This man was a fellow countryman of the envoys.

Their hometowns are all in the original fiefdom of Chunshenjun. It was also because of this that they were able to meet Zhu Xiang and get Zhu Xiang's appointment.

Chunshenjun's fiefdom was in Huaibei, which was adjacent to the Qi State, and it was the place where the locust plague was most serious.

"I will send someone to lobby the local prefectural order. The prefectural magistrate also has the power to organize the people to exterminate locusts on their own. Zhu Xiang said, "I'm bothering you to venture into Chu again." ”

The doorman of the slain envoy took over the appointment of a new envoy and rushed to the state of Chu again.

Li Mu and Wang Jian made this trip, Li Mu was the main general, of course he drove Wang Jian to Taiyuan and came to Changping County by himself.

As soon as he came, he learned of this and comforted: "When I destroy Chu, enshrine Xiang Yan's head in front of the envoy's clothes and tombs." ”

The envoy was hacked to death by the Xiang clan in the Chu State, and the body could not be recovered.

In the future, they could not find the corpses of the envoys, so they only erected a mound of clothes.

Zhu Xiang barely squeezed out a smile: "Then I'll wait for your good news." “

Zhu Xiang sighed and said, "If Chun Shenjun knows that his fiefdom has suffered a locust plague, he doesn't know how sad he is. ”

Li Mu patted Zhu Xiang's shoulder and did not speak.

Now any words of comfort are pale. They can only do what they can.

Zhu Xiang's mood was low for only a few days, and he quickly cheered up.

The grief and anger he encountered in this day and age was so great that if he was immersed in it, he would not be able to move forward.

Changping County finally has Changping Jun, from the officials to the commoners, they are like beating chicken blood, and they can't wait to rummage through every inch of land.

Zhu Xiang met his old acquaintance.

Although Bofu was born in a common man, he was already in a high position as the governor of Changping County, married a wife with good feelings, and had a pair of intelligent children.

Li Mu once asked Bofu if he wanted to join him, but Bofu refused.

Bove stayed in Changping County and was specifically responsible for examining and arranging the exiles who had fled to Changping. After becoming the governor of Changping County, he managed all the city defense troops of Changping County.

These refugees are basically Zhao people. They heard of the reputation of Changping Jun, and without a map, they relied on the word of mouth of others to find the location of Changping County, and came to Changping County to find a way to live.

Most of the original residents in the newly built county town of Changping County were Zhao soldiers and their families who stayed in Changping. There are also some people who came to Changping County with Zhu Xiang when he left Zhao and wanted to continue to follow Zhu Xiang.

Bofu always thought that he was Zhu Xiang's retainer, and he wanted to settle Zhu Xiang's Zhao people who came to Changping County. This must be in line with Changpingjun's wishes.

Under the leadership of Zhu Xiang, the officials and people of Changping County dug trenches in the ground, lit fires every night to lure locust nymphs into the trenches, and burned many nymphs to death.

Nymphs are not poisonous. Zhu Xiang also led the army and civilians to catch some nymphs and dry them, crush them and mix them with grain to make cakes or porridge, which can reduce some of the pressure on food.

And so another two months passed, and the locust's wings finally grew.

They flew.

Farmers hold nets and forks, pile up stacks of firewood, and anxiously wait for the grain to ripen in the fields while waiting for the arrival of the locust army.

Prince Chu of Qin ordered the whole country of Qin to enter a state of war, and almost all the princes of the court were already in various counties.

Prince Chu of Qin also came to Changping in person, and Xiangguo and Prime Minister were also in the most serious place of the locust plague.

"Zhu Xiang, can we win?" Prince Qin Chu asked.

Zhu Xiang said: "What does it matter if you can win or not? Anyway, they all have to fight. ”

Prince Qin glanced at Zhu Xiang and coughed, "I know, I just asked you to say a good word." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "We will definitely win." Can you still hold on? ”

Prince Qin Chu said: "If you can't hold it, you have to hold on." ”

Zhu Xiang was silent for a while, then looked up into the distance: "Hmm." ”

In 243 BC, in September of the eighth year of the Qin prince Chu, the locusts matured.

The locust plague in Qin did not coalesce into a large-scale disaster. Swarms of locusts appeared scattered in various counties and counties, and they were quickly extinguished under the strict organization of the Qin people.

The peasants slaughtered the locusts and harvested the grain, working day and night to snatch food from the locusts' mouths.

The weapons in the hands of the Qin army have become fishing nets, even if they only have a daily food and salary subsidy, which is not counted as a war exploit, none of them are secretly cheating, and they are more engrossed than fighting on the battlefield.

The locust plague in Qin was brought under control, but the disaster had just begun.

In October, locusts came from the east and obscured the sky.

Beacon fires were lit everywhere on the border of Qin.

This beacon fire was not a warning of an enemy attack, but a hope that the flames and smoke would drive away the locusts and prevent them from continuing westward.

The Qin people put some unpleasant withered grass branches into the beacon fire, and the smoke rose to the sky and became entangled with the locust swarm. The sun in the sky was completely obscured by locust swarms and smoke, and it was as if the earth had fallen into hell.

Seeing this scene, every frontier Qin soldier was so shocked that he lost his words.

They had worked hard enough, and it was clear that the locust plague in the Qin Kingdom was almost under control. But the locusts are coming from the east, what can they do? What can I do?!

Prince Qin's expression was cold, and he sneered: "It's better for the widow to give up saving the people and directly wipe out the five kingdoms." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Don't talk nonsense, come to work." ”

Together with Zi Chu, he personally guarded a beacon fire on the hillside, adding firewood and unpleasant herbs to the beacon fire.

Locust swarms can fly at heights of more than a kilometer, and the flames cannot stop them from flying, but phototaxis will cause them to actively pounce on the fire at night.

The locusts pounce on the fire and make it burn brighter.

Although the swarm of locusts in the sky still obscures the sky, it seems that the "clouds" have become a little thinner.

The swarm of locusts flew across the border with Qin.

Then, the second and third beacon walls were connected, and beacon fires were lit in each county.

The Qin scholars sang "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, Datian" by the beacon fire, and the soldiers and the people sang and made peace with it.

"Both the square is bright, both strong and good, not bad or bad.

Remove its moths, and its thieves, and do not harm my Tianzhi.

Tian Zu has a god, and he is in flames. ”

Tian Zu has a god, and he is in flames!

Chapter 235: The Crown Prince and the Crown

Qin's locust extermination operation lasted for three months.

From autumn to winter, the leaves on the ground are almost eaten by locusts.

Locusts love the leaves of grasses, such as cotton, which should not be eaten.

But after the locust plague gathered, a large number of locusts gathered together, and when they encountered the leaves, they swarmed up, and most of the locusts remained in a state of semi-starvation.

At this time, they eat all kinds of leaves.

They even have to bite twice on the flesh of a dying or injured animal. It's good that they don't attack living creatures, otherwise there are so many locusts, I don't know how many people will be killed.

The local locusts in Qin were well controlled, and the locust plague did not break out in the first place. After the locusts ravaged the east, they came to the Qin State, giving the Qin State a time gap to harvest.

The Qin State also planted a large number of potatoes and sweet potatoes buried in the soil. Even if the leaves of these crops are eaten by locusts, they will not affect the harvest.

When December was coming to an end, perhaps God had finally tossed enough, and heavy snow fell from the sky, giving the locust plague a fatal blow.

The Qin people throughout the country lasted for a whole year, and the battle of the locusts that lasted for nearly three months finally came to an end.

Prince Chu of Qin ascended the altar, prayed to heaven and earth, worshiped ancestors and gods, and also sacrificed all the people who participated in this locust extermination war in the Qin State for the first time.

The crown prince stood on the side of Prince Chu of Qin, looking up at his father who was trying to suppress his cough, his hands clenched in his sleeves.

I haven't seen each other for a year, and my father and I judged the two of them when they met in Shouchun.

When Shouchun met, Jun's father was also ill, and his complexion was not good.

"Father, it's time to rest." The prince couldn't bear to say.

Prince Chu of Qin smiled and patted Prince Zheng's shoulder and said, "The widow can't rest yet." ”

The crown prince was silent.

The crown prince's return to Xianyang this time is for the crown gift of the first month.

The Qin clan wore the crown later than Zhou Li, and he didn't wear the crown until he was twenty-two years old. In historical records, this is true of King Zhaoxiang of Qin and King Qin Shi Huang, who first served as the queen of Qin and crown, and King Wu of Qin, who served as the king of Qin when he was the crown prince and after the crown.

The crown prince will be twenty-one years old in the first month, and he will be twenty-two years old, so it is time to perform the crown ceremony.

After the crown ceremony, the crown prince will succeed to the throne and will be able to directly seize the power of the king of Qin. This is a major event for the Qin State.

It just so happened that the locust war of the Qin State ended smoothly, and the harvested grain and the grain transported from the south could barely make the Qin people stumble through a year that would not starve to death too many people, and the Qin State needed to hold a grand ceremony to cheer people up. The crown prince's crown ceremony was prepared very solemnly under such circumstances.

In the dream of the crown prince, he held the crown ceremony of the king of Qin, and the specifications should be much more grand than the crown ceremony when he was the prince.

But after looking at the preparation process, Prince Zheng found that his crown ceremony now seemed to be much more lively than his own crown ceremony when he was the king of Qin in his dream.

With Xunzi in charge, the etiquette of the Qin State at this time was more formal than the Qin Dynasty in the prince's dream.

Prince Chu of Qin added many additional processes to the crown prince, such as letting the two queen mothers, as well as the important ministers who had taught the prince to give the prince his blessings.

Yukihime is escorting food on her way north. She will also come to attend the crown ceremony of the crown prince.

After reading the process, the prince had one word in his heart, "tired".

It's tiring to watch.

But the elders were all in high spirits and wanted to continue to add processes to it, so the prince could only let the elders toss with a bitter face.

When Prime Minister Lin Zhen raised his head, Changping Jun Zhu Xiang agreed, and Xiangguo Cai Ze abstained and added a few sacrificial songs and dances to the crown ceremony of the crown prince, the prince was furious.

"I'm going to wear heavy clothes and watch singing and dancing in the open air on a snowy day?!"

Zhu Xiang and Lin Zhen took turns patting the crown prince's shoulders on the left and right, with a very kind smile on their faces: "You have a crown gift once in your life, and you should have it." Rest assured, it won't freeze you. ”

The crown prince immediately went to Xunzi to complain.

Xunzi thought for a while and sighed: "Although it is too cumbersome, the monarch agrees, so be it." ”

The crown prince was so angry that his face was swollen and red, and he went to the Empress Dowager Huayang and the Empress Dowager Xia to complain.