The drought in Shaanxi and Henan is very serious, but the Yellow River is not short of water, but the water level is just lower than in previous years.

Because the riverbed of the Yellow River in the Kaifeng section is higher than the land outside the dam, it is very convenient to divert water.

However, based on the level of ancient science and technology, no one dared to divert water from the Yellow River to relieve disasters.

The Yellow River embankments are built with loess. Once construction causes the Yellow River to burst its embankments, it will definitely be another huge disaster.

For the Henan disaster victims who are already living in dire straits, it will definitely make things even worse!

Another main reason why people died of hunger all over Chibi in the disaster area was the ineffective disaster relief.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the officialdom was decayed, and officials would only move money to their own homes. How could any official take such a big risk to build the Yellow River diversion project?

But Zhu Cixiang is different. He is the prince of the prison country who holds the power of life and death, and he is also a time traveler with various black technologies.

There are endless ways to make money by killing corrupt officials and profiteers, and of course there will be no shortage of money.

With the advent of cement and steel bars, the construction of Yellow River dams and sluices became a matter of course.

Looking at the water of the Yellow River rushing in the canals, everyone knows that drought will no longer affect farmers in Henan.

Zhu Cixiang had a smile on his face, and Henan officials cheered even more, and then they all knelt down in front of Zhu Cixiang:

"Crown Prince Yingming, you are the savior of the people of Henan. With His Highness here, there is no need to worry about being unable to revive the Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Cixi smiled and nodded:

"Dear dear friends, I am free from courtesy. To revive the Ming Dynasty, we cannot rely on just one person in this palace. It requires the joint efforts of the entire Ming Dynasty officials and people!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, I am willing to devote myself to the restoration of the Ming Dynasty and die!"

At the end of the gate opening ceremony, Zhu Cihong walked down the Yellow River Dam accompanied by Henan officials.

On the way back, he was already thinking about when to put the construction of the Luoyang Yellow River Dam sluice on the agenda.

Suddenly, the sun suddenly disappeared in front of my eyes, and then I heard a buzzing sound above my head.

Zhu Cixiang looked up at the sky, only to see a large black mass in the sky blocking the sun's brilliance.

Zhu Cixiang was shocked and hurriedly took out his telescope and looked at the sky.

As a result, he was shocked to find that the densely squirming things in the lens were all locusts, and the sun was literally blocked out...

Zhu Cixiang cursed angrily:

"Nima, damn it! The drought is not over yet, and the locust plague is coming. How can the people in the north survive in the late Ming Dynasty!"

Before Zhu Cixi finished speaking, the Henan officials who followed him all screamed:

"No, the sky is full of sky bugs. It's completely over now..."

Just when everyone was panicking, those densely packed locusts had already rushed into the fields not far away, and the sound of gnawing crops could be clearly heard!

The green potato field in front of them quickly disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving behind only flying and beating locusts, which made the scalp feel numb...

Before they could react from the shock, another large group of locusts flew over, hitting them and making a snapping sound. Some crawled around on them, some fell to the ground, and more locusts flapped their wings and flew away.

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Zhu Cixiang and others looked down and immediately found that their feet were densely packed with locusts dancing and flying. When they stepped on them, at least twenty locusts were killed...

Some timid officials were so frightened that they trembled all over, and those beautiful girls turned pale with fright, covering their faces with their hands and screaming in panic!

When talking about locusts, people always associate them with "locust plague".

When a locust plague breaks out, large swarms of locusts come overwhelmingly and eat almost all green plants on the ground.

Thousands of miles away, people had nothing to eat, and even tragedies of cannibalism occurred, which brought great disaster to mankind.

Historically, people have called locust plagues, droughts, and floods the three natural disasters, and they believe that locust plagues are more serious than floods and droughts.

Hundreds of millions of locusts can eat up every last bit of green, and even eat grass roots. Historically, locusts have eaten everything and then attacked people and livestock.

Zhu Cixi remembered that in history, it seemed that a serious locust plague occurred only in the 14th year of Chongzhen. After the locust plague, the earth turned into a terrible gray and yellow, and there were pieces of human and livestock corpses.

When the locust army appears, it covers the sky and the sun, and the demonic flames surge into the sky, above and below the ground, in hell and on earth, with thousands of acres of fertile land, mourning people everywhere, rivers and lakes, and only I, the locust, are powerful.

Not to mention going out to arrest you, you don't even dare to open the door, and even the windows will be smashed under their constant impact.

But it was only ten years since Chongzhen reigned. Could it be that with Zhu Cixi's time travel, the locust plague also arrived earlier?

When faced with corrupt officials, profiteers, nobles, and even slave-building armies and bandits, Zhu Cihong could deal with it calmly. However, the locusts that were covering the sky in front of him left Zhu Cihong at a loss.

The ancients were very superstitious. They called locusts celestial insects. Many people even thought that this was God's punishment for mankind.

Now that there is such a large-scale locust plague, Zhu Cixiang estimates that there is a high possibility that someone will use this to deceive people and take the opportunity to attack him.

Just when Zhu Cixiang was thinking about how to control the locust plague, Li Yan knelt on the ground and roared to the sky:

"God, why are you so unfair? The natural disaster in Henan has not ended yet, and there has been such a serious locust plague. A few days ago, people were dying of hunger all over Chibi. Why don't you open your eyes and see? The harvest season of potatoes and sweet potatoes is about to come. When the locust plague comes, we will have to eat them again."

Wushou, you bitch..."

The Red Lady also knelt beside Li Yan with tears streaming down her face. She was the only one who knew best how hard Li Yan had been during this period. Li Yan carried out land reform in Henan and was reviled by many landlords and gentry. The Red Lady knew better.

If she hadn't led her troops to protect Li Yan with all her strength, a hundred of Li Yan's recruits would have been eaten up before they were fully trained. Seeing that the great work was about to be completed, a locust plague occurred while diverting water from the Yellow River...

Through history, Zhu Cixi knew that the locust plague might be caused by a severe drought. God must have been wronged by Li Yan. Just when he was about to step forward to pull Li Yan and the red lady, a civil servant suddenly pointed at Li Yan and yelled:

"Li Yan, the land reform is for the benefit of the people, and the construction of the Yellow River diversion has angered God. All of this is your fault. You are eternal sinners and will not die a good death. You will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history..."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Immediately another civil servant came forward to echo:

"Yes, this is God punishing Li Yan. If the land cannot be returned to the gentry and landlords, if the Yellow River sluices are not sealed as soon as possible, other disasters will surely follow..."

During the land reform, some civil servants in Henan did not dare to oppose it for fear of being killed.

When building a dam on the Yellow River, they were worried about increasing the risk of the dam bursting, but they were afraid of death and did not dare to raise objections.

After seeing the gate opening ceremony, another locust plague suddenly occurred. They finally seized the opportunity to attack Li Yan and took the opportunity to bring the little killer star Crown Prince with them.

Li Yan looked at the civil servant. It was Fang Yiqian, the judge of Henan Province. This man had always been respectful to Li Yan after he took office, but he did not expect that he would use the locust plague to attack him.

But Li Yan ignored him, and still stared directly at the farmland ahead, where locusts were eating potatoes and sweet potatoes all over the sky, as if they were eating Li Yan's heart.

How could Zhu Cihong believe in sky bugs? It was clearly a locust plague, which had something to do with God's punishment. Looking at the civil servant, Zhu Cihong's eyes burst out with murderous intent.

Zhu Cixiang shouted angrily:

"Shut up, this is a locust plague. Locust plagues are common after droughts. What kind of shit are you talking about here? If you want to fight with me, God will not do it, let alone a bunch of rotten scholars. Come on, please fool these two monsters.

All the guys will be punished on the spot!"

"Here!"

Yue Yang waved his hand, and several Jinyi guards immediately stepped forward to capture the two civil servants, and chopped off their heads in front of everyone present!

"Mother, the Crown Prince is really a little murderer. How come he kills as soon as he stares..."

The eyes of the local officials in Henan changed when they looked at the crown prince. They suddenly felt that the little killer star seemed more terrifying than the locusts.

After killing the two civil servants, Zhu Cihong stepped forward and pulled up Li Yan and Hong Niangzi who were kneeling on the ground in pain.

When he looked at Li Yan's expression, he found that Li Yan's eyes were red and blood and tears seemed to be flowing out. Zhu Cixiang suddenly felt as if his heart was being stabbed by a steel needle.

Zhu Cixi patted Li Yan on the shoulder and said:

"Don't be sad. Since they think this is God punishing us, then we will fight with God and go back immediately to post notices and ask people to prepare net bags. How can we let such nutritious and delicious things be delivered to their doorsteps?

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Li Yan and Lady Hong stood up from the ground, but were shocked by what the Crown Prince said. It was obvious that the Crown Prince wanted to eat locusts. Can these things be eaten?

What to do with sweet potatoes and potatoes? They will definitely be wiped out by locusts, and most of the hard work of the people of Henan will be in vain.

Li Yan saw that the crown prince seemed fine, and it seemed that the locust plague had not had much impact on Zhu Cixiang.

He couldn't help but sigh secretly, thinking that the crown prince was still young and might not be able to realize how much the locust plague would affect the people.

Li Yan held his hands to the crown prince and said:

"Your Highness, Henan will have no harvest in the first half of the year, and disaster relief with such a large population will overwhelm the imperial court and the Ministry of Household Affairs..."

Zhu Cixiang is not worried about the loss of harvests in the Gyeonggi region and Henan, Shaanxi, and Shaanxi areas where land reform has ended. He is mainly worried about the damage caused by locusts to other areas.

Just as he was about to comfort Li Yan, there was sudden chaos in front of him.

"Damn God, damn locusts, people are going to starve to death again this year. How can we people survive..."

Suddenly, a large group of people ran out from a village in front of them. They rushed to their fields crying and shouting desperately, completely ignoring the locusts in the sky hitting them.

When I ran to my own field, I found that most of the sweet potato vines and potato seedlings had been eaten bare. All these people knelt in the ground and howled loudly. It could be said that the cries were loud...

Li Yan whispered to Zhu Cixiang again:

"Your Highness, what should I do? I don't even know how to comfort the people..."

Zhu Cixiang did not answer Li Yan for a while. He quickly walked up to the platform on top of the carriage and took out his binoculars to look around.

The surrounding people appeared in the fields, including men and women, old and young. They all knelt in the ground helplessly watching the locusts in the sky crying in despair...

Li Yan also followed Zhu Cixiang to the carriage platform and looked around at the sky full of locusts. When he saw the crown prince handing him the telescope, he immediately took it and looked at the land outside Kaifeng City.
To be continued...