With the arrival of the locust plague, Liu Tai and Gou Xi tacitly began to solve the problem of the locust plague first.

It is as if Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought passionately in Xuzhou, but there was also a year-long truce in the middle, just to solve their respective locust plague problems.

After Gou Xi asked Shao Xu to stay, he quickly evacuated with the army, left the boundary of Mount Tai, and returned to Qingzhou.

Speaking of which, the two sides are making peace for the time being, but it is impossible for either of them to really dig out their hearts and lungs for each other, and the vigilance they should have is also indispensable.

And Liu Tai also took the initiative to send someone to find Zhao An, after all, it is not difficult to find people who are familiar with the surrounding mountains in the Laiwu realm.

After letting Zhao An stare at Shao Xu and leave, Liu Taicai breathed a sigh of relief.

After this war, rewards should be given to those who should be rewarded, and honors to those who should be honored.

The most important thing is that Liu Tai wrote a letter to Wang Mi, saying that in order to resist Gou Xi, the soldiers suffered heavy losses and consumed countless grains, even the grain that had just been planted was gnawed by locusts.

Please also ask Dahan to give some support, otherwise I really can't bear Gou Xi.

At this time, I want to cry poor, as for the war merits report or something, where did I get the materials after the war merits report.

The people above must think that since you are so strong, you should no longer add to the burden and continue to hone and hone.

The question is, do you need to hone yourself? Now the locusts are rampant, and what I need is food!

Liu Tai didn't put all his hopes on the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, after all, he was now in Taishan County, which was too far away from the political center of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.

Not to mention that they can transport food, even if they send someone to send some gold and silver, they will be thankful, but with the arrival of the locust plague, it is very good that they can protect themselves.

In fact, the impact of the locust plague, which affected almost the entire north, was greater than Liu Tai expected.

Liu Tai and Gou Xi are in a remote area where the locust plague is raging, so they can still support it by concentrating their efforts on fighting locusts.

Now the locust plague is full of several states, but the land is really thousands of miles, and the people want to ask the wealthy families to be cattle and horses, but they cannot.

Some people have even taken the initiative to leave the land on which they depend for their livelihood and flee to other places.

Because the effects of the locust plague are somewhat sluggish, they eat the food of the future.

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, the grain that has been cultivated is eaten by them, so there is no harvest for this year, but the people have more or less a month in their hands to support the grain stock until the autumn harvest.

Therefore, some people who are not more conscious than this year have already made all the food into naan cakes, and then decisively fled with their families.

If you run for your life now, you may still have a chance to survive, but if you run for your life too late, you won't even have this chance.

Of course, the impact of this locust plague on the Xiongnu Han and Jin courts in history was to make these two countries run out of food.

The news of Jin Ting's food supply and distress was announced to the surrounding states and counties almost every day, asking the surrounding areas to quickly transport grain to Luoyang.

The Xiongnu and Han kingdoms were not much better, and the regimes on both sides completely broke the bottom line and began to eat human flesh with the lack of food.

Liu Tai naturally didn't know that the impact of this locust plague would be so great, so after writing a letter from his uncle, hungry and hungry, and grain, he began to devote himself to the anti-locust project.

Before Master Xi came to inform Chu Biao, Chu Biao had tried his best to verify the affected area, which was worth this year's harvest, but to be honest, Chu Biao had no experience in fighting locusts.

However, Xi Zhubo brought Liu Tai's order, what night to light a fire, what to find some chickens and ducks to eat locusts, Chu Yi also tried it suspiciously, it can only be said that it has an effect, but the effect is not obvious.

After all, locusts have become flying locusts, they produce toxins, and even in the 21st century, if you want to deal with locusts, you basically rely on no home and all kinds of medicines.

As for ducks or birds, they're dealing more with the larvae of the locusts than with the locusts themselves.

In the 21st century, locusts are also natural disasters.

However, just when Chu Yi was suspicious of finding a way to deal with this disaster, Liu Tai and Gou Xi reached the conditions of a truce, and the two sides exchanged the bodies of prisoners and soldiers.

Liu Tai saw Chu Yu and said, "How's the situation?!" ”

"The situation is serious!" Chu said, "At least two-thirds of the grain in the entire county is eaten by locusts.

Fortunately, the locust swarm did not stay here for long, and the rest of the grain was better because it was grown in a more remote area.

But I'm afraid the remaining grain won't be able to feed the entire Taishan County before next year's corn is planted! ”

Liu Tai couldn't help but press his brow when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Let me renovate all the fields that have been eaten by locusts, and let the sun dry all the land where these locusts have been staying.

We're getting ready to plant the next wave of new crops! ”

"New crops?!" When Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words, he immediately reacted and said, "You mean winter wheat?" ”

"Is there still a choice?!" Liu Taidao, "At least the winter wheat can be harvested in April and May next year, even if the taste is bad, at least in April and May next year, and the farmers who want to survive will give me all the renovated land and plant winter wheat!" ”

Liu Tai looked at Chu Yi and said, "I remember that I have been buying winter wheat seeds from the Yang family, isn't it enough?" ”

"Enough is enough!" Chu Yu has been in charge of this matter, and nodded to Liu Tai, "Let's use this batch of winter wheat to deal with emergencies first." ”

However, Chu Yi came back to his senses and said to Liu Tai, "But if the locust plague is not solved, even if winter wheat is planted, I am afraid that these locusts will not show mercy!" ”

"It's just a matter of doing your best!" Liu Tai took a deep breath and said, "I don't know what the weakness of locusts is, but I know that if we don't do anything, we will just wait for death."

First of all, let the people turn over the soil, at least so that the eggs produced by the locusts in the land will be exposed to the sun, and they will naturally be killed by the sun.

Then all the canals for cultivating winter wheat were dredged in the whole of Taishan County.

In my opinion, locust plagues generally only occur during times of drought, so keeping crops well hydrated should be the way to contain locust plagues.

Also find a way to raise some chickens and ducks, which are not used against flying locusts, but against locusts that are crawling on the ground. ”

"General Liu, you seem to know a lot about fighting locusts!" Chu Yi couldn't help but sigh when he heard Liu Tai's orderly arrangement.

"It's useless or not, let's try it online!" Liu Tai replied calmly.

Chu Yi said: "The first step is to say, the people who have the fields know that the new seeds have been replaced, and I believe that they are absolutely willing to plough the fields.

But dredging the drain is a big job! If it is handed over to the people, I am afraid that it will not be completed within this year? ”

Liu Taidao: "Cash-for-work, let the people move first, let them devote themselves to the project."

The money and grain we plundered from the local wealthy families would have been enough to last until next year, plus a third of this year's grain, calculated carefully every day, should be able to last until the winter wheat harvest.

Then let the county soldiers go as the main force to dredge the river, most of them are locals, for the survival of the entire Taishan County, they will not be disgusted.

Then give food to all the people who come to participate in the labor, I believe that they will definitely be willing to save their original food! ”

When Liu Tai said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and continued:

"Also, don't open any porridge shed in Taishan, if the sheep family dares to open it, you will smash it directly for me.

Starting from today, the entire Taishan County will implement a rule of "no laborers, no food", and everyone will work for me.

As long as you are willing to work, you will be able to fill your stomach. ”

Hearing Liu Tailuo's somewhat hideous appearance at this moment, Chu Yu said, "Do you need to borrow some food from the Yang family, I believe that there must still be some savings in their family." ”

"Be able to overcome the difficulties of the past on your own, and try to overcome them by yourself." Liu Tai took a deep breath and said,

"A family like the Yang family, even if it is innocent, at most give them a chance to add a little icing on the cake.

If you are given the opportunity to send charcoal in the snow, I am afraid that he will eat it clean, the family is full of bad embryos, and it cannot be trusted! ”

"General, in fact, so-and-so is also from a family!" Chu Yi heard Liu Tai say to the family's mustard.

Liu Tai looked at Chu Biao, and finally said, "Okay, the family is not all bad embryos!" ”

"Work, work!" Chu Yu looked at Liu Tai's hard-mouthed attitude, but he also decisively changed the topic.

To be honest, Chu Miao also had a headache when he looked at Liu Tai, and this locust plague was an opportunity to change Liu Tai's concept in Chu Yi's eyes.

Introducing the power of the family is actually not harmful to Liu Tai, and it can even take off of Liu Tai in the family.

But Chu Yu didn't expect that even at this time, Liu Tai had no intention of going to Yang's house to ask for help.

This gave Chu Yu a lot of headaches, because it showed that Liu Tai did not want to introduce the power of the family into his basic plate.

Chu Yi himself is a family, so in Chu Yu's view, the power of the family is almost infinite, and it is the family that dominates the whole world.

If Liu Tai does not introduce the power of the family, then sooner or later he will encounter a bottleneck.

At that time, if you want to bring in the power of the Maison, you will have to pay a price.

In this case, the sooner you introduce the power of the family, you will naturally consolidate your foundation earlier, so why not do it.

Chu Yi couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this, but Chu Yi didn't want to jump ship or backstab Liu Tai.

Because Liu Tai is not only very vigilant about the introduction of the family, but also has a discussion with Chu Yu about other things.

Of course, more importantly, Liu Tai resisted Gou Xi head-on, which made Chu Yu more determined to choose Liu Tai.

Because the more troubled the times, the more we need to be around people who are bursting with force to be safer.

Gou Xi is now the fiercest man in the Jin Dynasty, but his attack on Taishan County this time is still resisted in Laiwu without an inch.

This further illustrates Liu Tai's ability to lead troops.

Liu Tai not only trusts himself, but also gives himself a stage, except that he does not introduce the family, there is no big shortcoming, if he can really assist Liu Tai to achieve a world.

"It's just that the general is still young, and he doesn't know the strength of the family, and the strength of the family depends on the strength of the family if Guangwu can revive the Han Dynasty!" Chu Yu shook his head, even if it doesn't work this time, then he will find a chance next time.

After Liu Tai handed over the internal affairs to Chu Yu, he immediately summoned Zhao An and Yu Yao to discuss military affairs.

Yu Yao is a lieutenant selected from the locals of Taishan, in Liu Tai's opinion, he is the type who has both civil and military, but he is not good at both civil and military, but he is promoted by a generalist, of course, the most important thing is that he claims to be a descendant of Yu Ban.

Yu Ban's descendants, after Yu Ban's death, they don't enjoy the glory and wealth like other five good generals.

Basically, Cao Wei's policy is to suppress and suppress, even if the Sima clan takes over the world, the strategy of employing people is to use the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and the Yu family, which has fallen into the dust, is nothing.

Therefore, Yu Yao naturally inevitably has a little resentment towards this world.

But I didn't expect Liu Tai to call, and after hearing that he was a descendant of the ban, he said decisively:

"It is the right way to surrender to the Han in the ban, and you should be courteous as a descendant of the ban, and this Taishan county soldier will be handed over to you to manage!"

Then Yu Yao was promoted to the captain of Mount Tai, which can be regarded as a step to the sky.

For Liu Tai, he naturally doesn't believe that this guy is a descendant of Yu Ban, but there are not many celebrities surnamed Yu in this era, so he just uses Yu Ban as a signboard.

And Liu Tai admires this guy, like the name of his descendant of King Zhang, anyway, he doesn't know if it's true.

But the boundary of Qingzhou is also a big name for this guy, and if he wants to be born in Youzhou, then he will be after King Jing of Zhongshan.

Liu Tai seems that this medicine should be similar to his own situation, just find a bull to pull the tiger's skin.

Liu Tai said at this moment, looked at Zhao An and Yu Yao, and said: "Now the fight against locusts has become the top priority, in order to fight against locusts, I discussed with Mr. Chu to dredge the canals in Mount Tai together, if it is handed over to the people, this matter is too slow, so it is handed over to the county soldiers to be responsible!" ”

Liu Tai said here and continued, "In addition, this matter is related to the lives of the people of the whole county, if it is successfully completed, it can still be counted as a military merit, and this matter will be recorded in military history as a reward!" ”

Hearing that it was counted as a military merit, Yu Yao breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his head and replied, "Your subordinates have orders!" ”

Liu Tai nodded, and turned his gaze to Zhao Andao, "You are good at letting your subordinates scatter without crushing."

If you fight head-on, you can't catch a little force, but if you fight behind enemy lines, it can often have miraculous results.

So I hope you can take this opportunity to get close to the people, understand the people, and blend in with the people.

In the future, if you are asked to carry out some missions behind enemy lines, you and your team can make those villages behind enemy lines believe in you, and believe that only when you oppose Jin and restore Han will there be a future.

When that time comes, you will be able to carry out activities behind enemy lines, as if a drop of water melted into the sea! ”

Zhao An was thoughtful when he heard Liu Tai's words, and saluted Liu Tai solemnly at this moment, because Zhao An felt that Liu Tai was really teaching him the art of war, but he said, "Thank you for the general's guidance!" ”

Liu Tai nodded, in Liu Tai's opinion, this locust plague is also an opportunity for himself, if he can solve the crisis of Taishan County this time, then he can be regarded as truly mastering a foundation.

(End of chapter)