Da Song Private Investigator

It was late at night when Hwarang and the others returned to Huainan Mansion.

When they returned to Huainan Mansion again, Bao Zheng had already taken care of all the affairs here. For those yamen servants who should stay and go, everything was already under their control, and the ships, They have already borrowed them, it's not a difficult task, when those common people heard about Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian, they wished to give up their boats to these yamen servants to attack the robbers.

In one day, a total of [-] boats were collected, among which there were more than a dozen large boats, and the rest were small boats, but this was enough. After some discussion, everyone decided to attack Xishuipu tomorrow morning.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, the soldiers of the government and people from the rivers and lakes ordered to gather at Xishuipu. Everyone watched the hundred boats drifting in the lake, and couldn't help but feel a little pride in their hearts. Row across the lake, and at the front of the boats are those big boats, with rows of archers standing on the big boats. This was arranged by Hwarang, because he knew that the people here are good at diving, so he thought about it. Use bows and arrows to contain them.

It was the end of autumn at this time, and there were many reeds growing on both sides of the lake, and the reeds were flying, making the whole lake look romantic, but when the cold wind came, all the romance was swept away.

Everyone stood on the boat and kept vigilant, they were getting closer and closer to the other side, and at this moment, the lake not far in front suddenly had ripples, Hwarang smiled coldly, and immediately ordered: "Shoot!"

With an order, countless sharp arrows shot into the water, and soon, streams of blood came out of the lake, the blood was so shocking, and after the blood flowed out, several corpses floated on the lake, When the corpses floated up, Hwarang immediately realized something was wrong, so he quickly ordered: "Be careful."

Just after shouting, countless sharp arrows suddenly shot from the opposite valley, but there were only sharp arrows but no people. Those archers must have hidden themselves, but these people on the lake had no way to dodge. The sharp arrows shot Later, many people were killed by arrows and fell into the lake one after another.

Seeing this, Hwarang became very angry. He ordered people to speed up the sailing, and at the same time suppressed each other with sharp arrows. After such a fight, more than half of the two sides died, and everyone finally crossed the lake.

After everyone crossed the lake, they flew away immediately. Now that they have landed, are they still afraid of those thieves?

Although some people were sacrificed, everyone still won the victory in the end. This victory did not come easily. It was obtained in exchange for everyone's lives. It's just that the traps on the lake that Yinxiong mentioned were not encountered by everyone. .

And Hwarang believes that Yinxiong will not just talk about it, so the only possibility is that the thief has a back trick.

After killing all the people in the valley, everyone found the food that was robbed by the bandits, but it was not as much as everyone imagined, and everyone searched the valley, but they did not find Chen Mazi, who is called the leader of these bandits. .

Obviously, after learning that Bao Zheng and other imperial officials had come to Huainan, they fled desperately, and they fled with a large amount of food. How could Chen Mazi carry so much food on the road? It was so conspicuous. Since it was impossible to escape with the food, where did they get the food, and where did Chen Mazi escape?

These things can't be resolved in a short while, so everyone can only transport the food back first, and solve the urgent need first.

After the food was transported back, Bao Zheng immediately ordered people to set up porridge tents in various parts of Huainan Prefecture. There were three meals a day, and the rice had to be able to stick into the chopsticks without falling over.

After opening the porridge tent in such a hurry, the people in Huainan City finally had enough to eat after so many days of famine, but what if they had enough to eat? How long could they have enough to eat?

The food they found was still too little, only enough to open a porridge tent for ten days, and within these ten days, if they could not get more food, these people would continue to starve, these people did not leave , which shows that they are nostalgic for their homeland, and in addition, it is also because they believe in Bao Zheng and others, and believe that they will be able to feed them.

In the face of the trust of these people, no matter what method Bao Zheng and the others use, they will definitely let them eat.

It's just that there is a fundamental problem that they must solve, and that is the plague of locusts.

Extreme drought and locusts, they have no choice but to wait for the rain, but they have a way to stop the locust plague, as long as the whole people do their best to catch the locusts, no matter how many locust plagues there are, they will be wiped out one day.

But there is a very serious problem, that is, no one dared to exterminate the locusts. At this time in ancient times, everyone believed that the locust plague was God’s punishment for the people, and they could not fight against it. , can only let it develop, and leave naturally after the locusts are full.

Because of this, whenever there is a plague of locusts, the emperor will issue an edict to punish himself, and even the people will worship the locust god. To overcome this difficulty, all the locusts must be eradicated, otherwise they will not even be able to grow the next season's crops, and they will have to continue to starve in the coming year. Such a vicious circle will cause incalculable results.

But when Hwarang proposed to exterminate the locusts, Bao Zheng was the first person to stand up against it, and it wasn't until this time that Hwarang realized that even a person as smart as Bao Zheng still believed that the locust plague was God's response to the common people. He would rather persuade the emperor to sin against himself, and would rather lay down his body to worship the locust god, but he would not follow his own suggestion to eliminate the locust plague.

According to seasonal changes, locusts will lurk in winter, and this will give Bao Zheng an illusion that the locusts have left, but if these locusts are not removed, there will be more locusts in the coming year, which will cause a bigger disaster The locust plague, Hwarang said all these things, but Bao Zheng didn't listen, for a while, Hwarang had never been so helpless as he is now.

No matter how much he said, it was useless. Bao Zheng didn't believe that the locusts could be wiped out by manpower, and he was very afraid of the punishment for killing the locusts. He had no choice but to use other intrigues.

It was a last resort to use intrigue and trickery, and even if he used intrigue and trickery to get the people to exterminate the locusts, it would not be as effective as carrying out a large-scale campaign to exterminate locusts.