Feng Heming

Chapter 315
It took only half an hour for this black shadow to appear and be discovered.

There are always people who don't sleep at noon, but those who see this black shadow turn around and run away in fright before they have time to feel the fear of being eaten by the crops in the field.

There are too many, the locusts, which can be crushed to death with one finger, are overwhelming, like a tornado, and people can only flee instinctively when they encounter them.

But how can two legs outrun wings?

In the end, he could only squat down and cover his head and face with his clothes. Maybe it was because he was so brave, but the black shadow didn't dodge when he saw people.

When the black shadow flew over him, the man yelled at the top of his voice, and he didn't care about the pain, he just hoped that everyone in the village would come out, at least to save the crops in the field, otherwise they would run out of food!
People in the village heard the noise, but how to protect it?To catch locusts?Can you catch it?There are so many, how to catch them?
He watched helplessly as the black shadow crossed the border, leaving behind a mess and the crying of a whole village.

The news was spread as quickly as possible, and all places that had not been attacked by the shadows were being treated seriously. Apart from droughts and floods, what the farmers feared most was locust plagues.

Locust plagues are often accompanied by droughts.

Thinking of the gossip that came from the beginning of the year, saying that the winter is warm may be unusual, people will look at the fields more, few people take it seriously, just think that the winter will be warmer, it doesn’t have to be so difficult, who knows it’s true What happened?

Regret is useless, swarms of locusts swarmed all over the place, the county magistrates of the counties and the governors of the county towns all paid great attention to it, and people came up with many ways to deal with the locusts.

Some people also thought of driving chickens to eat bugs, but those chickens flopped away when they saw the bugs. Even natural enemies had to avoid them when they encountered an unmatched number.

Immediately afterwards, someone spread out a simple burlap, and each person held a corner, and before the insects landed in the field, they snatched them from the air, often with quick hands and feet, and killed most of them with one bag. .

But the swarms will disperse and then gather after being attacked. No one knows when they will make a comeback. Facing the rice that is about to mature, they can't give up such a delicacy.

While the locusts were being dealt with in full swing in other places, the harvest in Danyang County was almost over. Naturally, Jiang Yuanxi also received news of the locust disaster. She was extremely grateful that Danyang County was one step ahead.

Just thinking about it this way, Danyang County also ushered in a swarm of insects in the afternoon.

Even if the fields were burned years ago, the land near Danyang County was not burned. The insect swarms came from the direction of Qidong County and arrived in Danyang County in more than two hours.

At that time, the people in Danyang County were still scrambling to harvest the last rice. When they saw the black shadows in groups, Jiang Yuanxi immediately ordered, "Go and release the chickens."

They don’t do anything like catching insects in the air, it’s time-consuming and labor-intensive, and if they turn a corner halfway, they can’t catch up with a group of flying ones, so how can everyone keep watching and waiting for them to come next time? Woolen cloth?

Just wipe them all at once.

At Jiang Yuanxi's order, everyone retreated from the field, ran up one after another, went home, and opened the chicken coop at home.

Then Jiang Yuanxi and others standing on the small hill saw a spectacular scene.

A group of dark shadows?

There are also many flocks of chickens.

The number of black shadows is inexhaustible?

The number of chickens is also countless.

Courage is sometimes given to me by myself, and sometimes it is given by my companions. Nearly [-] chickens were released, gathered from all directions, and finally went straight to the field. When they saw locusts lying on the crops, they screamed happily With a sound, he spread his wings and jumped into the field to eat.

Then, the locusts that failed to fly in time ended their arrogant life and became food to fill their stomachs.

In the end, only a small number of locusts could escape, and those chickens were still reluctant to part with them, looking for insects everywhere in the fields.

Seeing that the locust swarm was gaining nothing in their hands, the common people cheered and jumped for joy, and those who were excited in their hearts were howling like ghosts and wolves, yelling.

The chickens were full, and they didn't care about the ears of grain that hadn't been harvested. In the end, the people drove them back to their chicken pens according to the marks they had made, and went down to the field with a sickle. Harvested the last ears of corn.

It was only at this time that Jiang Yuanxi was really relieved, and ordered to go down to dry the ears of grain and then pay this year's tax and put it in the warehouse.

"Fifth brother, do you have any information about other counties?" Jiang Yuanxi asked immediately after returning to the house.

"Yes, I'm afraid the people will have a hard time this year. Like us, there are very few seedlings raised in advance and planted in other places. Therefore, before the harvest time, we encountered a plague of locusts and almost no harvest."

Jiang Boyong handed Jiang Yuanxi a stack of papers, which were all the information his subordinates sent back from various places.

Jiang Yuanxi lowered his head and carefully looked at the information in his hands, his expression gradually became serious, and finally he frowned and pondered for a long time before saying, "Look at the situation, don't say that this year's taxes have been handed in, I am afraid that the people's rations will be gone, if the court does not provide disaster relief, I'm afraid many people will die."

Jiang Boyong nodded affirmatively, "That's the reason. Now I'm looking forward to the imperial court opening warehouses to help the disaster. But with so many people in Beiliang, how can the imperial court have enough food?"

Jiang Boyong knew very well that it was not a matter of enough, the imperial court did not provide disaster relief at all in his previous life!

Usually, when encountering such natural disasters, in order to provide a way for the people to survive, the rent of the year must be reduced or exempted, but Chen Xiong refused, not only did not reduce or exempt, but even required all localities to pay taxes in full on time.

This is tantamount to forcing the people to death.

Not giving the people a way to live is severing their own way of life. This is the source of the chaos in Xindu.

Jiang Boyong knew that the time for a sudden change was coming, he was a little nervous, but more excited, he had not been able to participate in it in his previous life, and he must experience it himself in this life.

"Fifth brother, take someone to count the grain stored in the county, and then count the dried fish in the warehouse."

After experiencing the plague of locusts, food is particularly precious. It is really more precious than gold. They have food in their hands and don't panic in their hearts. As much food as they have, they have as much confidence.

"Then order to pass on the word, saying that we also suffered from the plague of locusts and suffered heavy losses."

The news of the bumper harvest in Danyang County must not be spread to the outside world, otherwise it will definitely be mobilized and attacked.

Jiang Boyong responded with a serious expression, and wrote down the matter.

Jiang Yuanxi continued: "Originally, after the first harvest, the second season of rice was planted immediately, but at this time of year, let's wait for Mr. Zhu to speak. He said that we can plant it, so we will plant it again."

Jiang Boyong nodded, "That's the reason."

(End of this chapter)