"Reporting to Your Majesty, everything in the Guanzhong area is currently well, and the people have enthusiastically organized locust inspections on their own."
Changsun Wuji raised his hands and said.
"Um."
His Majesty Li Er nodded slightly.
"I'm calling you here this time not only to ask about these things, but also to discuss all important matters with you."
His Majesty Li Er said.
"This is the letter just sent by the Protector. You will know after you read it."
His Majesty Li Er took out Su Chen's letter.
Changsun Wuji took the letter, and Fang Xuanling and others immediately came over to watch it.
After reading it, all four of them felt a little heavy.
With their wisdom, they naturally made many guesses about the cause of the locust plague from the beginning.
Among them, they had also made speculations about the possibility of a mole early on, but the scope was very wide and not limited to the characters mentioned by Su Chen.
Originally, Changsun Wuji and others speculated that it might be a third-rank or higher minister in the Tang Dynasty who betrayed the country and was in agreement with foreign tribes.
Although no one said anything about this matter, it caused quite a stir in the court, and many ministers became suspicious of each other.
However, now that Su Chen has guessed, Changsun Wuji and others can conclude one thing.
This time the insider is definitely not a court minister!
"These aristocratic families are really short-sighted, and they actually colluded with people from other countries!"
"You are not a son of man!"
Lao Wei, who had a bad temper to begin with, couldn't sit still on the spot and directly scolded the aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty!
Yes, the insiders this time are the remaining aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty!
It was possible to mobilize tens of thousands of people within the territory of the Tang Dynasty without being noticed by the imperial court. Nowadays, apart from the people in the imperial court, the only forces with such energy are those aristocratic families.
Su Chen's letters mentioned their motives.
In the past two years, His Majesty Li Er launched a liquidation operation against aristocratic families, interrupting those families that had been glorious for hundreds of years from the clouds to the mortal world overnight.
Out of resentment towards His Majesty Li Er, and with the vengeful nature of these aristocratic families, the possibility of getting rid of this kind of thing is 100%!
However, these aristocratic families also know that with their current surviving strength, they are no longer able to overthrow His Majesty Li Er's imperial power.
Therefore, they can only achieve their goals by cooperating with foreigners.
Moreover, after hundreds of years of development, these aristocratic families have long formed their own way of transmitting messages.
Moreover, the aristocratic family's connections were spread widely, almost all over the Tang Dynasty.
With their energy, it is really easy to transport desert locust eggs without anyone noticing.
The above are Su Chen's various speculations. Changsun Wuji and others did not think there was anything wrong.
Because with Su Chen's ability, his guesses can be treated as prophecies!
"Thankfully, Your Majesty thought that these aristocratic families had made some contributions to the country, so he spared them a way out, but he didn't expect that they would be betrayed like this!"
Fang Xuanling gritted his teeth and said.
His Majesty Li Er breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I have ordered people to investigate this matter. I believe there will be results soon!"
"Once I find out which families are involved in this matter, I will punish all nine of them!"
His Majesty Li Er showed a rare display of murderous intent, which shocked the ministers in the imperial study, as if they had seen the decisive and decisive iron-blooded emperor again!
For these aristocratic families, His Majesty Li Er's patience has reached its limit.
The day the locust plague is resolved will be the day they are destroyed!
In the next few days, there didn't seem to be many ups and downs in the entire Tang Dynasty, except for the locust plague in the north.
However, who knows whether this is the calm before the storm.
…
Zhuque Street.
"Get out of the way! Urgent report from the frontier!"
A dusty knight, riding a galloping horse, raised a cloud of dust on the street, attracting the attention of pedestrians.
The direction he headed towards was Tai Chi Palace!
…
In the imperial study, His Majesty Li Er suddenly received a secret letter from Guanzhou.
After just a few glances, His Majesty Li Er's pupils suddenly shrank!
"Damn it, the worst result still happened!"
His Majesty Li Er cursed angrily.
The content of the letter is very concise. The locust plague in Guanzhou is out of control!
Although the plan Su Chen first formulated had a certain effect, it failed in the face of the huge number of locusts!
The first batch of insecticides shipped has been used up, but it has only stopped the scale of the locust plague from expanding.
At present, the houses and land in Guanzhou have been seriously infested by locusts.
The situation is not optimistic!
"Based on the current situation in Guanzhou, the locust plague can only be delayed for half a month!"
"In half a month, the locust plague will move south into the Guanlong area!"
"If the locust plague really reaches Guanzhong, the situation will be completely out of control, and our country, the Tang Dynasty, will be in danger!"
His Majesty Li Er looked solemn and had no intention of correcting the memorial on the table.
"Now, we can only look at that boy Su Chen."
His Majesty Li Er quickly wrote a letter, ordering Baiqi to be sent to Sujiazhuang quickly, so that he could come to Chang'an City as soon as possible.
At the same time, His Majesty Li Er quickly summoned Changsun Wuji and others to discuss countermeasures with them.
Wannian County, Sujiazhuang.
Among the amplifiers, Su Chen was immersed in studying the spraying device and dealing with the final modifications of the hot air balloon.
In these short few days, Su Chen spent every day in the workshop, and his whole image underwent some big changes. Not only did his hair become messy, but even the stubble on his chin was gone.
Cedi let himself go.
It's not that Su Chen was deliberately slovenly, but that in the past few days, he simply didn't have time to take care of these chores.
If the modification of the hot-air balloon and the research on the spraying device cannot be completed as soon as possible, Su Chen will not be able to do other things with peace of mind.
"Master, there is an urgent message from Your Majesty!"
The old housekeeper came to the workshop in a hurry and informed Su Chen of the news.
"What happened?"
Seeing the old housekeeper's unusual rush, Su Chen immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately went to the lobby of the new house.
After taking the letter from Bai Qi's hand, Su Chen glanced at it briefly and immediately shouted: "Quick! Prepare the carriage!"
There was no time to say hello to Princess Changle, so Su Chen immediately got on the carriage and headed to Chang'an City.
In the distant sky of Wannian County, there is no longer a scene of white clouds. From the far north, there seem to be heavy black lead clouds floating towards me.
This time, Su Chen will face his first tough battle after traveling to the Tang Dynasty!
For Su Chen, this time, he can only succeed and not fail!
