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Chapter 1508 Conquering the Empire (54)

Before the old man entered the gate of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, another team of cavalry escorted a carriage back, and the same old man got out of the carriage.

The two old men just nodded when they met, and entered the Metropolitan Government's Mansion under the guidance of the attendants with serious faces.

As time went on, all the cavalry who went out also returned, and each pair escorted a carriage, and each carriage contained one or two old men.

Those who are familiar with these old men will understand that these old men are the most knowledgeable and most famous great sages in Zhao Hu's sphere of influence.

"Meet the governor."

Several old men saluted Zhao Hu casually.

But despite their informality, these old men are actually very satisfied with Zhao Hu.

Because Zhao Hu treated sages with great respect and courtesy, and even issued a special order to fix the treatment of sages in the form of local laws. Even in the era of imperial unification, there was no such superior treatment. All the sages in the world agree with Zhao Hu's rule very much.

Without being too polite, Zhao Hu asked them directly after asking them to sit down: "This time I invite you sages to come here, and I want to use your profound knowledge to understand the situation of the scourge."

After the sky change, Zhao Hu only regarded it as an ordinary disaster like a violent storm, and only sent people to patrol the various places, and ordered them to organize people to tide over the disaster.

But not long after the order was issued, several sages came to warn, which was a harbinger of the imminent formation of a huge disaster, "God's Scourge".

Zhao Hu, who knew nothing about the scourge, saw that the sages spoke so horribly, so he couldn't help calling these great sages to find out.

Several old men looked at each other, and they pointed out one of the oldest sages and said: "Great Governor, such a huge disaster as the Scourge first appeared in the winter of more than 500 years ago, and the second time appeared in the winter of more than 780 years ago." In the summer, if what appears this spring is indeed the Scourge, then it is certain that the days of the Scourge appearing cannot be counted."

The old man also knew that the previous sentence was nonsense, so he hurriedly continued to introduce: "The origin of this scourge is at the end of the world. In the beginning, it was a black cloud that covered the sky and covered the whole world. Then violent storms and hailstorms swept across the country, and at the same time, tornadoes would appear in any part of the world at any time.

"Will there be a tornado at any time?"

Zhao Hu was a little dazed. Although he didn't know how the tornado was formed, it wasn't possible that it rained so frequently, right?
"Yes, there is no sign at all, and it appears anytime and anywhere without any rules. Even in the ravine, there are tornadoes. Of course, this is the situation that the Scourge appeared in the past two times. I can't guarantee that it will be the same this time." The old man nodded and said.

"Well, according to what you mean, when this scourge appears, the whole world will suffer the same disaster?" Zhao Hu couldn't help asking.

"Yes, the disasters suffered in the first period of time are the same, all are violent storms and tornadoes, but in colder places, the heavy rain will turn into blizzard."

"How long will this scourge last? What consequences will it bring?"

The faces of the sages changed when they heard the words, and the old sage sighed and said, "The storm and tornado will last for seven days."

Zhao Hu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the seven-day disaster should be bearable.

But what the sage said later made the faces of all the people who heard it change drastically.

"After that, there will be three consecutive months of continuous rain. There will be endless flash floods and floods everywhere, but these are nothing. Just think about the three months of rainy days. The world can't use dry firewood to keep warm. At that time, diseases will breed. ,and……"

The old man said this, and Zhou Wen, who was waiting on the side, exclaimed: "The rainy weather for three consecutive months, doesn't that mean that this year's crops will be extinct!"

The sage nodded and sighed: "Yes, the weather that lasts for three months can make this year's grain production impossible, and it's not just one place, but the whole world."

"At the same time, because of food shortages and raging diseases, irrepressible turmoil will break out in various places. According to records, the first two outbreaks of scourge will reduce the lives of the whole world by one-third, and because of this, it will spread to the whole world. The huge disaster will be called "scourge".

Zhao Hu only felt a chill run up his spine, one-third of the life in the whole world died?In other words, one out of every three people dies!
Even if it was a battle to the death of millions of people or a war to destroy the country, not so many people died!

However, Zhao Hu did not suspect that the sage was exaggerating.

The reason is very simple, three months of rainy weather, especially during the spring plowing season, it can be said that there is no need to consider growing grain this year.

Then there is such a long rainy day, even if there is food in storage, for such a long time, there is not so much dry firewood that can be used to make a fire for cooking or heating.

Moreover, with continuous rainy days, the outbreak of diseases will increase, and the difficulty of treatment will also increase.

Under the blow of these hardships, some people will accept their fate and wait for death, but the vast majority of people will not give up struggling, so turmoil will definitely happen.

In this kind of situation where they are dead no matter what, it is difficult to suppress such turmoil.

Especially when the whole world is in such a disaster, not just in one place or two places. At that time, one-third of the lives that die will be regarded as less.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hu suddenly got up and ordered: "Order the First Division to launch an attack in the rain. We must break through Haiping Province in the shortest possible time and collect the food of all the warlords and their supporters in the province."

The sage certainly knew why Zhao Hu issued this order. Haiping Province is a large grain province, and the local warlords and wealthy families have the most food. If they rob this batch of grain, the people in Zhao Hu's territory will be able to survive this disaster.

Although this will cause a lot of tragedies, isn't it not robbing the people of food?The unlucky ones are only those rich families, so the sages expressed their approval one after another.

It's no wonder that the sages are so realistic. Although they are pitiful, they are also great sages in Zhao Hu's realm. To be an actor is to play the local people first, and then people from other places.

"My sages, I will call together the officials in charge of various departments, and let us discuss how to survive this disaster."

After explaining to the sages, Zhao Hu sent people to summon the officials in charge to discuss it, and the sages nodded in satisfaction. Zhao Hu really gave them too much face, and he was even more satisfied with Zhao Hu in his heart.

Although Zhou Wen was happy to receive the news from the port, the two provinces of Haiguang and Haiwu could be easily resolved in this way, but his impression of the four unknown captains was not so good.

Didn't you see that my master is busy with the rainy weather that will last for more than three months?How dare you ask your master to accept the surrender at such an important moment!I really don't know what to say!

According to Zhou Wen's thinking, he should directly detain them and teach them a lesson. However, considering that the Imperial Fleet requires these four people to come forward, he sent an order to entertain them with delicious food and good accommodation, and come back when his master is free. Surrender them.

The four people including Jiang Yu who are taking care of their own clothes at the port, according to their thinking, their request should be easily satisfied.

If Zhao Hu heard that the four of them were willing to surrender to him, wouldn't he run over immediately?
But I never expected that the governor was dealing with disaster relief and prevention issues and had no time to come, so they were asked to follow the arrangements of the Third Fleet first.

As soon as this happened, Jiang Yu and the others blushed first, then sighed and expressed their willingness to settle down first.

There is no way, who makes people use swords and me as fish and meat? Besides, when a catastrophe comes, you don’t first think about disaster relief and disaster prevention, but come to accept the surrender first?
If he can still control the troops, of course he must settle himself first, but now he is a bare-bones commander, and a small soldier can solve himself, so why should he care?

Hey, I just hope that Zhao Hu can give him a little more face because he is still a general of the empire.

The sky was so dark that it was almost impossible to see the day and night, but although the sun was blocked by the clouds, it still made people feel a faint yellow light.

The officials, who had been busy all night like this, braved the wind and rain, rushed to various places in such dim sight, went to carry out the disaster relief and prevention work that had been discussed all night, and Zhao Hu finally had time to enjoy breakfast.

Zhao Hu, who was eating breakfast, learned that the captains of the four major fleets had surrendered, and his interest immediately came. He immediately asked someone to prepare a car and was ready to accept the surrender himself.

Zhou Wen, who helped pack his luggage, said dissatisfiedly: "My lord, they were all captured by us. You don't have to see them at this time, right? You haven't slept all night."

"It doesn't matter if you haven't slept all night. They are very important. With them, we can easily win the two provinces of Haiwu and Haiguang. With these two rich provinces as the foundation, it will be easier to survive this natural disaster." Zhao Hu said with a relaxed smile.

Zhou Wen thought about it, and thought it was true. Haiguang, Haiwu and Haiwu provinces are very rich and abundant in supplies. There are these two golden provinces, plus Haiping province, which is rich in grain, to support Zhao Hu in the two provinces now. Territory, it is really an easy thing.

And with the territory of five provinces and Zhao Hujun who was able to survive the disaster safely, after the disaster, wouldn't there be no one in the entire empire who could contend?

At that time, wouldn't his master be able to sweep the world?Hee hee, it's really wonderful.

Zhao Hu didn't know what Zhou Wen was snickering at, so he grabbed a saber and went out.

The cavalry who had been waiting for a long time outside the door immediately embraced Zhao Hu and got into the carriage, and the group rushed to the port wharf.

At the port wharf, densely packed warships occupied almost all the berths, and the same number of merchant ships were so aggrieved that they crowded together.

(End of this chapter)