"It's impossible to resist the decree, but they're going to get stuck in time...... How many links are there in between the allocation of funds from the household department to the dispatch of relief grain to transportation to Chuzhou? If each link is delayed for a few hours, it will be too late for the relief grain to be delivered to Chuzhou. And the emperor can't even hold him accountable for the time in this time. ”

For this, Lu Sheng is understandable. The difference between active cooperation and non-cooperation between various departments is too great. If it's fast, it's staggeringly fast, but if it's slow, you can't rush it.

"Is there a reply to our silver taels to transport grain to Bazhou?"

"Yes, Chuzhou was hit by the disaster, and the grain merchants in various states were also more worried, for fear that the famine would spread. If it weren't for our promise to buy now and never take credit, they wouldn't have dared to come over.

It is now divided into twelve movements, and it is expected to arrive in five days, but ...... How do you make up for the gap of three days in betwe......en? Don't say three days, even if it is broken for one day, there will be civil unrest, or we will ......"

"The grain restriction order must not be opened, and once the grain restriction order is issued, they will frantically raise the price of grain and lead the people to rush it. Why is there such an orderly order in the cities now? It is because there is fair regulation by the imperial court.

However, if the food restriction order is relaxed, not only will it not stop the urgent need, but will lead to riots. It has been a law since ancient times. ”

"How's that good?"

"Lord Taishou......" At this moment, a sudden voice outside the door interrupted Lu Sheng's words.

"What's the matter? Didn't I explain that this official can't come over and disturb Lord Lu when he is discussing important matters?"

"Yes...... It's the fifth prince who is here, and they are waiting in the guest hall!"

"Fifth prince?" He Xingzhi and Lu Sheng glanced at each other in unison.

Lu Sheng has long been familiar with the name of the Five Princes, especially in Shen Ling's mouth, the Five Princes Ji Yu is one of the most temperamental among today's adult princes.

With Lu Sheng's understanding of Shen Ling, the person who can be recognized by him should be a good person. But as one of the five princes, Lu Sheng has always avoided this kind of fucking thing.

So although many people in the court labeled Lu Sheng as the fifth prince, he still didn't want to meet the five princes. But now that everyone is here, it's not okay not to be afraid.

He Xingzhi walked out of the study, turned to the guest hall, and saw the five princes sitting straight on the guest chair in the guest hall. Not diagonally, not crookedly, but straight and straight.

Even if you take a ruler and measure it against his back, you can't find the slightest twist.

The fifth prince is about twenty-five or sixteen years old, but the fifth prince is already an old man in the army. When he was fifteen years old, he was thrown into the barracks by Ji Zheng, and there were a total of thirty imperial relatives who were thrown into the barracks with him, and the remaining slaps after half a year were counted.

Perhaps in order to fit the image of the old man in the army, Ji Yu specially grew two beards. In the military department, Ji Yu's prestige is extremely high, and the young generation of Junjie who can be compared with Ji Yu has no one else except Feng Wuxi.

Seeing He Xingzhi and Lu Sheng coming out, Ji Yu stood up suddenly.

"The ...... of the envoy of the Chenchu Prefecture Festival Envoy"

"Lu Sheng, the head town of Xuantianfu, Chuzhou ......"

"See Your Highness!"

"No courtesy!" The voice of the fifth prince was a little cold, and his eyes looked at Lu Sheng and He Xingzhi without the slightest sense of closeness of Corporal Lixian.

You must know that whether it is He Xingzhi or Lu Sheng, the weight at this moment is enough to shake the court. In this situation where the five dragons are fighting for succession, the odds of winning in the end will be greatly increased if they can get the support of Chuzhou.

Whoever came here would definitely be polite to the two of them, but the fifth prince had a frosty face.

"Lone was ordered to come this time for the purpose of supervising the three armies of Chuzhou. In such a situation in Chuzhou, Lone doesn't want to say anything, if there is anything in Chuzhou that needs Lone's help, just say it. ”

"Your Highness, Chuzhou is short of food!" He Xingzhi may have been a little overwhelmed by the word food, so he blurted out directly without thinking about it.

But when he said it, he regretted it again. Is the problem of food shortage in Chuzhou able to be solved by the five princes? If he can solve it, the imperial court will not be so anxious.

"How much is missing?"

"At least five million stones!"

The fifth prince hesitated for a moment, and slowly nodded to He Xingzhi, "Yes, five million stones will be delivered to you tomorrow." If nothing else, he went to the barracks alone. ”

"Your Highness, please stay!" Suddenly, Lu Sheng opened his mouth and stopped Him, "Your Highness, dare to ask about the five million stone grain in your mouth, but the military rations of the three armies in Chuzhou?"

As soon as these words came out, He Xingzhi suddenly trembled, and his face turned white.

If the military rations of the three armies in Chuzhou are used, then He Xingzhi might as well cancel the grain restriction order directly. The food restriction order was canceled, and it was Chuzhou that was in chaos. And if you want to use military rations for disaster relief, it is the three armies that are in chaos.

Once the three armies are in chaos, let alone mutiny or something, it will be a little trembling and the ban on the eight gates will be broken, and it will be a great chaos in the world.

Ji Yu turned his head and looked at Lu Sheng solemnly, "Lone knows what you're worried about, but don't worry, Lone is here, and the three armies won't be chaotic." ”

When the words landed, Ji Yu turned around to leave, but suddenly paused again just after getting up, "By the way, confirm it one last time, can the fried locusts really be eaten?"

"Yes!"

"Won't you have diarrhea?"

"Then fry it a little better. ”

The five princes came suddenly, and left even more suddenly. He seems to be a timely rain, who is here to relieve He Xingzhi's urgent need.

Lu Sheng knew what he was going to do, but Lu Sheng couldn't think of how Ji Yu could do it. If you want the three armies to unconditionally hand over their military rations and live by eating fried locusts, Lu Sheng will definitely not be able to do it anyway.

did not wait for dawn, that night, the military came to inform the Taishou Mansion to receive grain, and five million stone grain was sent into the granary in front of the people. Looking at the mighty grain carts carrying bags full of grain, the panic and anxiety of the people began to gradually become calm.

There is no shortage of food in Chuzhou, which is the inherent impression of the people of Chuzhou. There will be a shortage of food in the granaries of the world, and that is strange. When they were not worried that the imperial court would really starve themselves, the people thought about when this damn locust plague would pass.

If the locusts are not destroyed, the locust plague will not pass. Everyone has such a meal without a meal and will continue.

It's all damn locusts......

Suddenly, with no one to guide them, the people of the city began to go out on their own initiative to catch locusts. Although the locusts still obscured the sky, it was much better than the apocalyptic scene of the first day.

Confined in one place in Chuzhou, the locusts have nowhere to escape and can only run around in Chuzhou. There was nothing to eat, and the locusts were as hungry as the people.

The people of the city joined the team to catch the locusts, and injected new vitality into this battlefield with the Zerg.

In the silent valley, there are a lot fewer locusts in the sky.

The three figures are still waiting for something here.

"The mountain in the distance, which was green five days ago, is now as bare as cold as winter. ”

"Yes, this locust plague is still very bad...... But...... Why hasn't the civil unrest risen yet?"

"We underestimated them...... "The black fox scratched his curly brown hair and said in a low voice, "especially that Lu Sheng." When Bai Ling dies in his hands, we should be vigilant, and we should get rid of him as soon as possible, he will only do bad things. ”

"Under the ban of the Eight Gates, do you want to assassinate Lu Sheng? Not to mention that Bu Feiyan has already broken through the Dao Realm, even if you can kill him, you will be buried for him. Suzaku shouted coldly.

"What then? If this continues, the locust plague will be brought under control in a month. ”

"But do they have enough food for a month? ”

The barracks of the three armies are full of fragrance. Early this morning, five million stone military rations were exchanged for countless locusts. All by one are alive and fresh to ensure freshness. The Firehead was busy from morning to night.

Fried locusts, fried locusts after frying, stunned is a simple ingredient, and was used by the Huotou Army to perform eighteen kinds of martial arts.

The exchange of military rations for locusts was rejected by the whole army at first. Not only did he refuse, but he almost exploded. If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, even if the commander of the three armies was changed, he would definitely be beaten out by the angry soldiers of the three armies.

What is the duty of a soldier? Defend the homeland and the country.

What kind of home, what kind of country?

Chuzhou behind him is home and country.

As the fifth prince of the daughter, he gobbled up locusts and talked and laughed in public, didn't the Chuzhou town army even have this guts?

As the Imperial Guard, the Imperial Forest Army is also eating fried locusts with you, what else are you unwilling to do? Are you unwilling when you see the accumulated corpses and bones in Chuzhou?

One word, eat!

Zhuang Zhi was hungry for fried locusts, and the whole barracks exuded a strong smell of oil.

"Gross-"

In the military tent of the five princes, under the care of their own soldiers, the five princes held on to the spittoon and vomited in pain.

"Your Highness, why are you doing this, you can't eat oily, who doesn't know the whole army? ”

"You all know it, but the three armies of Chuzhou don't know. And the role of me in taking the lead is incomparable to you. The fifth prince finally relented, and sat down with the support of the pro-guards.

"Someone, bring a bowl of rice porridge to His Highness. ”

"No!" Ji Yu opened his eyes and shouted sharply, "A good man's words count, he must believe his words, what is it to say that he is good to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers of the three armies and open a small stove privately?"

"But you can't eat oily......"

"When the mountains and rivers are really exhausted, what can't you eat? Boil me some ginger soup and wait!" Ji Yu stood up again and staggered out of the tent.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"I vomited so much, my stomach was empty, and I ate locusts today, and the first place was decided. ”

The soldiers watched Ji Yu slowly walk out of the tent door, and there were tears in his angry eyes.

With five million stone military rations, the current disconnection of the grain chain has finally been connected, and as long as there is no situation in the later stage, the situation in Chuzhou will be maintained like this until the locust plague is over.

Speaking of which, with such a large-scale locust plague, no one in the imperial court would believe that Chuzhou could survive safely. Even at the beginning, Lu Sheng and He Xingzhi decided to ban Chuzhou, and in the eyes of the Manchu civil and military, they were all martyrs and great men.

Sacrifice yourself to shine a light on everyone's example.

Even if there is no case of the theft and sale of Chuzhou's official grain, Chuzhou is vulnerable to a locust plague of this scale.

But none of them dared to believe that Chuzhou had really survived. Even, it has been five days since the locust plague, and Chuzhou is still orderly and not the slightest messy.