When Liu An said this, he had already put the words of heavenly punishment and locust gods behind him.

After culling locusts, you will offend the locust god or something, under the temptation of promotion and wealth, it is nothing at all...

As a corrupt official, Liu An has never done bad things...

He was not even afraid that after his death, he would go down to the underworld and endure the torture of the six reincarnations, how could he be afraid of the revenge of a little locust god...

As long as he can be promoted, he can do anything, and he will not hesitate to sell his mother...

On Heshen's side, after unifying his opinion with Liu An, the prefect of Taiyuan, he became more confident about his plan.

I have to say that although Liu An is an out-and-out corrupt official, after all, in the local area, he has served as the prefect for more than ten years, has rich experience, is old-fashioned, and still has ability...

It's not like Heshen, although it's a bit of an idea...

However, he has too little experience in handling local affairs to be as thoughtful as Liu An, uniting landlords and squires to work together.

Therefore, although the two of them discussed on the surface, even Liu An showed a look of asking He Shen for advice for the rules of officialdom and subordinates...

However, in fact, most of the time, it is Liu An who suggests and explains, while He Shen only needs to be responsible and nod his head to express his appreciation...

"My lord, since you have decided to extinguish the locust plague, it is naturally necessary to organize a large amount of manpower..."

"Xiaguan Qianjian, there is a garrison near this Taiyuan Mansion, which has been idle all the time, so it is better to transfer them to assist in the name of Qincha."

"In this way, first, we can have more manpower to help extinguish the locust plague, and secondly, we can also suppress it in time just in case, in case of chaos, what do you think?"

Hearing this, He Shen nodded slightly, and replied with a little appreciation.

"The prefect is right, this time the emperor sent me to inspect the disaster area, and he has already given me the right to act cheaply."

"In the name of my Qincha, I went to mobilize local soldiers, and no one dared to say anything more."

"Hahahaha, Lord Liu is worthy of being a man who has become a man of the country, after returning to Beijing, I will definitely mention you in front of the emperor..."

“………”

"Your Excellency has won the prize, if it weren't for your guidance, the lower officials would still be confused about this locust plague..."

"What is money? As long as you can be promoted, it doesn't matter what......"

On the side of He Shen and Liu An, after humbling each other, Liu An's side continued to "suggest".

"In the eyes of the lower officials, if you want to extinguish the locust plague, it is not enough to rely only on the officials and soldiers, the most important thing for the officials and soldiers is the town scene, plus command and communication."

"If you really want to extinguish the locust plague, the most important thing is to rely on the people of Taiyuan Mansion themselves..."

"It's just that the people are ignorant and superstitious about the locust gods, and let them kill the locusts, and I am afraid that the vast majority of them are unwilling."

"However, all this is not without any means......"

"These people trust their local clan elders and squires the most, so if you want to mobilize the people and do this, you need to convince these clan elders and squires first."

"At that time, I'm afraid that you will have to come forward in person, Lord Lao, after all, my lord, as a messenger of the imperial court, on behalf of the emperor, they will listen to what you say..."

Hearing this, He Shen nodded with satisfaction again and said.

"This is natural, the culling of locusts is advocated by the official, and these clan elders and squires, the official will naturally come forward to persuade him personally."

“………”

Liu An's side, since he learned that he could make meritorious contributions and get a reward for fighting the locust plague, he is now more active than He Shen himself.

After all, for a local middle-level official like him who is not up or down, and is old, this opportunity for promotion is really rare, so it is understandable that he is in a hurry.

In this way, under the discussion of the two, before they knew it, it was almost noon.

After making a detailed plan, Liu An obviously did not have much enthusiasm in the face of the inspection disaster!

He Shen understood Liu An's thoughts, in Liu An's opinion, this kind of thing is just a matter of face, it doesn't matter if he does it or not, as long as he extinguishes the locust plague, makes great achievements, and is promoted, it doesn't matter what happens...

A few people in civilian clothes set off, walked for about an hour, and the carriage carrying several people finally arrived at a township in Taiyuan Prefecture.

This township, in Liu An's mouth, is one of the better places in Taiyuan.

Because in this township, there is still a water source, even in a year of great drought, the people can survive...

“………”

As a result, when He Shen went down to take a look and looked at the suburbs and fields, a heart that was originally a little looking forward to it suddenly cooled in half.

In front of He Shen's eyes, there were green and yellow locusts everywhere.

Thousands of locusts, flapping their wings, fluttered all over the sky, and the buzzing sound was one another, both screaming and terrifying.

And the field in front of He Shen has long been left with no wheat stalks, only a bald piece of soil remains.

In fact, not only the fields full of crops in front of him, but as far as the eye can see, He Shen can't find a little green thing.

You know, here's where there's a water source.

Where there is a water source, it is so miserable, so where there is no water source, how can people live...

Although the overwhelming locusts are shocking, for He Shen, what really shocks him is the mental state of the people around him.

Because He Shen, Liu An and others came in plain clothes, they did not attract the attention of the surrounding people.

In fact, He Shen, Liu An and others, even if they wore official uniforms and came with great fanfare, these ordinary people would not care about them.

Because, for those who have long been desperate in their hearts, nothing matters...

“…………”

Around the fields, there are actually many people's...

It's just that their mental state is very wrong...

They sat or stood, just staring at the locusts that spread over the mountains...

The faces of these people were a little panicked and helpless, but more importantly, they were still desperate and numb...

They were like wooden people, looking at the yellow earth in front of them in such a daze...

They had worked hard to cultivate a year's worth of living food, and in just a short period of time, it was instantly reduced to nothing...

The kind of despair and helplessness is incomprehensible to anyone other than those who have actually experienced it...

Faintly, in an unknown corner, there was a terrible cry.

In short, what is shown in front of He Shen is a human tragedy, and there is despair everywhere.

It seems that at this moment, the world is all gray, and it seems that there is no hope to be found.

Although this place has not yet appeared, the tragedy of starvation and bones everywhere.

“…………”

But, even so, the deep despair and helplessness on the faces of the people was enough to shock and Shen's nerves...

Seeing the silence on He Shen's face, Liu An also sighed with a fake look: "Hey, the life of the people is really bitter......

As soon as he was halfway through his words, He Shen immediately glared at Liu An and stopped him from continuing.

Liu An, who had long known these insiders, had actually planned to be greedy for Mo Chaoyan to send down grain and grass for disaster relief, and this kind of corrupt official's coy behavior made He Shen feel disgusted.

Although, He Shen asked himself that he was not qualified to talk about others.

Just when He Shen was thinking a lot, suddenly, there was a "bang" sound of falling to the ground, and he couldn't help but attract He Shen's attention to that side.

“………………”

He Shen looked towards the sound of falling to the ground, but saw that at this moment, a child of five or six years old was falling on the field.

This child is a child of an ordinary peasant family.

He was supposed to be the most innocent and carefree age, but now he had fainted from hunger.

Not far from the child, there was an old man, who ran quickly towards this place.

The old man was also dressed as a peasant family, very old, and running tremblingly, and it seemed that he was the elder of the child.

Looking at this scene that made people feel sour, He Shen subconsciously walked over.

And Liu An and the second class, seeing this, hurriedly followed.

“…………”

"Uncle, the younger generation still knows some medical skills, let me take a look..."

Coming to the old man, He Shen arched his hand and said.

“…………………”

The old man turned his head and glanced at He Shen, and saw that He Shen was wearing a long robe and there were many servants behind him, so he was slightly stunned and hurriedly let go.

Although I don't know, the young man in front of him who has not grown his hair understands medical skills or not, is he a good person...

But the rich probably won't do it and beat the poor with the idea...

“…………”

Through targeted observation of the child's appearance, color, tongue, etc., He Shen judged that the child in front of him should be so hungry that he fainted...

Thinking of this, He Shen arched his hand to the old man on the side and said.

"This child can alleviate the current situation by eating sugar cubes or sugar and salt water in time, or eating desserts, including snacks, biscuits, and steamed buns..."

"Dizziness from hunger, most of them are hypoglycemic, hypoglycemic patients, after timely supplementation of foods containing sugar, they can be relieved!"

As soon as he finished speaking, He Shen regretted it.

Because, he suddenly found that although the old man was smiling, he was very reluctant, just laughing miserably, and in his eyes, there was despair and helplessness.

"In this year, the landlord's family has no surplus grain, not to mention the old man's family..."

The old man's voice was hoarse, and he said slowly,

"Last year, there was a big drought, and the government increased the rent again, and it was increased by 60% in one plus."

"I couldn't be angry, so I found someone to go to the Taiyuan government to theorize, but I didn't even see the prefect, but I was lame by the official mission of the government..."

"Now after a few months, I can't get out of bed, in order to treat my son's disease, the house and land are sold, and the daughter-in-law is sold, and there is nothing..."