Han counter current

There are many twists and turns in the story. Generally speaking, the drought is still under control, and there are not many riots, and not many people starve to death.

After the summer harvest, the princes from all over the country immediately put their energy on the next farming work, especially Cao Cao and Yuan Tan, hoping to harvest more grain during the autumn harvest.

Chen Feng was no exception. All the slaves under his command were used to reclaim wasteland.In the original plan, these slaves were the pioneers of the pioneers.

As long as these slaves reclaimed the wasteland, built houses, and built roads, then Chen Feng would immigrate from the interior.

With a relatively complete foundation, coupled with the good policies formulated by Chen Feng, the work of immigrants is much easier.

It's a pity that the group of slaves had just reclaimed a piece of good land in Hetao, but they were forced to work in another piece of wasteland by Chen Feng.

As for the previous land, Chen Feng distributed it to the immigrant Han people.Although there are many slaves who are dissatisfied and even want to riot.

But the [-] soldiers and horses of the Hetao camp have been following them all the time, and these slaves will not be able to stir up trouble for the time being.

"Okay, the development of Hetao is indeed right. The summer harvest is not bad. The Hetao camp can increase [-] soldiers and horses, stationed near Meiji, and deter foreigners."

With food in his hand, Chen Feng couldn't stay idle. Hetao is a vast land with few people, and there are many foreign races. If there are not enough soldiers and horses, it will be very dangerous.

Therefore, after the summer harvest, Chen Feng immediately started recruiting soldiers and horses, in order to completely stabilize the harvest in his hands.

Chapter 543

Cao Cao, who suffered a disaster during the summer harvest, is currently busy filling up his warehouse. Without enough food, he can't start a war and expand his territory.

However, this year, God seems to like to watch jokes.The drought has just passed, and people all over the world have just planted crops, but new disasters are brewing.

In late July, the crops in the field fluctuated with the wind. Fortunately, it rained a little after the summer harvest. Otherwise, these crops might not be able to break through the ground.

In Suiyang, Yuzhou, a group of farmers were weeding under the scorching sun. Looking at the seedlings in the field, there was a rare smile on their dark faces.

Suddenly, the sky seemed to be gloomy, and the scorching sun seemed to be covered by clouds. Many farmers thought that it was dark clouds covering the sun and it was about to rain.

Among the busy crowd, an elderly farmer looked around in horror, and then looked up at the distant sky. In his eyes, there was a look of grief.

"God, you still let people live,,,,,,"

The old farmer pointed at the sky in the distance and let out a mournful roar. The companions beside him didn't understand why, but there was a burst of noise coming from a distance.

Everyone looked up, and the scene in the sky frightened them.The locusts covering the sky and the sun are rushing towards their world, and the plague of locusts is coming.

Five days later, with Suiyang as the center, other counties and states in Yuzhou were hit by disasters.Wherever the locusts passed by, not a single blade of grass was left, and the crops that finally grew were all eaten up by the locusts.

The hard-working people can only watch the locusts weep all over the sky. Even if someone wields a stick to slap the locusts, it will be of no avail. This year, they have done nothing for nothing.

First Yuzhou, then Yanzhou, and then Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Qingzhou, and even Jizhou were hit by disasters. All parts of the Central Plains failed to escape the disaster. The sky was full of locusts, gnawing on immature crops.

"God thief, why are you against me, why,,,,,,"

In the hall, Cao Cao roared angrily looking at the disaster reports from all over the country. During the last drought, he suffered the most severe disasters, but he finally harvested some food.

But this time the locust plague was the most serious disaster for him. The crops in Yuzhou and Yanzhou were almost eaten up, so how could he not be angry.

In particular, the north of Jingzhou was also hit by a disaster this time. It seems that food prices will definitely rise after the autumn harvest.At present, Jiangdong, Yizhou, and Chen Feng's territory in the north are relatively good.

However, the locust team is expanding, and a large part of it is flying northward. If there is no accident, the crops in Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places will also be eaten by the locusts.

Unless the weather turns cold before the locusts reach the north, Chen Feng will not be able to escape the plague of locusts.

"Report to the prime minister, and Si Nong asks to see you."

"Quick announcement,,,,,,"

The officials in charge of agricultural affairs have been very busy recently. They have never been taken seriously, but recently they have become the favorites in the eyes of the big shots, but the premise is that they can solve the problems for these big shots.

"The next official kowtows,,,,,,"

"Get up, the old man doesn't have that much time, let me ask you, the locust plague has been clarified, what is going on, and why it broke out in Yuzhou.

Among the various places in the north, small-scale locust plagues also broke out in Jizhou and Qingzhou at the same time, but among Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang, only Shangdang in Bingzhou had some problems.

Could it be that even God is helping that man?I don't believe it, I don't believe it, why is this thief God going against me. "

Cao Cao's anger can be imagined, and now he can hardly control himself.The counselors next to him also had sad expressions on their faces at this time.

"My lord, please calm down. My subordinates always feel that the uneven distribution of the locust plague may have something to do with the snowstorm last winter."

Xun Yu, who had been in charge of the logistics, suddenly spoke up. To be honest, he didn't know why, but he just had this feeling.

"I think so too." Guo Jia dragged his sick body to attend the meeting. He had not received much information, so he could only infer.

"Everyone, last winter, there wasn't much snowfall in the Central Plains, especially in Yuzhou, and the northern regions, except for Shangdang, were hit by snowstorms.

At that time, we joked that Chen Feng was not having a good life, but looking at it now, maybe the heavy snow helped him, otherwise, why is it such a coincidence that the areas affected by locusts and snowstorms are so coincidental. "

Cao Cao's master planners were all extremely intelligent people, but they didn't know much about farming, so even if they guessed that the locust disaster was related to the snow disaster, they couldn't explain it.

Being stared at by so many big men, Si Nong felt a lot of pressure, especially in front of the angry Cao Cao, if he didn't speak well, he might lose his head.

"Prime Minister, the two adults are right. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the auspicious snow heralds a good year. According to past statistics, after the heavy snowfall, there will be basically no locust plagues.

Last winter, there was less snowfall in the Central Plains of China, and it was not too cold compared to previous years. Then there was a drought, which probably caused such a large-scale locust plague. "

In fact, in order to find the real cause of the locust plague, this Sinong has been looking through ancient books these days, and found some laws, and also found some ways to restrain the locust plague from the ancient books.

Hearing Si Nong's explanation, Cao Cao's expression did not ease. What he needed was to solve the problem, and it was not enough to find out the reason.

"So you don't know what to do?"

As smart as Cao Cao, he naturally heard other meanings from the other party's words. A flash of indifference flashed, and Cao Cao thought of killing again.

Scared, the Sinon knelt down again, and then kowtowed repeatedly: "My subordinates read the ancient books and feel that all things have natural enemies.

The natural enemies of this locust are naturally birds, if we can find many birds that feed on locusts, maybe,,,,,,"

"It's nonsense, where did the old man get so many birds, hum, don't use these words to fool me, I will give you three days, if you can't find a solution, wait to be beheaded."

Cao Cao was already in a bad mood, and what Si Nong said was a bit mysterious, so he felt that Si Nong was shirking responsibility.

With a roar, Sinong was so scared that he didn't dare to continue talking. In desperation, he had to leave quickly to find a solution that was more acceptable to Prime Minister Cao, but Cheng Yu didn't seem to think of anything at this time.

"My lord, this locust disaster is not my family's disaster, even Liu Biao of Jingzhou is not much better, so Chen Feng, can it be avoided?

According to information from various places, the locusts are flying towards Chang'an and Bingzhou respectively. The Central Plains has already been devastated. If they rush to plant some food, they may be able to harvest something.

As for Chen Feng, we should send someone to keep an eye on him. If he has a solution, we can learn from it. If he also suffers from disaster, hehe, the situation will only be worse than ours. "

At this time, Cheng Yu was thinking of the bitter cold Xiliang. If Xiliang suffered a disaster, coupled with his careful actions to instigate it, Chen Feng would have endless troubles to solve.