The wheat returned by the Yue Kingdom is full, round, bright in color, without any impurities, and the common people of Wu regard this wheat as a seed. Do not miss the time to sow the seeds. More than ten days have passed, and not even a single wheat seedling has grown.

This incident alarmed the government and the opposition of Wu State.

The harvest of the Wu State was not good, and if there was no harvest in another summer, the Wu State would collapse. At this time, Bo Yao showed super work ability. He proposed to replant wheat, so that although the wheat would not yield high because of the delay in farming, it would be much better than no grain harvest.

He proposed that all the courtiers and local officials should lead all their subordinates to go to the countryside to help the people grow wheat. And send out all the armies to help sow wheat. Farming time waits for no one, and if you plant one day earlier, you can get an extra harvest.

He also proposed that all large households should open their warehouses and take out wheat seeds for the farmers to sow, and wait until the tax burden is collected in the next year, and the court will return them to the major households.

When King Wu heard this, he said loudly, "Just do what Dazai wants." Xiangguo, you don't have to participate in the court meeting, now go to Beidaying to dispatch troops and go to the countryside to plant wheat. Each soldier brought enough food and water for seven days and dispersed them to the peasant households, where they were only allowed to work and not to harass the people. Go for it now. ”

Wu Zixu also secretly admired Bo Yao's talent in his heart, this was the only way to get out of the predicament.

This is also a test for Wu Zixu, how to quickly disperse the 100,000-strong army to every peasant household in the country, how to quickly gather within 10 days after finishing the work, and how to organize the work is arduous and complicated, and it must be very meticulous. Fortunately, this is a peace mission, not a war to send people to death, and there should be no large-scale escape.

Wu Zixu said: "The old minister obeys the order, so he will do it." ”

King Wu said: "Prepare quickly, set out overnight, ride horses long distances, hike short distances, and within three days, the soldiers must be dispersed to the peasant households." ”

Wu Zixu said: "Don't worry, the old minister will arrange everything." Retire! ”

Wu Zixu withdrew and rode back to Beidaying without mentioning.

Bo Yao said, "Someone! ”

One of the soldiers came in and said, "Your Excellency, please command." ”

Bo Ya said, "Inform General Wu You to run to meet me." ”

"Yes!" Xiaojun turned and ran out.

After a while, the leader of the forbidden army, panting, came running and bowed down: "See the king, I have seen my lord." ”

Bo Yao said: "Arrange for your people, each of whom rides a fast horse, to Gusu City to inform all the princes and nobles, all yamen, mansions, and officials, to rush to Gusutai for a meeting, and those who delay will be severely punished." ”

King Wu said, "Go and inform quickly." ”

The leader of the forbidden army shouted: "Yes! "Ran out.

Half an hour later, the courtiers rushed to Gusutai. Hundreds of people gathered in the large conference room of the clogs corridor and automatically stood up according to the ranks. Inevitably, I can't help but whisper, what happened to convene such an urgent court meeting? Going to war?

Suddenly, I heard the master of ceremonies singing loudly: "His Majesty the King has arrived—"

Everyone immediately fell silent, and saw King Wu, accompanied by Dazai, come out from behind the curtain. All the courtiers immediately bowed and shouted, "See Your Majesty." ”

King Wu inspected for a week and said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up." ”

The courtiers stood up, stood solemnly, and bowed their heads.

King Wu said, "Dazai, you come and talk about things. ”

Bo Yao bowed and said, "Yes!" Then he turned around, paused for a moment, and said, "Something big has happened to our Wu country." Presumably you have heard of it, and you haven't seen a single seedling of winter wheat sown in Wu Kingdom. ”

Some people have heard of this, some people have not heard of it, but it is still surprising when it comes out of Bo Yao's mouth. Some people couldn't help but whisper and ask, discuss.

"Everyone is quiet. This means that our summer crops will not be harvested next year, and the people of Wu will have no food to eat. Maybe you still have food in your home, but everyone has no food to eat, and you can't eat even if you have food. There will be a large-scale famine across the country, and a large number of people will starve to death, which may also cause riots and turmoil, and the state of Wu will be in danger. ”

This is not alarmist, but a real fact. Someone said, "My lord, this is strange, how can this be?" ”

Bo Yao said: "How can this be, don't worry about it, our current remedy is to replant all the winter wheat this season." The biggest problem now is that time is tight, the agricultural time cannot be delayed, and people are mistakenly lost for a year, so we must seize the time to replant. In this way, although it is difficult to obtain high yields, there will be some harvests, and more importantly, people's hearts will be stabilized. The country will not be in trouble. ”

Bo Yao stopped for a moment and looked at everyone, everyone didn't know what they were looking for because of the matter of planting crops. They all waited closely for Bo Yao's next step.

He said, "Just now, I have asked the king and received the king's permission. Now to announce a few things for you to do. First, everyone stopped what they were doing and rushed to the counties overnight today to convey the wheat planting to the local officials. They also brought their own dry food and water to each farmer to help sow seeds. The local officials, including all the guards of the yamen, went down to work for me. If someone disobeys the order, grinds foreign workers, disobeys the yang and the yin, and beheads! ”

A chopping word, the audience is shocked! This has to be done seriously, and it is not worth losing your head for this matter.

"Second, this year's harvest is poor, and many farmers can't get seeds, but the land can't be abandoned. Be sure to plant it. So where do the seeds come from? This requires the generosity of your lords and gentlemen. Each family kept the old grain as a ration. All of this year's new wheat was taken out and distributed to farmers as seeds. This is not extortion, but the imperial court borrows, and the tax burden will be returned next year, and more than one bucket will be repaid every ten buckets. ”

Someone said, "Let's not fight back." The original number will do. ”

Someone said, "We can't do this for the whole country." ”

Bo Yao said: "The part that is not enough to borrow from the local big households. To ensure that it is the new wheat that has just been harvested this year, if anyone takes out the old wheat, it will affect the emergence of seedlings and cut it! ”

Chop again!

Bo Yao said: "Whether it is a court official or a local official, no matter how big an official is, how high a title is, it will affect the replanting of wheat and beheading!" Thorns appeared on the ground, and those who refused to carry out the execution cut off their heads on the spot. When you go below, you have the power of life and death. Later, I will clarify the territory that you are responsible for. Tonight, they will go back to their homes and get ready, and set off overnight. He turned to King Wu and saluted: "The king, please show me." ”。

King Wu said, "Did you understand what Dazai-sama said just now?" ”

Everyone said they understood. King Wu said, "Dazai's words are the words of a widow. Lord Xiangguo will also send an army of 100,000 to the farmers to grow wheat. The farthest places should be guaranteed to arrive in three days, and the whole country should be guaranteed to complete all replanting within 10 days. Although it was a month late, it was still possible to recover some losses. Okay, now Dazai is going to make it clear where each adult should go. ”