Chapter 8 Locusts pass through the border, no grass grows

When several families in Jiangjia Village started collecting grain, many families were waiting and watching.

Maybe I was driven by this atmosphere, or maybe I was really afraid that something would happen, so the next day I joined several families who collected food in advance.

Several men from the Jiang family were responsible for cutting rice in the field. Jiang Zhiyue followed Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Sun to carry the cut rice to the threshing ground to remove the shell and dry it.

When Jiang Zhiyue was holding the rice, she put a lot of it into the space when people were not paying attention, and waited for the threshing ground to avoid people and took it out.

The Jiang family discovered Jiang Zhiyue's little moves and helped her cover it up.

Jiang Zhiyue laughed in her heart, thinking that it was a wise decision to leak a little space at the beginning, and it was indeed much more convenient to do things.

At noon on the third day, the scorching sun was still hanging high in the sky. Soon, dark clouds floated from the sky to block the hot sun.

The people who were drying grains in the threshing ground hurriedly pulled the grains home, afraid that the heavy rain would wet the food that had finally recovered.

In just a quarter of an hour, heavy rain poured down.

Some people are glad that they have collected the grain, otherwise the rice will sprout on the ears after this heavy rain.

The confiscated food was panicked, but he couldn't hide his face and could only kill the duck. "I can say that it will rain for a while. The rice can produce a few more kilograms of grain after drinking enough water. You can collect the food in advance, so you will regret it when the time comes."

The heavy rain did not last long, and it gradually stopped in half the afternoon, but the sky was still gray and heavy, making people feel a little heavy.

Before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the sky became darker and a buzzing sound came.

Jiang Zhiyue stood in the yard and looked up. Large areas of flying insects flew from afar.

She reacted and reminded loudly: "The locusts are coming, close the door quickly and the cellar entrance is blocked!"

Jiang Yuqing took Dalang and Erlang to the cellar, covered it with a lid, and covered it with a few layers of oil cloth, and covered it with soil.

The others hurried back to their respective houses to close the doors. When they saw locusts flying in, they quickly slapped them and gathered in the main hall.

Mr. Jiang stood by the window with a cigarette pip and sighed, "Hey, how can you pass by this confiscated food?"

All those who should be persuaded were persuaded, but he saw that the food collected was less than one-third of the residents in Jiangjia Village.

"It's not your turn to worry about it. I'll tell you in advance. If anyone comes to borrow food, you want to help me." Old Mrs. Jiang reminded.

"I know what I know." Old Master Jiang frowned and took a sip of cigarettes, and said in a heavy tone.

Can he not know what this is? There are hundreds of households of all sizes in Jiangjia Village, and if they borrow one, they will come to the second one. Then how can they borrow so much food?

If he lends this food to someone else, his boys will go hungry. Although he is kind-hearted, he is not confused. It is because he can see through it that he feels uncomfortable.

The fields in Jiangjia Village are in chaos at this moment, and cries are constantly coming with the sound of locusts flapping their wings.

After the locusts attached to the rice stalk, they began to bite at an extremely fast speed. Those who confiscated the crops wanted to snatch the food from the locust's mouth, but if they stepped on the field that had just rained, they would sink and there was no time to snatch them.

There were all kinds of crying in the fields, and Jiang Hengrong slapped his wife in the face on the ground.

"It's all you, I'd say you only collected half of the food. Now I'm fine, it's gone."

Jiang Hengrong's wife was slapped on the ground and looked at the man who beat her in shock. She yelled in a shattering voice: "Isn't it all you said that you are afraid that you will lose all the food without locust plague. We only collected half of the food in the field. Now I blame me. It was not the matter you agreed to at the beginning."

Jiang Hengrong's face turned blue and white, and he kicked the woman sitting on the ground, and his woman also stood up and fought with him.

The same situation also happened to others. Seeing Hengrong and his wife fighting each other, they seemed to have found an outlet to vent and a reason to evade responsibility, and shirking responsibility to their relatives around them.

Everyone who collected the food and thought of coming out to take a look at the situation was stunned when they looked at the tragic situation outside!

At this time, why didn’t you hurry up and grab a few more bundles of food and go home, why did you fight with your own people?

People who could have collected food for a few days missed the opportunity. The locusts ate all the things here and turned to the next place.

The fighters looked at the empty fields and began to sit on the ground and cried.

Some people began to be glad that they received the food in advance after listening to advice.

The only places that suffered locust plagues were not Jiangjia Village. Half of the fiefs of King Changding were affected by locust plagues. The people cried and the county government gates were closed. They did not dare to show up before receiving the instructions from above.

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Jiang Family—

Jiang Yulai said what happened just now, and everyone was a little silent.

Seeing everyone silent, Jiang Zhiyue also understood their feelings, but she also knew that there was not much time left for them to be sad.

She said: "Uncle San and I went to the county to inquire about the situation tomorrow morning. Others should not go up the mountain, so they should exercise at home. If someone wants to come to ask for food, just take it out!"

Listening to Jiang Zhiyue's serious voice, everyone nodded heavily.

Although we have just been plagued by locusts today, and every household has not yet cut off food, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be afraid of being brave enough to blame them for confiscation of food.

After saying that, they all dispersed, but it is unclear how many people can sleep well tonight.

The next morning, after simply breakfast, Jiang Yulai drove a ox cart and set off from home.

There was no notice from the town school, and Jiang Yuchao and Jiang family Dalang Erlang were still going, and it just happened to be a quick ride.

This is the first time Jiang Zhiyue has come to the county town. The lively scene on the street makes people imagine that there was a locust plague yesterday, and the impact of this disaster has not yet affected this place.

"Uncle San, let's go to the county government." Jiang Zhiyue sat behind and said.

"good."

At this time, many people who rushed over from the townships below were gathered in front of the county government office overnight, but the gate of the county government office was closed and no one could open the door no matter how people outside shouted.

More and more people gathered outside, and some people began to incite the crowd to work together to break open the gate of the county government.

"We were in trouble, but the county magistrate hid inside and saw no one. Maybe he was still delicious and had some spicy food. Let's break the door open and let him give us an explanation." Someone stood among the crowd and shouted.

"Yes, yes, yes, knock the door open and let the county magistrate open the warehouse and release the grain." More and more people responded and began to squeeze forward excitedly.

The door was overwhelmed and began to thump.

Suddenly, the door was opened from the inside, and several yamen runners with spears stood at the door to block the people who wanted to crowd inside.

"Silent, listen to me." A voice came from behind the yamen runners. Jiang Zhiyue stood on the ox cart and looked in. She was the county magistrate with a round belly with a black hat.

Seeing the county magistrate come out, the people subconsciously were still scared. The anger that had just been aroused also dissipated a little, and the crowd gradually became quiet.

"I know that the crops in the fields were plagued by locusts yesterday, but it was only the second day. I have to report to the capital before there is food to be sent to you." The county magistrate of Pangtuzi said in a casual tone: "If someone makes trouble before this, be careful to take you into prison!"

"Master Qingtian, you have to save us. There will be no food in half a month when you have no food." A gray-haired woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the county magistrate.

Someone knelt down on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

The county magistrate looked out impatiently after the crowd and sang: "I understand, let's retreat."

The door slowly closed amid the crowd's requests. Jiang Zhiyue glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, but couldn't bear it but couldn't help it.

She has the ability to come up with food to solve the crisis, but that will only expose her to danger.

After finally being able to do it again, she wanted to be safe with the Jiang family. She could not be willful before she did not have enough ability to protect herself and the Jiang family.

She couldn't bear to turn her head and told Jiang Yulai to leave.

I didn't get any useful information in the county town, so Jiang Zhiyue and Jiang Yulai had to go back.

However, she had a vague premonition in her heart that the court would not open a granary and release grain.

As she thought, the court now has become a mess.

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Wuchao Palace—

"If you are fine, please leave the court." The emperor sitting on the dragon throne said.

"Emperor, I ask the emperor to enthrone the crown prince." An old minister stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, the emperor, in order to stabilize the country and the country, it is better to establish a prince as soon as possible."

"The eldest prince is the eldest son and is honest and pure. I think the eldest prince should be made the eldest prince."

"The difference mentioned is that although the eldest prince is the eldest son, it is not orthodox. The eleventh prince is the legitimate queen. I believe that the eleventh prince should be appointed as the crown prince."

"But the eleventh prince is too young and cannot bear the country at present. If the emperor has many sons, he naturally has to choose the prince with the strongest ability to be the crown prince."

For a moment, there were thirteen princes in the court. Now there were thirteen princes who had not died. Except for the two youngest princes, most of the other princes had people standing in line, but some people were silent and waiting for the opportunity.

Several princes were in front of the court officials with different expressions. Some people were not excited at all, as if things had nothing to do with them, but some people quietly looked up to observe the emperor's expression.

"Bastard!" The person sitting on the dragon throne above rebuked angrily, throwing a note in his hand to the head of the first minister below who spoke up to the crown prince.

The minister knelt in the hall with his legs weak, and the few people who had just spoken also knelt down in fear.

"Don't calm down." The ministers all hung their heads.

"I'm not dead yet and I want to establish a prince. Are you cursing me or wanting to change my master!" the emperor asked angrily.

"I am loyal to Your Majesty, and I will never dare to have two hearts!" As soon as I responded, the minister quickly expressed his loyalty, and did not dare to mention the establishment of the crown prince again.

The emperor was extremely angry and took a few breaths. The eunuch next to him bent over with a wink, and handed over the exquisite ivory box in his hand.

"Emperor, Immortal Pill." The eunuch's sharp voice echoed in the hall.

The emperor put the elixir in his mouth and swallowed it. The next moment, he felt a little relieved, his face turned red, and his mood improved a little.

With this magic pill, he can live forever. He has been his for generations in the world. A group of bastards think about establishing the prince all day long!
To be continued...