Qianmu, originally a territory of South Korea, was under Shangdang County, and has now become the fief of Zhao Jia.

It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is a county with a large output in Shangdang. It is said to have 1,000 acres of fertile land, so it is named 1,000 acres.

After Zhao Jia obtained the northern part of Shangdang, he naturally attached great importance to the 1,000 acres of county with large output.

However, after experiencing a severe drought, locust plagues began to occur in fertile fields in the thousand-acre county town, causing the already pitiful crops to encounter a serious crisis again.

When Zhao Jia heard the news, he did not dare to be negligent and rushed to Qianmu.

There is no reason why we mobilize many people in this way.

Shortly after Zhao Jia got Shangdang, severe drought and locust plague occurred here, which made the already unstable folk sentiment become more restless.

Since ancient times, locust plagues have represented God's punishment. Many people believe that the reason for natural disasters is that the rulers do not cultivate virtue, which caused the heaven to be angry and punished.

The severe drought and locust plague occurred in Shangdang, which made the public resentment boiling. Rumors spread everywhere, believing that Zhao Jia had occupied South Korea's land, which caused the furiousness of God.

People were afraid and trembling about locust plagues, and in ancient times people did not even dare to hunt locusts.

Not to mention that it is now the end of the Warring States Period, even in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many officials and the people still have this idea.

During the Kaiyuan period, a large-scale locust plague broke out in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Longji issued an edict to capture locusts.

This edict was originally a kind-hearted intention, but it was boycotted by many people. The Yellow Sect Supervisor Lu Huaishen persuaded Li Longji: "Locusts are natural disasters, and they cannot be eliminated by humans. Besides, too many insect killings will harm the heavens."

Even the chief official of Bianzhou, Ni Ruoshui, also advised Li Longji: "Only by cultivating virtue can we eliminate natural disasters. In the past, Liu Cong, failed to eliminate locusts, would cause greater harm."

Ni Ruoshui even directly refused the command of the censor, but only sent people to set up sacrifices and worship, but did not dare to destroy the locusts.

From this we can see that the ancients were respectful of locust plagues.

The emergence of the locust plague puts Zhao Jia's rule in jeopardy. If he does not find a solution to it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In fact, not only Shangdang, but also the entire Zhao State, after experiencing severe drought, surging locust plagues broke out.

If the drought is encountered, if it cannot be effectively curbed, the State of Zhao may have no harvest this year. At that time, it will inevitably be starved and people will live in poverty.

"Please look at the locusts in the fields, and they ate the leaves of crops. Fortunately, the locust plague has just appeared, so we have not even eaten up all the food."

"If the locust plague continues, they will eat up the crops, grass and leaves in no time."

"In the face of drought and locust plague, the people burn incense and sacrifice almost every day, begging God not to impose such punishment. Unfortunately, the world did not meet the wishes. The locust plague not only did not disappear, but became more and more serious."

Qianmu County Magistrate pointed to the locusts that were eating crop leaves in the fields, and his face was full of helplessness.

Zhao Jia was also very heavy in his heart.

In this era of low productivity, drought and locust plagues almost forced the people to death. This matter concerns the life and death of the entire country, and he had to be careful.

In fact, as early as the early stages of the drought, Zhao Jia tried every means to buy food from other countries.

However, this year's severe drought not only occurred in Zhao State, but even Qi State, which is close to the sea, is more severe than in previous years. Even Chu State, which is in the south, has many rivers and rains, has suffered severe droughts in most areas.

This severe drought that swept the vassal states of Jiuzhou made most people realize the seriousness of the matter. All countries have issued bans and will never allow food to be sold to other countries.

Fortunately, when Zhao Jia proposed to exchange the land of Du Kang for food, the drought had not yet completely broken out, otherwise the King of Qi would not have agreed so easily.

Zhao Jia turned to look at Qianmu County Magistrate and asked, "Can you have any solutions to the locust plague?"

Qianmu County Magistrate looked embarrassed and said, "I have organized the people to destroy locusts, but the people believe that the situation of eliminating locusts will be unknown, and few people dare to participate."

Zhao Jia said angrily: "It's simply nonsense!"

Zhao Jia couldn't help but be angry.

Although time traveling through this kind of thing made him a little bit awe of ghosts and gods, he eventually grew up under the Red Banner, received atheistic education since childhood, and even knew the principle of "man is conquering nature".

What's more, locusts are just a pest, so how can they be related to heaven?

What he couldn't understand was that it was simply unimaginable that the people would rather watch the locusts gradually eat up the crops than catch them against the so-called "god will".

"We want to meet Mr. Hiraki!"

Just as Zhao Jia was angry, he suddenly heard a noise coming from afar. He hurriedly looked up and found that the guards he brought were blocking many people who were rushing in.

"Jing Ke, go and see what's going on."

Jing Ke, Gao Jianli and others, since Zhao Jia persuaded various countries to withdraw their troops from Yan State, they have followed Zhao Jia. Only Wang Fugui competed with the border city and floated away, saying that they wanted to find the sword saint Gai Nie to compete with the superiors.

Seeing that Wang Fugui was determined to leave, Zhao Jia respected the other party's choice and gave him a lot of money to deal with him.

Jing Ke took the order and left, and soon returned with his sword and said, "Your Majesty, those people are local elders and gentry. If you want to meet you, you are blocked by the guards."

Zhao Jia pondered for a while and said, "Let a few people in charge come in."

Jing Ke took the order and left, and soon he brought a dozen people over. Zhao Jia looked up and found that these people were either white-haired old men or gentry in gorgeous clothes.

It is very important to manage these newly occupied areas and make good explanations with these local elders and gentry.

Therefore, Zhao Jia was very happy when facing them.

"What do you want to see me?"

These clan elders and gentry were a little timid when they saw Zhao Jia. After all, the famous young master Jia was in front of him. Even Qin State was defeated one after another, not to mention the clan elders and gentry in small county towns.

The reason why they dared to muster up the courage to meet Zhao Jia was that they had heard that the other party was gentle and very friendly to the people.

After seeing Zhao Jia and her face, they all became brave and courageous.

The old man with white hair came forward and said, "I have been greeting you."

Zhao Jia hurriedly held the old man's arms and said, "The old man doesn't need to give this big gift. Just say anything if you have anything to do."

The old man said tremblingly: "I have heard that Pingqi is a great hero and hero of the world. He is not only gentle and elegant, but also kind to the people. His wiseness spread throughout the country. His name is the king. Even ours is well-known for the common people."

"However, the emperor promoted an unrighteous army and forcibly took Shangdang for himself, which caused God to punish him, and first reduced drought and then reduced locust plague."

"If you really compassionate with the people, it is better to return Shangdang to South Korea and rest as you can to calm the wrath of God, so that our Shangdang people can have a way out."

When Qianmu County Magistrate, Jing Ke and others heard this, their faces changed drastically.
Chapter completed!