Thousands of acres, originally a Korean territory, belonged to Shangdang County, and has now become a fief of Zhao Jia.

It is a large county with a large output in Shangdang, and it is known as having a thousand acres of fertile land, so it will be given the name of a thousand acres.

After Zhao Jia got the northern part of Shangdang, he naturally attached great importance to the thousands of acres of counties with large outputs.

However, after experiencing a major drought, locust plagues began to appear in the fertile fields in Qianmu County, which caused the already pitiful crops to encounter a serious crisis again.

When Zhao Jia learned the news, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurried to Qianmu.

The reason why it is so hard to move the people is not without reason.

Not long after Zhao Jia got the party, there was a severe drought and locust plague here, which made the already unstable people's mood more and more restless.

Since ancient times, locust plagues have represented the curse of heaven, and many people believe that natural disasters occur because the rulers do not practice virtue, which causes the wrath of heaven to send down punishments.

There was a serious drought and locust plague in Shangdang, which made the people's grievances boil, and rumors spread in the streets, believing that it was Zhao Jia who forcibly occupied the land of South Korea, which would cause the wrath of the heavens.

For the plague of locusts, people were afraid and trembled, and people in ancient times did not even dare to hunt locusts.

Mo said that it is now at the end of the Warring States Period, and even in the Tang Dynasty, there are still many people among officials and ordinary people who have this idea.

During the Kaiyuan period, a large-scale locust plague broke out in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Longji issued an edict to capture locusts.

This edict was originally well-intentioned, but it was resisted by many people, and Lu Huaishen, the supervisor of the Yellow Gate, persuaded Li Longji: "Locusts are natural disasters, and they cannot be eliminated by manpower." Besides, there are too many insects, which hurts the heavens and the peace. ”

Even Ni Ruoshui, the assassin of Bianzhou, a feudal official, also said to Li Longji: "Only by cultivating virtue can natural disasters be eliminated, and the former Zhao Liu Cong failed to eliminate locusts but caused greater harm." ”

Ni Ruoshui even directly refused the command of the imperial history, and just sent people to set up sacrifices to worship, but he did not dare to exterminate the locusts.

This shows that the ancients were in awe of the locust plague.

The emergence of the locust plague put Zhao Jia's rule in the upper party in jeopardy, and if he did not find a way to deal with it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In fact, not only Shangdang, but also the land of Shenqi and even the entire Zhao State, after experiencing a great drought, also broke out in a surging locust plague.

After the drought, if the locust plague cannot be effectively contained, Zhao Guo may have no harvest this year, and then it will inevitably starve all over the wilderness, and the people will not be able to make a living.

"Your Majesty, please see, locusts can be seen everywhere in the field, gnawing the leaves of the crops, but fortunately, now that the locust plague has just appeared, even the grain has not been eaten up."

"If the locust plague continues, it won't be long before they eat up their crops, grass and leaves."

"In the face of drought and locust plague, the people burned incense and sacrificed almost every day, praying that the heavens would not send such punishment, but unfortunately the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the locust plague not only did not disappear, but became more and more serious."

Qianmu County Commander pointed to the locusts in the field that were gnawing on the leaves of crops, and his face was full of helplessness.

Zhao Jia is also heavy in his heart.

In this era of low productivity, drought and locust plagues almost drove the people to death, and this matter is related to the survival of the entire country, and he has to be cautious.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the drought, Zhao Jia tried to buy grain from other countries.

However, this year's drought is not only in Zhao State, even the drought in Qi State near the sea is more serious than in previous years, and even in Chu State, which is in the south with many rivers and rains, most areas are also suffering from severe drought.

The great drought that swept through the vassal states of Kyushu made the vast majority of people realize the seriousness of the matter, and the countries have issued a ban on the sale of grain to the rest of the country.

Fortunately, when Zhao Jia proposed to exchange the land for food, the drought had not completely broken out, otherwise the King of Qi would not have accepted it so easily.

Zhao Jia turned his head to look at the Qianmu County Order and asked, "In the face of the locust plague, is there a way to deal with it?" ”

Qianmu County Commander was full of embarrassment, and said: "I have organized the people to exterminate the locusts, but the people think that the extermination of locusts will encounter an ominous encounter, and very few people dare to participate in it. ”

Zhao Jia said angrily: "It's just nonsense! ”

I can't help but Zhao Jia not be angry.

Although this kind of thing made him a little awe-inspiring for ghosts and gods, he grew up under the red flag after all, received atheist education since he was a child, and knew the truth that 'man will conquer heaven'.

What's more, locusts are just a pest, so how can they have anything to do with the heavens?

What he couldn't understand was that it was inconceivable that the people would rather watch the locusts gradually eat up their crops than go against the so-called 'providence' of the so-called 'providence'.

"We want to see Heiki-kun!"

Just when Zhao Jia was angry in his heart, he suddenly heard a noise in the distance, and hurriedly looked up, and found that the guards he brought had blocked many people who were swarming in.

"Jing Ke, go see what's going on."

Jing Ke, Gao Yanli and others, since Zhao Jia persuaded all countries to withdraw their troops from Yan State, they have followed Zhao Jia's side, only Wang Fugui and the border city drifted away after the sword competition, saying that they would find the sword saint Gai Nie to compete with him.

Zhao Jia saw that Wang Fugui had made up his mind, but he also respected the other party's choice and gave him a lot of money to entangle.

Jing Ke took the order and left, and it didn't take long for him to return with his sword, and said: "Qiqi Jun, those people are all local clan elders and gentry, and they wanted to meet Junshang in person, but they were stopped by the guards. ”

Zhao Jia pondered for a long time and said, "Let a few people in charge come in." ”

Jing Ke took the order and left, and it didn't take long for him to come over with more than a dozen people, Zhao Jia raised his eyes and found that these people were either white-haired old men or wealthy gentlemen in gorgeous clothes.

It is very important to govern these newly occupied areas well and give a good account to these local clan elders and gentry.

Therefore, when Zhao Jia faced them, he was also pleasant.

"You want to see me, why do you want to see me?"

These clan elders and gentry, when they saw Zhao Jia, they were still a little cowering, after all, this is the famous Gongzi Jia in front of them, and even the Qin State has been deflated one after another in his hands, not to mention the clan elders and gentry of these small counties.

The reason why they dared to summon up the courage to meet Zhao Jia was that they had heard that the other party was gentle and elegant, and he was very friendly to the people.

After seeing Zhao Jia and Yan Yuese, they all had the courage to do so.

The gray-haired old man at the head stepped forward and bowed, "The old man has given you a salute." ”

Zhao Jia hurriedly held the old man's arms and said, "The old man doesn't need to make this big gift, just say what you have to do." ”

The old man said tremblingly: "The old man has heard that Pingqi Jun is a great hero and hero in the world, not only gentle and elegant, but also kind to the people, and the wisdom is spread all over the world, and the name of the king, even our people are like thunder. ”

"However, the king raised an unrighteous army and forcibly took the party as his own, so that the heavens punished him and sent drought and locust plague first."

"If the king is really sympathetic to the people, it is better to return the party to South Korea, rest and cultivate virtue, so as to calm the anger of the heavens, so that the people of the party can have a way to live."

When Qianmu County Commander and Jing Ke and others heard this, their faces changed greatly.