Liu Zhan frowned and watched, because the people around him knelt down one after another, revealing him, he was very unhappy with such an atmosphere, so he simply threw up his sleeves and turned to leave.

Su Ziji stared at the flames that kept rushing into the air, everything was as he expected, half an hour of illusion was enough for him to complete the placement of the corpse of the "Locust God" in this place, so that the nearby people came to see it, and set it on fire in public.

Even if the time has passed at this time, the locust god inside has turned back into a wolf corpse, but under such a fire, everything will return to dust, and there will be no more evidence.

Listening to the spontaneous cries of the people, he was relieved, turned around, faced the crowd, and felt his body loosen.

"It's decided. ”

He turned around and asked the little official, "Now, has anyone exchanged locusts for rice?"

It was the first time for many people to see Su Ziji, and after listening to the questioning, the little official smiled: "My lord, it takes time to inform the township of the exchange of locusts for grain, and many people still don't know about the exchange of grain." ”

"The people who gave the order are still running all over the township, all over the village. ”

Su Ziji suddenly realized that it is difficult to communicate now, and he is afraid that the news has not spread yet, even if the county sends someone to inform him, it will not be able to reach it for a while.

"Moreover, the prefect gave the order to let the grain be transported from the warehouse, and it was less than two hours. ”

"The matter of transporting grain is very cumbersome, and it has not yet arrived, and logically speaking, there are locusts that have been culled, but because the grain has not arrived, no one has changed the rice. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly heard the sound of wheels, and when he saw it, the little official hurriedly said, "Look, the grain is here." ”

Su Ziji took a look, only to see that there were a lot of grain carts on the road, transported by ox carts, which were full of rice, and when he looked closely, it was all old grain and coarse grain, and some of them were a little moldy.

But this is nothing, Su Ziji didn't go crazy to pick thorns, he came to do things, not to smash the plate.

"It's up to whoever gets the food. ”

After many people saw the burning of the locusts with their own eyes, and more people heard about it and recognized it, even if some people wanted to incite the people and spread rumors, there was no breeding ground for fermentation.

The temptation of exchanging a bucket of locusts for a bucket of rice has doubled even more in the current situation where the crops are all complete, the crops are scarce, and the grain is greatly insufficient.

But for things related to the government, even if you are very willing, the first person to come out still requires a lot of courage.

A young farmer named Zhao Aniu lives in Zhaojiapo, Wu'an County, Shun'an Province, a large area of farmland that has been devastated by locusts and has almost nothing left.

The crops have already been eaten, and of course the farmer refuses to kill the locusts, and if he kills them, he will help others, and he will not get any benefits, and this is very physically exhausting, and there is not much food at home, so he has to save a little bit.

Zhao Aniu was young, and he watched the burning of the locust god, he rushed home, and didn't go to say hello to his parents, so he took his tools and a basket and ran to the farmland.

There was a large group of locusts buzzing by, as if looking for something to eat, Zhao Aniu was tall and powerful, almost just a few strokes, and used a basket to detain a lot of locusts.

There was no fire, and when the customs were tight, he brought it home, fetched two buckets of water from the deep well, and directly immersed the basket and basket in the water.

In this way, once, twice, three times, after his father and mother finally found out what they were doing, Zhao Aniu had collected at least one bucket of locust corpses, and even had a surplus, so he pulled out his legs and ran out.

Behind him was followed by his father and his mother, who slapped his legs behind and scolded: "You bastard! That's a locust! You are not afraid of the locust god to condemn you!"

Zhao Aniu ran away, and did not forget to turn around and explain to the old couple who did not go to the scene to watch the scene of the locust god being burned: "Dad! Mother! The locust god has already been killed by the dragon girl! The corpse has been burned to slag, and it can still come to blame me, even if it comes! Compared with food, what can this be?"

After saying that, he ran away.

When I ran straight to the exchange point, I saw seven or eight ox carts, surrounded by all the officials who had been issued with knives, because this exchange of grain was basically near the grain depots of each county.

Of course, this grain truck is to make the people believe in it, and it is specially opened up to enter the countryside.

Zhao Aniu asked clearly before he came back, but at this moment, he was close at hand, and looking at the officials who were looking at him, he was a little drumming in his heart.

Ordinary people like them, if they encounter something and can solve it by themselves, they will never go to the yamen, and they have an almost instinctive fear of officials and errands.

At this moment, Zhao Aniu had a hunch that there must be many pairs of eyes staring at him secretly, his legs and stomach trembled a little, but he also mustered up the courage and walked towards the official step by step.

I thought it would be difficult to open my mouth, but I didn't expect that before he could speak, the official whose eyes lit up when he saw him coming, immediately walked out and asked enthusiastically: "Are you here to exchange locusts for food?"

This is the first one to come, if no one comes, Shangguan will be angry with them, after all, this is also related to whether Shangguan will be reprimanded by the adults above!

"Ahh

Several officials took him in almost half-greeting and half-sending, and the people outside held their breath when they saw this scene, until a moment, Zhao Aniu, who was in a trance, came out of it and left the range of the grain cart, and finally someone came up, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, so they asked directly: "Hey, brother, how is it? Is the yamen really a bucket of locusts for a bucket of grain?"

Six or seven people surrounded Zhao Aniu, which made him wake up suddenly, he glanced vigilantly, and hugged the basket containing a small bag of grain a little tighter.

"Yes! I exchanged a bucket and a half of locusts for a bucket and a half of rice!" he said, and when he had finished speaking, he hurriedly ran past them while they were stunned, and ran away in a puff of smoke.

"I really give food!"

Even if I had heard the promises of officials more than once, it was far less exciting than the fact that people had actually exchanged locusts for food.

These six or seven people glanced at each other, and the next moment, they all ran in the direction of home.

There are still a lot of locusts on the roadside, and while they can still be caught, we must catch as many as possible, so as to exchange for more food!

And the news that someone really exchanged the locust corpse for rice, like a strong wind, blew all over the entire Shun'an Mansion in an instant.

People finally stopped watching, and flocked out to hunt and kill, some people were originally poor, almost out of cooking, a few buckets of locust carcasses caught that day, really exchanged for a few buckets of rice, saving food, at least can save lives, delay for a while.

Suddenly, thousands of people continued to kill by various methods, the fastest of which was a bonfire, which brought locusts over, and once the fire passed, they burned their wings, and they could be covered with nets and cloths.

One bucket of locusts for one bucket of rice!

The enthusiasm of the swarm made the entire eight carts of grain redeemed in only half an hour.

"Folks, go to the Yamen, go to the Yamen to change grain!" the officials shouted, and the people, who were originally afraid of the Yamen, also came up with a way to put together bags of locusts, each bag of stone locusts, and go to the Yamen to exchange food.

Throughout the night, bonfires and torches lit up the countryside.