After Luo Chen had breakfast, he rode Xiao Tianju and led a team of Hu Cong towards Lantian County, this time he wanted to see with his own eyes what the situation in the disaster area was!

Along the way, I found that many people were walking towards the wilderness with homemade nets, and some people even formed groups and gangs, and a team was thirty or forty people!

Luo Chen's eyes were full of surprise, and he hurriedly stopped, led the horse to a group of plainly dressed people!

"This old man, what are you doing here?"

The man was startled by the person who suddenly jumped out, and when he saw that Luo Chen was dressed gorgeously, he said politely: "I've seen this son!" ”

"We're here to catch locusts!"

"Locust hunting?"

Luo Chen didn't know how many people he had rushed to the disaster area because of his pioneering work at the city gate!

Especially after the way to eat spread, the entire disaster area was completely boiling, where are these locusts a disaster, it is simply a treasure of fortune!

If the locusts are captured and sold to the north, a pound has risen to about 30 yuan!

"Exactly, since the spread of the fried locusts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, some people have specialized in catching locusts and selling them to restaurants in the north, and many people have made a fortune from this!"

"Now that the locusts are overwhelming, if we can catch three or two catties a day, if we drag on for a few more days, these treasures will be eaten clean by those chickens and ducks!"

Hearing this old brother's words, Luo Chen's face was a little crying and laughing, why is he afraid that the locusts are not enough to catch now?

"Then I don't know, brother, do you have a fixed buyer for the locusts you caught?"

The man was slightly stunned, shook his head and said: "This is going to be lucky, we all set up stalls at the city gate of Anqing Mansion, and generally only need to wait for an hour or two before someone buys it!" ”

"Of course, there are also some regular customers, specially sent to the house!"

Luo Chen bowed his head slightly, and said softly: "Uncle, you can tell the fellow villagers, just say that Xiaoyao Commercial Bank and Tianxialou have also begun to buy locusts, as long as they are sent to their various branches and sub-buildings, they are all purchased at a price of thirty wen a catty!" ”

"Is Childe serious?"

Luo Chen bowed slightly, looked at a servant behind him, and said softly: "Zhang Hu, take my warrant, go to the county town to walk downstairs and Xiaoyaoshang, and let them pass on the news!" ”

"No!"

Suddenly, a knight not far away took Luo Chen's token and walked directly towards the county seat of Anqing Mansion!

Those people all looked at each other, and their eyes at Luo Chen were also a little more puzzled, and Luo Chen showed a smile on his face: "As long as you believe in Luo's words, you will naturally not be wrong!" ”

As he spoke, he turned over and rode away!

Dozens of servants behind him followed Yang Chang away, and a common person in the crowd suddenly let out an exclamation: "That son's brother is surnamed Luo!" ”

The surrounding people also reacted suddenly: "Luo? Country surname? ”

"That prince just asked his subordinates to go to the county town to order the Xiaoyao Firm and the Tianxia Tower?"

"Could it be that this person is actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

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Luo Chen and his party galloped on horseback, and along the way, they encountered countless locust hunting brigades, and it was initially estimated that there were at least thousands of people involved in locust hunting, and there were still people on the road who rushed over!

"Phew!"

Luo Chen, the scene in front of him had to move him, and the ragged figures slept on both sides of the official road or in the fields after being eaten!

There are old people, women and children, their faces are weathered, black and greasy, all of them are thin, and some are sitting on the ground, listless, like walking corpses!

"Uncle, why are you sleeping here?"

After all, Luo Chen couldn't help but ask a common person!

The old man's eyes were as hollow as they were empty, and he glanced at him faintly, as if he didn't want to pay attention to it!

"Uncle!"

Luo Chen's eyes were on the child lying on the side of the old man, and he said softly, "The child hasn't eaten yet, has he?" ”

"Xu Long, bring a few flatbreads!"

Luo Chen snorted, Xu Long hurriedly took out a few flatbreads from the package and handed them over, the old man suddenly looked stunned, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes: "Thank you this master!" ”

"Uncle! Hasn't the government already opened a warehouse to release grain? ”

Luo Chen looked at the old man suspiciously, and asked, "Why do people sleep here more?" ”

The old man sighed lightly, "The food in the government is limited!" ”

"Distribute a ration of food every day, let us the old, weak, sick and disabled and those young and middle-aged people compete for it, how can we get by!"

"There is only so much food in total, but it is several times more people fighting for it, and the wolf has more meat and less meat!"

looked at the old man's face with a hint of despair: "In this world, life should be like this!" ”

"If my husband was alone, he might have gone down directly, but my grandson is only eight years old this year, the only seedling of my old Cheng family!"

Luo Chen looked at the temperament on the old man's body and the scar on his arm, and also had a faint guess in his heart, and asked tentatively: "What about the child's father?" ”

"Dead!"

The old man laughed miserably: "I died in the hands of a barbarian five years ago, but it's a pity that ......"

Luo Chen walked up to the kid and gently shook it awake, finally revealing two rows of big white teeth, "Hey, boy, it's time to eat!" ”

As soon as the child opened his eyes, he looked at the two flatbreads dangling in front of him, and rubbed his eyes vigorously: "Am I dreaming?" ”

Then he looked at his grandfather on the side and muttered, "Grandpa, I won't let you in my dreams!" ”

As he spoke, he directly snatched the two flatbreads and stuffed them directly in his mouth to chew, Luo Chen looked at his eyes with a touch of sadness, and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, don't choke!" ”

Several figures next to him saw the outfits of Luo Chen and his party, their hearts moved, a woman gritted her teeth, and rushed forward directly, Luo Chen's guard suddenly changed his complexion, the long knife was unsheathed, and he looked at the woman vigilantly!

"Stand down!"

Luo Chen snorted, looked at the child in the woman's arms, and said softly: "Take out all our rations!" ”

Several Hu never dared to hesitate, they opened their burdens one after another, and took out the dry food in it, Luo Chen sighed lightly: "Distribute it to the old and weak women and children around!" ”

Someone noticed that dry food was being distributed here, but in just a few breaths, dozens of people gathered around: "This master, give us something to eat!" ”

"Yes, sir, I haven't eaten for three days!"

Some people knelt and kowtowed directly to Luo Chen, and some people stepped forward to hug Luo Chen's thighs, but he opened them more!

Luo Chen frowned slightly: "A man has gold under his knees, how can he kneel for a mere grain, you and the others are all dignified seven-foot men, well-known men, and now a group of women, children and old people are dying, do you have the face to compete with them for food?" ”

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