The World of Yellow Sky

There is a place where grain is stored, and no one except him and his wife knows that there are still things buried there.

Liang Ping raised his hand, wiped off the sweat on his head, and handed the sunflower fan to the woman's hand.

"Be sure to close the door tightly. If those katydids fly into the room again, don't be afraid, don't let those katydids damage the things at home."

The woman nodded. Although she was a little scared, she still held the sunflower fan tightly.

"call out------"

When the whistle sounded again, Liang Ping's face changed slightly. After he glanced at the woman, he let go of his tightly clenched hands.

"I'll be back later."

Liang Ping clenched his fist and slowly pushed open the wooden door.

At this time, many people had already walked out of the house on the road of the village, some with knives and axes for chopping wood, and some with wooden forks for forking grass, and walked towards the square in the center of the village.

Liang Ping glanced at the locust corpses scattered on the road, he paused for a while, and finally merged into the crowd, and followed the flow of people towards the square.

"Erro."

Someone behind him called Erlang, and Liang Ping turned his head to follow the prestige.

"Three uncles."

Seeing the person who called him, Liang Ping softened his face and replied respectfully.

That man was his father's younger brother. There were five members in his father's family. One of them died young. His father was the second in line. The person who came was his third uncle, who raised him up. Otherwise, I'm afraid he and his little sister will starve to death in the calamity year.

"The katydids eat food, but they don't eat people."

The middle-aged man called Sanbo walked up to Liang Ping and patted him on the shoulder.

"The Diannong officer has already said that the Taoist master has found out where the katydid is, and he is rushing there now. The ones that come to us are ordinary katydids, which cannot harm humans or animals."

"What's more, the Taiping Dao talisman Zhu is also here, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Liang Ping nodded in agreement, but his movements were obviously a little stiff.

He had seen the overwhelming migratory locusts with his own eyes. They came like a black wind. There was no rain for several months. Many plants and trees were dead, but they could still see the scorched grass leaves.

After the black wind blew, there was only a bare piece, only the earthy yellow soil remained.

The black wind composed of locusts not only blew across the fields outside the garrison, but also rushed into the garrison.

To this day, Liang Ping still remembers the horror of the black wind, the swarms of locusts rushing past, and the sound of countless wings vibrating gathered in his ears, as if there were thousands of troops and horses outside.

Countless migratory locusts passed by, and from time to time, migratory locusts hit the eaves and walls, and some locusts even hit the doors and windows, and many locusts even rushed into the house through the gaps in the doors and windows.

Because of this, the locust corpses were covered inside and outside the village.

Soon, Liang Ping and others had arrived at the square, and hundreds of people had gathered on the square.

The Diannong official's belt ring head knife stands on the high platform, and a huge brazier is placed in the center of the square, and a raging fire is burning.

A group of soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army stood a little farther around the brazier, and they all held unlit torches in their hands.

"call out------"

The third whistle sounded when Liang Ping and others arrived at the square one after another, and more people also entered the square.

After the number of people was counted, the Diannong officer standing on the high platform also raised the trumpet in his hand.

"The katydids are not here, but the swarms will soon cross the border. Our food here has been eaten up, but these katydids must also be removed, otherwise they will rush into the granary, the food in the village will not be guaranteed, and the convoy will not be able to pass , it will be very difficult to receive relief food in the coming time, we must first get rid of the insect swarm.”

The Diannong officer shouted loudly, repeating what he had said a long time ago.

Liang Ping followed a soldier of the Yellow Turban Army and walked towards the outskirts of the garrison. Their task was to cut down timber and then pile it up outside the garrison.

When the locust swarm is found, the fire is lit immediately, and the locust swarm will naturally fly into the fire. It is said that this is a spell cast by the Taiping Taoist priest, which can attract the locust swarm to throw themselves into the net, especially at night Light the room, the effect is even more.

Those locusts flew into the fire, and were roasted by the fire in an instant, and fell to the ground, smelling of rotten meat.

According to the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, locusts could be eaten, but Liang Ping didn't have the courage to try.

It is said that if the locust is eaten into the stomach, as long as the katydid does not die, it can be resurrected in the stomach and eat all the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney.

The Taoists of Taiping Dao haven't killed the katydids yet, and if they eat them in their stomachs, they may die of gut rot. Now that there is still some food left over, and they can still eat enough, Liang Ping naturally won't eat those seemingly Just disgusting katydids.

Hundreds of people left the garrison, except for some people who were left behind with large nets and torches to protect around the warehouses of the garrison.

The rest of the strong labor force in the garrison basically left the garrison to search for wood to prevent the locust swarm.

Go out in the morning and come back in the evening.

At sunset, a large number of wooden piles were piled up outside the village.

Outside the settlement, a large number of piles of wood were coated with a layer of golden yellow by the afterglow of the setting sun.

The work of hundreds of people a day still has a lot to do.

Fortunately, there were no traces of locust swarms today, and the day was still calm.

The smoke rose slowly, and every household started to make dinner.

But at this moment, the bell in the center of the village rang again.

The short whistle is to summon the soldiers of the garrison, the long whistle is to summon the young and strong in the garrison, and the sound of the bell is to call all the people in the garrison.

Liang Ping had been working hard all day, and he was already resting on the couch at this time. Although he was puzzled when he heard the bell, he still sat up.

In the past month, he has heard more bells and whistles than in the previous year, and more frequently.

When he arrived at the square, the Diannong officer was already standing on the high platform.

The Diannong officer's right hand is drooping, holding the iron loudspeaker, and the other hand is raised high, as if holding a piece of yellow paper.

"Just in the afternoon, our village received a letter, a letter from Chang'an."

There was a loud commotion on the square, and everyone looked at the yellow paper in the hands of the Diannong officer and couldn't help discussing it.

Chang'an, they know Chang'an.

It seems to be the place where the Taoist master of Taiping Road is now, that is, the capital.

When they heard the letter, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't know anyone in Chang'an.

And why a letter was sent to summon them all.

"This letter is a letter from my Daoist of the Taiping Dao, my king of Ming Dynasty, to all of you."

The Diannong officer pulled the copper bell hanging on the high platform, and the copper bell made a harsh sound, which also suppressed the noise of the crowd.

"A letter to the disaster-stricken people in Zhongzhou..."

"From the seventh year of Guanghe to the fifth year of Chuping, in the past ten years, there have been wars and chaos, frequent disasters, epidemics, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and peace is hard to find..."

"...The powerful and powerful family is superior, and they regard us as pig dogs!"

The Diannong officer paused for a moment, and his tone became more serious.

"Officials are rampantly corrupt and wantonly bullying us. We are poor and helpless. We work all day long, but it is difficult to feed ourselves..."

There was a hint of inexplicable meaning in everyone's eyes, Liang Ping clenched his fists slightly, and his wife beside him moved closer to him, holding his right hand.

Liang Ping also held his wife's hand tightly. From the seventh year of Guanghe to the third year of Chuping, for more than eight years, there were very few days when he could have a full stomach. For many days and nights, he endured hunger and fell asleep.

"After ten years and hundreds of bloody battles, because of the bloodshed and sacrifice of millions of people, the peaceful life I'm waiting for is now, and I don't need to be bullied anymore, and I don't need to pay heavy taxes anymore... ..."

Although Diannong Guan's voice was hoarse, it was still possible to hear that his voice was full of anger, and his body was trembling.

Liang Ping couldn't empathize with the farmer on the high platform. He didn't know how to fight, and he didn't know the situation of the war. He was just an ordinary farmer.

Facing the loess and back to the sky, he doesn't have much knowledge.

But he understands one thing, he understands one thing very well.

The powerful landlords who rode over their heads in the past were overthrown by those wearing yellow scarves, and they were given justice so that they would no longer be bullied by them arbitrarily.

Those wearing yellow scarves also gave him enough fields to cultivate and rented cattle for them.

No exorbitant taxes were collected, and no corvee was collected.

Instead, they are hired with money to repair roads and build water conservancy.

Those water conservancy projects and roads are repaired, and after the repairs, they are the ones who benefit in the end, but they are allowed to build them, and they are not expropriated or collected from them. Instead, they are paid back and paid.

The people have a steelyard in their hearts. Limited by their vision, they may not see long-term benefits, but they can know who is really good to them through the changes around them.

Although a year is short, they have saved their food earnestly, and they don't say they are full every day, but they don't need to worry too much about the future, and their lives are much better than before.

The food and grass for disaster relief have been delivered early, and those people with yellow scarves on their heads have not forgotten their original promise.

"Drought is a disaster, and katydids are rampant. Because of this, we need to be united, and we must also be united."

The hoarse voice of the Diannong official echoed in the square and echoed in the ears of everyone.

"Those powerful families want to seize the fields that should belong to us again!"

"Those powerful families want to rob us of our money again and turn us into their slaves!"

"Those powerful families want to ride on our heads again!"

The words of the Diannong official hit Liang Ping's chest like a heavy hammer, and hit the chests of all the people on the square!

"Are you willing to let those powerful families ride on our heads again, let them succeed, and let them reign supreme again!"

On the high platform, the questioning voice of the Diannong official pierced into the hearts of everyone like a sharp sword.

I don't know who it is, raised his arms first and roared.

"I don't want to!"

Immediately afterwards, more people raised their arms, angrily responding to the Diannong officer on the high platform of the square.

"I don't want to!"

The Diannong officer on the high platform threw the yellow paper in his hand on the ground, raised his left hand high, and roared angrily.

"We will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties, we will definitely be able to win!!!"

"Those tyrannical families will never be able to do anything to ride on our heads again!"

Chapter 744 Misfortune and fortune depend on each other, Mobei Xianbei

Drought, earthquake, locust plague.

At the beginning of the founding of Taipingdao, it encountered disasters repeatedly.

However, neither the drought nor the earthquake and the locust plague have reduced the reputation of Taipingdao much. On the contrary, it is because of Taipingdao's powerful disaster relief and response measures. These should have been negative effects, but in the end they turned into positive ones. influences.

Drought, earthquake, locust plague, three kinds of disasters.

Drought and locust plagues, reported by local newspapers and Fu Zhu, most of the people in Zhongzhou believed that it was because of the drought and katydids, and the drought and katydids were sent down to the mortal world by the minions of the heavens, in an attempt to sacrifice blood to mortals to resurrect the heavens.

The earthquake in Chang'an was caused by the Taiping Taoist cutting off the dragon veins of the Han Dynasty. The earthquake last year was the same. After all, the foundation of the Han Dynasty was nearly 400 years old. A certain vitality.

The magnitude of the earthquake that occurred in Chang'an in June was not large, but it was felt. It did not cause much impact in Chang'an. Apart from the collapse of a few residential buildings, there were no buildings in the inner city of Chang'an or the buildings in Taiping Temple. collapse.

The Xiaoqi Battalion entered the city and was quickly mobilized by Xu An. The looters who took advantage of the fire were killed in an instant. Nothing can hide from the watchtowers in the outer city, and no one can defeat the eagle wolf guards stationed in various cities. .

During the time of the famine, there were many bandits and bandits, many of whom were instigated by the secret service agencies of the Han and Wei courts, the embroidered clothes envoys and demons.

However, they only created a little confusion in the early stage, and all the larger-scale bandits were wiped out by Xu An's cavalry army deployed in Zhongzhou.

Famine will inevitably cause turmoil, and there will be no shortage of looters. Therefore, in addition to the cavalry of the Xiaoqi Battalion who went out to defend the capital, Xu An transferred the cavalry of the Shanggu Battalion to the Sanfu area as an emergency force early on.

The smaller bandits and bandits were handed over to Eagle Wolf Guard and Six Doors.

The current power of the six doors cannot be underestimated, and it is more than a star and a half stronger than when it was first established.

Except for the branch of the Six Doors in Yizhou, which has just been established, the Six Doors in Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Zhongzhou have already taken root.

Learn literary and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family.

Many rangers don't want to be rangers all their lives, and many capable people are recruited by the six doors.

Thanks to the help of the six gates, the Eagle Wolf Guard's control over the various places has been raised to another level.

Misfortune comes with blessings, and blessings come with misfortunes.

Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Although the famine this time brought a heavy economic blow to Taiping Road, it also brought to the surface a large number of spies placed by the Han and Wei courts in Zhongzhou.

Originally, the Embroidered Clothes Envoy and the Demon had always been at a disadvantage in the process of fighting against the Eagle Wolf Guard. This time, the Eagle Wolf Guard followed the vines and almost uprooted the two secret service agencies in Zhongzhou.

Now Zhongzhou's Embroidered Cloth Messenger and Demon Department have lost most of their functions, the intelligence network has been destroyed, and a large number of intelligence personnel have been arrested and imprisoned. It can be said that without more than three or four years of operation, their destroyed intelligence network in Zhongzhou will never be restored to its original state.