Chapter 234: Morale

Lu Hanyang did not directly restore the Jade Mountain, but chose to use the method of climbing the altar in the same way as an ordinary magic stick, obviously not simply to restore the vegetation of the Jade Mountain.

At this time, he thinks a little more than the average person. Because at this time, the destruction caused by locusts is not just for crops and green vegetation. There is also an invisible destruction: targeting people's hearts, the destruction of the faith in the hearts of the people of Datang is the most deadly.

Now Datang is still in its infancy, and the whole country has just emerged a little vitality after a slightly better environment in the past few years. However, this locust plague was completely cut off directly from the beginning of this rise. As soon as the people had a little hope, they had to leave their homes.

This kind of blow to the hearts of the people is the biggest harm of this locust plague, although the people are now resettled by the imperial court in the form of work relief, but their spirit has suffered a huge setback, and they do not have the positive attitude from the bottom of their hearts.

This change is invisible, not visible, but can be felt. In the entire Guanzhong region, after Lu Hanyang came back this time, he discovered this. The people may have been working to help build roads and walls. But it looks a little depressed and lifeless.

This kind of change has been noticed by the princes in the court, but they have no way to recover, and no matter how much they say, the people may not believe it. Because the locusts were called locust gods in this era, they believed that this locust plague was a punishment from heaven.

How can manpower change in this situation? The imperial court can place their bodies, but how to place them with a panicked heart? At this time, what is needed is spiritual comfort.

At this time, what Lu Hanyang has to do is to eradicate this fear, and there are two methods: the first is what he needs to do now, open the altar, and restore the vegetation that has been eaten by locusts. This shows that Datang has the blessing of the gods and can defeat the locust god. The second is to find the locusts and get rid of them completely.

It is very simple to kill a locust, but the locust swarm that forms a locust plague is overwhelming, and it is difficult to kill at all. After all, there are too many, how can you kill them? Lu Hanyang is not absolutely sure, so he first wants to restore Yushan and restore the morale of some people.

That's right, it's not just the army that has morale, it's the whole country as well. As long as human beings come together to form a collective, there is morale. It's something you can't see or touch, but it really affects everyone in the collective. Let them burst out with greater resilience and strength in the face of adversity.

The news of Lu Hanyang's return, under the propaganda of the Taoist priests of Yushan Bajing Palace, directly spread throughout Chang'an City. Li Er was also overjoyed, but he was exhausted by this little locust. After the locust plague broke out in the Guanzhong area, he did not get a good night's sleep.

It is necessary to mobilize grain and grass for disaster relief, and to appease the people's emotions so as not to cause mutiny. After the people have been settled, and they have to build walls and roads, they must be supervised so that no one will deprive them of their food, and so on.

In short, Li Er has been very busy during this time, and the locust plague cannot be extinguished no matter what, so people can catch it, how many people dare. And it is impossible to kill, and the effect of extinguishing locusts is almost zero. In the entire 27 continents of Guanzhong, grain production is almost extinct, and only those who broke out later in the locust plague have harvested a little grain.

And these grains harvested in advance are not ripe at all, and most of the grains have not grown, only a little bit, which is better than nothing.

And when the locusts pounced on the Yushan Bajing Palace before, Li Er even breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Because it was the dojo of the Pure Yang Immortals, even the immortals could not destroy the locusts, so it was understandable that he, the emperor of the world, was forced helpless by the locust plague.

However, Li Er still took the lead in eating locusts after that, after all, this kind of thing still needs someone to come out to bear, and the Bajing Palace said that the Pure Yang Immortal had left the dojo last year and had not come back for more than half a year. Then he is the only one who comes out to take responsibility, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, I heard that Lu Hanyang had returned, and was preparing to open the altar to restore the vitality of Yushan, and then to exterminate the locusts. Li Er suddenly calmed down most of his heart: This Pure Yang Immortal originally had a way to deal with the locust plague, and this would be easy to do!

How could Li Er miss such a moment? Therefore, after Lu Hanyang spread the news that he was going to go to the altar three days later, Li Er asked people to start preparations, all the civil and military officials should not be left behind, as well as the prince and princess, and even the four concubines with the most respected status in the harem will be taken by him to Yushan to witness the immortal spellcasting.

The altars that need to be built in the Eight Views Palace have already been built, and they were originally there, but now they are placed on the three animal sacrifices. Compared with other Taoist priests, what kind of peach wood sword and what Sanqing bell are needed. Lu Hanyang's practice is simple and pitiful, just lighting incense, candles, and paper money.

There is nothing to prepare for, but no one will say that these things are very simple, because the mountains are not high, there are immortals, there are immortals, the water is not deep, and there are dragons. This writing thing is very simple, but in the hands of Lu Hanyang, a famous immortal in the Tang Dynasty, absolutely no one will underestimate it.

Of course, Lu Hanyang's approach doesn't need those so-called magic weapons, those things are all tricks of ordinary gods to deceive people, and he will use his own strength to reverse nature.

Before dawn on the third day, Chang'an City had already opened its gates, and then Li Er's dragon was directly used from Chang'an City, followed by the Luan frame of the eldest grandson queen and the honor guard of the prince of the East Palace. In short, almost all the imperial relatives and relatives of Chang'an City, and all the noble families went out of the city with Li Er on this day.

At this time, although these people got up early in the morning, no one was sleepy-eyed, but a group of people were all in good spirits. Because they went to bed very early last night, so they went to see the immortal practice today. After all, this immortal has been out for more than half a year, and when there was a locust plague, he was not seen, and now that he is back, what kind of fame is he doing?

When the first rays of sunlight shone down in the morning light, countless carriages lined up on the entire road from Chang'an City to Yushan, winding towards Yushan.

There are so many noble families in Chang'an City, and the frame that stretches all the way is enough to drain out more than ten miles, which means that the frame of Li Er at the front has already walked half the way, and the last people in Chang'an City have just walked out of the city gate.

This kind of situation of chariots and horses is very rare, and it only appears during various imperial court sacrifices, and it is not even as grand as this time.

Looking at the past all the way, whether it is this prince, or that prince, or even any county and county man, they all have complete ceremonial guards, without the slightest sloppiness. This is completely beyond the specifications of the Great Sacrifice, and it is impossible for every honor guard to be put out during the Great Sacrifice.