Chapter 5

Will there be a natural disaster in Longyou road?

How is this possible?!

"Pa!"

A crisp sound.

The wine bowl in Li Shimin's hand fell to the ground and smashed.

More Than This.

Cheng Yaojin's wine bowl trembled violently.

Longyou road is about the west gate of the Tang Dynasty.

Is there such a possibility of natural disaster here? And it's a once-in-a-century natural disaster?

Also in this broken sound, Li Shimin forced down the shock in his heart and coughed: "sorry, your news really makes me uncontrollable."

Zhang Feng suddenly heard the speech.

Speechless got up and took a bowl again from the counter.

And the moment Zhang Feng turned around.

Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin can't help but look at each other in horror.

This matter.

They don't know anyone!

What does that mean?

And how did a small shopkeeper in Chang'an city know about it?

On weekdays, unless he buys food, this guy usually shrinks in the store and doesn't step out of the door.

How did he know?

Looking at Zhang Feng returning, they forced down the shock in their hearts.

"Shopkeeper, how do you know that there will be disasters in Longyou road? Longyou road is our main business road, which is related to our life and death. There are some..."

Zhang Feng handed Li Shimin the wine bowl, refilled him with a bowl of wine, and asked suspiciously.

"Both of you are businessmen. Don't you know if there is any sudden price increase in the market recently?"

"By the way, Lao Li, I heard last time that your caravan was going to Tuyuhun? Didn't you find anything on the road?"

Zhang Feng looked at the two people with a puzzled face and was very speechless.

Where on earth did this fairy merchant come from?

When I was free, I asked East and West. I thought they knew everything. Why didn't they know anything?

Isn't it that businessmen are all ears and eyes?

Is Datang's businessman floating or lazy?

Zhang Feng's words confused Li Shimin directly.

"I have heard that there is no rain in Longyou road recently, and there seems to be a severe drought. However, this is not a natural disaster once in a century?"

Li Shimin asked, unable to suppress his doubts.

Zhang Feng took a sip of wine, pointed to the back kitchen door and said, "don't you care about the price of grain on weekdays?"

"Where is Longyou road? It's the only way to link the Tang Dynasty and the western regions. I think you should know better than me what cash crops are abundant on this road?"

"Just a few days ago, the price of crops in Longyou suddenly soared, and the number also decreased sharply. Recently, there are more and more people from Longyou. Don't you know?"

Li Shimin was stunned.

Cheng Yaojin took over.

"Shopkeeper, are you... A little alarmist? I know about the drought, but I can't be sure from this. The drought in Longyou road..."

"Well, what if this drought is not an ordinary drought, but the kind that happens once in a century?"

Zhang Feng interrupted Cheng Yaojin and said.

Cheng Yaojin smashed his mouth and secretly glanced at Li Shimin, who turned pale.

"It's nothing. We've heard that the emperor has already made arrangements for this, dispatching water conservancy to relieve the victims..."

Zhang Feng shook his head.

"It's useless! It's just a drop in the bucket! What month is it now? April! Now the drought has just begun and can still be dealt with, but if it lasts for another three months? Can the holy master persist now?"

"If this drought is not as simple as you think, how will the emperor deal with it? Datang will do so!?"

Zhang Feng said word by word: "not only Longyou Road, the whole Tuyuhun and more than half of Tubo were involved in the drought!"

"This..."

Li Shimin was shocked.

"Shopkeeper, are you a little shocking? What if..."

"Appalling?"

Zhang Feng smiled.

"You know, if Longyou road is suffering from drought for a month in a row, I can guarantee that it will be bare for thousands of miles and no grass will grow!"

"What?!"

"It's impossible!"

"This is just a drought. How could it be so?"

Li Shimin was shocked.

This time, I was really shocked by Zhang Feng's words.

He did know about the drought in Longyou Road, but he never thought it would be like Zhang Feng said.

But.

Right now.

Zhang Feng took up his wine bowl, drank it full and said, "what if there were a plague of locusts accompanied by drought?"

"Locust plague?!"

"Impossible!"

"How could there be a locust disaster in Longyou road? It's just an ordinary drought!"

"Shopkeeper, are you drunk?"

Zhang Feng shook his head and said, "Longyou is already dry, and locusts are serious in dry places. In case of such a drought, all locust eggs will no longer be restrained from breeding in large numbers."

"The natural conditions of Longyou road have become a natural incubator. At that time, locusts that block out the sun break through the earth. At that time, locusts compete with the people for food and grass-roots book covers. Can you think of it?"

Li Shimin's face turned pale.

Even, the whole body could not stop shaking.

grasshopper!

Locusts blocking out the sun!

Is this true?

At this time, although Zhang Feng did not continue to say anything.

However, Li Shimin and Cheng Yaojin can also imagine such an apocalyptic scene!

At this time, Datang has just entered the stage of recuperation.

This year, the agriculture of Datang has just recovered, and Longyou road is one of the main grain producing areas of Datang. If locusts break out at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable!

By then

I couldn't help but sweat dripped down Li Shimin's cheek into the wine bowl.

Zhang Feng didn't notice all this. He still said slowly:

"This is just the beginning. If Tuyuhun and Tubo are added, locust disasters will break out at the same time?"

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