Chapter 388: Suffering from ailments
"Indeed! Su Lin, the last locust plague was really terrible. And it almost spread out from our Wu Kingdom. Fortunately, the neighboring countries also sent many students from the Imperial College to help us eliminate locusts. Otherwise, the locust plague three years ago would probably have no harvest in the entire Wu Kingdom's farmland..."
When Su Ye remembered the locust plague three years ago, he was still scared. At that time, he had just entered the Imperial College to study, and his literary position was just a scholar. The overwhelming locust was very terrifying. Wherever he passed, no rice fields orchard was spared. There were even some black locusts with huge power that could tear the roofs of the people apart.
"I hope this time it's not a locust plague, otherwise, the people of our country, will experience another famine. Moreover, a thousand ordinary locusts are a little cheaper per credit. And black locusts also require hundreds of locusts to have a black locust! Black locusts are already equivalent to low-level monsters, with great power, and will even directly attack the people..."
Su Lin also nodded and said that three years ago, he was just a twelve-year-old child, but the ordinary locusts in the place had a deep impression on him. At that time, all the rice fields in Fengle County were not harvested, and even if the government opened warehouses to provide relief, it was a drop in the bucket. At that time, the entire Wu Kingdom was causing locust plague. Confucian scholars and students from the Imperial College, plus the troops transferred from the border by the King of Wu, it took half a month to eliminate the locusts.
It can be said that the locust plague three years ago was the worst disaster encountered by the Wu Kingdom in the past century. The food in the national treasury had been exhausted, and a lot of food was purchased from other countries at high prices. Only then did they barely resolve the famine caused by the locust plague.
It was also because of that locust plague that the Wu Kingdom's food took two years to recover. The fertile fields where the locusts passed were contaminated by the saliva of the locusts, resulting in reduced yields and even desolation. Special holy power spells were needed to remove and recover.
Today, if you really encounter a large-scale task again, you don’t know what kind of disaster the country has caused. Although Su Lin also hopes that a task can earn a large number of credits will appear, he is reluctant to do such a disaster task.
Compared with the ancient Chinese people, the people in Tianren continent can be considered as living and working in peace. However, there are still many unavoidable natural disasters and worlds of thought. Human will and power can be incredibly powerful, but it is still impossible for every human race to live in this world safely.
"Yes! Su Lin, don't encounter a locust plague. Juren like us must rely on powerful Wenbao to dare to enter the pile of locusts to kill locusts. Otherwise, they will most likely be besieged by some black locusts and eventually be eaten up, which is extremely terrifying."
Su Ye and Su Lin walked towards the front of the wine hall and said worriedly, "Hey! I hope that the people of Wu will not have more disasters."
However, things didn't go as expected. When Su Lin and Su Ye got closer, they heard the students of the Imperial College in a row.
"The locust plague that passed three years ago has made a comeback this time. And... this time it is even more serious. It is accompanied by scrub typhus... It turns out to be a disaster!"
"Yes! As for the scrub typhus, the harm of locusts is a little less. This scrub typhus is really powerful. Not to mention ordinary people, even those of us scholars and juren are very likely to be sucked into the body and finally sucked away! It's so terrible! I heard that this time the locusts and scrub typhus flew over from the border of Yue Kingdom, I'm afraid... Yue Kingdom is making trouble behind the scenes again!"
"Damn Yue people, they are so shameless. They use this method to harm the people of our Wu Kingdom. Now it seems that there are two prefectures, Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, four prefectures, and more than ten counties that have encountered locust plagues and tragedies of illness..."
"If this is not the case, the king would never issue a killing order. Even the border troops have been dispatched. As students of the Imperial College of Wu, we must have the responsibility to do so. After a few priests came out to announce the mission, we would set off as soon as possible to go to Jiaozhou and Jingzhou to kill locusts and scrub typhes."
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Sure enough, from the mouths of these Imperial College students, Su Lin and Su Ye learned that this time there were locust plagues and scourges in Jiaozhou and Jingzhou. The locust plagues were the overwhelming locusts. Su Lin and Su Ye had seen them once three years ago. However, this scourge was different.
The scrub typhus is a more terrifying monster. It is usually not large in number. It hides in the grass, pierces into the human body, penetrates into the body, and finally sucks the entire human body into a skin. It is very terrifying. Even scholars and juren who know holy power and magic will find it difficult to escape this disaster, let alone ordinary people.
This time, the scrub typhus erupted in a concentrated manner. They took advantage of the plague of locusts and reproduced quickly. They constantly penetrated into the bodies of the human people in the countryside, and used the nutrients of the human body to reproduce themselves.
Therefore, in less than a few days since the outbreak, it has already infected more than a dozen prefectures and counties in two prefectures, shocking the entire Wu Kingdom and even eight other countries in the Tianren Continent. King Sun Jianshi of Wu hurriedly dispatched the national army to suppress and kill locusts and sting thorns. At the same time, he also asked the priest teacher of the Imperial College to issue tasks and ask the Confucian scholars and students of the Imperial College to kill locusts and sting thorns.
"Oh no, Brother Ye, the locust plague was already terrifying enough. Now there is another more powerful scrub typhus, and the situation is not optimistic! It seems that our Sushe also needs to be prepared to go to Jiaozhou and Jingzhou to fight locusts and scrub typhus together, and protect the people of our Wu Kingdom."
Su Lin also learned from ancient books that scrub typhus is actually a kind of evil insect formed by thought. Although it is not as powerful as ferocious beasts, it is the most likely to harm the human race. The "scrub" among the people who often say "good goodbye" originally referred to this scrub typhus, and later extended to the general reference of illness and disaster.
From this we can see that this scrub typhus has been a kind of evil beast that has troubled the human race since ancient times, but it has only been active in a small area and has not erupted.
This time, the scrub typhimosis broke out with the locusts. As a result, the two evil insects were intertwined and their power was even more huge. The entire Wu Kingdom might really be unable to withstand it. All civil and military officials and military scholars were issued emergency orders to eliminate locusts and scrub typhimosis with all their efforts.
Even the surrounding countries received letters from King Sun Jianshi of Wu, and some countries had sent their own domestic scholars to support him.
In the temple, I also heard about the locusts and scrub typhimosis in the Wu Kingdom this time, so I actively sent the Confucian scholars in the temple to help the Wu Kingdom eradicate the two evil insects.
"That's true, Su Lin, this time, we have to be prepared to hate the war. However, no matter what, we have the opportunity to get a lot of credits. It is estimated that the combined scale of locusts and scrub typhes this time will not be worse than the last locust plague!"
Su Ye nodded, and then began to think in his heart, "I believe that with the strength of our Sushe, Su Lin, the many treasures and ideological powers on you, you will definitely be able to kill many locusts and scrub typhes. You can not only guard our Wu people, but also get many credits. At that time, we can improve our Sushe rankings, and you can also enter the veins of many thoughts to understand your thoughts..."
"That's natural. Since natural disasters have occurred, we must protect the people of Wu without fear of death. Although these scoundrels and locusts are terrible, the ideological power of our human scholars is even stronger. As long as we work together, no matter how many locusts and scoundrels are, they can be eradicated one by one by one by one."
Walking to the wine hall, Su Lin saw the worry in the eyes of many students of the Imperial College and said firmly.
"President Su is indeed very brave. He is worthy of being the first genius of our Wu Kingdom, but... Brother Su probably doesn't know how terrible these locusts and scrub typhes are! A locust or scrub typhes are not powerful at all. However, these locusts and scrub typhes are all over the world. Not to mention you scholars and juren, even if you are a scholar with a literary status in Jinshi, if you are surrounded by a group of locusts or scrub typhes, you will die without life..."
Just now, Fang Junjie from the Legal Society came out, sneered, and said to Su Lin.
Originally, Fang Junjie had a bad attitude towards Su Lin. After the legal society poetry incident, Fang Junjie had already determined Su Lin to be his biggest enemy. Moreover, he was extremely eager to recapture the semi-saint manuscript and the Shang Yang thunder pool from Su Lin that was suspected to be Li Yuncong.
Today, the Jiuji Temple is going to issue a large-scale task, so almost all the students from the Imperial College were present. Basically, the students have their own cultural clubs, so they are all preparing to take on the task and go to Jiaozhou and Jingzhou to kill pests.
Fang Junjie lost his Lei Chi and suffered a lot of harm. Naturally, he was resentful of Su Lin and held a grudge. When he saw Su Lin again, he couldn't help but sarcastically.
Chapter completed!