At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 210 Locust Plague and Drought
In other words, it takes 30 years of living expenses for a family to be able to afford a house!

Of course, Xu Mu would not allow this kind of thing to happen.

If the house price is too high, it will ultimately hurt the common people.

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In the main palace building.

After dealing with this matter, Fang Xuanling walked out from the General Affairs Department, and at the same time, holding a very detailed governance plan for the 32 states of Henan, came to the fourth floor where Xu Mu was.

He took a deep breath, handed the plan to Xu Mu, and said, "My lord, during this period of time, I have considered the situation in Henan, combined with the situation of the major states and counties, and drawn up a plan to govern the 32 states. , please take a look, my lord!"

Xu Mu accepted his plan, and after reading it, he couldn't help but nodded.

The plan made by Lao Fang was indeed comprehensive, and he had to stay up for several nights before finishing it.

In fact, Xu Shiji and Zhang Xutuo are now in a stalemate with Li Shimin's army. He must absorb the 32 states as soon as possible, develop them, and transform them into... combat power.

Otherwise, he occupied 32 states, and there are too many jealous people in the world.

Mishaps can happen at any time.

He must take this opportunity to speed up and strengthen himself.

but……

In the night, Xu Mu frowned slightly.

He picked up a piece of information he just got from Pei Ju today.

Handed it over to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling looked puzzled.

But he still took the information and read it carefully.

In this information, what is recorded is not the enemy situation of colleagues outside the mountain, but... a trivial matter that is extremely easy to ignore.

"Jiang, Han, He, Luo, the water levels of the four big rivers have dropped..." Fang Xuanling muttered a few words in the information, and began to read.

The water level of the river fluctuates all year round.

Normally, when he saw these little things, he wouldn't pay attention at all.

But this is what the lord let him see.

As Fang Xuanling was reading, a light flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Could it be a severe drought?"

Only this explanation can make the lord so ready.

And it reminds me of the protagonist in the early spring, seeing the little things and knowing things, from a light rain, predicting the rainstorm and flood, and leading the city of Wanmin to survive the flood without any danger.

No casualties!

Therefore, it is not without reason that a severe drought is coming.

Xu Mu nodded and said, "It's already June, and the water levels of the four big rivers are dropping continuously, and there is a very high possibility of severe drought!"

He also wants to get out of the mountain as soon as possible and take over the 32 states, but right now is really not the time.

The current... Wanmin City does not have the ability to help the 32 states fight drought.

All he can do is to keep Wanmin City first!
According to historical records, during the period between the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the common people really encountered everything.

First came military disasters, then floods, then epidemics, droughts...

On average, a drought breaks out every two years!
And this time the drought will affect three major counties.

The people in Henan, Shandong, and Jingzhao will have no harvest, and they will eat each other again!

"The current Wanmin City does not have enough manpower and material resources to help the 32 states, so let's get through this drought in Wanmin City first!"

Xu Mu took a deep breath, took a map, and drew several important locations in front of Fang Xuanling.

"When a drought strikes, it will inevitably be accompanied by a plague of locusts. Lao Fang, you will go to these places tomorrow and search carefully to see if there are any traces of locusts! If you can find a large number of locusts..."

Xu Mu didn't finish his sentence, but Fang Xuanling had already realized the seriousness of the problem.

Although Wanmin City is currently developing like a raging fire and has a surplus of food and grass, if this drought is not handled properly...

The grain in the fields outside the city will be completely useless!

The production enthusiasm of the people will be greatly hit!

At that time, Wanmin City can only open a warehouse to help...

But such a result was not what Xu Mu wanted, nor was it what Fang Xuanling wanted.

After fighting against the heavy rain and the epidemic several times before, Fang Xuanling has been subtly influenced by Xu Mu.

"The change of the sky is not to be feared! Man can conquer the sky!"

Fang Xuanling muttered these few words, and without waiting for dawn, he took a few small officials out of the city that night to investigate the place Xu Mu had marked out.

The place Xu Mu marked out is naturally the area near the water where locusts can easily inhabit and reproduce.

Among the mountains, there are still springs and streams.

But the road is extremely bumpy and difficult to walk.

Fang Xuanling took the little official and ran all night, and then rushed back to Wanmin City at noon the next day, and met Xu Mu in a hurry.

Reported excitedly: "I found it! I found it! There are young locusts everywhere! The subordinates have already burned them all!"

Xu Mu: "..."

If it were so simple to burn the locusts, the locust plague would not have occurred frequently for thousands of years, and the legacy would not be completely eradicated until the [-]th century.

In fact, only a small number of locusts can be seen with the naked eye.

Locusts have a strong reproductive ability, especially during the drought period, when the water level of the river bed drops, it gives the locusts an extremely unnatural environment for survival and reproduction!
"This is not clean!"

Xu Mu shook his head, and then began to issue orders: "Now, the top priority, the first thing is to control the locust plague!"

Although the drought and the locust plague go side by side, in fact, the only thing that is really terrible is the locust plague.

When the locust plague came, all the crops and food were eaten up.

No particles collected.

People can only look at the empty farmland, and then starve to death.

And if there is a drought, even if they are not eaten by locusts, the crops will fail due to lack of water.

In ancient times, when locust plagues were encountered, most of the control methods were rush harvesting, plus manual capture of locusts.

But when the locusts arrived, they covered the sky and covered the earth, what a scene...

People simply can't finish it.

And now the crops in Wanmin City haven't matured yet...

This year's locusts came too timely. In the 14th year of Daye at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they came while the crops were not yet mature.

So it will cause a huge disaster.

Countless people died of starvation in thousands of counties and counties all over the world!
In addition, the topography of Wanmin City is not suitable for large-scale raising of chickens and ducks.

Therefore, this method of ecological control of locusts was also abandoned by Xu Mu.

"The locust plague is approaching, and the people may panic. Lao Fang, what you need to do during this time is to tell the people that the sky is not something to fear, and locusts are not to be feared either!" Xu Mu patted Fang Xuanling's shoulder and said in a deep voice. .

Fang Xuanling stood up straight and nodded solemnly: "This subordinate will definitely appease the common people and not make any changes!"

What he wants to do, in the final analysis, is to comfort the people!
After Xu Mu handed over the work of propagandizing and comforting the people to Fang Xuanling, he rushed towards the medical office.

There, there is his method of dealing with the locust plague this time.

After all, as a traveler, Xu Mu began to prepare for this locust drought a few months ago after suffering from the last rainstorm and epidemic.

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Outside Wanmin City.

The common people who have been farming for generations have a wealth of experience, and soon keenly noticed that something was wrong.

First, they found that irrigation water seemed to be much less.

Originally relying on bobbin carts, water could be lifted step by step for irrigation, but now it can't be lifted at all.

Water is getting less and less, and irrigation is getting more and more difficult.

The crops in the fields looked dry.

"It may be a severe drought!" The old people looked at their fields and said to their children and grandchildren.

They lived a long time, and most of them have seen drought.

Know the warning signs of a drought coming.

Lack.

Unable to irrigate.

And this is just the first step.

The old people who received Xu Mu's kindness thought about the long-term, formed a group, and came to the Lord's Mansion in person to report the situation to Fang Xuanling.

They were worried that the Lord's Mansion hadn't noticed the drought.

Regarding this, Fang Xuanling naturally offered a reward, and then comforted him: "Don't worry, old man, the Lord has already predicted this drought, and he will surely get through it safely."

Old people, you look at me, I look at you...

Fortunately, the flood can be avoided, but they really can't think of the drought, how can the Lord have a way to deal with it.

You can't ask for rain, can you?

Although they are ignorant, they also know that in a year of drought, it is almost impossible to rain.

Moreover, once the accompanying locust plague arrives, it will overwhelm the sky, those crops...

Almost all suffer.

After exchanging pleasantries, the old people left the lord's mansion.

As for what Fang Xuanling said, they didn't take it to heart at all.

Most of the Lord's Mansion opened warehouses for relief after the disaster...

After all, the imperial courts of all dynasties have responded to droughts in this way.

"I want to drink relief porridge again!"

The old people shook their heads and returned to their respective homes.

So, a few days later.

The water source has completely dried up.

It can only maintain the daily drinking of one hundred thousand people.

As for irrigation, don't even think about it.

A commotion, as Xu Mu expected, spread among the common people.

But Fang Xuanling learned a lesson this time, keenly captured the emotions of the people, and began to appease the hearts of the people.

First of all, send a small official to publicize and inform the lord's mansion that countermeasures have been taken.

Then, bringing out the previous two incidents of rainstorm and epidemic, the commotion of the people was calmed down.

For this reason, Fang Xuanling didn't even return home, but ran around calling in various villages outside the city every day, living with the people.

As Xu Mu's rear steward, he knew that at this time, his greatest role was to stabilize the hearts of the people.

Waiting...Xu Mu on the front line, fought against locusts and drought, and won a big victory!
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medical department.

Xu Mu was wearing thick protective clothing, hugging his shoulders, looking at the three people who were messing around in front of him.

Chao Yuanfang, Sun Simiao, Chen Xuanzhen.

They are now in the laboratory, surrounded by various bottles and jars, which contain unknown liquids extracted from animals and plants.

Among the three of them was a microscope.

"Slow down! Slow down! Don't spill it!" Chao Yuanfang looked nervous, staring at Chen Xuanjin, and couldn't help admonishing.

Chen Xuanjin was taking out a cloud of unknown liquid from under the eyepiece of the microscope.

Sun Simiao, who is more than eighty years old... Wearing gloves, holding the locust in one hand and the glass in the other, his eyes shined brightly: "Xuan Yu, quickly sprinkle the medicine in!"

　Well, it's the beginning of the month, ask for a monthly ticket~

　　
　
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