For several days, the entire Huaxia City was as usual, with no special major events. Even if Li Shang was led by Liao Bao, he stayed there for many days. Since that day, Qing Cang never summoned him again, and he also understood the intention. So he had already returned to Luoyang. I believe that Luoyang would send people again in the near future, but that was a funeral.

Hua Yuanquan and others also brought back the newly recruited soldiers and were currently in training. The task of Xu Xun recruiting new soldiers was transferred to Guo Jia for processing before because he was sent to Jinyang. However, because of the intensive recruitment of soldiers during this period, the overall effect was not very good, and people were not very enthusiastic, and some people even just wanted to be a farmer and produce well. From the side, this is also a good thing, indicating that the peace in Huaxia City is so peaceful, people are determined to develop and live and work in peace. Also, because he has completed the task of recruiting 100,000 soldiers, this matter has become less important, and it is not too much to force it.

In the meeting hall, only Qing Cang, Wu Chaojing and Guo Jia were the three of them. Wu Chaojing held a piece of paper in his hand, and it seemed that there was something to report that the material of this piece of paper was made of a paper machine and could not be copied by others.

"Xiaomei Yang wrote to her letter saying that she went to Jiuyuan to recruit people. The population was sparse, and she was afraid that she would encounter famine. She also mentioned that when she passed by the road, there had been a locust plague, and the locust plague might spread eastward."

Jiuyuan is located in Bingzhou, which is now Xinzhou City. It is more than 300 miles away from the west of Huaxia City. The locusts fly at a distance of 100m/hour. In fact, they eat all the way, so the degree is not so fast. It has been about three days since they arrived at Huaxia City. The crops outside Huaxia City are growing very well, which is extremely fatal to locusts, so 80% of them will come to Huaxia City.

The unrest caused by locust swarms runs through history. All locusts in the world alone can cover 20% of the earth's land area, eat up up to 20 tons of plants every day, affecting the livelihood of 10% of the world's population.

Qing Cang felt a bad feeling when he heard this news. Since ancient times, locust plagues were very difficult to resist and could only minimize the damage. Therefore, he had to make a response within these three days, otherwise all efforts would be destroyed by the locust's mouth.

Guo Jia said: "Locust plagues are inevitable from ancient times to the present. Wherever they go, no grass grows, and this is a natural disaster."

Qing Cang asked, "When did you receive this letter?"

Wu Chaojing said: "I just received it, so I will come and report it immediately."

He murmured: "The flight degree of the carrier pigeon is about 100 kilometers per hour, so this letter was delivered about two hours ago, so we have nearly three days left!"

How could Guo Jia and the others understand what he was talking about, what degree, and how to judge that there were three days left. The ancients did not know what time and what he judged based on, and they still knew nothing.

Qing Cang did not give them a chance to ask, because there was an emergency, he said: "Minister Wu, send orders to let the farmers harvest all the mature crops. And let the craftsmen make a net of one finger overnight, the bigger the net, the better. And offer a reward for the best way to catch locusts. People must also be notified to leave the city after three days and bring all the tools that can capture locusts."

In ancient times, fish nets were made of coarse cloth and hemp as raw materials and were made by bundling. Although they were rough, their durability was still good.

"yes!"

Wu Chaojing knew that this matter was extraordinary, otherwise Qing Cang would not be so nervous. He immediately ran out to deal with it, and did not ask why he did this.

If he knew that a locust plague would always pass by billions of locusts, and the destruction of crops everywhere he went would be a huge blow to the agriculture of Huaxia City. Qing Cang did not want to work hard to destroy it. Once the agriculture was destroyed, all kinds of unstable factors would be completely amplified, which would be completely unfavorable to his rule. If such internal and external troubles would make him anxious.

It can be said that if Yang Xiaomei was not recruited this time and she was not allowed to start the recruitment process quickly, then this locust plague would catch him off guard. Everything seemed to be destined in the dark. Although the whole incident was not good, with advance preparations, it would always move in a good direction. What he had to do now is to minimize the losses.

"Commander, do you need me to do something? Maybe I will help Minister Wu?"

"No, you have other things to do. You will lead the way. Take the army and place firewood next to the farmland near Huaxia City. Set up a pile of firewood every ten feet, and dig a two-foot deep pit around the pile of firewood. Do not transport the soil away. Remember not to destroy the farmland."

"Commander is related to the locust plague?"

Guo Jia didn't understand what Qingcang's meaning was. Qingcang said: "Locusts can fly, and they will definitely go to the fire at night. Once there is a rushing over, the locusts will inevitably be burned by the fire. If they fall to the ground, they will be buried directly with soil."

"Oh? Then I'll go out and arrange it now!"

Guo Jia seemed to understand, but he didn't ask any more questions, because from Qing Cang's words, he could feel that he was very professional.

Qing Cang would not explain to him the light-taminating nature of locusts to orange light, because he didn't understand it after he explained it. This was what he saw in a research paper at that time. Locusts have the strongest activity in purple light, but how could they get purple light in this era? It would be better to just set up a pile of fire to generate orange light, and the fire can burn some locusts to death.

If a army of billions of locusts comes, even if he touches the people in the audience to capture them, it is probably impossible to catch them for a while. The entire capture time may last until the evening. The sight of the night is extremely poor, and the big locusts will rest directly. It is particularly important to burn the fire at this time. As for how much time it takes to capture, it is unknown.

"Come here, tell Yang Zizong!"

The entire main city is not big, so Yang Zizong entered the meeting hall after a while.

"Commander, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, I want you to build 100 houses in this month, fifty miles outside the south of the city, not seeking the best, but only seeking the strongness, and the degree should be fast! There are ten beds to be placed in each room."

"Commander is this? Why are there a lot of houses under construction? And it needs to be carried out in a short period of time?"

As the Minister of Engineering Department, Yang Zizong Shouwai did not understand why Qing Cang did this.

"Because we are about to usher in a wave of immigration! This wave of immigration will be quite fierce, and only a large number of residences can be provided in a short period of time."

After the locust plague, there will inevitably be famine. Once the famine comes, a large number of people will choose to immigrate. They will immigrate to areas without famine, and Huaxia City is nothing more than an option. The population of Huaxia City is now close to full. If these people enter the city again, it will inevitably be difficult to manage. It is better to build a new place for them to live in. As for the subsequent situation, he will naturally have countermeasures.

"Yes! I understand!"

Yang Zizong would not ask too many things, so he went down to deal with the matter.
Chapter completed!