In June of the first year of Yongchun, locusts arrived from the north, covering the sky and the sun, stretching for dozens of miles.

Everywhere the locusts went, the vegetation was empty, the crops were eaten up, and the people were displaced, and Xu County in the north suffered the most, and then spread to Xiao County, Pei County.

In fact, as early as the outbreak of the locust plague in Xu County in the north, Pei County began to be vigilant, and the government and the people sent scouts to explore three times a day to track the direction of the locust plague.

A surprising scene appeared, the army of locusts crossed Dangshui County in the north, and instead invaded Xiao County from the side path.

Locusts that cover the sky and the sun appear from the north of Xiao County, and look north, as if the Wuyun south is moving south, covering the sky.

In Xiaoxian County's Yamen, Lu Yan began to train frantically under the pressure of the approaching crisis, and the Yin Soldier Training Team was expanded to 300 people, and the elimination system was still implemented.

When the locust plague broke out, Lu Yan sensed it, flew into the sky alone, and looked at the north from the roof of the City God Temple.

He couldn't help but gasp, it was the first time he encountered a locust plague, it was a legend in the past, and only when he really faced the locust plague did he realize how terrifying it was.

In the previous life, there were many ridicules of the locust plague on the Internet, saying that the foodie empire was not afraid of the locust plague at all, but it did not know the real situation in ancient times.

He has transferred all the prayers of the believers about the locust plague to the artifact computer for analysis, and although it has not yet come to fruition, one thing is certain.

That is, ordinary people do not dare to hunt locusts at all, because they think that the locust plague occurs because humans have done something wrong, and the locust god punishes humans. If the locusts are killed at this time, it will anger the locust god and lead to more severe punishment.

Since the previous dynasty, General Liu Meng hunted and killed locusts for disaster relief, but ordinary people are still afraid of locust gods, let alone hunting and killing.

The artifact computer has greatly improved its computing power since it fused with the Divine Seal and took over the position of the Toilet God, and it was soon fed back to analyze the results.

Among them, the prayer of the temple in Dangshui County instantly attracted his attention, and it can even be said that he was surprised.

"The county magistrate of Dangshui County dreamed at night that he had a dream of my guidance, and then went out of the city to intercept the locust god, so that the locust was diverted?"

Lu Yan's face was full of consternation, and then he realized the seriousness of the matter.

It is not clear whether he has a dream or not, it is obvious that someone is pretending to be a dream for the county commander of Dangshui County in his name, and the other party's purpose is also obvious.

The army of locusts bypassed Dangshui County and came to Xiao County, which made the disaster originally shared by the five counties become a matter of Xiao County and one county.

As the city god of Xiao County, he must bear the brunt, his reputation will be affected, and the famine will cause the people to starve to death, and he will still be implicated.

"Godman dreams, do you want to harm my godman at this time?"

Lu Yan looked at the toilet god yamen in the same city, and looked in the direction of Peijun from afar, it was obvious that this was the killing and robbery that Xu Cheng said.

The original nervous mood suddenly relaxed, to others the locust plague was terrifying, but to him it was nothing, he had his own way to deal with it.

Fei got off the roof, and did not enter the Chenghuang Yamen, but went to the Lushen Temple not far away.

From afar, I saw Caiyun guiding believers to burn incense and pray, and at this time, the two major temples in the city, the Chenghuang Temple and the Lushen Temple, were all overcrowded, and there were believers praying for protection from the locust plague.

Seeing the situation at this time, Lu Yan was very inappropriate to talk to Caiyun tomorrow, so he simply directly transmitted the words he was going to say to Caiyun secretly.

Standing in front of the altar, Caiyun suddenly raised his head and looked out, then nodded solemnly at Lu Yan, and then walked to the front of the altar.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received an oracle from the land god. ”

The people who heard that it was the oracle burning incense and praying suddenly calmed down and looked a little excited, and the oracle was obviously related to the locust plague outside the city.

Caiyun continued: "The land god asked me to inform the believers in the city that locusts are not natural disasters, they are the same as grasshoppers on weekdays, and only by actively hunting locusts can they survive the disaster. ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked, although the imperial court also said so, but the locust plague that stretched for dozens of miles could not be easily extinct.

If it were really easy, all dynasties would not have starved so many people to death due to locust plagues.

"No, the locust plague is a natural disaster, and killing too many insects will hurt the heavens and the peace, and only the cultivation of virtue can eliminate the natural disaster. A talent appeared in the crowd and said impassionedly.

Confucianism has the theory of heaven and man induction, and naturally all natural disasters are related to the virtue of the superior, which is also the greatest means of Confucian checks and balances on imperial power.

Therefore, in the locust plague, it is the Confucian theory of heaven and man that has become the biggest obstacle to resist the extermination of locusts.

"Tsk, Lord Lu also has times when he is refuted by scholars. ”

An official wearing a seventh-rank official uniform suddenly appeared in the rear, with a faint red light on his body, making ordinary people unable to see his existence.

It is Jia Xiuxian, the current god of toilets, who has been waiting for the arrival of the locust plague.

When the locust plague came, he couldn't help but be excited, and simply walked out of the yamen to see with his own eyes what Lu Yan's expression was.

"What Lord Jia said, Lu Yan thinks that he is a shallow learner, but he is not a Shilin leader. Lu Yan smiled indifferently, pointed to the front and said, "When dealing with the locust plague, you can always deal with the past, isn't it?"

"Oh, that's going to be seen!"

Jia Xiuxian's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his gaze turned to the surging believers, and then he saw that hateful temple zhu continuing to persuade.

"In order to encourage the people of Xiao County to actively relieve the disaster, the Lushen Temple and the Chenghuang Temple will buy locusts at the price of one pound of locusts and one tael of silver. ”

After hearing this, Jia Xiuxian's face finally changed, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and there are always Diao people who can't survive to go to catch locusts, once someone starts, it can't be stopped.

He naturally knew that people were able to deal with locusts, and General Liu Meng was even more famous for exterminating locusts.

Immediately, he suddenly thought of something, and stared at Lu Yan with a smile: "I heard that Lord Lu got a lot of silver from the Dragon Clan, after the last disaster relief, I don't know how much is left?" ”

After saying that, he laughed and walked away.

Lu Yan snorted coldly, this kind of defeated general will only be brave with his tongue, as a ghost god but he doesn't want to protect the people, this kind of ghost god is simply called a god in vain.

In his heart, he secretly despised that although he did not have silver, he had a way to deal with it, and that method was related to his second method of dealing with locusts.

Observing the hesitant people, Lu Yan secretly shook his head, these people are still too timid, and they have to hesitate to acquire such generous conditions.

If it were placed in the previous life, these locusts would not be enough to catch at all, and there would even be people who would have studied how to raise locusts for money, which is the gap in concepts.

Then he left silently, under the threat of the locust plague, he only needs to guide, as long as he tastes the sweetness, he will use countless people to catch locusts to make money.

A day passed, as some splashes caught locusts and went to exchange money, the people finally became crazy and made small-eyed fishing nets to go out of the city to catch locusts.

Even if the locust plague is serious in the future, if you have money in your hands, you can support it for a while longer.