The people of Lingnan will always remember the autumn of the first year of Zhaoming.

The overwhelming swarms of locusts were like thick dark clouds hanging in the sky, blocking out the sun, without a single ray of light.

When it flew past, it made a sharp buzzing sound and stirred up a fishy wind.

It was early morning and the morning glow was everywhere.

The people were bending over to harvest rice. After a while of darkness, when they looked up again, all the rice had turned into dead branches and leaves, not a single grain of rice was left.

The husks of rice floated down from the sky, and the rice grains inside had long been eaten up.

After a brief silence, desperate roars filled the rice fields, as if they were going to overturn the world.

"Locusts!"

"It's locusts! Oh my God, you are trying to kill us!"

"How are we going to survive? I'm going to hit my head against the wall today!"

Then there were continuous cries of pain, and some old men who couldn't bear it anymore even ran directly into the trees.

The price of rice is high now, and there is chaos and war outside. If we lose food, we will lose our lives.

When the news reached the county government, Gu Wei was shocked and immediately sent out a hundred soldiers to accompany Shi Hua to look after the place.

Xie Ling also heard it and immediately said, "I'll go with you, Uncle Shi."

Shi Hua had a bitter look on his face and sighed heavily, "How could this be! How could this be! Yesterday I told you that the people would have a good harvest, why is it that today... God is not letting the people of Lingnan live a good life!"

As he spoke, his back bent like a fully drawn bowstring, revealing his old age.

Xie Ling quickly helped him up, "Uncle Shi, this is not your fault! It is God's will, no one can change it!"

Shi Hua shook his head. "Logically, I should have asked the people to be on guard in advance, or sent people to guard, at least to protect some of them. But in this situation, how can we get through this winter?"

Xie Ling and Gu Wei looked at each other, and then said in a resounding voice: "Don't worry about the food. We have seized a lot of food in the back mountain before, which should be enough to help the people tide over the difficulties.

Moreover, I have some grain seeds here, all of which are early-maturing and high-yield crops that can be harvested in two months at most. It is only August now, and if we plant them now, we can harvest them in about two months. "

Shi Hua hesitated for a moment when he heard this.

"Food is so precious, how can we use it all for civilians? In the future, when soldiers go to war..."

Gu Wei held his hand and said gently, "I know Uncle Shi is worried, but human life is more important than anything else. During our exile, we have seen so many hells on earth where people eat each other. This will never happen in Lingnan where I govern. The people can carry the boat."

Shi Hua's eyes flashed with shock, followed by deep admiration.

The same was true for Xu Xingzhi, Fengjian Qingli and others standing by.

Everyone had only one thought in their mind at this moment.

Following Xie Ling Gu Wei is the greatest blessing in my life.

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Xie Ling and Shi Hua first went to various villages around Lingnan, and then went to the farms under Xie Ling's command to appease the people.

"You don't have to leave your homeland. It's not peaceful out there right now."

"I am Xie Ling, Si Nan's chief steward. I cannot guarantee that you will have all the best food, but I can guarantee that no one in Si Nan will starve to death!"

The people, who were living in a dark cloud, finally felt a glimmer of hope when they saw that the government had such a conscience.

But this is not the case in other parts of Lingnan.

The locust plague was fierce and widespread, covering the entire Lingnan area, and even the nearby Jiangnan and Guizhou areas were affected.

The people complained bitterly, but the court turned a deaf ear to it, making the already dying Beijiang court even more lingering.

The people who had nothing began to pack their bags and decided to flee north to escape the famine.

Often guard the military settlement.

As soon as Captain Sun learned about the locust plague, he went to Wang Shouyi's tent.

"General, there is a locust plague in the area under the jurisdiction of the Changshou military garrison. Please open the military treasury to provide disaster relief and save the people from the disaster!"

In the entire Changshou military settlement, he was the only one who dared to say this to Wang Shouyi.