Traveling through Great Qin: Father Qin Shihuang!

"It's over, it's over, it's all over!"

The leader of the Guli tribe couldn't bear the blow, so he vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot, and then passed out.

After the locusts left, the farmland in front of them was devastated everywhere.

Even the grain they had harvested before was eaten up by the locusts.

The food they had worked so hard to grow for a year was gone before they could hold on for even half an hour.

What made the leaders of the Guli tribe even more desperate was that Touman had previously conveyed the order that they were required to pay taxes.

Let alone taxes now, they don't even know what to eat next.

But Touman doesn't care about the life and death of these people. Anyway, if you can't pay the food, Touman's army will come directly to crush the Guli tribe tomorrow.

"Boss, these locusts seem to be flying towards the Tursun tribe!"

At this time, the priest of the Guli tribe stepped forward and said something to the leader.

"Tursun tribe?"

Hearing this, the leader of the Guli tribe immediately put away the sad expression on his face.

Such a huge locust disaster, it is obviously impossible to only target their Guli tribe, this is a disaster that will soon sweep through the entire Xiongnu.

Anyway, when the locusts crossed the border, not a single blade of grass would grow. At that time, all the tribes of the Huns would have no harvest, and naturally they would not be able to pay taxes.

No matter how ruthless Touman is, can he still wipe out all the tribes?

Thinking of this, most of the worries in the leader of the Guli tribe disappeared in an instant, and he even felt a little gloating.

The Tursun tribe and the Guli tribe were close, and the two sides had countless conflicts in order to compete for more fertile pastures and territories.

The leader of the Guli tribe really wanted to see what kind of expression the leader of the Tursun tribe would have if he knew that the locust plague was coming.

……

The locust plague that swept across the entire Xiongnu was not limited to the Guli tribe.

At the same time, several tribes of the Xiongnu had news of a locust plague attack. The tribes of the Xiongnu were severely affected, not only the food, but even the grasslands and pastures were severely damaged.

Moreover, the plague of locusts is still expanding. In just a few days, most of the territory of the Huns has been plundered.

In the court of the Huns at this time, Touman still had the high spirits of a few days ago.

Not only him, but even the officials below, and even Mao Dun's face was very pale at this time.

"High Priest, tell me, why is this? Why did the plague of locusts suddenly appear?"

Touman dragged his fat body, looked at the man in front of him who was covered with strange symbols and lines, and cursed.

"Shan... Master Shanyu, I really don't know. We have not found any signs of locust plagues before. Someone must have offended the gods. Maybe this is the punishment sent down by the gods!"

"Then tell me, what should I do now?"

Touman panted heavily, looking at the high priest with sharp eyes.

If it weren't for the Huns, the high priest was a messenger who communicated with the gods, and his status was very high.

I am afraid that on the first day when he heard the news of the locust plague, the angry Touman should have dragged the high priest down and beheaded him.

"My lord Shan Yu, I think we should worship the gods devoutly now and pray for forgiveness from the gods, so that this plague of locusts can disappear."

The high priest said tremblingly.

"Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry? If you can't get the forgiveness of the gods, high priest, you can go to see the gods yourself!"

There was an aggressive light in Touman's eyes.

What bullshit gods, this kind of words means that they are fooling the ordinary people below. Touman, as the great chanyu of the Huns, naturally will not be superstitious about gods and ghosts.

Now asking the high priest to sacrifice and pray for the forgiveness of the gods is just a tactic used by Touman to delay the attack, at least to temporarily stabilize the mood of the people.

What Touman is most worried about now is not the problem of not being able to pay taxes this year, but that the locust plague will continue, and sooner or later the entire Xiongnu will suffer heavy losses.

Previously, after years of development, the Xiongnu managed to save a little food.

However, under Touman's decision, all the food was taken out and Qiu Ping replaced it with a large number of weapons and equipment.

In other words, the Huns pinned all their hopes on this year's harvest.

Now there is a sudden locust plague, and the Huns have suffered heavy losses in their autumn harvest. If it is not handled properly, the Huns will surely be in chaos.

In the best case scenario, the Huns will starve to death a lot this winter.

After the high priest left, Touman looked at the others.

"Everyone tell me, how should we deal with this matter now? This year's autumn harvest has suffered such a heavy loss, and it is too late to extinguish the locust plague, and it will not solve our predicament at all."

After listening to Touman's words, everyone fell into deep thought.

"Chan Yu, why don't we ask Turba to contact Qiu Ping to see if we can buy back some grain from him?"

Soon someone made a suggestion, which is currently the most appropriate way.

As long as they can get back the grain that was previously sold to Qiu Ping, they can at least survive this winter until next year's autumn harvest, and the crisis will be resolved.

"I don't think that's a good idea!"

Before Touman could speak, Turba suddenly stood up and said.

"Why not? This method is the most stable method. What's more, the food is ours in the first place. Isn't it unreasonable for us to come back now?"

Turba sneered when he heard this.

"The business between us and Mr. Qiu is a business. We exchange food for weapons and equipment, and you should also know that this year's food in Daqin has also suffered disasters."

"Mr. Qiu is counting on this batch of grain to help him make a lot of money, so he took such a big risk to trade with us."

"If we repent now, do you think Mr. Qiu will agree? Even if he agrees, we can't buy those grains from him at the original price."

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Hearing Turba's words, many people present nodded in agreement.

"Hmph, Turba, I'm afraid he took advantage of Qiu Ping. He is just a lowly businessman. What qualifications do you think he has to negotiate terms with us?"

"My Xiongnu is now strong and strong. Are you afraid that he will fail as a businessman? It would be fine if he obediently sends back the food, but if he can't send it back, we will kill him directly!"

……

Turba sneered again. Of course he accepted Qiu Ping's benefits, but he didn't always consider it from Qiu Ping's perspective.

Turba, like Touman, both regard Qiu Ping as an opportunity for the Huns to become stronger, otherwise, how could Qiu Ping, a small businessman, be looked down upon by him.

Most importantly, Turba was very upset with the man who had just spoken, because he had brokered the deal.

Moreover, it is precisely because of this transaction that Turba can become a popular man next to Touman.

If they repent at this time, let's not talk about whether they can get the food back from Qiu Ping.

Even if Qiu Ping really didn't dare to offend them and obediently sent the food back, it would be basically impossible to expect Qiu Ping to help them transport and smuggle Daqin's weapons and equipment in the future.