Doomsday Catastrophe

After Shen Feng returned to Yuzhou, two months later, it was the autumn harvest time. Although the spring plowing in Yuzhou suffered a blow and the seedlings were eaten by countless locusts, the locusts were killed and replanted. For the seedlings, in the fall, although there has been a reduction in production in various places, it can be regarded as a harvest of grain.

Today, Shen Feng is sitting in Sichuan Province and Yuzhou, so he is naturally powerful. Originally, the Sichuan and Chongqing regions were not separated. Before 1997 in the last century, the Sichuan and Chongqing regions had always been a province. Later, in order to prevent people from It was only when the separatist regimes were forcibly separated, and now they have returned to one place, which can be regarded as returning to their original appearance.

The former Sichuan Province included Hanzhong and Yuzhou, so Liu Bei was able to separate one side after entering Sichuan, but this also led to each generation of rulers in the future. Part of it is included, which can be regarded as a weakening in disguise.

The land in Sichuan Province is more suitable for farming. After all, there are many plains. Compared with Yuzhou, this place is a real land of abundance.

However, Shen Feng also set a rule, that is, goods such as food are not allowed to flow out, unless the city lord's mansion agrees.

This result has led to many consequences. One of the better results is that the warehouses in Yuzhou have been filled with food, and there is no shortage of food for the time being. The bad result is that the affected provinces in the north cannot get food. With food support, a large number of refugees began to flee to the south again.

Regardless of whether it is Guanzhong, Hanzhong, or even Qinghai, the refugees are all heading south. If there is no food to eat, they will starve to death. The refugees know that there is food in the south, so they rush to the south.

Many forces in the north have contacted Shen Feng one after another, begging grandpa to tell grandma that if they want to buy food, no matter what price they pay, they must get food support, but the result is very miserable. Shen Feng obeyed the master. The teachings, build high walls, and accumulate food widely. Therefore, he would never sell food. On the contrary, he cared very much about the various disaster victims who went south, arranged them in various regions, and at the same time selected his confidantes to manage them.

In fact, this suggestion was given by Yu Zhijing to Shen Feng for reference, and Shen Feng immediately adopted it. As one of Shen Feng's three counselors, although Yu Zhijing is very young, he is more flexible in his mind and has won half a million dollars. The true biography of the fairy, the suggestions put forward are often very implementable.

Yu Zhijing's suggestion is very simple: "The most important things in the end are food and resources, and with food and resources, you can have more people. Since Yuzhou is not short of food, you should use the food in your hand to attract people." If more people are sold, it seems that they can gain a better reputation in a short period of time, and people from all over the country will praise them, but this will weaken the power of Yuzhou. There is an ancient saying that people who cultivate benevolence and virtue come from afar. .Benevolence is food!"

After Shen Feng heard Yu Zhijing's words, he immediately came to his senses. Instead of attacking the city everywhere, it is better to manage his own one-acre three-point land. As long as he has enough food on his side, there will be many victims of the disaster. , an increase in population represents an increase in power.

Therefore, Shen Feng resolutely does not sell food, and the reason is very simple, that is, to stick to Professor Chu's nine-character mantra.

Compared to Shen Feng's stinginess, He Qiu'an and Gong Changfa in the Northeast are more generous. The two of them already occupied the fertile Songnen Plain in the Northeast, where there is black land, and the annual grain production is very gratifying. They have opened up oil and gas pipelines, can obtain energy continuously, and have completed mechanized operations. There is no shortage of food, but what they lack is reputation.

Ever since, He Qiuan and Gong Changfa began to sell grain, and if they had no money to pay in other places, they could still owe the money.

For a while, the reputation of He Shengren spread throughout the north. He Qiuan was called Yanjing Saint, and Gong Changfa also earned the title of Northeast Asian Saint.

He Qiu'an and Gong Changfa couldn't help but laugh when they heard this title. In fact, the two of them also planned to introduce population from other places. After all, under their jurisdiction, the population was a flaw, and they were in the process of improving their reputation. , Instead, he won the title of saint.

The word "sage" is not something ordinary people can get.

"These two words are higher than the words "God" or "Immortal". The reason is very simple. In the history of China, there are only 10 saints, and Confucius is the last saint. Even Mencius has one. A lot of works, but in the end he only won the title of a sub-sage.

On the contrary, there are titles of gods and immortals everywhere in the folk. Even some monsters can be called immortals, such as fox fairy and willow fairy, but these words are of a lower grade.

After Gong Changfa knew that he had the title of saint, he couldn't help smiling and said to He Qiuan, "Now the title of the two of us has overwhelmed Shen Feng. Who told him not to sell grain?"

He Qiuan just smiled and said, "He got the benefits he wanted, and we got face. There is not much difference between the two. As for the whole north, I just hope that there will be no disasters. Otherwise, no matter how much food we have It will also be exhausted."

It's a pity that he is afraid of what will come. What He Qiuan hopes is that the north can be stable for a few years, but after autumn, bug nests appear everywhere. These bug nests are all locust nests. Migrating locusts have learned to build nests.

There is a saying that is circulating in all parts of China, especially in the north. It is called "the grasshopper after autumn will jump up in a few days."

But in late autumn, not only did the locusts not die, but they learned to build nests in various places to dig the ground, accumulate food, and even wanted to escape the cold winter underground.

The source of locusts is actually very complicated. In the land of China, there are generally East Asian migratory locusts, the most common of which are grasshoppers. After autumn, these insects will die all day long, and they will not survive an autumn at all. But times have changed now, and bugs have learned to survive the winter.

Countless locusts collect fallen leaves on the ground in autumn, and bring these fallen leaves to their nests for storage as food for the winter, just like ants.

"If these insects can't be frozen to death in winter, doesn't it mean that these locusts will continue to break out in the spring and summer of the next year?" After everyone discovered this situation, they all despaired. They all felt that the real despair had arrived .

After Xu Xing came back from the north, she went to Shen Feng to explain the situation, "City Master, the north has completely turned into hell. It is impossible to grow food in the north, but let alone the frequent occurrence of drought and floods, it is said that as long as these locusts pass through the farmland, Then the crops in the farmland will be eaten up, city lord, please save them!"

"It's as simple as you said! It's not something I can save if I want to. The climate in the north is arid, which is suitable for the breeding of locusts. It's not as humid as the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. Earlier this year, the locusts even went south to our territory. , I have no choice but to rain, how could I save so many people?" Shen Feng immediately retorted.

"Then how about you find a way to go to the north to rain a few times and drown these locusts?" Xu Xing continued to suggest.

"You think too much. If I want to rain, I have to wait until the typhoon is active. Now it is late autumn, and the typhoon is less active at sea. Basically, it will not form a typhoon. Even if I barely form a typhoon, it will definitely arrive. Do you think that the high pressure on the mainland is easy? Even though I am a wind god, I must follow the climate change. Do you understand this principle?" Shen Feng then explained seriously.

Xu Xing sat in Shen Feng's office in distress, and whispered to Shen Feng, "I heard that there were too many robbers in the north this year, so I went to the north to save these people, but After I arrived in the north, I discovered that the people in the north are really miserable. They want to plant the land, but they have to face floods and droughts just after planting. After finally overcoming the floods and droughts, the locusts fly, I saw an old man catching locusts and eating them while crying, they are really miserable!"

Shen Feng could only shake his head and said, "The murderer is the way of the world!"

Xu Xing thought about it carefully, and suddenly said to Shen Feng, "City Master, I don't want to kill the robbers. Many robbers are poor people. The chaos of the world will lead to the emergence of robbers. I want to change the world, can I?" "

"I'm glad you've finally come to your senses, of course you can

To change the world, I heard that you also like to read Buddhist scriptures, so go to Leshan another day, there are people embezzling food, you go and kill those people, and take a look at the Leshan Giant Buddha to relax. Then I'll see where you are suitable for management, don't refuse. Seeing Xu Xing's mood faded, Shen Feng also knew that she couldn't calm down after seeing the tragic situation in the north, so she asked Xu Xing to visit the Big Buddha so that he could feel at ease.

After hearing what Shen Feng said, Xu Xing became serious and said, "The Tathagata said, there is no appearance of self, no appearance of human beings, no appearance of sentient beings, and no appearance of life. Therefore, the Buddha has no appearance, and the Great Buddha is just what people think. Buddha, in fact, it is just a stone, and it will not increase virtue if you look at it, it is better to practice carefully."

"Really? Let me think about it. If there is something that can change the world, I will let you do it!" Shen Feng also understood after hearing Xu Xing's explanation. It is not easy to fool him now.

So, after careful consideration, Shen Feng really found something that needs to be done urgently, and then said to Xu Xing, "Since you want to change the world, I have an important task for you now, you go Take a trip to North America, find a piece of information and come back, you should do this task secretly, don’t be discovered by others, understand? I will tell you about this task alone, and no one else will know about it.”

As soon as Xu Xing heard this, he immediately became interested, and then said seriously, "Is there a task that can change the world? Then I will definitely do it, city lord, what is the task?"

"Go to Salt Lake City in North America, find information about aliens, and bring them back!" Shen Feng said seriously.