Chapter 1527 Two Dreams

Many people in various prefectures and counties in Henan had an almost identical dream at night. In the dream, either the city god or the judge appeared, telling them that the city god in the world had ordered that the locust god was causing harm to the world, and the city god had ordered that his throne be taken away. , people no longer need to worship the locust god and catch locusts to save themselves.

Many people still remember this dream clearly when they wake up in the morning. When they go out and talk to their neighbors, they find that many people have had this dream.

"It's the same dream, it's really possible that it was a dream entrusted to us by the City God!" someone said in surprise.

"The judge told me in my dream that the King of the World has issued a royal order to take away the throne of the Locust God and will not allow us to worship again."

"Actually, I have long thought that I shouldn't 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 animal sacrifices to pray and worship. Is it unreasonable!" Someone shouted! road.

Just as people were talking about it, a government servant came over carrying a gong and beating it all the way.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Everyone in the countryside, listen, the governor has issued an order. The locust plague is serious this year. He ordered the people in all prefectures and counties to kill the locusts to save themselves. Kill the locusts to save themselves!"

When the people heard this, the discussion became more lively, and the governor gave the order. It seemed that this time it must be true.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Listen, fellow villagers, this disaster has been severe. In order to alleviate people's livelihood, the governor has organized merchants to purchase locusts in large quantities for a penny per catty. If there are people selling locusts, they can go to Wuliping outside the city and sell them for cash!"

Many people were surprised when they heard that some people actually bought locusts and paid them a penny a pound. You know, one penny can buy a cooking cake now, and a pound of brown rice only costs four or five pennies.

Nowadays, locusts are everywhere, and you can easily catch a lot of them. How much does it cost to exchange for them?

Many people immediately became interested.

"Let's go and have a look at Wuliping." Someone shouted, and they all ran to Wuliping to watch the excitement.

Countless people came to Wuliping and found that the paralyzed man had been set up here, a large open space was drawn, and there were government officials guarding it. Two officials from the county stood in front, and Zhu Guang and the county god stood behind.

Zhu Guang saw that four to five hundred people had arrived. He walked a few steps forward and walked to a carriage. Without saying anything, he quickly opened the tarpaulin covering the carriage, revealing several large baskets. , what surprised people was that those big baskets were full of copper coins.

The copper coins shine yellow in the sun, and they look like good money at a glance.

Zhu Guang said loudly: "Everyone in the countryside has heard that many people have suffered heavy losses due to the locust plague. The City God has asked me to spend money to buy locusts to relieve the people's worries."

"There are a few things to announce now. First, we will go all out to purchase locusts and trade them here. A pound of locusts is worth a penny. Children and old men are innocent."

"Second, buy a large number of chickens and ducks, as many as you want, and send them here for trading."

"Third, recruit a large number of people. The wages are 15 cents per day. Both men and women are eligible."

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

When the people around heard what Zhu Guang said, they thought it was true and were very excited. Many people were eager to give it a try, but the fear of the Locust God prevented them from making an immediate decision, so many people continued to gather around to watch the fun.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in coarse cloth came over carrying a linen bag and asked timidly: "Sir, I want to sell locusts, is that okay?"

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

After the weighing, the clerk shouted loudly: "There are fifty-five pounds in total, fifty-two pounds of peeling, collect!"

Someone immediately carried the locust away, and someone next to him took a new sack to him, and he received the money from another clerk. The process was very smooth.

The people around him were all looking eagerly. When they saw this middle-aged man getting a handful of copper coins, they were so shocked that they were speechless.

It turns out I really gave you money.

It was so profitable that I sold it for fifty-five cents at a time. You know, there were countless locusts in the fields, and that was all money.

Now that people see money, most of their original scruples are immediately reduced by half.

Just when people were still hesitant, another person came over carrying a sack of locusts. The same process was said to be completed in one go, and then the person hurried away with a new sack.

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

Someone in the crowd shouted, and when everyone heard it, many people ran over to receive the sacks, and then hurried to the fields.

Tens led hundreds, hundreds led thousands. Soon everyone ran away in a hurry. Instead of going home, they ran to catch locusts in the fields. What if they arrived late and were caught all?

This is all money!

The county god looked at the crowd hurriedly running away, and came over to Zhu Guanggong and said, "The general has a good plan. He mobilized all these people with just two sacks and roared. As soon as he starts, it will be difficult to stop him." ”

Zhu Guang smiled and shook his head, "This is not my idea. I don't have the brains. This is what City God told me before he came. It's called the 'leading effect'. I just followed it."

When the County God heard this, he immediately showed a respectful look on his face, raised his hands in the air and said, "It turned out to be Lord City God's idea. No wonder, Lord City God is really majestic, mighty, omniscient and omnipotent! "

Zhu Guang nodded deeply and felt that what the county god said was right. The young master is so majestic and powerful that no one in the world can match him.

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

The county god saw Zhu Guang off.

There are only five people in Zhuguang Lizhi Yuxian, and it is impossible for everyone to keep an eye on one place. Their main responsibility is to patrol and see how a certain place is doing, and they also play a supervisory role. To the outside world, this matter is done by businessmen and government officials. The local Chenghuang Mansion was in charge of supervision, so these petty officials did not dare to mess around.

These petty officials dare to deceive people and ghosts, but they really dare not deceive the city god.

With the publicity, especially after seeing the money, the people became more motivated and rushed into the fields to hunt the locusts frantically.

Some people were worried at first, but after doing it once or twice and touching the heavy coins in their pockets, they no longer had any fear.

Now they are just afraid of the same thing,

poverty!

People know that if they don’t have money, they will starve. Now that the crops in the fields have been eaten up by locusts, shouldn’t they be used to exchange them for some money to buy food?

People used their ingenuity and came up with various ways to catch locusts. Some people caught them with their hands, some used fences, some used nets, and some dug holes to attract the locusts. Throughout Henan, people were everywhere catching locusts.

This situation is completely opposite to the previous two days. In the past two days, the people kowtowed in front of the Locust Temple and begged. Now they took up arms and began to confront the Locust God.

In fact, no matter what the outcome is, when people fight back with all their strength, they gain not only money, but also confidence and hope.

If there is no hope, then it is really broken.

The common people captured a large number of locusts, and some were sent directly to the purchasing point. Some were far away and they were gathered together and sent by car. Some even had a flexible mind and eventually developed into area purchasing, collecting them at a price of less than one penny per catty. Transport it to the collection point and sell it to the government.

In this way, the people save the effort of transportation and can concentrate on catching insects. The division of labor is clear and an industrial chain is formed.

However, although the people all went to the ground to catch locusts, there were still many locusts, especially because they flew very fast and flew past with a roar. People could not catch up with him at all. After he gnawed the crops, he arrived and did not catch many. They shouted again. fly to other places.

Although many people were caught, the main force of the locust army was still there, wreaking havoc in the fields unswervingly.

Seeing this situation, some people sat down helplessly and said, "There are more than hundreds of millions of locusts. We can only catch as many as we can. Maybe we can only rely on government relief to survive this winter."

When people were a little disappointed, even desperate, that night, the people had another dream.

in dream,

The City God's judge told the people that the City God, the capital of the world, knew that this place was suffering from disaster and sent bird fairies to help eliminate the pests. Everyone was prohibited from killing all kinds of fairies and birds. Violators would be punished with serious crimes.

Proper wildlife protection laws.

The next day,

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

"The City God told me in a dream that he would send a bird fairy here today. Is that true?" someone said.

"It must be true. Do you need to doubt it? The government came after the City God's dream last time. Otherwise, we dare to catch locusts."

"Yeah, it just depends on how many bird fairies City God sends!"

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

People all looked up and saw that countless birds were flying in the northwest sky, blocking out the sun and even the sky changed color.

The last time we saw this situation, it was the locust plague passing through a few days ago. People were afraid, 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.

An army of birds descended from the sky, and there was more than one kind of bird. Some people could name them, such as golden pheasants, shelducks, plovers, starlings, thrushes, larks, tits, and gray cranes. Some people could not name them at all. There were simply too many.

Wherever locusts are found, a group of birds will swoop down, and the rest will continue to fly forward, very disciplined, as if someone is commanding them.

The birds pounced on the locusts hanging on the trees and crops and ate them with big mouthfuls. A golden pheasant pecked at the locusts hard and stepped on them with its claws, killing one immediately, and then picked it up and ate it. The mallard quacked twice, caught one with its flat beak, stretched its neck and swallowed it directly.

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

The chickens, ducks and geese devoured them all, but there were too many locusts and they couldn't eat them all. What if they couldn't eat them all? Then kill them and throw them away. The order they received was not to hunt, but to kill insects.

After the birds were full, they pecked the locusts to death without eating them, and threw them directly to the ground. After a short time, pieces of locusts fell on the ground.

When the common people saw that the bird fairies had stopped eating, they could collect them and sell them for money. People quickly came forward with their belongings and picked up the locusts on the ground. After a short time, they picked up a basket, which was more labor-intensive than catching the insects themselves. .

Some people knelt down, kowtowed to the birds, clasped their hands and said, "Thank you to the Bird God and Bird Fairy for helping us eliminate pests!"