Martial Sage

June.

At first step into the Qingzhou situation, the temperature suddenly rises.

Tang Hao's clothes faded, and he still felt hot while sitting in the carriage.

Tang Hao, who only hung a thin shirt, watched Li Zhi wrapped tightly, sullen there, sweating profusely.

"Take it off when it's hot, don't you panic?"

Li Zhi took out the folded square scarf to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and smiled naively.

"The emperor's father taught that when meeting guests, he should be courteous and well-dressed. If you are going to see the governor of Qingzhou, I dare not be rude."

After listening to this, Tang Hao felt deeply that it was really not easy to be a prince and grandson, and waved his hands at will.

"It's a thousand miles away from the imperial city at this time, it's up to you."

The moment Tang Hao opened the curtains of the carriage, Tang Hao was stunned by the sight in front of him.

In the vast ten thousand acres of fertile fields, the seedlings are glowing with green and yellow colors, and the seedling leaves are about to be rolled into a rope. Some finger-sized objects are jumping around, which is very joyful.

locust?

It was this thing that Tang Hao immediately rang.

After drinking and stopping the groom, Tang Hao rolled over and got out of the carriage.

A wave of heat spread upward along the trouser legs, like being in a steamer. The scorching air waves faintly distorted the air like a gentle stream of water, and the air between the breath became hot and sticky, and it sucked into the lungs, making it dry and uncomfortable.

"Unexpectedly, the drought in Qingzhou is so serious."

While talking, stepping forward, stepping on the grass on both sides of the road, startled many grasshoppers, jumping around, spreading their wings and flying away.

Bend down and squatted down, buckled up the clods in the fertile field, and turned around to take a closer look.

The agglomerated mud is rock-like, hard and firm, with only a small wet mark on the root.

Tang Hao held it in his hand and squeezed it. There was no moisture, and it hurt a lot faster than normal mud.

"In such a severe drought, there was no one or two in the court in Qingzhou."

"Qingzhou parent officer, I feel at ease!"

The plain words, with a lot of anger, made Li Zhi frowned and clenched his fists.

"Such an official, call it an official word in vain!"

"The government's salaries and corpses are vegetarian meals. If the disaster is not reported, I will sue my father and punishing them for dereliction of duty."

Tang Hao let out a cold snort, glanced at the resentful young man, and said.

"Have you heard the gnawing sound of sand silkworms?"

Without waiting for Li Zhi's response, the mud in his hand was suddenly thrown out with a clatter, and he sank into the vast yellowing seedlings.

Just in that area, the migratory locusts flew up in panic, like a cloud of thin clouds suddenly flew up and scattered in all directions.

In the faint squeak of the wings, the clouds faded again, and finally disappeared into the vast land.

Li Zhi stepped back abruptly, with a hint of horror in his eyes, pointing in the direction where the clouds had just risen.

"This... this is... migratory locusts?"

Tang Hao clapped his hands on the dust and said.

"This locust plague has just begun, and it hasn't reached its peak. In half a month, I'm afraid that the green grass and leaves all around will be gnawed and bald."

Li Zhi's eyes stared like copper bells, and he looked at Tang Hao, who turned and left, and said.

"That... how much does that get?..."

Tang Hao leaped into the carriage, and a long voice came.

"The population of Datang is still not enough."

"Get in the car, let's go to Qingzhou County Office."

The carriage shook again, and Li Zhi was still in shock. The first time he saw this kind of creature that covered the sky, he couldn't help feeling panicked.

Think about this fertile field, above the seedlings, densely packed with these migratory locusts with big mouths, their pores shrinking, and the back spine becomes cold.

Looking at the shrunken young man, Tang Hao smiled slightly, patted Li Zhi on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

"It won't be long before you will catch these locusts in the fields every day."

Crossing the end of the dirt road, stepping on the stone paved road, finally entered this Qingzhou city.

There are no people from Qingzhou who are welcome on the sidewalks, no government officials dressed up and warmly received, there are only empty lanes and streets with no life.

The naked beggar crouched under the eaves of the house, weakly holding a pot and shaking it towards the passing crowd.

Occasionally, I met a few local villagers, sweating profusely, carrying a burden full of clear water, and walking towards my house.

Amidst the creak of the carriage, Tang Hao watched the scene of decay all the way, his heart twisted like a knife.

Due to the severe drought and lack of water, every household has large pots and small pots and then spare drinking water.

Villagers with little surplus food had to wander on the streets, begging for a living.

"Xicang! Grain has been released."

There was a shout from nowhere in the street.

The closed door suddenly opened, and the people carrying cloth bags ran to the west like life.

Amidst the sound of footsteps, the young and strong, with a sound of strength, pushed away the women, children and old men who were in the way, plowing a shortcut among the crowd, which caused verbal abuse, painful howlings, and violent shouts of anger.

The thin old women, women and children, like a leaf boat, floated around in the noisy waves and in the sea of ​​people pushing and shoving.

Tang Hao's carriage was like a stone statue, forcibly dividing the flow of people into two.

The surging flow of people rolled to the west, and many people looked at the carriage blocking the way with resentment, and cursed viciously from time to time.

"Damn dog officer, it happened to be the time when I went to the street at this time and made me grab food."

"Goddamn rich man! I'm really blind."

"Things that don't have eyesight won't die. If I missed the time of grabbing food, I will definitely throw some rotten eggs on the carriage."

The horse guard behind him, copying the cold blade in his hand, shouted at the crowd.

"Go away!"

The turbulent flow of people came fiercely and retreated extremely quickly.

Not long after, at the end of the street corner, a few limping people, carrying cloth bags, squatted away.

Tang Hao put down the corner of the curtain, and his heart became more gloomy.

"This plague of locusts scared these people!"

Looking at Li Zhi who was pale, Tang Hao smiled lightly and said.

"This time, the people of Qingzhou are taking me to wait for unkindness. You must hide the identity of the prince, and you must not expose it, so as not to worry about your life."

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