Feng Xing

This is probably the most embarrassing trip for Wei King in his life.

He has always loved cleanliness and bathed many times a day, but since he broke out of Beijing, he has become a luxury. Especially after entering Shanxi, he can only wipe it once or twice every day with a wet veil.

It’s not that there is no water, he’s here, and whoever is missing can’t do without him, but it’s because the water that everyone finds every day is just enough to drink, and it really can’t do anything “waste”.

At this time, under Dewan's service, he wiped himself with a wet veil.After wiping, she changed into a thin silk robe, and her shoes and socks were also replaced, which made her feel more comfortable.

King Wei did not feel wronged, but Dewang was wronged.

"If you let the princess know, you should die of distress. Your Highness really doesn't have to bend herself, it's a big deal to let Wang Baihu find more water."

Therefore, De Wang can speak and understand the character of King Wei. If there is no first sentence, maybe he will be reprimanded by King Wei, but the sentence "The princess knows that it hurts" may be added, but King Wei will not do anything. Say.

De Wang whispered a few more words, so he didn't say any more, and he understood the annoying truth.Just as a servant, if the master suffers, if he says nothing, he will not be far from falling out of favor.

And because of his words, King Wei inevitably thought of his home. When he left, the King Wei’s palace became a target. Even if she was protected by the concubine, the concubine was in the deep palace. The whip was too long to reach. Feng Sheng took two children. Brother always likes to provoke trouble. Brother Na is still young, and I don't know if she can cope with it.

Turning to thinking and thinking whether she was a leisure woman, how could he despise her because she was quiet in the back house for a long time.In fact, King Wei also understood that after Feng Sheng married him, he was bound to freedom, otherwise the sky was vast, and she would not be inferior to men by her own ability.

King Wei is really anxious, so he will be cranky.Since he entered Shanxi, what he has seen and heard along the road has made him uneasy. He even has a hunch that this drought may be a rare one in a hundred years. Maybe the situation will not improve next year.

Of course, these words will not be casually talked about by King Wei, so as not to dispel the popularity of the public.

Just thinking, there was a loud noise outside the tent.

In order to rush on the road, they were light and simple, carrying only the necessary materials and reducing the load as much as possible, so even the tent where King Wei lived was very rudimentary. The movement outside was slightly larger, and you could hear it inside.

King Wei lifted the curtain and went out.

Shu Yongtai came in a hurry, but was stopped by the people outside the tent.

In fact, Shu Yongtai also forgot the ceremony for a while. Which king of Wei's tent could he break into.

"Your Highness, your subordinates have something to do, please also ask your Highness to follow him."

As for Shu Yongtai, King Wei still had some appreciation. Feng Sheng chose these people before leaving Beijing. She even reminded him that he could listen to Shu Yongtai’s suggestions. These people are definitely not as good as others, but they are very familiar with local people's livelihood and folk customs, and everyone has their own skills.

After arriving in Shanxi, Shu Yongtai also spoke a few times. King Wei saw that he had reasonable grounds for his speech, and he was very experienced in dealing with the victims. He could not help but look at him a bit.Seeing him in a hurry at this time, presumably not aimless and did not speak, so he went with him.

The movement here attracted the attention of others, but because of the presence of King Wei, everyone only dared to look at it from a distance and dared not get close.

"what is this?"

Seeing that Shu Yongtai turned a little white on the soil, although King Wei didn't recognize it, he could still distinguish it as a kind of egg, but the shape of this kind of egg was a little special, and he was not sure.

"Worm eggs." Shu Yongtai said as he continued to dig the soil with a fire stick. He dug several places in succession, and there were dense insect eggs in each of the turned over soil. , It makes people feel a little creepy.

"The so-called long drought will cause waterlogging, the drought will be extremely dry, and the locusts. These words are all local words. In fact, it is also the experience accumulated by the people over time. I wonder if your lord has seen locust disasters?" The sky is covered and the sky is full. After a large number of locusts have swept through, the grass on the land will not grow, and everything will be eaten up. If the grass on the ground and the leaves on the trees are eaten, even human flesh will eat."

He whispered softly, his voice was not obvious, and his emotions were not excited, but it made people feel immersive.A lot of soldiers and soldiers were paying close attention to the situation here. After hearing this, the surroundings were quiet for an instant.

"I've seen it!" The soldier called Han Shuan suddenly shouted.

At this moment, he didn't see the joy of eating meat before, but he didn't know what he recalled. He had a pale face, and there was still fear in his eyes.

"At that time, there was a pig left in the family. The drought was too long, and all the food was finished. Many people in the village ate Guanyin soil. My mother told my father to kill the pig. Everyone must starve to death. I don’t want to kill any pigs. Every year, I point to raising this pig to add some needles, thread, kerosene and cotton to the family. Especially in order to hold this pig, the family spent a lot of money.

"But the locusts came too quickly, and the villagers were unprepared. The family did hide in time. They forgot to lead the pigs into the house. When the locusts rolled over, such a big piglet left a bone shelf. It was too miserable. Oh! But there are even worse things in the village. Several villagers were in the field at that time. There was no place to hide. All of them were bitten and several people died."

Han Shuanzi said with a sense of palpitations, the others were like listening to talks in the countryside.Someone wanted to say how terrible this is. It can be seen that Master Shu and Han Shuan aren't like cheating. They shouted and shut their mouths.

King Wei frowned: "So what does this thing have to do with the locust plague? Is this the locust's egg?"

Fortunately, King Wei was not stupid and contacted soon.

Shu Yongtai did not want to be immersed in his memories, saying: "At that time, his subordinates went to Shaanxi to take office with a Dongjia, and it was also that the Dongjia had bad luck and suffered drought in the first year. Finally, it was difficult to rely on the relief of the court. The locust plague was encountered in the summer. It was said that the weather must be smooth and rainy that year, and no one knows where these insects came from. The crops in the whole county that have not yet grown have been eaten up by the insects.

"It was later learned that if the drought was severe in the first year, there was a great possibility of locust plagues in the second year, because the locust will lay eggs in the ground, and it lays eggs very deep. After a winter of cultivation, the weather When it warms up, it begins to become an adult, first it is a locust, and then an adult. When it sheds its skin a few times, this thing will fly, and it will have a crowd. Wherever it flies, it will eat everything there."

After listening to Shu Yongtai's words, Wei Wang's eyebrows could not stretch for a long time.

"Since you mentioned it voluntarily, there must be a way to kill locusts, but what can be done to solve these things?"

"Turn the ground before the winter, turn deep, and freeze these eggs. In the spring and summer of the next year, people will catch insects, as long as the number decreases, it will not be harmful. But the biggest problem now is not next year, But in front of you-look like this, I am afraid that there will be a fight before the winter this year. If you do not take advantage of the reduction of the number of these insects before the disaster, it will certainly not be enough to turn over the ground and catch insects next year."

At this time, Wang Baihu also walked up and reported to Wei Wang the number of locusts caught by Fang Caihan.In just a few moments, I have caught so many, and the number must have been amazing.

In fact, just before the people who had eaten fried locusts with Han Shunzi, some soldiers could not bear the greedy ran to catch it. Just a few people came with a bag of locusts smiling, Shu Yongtai walked over and grabbed a Just look.

After a few glances, he hurried over to King Wei and said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, let's order the camp, hurry up at night. This thing will shed once again, and it will be able to fly. To Taiyuan."

As soon as I heard about the current camp, even Wang Baihu was hesitant.

And those soldiers and soldiers who haven’t seen the locust disaster at all, don’t look at Shu Yongtai and Han Shuanzi, they think things are terrible, but they haven’t seen it before. , And hungry and tired to hurry all night, everyone will hesitate.

Still, King Wei was very decisive and ordered to make meals quickly, and hurried all night after eating.

King Wei was ordered to die. Others would not dare to speak even if they had opinions. However, everyone would have some opinions about Shu Yongtai’s alarmist comments, and the matter will not be described in detail.

There is no more to say, so the king was pressed by Wei, and the original two-day journey was shortened to one day.

Local officials in Taiyuan were caught off guard by surprise and ushered in a mission.

Some of the buttocks are not cleaned, and the heart is secretly stunned, while others have other eccentricity, which does not seem to be apparent on the surface, but in fact, various internal considerations are not mentioned.All in all, don’t look at the bark already hungry outside. The Taiyuan city, which is the capital of a province, is still calm. At most, the food price on the market is extremely high, and there is no food to buy.

Seeing this situation, Wang Wei's heart was beating.

He was also considered a member of the "Zhumen wine meat smell", but just walked all the way, compared with the miserable conditions seen along the road, and then looked at the "whitewashing Taiping" in front of him, and could not help but cursed a few bites of cockroaches in his heart.

The governor's office is in Taiyuan City. As the highest magistrate in a province, the place where he chose to stay is naturally selected here.

All of a sudden, senior officials gathered in the governor's office.

Hu Demao, governor of Shanxi, Zhao Tianfang, the prefect of Taiyuan, Qi Bihe, the administrative ambassador, and He Longcheng, the commander of Shanxi, are all in position.There is also a weekly meeting of the Chief Grain Officer of the Shanxi Governor’s Grain Road, and the inspector of the Shanxi Road, Shi An Rongbin, and several counties under the Taiyuan Prefecture. Those with lower official ranks or less important status cannot enter the main hall, but accompany them in the outer hall. .

Originally, as soon as the king of Wei arrived, Zhao Tianfang said that he would first arrange a rest and wait for a break before talking about business.

This is the general practice. There are a few who can endure hardships, not to mention the princes, but they must wait carefully, but they are refuted by the King Wei, and Zhao Tian puts his face on the face.

King Wei was also decisive. He ordered people to bring up the situation in various places on the spot, and everyone said everything they wanted to say.

Of course, because Wang Wei's thoughts and routines have not yet been figured out, everyone has concealed them, and everyone knows them well.

King Wei also understood that he glanced at the people of different colors, and after frowning, he spread out and stood up and said: "No, don't hurry, let's arrange this king to rest first."

This sudden false shot made everyone's eyes blink, and at the same time it was unclear what the man wanted to do.