Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

Turning our attention to Liangzhou City, unlike Lingnan, it is originally dry, and under the influence of extreme high temperature and drought, it is even harder to get water.

Even for the city lord, it would be difficult to get water in such a situation, let alone Shi Zhengde who depends on women for a living.

At this time, he was no longer as bright and handsome as before. Because he was sweating due to the hot weather and there was no water to take a shower, his whole body exuded a sour smell and his hair was sticky and tangled.

Of course, he is not the only one in this situation. Almost all people in the northwest are like this. Compared with ordinary people, his situation is still good.

At first he was very upset. He wanted to put pressure on the servants to change more water, and he also complained to Miss Su. But there was no water, and no matter who he complained to, it was useless. He did not dare to leave the City Lord's Mansion to find a way out, so he could only endure it.

After he became smelly, Su Muya came to see him less often. Ha, women really just like his face. He doesn't even think she smells bad!

Although the weather has been a little cooler these two days, it just hasn't rained. The city lord has invited three rounds of high monks to pray for rain, but there's still not a drop of rain. Shi Zhengde walked around the city lord's mansion feeling bored, just to relax.

Suddenly, he heard a cry of surprise, and a servant passed by him like a shadow and ran towards the main courtyard, shouting, "Oh no! Oh no!"

Shi Zhengde was full of confusion. What was wrong?

Soon, he found out, because a black cloud was flying towards him!

The closer he got, the more he could hear the dense, repetitive buzzing sound of wings flapping inside. Shi Zhengde widened his eyes in horror.

"Run! The locusts are coming!" The screams from the outer courtyard finally woke Shi Zhengde up. He lifted the front of his clothes, turned around and ran into the house.

Oh my god! How can there be so many locusts!

The locusts flew very fast, and in the blink of an eye they flew over the city lord's mansion, and then fell to the ground with a clatter. Those who didn't have time to run into the house were covered with locusts, which gave people goose bumps.

There was probably nothing to eat in the City Lord's Mansion, so the locusts did not stay for too long. They stayed for about a quarter of an hour before continuing to fly south. Shi Zhengde secretly stuck his head to the gate and looked at the mess outside in shock. The City Lord's Mansion, which had some green plants just now, was now full of pits and holes...

If the situation at the City Lord's Mansion is still good, then the fields ravaged by the locust plague will yield no harvest.

In the fields of Shiqiao Village——

"Oh my God! Please don't let us live! My crops have all been eaten by locusts!"

"The grain collection is coming soon, and now all the crops in the fields are destroyed. What should we do?"

"Damn this world, damn this government! Why should I pay grain when I'm starving to death?"

The villagers were crying and wailing in the fields, cursing the government or cursing God.

For the farmers, these crops are their lifeblood. When it is almost time for harvest, they are suddenly eaten up by these locusts. How can they not despair?

In addition to these farmers who own land, there are some people who live even more miserably.

Ten kilometers outside Liangzhou City, there is a gathering place for refugees. These refugees were forced to come to Liangzhou City because of disasters that occurred in their families.

However, the lord of Liangzhou City was afraid that there would be too many refugees and it would be difficult to control them. Apart from setting up a porridge distribution point outside the city to provide relief for a few days at the beginning, he never allowed these refugees to enter the city. Now they are short of food and water, and even the porridge distribution point has been cancelled.

As to why the people in Liangzhou City did not riot like the people in Qinghe County even though the city also refused to allow refugees to enter, the story starts with the mayor of Liangzhou City.

Originally, Su Boshan, the lord of Liangzhou, was only the governor of Liangzhou, who held great military and political power. Later, due to natural disasters that led to the collapse of the order of the Tianqi Dynasty, he proclaimed himself the lord of Liangzhou, and the soldiers in his jurisdiction naturally became his private soldiers.

Maintaining an army requires a lot of food. Many wars in history were lost because officials in the court fought for power and profit, resulting in the failure to supply military pay in a timely manner.

Therefore, as a military general, it was impossible for him not to be on guard against the imperial court. There were not many people as loyal as the Duke of Weiguo. When Su Boshan was still a governor, he was cautious and secretly stored a lot of food, which was enough for him to feed these soldiers for at least three years.

With soldiers, food and power, Su Boshan's status in Liangzhou is not comparable to that of County Magistrate Wu. What's more, he did not neglect the people in the city. Although the price of food has risen now, it is still supplied normally. Naturally, these unarmed refugees outside the city can't do anything.

In order to survive, the refugees finally found such a big city. Although they could not rely on it, they did not want to leave. Who knew what they would encounter in other places? So more and more people gathered here, and now it has become a small refugee gathering place.

With more people, there is more competition. Originally, they could still find some food in the wild, but since the extreme heat came and there was no rain, even the wild vegetables in the fields could not survive for long, and there were fewer and fewer animals.

In addition, there are so many people now, and they have to rely on snatching to find food. In such a situation, the arrival of this group of locusts not only did not cause fear among these people, but instead made their eyes glow green.

When people are extremely hungry, they will eat anything. In the eyes of the refugees at this moment, these locusts are meat!

No matter whether it is poisonous or not, they will all starve to death. Even if they are poisoned to death, they would rather die with a full stomach.

If there was a normal person here, he would find that this group of refugees is more terrifying than these locusts.

"Don't grab it from me!"

"Who stole yours? There are locusts all over the sky, can't you catch them yourself?"

"Ahhhh, the locust hit me in the eye."

"Are you stupid? Use clothes. There are a lot of clothes in one bag."

The refugees gathered in the area as if it were a doomsday carnival. The refugees used their hands or pockets to catch the densely packed locusts that filled the sky. After catching them, they could not wait to stuff them into their mouths. The juice and broken limbs and wings of the locusts covered their faces... (The author imagined that scene and was disgusted. He couldn't write any more⊙﹏⊙)

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Shi Anan didn’t know that the situation in Liangzhou City had become so serious, and she didn’t know that a large wave of locusts was gradually moving south.

At this time, she had returned to Guangming Town from Qinghe County.

Of course, only she and Xiao Yi came back. Li Zimu and others stayed in Qinghe County and started construction according to Shi Anan's instructions.

In order to facilitate the workers' travel, Shi Anan left the bus directly near Qinghu Bridge, sending those who were going to build the road there in the morning and picking them up again in the evening.

As for the driver, Tie Niu was arranged to watch him. It was said that the driver actually needed to learn how to plan the route and set the bus to drive automatically, but it was impossible for Shi Anan to watch over this matter all the time, so the honest and steady Tie Niu was the best choice.