Many people in Henan Province had almost the same dream at night. In the dream, they either had a city god or a judge. They told them that the city god in the world ordered that the locust god would harm the world, and the city god ordered that the throne of the gods be taken away. The people would no longer have to worship the locust gods in the future and capture the locusts to save themselves.

When I woke up in the morning, many people still remembered this fierceness clearly. When I went out to chat with my neighbors, I found that many people had this dream.

"The same dream may really be a dream of the City God!" someone said in surprise.

"The judge in the dream told me that the city god in the world issued a king's order and seized the throne of the Locust God, so that we would not go to worship again."

"Actually, I have long felt that I should not worship him. Not only did he not bless us, he also sent locusts to harm our crops. We can no longer survive, but we still have to carry three sacrifices to pray and bow. Is this unreasonable!" someone shouted.

Just as people were talking, a yamen runner came over with a gong and beating all the way.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Listen to the village, the governor issued an order that the locust plague this year is severe, and people in all prefectures and counties ordered the people of all prefectures and counties to kill locusts to save themselves and kill locusts to save themselves!"

When the people heard this, the discussion became even more lively. The governor ordered it. It seemed that this time it must be true.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Listen to the villagers, this time the disaster is severe. In order to alleviate people's livelihood, the governor organized merchants to purchase large quantities of locusts, one pound, one cent per pound. If anyone sells locusts, he can go to Wuliping outside the city and sell them for cash now!"

When the people heard this, many people were surprised. Some people even bought locusts and paid a pound of money. You know, now one penny can buy a cooked cake, and one pound of brown rice can only cost four or five cents.

Nowadays, locusts are covered with all the time, and you can catch a lot of them at will. How much does it cost to exchange for?

Many people immediately started to think about it.

"Let's go, go to Wuliping to take a look." Someone shouted, and ran to Wuliping together to watch the fun.

Countless people came to Wuliting and found that there had been paralyzed here, drawing a large open space, and there were also officials guarding the government. Two officials from the county stood in front, and Zhu Guang and the city god of the county stood in the back.

Zhu Guang saw that four or five hundred people had already arrived, walked forward a few steps, walked to a carriage, and said nothing, and took off the tarpaulin covered on the carriage, revealing the large baskets on it. What surprised people was that those baskets were filled with copper coins.

The copper coins shine with yellow light in the sun, and it looks like a good money at first glance.

Zhu Guang shouted: "You guys heard that many people suffered heavy losses during this locust plague. The city god asked us to spend money to buy locusts to relieve people's worries."

"Now there are several things that have been announced. First, we will make every effort to acquire locusts and trade them here. A pound of locusts costs one cent, and the only one is not deceived."

"Second, buy chicken and duck seedlings in large quantities, and send them here for transactions."

"Third, a large number of people are recruited, and the wages are 15 cents a day, both men and women in the middle age can do it."

The recruitment of personnel is to prepare for purchasing locusts. Locusts cannot reserve for a long time. Jiang Hao asked them to kill the locusts immediately after collecting them, dry them and grind them into powder, and then combine them with wheat bran to make cakes. These cakes can be stored for a long time after being dried and can be used as chicken and duck feed.

When the people around him heard Zhu Guang say this, they thought it was true and were very excited. Many people were eager to try it, but their awe of the Locust God made them dare not make a decision immediately, so many people continued to watch the fun here.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in coarse cloth clothes came over with a sackcloth bag and asked timidly: "Sir, I want to sell locusts, can I?"

"Of course, come and put on the scale." said the little official.

After placing the slap, the clerk shouted loudly: "There are 55 kilograms in total, 52 kilograms in total, and collect them!"

Immediately someone carried the locusts away, someone next to him took a new sack for him, and received the money from another sting official. The process was very smooth.

The people around were all looking at this side. When they saw the middle-aged man get a handful of copper coins, they were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

It turns out that I really gave money.

It’s so easy to make money, I sold fifty-five cents at a time. You know, there are countless locusts in the fields, and that’s all money.

Now that people see money, the original concerns that people were worried about immediately reduced most of them.

Just when people were still wandering, someone came over with a sack of locusts. The same process was paid in one go, and the man hurriedly left with a new sack.

"What are you waiting for? Let's catch locusts together!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and when everyone heard this, many people came over to collect the sacks, and then hurried to the field.

Ten and hundreds, hundreds, and a thousand. Soon everyone ran away in a hurry. They didn’t go home, but went to the fields to catch locusts. What if they were caught by people late?

This is all money!

The county city god looked at the crowd running away in a hurry and came over to bow to Zhu Guanggong, "The general is a good plan. He just yelled with two sacks and mobilized all of these people. As long as this is opened, it will be difficult to stop it."

Zhu Guang smiled and shook his head, "This is not my idea. I don't have this brain. This was explained by Lord Chenghuang before coming, saying it was called the 'leading effect', and I just did it."

When the county city god heard this, he immediately showed a respectful expression on his face and bowed to the air: "It turns out that it was Lord Duchenghuang's idea. No wonder, Lord Duchenghuang is really powerful and has a powerful and powerful world, knows everything, and can do everything!"

Zhu Guang nodded deeply, feeling that the county city god was right, the young master was so powerful that no one in the world could match.

"You will be responsible for the rest of the matter here. I will go to other counties to see how the situation is." Zhu Guang said.

The county city god sent Zhu Guang away.

There are only five people in Zhu Guang, Litchi Yuxian, and it is impossible for each to stare at each place. Their main responsibility is to inspect and see how the place is done, and it also plays a supervisory role. This matter is done by merchants and government officials, but the local Chenghuang Mansion is supervising, so these minor officials dare not do anything randomly.

These little officials and yamen runners dare to deceive others and ghosts, but they really don’t dare to deceive the City God.

With the publicity, especially after seeing the money, the people's motivation increased greatly, and they rushed into the fields and began to capture locusts crazily.

At first, there were still people who were nervous, but after doing it or not, they felt the heavy copper coins in their pockets, and they were all scared.

They are afraid of the same now.

poverty!

People will go hungry if they don’t have money. Now the crops in the fields have been eaten up by locusts. Isn’t it okay to exchange them for some money to buy food?

People use their intelligence and come up with various ways to catch locusts. Some people use hands to catch them, some use power fences, some use nets, and some dig holes to attract insects. The whole of Henan Province is full of people catching locusts.

This situation is completely opposite to the previous two days. The people kept kowtowing and begging in front of the Locust Temple. Now they picked up their weapons and began to fight against the Locust God head-on.

In fact, no matter what the result is, when people fight back with all their might, they will gain more than just money, but also confidence and hope.

If there is no hope, it will really collapse.

The people arrested a large number of locusts, and some were sent directly to the acquisition point. Some were far away, so they concentrated on delivering them with cars, and even some were flexible. Finally, they developed into district purchases, which were collected at a price less than one cent per catty, and then transported to the acquisition point and sold to the government.

In this way, the people will save the effort of transportation and can concentrate on catching insects, and the division of labor will clearly form an industrial chain.

However, although all the people went to the ground to catch locusts, there were still many locusts, especially when they flew fast and flew over, and people couldn't catch him at all. After he ate the crops, he arrived and didn't catch many, so they flew to other places.

Although the people arrested a lot, the main force of the locust army was still there, and they were unswervingly raging in the fields.

Some people saw this situation and sat down weakly, "These locusts are more than a billion, but they can catch them by relying on our own to catch them. Perhaps they can only survive this winter with government relief."

When people were a little disappointed or even despaired, that night, the people had a dream again.

In a dream,

The judge of the City God told the people that the City God of the World knew that the disaster was caused by this place, so he specially sent a bird fairy to help eliminate insects. Everyone was forbidden to kill all kinds of fairy birds and birds, and those who violated the crime were punished with serious crimes.

A true wildlife protection law.

The next day,

The people went out to catch locusts with baskets, sacks and baskets, and people gathered together to talk about yesterday's dreams.

"The City God asked a dream and said that he sent the bird fairy here today, is it true?" someone said.

"It must be true. Is this still necessary to doubt it? The government came after the City God held a dream last time. Why don't we dare to catch locusts?"

"Yes, it's all up to see how many bird fairies the City God has sent!"

Just as people were chatting, someone suddenly pointed at the sky and shouted: "Look, there are so many birds flying!"

Everyone looked up and found countless birds flying from the sky to the northwest, covering the sky and even changing the color.

The last time I saw this situation, the locust plague passed by a few days ago, and people were frightened, but this time, people were very excited.

"The bird fairy is here, the bird fairy sent by the City God is here!" someone shouted loudly.

The army of birds descended from the sky, but it was not just a kind of bird. Some people could name them, such as golden rooster, mahjong, swallow, starling, thrush, lark, tit, gray crane. Some people could not name them at all, so there were too many.

After a short space, whenever a locust is found, a group of birds will pounce down, and the rest will continue to fly forward, very disciplined, as if someone is instructing him.

The birds pounced on the locusts hanging on the trees and hung on the crops, swallowing them in big mouths. A pheasant pecked at the locusts with force, stepped on the claws, and immediately killed one, then ate it in the mouth. A mallard duck rattled twice, grabbed one with its flat mouth, and stretched its neck to swallow it directly.

When the people saw this scene, many people excitedly said: "Now these damn locusts have no way to escape. Eat them, and the bird fairies eat all these damn locusts!"

They swallowed chickens, ducks and geese, but there were too many locusts, so they could not eat them all. What should they do if they couldn't eat them? Then they would kill them. The order they received was not to prey, but to kill insects.

After the birds were full, they only pecked the locusts to death, but did not eat them, and threw them directly on the ground. It didn't take long, and pieces of locusts fell on the ground.

When the common people saw that the bird fairies stopped eating, they could be collected and sold for money. People quickly took their homes and picked up locusts on the ground. They picked up a basket in a short time, which saved more effort than catching insects themselves.

Someone knelt down and kowtowed to the birds, clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, the bird god, the bird fairy for helping us exterminate insects!"
Chapter completed!