Unconsciously, the weather quickly became hot and dry.
The Luoshui flowing through Yanshi still has a slightly turbid color. The slow rhythm and powerless flow are just like the state of the entire city at this time, with a sense of laziness in the silence.
It has been a month and a half in a row, and there has been no precipitation on this land and within a radius of nearly a hundred miles. God seems to be so stingy to the people here, even if it has reached the season when rain is most needed, it still allows drought to linger in this land.
Playing freely on the land, there is no trace of clouds in the blue sky.
Everything is yellow as far as the eye can see, but it is not the yellow of joyful harvest, but the burnt yellow of sadness.
Likewise, it also means the color of death.
Moreover, the people of Li did not even have the slightest ability to resist in the face of such divine power.
Even if they are on both sides of Luoshui, even if they are farmers who have worked hard for their own survival, what they come back after hard work is still dry fields that seem to be cracked at any time - just
It's just a little bit stronger than the land far away from the water source that has been completely broken due to dryness.
The seedlings, which cannot absorb enough water but are constantly being sucked away by the harsh sun, naturally lower their heads, not because of the mature and plump ears, but because they work hard for them without shame.
of farmers.
Although this scene is desperate, it is obviously not the whole disaster.
As the saying goes: "When the drought is extreme, there are locusts."
Locust plagues are most likely to break out in areas lacking vegetation coverage and drought, especially after a mild winter. It is extremely easy to cause excessive insect population density and induce locust plagues due to the large number of eggs.
Although last winter was not very warm, the current dry weather is undoubtedly favorable conditions for the locust plague.
Suddenly, from the south of Jizhou to the north of Yangzhou, from the land of Guanzhong to the coast of the East China Sea, the overwhelming locusts were like an imperial army, sweeping from the west to the east, and gods and ghosts made changes wherever they passed.
For this sudden disaster that had been foreshadowed for a long time, the people of Bingzhou reacted somewhat slowly and panicked.
Although there have been many works analyzing and summarizing locust plagues and creatures like locusts from a long time ago, by Li Shushi's time, this disaster that was once talked about by the ancients has even become a new way for farmers to generate income.
But this kind of thing was too far away for Li Shushi. In addition to learning from the news that certain creatures like to feed on this kind of bugs and that the meat of those creatures will become more delicious after being hunted,
It can be said that we know nothing about it. In fact, faced with the all-pervasive new pesticides, the living environment of locusts has deteriorated to a considerable extent.
Not to mention that under the monitoring of various scientific instruments, many times such disasters have been eliminated at the source.
Besides, even if some disaster losses are caused, a large country can always transport grain from other places and warehouses through its extensive road and railway network. At the worst, it can also purchase a certain amount from foreign profiteers for emergency response.
It can be said that in modern society, locust plagues are no longer the focus of urban people.
But in this dimension, the people of Bingzhou had to face something that made them not sure whether to express embarrassment or pride - ever since Li Shushi took charge of Xihe, every place he visited could be considered to be prosperous.
There were occasional twists and turns, but they did not hinder the overall situation. It can be said that the disasters that occurred in Henan during this period had never been encountered by Li Shushi in the previous years of his administration - whether it was such a severe drought or a secondary drought.
Disaster of locust plague.
Even though these disasters are not unfamiliar to older people like Jia Xu and Ju Shue, except for the "newcomer" Ju Shue, most of the old people in the Bingzhou Army have become accustomed to comfortable and relatively normal weather.
And such things naturally affected the progress of the war - not just Bingzhou, which was preparing to send troops.
In fact, in Yanzhou, which was also the hardest-hit area, the two Yuans who had already become red-blooded had to make a tacit agreement to break away from the battle. Yuan Shao needed to take into account the disaster in Jizhou, and Yuzhou also needed Yuan Shu's arrangements, even in comparison.
, the latter needs to face several times more workload than the former, because the disaster-stricken area in Yuzhou is obviously larger than that in Jizhou.
Regarding such a result, Li Shushi didn't know what kind of breathing space this should give.
For the Yuan-Cao coalition, although they have shifted from the original strategic defense to a strategic counter-offensive, after all, the losses they suffered before are not so easy to make up for. The ability to launch a counter-offensive depends more on the breath in the chest.
At the same time, because Sun Ce, who had always been responsible for the important task on the opposite side, ran away, Sun Jian's old subordinates who were united around him also became lax.
And what about Yuan Shu’s side?
The previous failure obviously forced him to reconsider the combat capabilities of his regiment. Without Sun Ce as a trump card, wouldn't Yuan Shu have the ability to fight in this troubled world?
Such a result is quite dangerous for Yuan Shu from any aspect. No matter how generous he was before, for a feudal centralized monarch, the meritorious officials who have done too much have always been the most dangerous.
Existing, especially in Yuan Shu's view, this little guy Sun Ce may have a little more ambition than his dead father.
Especially since the little guy is now young and vigorous and despises all authority, he naturally will not have any good impression of the broken ship of the Han Dynasty, nor will he have much respect for the origin of Yuan Shu's so-called "Four Generations and Three Dukes".
Now that he is still young, perhaps this little guy has long since left Yuan Shu and gone on his own.
In fact, through previous battles, Sun Ce seems to have accumulated a lot of capital, but he lacks an appropriate opportunity to turn these capital into strength.
This obviously made Yuan Shu feel the deepest uneasiness.
Although Yuan Shao's Hebei Sitingzhu and Cao Cao's athletes were beaten by Sun Ce for a long time, after this test, Yuan Shu had realized the huge gap between his generals and his main enemy.
The rest is how to make up for it.
Of course, the most important thing before that is how to survive this disturbing drought.
"So even if you find Meow, it will be completely useless Meow. Meow can't take care of this kind of thing."
"But whenever I think of that uncle's face, I feel shuddering."
"So you let Meow face that very frightened face, Meow. What a very evil-hearted Meow! Meow ignores you!"
"I'm just a mortal, so what's wrong with being afraid of him? But it's you, aren't you colleagues of the same status? Why do you seem to be more afraid of him than me? Well, speaking of the four of us, you...
"
"Don't say it, don't say it, Meow! This is such a shame and humiliation, such a great shame and humiliation. Meow must never do anything like 'all-purpose cute beast armor for everyone's happy entertainment'. Meow is a majestic white tiger meow!!"
"Pfft~ So good, so good... (touching the head) The majestic white tiger cat is so good..."
"Hmph~ (with a satisfied look on his face) Don't force meow, otherwise meow will run away from home~ I'll be so worried about them then~ But meow... I always feel like something is almost wrong, meow~"
To be honest, looking at this adorable being from body to heart, Li Shushi felt that he would never be able to control it if it hadn't been for the little elephant trunk on his body. But even so, he was already far away from a certain angel.
The country is not far away.
Hmm. The hair feels very smooth. Although it is a little harder than Su Xiaololi's hair, it has a different kind of comfort to the touch. It is also hard to put it down and hard to distinguish.
The most important thing is that the cute round face actually turned red with Li Shushi's touch, and the animal ears and tail that swayed gently with Li Shushi's movements were also full of emotions that made people couldn't help but nosebleed.
A cross-flowing sense of cuteness.
Therefore, Li Shushi said that she was not on the verge of committing a crime, but was exercising her ability to resist temptation.
Maybe, in fact, there is only temptation but no confusion, that’s not necessarily true...
Of course, Li Shushi finally did not forget the purpose of his trip despite such temptation.
When it comes to drought relief, what impressed Li Shushi the most was nothing more than a few things - finding water sources and saving water for irrigation - but Li Shushi left these kinds of things to his profitable subordinates. After all, people like him can only
He can give some help in the general direction. If it comes to details, it is enough to thank God that he does not help. It is better to leave everything to professionals. He will go to the people from time to time as needed.
Just put on a show.
Facts tell us that no matter how bad or bloody the method is, as long as the acting skills are in place, the effect will not be too bad. Especially in this era of extremely backward information and communication, Li Shushi believes that his actions will definitely not become all kinds of trolls the next day.
their goals.
Compared with the above-mentioned things, the most important point in drought resistance is actually: "Don't let go of any cloud that can rain".
According to unreliable information, this sentence was yelled by the mayor of a certain city at a meeting of the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. The background is said to be that due to successive years of severe drought, the city's water supply was only less than a month's supply.
The entire city is about to be in danger of running out of water, but the life-saving water pipeline has not yet been repaired.
At this time, saving water is actually of little use, and finding new water sources is the top priority.
Of course, it is said that the final outcome of this story is that when the city was less than ten days away from a large-scale water outage, the life-saving water pipeline was finally repaired, and this life-and-death battle finally ended with the victory of mankind.
However, it is said that there is a follow-up to this incident, that is, because of the severe drought for several consecutive years, everyone in the city government has a special hobby for clouds that can rain, and they have always practiced the not-so-thick rule.
The leader’s motto. As a result, one year later, the reservoir area in the north of the city suffered heavy rains due to this action, not to mention flooding... So it became more and more important to write a song that everyone would be happy with.
It's difficult.
Putting aside the dark history, the most important thing compared to the time-consuming and labor-intensive construction of water conservancy facilities is that water from far away cannot quench the thirst of nearby people. It is more economical to find those cute beasts who are competing with unknown things in Luoyang for support.
It is a time-saving and labor-saving method. After all, in this era, there are only a few super-standard ones with the ability to artificially increase rainfall.
But the reality is obviously not as full as imagined.
In response to Li Shushi's request, Baihu Miao still looked cute on Li Shushi's face, but said that there was nothing he could do about it.
Not to mention the Suzaku girl. She is born with the fire attribute like a drought monster. There is only one result that can be caused by unleashing her power wantonly - naturally it will not alleviate the drought but make the already shriveled things look like...
The tassels of weeds turned into charcoal that was completely inedible.
Well, it may sound like good news for the equally bad locust plague today, but Li Shushi also believes that it is absolutely impossible for the people of Henan to live on roasted locusts, an edible food, for a year.
Besides, even if there is food, people will still die without water, and they will definitely die faster.
And where is our Xuanwu Royal Sister?
"I am quite knowledgeable about cooling down. If there is enough water vapor, it can make snow or something like that. But in such a dry weather, if you ask me to find some rain for you, I am not a porter of nature. I am not a natural porter."
I really can’t do it~”
Okay. After hearing the last sentence, Li Shushi almost peeed on the spot, because Sister Xuanwu was obviously not an existence that ordinary people like him could surrender to, so when she said the words "concubine", it definitely meant
Feeling quite unhappy.
Although I don’t know why she is so upset, it is better to apply oil on the soles of her feet.
But the last one left is the one that Li Shushi has always found to be the most troublesome.
Speaking of which, Li Shushi's first impression of Qinglong was the somewhat humorous and sinister elder in Qinglong Shrine. But it should be said that distance brings beauty.
When he really started to have more interactions with these cute animals that didn't seem to be difficult to get in touch with, Li Shushi gradually discovered Qinglong's slightly different status among the four - as if he was a stern person.
The elder brother seems to be the cold boss. Qinglong obviously has a lot of power to intervene in the behavior of the other three people.
As the royal sister, Xuanwu may be able to ignore the majesty of Qinglong because of her aura, but she will not resist under normal circumstances. Suzaku does not seem to have to withstand too much firepower because of Xuanwu's protection. Moreover, neither of their treasures are in the Central Plains.
Within, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, even the holy beast has a lot of powerlessness.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for Li Shushi's unparalleled awakening method, the four of them might still be in the same state as before.
Therefore, the most tragic thing is Baihu Meow, who looks the "youngest" among the four and lives not far from Qinglong.
Naturally, Baihu Meow, who was quite close to Li Shushi, also thought about this "brother" behind his back.
Even Li Shushi felt a certain sense of fear towards Qinglong.
Even naughty children usually have a natural fear of their parents, right?
Although it is not a feeling of disgust, he is not willing to take the initiative to get close to him. Even if the self-healing strategy that the other party gave him has saved him countless times from showing himself as a pig, it still cannot change this emotion.
"But there is only one way to choose, meow. Moving clouds and making rain is a dragon's job, meow."
I licked my paws out of habit, no, it was my fingertips, and there was still a sweet taste on them, which came from the delicious shaved ice - Sister Xuanwu used her own labor to give birth to such a delicious taste.
Such the purest taste.
"Then why didn't you tell me this at the beginning? Instead, you made me go through such a big circle."
"Because it's very interesting, meow~ and to be honest, Uncle Qing is very old-fashioned, meow, especially he doesn't like this kind of random interference with the lower world, so if it's not necessary, meow doesn't think there is any need to accept this kind of rejection, which is mainly troublesome."
"Does that mean you will definitely be rejected?"
"I'm not sure whether I will definitely refuse, Meow. When Uncle Qing is in a good mood or when he wants to make himself feel better, he may agree. But Meow advises you not to be happy too early. Uncle Qing has
She was scarier than Sister Hei~"
Is it true? Li Shushi doesn’t quite agree with the last statement because...
[Shh! Look, what I found is that there is a wild white tiger cat here. We can try to capture her. A white tiger cat can provide us with energy for a day. She is rich in protein and amino acids, but the white tiger cat cannot
It’s easy to deal with, so we approached her slowly from behind, being careful not to make any noise.]
Regarding the mysterious voice coming from nowhere and the threat hidden in the mysterious voice, Li Shushi decided that silence was the best.
"Oh~ Xiaobai thinks your Uncle Qing is scarier than me~~"
"Meow! Meow meow~!! Something bad is going to happen meow meow! Meow meow is going to cause disaster! Meow meow! Apply oil on the soles of your feet quickly meow meow! Meow...!"
[Hey, we caught it, she struggled hard, we cut off her head and [beep~], and the rest can be eaten. Of course, if time is not urgent, we can bake it first, which will be more delicious
tasty.】
Accompanied by a long scream, Li Shushi looked at Sister Xuanwu with a pious expression, who was about to take away the captured prey.
"Nana~Xiao Shumi, what do you think is the best way to deal with this white tiger cat?"
"Please be sure to leave [beep~] to me. I think it will be of great help to my future life!"
"Li Shushi! Meow will not let you go even if he turns into a ghost!"
"No, no, no, I think it might be better if you don't have that kind of thing, as far as I'm concerned."
"Meow! Meow feels like he has been fundamentally denied!"
"This is definitely not your illusion."
"There's no denying it! Meow...!"
"Well, the texture is crunchy and crispy, and it tastes like chicken~"
Looking at the two unscrupulous people who gave each other thumbs up, Baihu Miao's eyes that could never be closed showed a look of unwillingness. A drop of bright red tears fell from the corner of his eyes, leaving traces of words on the dry soil.
It left indelible traces.
Perhaps in the near future, a towering tree will grow here with white or red leaves to write about the love and sorrow of the past.
Perhaps this tree will turn into an eastbound demon that sucks the flesh and blood of passers-by due to the owner's emotions. It must be completely sealed with a pure girl, but as a price, this girl will become one of the seven deadly sins.
Yes, gluttony.
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