Three months is not a difficult time to pass, especially when winter comes, and everyone is cooped up in the house and refuses to come out. No one would send troops at this time, even if this year's winter seemed much warmer than usual.

However, this does not mean that the first negotiation is over like this, and the beginning of spring next year is the key, when the people are the time to sow seeds, and if there is a war at this time, it is impossible to say that the harvest of the year will be a problem.

Fortunately, here in Fang Yun, there is not a shortage of food, all kinds of miscellaneous grains have begun to spread, and there is no shortage of food in the territory. The only problem was that he understood that when the grain was dispersed, the princes would not be short of it.

Cao Cao is afraid and does not need to worry about the shortage of military rations, and even Tun Tiance is afraid that it may not appear again. If Zao Yuan was buried because of this, then Fang Yun would be silent for him for three seconds at most, and then scolded him for deserving it, knowing that Mao would not come to him for this?

Look at Ren Jun, who has now become the director of the Agricultural Bureau, mainly responsible for the agricultural work of the whole territory, and is a well-deserved NO.1 in this field, which is better than him being a small county commander under Cao Cao now.

After Yuan Shu retreated, Zhang Hejun directly sent troops and recovered Xiapi and Guangling. Originally, he planned to return Guangling to Tao Qian, after all, this was what Fang Yun meant. However, Tao Qian used the excuse that he could not resist Yuan Jun and ceded Guangling County to Fang Yun.

In the past few days, Tao Qian's body has almost plummeted, if Fang Yun or Hua Tuo came to diagnose, they probably knew that this was Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, slaughtering the city and digging graves, which made him feel guilty in his state, and then evolved into a heart disease. Perhaps in Tao Qian's heart, the reason why Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou was mainly due to the fact that he sent the wrong person to escort Cao Song.

He didn't want to think about it, how could the princes' ambitions for the territory be avoided because he sent Cao Song back to Yanzhou safely? At most, it will be delayed for a while, but Cao Cao will not let go of Xuzhou, and even Yuan Shu and Liu Bei will not let go.

Xuzhou is not only an important grain-producing area, but also a strategic place that can be advanced and retreated. The most critical thing is. Salt is produced here, and at the same time, the people of Xuzhou are martial, and the people here are the best source of soldiers. Of course, it is somewhat inferior to Danyang County next door. The Danyang soldiers produced there are the real elite soldiers who are famous all over the world.

In history, whether it is Yuan Shu, Sun Ce or Cao Cao, the most important source of troops comes from Danyang County, and even the Danyang soldiers under Cao Bao and Xu Tan under the command of Tao Qian in Xuzhou are the backbone of Xuzhou.

Here's the problem. Now Sun Ce is there, and Yuan Shu is only afraid that it will be difficult to get Danyang soldiers to replenish him in the future.

Tao Qian's health is poor, and he himself is almost fifty years old, and there are not a few people who have died in this year, so he is also worried that if he is gone like this, what will happen to his two sons. The eldest son, Tao Shang, has a short IQ, likes martial arts but has not yet entered the third-rate realm, and it is purely looking for death when he goes to the battlefield.

This son Tao Ying seems to be okay, but he is only a teenager and has not yet reached adulthood. and was sent to Jinyang to study there. Now that he is accompanying Liu Wei and acting as a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he is actually a hostage-like existence.

But even if he came back, Tao Qian didn't think that he could manage those arrogant soldiers in Xuzhou, so on the sickbed, he already had the intention of giving up Xuzhou. And the object is none other than Fang Yun.

No matter what, he is also a great general. is different from Cao Cao's situation of setting up Liu Wei and actually holding the emperor hostage to order the princes. Fang Yun not only got Liu Wei's approval, but also heard that most of the time he was in the deliberations. Liu Wei would also attend, and he also had a very large initiative to speak, so Tao Qian recognized the legitimacy of Fang Yun's status as a general.

In this way, it is nothing to give Xuzhou to him. Anyway, Mi Zhu, the state chief under his rule, as well as Chen Deng, Cao Bao and others, have a good relationship with Fang Yun. Mi Zhu and Cao Bao had a good trade relationship with Fang Yun, the former dealing in grain and grass, and the latter was all kinds of cloth materials and even salt; Chen Deng is because of the relationship between the Chen family of Xiapi. is somewhat related to the Yingchuan Chen family, and Fang Yun's maternal line is also the Yingchuan Chen family, so he is somewhat related to Fang Yun, and his favorability is not low.

As for others like Zhen Rong and Zang Ba, it is estimated that only Fang Yun can be subdued strongly. Anyway, he didn't think that his two sons would be able to subdue these civil and military ministers.

Letting Xiapi and Guangling out is a good signal, but not letting Langxie County, Donghai County and Pengcheng County out is leaving a way back. If you can still survive next year, then you have to fight for your son, no matter what, people will not be destroyed for themselves.

On the other hand, when he got two places, and the rear was still an ally of Tao Qian, Zhang He also pushed the direction forward, actively promoted local soldiers, and exchanged their support and recognition for ten years of unchanged promises. However, let them select a group of even the existence of concubines, and study in Jinyang in the past.

This group of people is not bad as hostages or as a reserve of talents. But I don't want to really gather a group of talents, the most outstanding of which is Pengcheng County Yan Ji, whose book "Tide Theory" is the earliest tidal work in our country (has been lost), but this time he went to Jinyang to study in the hinterland, whether there is still this work, it is difficult to say.

It is worth mentioning that during the garrison, Zhang He married Cao Bao and married his daughter Cao; Zhao Yun also married Mi Shi under the recommendation of Mi Zhu, and the two of them were really destined; Yang Feng also married the eldest daughter of a family surnamed Gan in Peiguo, but she was one of Liu Bei's concubines, Mrs. Gan.

Well, the three green hats were given to Liu Bei and Lu Bu respectively, but the parties were unaware of it, and they were whimpering.

This winter is really a warm winter for the soldiers stationed in Xuzhou...... No, it's a warm winter!

In fact, the word warm winter is not a good word, and it can be very bad for farmers. In a good year, only the cold can freeze the eggs in the ground, so that the harvest can be improved the next year. But this year is strange, the winter is warm, at least much warmer than ever.

This means that the eggs will not be able to freeze to death, and the next year a large number of insects, especially locusts, will hatch and then start to wreak havoc. In the original history, from the first year of Xingping, that is, 194 A.D., to the second year of Jian'an, that is, 197 A.D., locust plagues broke out in various parts of the Han Dynasty, which was also a major reason for the large loss of population.

Apparently. After winter, this year is 194!

Even in the last year, the situation of locusts has begun to show signs everywhere, at least the number of locusts in the fields has increased. Ren Jun also made a special report on this discovery. It's just that at that time, Fang Yun's eyes were mainly on the attack on Yuan Shao, and he didn't care about this report. In fact, he didn't know about the locust plague in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After all, his main knowledge of the Eastern Han Dynasty came from games, and his most interest made Baidu Encyclopedia. Naturally, it is impossible to be completely familiar with all the people and historical events of the three countries.

The Great Locust Plague in the Eastern Han Dynasty seems to have heard of it, but it seems to be limited to the area of Yanzhou, so he doesn't care much about other places such as Bingzhou. He is now more concerned about the problem of his two offspring.

At the beginning of winter, Zhang Ning and Ren Hongchang also gave birth one after another, adding a man and a woman to him.

Since it is the second son and eldest daughter, and Fang Ji has already established the position of the eldest son, what he hopes is that the two children can grow up peacefully. There is no need to have a headache about power things.

Therefore, the second son's name is Fang An, and I hope he can grow up quietly and enjoy happiness quietly; The daughter takes the homonym of 'ping' 'ping', which is called Fang Ping. The daughter does not need to worry about fighting for family property, and Pingshi is also the meaning of auspicious fruit, I hope she can be healthy and auspicious.

Fang Ji was also successfully weaned, but in order to maintain nutrition, Fang Yun also specially asked for some goat's milk to feed him. The composition of goat's milk is closer to that of human milk, and the taste may not be very good, but at least there is no need to worry about triggering an allergic reaction to cow's milk.

It's winter. The weather is quite warm, and the two women who have just given birth can also be more comfortable, and most importantly, they can also improve the survival rate of their two children, which is simply a gift from God to him.

But I don't want to. On the third day, Xi Zhicai handed him a report from Ren Jun in a panic.

This report is an early warning report on locust plagues that summarizes the situation and causes of locust plagues in the past. In the report, Ren Jun pointed out that this year's locust population has exceeded the standard, and the winter is so warm, and the hatching of eggs next year will obviously be further increased. When the time comes, it will not only be said that it will not only be merged with the state, but even Jizhou, Youzhou and Liangzhou. It is not even said that the entire Han will fall into a locust plague, and it must be prevented as soon as possible.

In the report, some suggestions were also put forward, such as digging deep into the soil, turning out the eggs and freezing them to death in winter, no matter how good it is now or winter, the temperature is also around zero, if the eggs are exposed to the surface temperature, then most of the eggs can still be frozen to death.

At the same time, he also said that he should take preventive measures, but he couldn't say how to prevent it, after all, there was no similar experience and situation before. In other words, he is only a shallow learner and has not read so many books, so he can't give any advice.

The report is by no means alarmist, it lists all the data, and there are specific examples. This is the standard of writing that Fang Yun requires to be used, he should not listen to empty words and polite words, he must know specific data, at least he must have something to say.

This requirement can be said to be painful to death those officials who are messing around, coupled with the strict assessment system, in fact, many officials from families also feel that Fang Yun is difficult to be an official here. It's just that the salary is high, and the job is less, and it is rare to be loved by the people, and you can earn a good reputation.

I even heard that Fang Yun planned to build a pavilion dedicated to recording all meritorious people, called Lingyun Pavilion, to correspond to the tomb of the martyrs. Just in order to be able to enter this Lingyun Pavilion, the officials below can be regarded as fighting.

Since there is no problem with this report, then it is a big problem!

Even Fang Yun had to let go of his attachment to his two children and put himself on the front line of disaster prevention, and even sent a letter to Cao Cao and them, asking them to be careful about this matter, as for whether they listened or not, it was their business, but when the time came, it was good not to say anything unpredictable.

Being able to send them a letter as a warning, in the final analysis, is because the people under their command are also the people of China, and how the civil war is fought has nothing to do with them, and their lives should not be ignored because of this.

As for how to prevent and control it, Fang Yun couldn't say too much, so he could only gather all the courtiers over and brainstorm ideas...... (To be continued.) )

PS: The protagonist's woman doesn't need much, in fact, I've never seen it, just because the other party is a historical beauty, marrying something, it's a bit of a child's play in itself. That's not love, it's desire, it's no different from buying an inflatable XX, why waste that energy?

As for the locust plague, it was true, in 194-197 there was a locust plague in various places, and the princes were busy with the war, and the treatment of the locust plague was too low, which also caused the locust plague to last for four years...... How many people have been uprooted from their homes and even starved to death on the road.