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"Good! Give the army of the northern corner three million taels of silver and one million quintals of grain to reward the whole army! ”

The surrendered city finally had a result, and the Central Plains coalition army actually won, exchanging more than 300,000 troops for 500,000 lives of Hu Di's coalition army.

When the news spread, the happiest people were not the monarchs of Chen and the people of Beiyu, but the Tang King, who seemed to have nothing to do with it thousands of miles away.

Three million taels of silver, and a million quintals of grain. Tang Wang is the real big man, and the 'reward' thrown out with a stroke of his hand is the 'one qiē' that Zhu Biao can get in exchange for risking his infamy.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao, who was counting money in Hedong and was happy, didn't know that there was such a place in Beijing, otherwise he would definitely have low self-esteem. I paid such a big price, took on so much infamy, and wasted two months, but the money I got could only be spent once by King Tang. It's really too ...... Disdain shì people!

"Ordered the general Zhu Wu to move to the east of the Beihan River and return to Zhu Biao's tent. Twenty million taels of silver and two million quintals of grain and grass were exported to Hedong to nourish the consumption of military supplies.

This king personally drafted a letter and sent it to Zhu Biao to ......"

King Tang's eyes shone with a clear light, and it was obvious that his mind was not half confused. But if people are not confused, how can he be so cheap Zhu Biao?

Yao Jing, Zhang Wentian and other advisers and wise men stood quietly aside, and no one showed the slightest intention of blocking this......

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye. The time has entered June, and the sun is like fire.

At the junction of Hedong and Chen, Zhu Biao ushered in the 200,000 army of Zhu Wu, the general of Fenwu.

He only received a letter from King Tang two days ago, and received a report from Zhu Wujun yesterday afternoon.

The army of 200,000 is his own team from today on.

Tang Wang does not do loss-making business, he gave a big gift to Zhu Biao, but he is counting on Zhu Biao to come out of the 'mountain' again to give him the world. However, it is clear that the national hatred and family feud between Zhu Biao and the Hu people, if the Hu people behind the Northern Han Dynasty are not resolved, Zhu Biao will always be just playing soy sauce when he goes to the Central Plains.

And to solve the Hu people, the current time is a good opportunity to make a big move. Received the battle of the surrender of the city, more than 500,000 Hu Di coalition troops were awarded. The strength of the two lost troops has decreased to a certain extent. Tang Wang estimated that the military strength of the Hu people was less than one million.

Since the last time the Zhou army went out of the fortress, the current Hu Qina is the last time in fifty years.

Of course, this opportunity came out, but the half-crippled Hu people could not be gnawed down by relying on the sixty or seventy thousand remnants of the army in the east of the Zhubiao River. Zhu Biao needs a big army, an obedient army.

Tang Wang is here to prepare a qiē, he wants to give Zhu Biao the best stage, so that Zhu Biao can show his talent to the fullest.

——200,000 troops are in Hedong, and another 500,000 troops will also be spearheaded at Baishan Chishui after they are reorganized.

Of course. In the consciousness of King Tang, Zhu Biao's revenge was only to kill the Hu people a few times, just like the previous Hu and Han battlefields, as long as the Hu people were looking for teeth all over the ground, they did not dare to look south. It's victory. But he didn't know that Zhu Biao's ambition was to destroy Hu Tudi.

But no matter what else, the front of the millions of Zhou troops in the northern corner of the world was all rushed towards the Di people, and now the main force has changed its direction and has come to point to the Hu people.

Zhu Biao has no reason not to accept such a big 'red envelope', and killing Hu Di is one of his 'biggest' wishes.

He must also accept the 'invitation' of the Tang king. Because the Tang King is now the Boss of the Northern Han Dynasty. The shape of the Tang king was bad, and there were also dark clouds floating over the Northern Han Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was destroyed, and the imperial army that won the rebellion would not pity the suffering of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it is certain that the army swept Zhongshan, the Northern Han and other countries by the way.

Inside the city of Beiping.

Yunqin said to her son, "Yun'er." How about being a mother? ”

Ji Yun bowed his head and said, "The queen mother has a vision." The son was short-sighted. ”

"Do not blind your eyes to jealousy, nor your reason to enmity. For the king, be a big public and a little selfish.

Zhu Biao once said something like this to Yi Beihou: There are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests.

Only in the court is beneficial to the benefit, hold it and respect. Do you understand? ”

Yunqin's godson will not be known to a third person in the world, but the same thoughts, the same feelings, the same attitude change. But it will not only come out of Yunqin's mouth.

Elbe.

Yu Ziliang felt a lot about the changes in the court situation in October. It's a black alley. actually walked out of the Sunshine Avenue for Zhu Biao.

The obedience of the 200,000 Zhou troops completely established Zhu Biao's extraordinary position in the Northern Han Kingdom. This shows that King Tang attaches great importance to Zhu Biao, which is very likely. When the dust settles, Zhu Biao and Zhu Jia will jump out of the pattern of the Northern Han Dynasty and not enter the bigger stage.

When did this kind of thing not happen when the world changed greatly? The sparrow becomes a phoenix, just because one flies on the branch.

Yu Jingxian's family, which has been separated, has been happy these days, from the master, lady, young master, and young lady, to the maids and servants who sweep the floor, everyone has a smile on their faces. Although the maids and servants don't know why this is so? The old man has not been promoted, and the young master has not made a fortune? But with fish and meat in the bowl and silver dollars in the hand, it is not enough pleasure.

After mid-June, the sun continued to be hot, and there was no wind in the sky, and there was no rain in sight.

The great drought, the great drought that was very abrupt. After a rain before the wheat harvest, no rain fell for more than a month.

This made the people of the summer harvest very happy, but the autumn harvest was covered with a thick cloud.

Zhu Biao has calmed down from his previous joy, he cares about the weather all the time, but don't say that there is rain, even if it is cloudy, there is no one.

Cracks in the surface. In some places, the cracks are half a foot deep enough to be inserted into a finger.

"It's dry again!"

In the study room of the Hedong General's Mansion, Zhu Biao sat with his brother-in-law, distressed by this dry summer and autumn.

He also thought that after half a year of accumulation, he would contact the soldiers and horses of Chen Di in the autumn, and immediately send troops north to Baishan Chishui.

But now, Haju, Naju, Gyeonggi, Pyongju, and Jingju, and the entire northeastern part of the Northern Han Dynasty, have been dry for more than a month this summer, and no rain has fallen. Especially in the northeasternmost corner of Hezhou, it is really rare to reach the point where a drop of rain has not fallen.

Fortunately, Hexi is still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, otherwise Zhu Biao may not have any more charges on his head.

"I don't know when it will rain, and if it drags on until autumn, there is no need to count on the autumn grain. If there is no rain or snow in the winter, the situation will be very bad in the coming year. "Because after the autumn grain is sowing, there is no rain. It's all over.

Zhu Biao said to Liang Jin, his face a little sad.

"The news from Peking said that the king was going to pray for rain again in two days. At the beginning of the month, it rained in Gyeonggi, and the situation was better than in Hedong. Liang Jin also said with a sad face, "It's our Hezhou, and we haven't seen a drop of rain." And the rain in Chen Guo next door is quite abundant! ”

"Now there are signs of locust plague in the Hedong territory, and if this really makes trouble, the autumn grain will really be finished."

"Three years of ploughing, there is a year's accumulation; Nine years of farming. Fang has a three-year reserve. There are only two good years in the imperial court now, and last year Uwei Tuo walked around the hinterland for another week, and there was no surplus food in the household.

Fortunately, there was a bumper harvest of summer grain, otherwise there might have been displaced people now. In the east of the river, there are two million quintals of grain newly given by the Tang king. Still supported it. As long as the rain and snow are in time this winter and next spring, you can rest assured. ”

Liang Jin is the chief steward of the Hedong Army, and when he says so, his spirit seems to be a little uplifted, but the worry in his eyes can't be hidden. "Liu's Bank also has to make more preparations, and people's livelihood is difficult. People's Loan ......"

Zhu Biao nodded understandingly.

The clock moved to July.

The Zhou army, which was resting and preparing to do almost, sent someone to contact Zhu Biao, and if Hedong was also ready, he could make a joint attack in August.

But at this time, Zhu Biao was not in the General's Mansion at all, and there was still a sunny day without any clouds overhead. Zhu Biao went to Yinchuan.

That is, on the edge of the Luo River, directly opposite Yinchuan County in Shanyang County.

The sound of water was heard in the distance, and the embankment of the Luo River, which was high at a distance, was like a long dragon, crossing from the west to the east. Standing under the embankment, looking up, the long embankment without the circumference of the head is amazing. But now is the absolute 'dry season', standing on the embankment. Away from the Luo River. There is a distance of fifty or sixty paces, and these two sides are one hundred and twenty steps. The width of the entire Luo River is only 300 zhang.

It can be seen that this 'dry period' is very dry.

After getting off the embankment, Zhu Biao casually stopped at a piece of land. Slight pressure under your feet. The dirt turned out like a wave.

A lump of dirt was held in Zhu Biao's hand, and there were several long strips mixed in the soil.

"What is this?" Gao Xie asked puzzled.

Liang Jin's ugly face turned completely stiff, "Locust." ”

"Locusts?!" All of them exclaimed. They are not pro-people officials, but who doesn't know the severity of the locust plague?

Zhu Biao pointed to the river beach under his feet, the dry and cracked land was densely packed with small holes, "It's all locust eggs." ”

Gao Xie, Zhu Zhong, Zhu Tong and even Zhu Hong [Zhu Wu's son] turned white in an instant, they are not as well-informed as Zhu Biao, nor are they civil officials like Liang Jin, they just heard people say that they know what the locusts are like when they grow up, and they know the locust eggs there. Today, I saw these countless small holes on the river beach, even if a hole was just an egg, "How many locusts should there be?!" ”

Liang Jin said with a calm face: "There is little near the water here, and there will only be more if you go south." ”

Zhu Biao took the soil with his hand and pinched an insect egg in his hand, "Dozens of locusts can hatch in this egg sheath, and this small river beach around us alone will be millions in the spring next year." And the entire Yinchuan County, even if there are hundreds of millions, can not be counted. ”

"Can one hatch dozens of them?!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Biao nodded and threw away the eggs, he also knew a lot about the miscellaneous things on the computer at the beginning. Looking back at the left and right: "The locusts are afraid of water and like to dry, if this place is flooded, it will not hatch." ”

"But ......" looked up at the scorching sun in the middle of the sky, and gritted his teeth: "This ghost sky, where did the water come from?!" ”

"I can only hope that there will be more rain and snow this winter, otherwise after the spring of next year, there will really be a big mess in the northeast of my Northern Han Dynasty." Zhu Biao's voice was deep, mixed with the boiling water of the Luo River, as if it was the sound of the long river of history.

Prime Minister's Office.

"The autumn grain in the Gyeonggi area has been reported. At most, it can keep forty percent. Hedong Zhu Shuai also came up to play a fold, and said very clearly, the Luohe beach is full of locust eggs, hundreds of millions, and the next spring will be full of locusts.

And the autumn grain in the land east of the river, two out of ten can be obtained, and it is already blessed by Lai Tian. In addition, I heard that there are already people in the market who are secretly hoarding grain? Gao Shouxun's face was not only heavy, but also stern, "Speculators." Damn it—"

"And then there's raising chickens and ducks!" Zhu Biao's recital is one thing to fight drought, and there is also another thing to deal with locusts: "Raise chickens and ducks to deal with next year's locusts." ”

When more than a dozen subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion heard this, they shook their heads: "Chickens and ducks are not necessarily useful." ”

"How can I not know about this?" Gao Shouxun sighed: "Raising chickens and ducks is just an auxiliary, not the main means. When the time comes, it is still necessary to organize the people to exterminate locusts and spend money to buy locusts. A pound of locusts is given two or three cents, and if you don't say you don't want to, you can also let the children come out to earn some pocket money. ”

"It's just that Zhu Shuai said that the locusts are dried and ground in the sun. Can be used as meat for military rations......"

Gao Shouxun's brows were furrowed, and his brain made up the scene of eating locusts, and the whole person shuddered. Can this really be done in the army? Is that something that people can eat? I'm afraid that being a soldier will cause a lot of trouble, right?

"Xiangguo, this matter is a lie. Don't mention it. ”

"Unbelievable, unbelievable......"

"I wish Biao nonsense, how can locusts fill the ...... of the population"

There was opposition in the council chamber.

In July, there were more locusts in Rivers State.

The Luo River, which is only half wide of the riverbed, allows everyone to have the most intuitive understanding of the current drought. And on the tidal flats of the Luo River, countless locust eggs can make people feel deep palpitations.

The nymphs that crawled out of the ground this autumn were as small as ants. It can be jumped and crawled all over the ground, and it is effortless to gnaw on the flowers, trees, and autumn grain in the fields.

Standing on any high ground, looking at the dense locust larvae under his feet, Zhu Biao only felt that his scalp was numb. This autumn's batch has just hatched and is already covered with ground. If you let them grow into flying, wouldn't it be a covering?!

And the eggs left by these locusts will not be until the beginning of spring next year......

Zhu Biao didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao's prestige in Hedong is extremely high, and he has organized people to fight, and looking down from the city wall, thousands of people can be seen lining up along the fields on all sides, holding brooms and beating to the ground. It doesn't seem like it would take much effort to get rid of the nascent locusts.

But the land east of the river is so big, how easy is it to exterminate locusts with only manpower? Moreover, even if the east of the river exterminates the locusts, it is smooth. It doesn't help the whole picture. Because except for Hedong. The locusts also live in Hexi, Luozhou, Pingzhou, Jingzhou, etc., Zhu Biao can manage Hedong, he can't manage other territories.

Now the efforts of the people of Hedong. For the entire locust area of thousands of miles and square kilometers, it is of no help at all, and it is a drop in the bucket.

However, even if it is a drop in the bucket, it is still necessary. Don't you take the good as a small thing?

Ten days later, even the county town of Hedong County was jumping with grasshoppers.

Out of the city gate, walk out for less than ten miles, at a glance, the ground is full of big flat heads, dense even on the road. There were also many locusts that flew up and rampaged through the air, even hitting people, slapping their faces in pain. However, in the fields beside the road, flocks of chickens and ducks are running happily, but most of them are people. Men, women, and children, each holding a large broom, struck hard in the fields.

The 'anti-pornography' campaign in the eastern border of Hedong continues.

It's just that the original 'price' of three catties of locusts for one catty of coarse grain or three pennies has become five catties of locusts for one catty of coarse grain or three pennies. The grasshoppers have grown up, there are more grasshoppers, and they are easier to catch, and the price will naturally fall.

Locusts are extremely light, there can be nearly 100 locusts in a catty, and they can fly and jump, so it is really not easy to catch. But there are so many locusts in the field that a broom can throw down five or six.

Locusts are easy to catch, so there are many people who change rice. In the entire four counties and thirty-eight counties in Hedong, outside the gate of each county seat, there is this rice exchange point sent by the government. At every point, a dragon of people can be discharged, mostly old people or children, carrying pockets to exchange rice. A squire dressed in cotton silk or an old man over seventy years old stood beside him, pressing the procession into disarray. A bookseller below sits on a small stool and registers on a booklet.

Zhu Biao originally wrote to Gao Shouxun that he would eat locusts, but Gao Shouxun and a team of subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion could not accept it, and only said that it was ridiculous. This absurdity has really been staged in Hedong.

A pound of locusts can be left in three taels when dried, and they are ground into powder and eaten with noodles, which is also meaty. Then there is direct frying, Zhu Biao likes to eat this. It has been performed in public many times in the past few days. It's just that after returning home, I was counted down by my mother, and when I made love to my wife at night, I couldn't even kiss my mouth. Whether it is Shan Yuping or Song Yingzhu, they all have psychological disorders.

Zhu Biao was speechless.

In August, the sun continues to be hot. But God finally opened his eyes, and it rained for two days, so that the dry and burning Hedong land moistened his throat.

However, the trend of locusts has not weakened, and a large area has flown from the west of the river.

The whole east of the river is caught in the tide of locusts, and there is no way, the seeds are about to be sown. If the locusts continue to make trouble, all the people will suffer.

Besides, catching locusts and giving money and food, Zhu Biao has never been untrustworthy. For many families, the whole family goes into battle together, and at the end of the day, they can still save twenty or thirty yuan, and if they can last for two or three months, they can save a sum of money and food to survive the famine next year.

In September, the autumn outside the Saiwai is high and the horse is fat. Zhu Biao still couldn't take a step north.

Because of the locusts, the autumn grain on the ground in Hedong is only more than 10% of last year's harvest. Locusts are not only eaten by people in the army, but can be said to be eaten by every household in Hedong.

Zhu Biao used locust powder and noodles to stir-fry to make fried noodles and eat, and this way of eating has spread throughout Hedong. According to the general feedback of the people, the taste is really interesting. It's much better than just chow mein.

In October, the north wind howled, and this year's locust plague finally stopped.