majesty and the emperor's grandson, he may not check them one by one.

He had too many things to do, and now he was also responsible for promoting the silver standard. Therefore, he just glanced at it briefly before letting others discover it and implemented it.

He did not expect that at that time, His Majesty had already made such an accurate judgment on the possible disaster in Julu County!
This ability to predict is simply unheard of!

"These local officials have neglected their duties and must be held accountable. However, this is not the time now. I ask Your Majesty to allow them to perform meritorious service in order to stabilize the local area as soon as possible and cooperate with the court to complete disaster relief..."

Zhao Ying nodded after hearing this.

"Good, just take the words of all of you who love me."

Li Si and others went down to make arrangements.

The efficiency of the Great Qin court was truly unparalleled. It far surpassed that of the previous dynasties of later generations. After the court's decision, the entire court started rumbling like a wartime machine.

Then, all kinds of materials needed for disaster relief were assembled as quickly as possible, and then quickly transported to the disaster area using the imperial court's roads.

But disaster relief is only part of the story. The most urgent issue we are facing now is to find ways to kill the locusts that have become rampant as soon as possible and reduce the affected area.

But in this era, there are no suitable pesticides and the methods that can be used are really lackluster.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a man who was almost completely forgotten by Zhao Ying because of the illness of the First Emperor came up to him.

Tian Jing, the new champion, heard that a locust plague broke out in Julu County. He immediately came to the palace gate and took the initiative to ask for an audience.

"Your Majesty, Tian Jing, the number one scholar in this department, please see your Majesty and say that he has a way to help the court to kill katydids!" (End of Chapter)