Shortly after the Dragon Ball Incident, a large-scale locust plague occurred in Changzhou. In ancient times, locust plagues were not uncommon, with an average of one in two or three years. But Changzhou is still a bit strange this time, because Changzhou has always had abundant rain and rare drought, but it lasted for more than two months that year, and there was no rain, and it was natural that a locust plague occurred.
China has never been a country that attaches great importance to natural science, and people with high IQs should study Confucianism, which is the only choice for soaring huang Tengda. No expert jumped out to explain the reasons for these natural phenomena, and the right to explain belonged to Liu Ergou and other "citizen scientists", who posted everywhere: "Zhou Han dared to steal the Dragon Ball, although it failed, but it disturbed Long An, Long Yan was furious, and this locust plague is the punishment of the Divine Dragon to the qianshou people of Changzhou"!
Thousands of locusts kept coming, clouds of plush locusts tumbled in the sky, countless wings flickered and flashed, emitting a "buzzing" roar, tearing people's fragile nerves as if the end of the world had come.
The sky was dark, the sun had been obscured, the wind and blood were raining, and the people of Li were trembling. If the locust army enters no man's land, where it passes, there is no grass, and the harvest is imminent, but in the blink of an eye, it becomes a barren land.
At that time, people encountered this kind of locust plague, helpless, with tools to beat, not much to kill, new larvae have developed; with fire at night, it has little effect; buried with soil, with bait to attract locusts, and then buried, at first there was some effect, but later by the locusts recognized, no longer deceived.
Birds and beasts, their IQ is not necessarily much lower than that of humans, can not speak, if they can speak, the locusts will definitely say", "Silly fork, such carving insect tricks, what can I do?" ”
Speaking of this, Liu Ergou can't help but think of the small things he personally experienced, Ergou once rented the first floor of the old residential house, there was a rat that was very rampant, with clips, sticky mouse boards, which were not fooled at all, and the refrigerated food in the refrigerator could be stolen. This hurt Liu Ergou's minimum dignity as a human being. In anger, he cooked and sliced the few pounds of pork that were left, smeared with powerful rat poison, and distributed all over the restaurant, thinking that rao was your baby like a ghost, and he also wanted to drink Lao Tzu's foot-washing water! Returning from work at night, Liu Ergou prepared to open the door with a heart for the rat to collect the corpse, no, how can there be the sound of TV inside? When I left, I didn't turn on the TV, that time "Midnight Murder Bell" was popular, a spirit, the picture of the long-haired female ghost crawling out of the TV came to mind, the door was opened hard, there was no female ghost, the TV was indeed on, the meat pieces were still there, there was no corpse, the bedroom pillow sheet quilt was bitten into a mess, like a murder scene. Since then, Liu Ergou has known that with his own strength, he can't fight a rat who can only watch TV and love to learn, so he must cook twice a day, one for himself to give to the rat, and the people and rats are full, so they are safe.
You can imagine what a terrible scene it was for tens of millions of locusts. Taking Changyuan County as an example, the 5 townships and 14 towns, except for Tanzi Town and Anren Town, because of their remoteness, were not affected by disasters, and the rest of the townships did not harvest grains that year.
In the face of such a big disaster, as a local official, the pressure is great, what is this called? After two years of stable life, Wang Zero looked at the "locust cloud" that covered the sky and the sun, thinking that it would be good to rain in the next rain, and drowned all these pests.
Wang San, president of the Changyuan Chamber of Commerce, came to see him with some squires, saying that this year's disaster, winemaking and other related industrial chains will be seriously affected. Ask the governor of Wang County to come forward and preside over a large-scale ceremony to sacrifice the Dragon King at Tonggu Mountain to appease the wrath of the Golden Dragon, and under the great joy of the Dragon Yan, it will rain heavily and drive out the locusts, and perhaps it will not be too late to make up for the dead sheep.
Wang Zero was also born into a jinshi, and did not believe much in these sacrificial theology, but as a parent official, he should always do something, otherwise what would the people think of you, regardless of whether the people were dead or alive? What do the superior leaders think of you, administrative inaction?
So he happily agreed, and said that he would go to Jingnan County to ask Lord Lu Shilu, if he could personally preside over it, the Golden Dragon or more face-to-face, it was also possible. What is the level of dragon? Ever is the honorary emperor, a county magistrate even has the qualifications to play alone, and the history of thorns is still enough to rank isn't it? The big guys left happily.
Although Lu Zhan was a distant nephew of Lu Qi and a Changzhou assassin who relied on Lu Qi's relationship, his character was not as despicable as Lu Qi's. Appearance is not as ugly as Lu Chengxiang, although the appearance value can not represent justice, but there is indeed a probability problem, after all, "ugly people do more weird". The Lu family was originally a family member, and there were countless high-ranking officials in the former dynasty. I am also a scholar, which is also based on my own efforts, not that irisy can be successful with a prominent family lineage. Since the Han and Jin Dynasties, there have been several people who can become high-ranking officials who are not from the family and the jinshi, but all of them are high-IQ people, and the fierce competition is self-evident. Therefore, even if you are born into a prominent scholar and the first, you must be promoted by the courtiers to realize your political ambitions, otherwise, it is also common to turn over the pile of paper for a lifetime in the Hanlin Academy. Just like Lord Li Dingzuo, when he dies, he is a writer and has no background.
Cui Ning died, And Changzhou was indeed placed under the jurisdiction of Jiannan Dongchuan Province, and Liu Zhongyin was the one who was promoted by the former prime minister Yang Yan, although Yang Yan died in Lu Qi's frame-up, the promotion of so many people when he was prime minister was not able to be liquidated at once, and you did not seize his handle, and the provincial and ministerial cadres did not mean that they would take it.
Dongchuan shogunate station in Zizhou (now Santai), Lu Zhan every time to report to work, the two sit opposite, there is always a strange feeling, in fact, both are people who do things, there are not so many friends of the party ideas, mutual appreciation, but there are always some key words can not be said thoroughly, which often appears embarrassing scenes. Liu Zhongyin knew that Lu Zhan was arranged by Lu Qi to capture Xia Bu in Changzhou, which was a complete chain, so he didn't bother to ask about big things and small things. The rules of the official field are like this, high-profile can be sung every day, falling to the level of practical interests, everyone fights the belly lawsuit, tears the face, no one is happy, killing the enemy eight hundred self-injury three thousand that is the work of a fool.
In recent years, the ethnic problems in Changzhou have improved, everyone is more relaxed, saying that they let the people of the Jurchen clan pay some taxes, but in fact, they basically did not collect, as long as you do not make trouble, then Amitabha, some are land, you plant it.
But did not want to suffer from this natural disaster again, Lu Zhan felt that to ask for rain and try his luck is also a little bit of personnel, in case, really ask for rain is also a great achievement, so he also happily agreed.
On the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh lunar month, the leading bodies at all levels in Changzhou, representatives of the people of all ethnic groups in the Han Dynasty, presidents of various industry associations of agriculture, industry and commerce, squires of the five townships and fourteen towns, and people from all walks of life who eat melons came to The Dragon Pond on Tonggu Mountain to carry out the ceremony of offering dragon sacrifices and asking for rain.
As usual, the flag is displayed, and the gongs and drums are noisy. An eight-foot incense case is placed on the edge of the pond, and three vertical rankings are "the position of the Dragon King of the Dao in this realm", "the position of the Lotus of the Five Continents and Four Seas", and "the position of the Dragon King of the Rainwater in the Eight Seas of the Nine Rivers". In front of the incense case, a long grass and dragon boat is placed in front of the incense case, and a large dragon flag embroidered with summer cloth fabric is inserted in the bow of the boat, and the text is "the position of diverting the water of The Lang Jun", which means to invite the water of the five lakes and the four seas, and the wind and rain in the whole territory of Baochang Prefecture are smooth. This grass boat is also a "plague ship", sending the locust plague star to the underground government to ensure the safety of people and animals in Changzhou.
The chief priest of Changzhou Thorn Shi Lu Zhan, reciting the sacrifice of the dragon god Wen Shu:
"In the first year of Emperor Wei Dezong's reign, the subordinate officials of Changzhou stabbed Shi Luzhan and the people of changzhou, and did their best to be pious, and hereby offered his precious and wonderful offerings, sacrificed to the Dragon King, and asked the Dragon King to forgive me for my unfulfilled duty of care, causing the fools in other places to disturb the dragon driver, and not to be afraid.
Chaos first opened, Qiankun began to lay, Longzu painted wild, and first destined mountains and rivers. The clouds are rainy, and the rain and dew are all wet. The ninth son of the Holy Descent, divided into divisions. The burden is heavy, and the blessing is long. The stinger kisses and looks at it, and the road is not dangerous. Pu Lang chirped, melons and melons. The majesty of the fox, the birth of a child is happy. Fortune is prosperous, benefiting the people's financial resources. Lying on the summer fish, the four seasons are safe. Prisoner Niu Xicai, Fold Gui Jie Chuan. The Fox Lion King, You Pan Dejun. Pepper Tumen God, peace in harmony.
In this way, he sacrificed merit and prayed exclusively to the Dragon King of Changzhou.
Ci En Jia Yu, You Wu Cang Li, Wu Fu Min Kang, Taiping Forever Enjoy! ”
After reading it in one breath, Lu Zhan felt a little dizzy, and he didn't know if the Dragon God heard it. People are like this, when it is smooth, they are all fans of self-confidence, all rely on their own strength, thirty-six counts are not enough, plug-in to create seventy-two moves. When unlucky, he doubts the unfairness of life, the heavens have no eyes, they are obscene like ants, and they tremble and pray to ghosts and gods.
All the officials and people kneel three times and prostrate themselves. After the ceremony, the crowd waited for half a day, but they saw that the sky was still scorching, and there was no vision of rain, and they were afraid that the dragon god's anger had not subsided, or the horse's ass was not loud enough, and everyone had to go home sadly.
Unexpectedly, when the night came, the wind was fierce, lightning and thunder, and then a torrential downpour fell from the sky. The people rushed to tell each other, overjoyed, Lu Zhan, Wang Zero and other officials were also overjoyed, thinking that such a miracle should also be regarded as a good omen, you can report to the imperial court for merit.
The next day, everyone went to the field to take a look, and sure enough, the locusts were drowned countless times, and the corpses were all over the field.
Although the locust plague was extinguished, how to provide relief from this catastrophe has become a major event.
