Chapter 603 Locust plague
Qiping Prefecture is located in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty and is adjacent to Xiangyi Prefecture. To the south of Qiping Prefecture is the Taoist Kingdom on earth that has just been established by the Taoist sect.
Although Xiangyi Prefecture suffered a severe drought last year, under the leadership of Shen Wansheng, the prefect, carried out some drought resistance. In addition to Zhao Bingxu's efforts to provide disaster relief and the renovation of the official roads operated by the official carriages, the people of Xiangyi Prefecture suffered a disaster, but their lives were still quite good.
In comparison, Qiping Mansion is much worse.
In the late spring cold after the beginning of spring, Qiping Mansion is even worse than Xiangyi Mansion.
In Xiangyi Prefecture, Mr. Xu made the affordable grain from the Xu family’s rice and grain shop, which successfully suppressed the surge in grain prices in Xiangyi Prefecture.
But on Qiping Mansion, the government does not do anything.
It is no exaggeration to call people's lives dire straits.
Finally, the late spring cold passed, but there was no precipitation, and a severe drought seemed to be foreseeable.
But the people of Qiping Mansion still worked diligently, facing the loess and facing the sky, struggling to survive.
But soon, the people of Qipingfu discovered something was wrong.
A large number of locusts emerged from somewhere, swallowing a touch of green between the sky and the earth, and quickly grew and expanded overwhelmingly.
The locust plague is coming!
The local officials in Qiping Mansion were then panicked and hurriedly reported.
But since the locust plague broke out, it would not be extinguished in an instant. In order to survive, the people of Qipingfu had no chickens and ducks in their families.
Besides, this overwhelming locust is definitely invincible to rely on the chickens and ducks raised by the people's homes.
The people are waiting for the relief from the court, but where does the local government care about this? They have long been connected with local aristocratic families and are thinking of taking this opportunity to occupy the land of the people. How could they take action early?
The people who had no way to survive finally rose up under the instigation of the disciples of Taoist disciples of the disaster.
In just half a month, the entire Qiping Mansion had fallen, local officials were killed, and the aristocratic families were also looted and destroyed. In order to survive, the people had an unprecedented combat power.
Coupled with the rebellion of Qipingfu Town Army, this civil rebellion soon became out of control.
After the civil war in Qipingfu, the Taoist country, which had a disaster, took action.
The Holy Son Zhang Yi brought the Taoist soldiers who had robbed the Taoist army and transported a large amount of rice and grain into Qiping Mansion, reaching a consensus with the army of civil rebellion.
The robbery provided food and weapons to the civilian army, but they needed to march towards Xiangyi Prefecture.
Why Xiangyi Prefecture?
Of course it is where destiny is!
The founding of a country of disaster is based on the little fortune that the Saint of the Dao, the bloodline of the previous dynasty royal family. This national fortune is not enough to allow the Taoist country of disaster to survive in the world. If the Taoist country lasts forever, it also needs the dragon vein.
Unfortunately, the dragon vein they had been deliberately cultivating actually flew.
So far, the Lord of the Daoqi has only been able to determine where the unformed dragon vein is lurking in Xiangyi Prefecture.
However, the Xiangyi Prefecture has had unprecedented luck in the past year, especially the uniqueness of the family of Xu Huaiyi, the Marquis of Wucheng, was not convinced if there was no reason.
After reaching a consensus with Song Dahu, the leader of the civil rebellion army in Qiping Mansion, Zhang Yi turned back to Jiannan Mansion to pay homage to the Taoist Lord of the Calamity.
"Master, the locust plague in Qiping Mansion has gone to Xiangyi Mansion. After the locust plague, even if there is no Song Dahu and the others, we can occupy Xiangyi Mansion. Why do you want Song Dahu and the others to go to Xiangyi Mansion? Isn't this an unnecessary move?"
"The dragon vein must be different."
"The locust plague may not affect Xiangyi Prefecture!"
The Taoist Master of the Tribulation sighed.
"The matters of Xiangyi Prefecture were left to Song Dahu and others. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a normal thing for refugees to survive. But if we take action on the disaster, then it will inevitably make people think too much."
"There are so many smart people in the world!"
"Look at the current Tang Dynasty, local families and prominent families all have the ability to control one or even several prefectures, but do they dare to rebel openly?"
"It's not that they don't have the ability to rebel, they just don't dare!"
"Without the dragon vein and the country's fortune, the final result of their rebellion will inevitably be destruction."
"Master, you said that the saint has the fortune of the previous dynasty, so I can establish a country if I have a disaster. Then, if we take action and help those aristocratic families seize the fortune of the Li royal family, can they also establish a country? "
Zhang Yi was not thinking about it suddenly, but was planning this matter early in the morning.
Now, they have been able to establish a country with great fortune and have not been attacked by the court. It is purely because of the current situation that the court has no ability to take action.
After all, their actions to establish a country were reached with many prominent families.
The Taoist country with a disaster is in front of him. Even if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is dissatisfied with the aristocratic families, he has to restrain himself. After all, once the Tang Dynasty is in civil turmoil, such as the Taoist country with a disaster, the Northern Barbarians, and even the savages in the northern border, it may completely destroy the Tang Dynasty.
In a sense, the Taoist country they robbed of Tao was a bandit raised by prominent families.
This move can be called self-respect for the enemy.
"cannot!"
"The method of taking fortune is not lasting."
"Those families all know this very well."
"And if they knew that the fate of our country would not last long, they would probably rush up immediately and completely destroy us, so as to express their loyalty to the court!"
Such a method of establishing a country has many shortcomings. However, the Taoist Lord of the Calamity had no way. He felt that if he followed the initial plan, he would first destroy the dragon veins of the Tang Dynasty and then control the dragon veins they secretly cultivated in his hands, then he would not know whether he would be able to establish this Taoist country on earth in his lifetime.
He can't say that he can only fight.
"Master, what if the news of the dragon vein in Xiangyi Prefecture spreads?"
"This is the worst way!"
The Lord of the Dao of Calamity shook his head directly.
"Anyway, let Song Dahu and the others try it first. If we can find the dragon vein, our fortune will have a real foundation in this world."
"If there is really no hope, then the news will spread."
"At that time, the country and country of the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed, and the dragon veins will inevitably be broken. I said that I would not have to go back to the road to swallowing the dragon and achieving enlightenment!"
"Disciple understand!"
Zhang Yi responded respectfully and then retreated.
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Then, Du Qingruo, the saint of the Taoist Dao, now the heroine of the Taoist Kingdom, saw Zhang Yi leaving from the Taoist Dao, and naturally knew about Zhang Yi’s conversation with the Taoist Daoist Daoist.
Although Du Qingruo and Zhang Yi have not yet married, to outsiders, they are already like husband and wife.
Chapter completed!