Since Zhou County's order left, another county order was transferred, surnamed Hao, but he was already very old and was about to retire. I still turn a blind eye to very things.

When the official saw Chen Ye coming, he went directly to report to the county order, and no one in Anqing knew the name of Chen Ye. This official had also seen Chen Ye before, and he was directly guided to the inner hall without hindrance along the way.

"I've seen the prefectural magistrate"

"Oh, you're Chen Ye, right, what's the matter?" Hao Xianling picked up the teacup tremblingly.

"I passed by the field today and found that there are a lot of insect eggs this year, and there may be a locust plague."

As soon as Hao County heard about the locust plague, the water cup was sprinkled all over the ground. Hao Xianling was miserable in his heart, he was about to fill the vacancy when he came, and he was about to retire, and he was counting on a safe and stable pass, there was a locust plague, didn't this kill me.

Chen Ye asked Chen Shi to open the package, take out the soil of the field, and point out the parts of the eggs. However, Zhou County's eyes were dizzy, and he couldn't see the eggs clearly. I couldn't see it after watching it for a long time, and I couldn't refute Chen Ye, so I asked the master to help me come and see it, and the master looked at the dense insect eggs in the soil, and said a word beside Hao Xianling. Hao Xianling's eyes were black, his legs were weak, and he fainted directly.

Seeing that Zhou Xianling fainted, he retreated directly and went home.

When I got home, I broke into Zhao Jiancai's study directly, and just saw Zhao Jiancai flirting with a maid, this maid was the maid next to Aunt Song, and quickly coughed twice, the maid was scared away, and Zhao Jiancai's face was also a little unnatural.

Chen Ye didn't care about these trivial things at this time, and asked directly: "There is still money in the house?" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhao Jiancai was a little guarded.

Chen Ye said softly: "Locust plague", which frightened Zhao Jiancai and fell directly from the bench.

When he returned home, he quickly instructed Luhuan to use all the money in the family to go out to buy grain, not from Anqing, but from other counties. Worried that Luhuan would not be at ease alone, he asked Chen Shi to accompany her with his family. Then go to the restaurant and tell the king to prepare the materials for a locust plague, stop the current porridge and steamed buns, and leave them for more people in need.

It is said that after Hao Xianling woke up, he looked at the master.

"Did I have a dream?"

Looking at the master's serious expression, Hao Xianling fainted again.

Chen Ye went to the county government and knew that the government was unreliable at this time, waiting for the reports at all levels, and then sending relief food, at least more than two months, I don't know how many people will starve to death by then.

Is there any way to inform everyone? As long as the shopkeeper Wang enters the store, the guests will inform them that there may be a locust plague this year, and many people do not care, and they also have a little bit of food. Basically, there is no effect, and I can't advertise that there is a locust plague on the street, and it is estimated that the whole county says that he is a psychopath.

Fayun Temple, Master of the Void.

"Master, I see that there has been no heavy rain in two months, and there are many insect eggs on the land, and there will be a plague of locusts. I hope that your temple can do more publicity, so that pilgrims can hurry back to harvest crops and prepare for disasters."

"Good, good, thank you for the great kindness of Lord Chen, I will definitely tell the pilgrims"

Master Likong hurriedly summoned the stewards of Fayun Temple, conveyed the situation of some possible locust plagues, and informed the pilgrims that the Bodhisattva showed that there would be locust plagues, and hurried back to harvest the crops and prepare for the disaster.

The news of the locust plague came from Fayun Temple, and many pilgrims hurried back to prepare and harvest crops, and at the same time Fayun Temple was closed. Closing the temple gate no longer allows pilgrims to come to offer incense, that's right, Fayun Temple is closed.

It is really a Taoist priest who went down the mountain to save the world in troubled times, but monks closed their doors to avoid disasters in troubled times.

Let Chen Er lead other friends to wander among the crowd and spread the news that the locust plague is coming, and the whole county knows that there may be a locust plague in two days.

Even if Chen Ye made so many moves, he still couldn't resist it. The plague of locusts is coming.

"Obscuring the clouds!" When people saw the insect clouds flying in the sky in the distance, the only thing that came to mind was this word, and there was no word that could more accurately describe the scene when the locust plague flew over, and the people below leaked an expression of awe to Chen Ye. In the era when science was not yet developed, any disaster was related to ghosts and gods, and many people did not care about eating locusts, but also worshiped locust immortals.

Patches of locust plagues flew like black clouds overwhelming, and the whole sky darkened. The locusts fall into the grass, and by the way, the grass eats all the way, like a black hole and keeps devouring some green plants, the locusts are not really hungry, but they just need the water in the plants, and what they eat is quickly excreted, and the locusts will keep eating, and a large group of them will be devoured.

Fortunately, Chen Ye had already warned a few days ago, and everyone still had some precautions, and the disaster was certain, and it was not particularly serious. Be prepared to hear the news and have a good year. I can't listen to that, I can only say that I am bankrupt. Dozens of acres of land under his name have long been harvested and placed in the granary, which will cause a large reduction in production, which is better than no harvest at all.

Fortunately, Anqing County is well-informed, and the disaster situation is okay, but the surrounding counties are miserable, and the locusts fly by, like a thousand miles of wasteland. Posts about disaster relief from all over the country were sent to the capital, which was urgent for thousands of miles and sent directly to the emperor's desk.

The emperor was reviewing the fold and saw the urgent secret report.

"Quickly announce the prime minister, the three provinces of the middle book order, the household department Shangshu to meet" a eunuch hurriedly retreated.

Ran to their mansion and invited directly to the emperor's study. Several people discussed for a day and night, worked out a detailed plan for disaster relief in the morning, and set off for the disaster-stricken areas one after another with grain and silver.

There was no rest for a day and a night, and the purple-robed eunuch reminded him several times, and the emperor waved his hand. Since ascending the throne, the court has been quite stable, and he is also diligent in serving the people, why did the locust plague fall, is it that God hinted that he was not good enough?

A small eunuch took the fold and gave it to the purple-robed eunuch.

"The emperor has a report from the disaster area"

After reading this recital, the report on the disaster area is more detailed. Five counties in the disaster area were affected by the disaster, and the earliest disaster area occurred from Anqing County. The locust plague has spread to other areas, and as the disaster area, it should be the most severely damaged place, but the loss is so small?

"Go and let the Fourteenth Prince check the content of this report and assist in disaster relief matters"

The relief effort in Beijing has already begun, and it will take at least a month to come to Anqing. The purchased grain was transported to Anqing in advance and hoarded directly at home, and the money was relatively small, and the money was not as safe as the grain at this time. Two days after the locust plague occurred, people began to beg in Anqing County.

At the beginning, he instructed the green ring not to provide large-scale relief, limited amount, and time-limited relief, Chen Ye knew that large-scale relief could not be done at this time, this was a protracted battle, if there was not enough food in the back, the victims would not be grateful to you, and they would definitely hate you.

Five days later, there were people lying everywhere in the county seat of Anqing County, praying for relief. The government has begun to slowly distribute the county's grain reserves, temporarily to the victims.

There are more and more victims of the disaster, and the people outside the county town are already under black pressure, and the county seat is currently under martial law. Chen Ye directly bought some strong men, told them to train every day, and issued weapons to them. These strong men are all people with better quality in different places, as their own caretakers.

Two weeks later, the victims had already besieged the county seat and demanded that the county order open more grain and grass, but the problem was that there was a lot of grain and grass, and the only way to open it up was to open the military food reserves. I can only pray that the relief food from the imperial court will arrive as soon as possible.

Chen Ye launched the disaster relief plan, and Zhao Jiancai also donated food to let Zhao Feifei and Zhao Xiao give porridge on the street. This porridge is limited to women and children. If a person in the prime of life wants to get porridge, he must exchange it for something. Exchange five taels of locusts for a bowl of porridge and a portion of "yellow grain." Chen Ye also provided Hao County Ling with a good way to smoke and get rid of locusts. Locusts around Anqing County are rare, and many people have been caught to change porridge and "yellow beams to eat". Remote places can only rely on smoke, and use government acquisitions to calculate.

After hearing the smoke method, Anqing County's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ordered many people to implement it, and his colleague Chen Ye collected enough locusts and pulled a car to Anqing County. Because many people in Anqing County know that locusts will come, they should make certain preparations, and disaster relief is beneficial. The victims seem to be numerous, but in reality not many people are dying of starvation. Hao County ordered to hurriedly send a letter to the Nanjing Prefecture, and quickly spread this method to alleviate the disaster.