After Shen Feng returned to Yuzhou, two months later, it was the autumn harvest season. Although the spring plowing in Yuzhou suffered a blow and countless locusts ate the seedlings, the locusts were eventually killed and replanted. As for the crops, in autumn, although the production has decreased in various places, it can still be regarded as a harvest of grain.
Today, Shen Feng sits in both Sichuan Province and Chongqing Province, so he is naturally powerful. Originally, the Sichuan and Chongqing regions were not separated. Before 1997, the Sichuan and Chongqing regions were always one province. Later, in order to prevent someone from The separatist regimes were forcibly separated, and now they are back together again. This can be regarded as a return to their original appearance.
Sichuan Province used to include Hanzhong and Yuzhou, so Liu Bei could separate one side after entering Sichuan. However, this also led to each subsequent generation of rulers to continue to cut off areas of Sichuan Province, and later on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Counting part of it, this can be regarded as a disguised weakening.
The land in Sichuan Province is more suitable for farming. After all, there are many plains. Compared with Yuzhou, it is a real land of abundance.
However, Shen Feng also set a rule, that is, goods such as food are not allowed to leave the country unless approved by the city lord's palace.
This result has led to many consequences. One of the better results is that the warehouses in Yuzhou have been filled with food. There is no shortage of food for the time being. The bad result is that the disaster-stricken provinces in the north cannot get food. After receiving food support, a large number of refugees began to flee south again.
Whether it is Guanzhong, Hanzhong, or even Qinghai and other places, refugees are heading south. If there is no food to eat, people will starve to death. The refugees know that there is food in the south, so they rush south one after another.
Many forces in the north contacted Shen Feng one after another, begging grandpa and grandma to buy food. No matter what the price, they must get food support, but the result was very miserable. Shen Feng obeyed his master His teachings were to build walls high and store grain widely. Therefore, he would never sell the grain. Instead, he cared very much about the victims of the disasters going south, arranging them to go to various regions and selecting his confidants to manage them.
In fact, this suggestion was provided by Yu Zhijing to Shen Feng for reference, and it was immediately adopted by Shen Feng. As one of Shen Feng's three great advisers, although Yu Zhijing is very young, he has a flexible mind and has obtained The suggestions put forward by the half-immortal's true biography are often highly implementable.
Yu Zhijing's suggestion is very simple: "The most important thing in the apocalypse is food and resources. With food and resources, we can have more people. Since Yuzhou is not short of food now, we should make use of the food in our hands." Attracting more people, if sold out, seems to be able to gain a better reputation in a short period of time, and people from all over the country will praise it, but this will weaken the power of Yuzhou. There is an ancient saying, cultivating benevolence and virtue will make people far away. Come on. Kindness is food!"
After Shen Feng heard Yu Zhijing's words, he immediately realized that instead of attacking cities and territories everywhere, it would be better to manage his own three-acre land. As long as he has enough food, many victims will surely come. ,The increase in population represents the increase in power.
So Shen Feng was determined not to sell food, and the reason was very simple, that is, he adhered to Professor Chu's nine-character mantra.
Compared with Shen Feng's stinginess, He Qiu'an and Gong Changfa from the Northeast are more generous. They already occupy the fertile Songnen Plain in the Northeast. There is black soil here, and the annual grain production is extremely gratifying. In addition, They have opened up oil and gas pipelines, can continuously obtain energy, and mechanized operations have been completed. There is no shortage of food at all. What they lack is reputation.
As a result, He Qiu'an and Gong Changfa began to sell grain. If other places really didn't have the money to pay, they could still owe money.
For a time, the reputation of Saint He spread throughout the north. He Qiu'an was called Saint of Yanjing, and Gong Changfa also earned the title of Saint of Northeast Asia.
He Qiu'an and Gong Changfa couldn't help but laugh and cry after hearing this title. They actually planned to bring in people from other places. After all, under their jurisdiction, population was a flaw. As a result, they were improving their reputations in the process. , instead he received the title of saint.
The word "saint" is not something that ordinary people can get. In real terms, "saint"
"These two words are one level higher than the words "god" or "immortal". The reason is very simple. There are only 10 saints in the history of China, and Confucius is the last saint. Even Mencius has one. He wrote a lot of books, but in the end he only got the title of Lesser Saint.
On the contrary, there are titles of gods and immortals in various places among the people. Even some monsters can be called immortals, such as fox fairy and willow fairy. These words are of low quality.
After Gong Changfa knew that he had the title of saint, he couldn't help but smile and said to He Qiu'an: "Now the title of the two of us is higher than that of Shen Feng. Who told him not to sell food?"
He Qiu'an just smiled and said: "He got the benefits he wanted, and we got the face. There is not much difference between the two. As for the entire north, we just hope that there will be no disaster, otherwise we will have more Food will also be exhausted."
It's a pity that what you are afraid of will come. He Qiu'an hoped that the north could be stable for a few years, but after autumn, insect nests appeared in various places. These insect nests are all locust nests. Unexpectedly, they have always been... Migrating locusts have actually learned to build nests.
There is a saying that is spread throughout China, especially in the north. It is called: Grasshoppers after autumn will only be able to jump up in a few days.
But in late autumn, not only did the locusts not die, but they learned to build nests, excavate the land in various places, accumulate food, and even wanted to escape the cold winter underground.
The origin of locusts is actually very complicated. In the land of China, they are generally East Asian migratory locusts, the most common of which are grasshoppers. After autumn, these insects will die all day long, and they cannot survive an autumn at all. But now times have changed, and insects have learned to survive the winter.
Countless locusts collect fallen leaves on the ground in autumn, bring these fallen leaves to their nests and store them as food for the winter, just like ants.
"If these bugs cannot be frozen to death in winter, doesn't it mean that these locusts will continue to break out in the spring and summer of next year?" After everyone discovered this situation, they all despaired, and they all felt that real despair had arrived. .
After Xu Xing returned from the north, she went to Shen Feng to explain the situation: "City Lord, the north has completely turned into hell. It is completely impossible to grow food in the north. Not to mention that droughts and floods occur frequently. Just say that these locusts only need to pass through the farmland. , then the crops in the farmland will be eaten up. City Lord, please save them!"
"You make this matter simple! It's not something I can save if I want to. The climate in the north is already dry, which is suitable for locust breeding. It's not as humid as the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Earlier this year, locusts even moved south to our territory. , I have no other choice but to rain, how could I possibly save so many people?" Shen Feng immediately retorted.
"Then how about you think of a way to go to the north and let it rain a few times to drown all the locusts?" Xu Xing continued to make suggestions.
"You are thinking too much. If I want it to rain, I have to wait until the typhoon is active. It is now late autumn, and the typhoon activity at sea has decreased. Basically, a typhoon will not form. Even if I barely form a typhoon, it will definitely arrive. If it cannot reach the north, it will dissipate. Do you think the high pressure on the mainland will be easy? Even though I am the god of wind, I still have to follow climate change. Do you understand this?" Shen Feng then explained seriously.
Xu Xing sat in Shen Feng's office distressed and whispered to Shen Feng: "This year I heard that there were too many bandits in the north, so I went to the north to save these people. But after I arrived in the north, I discovered that the people in the north are really miserable. They want to plant land, but they have to face floods and droughts as soon as they plant. After finally surviving the floods and droughts, locusts are flying around. , I saw an old man crying while catching locusts to eat, they were really miserable!"
Shen Feng could only shake his head and said: "The murderer is the way of the world!"
Xu Xing thought about it carefully and suddenly said to Shen Feng: "City Lord, I don't want to kill the robbers. Many robbers are poor people. The chaos of the world will lead to robbers. I want to change the world, okay? ?』
"I'm glad you finally woke up. Of course you can
I want to change the world. I heard that you also like to read Buddhist scriptures. Go to Leshan another day. Some people are embezzling food there. Go and kill the people there. Take a look at the Leshan Giant Buddha to relax your mind. Then I think you are suitable. If you want to manage somewhere, don't refuse." Shen Feng saw Xu Xing's waning mood and knew that she couldn't calm down after seeing the tragic situation in the north, so she asked Xu Xing to see the giant Buddha so that she could feel better.
After hearing what Shen Feng said, Xu Xing became serious and said: "The Tathagata said that there is no self, no one, no living beings, and no life. Therefore, the Buddha has no form, and the Great Buddha is just what people think The Buddha is actually just a stone. Looking at it will not increase your virtue. It is better to practice carefully."
"Really? Let me think about it, if there is anything that can change the world, then let you do it!" Shen Feng understood after hearing Xu Xing's explanation. Xu Xing really read a lot of Buddhist scriptures and had his own It’s not easy to fool him now.
So, after careful thinking, Shen Feng really found something that needed to be done urgently, and then said to Xu Xing: "Since you want to change the world, I have an important task for you now. You Go to North America and find a piece of information and come back. You can do this task secretly and don't let others discover it. Do you understand? I will tell you this task alone and no one else will know."
When Xu Xing heard this, she immediately became interested, and then said seriously: "Is it a task that can change the world? Then I will definitely do it. City Lord, what kind of task is it?"
"Go to Salt Lake City in North America, find information about aliens, and bring it back!" Shen Feng said seriously.
