Standing at the city gate, looking up at the sky.

In addition to him, all the yamen runners in the county government were also ready with catching nets in their hands, ready to give the impending locust army a head-on blow.

"Master!"

Yang Run ran to Yang Zhijin panting.

"How's it going?"

"Master Wu, at first many people were indeed reluctant to harvest, but Miss Li sent someone to explain the situation, and most people believed her."

After hearing this, Yang Zhijin's understanding of Li Mengyue rose to a higher level.

In fact, he asked Yang Run to issue a notice to all villages and towns to harvest rice in advance.

But he was not very sure, because during his time in Wuning County, he had a real understanding of the lives of the Qi people.

The poor Qi people, who often could not get enough food, were so obsessed with the food in the fields that it reached an abnormal level.

Nowadays, it only takes a dozen days for the rice to be fully ripe. Who would be willing to harvest it early and suffer the loss in vain?

Not to mention the people with the surname Qi, even he himself felt a little resistant.

But he also knew that the locust plague was no joke, and if he was not careful, he would lose everything.

Compared to not seeing a single grain of food, just harvesting less is acceptable.

Although he knew about this, the people in the county did not know. If he told them that there was a locust plague and they had to harvest the rice, it would not only fail to achieve the goal but also cause panic.

Therefore, when he asked Yang Run to handle this matter, he took a tough attitude. No matter who it was, they had to be harvested, and no exceptions were allowed. Otherwise, they would be thrown into jail.

People are naturally afraid of officials, so there is relatively less resistance.

But this was not enough, and unexpectedly Miss Li took action again.

In fact, Li Mengyue knew very well that even if the government stepped in, it would be impossible to make all the villagers in the county willing to harvest the crops.

So she visited all her relatives in the seven villages and towns around the area to tell them the seriousness of the epidemic.

With the government's notice and the special notification from relatives, and through a combination of soft and hard tactics, the people with the surname Qi in other villages and towns no longer had any luck and honestly harvested the rice.

More than half a day had passed since the locust vanguard arrived. Following what happened in Mengchuan County, more and more locusts flew towards Wuning County.

"Master, why do I feel like there are more locusts?"

"You're not wrong. What are you waiting for? Catch him now!"

After saying that, Yang Zhijin took the lead in picking up the capture net.

But before he could catch a locust, he heard someone say, "Master Yang."

Looking closely, they were the Magistrates of Lanlong County, Wujiang County, Huangyao County, Shuimo County, Gugang County, and Mengchuan County, Sun Biao.

After Mengchuan County was ravaged by the locust vanguard, Sun Biao once wanted to commit suicide to escape responsibility.

He was stopped by the Wujiang County Magistrate and the Huangyao County Magistrate, who tried to persuade him and mentioned Yang Zhijin.

Sun Biao thought of the little duck he had rejected, ignored Yang Zhijin's reminder, raised his hand and slapped himself hard.

Then he rushed to Wuning County without saying a word to see if Yang Zhijin had any good ideas.

Yang Zhijin saw the miserable state of Sun Biao and the other county magistrates, and was startled, knowing that something bad had happened.

"Master Sun, what are you doing?"

"Master Yang, I am short-sighted and did not listen to you. Mengchuan County has fallen. We want to see if you have any good ideas."

When Yang Zhijin heard the news that Mengchuan had fallen, he became extremely angry.

But he knew that now was not the time to argue, and the right thing to do was to find a way to stop the locusts.

The other four county magistrates also stepped forward.

"Yes, Lord Yang, we also want to learn from you."