Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a magic stick

Floods in spring and severe drought in summer, coupled with the fact that last year's winter was not cold enough, made it the best breeding ground for locusts to reproduce.

Yan early in the morning knew that locust plagues were more frequent than in the past during the period of many disasters at the end of the Han Dynasty, which could cause "starvation and death on the road, and the people have no means of living", so he attached great importance to this and ordered him to strictly implement it. various preventive measures.

In summer and autumn, waterlogged areas should also be closely monitored and treated to prevent insect eggs from breeding.

Even so, when he witnessed the migration of migratory locusts in groups, he felt an unprecedented scalp numbness while being dazed.

It is just a flying insect the size of a little finger, and it can be joked that it is rich in protein in modern times... Those who want to say that have really seen this scene, and I am afraid that they will never taste this crunchy food again. Appetite.

At the end of the Han Dynasty when medicine was backward and there were few doctors and medicines, unless it was absolutely necessary, it was not a good idea to eat locusts or locusts with parasites at will.

Especially when Zhuma is on a high slope, looking down at the huge swarm of locusts that are as large as a sandstorm, strangely dark yellow and green, noisy, and dance like a violent wind, no matter how much mental preparation is done, , and still feel intense discomfort.

Wherever you look, you can only see them rushing forward like mountains and seas. Wherever they pass, the ditches and trenches are completely flat, and the crops are exhausted;

Even Yan Jun, who has shown his sharpness on the battlefield recently and made great achievements in battle, looked at the migratory locusts with their teeth and claws, disgusted, could not help but feel a little chill in his heart, followed Yan Qing silently, and waited and watched here.

After witnessing the 'crazy sand' gradually going away, Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "The time to occupy Jidi is too short. Even if Cheng Zhongde is there, there are still some counties that cannot be taken care of."

As an external force, Yan Qing ruled Jizhou for too short a time, and the situation here is quite special - there are a lot of aristocratic families, and they have the intention to xenophobic, and Cheng Yu will not be able to do anything to them for a while.

Moreover, some orders issued by Yan Qing, except for a group of confidantes and believers who blindly believed in him, there were many people who murmured in their hearts, but they had to obey because of the government's coercion: build water conservancy during the drought period, and cultivate young and old land regularly Planting is nothing more than that. Everyone can see the benefits of drought protection and water diversion, which can protect the crops in the field; but what is the purpose of raising a large number of birds, non-poisonous snakes and toads?

Although poultry is more expensive and troublesome to serve, but when it is really a last resort, at least they can be killed for meat.And the other things are just confusing.

They felt baffled, and couldn't help but feel resistance to the latter. Yan Qing had expected it a long time ago, so he asked the government to allocate a batch of property to vigorously encourage people near the water to keep teals and other birds that eat a lot of food. They kill at will.

Anyone who violates the law will be fined for the next three years and will have to pay an additional [-]% of the grain tax.

This severity of punishment is still very rare under Yan Qing's always extremely lenient rule. Except for a few people who were lucky enough to obey the law and violate the law, and were severely punished in the end, the vast majority of people did not understand it, but followed it.

But when this vigorous catastrophe came, they turned to hate themselves for being smart, why they didn't raise a few more on weekdays, but only gathered enough numbers for business, which led to less hatred when it came time.

The reason why birds like to eat insects is understood by even young children.

But when the natural disaster-like locust swarms arrived, no one would have guessed that these usually inconspicuous poultry would be of such great use when this terrible disaster came?

Once you grab one accurately, once you pounce hard, you don't need to drive them specifically, and you will drive those hateful little locusts to scatter.

Although the locust plague started from other places, it is only a matter of time before they reach the three prefectures of Henan, Yang, and Hebei due to their rapid spread.

Faced with the panicked farmers who came to the government for help, the officials immediately posted notices to let the birds be released from house to house, so that the natural enemies of these locusts could freely peck the locusts.

In this way, Yan Qing still read from some modern newspapers that two thousand teals can eat up the locusts on two thousand acres of land, and their power should not be underestimated.

As for other enemies of locusts, such as frogs and snakes, it is unrealistic to raise them in large quantities, so we have to let nature take its course.

But looking at the density, birds alone may not be enough.

After all, it is related to the results of the farmers' work for a year, and it is also directly related to the military resources for him to fight around in the coming year.Even though it seems that there is a large surplus in the grain depot, we still need to be more cautious with each other.

Yan Qing frowned, and muttered to himself: "I still need to write to the governors of the states quickly, so that they can't rely too much on using waterfowl, and they have to recruit people appropriately, and then call on the people to hunt and kill, and dig out eggs. "

The reason why he read it aloud was to remind himself not to forget about it for a while, but he didn't want Lu Bu to nod solemnly, and the next moment he would conjure up a thin booklet from the lapel of his military robe, and Turning to the middle of the crease, Yan Qing only had time to catch a glimpse of the densely written text on the front.

Lu Bu concentrated on taking a small ink stick specially made by a craftsman, and wrote a few words on it.

Yan Qing asked curiously: "You actually still have this ability?"

Lu Bu chuckled, but didn't answer, and pretended not to notice Yan Qing's curious gaze, turned his back, and carefully put away the notebook.

Yan Qing narrowed her eyes slightly.

There must be something ulterior about being so secretive.

He smiled gently, and looked at Lu Bu with a guilty look indifferently, without revealing the slightest clue.

——After nightfall, trick this guy to take a bath, and then fetch it and read it carefully.

In order to appease the people in this area who had just experienced the locust swarm, Yan Qing ordered his troops to stay here for two nights.

Even though they would suffer such a heavy loss, to a large extent it was inseparable from listening to the words of their family, and it was impossible for Yan Qing to abandon them because of this.

On the contrary, it is possible to use this opportunity of grace to weaken the prestige of the family that has been stubbornly resisting, and win the hearts of the people.

The previous government was too weak, which led to the fact that almost all the clans were in power, and the people were used to obeying them.Now that new officials and troops have been suddenly sent in, and their methods are very tough, it is understandable that they retreated because they were not used to it.

The civil servants were busy, but Lu Bu was free.

At such a time when there was no battle to fight and the newly promoted lieutenants were quite active and capable, Lu Bu always felt that he was too idle and panicked, and his whole body was weak.

Fortunately, with Yan Qing's permission, I can sleep in the same tent with him tonight, so Lu Bu suddenly cheered up, washed his body happily, smoked the incense, and happily changed into clean clothes. I can't wait to go.

Yan Qing heard him lift the tent and enter, but still didn't raise his head: "It's so early?"

Lu Bu took the lead in inspecting the surrounding area, and when he saw that Guo Jia and Xun You were not there, he jumped a little bit more.

Before he could answer in the future, Yan Qing smelled the mild and pleasant fragrance of incense, couldn't help but frowned, looked up at him and said, "Have you bathed?"

Lu Bu nodded in bewilderment.

Yan Qing thought to herself that you came too prepared, how could I steal that little book?

Then he found an excuse and said: "This time the fragrance is a little heavier, and there happens to be hot soup behind the screen, so go and wipe yourself off."

Lu Bu believed it, and went honestly.

Yan Qing was sitting solemnly, but her mind had already drifted to other places, instead of falling on the half-written letter in front of her eyes.

When he caught sight of Lu Bu's figure disappearing behind the screen out of the corner of his eye, he immediately got up and tiptoed to the side of the robe that was randomly thrown on the banquet table. .

Yan Qing had an intuition that Lu Bu would carry this important notebook with most of the shady contents with him, and as expected, he quickly found it.

However, before he opened it for a few glances, there was the sound of Lu Bu's footsteps behind the screen. He hid the notebook in his arms without haste, and did not retreat to the seat hastily, but moved forward naturally. After a few steps, he walked to Lu Bu's side, and pretended to be skeptical: "So fast?"

When Lu Bu saw Yan Qing's beautiful and delicate face approaching like a fairy, his heart beat like a drum.

He stood up straight, with his head down, hesitation and a little apprehension flashed in his eyes.

He couldn't help himself and wanted to stretch out his arms to hug Yan Qing, but he was also afraid that he would be too impatient and delay his lover's handling of official duties, which would make him tired of it.

Yan Qing pretended to grab his collar and sniffed, then nodded reluctantly: "It's okay, come and sit down."

Lu Bu hurriedly responded, subconsciously going to pick up the clothes on the ground, but was stopped by Yan Qing: "It's hot weather, and you still wear such heavy clothes, don't you think it's hot?"

Lu Bu was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't want to take his hand back.

Yan Qing glanced at him lazily, then continued to look at the official document in his hand.

However, in order to distract Lu Bu's attention, he did not forget to chat with him casually: "You have brought up a new lieutenant general? It looks like a new face."

Lu Bu was studying ink for Yan Qing in a pretentious manner, but his hands were dirty, so he gave up angrily, and said, "I mentioned two."

Yan Qing slowly took a sip of tea, then asked casually, "Where are they from? What's their name?"

Lu Bu said without hesitation: "The taller one's surname is Zhang, and his style name is Junyi, from Hejian; the shorter one's surname is Qu, and he seems to be from Youzhou."

"........."

Yan Qing was almost choked.

It turns out that Baima Yicong's nemesis, Qu Yi, has long been in their camp!

But maybe the family business has grown, and Yan Qing's attachment to celebrities and generals has become more and more indifferent, and he no longer deliberately seeks them out, and will only seriously recruit them unless they meet by chance.

Often there is no need to worry about people taking the initiative to deliver it to your door.

It was rare for Lu Bu to notice the subtlety in Yan Qing's eyes, and he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with those two people?"

"It's not wrong." Yan Qing shook his head and said sincerely: "I just suddenly realized that your vision is really good."

Even if he is notorious in history, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, two rare generals in the world, can still follow him to the end. This personality charm can also be seen.

He was praised for no reason. Although Lu Bu was also happy, he still looked at Yan Qing with a little confusion.

Yan Qing changed the subject: "You are now an official and a general, and you can be named a county marquis. You can be said to be glorious and full of honor. Do you have the idea of ​​going back to Bingzhou and fulfilling your wish of returning to your hometown?"