Chapter 544: Chapter 544 This task is really tough... _1

In the history of Xiyun Kingdom, droughts inevitably brought locust plagues, and wherever the swarms passed, they left a thousand miles of barren earth, causing severe crop damage, followed by famine, and the people struggled to survive.

Such natural disasters always caused the Son of Heaven great headaches.

This time, when the locusts passed through, since the grain had been sifted with either plant ash or charcoal ash beforehand, the locusts did not eat them. Without sufficient food, the numerous insects quickly flew away.

Before two days had even passed, the originally oppressive swarms that blanketed the sky like dark clouds disappeared, restoring clarity to the heavens.

Seeing the sky clear again, everyone cautiously cracked open their windows to peek outside, and not spotting any locusts, they dared to leave their homes.

Once out, they all rushed to their fields to assess how much of their crops had been consumed by the locusts.