These are her reserves; jungle training is the best way to train one's character and body.
This also taught these people obedience and discipline, dividing them into more than a dozen teams, which then went into the mountains.
Under the personal leadership and management of Shenxi's people, not too much chaos occurred.
More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and a scout returned to report: the locust plague had begun in the far north, and in no more than a few days, the locusts and the local locusts would be overwhelming the border.
Meanwhile, news came from Xianghe Prefecture that the entire prefecture was rushing to harvest grain.
Xie Ning of Nanning Prefecture also heard the news. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but after hearing that Xianghe Prefecture was rushing to harvest grain, he also ordered the harvesting of grain in his jurisdiction.
Xie Ning has been very busy these days. The battle with the Third Prince Yelü Jingrui on the front line is very fierce. Although the Third Prince did not gain any advantage and suffered more casualties than him, he is not having an easy time either.
If there really is a locust plague, his region will inevitably be in chaos. Since Xianghe Prefecture has already rushed to harvest, the information is naturally more accurate. He cannot allow his region to be in chaos, so he also forces a rush to harvest.
In the capital, some people also heard the news; some believed it, and some did not.
Those who believed began to rush to harvest, while those who did not believe remained on the sidelines.
Xianghe Prefecture managed to finish the harvest, but the others who were delayed couldn't finish. When the locust army arrived, vast tracts of fertile land were destroyed, resulting in a complete crop failure.
When the imperial court desperately needs money and grain, if taxes cannot be collected, there will be no money for disaster relief and military pay cannot be issued.
Even under such circumstances, some local officials forcibly requisitioned grain ahead of schedule before the imperial court made any policy adjustments, which immediately caused a lot of unrest in various places.
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