Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6552: Watch me defeat Him!
There was no way. When Lu Su just fell, his work was divided among Chen Xi, Li You, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan. Li You was assigned a part of Lu Su's work on bureaucrat selection. Li You's original position was the Chief Censor, who had the responsibility to supervise and impeach all officials.

To be honest, it is a bit tiring to have the responsibilities of selecting, supervising and impeaching all officials concentrated on one person. But under the circumstances at that time, this responsibility should either be given to Chen Xi, Li You or Zhuge Liang. It cannot be given directly to Jiang Wan. Even if he was promoted, he would not be promoted in this way.

However, Chen Xi could not take on this responsibility. Once this responsibility fell into Chen Xi's hands, it would be difficult to separate it from him, because at the beginning, Chen Xi was responsible for selecting officials. In other words, this responsibility was separated from Chen Xi. If it was given to Zhuge Liang, there was a possibility that Zhuge Liang would directly shoulder the responsibility of Lu Su, which would be too difficult for Zhuge Liang.

So in the end he had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand over this responsibility to Li You. Although if all this fell into Li You's hands, Li You could become a powerful official by playing around, but given the current situation of the Han Dynasty, with Liu Bei and Chen Xi still standing, even if Li You could take control of everything, it would take him more than ten years to directly shake Chen Xi.

But this kind of thing cannot last long, otherwise it will be a big trouble when it is recorded in history books. So after the mid-year assessment this year, Li You handed over the entire responsibility, which was equivalent to the Minister of Personnel in later generations, to Zhuge Liang, and his authority returned to the original position of Chief Censor and Chief Censor.

After losing the authority equivalent to that of the Minister of Personnel, it is no longer as easy for Li You to deal with bureaucrats at the level of two thousand stones. At least he can't just strangle them to death as before. At least he has to discuss it. In the past, Li You could strangle someone to death directly. Holding great power is no joke.

"It can't be that weird. No matter how outrageous the locust plague in East Africa is, it is impossible for it to rush to our land in the second wave. Even though New South Wales is a newly naturalized territory, we have actually been ruling it for hundreds of years. We can't be so unlucky." Chen Xi said with some concern.

Although logically speaking, the East African locusts should not be so exaggerated, but people always have to consider the worst possibility. What if they really are East African locusts? We will be doomed. You know, this is only the second wave.

"Let's send someone to investigate first." Zhuge Liang said very seriously. After all, since the locust plague broke out in East Africa, Zhuge Liang had received a lot of urgent reports from Central Asia. Many noble families were so shocked that they began to doubt their lives. Theoretically speaking, it was not impossible for the locust plague to spread all the way to the New South Wales area in Zhuge Liang's opinion.

After all, Zhuge Liang was not punished by the experience of later generations. He was discussing the matter purely based on the official documents reported. According to the official documents, the route of the locust sweep was pieced together, and it was reasonable to sweep all the way to Xinzhou. But the loss was really painful.

"If a locust plague really breaks out, I think it will be useless even if there are millions of geese to support it." Chen Xi said unhappily. He had a good brain, but he was just struggling desperately. The locals who had never seen the locust plague in East Africa were still stuck in their previous impressions of it.

So after receiving the news that the Yang family had been devoured, Fa Zheng thought that the Han Dynasty could not escape this beating. However, even if Xinzhou was devoured, given the Han Dynasty's current situation, there would be no loss as long as timely rescue was provided. After all, humiliating Sima Lang was just the habit of the Executive Yuan, and Sima Lang's ability was still no problem. In the past few years, except for trafficking in human beings when he was in power, he was conscientious at other times.

"I think you should be prepared. The gray geese in Zangzhou and the white geese in Bingzhou should be transferred to Xinzhou as soon as possible." Fa Zheng said casually while flipping through the official documents.

In addition, the locust plague that this group of people understand is still at a scale of several hundred million. Even if the noble families in Central Asia tearfully presented the recent recorded materials, this group of people still think that a locust plague of this scale should be the limit. In fact, the entire second wave of locust plagues combined may not be as powerful as a small team of the third wave.

"That's my opinion, Zichuan. Stop struggling. You know everything. Why are you still struggling?" Man Chong glanced at Chen Xi and said, "Quickly mobilize the geese in Zangzhou and Bingzhou to build a line of defense in Xinzhou to prevent the third wave of locust plague from penetrating into the mainland."

In Fa Zheng's opinion, the current situation is most likely a locust plague from East Africa. However, locusts have a limited lifespan and they probably don't have much combat effectiveness by now. But this wave is only the second wave. If the third wave breaks out, the number will only be larger, and more will come to New South Wales. So we should prepare early and mobilize troops quickly while the third wave is in its final stages of brewing in East Africa.

"Well, I hope they are just local locusts. Then we can just blame Zhi Boda for his negligence." Chen Xi looked like he was praying, and Li You couldn't help but glance at Chen Xi when he heard this. It was already the middle of the year, and there were a lot of things to do. Chen Xi gathered the top leaders of the government together again, so when he said this, the guys around who heard it were speechless.

In terms of distance, for the Locust Sky Team taking the northern route to New South Wales, the distance is actually not much different from that taking the southern route to the Indus River-Ganges River. Because they are flying, there are very few obstacles and it is basically a straight line. The extra two thousand kilometers of distance will only take about ten days for the super East African locust plague, even if it is not the enhanced version of the Essence of Heaven and Earth. As for the enhanced version of the Essence of Heaven and Earth, the time will be even shorter.

In this group of people's impression, locusts are still small things weighing a few grams. In fact, the size of super locusts can be said to be rapidly increasing, and it is possible to weigh dozens or even hundreds of grams.

There is a huge difference in climate between the 3rd century and the 21st century. In the 3rd century, Central Asia was still a pasture with lush grass and water, most of the Turan Plain was still fertile land that could be cultivated, and the Aral Sea was still that huge body of water covering tens of thousands of square kilometers. The small team heading north during the locust storm at least had food to eat and would not starve to death.

"Can't you think of something better? Can't it be a local locust outbreak?" Chen Xi said strugglingly. He actually realized the possibility, but he was now struggling desperately.

If the second wave of locust plague caused billions of dollars to Central Asia, then the third wave will at least cause tens of billions of dollars.

Chen Xi was a little confused when he thought that the Han Dynasty might enjoy the same treatment as the Kushans. This was too outrageous. Fortunately, Xinzhou of the Han Dynasty was just an ordinary grain-producing area. After all, even though the climate is very good now, there is still green grass along the Xinzhou line. However, Chen Xi instinctively did not put the grain-producing land there, but used it as a channel to go abroad.

"Forget it, let's do our best and leave the rest to fate." Chen Xi said helplessly. It's already like this, what else can I say? Of course, let it go. Anyway, locusts have a limited lifespan, and there won't be much time before they rush to Xinzhou. When the time comes, let the locusts show off, and eat up all the edible green on the surface. The underground granary that Chen Xi has been promoting for so many years is no joke. "Don't give up so directly." Liu Yan said with some dissatisfaction after listening, "It's just a locust plague, who are you looking down on? You're going to Xinzhou, right? It just so happens that I'm going to Xinzhou soon. When the time comes, I will mobilize local people to treat the locusts myself. Fate? Shouldn't this kind of thing be believed in according to the situation?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi looked at the confident Liu Yan and felt that the other party was interested. As a veteran, it was indeed necessary for him to support him. He began to write a temporary dispatch document on the spot, stamped it with his seal, and handed it to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang took a look at it and then looked at Chen Xi. The look in his eyes seemed to say, Chen Xi, you are sick, what do you mean by full support from Xinzhou, Zangzhou, Yongliang Sili, Bingzhou and other northwestern states? You think this is an imperial war, right?
With the full support of these states, even in an imperial war, they could have fought for a long time and not been at a disadvantage. But you used it to block the locust plague.

"After all, Visuo has come personally, so he should be given enough authority." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, anyway, the locust plague has already broken out and it cannot be stopped. He can only lie down and take the beating. Liu Yan wants to take a few shots, but of course he cannot hurt his old brother's patriotic heart. He supports it, strongly supports it.

"Although I also think Zichuan has a problem, it's not one more." Li You took out his seal and stamped it. Zhuge Liang could only express his confusion with his eyes, but Li You was direct. Li You felt that Chen Xi did have a problem, but he had too many illnesses, so it didn't matter if there were one or two more. It was not a big deal.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Chen Xi and Li You, and also stamped his own seal. Then, after a group of people passed by, he had someone present it to the princess, who also stamped it with the national seal. Then Liu Yan, the veteran in locust control who commanded several states, was born. However, this was destined to be a defeat. It could not be won, definitely not.

"Hehehe, there are only a few roads in Xinzhou. Watch how I kill the locusts." Liu Yan said confidently after receiving the imperial edict. He also had a certain understanding of Xinzhou. After all, those kings who used to live in Xinzhou came to the Central Plains to live as officials, and Liu Yan had come into contact with them many times. He knew how many routes the locusts could choose to advance into Xinzhou.

"I wish you a successful start." Chen Xi said with a smile, "If you need anything, just transfer it directly. In theory, Xinzhou is not short of anything. I just happen to be sending food there recently. If the Central Asian family comes to borrow food, Weishuo, you can account for it together."

It is inevitable that Central Asia will suffer a disaster. The second round of locust plague has almost destroyed most of Central Asia. If there were not less than two months between the second and third rounds, giving Central Asia time for the aquatic plants to develop, the third round of locust plague would not even leave enough food to eat.

So no matter what they did, none of the Central Asian families had enough food and grass. Chen Xi could only transfer food to Xinzhou in advance, and then Xinzhou would transport the food and grass to the Turan Plain under the rule of the Three Idiots during the interval between the second and third rounds of locust plagues.

Kuai Yue built everything that needed to be built in Turan. The scale and number of the underground granaries were sufficient. After the three rounds of locust plagues were over, the major families would just go to Congling to get food with receipts. Chen Xi would definitely not hold the major families back in this regard.

But even so, only those families relatively close to Turan can quickly obtain food. As for the three families in the Persian Gulf and the families around the three families in the Persian Gulf, don't expect to get food from the Turan Plain in the northeast. Not to mention, it will take a long time just to transport it there.

Of course, Chang'an also received information about what the three Persian Gulf families had done, but after some discussion, Liu Tong only reprimanded Zhang Fan and did not execute him. They had to take emergency measures and could not really let millions of people starve to death. Besides, the three families themselves had also kept their secrets, so there was no need to be so strict.

They can escape the death penalty, but cannot escape the punishment of living punishment. The three families will need to tie down part of the Kushan troops in the subsequent war against the Kushans. But to be honest, this can be considered as protection.

Not to mention Rome, the families around the three families are not fools. No matter how much the three families publicize, or even exaggerate their achievements, saying that they had deceived fifty ships of fine grain from the Kushans, but even if it was only fifty ships of fine grain, with the population size of the three families and the population loss caused by famine, the surrounding families would realize that the three families have other sources of food.

Things like sugarcane plantations can definitely be found out if we check. The reason they couldn't be found before was because no one paid attention to it. Everyone was busy working and had no time to pay attention to what was being planted next door. But now that the locust plague is over, the sugarcane plantations will definitely be exposed.

After all, sugar is an important strategic material in any era. Not to mention the era of hot weapons, even in the era of cold weapons, sugar as food is an important material. Considering that sugar water itself actually has a certain disinfection ability and can create a low-bacteria environment, it is a life-saving thing. If you only consider saving your life, it is even more important than salt.

So after this wave, let alone the surrounding noble families, Rome probably disliked these three families. After all, sugar was also a very important strategic material for Rome.

"What you said is true. Then you just wait and see how I deal with those locusts." Liu Yan said confidently. He had found an extremely effective way to fight the locust plague, and all the prerequisites had been met.

"That's good. When you have stopped Locust Sky, we will give you a big celebration when you come back." Chen Xi said with a smile, but he was not very optimistic about this matter. He believed that Liu Yan must have obtained some special secret technique or technology, but everything has to be discussed in terms of magnitude. At the order of magnitude of Locust Sky, it would be meaningless even if you have some secret technique.

"By the way, have they developed any new technology?" Chen Xi looked at Zhuge Liang curiously and asked after Liu Yan left.

"The Wang family of Kuaiji has developed an electric magnetic field, which should be useful." Li You answered casually.

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