Chapter 1558: Conquest of the Empire (54)

Before the old man could enter the gate of the Grand Governor's Palace, another group of cavalry also escorted a carriage back, and the same old man got out of the carriage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The two old men just nodded when they met, and then entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion under the guidance of the attendants with solemn faces.

As time passed, all the horsemen who had gone out returned, and each pair escorted a wagon, each with one or two old men on board.

Those who are familiar with it will understand that these old men are the most knowledgeable and famous sages in Zhao Hu's sphere of influence.

"I've seen the Grand Governor."

Several old men saluted Zhao Hu very casually.

But don't look at their informality, in fact, these old men are very satisfied with Zhao Hu.

Because Zhao Hu was very respectful and courteous to the sage, he even issued a special order to fix the treatment of the sage in the form of local laws, even in the era of imperial unification, there was no such superior treatment, so the sages in Zhao Hu's sphere of influence were very much in agreement with Zhao Hu's rule.

Without much politeness, Zhao Hu asked them to sit down and asked directly: "I invited you sages to come this time to use your profound knowledge to understand the situation of heavenly punishment. ”

After the change in the sky, Zhao Hu only regarded it as an ordinary disaster such as a violent storm, but only sent people to inspect various places, and ordered all localities to organize people to survive the disaster.

But not long after the order was given, several sages came running to warn that this was a precursor to the imminent formation of a great catastrophe, "Heavenly Damnation".

Zhao Hu, who didn't know anything about the curse of heaven, saw that the sages were so terrifying, and couldn't help but gather these great sages to find out.

Several old men looked at each other, and held up one of the oldest sages and said, "Grand Du, such a great disaster as the Divine Damnation first appeared in the winter more than 1,500 years ago, and the second time appeared in the summer more than 780 years ago. ”

The old man also knew which sentence in front of him was equal to nonsense, and hurriedly continued: "The origin of this damnation is at the end of the world, and at first it is an overwhelming black cloud, rolling from the sea and covering the whole world, and then a storm and hail sweep all over the world, and at the same time, a tornado will appear at any time in any part of the world.

"A tornado at any time?"

Zhao Hu was a little stunned, although he didn't know how tornadoes were formed, but it was not possible to rain as often as often, right?

"Yes, there is no warning at all, there is no regularity anytime and anywhere, even if there are tornadoes in the ravine, of course, this is the situation that has occurred in the past two times of the damnation, and I dare not guarantee that this time will be the same." The old man nodded and said.

"Well, what do you mean, when this damnation appears, the calamities suffered by the whole world are the same?" Zhao Hu couldn't help asking.

"Yes, the disasters suffered in the first period are the same, all violent storms and tornadoes, but in colder places, heavy rains can turn into blizzards."

"How long will this damnation last? What are the consequences? ”

The faces of several sages changed when they heard this, and the old sage sighed and said, "Violent storms and tornadoes will last for seven days. ”

Zhao Hu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the seven-day disaster should be able to withstand it.

But the sage's words made the faces of everyone who heard it change greatly.

"This is followed by three consecutive months of rain, and flash floods and floods will emerge one after another, but these are nothing, as long as you think about the rainy days for three months, the world will not be able to use dry wood for heating, and then diseases will breed, and ......"

The old man said this, and Zhou Wen, who was waiting on the side, had already exclaimed: "Three consecutive months of rainy weather, doesn't that mean that this year's crops will be extinct!" ”

The sage nodded and sighed, "Yes, this three-month weather can make this year's grain production go to ruin, and not in one place, but all over the world. ”

At the same time, because of the lack of food and the ravages of disease, irrepressible unrest will break out everywhere, and it is recorded that the first two outbreaks of Divine Damnation will reduce the lives of the whole world by one-third, and because of this, the great calamity that will affect the whole world will be called "Divine Damnation." ”

Zhao Hu only felt a chill rising from his spine, and the life in the whole world was one-third? That is, one for every three deaths!

It's a war to the death or a war of annihilation for millions of people, and there aren't so many people dead!

However, Zhao Hu did not suspect that the sage was exaggerating.

Very simply, three months of rainy weather, especially in the spring ploughing season, can be said to be no need to think about growing grain this year.

Then there were such long rainy days, even if there was food in stock, for such a long time, there was not so much dry firewood to use to make a fire for cooking or heating.

In addition, the outbreak of diseases will increase during continuous rainy days, and the difficulty of healing will also increase.

Under the blow of these hardships, some people will resign themselves to their fate and wait for death, but the vast majority of people will not give up the struggle, so unrest will definitely happen.

In such a situation where no matter what, it is death, such turmoil is difficult to suppress.

Especially when there is such a catastrophe in the whole world, not just in one place or two places, then a third of the lives are missing.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu suddenly got up and ordered: "Order the First Division to launch an attack in the rain, and it is necessary to break through Haiping Province in the shortest possible time and collect the food of all the warlords and their supporters in the province." ”

Of course, the sage knew why Zhao Hu gave this order, Haiping Province was a big food province, and the local warlords and wealthy clans had the most stockpiles of grain, and after robbing this batch of grain, the people of Zhao Hu's territory were enough to survive this disaster.

Although this will cause a lot of tragedy, isn't it not that the people's food is not robbed? It was the unfortunate ones who were just the nobles, so the sages expressed their approval.

It's no wonder that the sages are so realistic, although they are sad, but they are also the great sages of the Zhaohu realm, and the people who want to be the ones are also the people of the local people first, and then the people from other places.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will gather the officials in charge of the various departments, and let's discuss how to survive this disaster."

After explaining to the sages, Zhao Hu sent someone to summon the officials in charge to discuss, and the sages nodded with satisfaction, Zhao Hu was too much to give them face, and he was even more satisfied with Zhao Hu in his heart.

After receiving the news from the port, although Zhou Wen was happy, so that he could easily solve the two provinces of Haiguang and Haiwu, but Zhou Wen's impression of the four unknown captains was not so good.

Didn't you see my family busy with the rainy weather that was about to last for more than three months? At such an important moment, he dared to ask his master to go up and surrender! I really don't know what to do!

According to Zhou Wen's thoughts, he should detain them directly and teach them a good lesson, but considering that the imperial fleet still needs these four people to come forward, he will also send an order to entertain them with good food and accommodation, and wait for their own master to be free before recruiting them.

Jiang Yu and the other four people who were taking care of their own clothes at the port, according to their ideas, their requests should be easily met.

If Zhao Hu heard that the four of them were willing to surrender to him, wouldn't he hurry up and run over?

But I didn't expect that the Metropolitan Governor was dealing with the problem of disaster relief and prevention, and he didn't have time to come over, so let them obey the arrangement of the Third Fleet first.

As soon as this incident came out, Jiang Yu and the others first blushed, and then sighed and expressed their willingness to settle down first.

There's no way, who let people be the knife and I am the fish, besides, when the catastrophe comes, don't think about disaster relief and disaster prevention first, and run to surrender first?

If you can still control the troops, of course, you have to settle yourself first, but now that you are the commander of the light pole, a small soldier can solve yourself, where is the need to care?

Hey, I hope that Zhao Hu can give more face for the sake of being an imperial general.

The sky was so dark that it was almost impossible to see the day or night, but although the sunlight was obscured by the clouds, it still made people feel a dim glow.

In this way, the officials who had been busy all night braved the wind and rain and rushed to various places in such a dim sight to carry out the disaster relief and prevention work that had been discussed for a night, and Zhao Hu finally had time to enjoy breakfast.

Zhao Hu, who was eating breakfast, learned that the commanders of the four fleets had surrendered, and his interest immediately came, and he immediately asked people to prepare the car and prepare to surrender in person.

Zhou Wen, who helped pack up, was very dissatisfied and said: "Lord, they are all captured by us, so you don't need to see them at this time, right?" You haven't slept all night. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't sleep all night, they are very important, with them, we can easily take the two provinces of Haiwu, Haiguang and Guangzhou, and with these two rich provinces as the foundation, it will be easier to survive this natural disaster." Zhao Hu smiled lightly.

Zhou Wen thought about it and felt that it was also, Haiguang and Haiwu provinces were very rich, and the materials were also very abundant, with these two golden provinces, in addition to Haiping Province, which is rich in grain, it was really easy to support the Zhaohu boundary of the two provinces.

And with the territory of five provinces, and the Zhao Tiger Army, which can survive the disaster safely, after the disaster, won't there be no one in the entire empire who can compete?

When the time comes, won't the lord of his own family be able to sweep the world? Hee-hee, it's so wonderful.

Zhao Hu didn't know what Zhou Wen was snickering, so he grabbed a saber and went out.

The cavalry, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, immediately hugged Zhao Hu into the carriage, and the group rumbled towards the port wharf.

At the port wharf, the dense warships occupied almost all the berths, and the same number of merchant ships were so aggrieved that they were huddled together.