Liu Dazhuang led the two families to the back. Pointing to a newly built small shed, he said: "You two will have to suffer here for a few days! It's summer anyway, and it's enough to have a shed to shelter from the rain. It won't take us a few days."

Just leave. Leave your things behind and let’s go eat.”

At this time, the two families were killing each other, and I saw that you had no choice. They had to put their luggage and follow Liu Dazhuang to eat. They turned back to the front of the camp. There was a hastily built wooden house there. This was the stove.

As soon as Liu Dazhuang entered the door, he shouted: "Hurry up, are you ready for dinner? I'm starving."

One person inside laughed and scolded: "You are such a fool, you can't eat enough all day long!"

Liu Dazhuang said with a smile: "There are people going overseas today, so I can eat early if I follow them."

The man looked back at the two families and said, "You can make your own arrangements, I don't want to care about you!"

Liu Dazhuang took out a pile of wooden bowls and chopsticks from a box under Qiang's possession, distributed them to the two families, and said: "The boat on the sea is not stable, so porcelain cannot be used. All must be made of wood. I have put away these bowls and chopsticks, and from now on we will

You guys who eat."

Everyone carried bowls and followed Liu Dazhuang to two large barrels. One barrel contained fried vegetables, and the other barrel contained half a barrel of braised pork! The whole family's eyes were opened! The aroma spread, and it was even more enticing.

Several young people were drooling!

Liu Dazhuang picked up the spoon, put it into the bucket and stirred it vigorously. Then he served a large bowl of vegetables for everyone. Both families are farmers, so it can be seen that the vegetables are all wild vegetables. However, oil and vegetable leaves are used for cooking.

It looks delicious with a thick layer of oily flowers on it.

Moreover, the most surprising thing was that Liu Dazhuang actually served two pieces of meat to each of them! The meat pieces were real, oily braised pork! Both families could hardly believe their eyes, but Liu Dazhuang didn't care.

He said: "Remember, this is the place to eat. From now on, every time it is time to eat, you will come here to get food. It is three meals, not two! If you are late, no one will wait for you!"

After that, he gave each person two large cakes and said: "You can eat the cakes as you like, but you are not allowed to leave any leftovers or waste them! Otherwise you will be punished! Okay, that's all for today, let's eat."

The few tables in the camp were all used by the accountant. Therefore, the two families squatted on the ground outside to eat. But they didn't care. From this meal, it can be seen that the two families chose

It was so wise to go overseas. And they felt so proud when they looked at the meat in their bowls that they were reluctant to eat while their companions who had traveled with them not long ago were still nibbling their own dry food!

After eating, Liu Dazhuang asked a few men to go to work. Mainly in the woods

Build a shed inside. Zhou Xiancai said while working: "Brother Liu, why do we keep building sheds here? When are we going overseas?"

Liu Dazhuang banged the nails and said: "There are too few people going overseas now, so we can't get out of the boat. You two are the only ones in our camp. You can work with me first. You will be busy in the next two days.

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Zhao Youfu said: "There is nothing to be afraid of if you are busy! We are all working people, so there is nothing we can't endure! We are just afraid of delaying the farming season."

Liu Dazhuang looked at the nails he had driven into the tree trunk with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry, we'll get busy soon!"

After speaking, Liu Dazhuang suddenly stopped, sighed and said: "We can't delay it for two days. The locust plague has already started. A large number of displaced people are coming soon."

Zhao Yan, the governor of Shandong, has not been having a good time at all these days! A few days ago, he had a meal with those grain merchants. After receiving a sum of money from them, he promised the grain merchants to maintain high grain prices for a period of time.

When the money in Xiaomin's pockets is almost gone, the price will be lowered.

But it didn't take long for things to get completely out of control. There were constant rumors in the market that there was a locust plague in Shandong, and the price of food kept rising. Within a few days, official documents from surrounding places came one after another about the local locust plague. Only then did Zhao

Yan paid close attention to it and felt that there seemed to be a real locust plague. So he hurriedly sent his trusted subordinates to check below.

But who knew that ten days later, the people he sent out would come back with the locusts! Just as these servants rushed into the study to report the bad news, the vanguard of the locust swarm arrived outside Jinan City!

Immediately, a large swarm of locusts ravaged Jinan City, covering the sky like a dark cloud! All the green plants in the city were being eaten quickly by the locusts.

Jinan City was originally a treasure land. It is known as being surrounded by lotuses on three sides and willows on three sides. One city is surrounded by mountains and half is surrounded by lakes. But as soon as the locust army arrived, the whirling willows became stumps! The swinging of the branches no longer danced with the wind.

The kind that looks like a dying person struggling in the end. But on the sparkling Daming Lake, there is a thick layer of locust corpses floating on it! Even the back garden of Zhao Yan's house has a thick layer of locust corpses floating on it.

The locusts are desperately eating his favorite flowers and plants. The entire city of Jinan is shrouded in dark clouds formed by locusts.

Before the locust swarm showed up, the price of food in the city couldn't stop, and they were jumping up and down! There are still a few conscientious grain merchants in business. But the price of food has also reached 11 taels per stone. As for that

Several real big grain merchants have all posted signs saying "Closed without Grain" in their grain stores.

They know very well that after the locust plague breaks out, not a single grain of grain will grow in half of Shandong Province. The price of grain will rise every other day. Why bother to sell grain at the beginning of the locust plague? Put it off any longer.

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Make more money by dragging!

By the time the locust swarms arrived in Jinan City, food prices were no longer changing every day, but changing every moment! As a result, the people in Jinan City were miserable! The residents in these cities were not even as resilient as farmers.

Because farmers have more or less grain stored in their homes. And these urban residents often work for one day to earn a day's food. If they can't work today, they have no money to buy rice. And when the price of grain is like this, where can they buy it?

Coupled with the rogues and gangsters who took advantage of the locust plague to make money, the city of Jinan has become a mess.

Zhao Yan was like an ant on a hot pot at the moment, spinning around in circles. He had no courage to go out of the study. He was afraid that he would spit out the locusts when he saw them. Just when he was anxious, a close servant

He opened the door and rushed into the study, then turned around and quickly closed the door, preventing the locusts from outside from rushing in. Several other servants in the study rushed forward to swat the locusts on him. Green juice splashed everywhere, making Zhao

Yan's chest feels so tight that he feels like vomiting!

After a while, the locusts on the servant's body were wiped clean, and he said: "Master, I can't find these damn grain merchants! They are not at home!"

After hearing this, he became furious and shouted: "You bastard! It's been four days since the locusts entered Jinan City. How dare they not show up yet? What did the guards say?"

The servant said: "The health center sent people to kill the locusts, but there are so many locusts that they can't be killed! Moreover, they also want the master to allocate food for them to eat!"

At this moment, another servant knocked on the door and came in. After another fuss, the servant who just came in said: "Grandpa, I took your seal and looked at all the warehouses. They are all empty!"

Zhao Yan suddenly felt dizzy and sat down on the chair. He kept saying: "It's over, it's over. Shandong is going to be destroyed!"

Just as he thought, this locust plague started from Yanzhou Prefecture and has been moving north. The vanguard of the locusts has entered Dongchang Prefecture. Half of Shandong was completely destroyed. A large number of seedlings were devoured, trees were gnawed, and half of Shandong was completely gone.

green!

At the same time, what I don’t know is that those grain merchants don’t have the courage not to come to see him, but they don’t have the courage to come to see him. Because now they are in big trouble!

They had hoarded a large amount of grain not long ago, preparing to sell it at a high price during the locust plague. But they did not expect that the locust plague would be so serious that it could affect half of Shandong. Except for part of the grain they hoarded, it was packed in thick warehouses.
Chapter completed!