Wang Ye's foodie farm concubine

Chapter 812 Locust plague
Dongfang Qiyuan didn't want to trouble her every time, after all, it was their business.

"I'm going. There's no need to say anything else. Yu Han, please be careful not to act rashly and wait for news from me."

Dongfang Yulin said directly.

No matter what the outcome would be, he didn't want to trouble her anymore, and she didn't want to see them yet.

Dongfang Yulin secretly left the capital with his people the next day and rushed to the address written in the letter.

……

Yuyao also received news that Dongfang Yulin had left Beijing and rushed to Changxi City with his people.

Yuliu Shang: "Master, do you need us to keep people's attention?"

Yuyao shook her head, "No need, since he's gone, you should think of a way to deal with it."

He is not a reckless person, and there is no problem in escaping even if he is defeated.

Yuyao flipped through the latest account books. Due to the drought, the income of their southern stores was decreasing every month, and several of them were losing money.

"How about we temporarily close these shops, little sister, and reopen them after the drought is over?"

Yu Jingze suggested looking at the account book.

It's useless to open it now, but it costs a lot of money every day.

Yuyao nodded, "Let's close it first. There's no point in opening it. Arrange the employees in those shops."

"clear."

It's not just Yuyao and the others whose business has been affected, the Chen family has also been affected a lot.

However, the Chen family's financial resources are there after all, and the impact will not damage their roots. It will take some time to recover once the drought is over.

Chen Renze also sent them two batches of food, but he stopped sending it when she wrote back that there was still food left at home.

"What are you thinking about, little sister?"

Yu Jingze found that his little sister had been distracted in recent days, and he didn't know what she was thinking.

"Locust plague! There is a high possibility of a locust plague after a severe drought. I'm thinking about whether our family should raise more ducks or chickens. By that time, their rations will be saved."

When Mr. Yu heard them talking about the locust plague, he came over immediately, "Locust plague! Yaoyao, are you sure?"

"Grandpa, don't be so nervous. Let me just say this. It's not necessarily true. It's just that the possibility of a locust plague after a severe drought will be greater than in normal years."

Mr. Yu thought deeply after hearing his granddaughter's words. In fact, this kind of thing has happened in the past. It was indeed after the severe drought.

"Grandpa, has something similar happened before?"

Yuyao asked curiously.

If there were, then the court should be able to take preventive measures, so she wouldn't need to remind them again.

Mr. Yu nodded, looking into the distance and recalling that past event.

"I was still very young at that time, and I only have a rough memory. I remember that it was also after a severe drought, and suddenly there were several heavy rains. After the rain stopped, everyone was busy rushing to plant seeds, but soon after the seeds grew, something happened. There was a locust plague, and the sky was full of locusts. I could only hear them buzzing overhead, leaving nothing behind wherever they passed. The locusts lasted for half a month before leaving. After the locusts passed, they missed the time to plant the fields. The seeds we planted back then were not even recovered, and the court's disaster relief grains were never distributed. Some young and strong people took their wives, children, and parents away to other places, and some old, weak, sick, and disabled people starved to death."

Yuyao could imagine how far that scene went, "Then why hasn't the imperial court distributed relief food?"

(End of this chapter)