A small local lord like Bi Laoliu, when he heard that a large scale of locusts was about to rush over, made a quick decision and directly surrounded the core population and ran away.
Anyway, I don’t have a big heart. There are thousands of people building a village and they can’t live in a place. There is going to be a locust plague in Central Asia. So why don’t I quickly switch from farming to nomadic life and go to Lao Yuan’s house to avoid disaster? Do I have to die here?
slip!
In short, after receiving the news, those veterans with ninth-level titles established fiefdoms and basically disbanded them on the spot within a few days. After all, it was an official and printed notice. If you don't run away now, how long will it take? It's really
When the locusts come, they won't be able to run away even if they want to.
Seeing this scene, the Central Asian family was very depressed. They actually wanted to run away, but they just couldn't. If they had the ability to drag hundreds of thousands of people away, they would really dare to do this. The question is whether they could drag hundreds of thousands away.
They have already used their ability to move people around. Not to mention organizing hundreds of thousands of people to flee, the materials and resources that need to be prepared in advance and the resources and manpower deployed are beyond what the Central Asian family can afford.
It's impossible to run away, so just carry it on.
Shi Min was not able to survive the beating in the end. Zhang Fan from Hanoi Zhang Family had a gentle temperament, so he only gave Shi Min a beating but did not beat her to death.
There is no way, the three major families of Hanoi's Zhang family, Sanyang Wang family, and Wenxi Pei family squat on the coast of the Persian Gulf. This place has very good feng shui, but this place has always been the only way for locusts to migrate from East Africa.
Especially after the super locust plague occurred, the locusts evolved to be too lazy to take detours and flew directly from the Red Sea. Their first stop was the Persian Gulf. Therefore, every time a super locust plague occurs in East Africa, the Persian Gulf will suffer a heavy blow.
And because the locusts of the super locust plague are crossing the Red Sea, the problem of hunger will become extremely serious. The locusts that have just passed will not only eat crops, but even wood and weaker chickens. This completely highlights what omnivorous creatures are. In short
, the locusts that have just flown over from the Red Sea will have amazing fighting power, and their hunger will drive them to eat everything in front of them.
So after the polite Zhang Fan received Shi Min's notice, he couldn't help but take action in the end.
There is no way. Those families in northern Central Asia are at most super locust squads passing through the border. Dozens of aristocratic families have been collectively plagued by billions of locusts. The three families in the Persian Gulf are the main force of locusts passing through. The East African locusts only need to cross the Red Sea.
Let’s do these three at one stop.
Regardless of what these three families are growing, after tens of billions of locusts have passed through it, only stones will be left in the area, and everything else that can be eaten and bitten by locusts will basically be gone.
Therefore, the gentle and elegant Zhang Fan was in despair. After hearing this, he had no other thoughts. There was nothing else in his mind except the word "self-destruction".
What does it mean that there may be hundreds of billions of locusts passing through my fiefdom?
Is this a fucking border crossing? He is going to knock out our Hanoi Zhang family’s bones and suck out the marrow and eat them dry!
Although Shi Min was beaten, he could really sympathize with Zhang Fan. This was a family of three nobles, a wealthy family for many generations, and Zhang Fan's good temper could be recorded in history books, but it was useless to be sympathizing.
"The three of us organized all the young men to cross the sea to fight the decisive battle with Kushan. Is it possible to occupy a piece of land there? Anyway, the worst is to be beaten to death, which is much better than starving to death." Zhang Fan watched Pei Mao's final remarks.
After a round of struggle, Shi Min, who had been beaten three times, sat across from the three of them with a bruised nose and face, watching the real principals of the three families communicate.
"If we gather all the young men, we can probably make up hundreds of thousands, but there is only one wave, and even if we conduct training, most of the young men are not qualified. In addition, there is not enough armor to fight across the sea.
, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand even if I win.” Wang Bin said with a bit of despair.
"Well, after the East African locusts are diverted here in the Persian Gulf, most of them will still reach Kushan. So even if you attack the Kushan coast and capture some places on the west coast of the Indian Ocean, you won't be able to solve the problem." Shi Min was careful.
said.
The heads of the three powerful clans all looked at Shi Min fiercely when they heard this. Damn it, they couldn't help but want to kill Shi Min. What should I do?
"The best way now is to use earth and stone enclosed buildings such as bunkers, Uburgs, and bastions. Our family has already done the first wave of tests. The large-scale East African desert locusts have very high combat effectiveness. When hungry, they can even
Even the wood will be chewed." Shi Min shrank back, and then said very cautiously, it won't work if you don't say it, and it won't work if you say it.
"Isn't there any good way?" Pei Mao said frantically. After leaving the Central Plains and entering Central Asia, when they heard that the Pei family was suddenly opened to the Rendu lineage and promoted to heaven, five
Each son's performance was more amazing than the last, and he successfully built a wealthy family for the Pei family. After a few years, the Pei family, which was originally unstable, can now be on an equal footing with the real wealthy families in their heyday.
Originally, among the three families in the Persian Gulf, the Pei family only had an elite force when they came. The Zhang family in Hanoi and the Wang family in Sanyang needed to transform the status of the family from a normal system to a military aristocracy, so as to give face to the Pei family and let the other party accompany them at the bottom.
, as a result, after a few years, Mr. Pei has really secured this top position.
As a result, before he could fully enjoy this happy life, the locust plague came, and it was a locust plague of this level. Pei Mao felt that he was really going crazy!
"It seems that there is no good way at the moment. Strategic weapons such as the Blazing Sky Ring cannot be used." Shi Min lowered his head and said, "We can only bear it forcefully. The locust plague is destined to start this year. There is no way to stop it. We can only
Remember to deal with it later to avoid it happening again.”
"The combined population of our three families is over two million. How do you think we can handle it? We are not afraid to tell you the truth. The food reserves of our three families are not enough to feed so many people." Zhang Fan looked at Shi Min with a cold face.
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Unlike the Yong family, which has only tens of thousands of people and is backed by an ice-free port, there is no problem of reclamation in the black land. The three families in the Persian Gulf only have enough land for the population they bring, and the rest needs to be sustained.
Constantly cultivating, in fact, this is basically the case for all the major families in Central Asia.
This is why the Yang family said that it was not easy to harvest, and the result was such a wave. Because after so many years of reclamation and continuous purification of the population, the core area of the Central Asia family has basically stabilized. This is why Chen Xi
I will let my middle-level generals come here to study, because they can really learn a lot at this time.
"Unlike those aristocratic families in the north, those people can at least bear the losses if they transport grain from Xinzhou regardless of losses." Wang Bin said with a black face.
The distance between these three companies is too far, so far that it is really impossible to transport them, or in other words, they cannot bear the losses when they are transported.
Before Shi Min left, he was beaten so hard by the heads of the three families that his bones were broken in several places. However, the beating did not dissipate the anger and the problem was not solved.
"What should we do now?" Wang Bin half-closed his eyes, and his exposed eyes were a little dull, looking at the coastline from a distance.
"Stop pretending, there is only one way now." Pei Mao said with cold eyes, "The problem is, if we do this, how will we pass Chen Hou's test."
"If you don't do this, we will all die. Let's do it." Zhang Fan breathed out and said, "People always have to live to have a future. You two just do it. I wrote to Chen Zichuan and sent all the information
I have accepted the responsibility. If something happens, I will accept the punishment. If I die, you can help my brother."
Wang Bin and Pei Mao looked at each other and nodded.
The next day, Kushan received news of grain harvesting from the Persian Gulf at ports on the west coast of the Indian Ocean, and the price given was much higher than the original price. More importantly, it was settled in cash, and there was no upper limit for grain harvesting.
After receiving the news, local merchants quickly mobilized and began to stockpile grain to try to sell it to the Persian Gulf. About thirteen or fourteen days later, a businessman who had smuggled with the Han family in the Persian Gulf tentatively shipped a ship of grain, and successfully
After receiving payment five times the current market price, merchants on the west coast of Kushan began a large-scale outing.
"I don't have enough money, so I'm sorry." The gold, silver, and copper coins of the three families were quickly consumed. In this kind of international trade, unless these smugglers are good enough to hook up with the Han Dynasty, it is impossible to accept the exchange tickets in Chen Xi's hand.
of.
It's not that these smugglers think there's anything wrong with Chen Xi's ticket redemption, but that they can't carry out large-scale smuggling with the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, based on the value preservation rate of the Han Dynasty's currency exchange, they would also accept it.
Therefore, when the three Persian Gulf companies said that they did not have enough cash, the grain merchants did not hesitate to cut off the transaction, but then the three families came up with information to offset the payment.
After all, at this point, time is money. The second round of locust plague should take off from East Africa by May at the latest. This time, the scale is completely enough to rush directly to the Red Sea. With such a small time difference left, the three families do not dare to delay, even if they pay for the banned goods.
In order to obtain the necessary information, they must also transport Kushan’s grain and grass to their own basement.
As for whether he would be held accountable for exchanging prohibited materials for food and be killed directly, Zhang Fan, as the head of the family, had already written a petition, and he would most likely be dead by then.
Anyway, if he doesn't change, he will die more, and Zhang Fan might die as well. It's better to change, because he might not be able to survive. After all, Chen Xi is reasonable in certain matters.
It is impossible to drag. At this time, we must get the grain and grass as quickly as possible, otherwise we will wait for the locusts that cover the sky and rush to the Persian Gulf. Even those greedy Kushan grain merchants are not aware of these locusts.
If you can rush to Kushan, I'm afraid they will sit down and raise the price as a matter of course.
Everyone is not a fool, so we can go as fast as we can now, even if it is a so-called cheap sale, it is definitely worth it under the premise that time is money.
"Don't be so mean." Pei Qian said with a smile, "Anyone who can do such a big business of smuggling has a backend. Although we can't afford the money, it doesn't mean that we don't have other materials to exchange.
Bartering is also a way of thinking, don't you think so?"
"Silk and porcelain are also hard currency." A grain merchant in Kushan said. Kushan is not very short of food. The advantage of three crops a year is too obvious. In addition, lower castes are not regarded as human beings.
Food and grass has never been a problem in the Frost Empire, so grain merchants don't care why the three Persian Gulf companies want to purchase grain on a large scale. For them, they can make money if they can sell it.
Wouldn't anyone think that these grain merchants harvested grain? Sorry, these grains and grasses are all Kushan's theoretical stocks. Why no one suspected when Xun Qi caused the fire dragon to burn the warehouse? It was because it belonged to Kushan.
It is routine and not an accident at all. Most middle-level bureaucrats know it well.
It is because of this kind of thinking that the food in Kushan is not easy to sell, because everyone is selling food, and they don't know who to sell it to. It feels that every country has food and there is no shortage of food.
But even so, the lower castes still have to eat grass leaves when they should eat them. Even if the country is not short of food, even if some of the stored food and grass are spoiled, it is not the lower caste's turn to eat rice!
Pei Qian looked at the ugly face of the Guishang grain merchant and felt helpless. Except for the people who ate, the top-quality silks, white porcelain and other things among the three of them had long been sold to Rome in exchange for various things. How could they keep any of them?
Until now.
"It's not those things, it's information." Pei Qian said with a dark face.
"The information is worthless." The grain merchants in Guishang were not interested in the information in Pei Qian's hands. Pei Qian felt that his blood pressure was constantly rising. There was nothing he could do. He was really defeated. He thought
There are all kinds of situations, but I never thought this would happen.
"The rulers behind you need this. This is a custom-made process of creating a special talent from scratch. It contains important talent structure logic and the thought process of how to train a certain talent from scratch." Pei
Qian said coldly, and the grain merchant was stunned.
Even if you have never been exposed to some things, just by hearing the name you will know how important they are. For example, the technical ratio of the space elevator construction foundation and related materials is something that as long as you are a normal person, you will know that there is an opportunity.
Once you get this, you will definitely want to try it.
The guy who can act as a dog for the king of the country has some sense of vision. There is no such thing as a pure fool. So when Pei Qian opened his mouth, the grain merchant restrained his indifferent expression and looked at it with some hesitation and solemnity.
With Pei Qian.
"How can we verify the authenticity of this information?" the grain merchant asked with some worry.
Pei Qian tore a pile of information in half in front of the grain merchant. Find someone who can leave the body and give the half to someone who understands. He will tell you the answer. Although half is missing, some things are professional.
People can understand it, so Pei Qian threw the first half of the information to the grain merchant.
After the grain merchant took it, without the slightest hesitation, he asked Nei Qi Lishui, who had been protecting him, to take this information back to his homeland and go to Gujarat to find professionals for confirmation.
Less than a day later, the inner-qi departed body who had left before flew back with the information and brought three inner-qi separated bodies. One of them was a great nobleman from Gujarat, who was going to participate in the Battle of Northern Europe.
Ahmed's younger brother from Gujarat.
"We want the information, what do you want? Do you need our Kushan to provide shelter?" Ahmada looked at Pei Qian and said.
"We need seventy ships of food and grass, mainly refined food." Pei Qian watched the four inner Qi leave the body without the slightest panic. The Yang family's group sent King Xiang back again, so as long as the opposite group
Pei Qian didn't care if anyone dared to rob him.
"There are too many. If your information has a more accurate description, as well as a complete and systematic training method, complete details of infantry drills, and pattern comparison, and the secret medicine needed in the elite backbone training process, then the seventy ships are not
The problem is, although this information is valuable now, it is not such a value!" Ahmed shook his head and refused.
The three Persian Gulf families are not crazy. Although they have decided to exchange certain information for food, they will not come up with the most core information. However, even the old version of the information will contain an understanding and understanding of the talent structure.
In my opinion, this way of thinking is actually the most important part of talent development. Ahmada was able to realize this, so he flew over directly.
"Are you a Northern noble?" Pei Qian saw Ahmada shaking his head and realized that the other person was not a Southern noble. Nan Gui shook his head in agreement, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. Can the Northern nobles provide so much food? This is also true.
That's too much nonsense.
"No, I'm from Kushan." Ahmada said with a smile, "Seventy ships are too many. What you want is too urgent. If it's not urgent, I can collect it for you, but you must collect it this month.
It's impossible to do it all. In fact, it's impossible for you to find a second country that can get more food and deliver it at such a short time."
Gujarat is the westernmost state of India in later generations, and has two major ports, which are convenient for smuggling. Therefore, Ahmed is not kidding. In such a short time, only Gujarat can collect grain and grass. Other states only send grain and grass to the port.
All timed out.
"If you have more complete information, can you come up with seventy boatloads of food and fodder?" Pei Qian frowned, and he also realized that time was too tight.
"If you have the complete set of information I mentioned before, I can lead my troops to rob you of the navy's food reserves and deliver them to you." Ahmada said calmly, leaving Pei Qian speechless.
"Seventy boatloads of food and grass, the kind that can be eaten, fully fed, and won't kill anyone." Pei Qian was silent for a while and said. Although Ahmada did not go into details, he had already given the details. At this time, he wanted to press the button.
Don't even think about getting a shipment of 70 pieces in quantity, and I am the only seller, so what I give is the actual price.
"Okay, thirty ships of grain and fodder have been shipped. We can arrive in about ten days at the fastest speed." Ahmed said very calmly. It was obvious that he had arranged everything. He didn't want to know what happened in the Persian Gulf.
Why does he need so much food and grass? He needs this set of information now. Besides, seventy ships of food and grass, thirty ships of refined food, and forty ships of undead things.
