Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 602 True God (1)
Without the emperor's series of policies, they would not have been able to handle the drought so easily.As long as there is hope in life, the common people will not be bewitched to do rebellious things.

This made all the forces who wanted to take advantage of this drought to cause trouble, all gnashing their teeth with hatred.

Jin Wangfu.

King Jin Liangxuan stood in the courtyard without any shelter, looking at the venomous sun and the almost scorched earth, he looked like a psychopath, and suddenly burst out laughing, with a bit of complacency and gloating in his voice.

Xia Xia looked at Liang Xuan laughing loudly in the corridor, and there was a smile on his face, but he didn't know what to think of, so he frowned.

Seeing that King Jin was still laughing, she quickly said, "Ah Xuan, it's hot outside, come in quickly, don't burn yourself in the sun."

Only then did King Jin stop and whisper, but with a smile on his face, he looked at Xia Xia with some trust and appreciation. He walked briskly to Xia Xia's side, reached out and held her hand. With a pair of bright wrists, he said emotionally: "Xia Xia, you are still right, the drought really came, and this king almost fell into the emperor's trick."

No, maybe he has already been fooled, otherwise, he has already made preparations to attack the capital, instead of only half of the preparations like now.

Thinking of this, King Jin's expression became gloomy.

Xia Xia heard that, although she was proud of herself, she tried her best to control the corners of her upturned mouth, and said, "Ah Xuan, you were only temporarily confused by that dog emperor. Fortunately, you reacted in time so that he didn't let his trick succeed. Today, the drought is just beginning to show signs, and it has not yet reached its worst, and we still have time to prepare."

"You're right, I still have time to prepare." King Jin said.

It will take some time until the disaster ferments and the public sentiment is excited.It is only when there is despair that people's hearts are best utilized and best incited.

After all, most of the common people are timid, muddle along, and live with the situation, unless they are forced to die, otherwise, they will never rebel.

Therefore, he still needs to wait a little longer.

Xia Xia held King Jin's hand instead, and led him into the room together, while walking, said worriedly: "It's just that the public opinion this time, I'm afraid the prince won't be able to make good use of it."

King Jin sat down on the grand teacher's chair on the left hand side of the hall, his face sank first, and then he smiled and said, "Xia Xia, what do you mean?"

Xia Xia took the tea from the maid, handed it to him personally, sat on the other side, and then said: "Didn't the prince find out? Nowadays, the court is what the people want, even the people in the prince's fief, They all want the court! It's really not easy to incite them to rebel. What's more, the emperor has purchased so much food, how can the prince fight with the court?"

Xia Xia, who was born in the White Lotus Sect, understands how important the people's hearts are.

It cannot be seen or touched, but it has extremely powerful power. If it is used well, it can even overthrow the rule of a dynasty.

A large part of the White Lotus Sect's ability to attract so many poor people to join the religion was due to the use of people's hearts, so she valued and cared more about people's hearts than others.

King Jin frowned immediately, but then stretched his brows, snorted softly, and said arrogantly: "Even if he is fully prepared, so what? What about the people's will? This king doesn't believe it, he can Everything is covered. Now the drought has just begun, and it has not yet reached its worst point, so I want to see how long he can last."

Xia Xia heard the words and said with a smile: "What the lord said is true, then let's pray together that the drought will last longer! I will offer tea to the lord instead of wine."

King Jin laughed out loud, and then drank all the tea in the teacup in one go.

Xia Xia's eyes fluttered, and she also drank the tea in the cup. After drinking, she suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, are the food and grass ready?"

Since you want to rebel, you can't do without food and weapons.

"Why is Xia Xia so confused? Just grab it when the time comes. Brother Huang has prepared so much food and grass, and when the time comes, it will be cheaper for us." King Jin laughed again after finishing speaking.

Xia Xia looked at him with joy and admiration, and said, "Could it be that the lord is planning on those disaster relief food?"

"More than that," King Jin said, "as long as we capture the town, we will grab it at that time. The emperor bought so much food, but in the end he made wedding dresses for others, and let this king take advantage of it. Do you think this is funny? ?”

"The prince is far-sighted, and I admire it." Xia Xia said flatteringly, "With food, are you afraid that no one will take refuge?"

King Jin narrowed his eyes and nodded triumphantly.

The number of guards of the vassal kings is limited, at most 1, and definitely no more than [-]. This amount of troops is nothing to the imperial court.

Therefore, he can only find another way, selling weapons privately, colluding with bandits, summoning strange people, and even reaching an alliance with other vassal kings, and he can also recruit refugees. ally.

At that time, when the time and place are favorable, he will not believe that he will not be able to succeed.

More than a month passed quickly, and there was still no rain. In many places, the ground was dry and cracked, the water level of rivers and lakes dropped, or even dried up, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and other major tributaries stopped flowing, etc.

As a result, even the people who were relatively calm at the beginning could not help but feel a little restless, and their anxiety gradually spread.

Although the food has been planted and there is no shortage of water for the time being, due to the drought, the production of food will also be greatly affected.The ones that are more drought-tolerant are better, but the others are not guaranteed.

Fortunately, this year, most of the people in the disaster-stricken areas planted drought-tolerant varieties, and the yield should be better.

However, don't forget that the drought is extreme and the locusts are very warm and dry. For a long time, severe droughts are often accompanied by locust plagues.

Su Wan deliberately wrote down all the methods of preventing and controlling locust plagues that she knew. Even before the drought occurred, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital, under her various suggestions, actually made a killing plan. Insect medicine is easy to make and can be produced in large quantities. For this reason, a sprayer for spraying medicine is specially made. Although it is not as smart as modern times and looks very bulky, it is already the best that can be done now. Yes, the most important thing is that it really came in handy.

(End of this chapter)