After more than ten days of busyness, the people of Marsh Mansion finally finished harvesting the early rice. Next, they have to rest for a few days, because by the end of the month, they will be busy planting the second crop of rice.

This year's bumper harvest of early rice has quadrupled the overall output compared to previous years. Zhao Yao only needed to hand over one-third of the early rice harvest.

The imperial court stipulated that Lingnan should hand over grain to the capital twice a year. Once for early rice and once for the second crop. If there is a third crop of rice, it does not need to be handed over to the imperial court, because there are relatively few places in Lingnan to grow the third crop of rice.

The reason why one-third of the yield of early rice is handed over is not one-third of the amount stipulated by the imperial court, but one-third of this year's early rice is the amount handed over to the imperial court every year. It can be seen that this year's early rice harvest is a good thing.

After the early rice was harvested, Zhao Yao immediately sent the grain handed over to the imperial court this year to the capital. The remaining two-thirds of the grain, a third is left, and the remaining third is sent to the north.

In addition to sending some early rice to the north, Zhao Yao also bought a lot of foreign grain out of his own pocket and sent it to the north.

Zhao Yao's action in delivering grain was faster than that of the capital. However, his food has not yet been delivered to the north, and the locust plague has already occurred. The grain merchants in the north took the opportunity to raise prices, which made the northerners panic for a while.

Just when the people in the north were worried that there was no food to eat, the food sent by Zhao Yao arrived in the north. The first batch of grain he sent was 1,000 catties, and when he arrived, he immediately suppressed the grain in the north, and the grain merchants in the north were not lightly angry.

The grain merchants in the north want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, how can they allow others to destroy their opportunity to make a fortune this time. Just when they were about to embarrass the people sent by Zhao Yao to deliver grain to the north, Chu Ying, who was staying in the military camp in the north, took his soldiers to protect the grain sent by His Royal Highness the King of Han.

Zhao Yao was worried that the grain he sent would be destroyed by the female cadres in the north, so he wrote a letter to Chu Ying and asked the person who delivered the grain to send it to Chu Ying.

After the grain deliverer arrived in the north, he immediately sent the letter to Chu Ying.

After Chu Ying read Zhao Yao's letter, he didn't hesitate and took the soldiers to protect the food sent by Zhao Yao.

Although Zhao Yao sent grain in the name of the imperial court, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this grain was sent by His Royal Highness the King of Han himself. Because the grain sent by Zhao Yao was faster than the order issued by the imperial court.

On the third day after Zhao Yao's grain delivery team arrived in the north, the imperial court's orders to deal with the locust plague arrived in the north.

The imperial court issued several holy decrees in a row. A holy decree was to ask the northern state capitals to open the granaries for relief. One of the decrees was to severely punish those who took advantage of the opportunity to raise food. A holy decree was to let the northern state capitals lead the way in catching locusts. A decree was made for the northern state capitals to send ducks to eat locusts. A holy decree is to let the soldiers in the northern military camp protect the food, maintain order in the north, and if anyone is found to take the opportunity to cause chaos, they will be killed. A holy decree was to put King Han in charge of dealing with the locust plague. A decree is......

When the holy decree was delivered to the north, the imperial court also sent many people to the north, including the king of Chu. The king of Chu had two tasks. The first task is to deal with all matters related to the locust plague with King Han. The second task is to investigate who embezzled and took bribes during the disaster relief period. The most important thing is to investigate whether the officials in the north or the king of Han have colluded with the Xiongnu.

After the king of Chu arrived in the north, there were three princes in the north, namely the king of Han, the king of Dai and the king of Chu. Before the locust plague in the north, the emperor sent the king to the northern military camp.

Previously, the Xiongnu harassed the northern border and had the posture of invading southward. After the emperor consulted with He Xiang, he sent the king to the north.

After the acting king arrived in the north, he worked with Chu Ying to solve the situation of the Xiongnu harassing the north.

When the Huns saw that Chu Ying had come to the north and the king of Dai, they didn't pay attention to it at first, after all, neither Chu Ying nor the king had fought with the Huns.

Before the acting king arrived in the north, Chu Ying did not take the Xiongnu seriously. One is because he wants to see the true purpose of the Xiongnu, and the other is because he wants to test the soldiers in the north.

Seeing that Chu Ying was not their opponent, the Huns intensified their disturbance of the northern border. Just as the Huns were preparing to invade the south, the king arrived in the north.

When Chu Ying and the acting king saw that the Huns were going south to invade, they no longer tried and went straight to the real thing. The Huns underestimated the enemy at first, did not take the two of them seriously, and lost very badly.

After seeing the ability of Chu Ying and the acting king, the Huns did not dare to despise them anymore, but unfortunately they were still not Chu Ying's opponents. The Huns were defeated again, even worse than the first. After losing this time, the Huns did not dare to act rashly.

Just when the Huns were preparing to attack the north for the third time, a locust plague occurred on the grassland, which made the Huns have to abandon their plan to attack the Great Zhou in the south.

Not long after the locust plague occurred in the Xiongnu, the locusts flew across the northern border line and invaded the north of the Great Zhou.

This locust plague dealt a fatal blow to the Xiongnu, directly causing the Xiongnu to have no food for the winter. In order for the Huns to survive the winter, they had to go south to attack the Great Zhou. Only by attacking the Great Zhou and plundering the Great Zhou's food and money can they survive this winter.

During the locust plague in the north, the Huns launched a fierce attack on the Great Zhou, which became more and more fierce each time. The soldiers of the northern military camp led by King Dai and Chu Ying not only resisted the attacks of the Xiongnu again and again, but also killed many Xiongnu soldiers.

The Huns did not expect that the Great Zhou would be able to resist them tenaciously in the predicament of the locust plague. During this period of attack, it can be said that they poured seventy percent of their forces. Not only that, but the Huns also sent their ace iron horsemen. I thought that they would be able to sweep through the north by sending their ace iron horses, but they didn't expect the northern soldiers of the Great Zhou to resist their iron horses.

The Great Zhou not only completely resisted the Huns' iron cavalry, but also destroyed most of their iron cavalry, causing them to suffer heavy casualties.

The iron cavalry was destroyed in half, and it did not make the Huns die. Just as they were about to launch another ferocious attack on Da Zhou, their back garden caught fire. Once again, the Qiulin tribe united with the Han tribe and attacked the Xiongnu royal court.

The Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe have been very severely suppressed by the new Mao Dun Shan Yu in the past few years. Even so, the two tribes did not submit to Xinmaodun, and still stubbornly resisted the Xiongnu royal court.

Xinmaodun Shan Yu has always wanted to recover these two tribes, and no matter how much he coerces and lures, these two tribes just won't surrender. They would rather die in battle than submit to the royal court.

Seeing that these two tribes did not know each other well, Xin Mao Dun Shan Yu was very angry and decided to directly destroy these two tribes. Two years ago, Xinmaodun Shan did his best to exterminate the Chulin tribe and the Han tribe. The soldiers of these two tribes combined, only a fraction of the royal court's army.

This battle, at first glance, is a single victory, but unfortunately this is not the case. The royal court army almost won the two tribes in one step, and at that time, the two tribes were beaten and had no power to fight back. At this time, Xinmao Dunshan ordered the attack to be halted and threatened the two tribes to surrender obediently.

Xinmaodun Shan Yu didn't really intend to destroy everyone in either tribe. If he did do so, then his status and reputation in the steppe would be greatly affected. Although the Chulin tribe and the Han tribe have been separated from the royal court for many years, they are the same clan as the royal court.

is the same clan, if Xin Mao Dun Shan Yu exterminated these two tribes, then the other tribes will definitely turn against him.

The Chulin tribe and the Han tribe took advantage of the time when Xinmao Dunshan coerced and induced them to surrender, recuperated their strength, and then launched a fierce counterattack against the royal court's army.

In this counterattack, the people of these two tribes all had a mortal attitude and rushed one by one. The soldiers of the royal court were intimidated by their desperate momentum, and they immediately lost to the Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe.

Once the momentum is lost, the soldiers of the royal court will have a feeling of fear in their hearts. It didn't take long for them to be beaten by the two tribes.

After losing once to the Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe, the royal court soldiers completely lost confidence. Xin Mao Dunshan was naturally very angry when he saw that the soldiers of the royal court were afraid, but he also knew that the soldiers of the royal court were no longer suitable for war, so he had to give up continuing to attack the two tribes and collect his troops and return to the royal court.

The Chulin tribe and the Han tribe did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. If they continue to attack, then it will arouse the morale of the royal court's soldiers, and they will lose at that time. Besides, they don't have the strength to chase after the victory.

After collecting troops and returning to the royal court, Xinmao Dunshan originally planned to continue to attack the Chulin tribe and the Han tribe after rectifying himself, but there was internal strife within the royal court, so he had to abandon his plan to attack the two tribes.

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When the royal court was infighting, Xinmao Dun Shan Yu almost lost his position. Although in the end, he was able to keep his position without danger, but his power was weakened a lot.

In the past two years, Xinmao Dunshan Yu did not attack any tribe again, and he also harassed the Great Zhou on the border. The Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe have not taken revenge on the royal court in the past two years, they have suffered a lot of vitality before, and they need to cultivate well.

In the past two years, the Chulin tribe and the Han tribe have been very low-key on the surface, but in fact, they have been gathering momentum. They did not give up on taking revenge on the royal court, but they never found a good opportunity. This royal court's attack on Da Zhou was their best chance to take revenge, and of course they wouldn't miss it. While the royal court army was attacking the Great Zhou, they quietly attacked the royal court.

Seeing that the two Qiulin tribes and the Han tribe took advantage of their attack on the Great Zhou to recover the Lang tribe, he naturally did not dare to continue the attack on the Great Zhou, and hurriedly turned around and returned to the grassland to clean up the Qiulin tribe and the Han tribe. Once the Chulin tribe and the Han tribe were allowed to reclaim one more tribe, then the situation of the royal court would become dangerous. His single position will also become precarious.

After the Huns were defeated, the kings of Chu and Han were able to concentrate on dealing with the locust plague.

The Acting King was not responsible for disaster relief, and his main duty was to guard the northern border in case the Huns went south again. The kings of Chu and Han were responsible for dealing with the locust plague and could not interfere in dealing with the Xiongnu.

The people in the north were frightened by the locust plague and thought they were going to starve, but they didn't expect the court to send food, so that they didn't have to worry about starvation.

During this time, the northern soldiers fought with the Huns, and then there was a plague of locusts. The people in the north felt that God was going to kill them, but they didn't expect the court to save them in time. The imperial court dealt with the locust plague in time and successfully resisted the invasion of the Xiongnu.

The people in the north are full of gratitude to the imperial court, and they are also full of gratitude to His Royal Highness the King of Han who sent the food at the first time. If it weren't for His Royal Highness the King of Han sending a thousand catties of food in front of the imperial court, I am afraid that they would not be able to survive the rescue of the imperial court.

If you are grateful to His Royal Highness the King of Han, you will be full of dissatisfaction with His Royal Highness the King of Han.

His Royal Highness King Han is in Youzhou, and there is a locust plague in the north, and he did not take out food for disaster relief at the first time, and he didn't even take care of his own fiefdom.

It wasn't until the emperor ordered that King Han opened the granary in Youzhou for disaster relief.

The people of the north were dissatisfied with King Han, and King Han didn't care at all. This made the king of Chu and the king of Dai very puzzled.