The scorching sun hanging in the sky exudes its power to the fullest.

It's a hot summer, but you can't hear many frogs. for the ponds and rivers have dried up. Even the weeds on the side of the road are all unrelenting, and they have no energy.

The crops on the fields, except for the water sources that were strictly controlled by the power authority of the Fuhan General's Mansion and the fertile fields under the irrigation of Wu Nian, were all large and large areas of death.

If this was somewhere else, people would have been panicked a long time ago. When there was no harvest in the autumn, the people climbed high and shouted.

"Princes and generals, rather have a kind."

"The year is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky."

It's just a beacon of fire, no matter how strong the edifice is, it will collapse with a bang. But here in Wu Nian, there is not much wind and waves.

There are still small waves. Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents. Wu Nian persuaded most people to follow him with his might.

But there are still some rich families and peasants who are so distressed that their livers hurt. But Wu Nian's army was too strong and had too many supporters. They can only close the door and scold a few times, but other than that, there is nothing they can do with Wu Nian.

I can only watch my field die of drought.

This. Even the Zhao family of Zhao Yanting in Yun County is also treated equally.

Under the years of war, there are not many wealthy businessmen left in Yingqing Mansion. Half of Zhang was uprooted by Wu Nian.

The Zhao family is the best preserved.

Zhao Yanting himself is still a school captain. But Zhao Yanting suppressed all the voices in the clan, gritted his teeth, and fully supported Wu Nian.

Let a large part of their own acres of land die by drought.

No way. The barrel of the gun is out of power.

Zhao Yanting was not very loyal, but he just didn't dare to betray Wu Nian.

Wu Nian is too strong and strong.

Even a predator like the Zhao family in Yun County was crushed. Not to mention the rest, it's just a monkey of the local chicken tile dog.

Although the fields are dry, many people know that this year will inevitably lead to no harvest.

However, the Yeeongfu and Gwangcheon provinces remained largely calm.

The power of Wu Nian's reign of terror was fully revealed.

And Wu Nian's other announcement also began to gradually show its power.

Locusts can be eaten, roasted, fried, and aphrodisiac. Wu Nian personally wrote a recipe to remind the people how to eat locusts and how to deal with them.

In general drought years, every household in the common people has to kill chickens and ducks to avoid wasting food. But this year, every household not only did not kill chickens and ducks, but instead raised more chickens and ducks.

Plus someone was the first to eat crabs. It's okay to eat locusts, and you can still be full. Although there are many locusts in this field, they are eaten by people, chickens and ducks.

It's like a leek.

It did not form a large-scale, uncontrollable locust plague in Yingqing and Gwangcheon.

It's all about prevention.

Once the locusts form tens of millions, hundreds of millions of scales, it will be the [Demon Cloud] that covers the sky and the sun. Even if it is 100,000 ducks, it will not be able to destroy it.

Because there are too many locusts, in the blink of an eye, they eat the green of a place and lay eggs by the way.

100,000 ducks, it can't catch up.

And when the locusts have not formed a scale and formed a wave, they have been eaten piecemeal, so naturally there will be no locust plague.

Outside Jiangxian County.

Sundong Village. Most of the villagers in this village are surnamed Sun and belong to the same clan. There is also a village called Sun Xicun next to it, and there are few people surnamed Sun.

used to be a village, called Sunjiahui, but later there were conflicts in his village, so he simply lived separately and did not get along with each other.

Sun Guangguang stood at the head of the village, looking at a large group of dolls catching locusts, and said with emotion: "The wisdom passed down from our ancestors. ”

"After the drought, there will be locusts, this is the law of heaven and earth. But it turns out that people can really win the day. ”

"General, what a god."

"Grandpa. Grandfather. I caught a lot of locusts. Let's go back and eat it. "Sun Guangguang's grandson, Sun Gou'er came back sweating profusely, carrying a special bamboo basket in his hand, which was densely packed with locusts.

The general said. If you eat too much of this stuff, you will have diarrhea. We've eaten a lot during this time, so let's feed them to the chickens and ducks. Wait for the eggs, duck eggs. I'll give you something to eat. ”

Sun Guangguang reached out and touched the eldest grandson's little head, and said lovingly.

"Hmm." Sun Gouer hummed very obediently, and hurriedly ran to his house happily.

"As long as you can fill your stomach with eight hundred. Regardless of whether it has an aphrodisiac effect or not. There is nothing that we peasants dare not eat. ”

Sun Guangguang raised his head, quite proud.

That's right.

Han Chinese are not as pretentious as Westerners, do not eat offal, do not eat fish with spines. They dare to eat whatever they can eat, what they run on the ground, and what they make holes in the mountains.

It's so hungry that centipedes and rats can eat it.

And the locusts?

Wu Nian issued an announcement to let the people raise chickens and ducks, but in fact, the locusts eaten by the people are probably no less than those eaten by chickens and ducks.

The entire Yingqing Mansion and Gwangcheon Prefecture have a population of one or two million.

Now there are even traders with flexible brains who have begun to buy locusts from villagers and go to the city to make fried locusts and sell them.

It is not easy to catch locusts in this city, and the people have no knowledge. People with curiosity abound. As long as you do the benefits, don't make bad money.

Whether it's a drought or locusts.

Seeing it, they were all suppressed by Wu Nian. Although the days are a little harder, and it can be seen with the naked eye that next year will be even more bitter.

But at least the people have a way to live.

And with the passage of time, the power of locusts is not as fierce as the drought after all.

As the drought continues, let alone water for agricultural irrigation. Gradually, even people's drinking water began to become difficult.

The shallow wells of the people have not been dug with a little water. Even deep wells are drying up.

General Fuhan's Mansion, in the backyard.

Wu Nian was shirtless and sat in the gazebo to enjoy the shade, but his body was still covered with fine sweat. During this time, he tried not to practice martial arts.

Once you sweat profusely, you lose a lot of water. Now the water is really more expensive than gold.

"Hey. There really wasn't a drop of rain. Wu Nian sighed and shook his head lightly.

"Da !!" At this moment, a pro-soldier walked over quickly. Although he was wearing a summer jacket, he was still sweating profusely.

"General. There was an eighty-year-old man named Liu Donglai. Ask to see you outside. It is said that there is a way to quench the general's thirst. ”

After the soldiers stood still, they bent down to report.

Wu Nian narrowed his eyes, this was definitely not a literal thirst quenching. His heart couldn't help but be curious.

This is not a modern society, and there is also artificial rainfall.

This eighty-year-old man, Liu Donglai, what can be done to make it rain? Or is it to solve the dilemma of Yingqing Mansion and Guangchuan Province without water?

Wu Nian put away his thoughts, picked up the kettle next to him with his right hand, handed it to the soldiers, and said, "Please come into the living room." ”

"Yes." The pro-soldier said loudly, looking at the kettle in front of him, his face showing joy. He picked up the kettle, poured a few sips of water, and then reluctantly put it back and turned to go down.