Xiangzi restrained the urge to curse and vented his anger by slapping the table: "They understand their plan!

If the breeding is good, their tax revenue will be higher, which is their contribution; if the breeding is not good, or there is a chicken or duck plague, causing the people to lose money, then it is our boss's fault!"

Huang Rong also slapped the table and said, "No! This is absolutely not possible! Why don't Baijiaxing come back? We need to go to these county offices to make a fuss!"

Zhao Min's chopsticks pierced the chicken's head and made a "click-click-click" sound: "We can do it even if all kinds of things are not prosperous!"

Zhuo Yao, you and Xiangzi are in one county each, while I, Sister Huang and Sister Mu are going to the streets to quarrel!

I still don’t believe this is evil!

The shit is all over our foreheads. If we don’t stuff the shit into their mouths, my name, Zhao Min, will be written backwards!”

Chu Qing was stunned.

Unexpectedly, what did Zheng Xiaorou give these big palace maids? In just a few months, all of them have become very angry!

"Um... the snake bites the chicken. If you don't eat it, it will be cold." Chu Qing pointed to the basin in the middle of the dining table and coaxed them: "Don't be angry, this is nothing."

Seeing that it was the master who was offended, and that the master had to take care of their emotions, they all sat down and started picking up food for Chu Qing.

Zhuo Yao had almost eaten, and he didn't want his bamboo leaves to be wasted.

After wiping his mouth, Zhuo Yao said: "Boss, Xiaobao usually deals with this kind of thing by giving money to keep his mouth shut. If anyone doesn't speak his mind, he will fire his workers."

"Pah!" Xiangzi clapped his chopsticks again: "That's right! Boss, let's remove several carpentry workshops and stop giving them work!"

The piece of meat Chu Qing had just picked up was frightened away by Xiangzi, and he was extremely depressed: "If you withdraw the workshop, how can I make money?"

Xiangzi said: "Let's recruit workers again! We can't find people anywhere!"

Mu Nianci also said: "That's it! Recruit people again! Master, didn't we build a meat processing plant at the foot of the mountain? We won't accept their chickens and ducks!"

Chu Qing didn't feel happy at all, and felt that her own people were going to ruin her business: "Why can't you get along with money?!"

Seeing that Chu Qing couldn't finish the meal peacefully, she had no choice but to put down her bowl and chopsticks and have a good chat.

Chu Qing said: "Let's first talk about whether what these ladies said today makes sense.

Indeed, they wanted to put the blame on me, but one thing they were right about was that this year was indeed a bad year;

It should be said that things have been abnormal since last year. There was a lot of rain last year, a lot of rain in the north, and several floods in the south;

But this year, so far, it hasn’t rained a single time here. Their excuse was the drought, but I saw something more serious;

I wonder if you have ever heard of this saying: ‘When a drought is extreme, locusts will come’. Locust plagues usually occur along with droughts. In the beginning of spring, when I saw farmers plowing their fields, they found a lot of locust eggs.

There will be no rainfall at the beginning of this year, and many riverbanks have dried up. As long as it rains again, the sky may be filled with locusts."

Chu Qing didn't know how to explain to them how the monsoon climate cooperated with the landforms and terrain to stimulate the occurrence and development of the locust plague.

She tried her best: "To the west from us, there is a large impact plain. Well... the impact plain is when the sediment in the upper reaches of the river cannot be carried downstream, and then the sediment is deposited in the lower reaches. Over time, it becomes a plain.

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The soil in this impact plain is mainly fine sand and impact loam, which is not easy to accumulate after floods. In addition, droughts often occur after floods, and there is suitable temperature and humidity..."

Fortunately, the terms "temperature" and "humidity" are easy to understand. Even if you have never heard of them, you can understand them, and everyone can still listen to them.

Chu Qing continued: "Just like growing crops, if the temperature and humidity are right, the locust eggs in the soil will hatch easily. At this time, even if there is a light rain, these locusts will break out of the soil;

It is now April, when locusts are about to emerge;

The imperial court still needs to reserve money and food to prevent disasters, but we ordinary people should take precautions even more? No family can withstand disasters, right?"

Huang Rong said: "Yes, I personally experienced a locust plague when I was a child. At that time, the locusts were almost covering the sky and the sun, and I was so scared that I had a high fever for several days;

When my fever subsided, I saw my sisters-in-law crying. They said that the cornfield that was still strong the day before was now swaying and only bare stalks were left."

Xiangzi also said: "Oh, how many people are just like this? Those locusts are not eating crops, they are eating people!"

"So," Chu Qing said, "let's not consider what those officials want to do. We have to take care of ourselves first. Most of our land is in the north, but now there is also a lot of it in the south;

There is little rain across the country this year, so it’s not certain where the locust plague started. The area is not small, so I’m thinking that I need to raise more chickens and ducks!”

What? Everyone was in a daze.

Where is this going? Chu Qing's words left them confused.

“Originally, I hadn’t thought about it in this direction,” Chu Qing continued: “Today, a lady said a farmer’s proverb – if there are too many dragons to control the water, the world will be in a severe drought. This sentence reminded me of ‘when there is extreme drought, there will be locusts’;

I just thought carefully about the terrain and climate here and found that it is right to raise chickens and ducks. They are the 'fighting chickens' and 'charging ducks' that fight against locusts, masters of locust extermination!

It’s just that we don’t raise enough now! We have to continue to increase it!”

Zhuo Yao interjected: "Boss, if you have 50 per household now, the people will scold you. Do you want to increase the dosage?"

Chu Qing said: "The country does not care about stockpiling, and does not prepare for the disasters of famine and human affairs. The country is like this, and the people are like this. We are not afraid of being scolded. We can use the method of not being scolded."

Zhuo Yao was confused: "What method?"

Chu Qingxiao: "Xiaobao's idea is to use money to solve the problem. After a while, you will post a notice saying that we will buy eggs, duck eggs, and eggs that failed to hatch!

If I let them make money, won't they stop scolding me? Will they raise more chickens and ducks?"

Xiaobao's method was to make them unable to make money, but Chu Qing used money to seduce and silence them.

"Master!" Zhao Min shouted: "Repaying evil with kindness is not the way to repay them! Why should we spoil them! Our money does not come from strong winds!"

Chu Qing quickly gave her a piece of snake meat, really afraid that she would slam the table again: "Our family can also make money. Later I will teach you how to pickle eggs and preserved eggs. Not only did we let them raise chickens and ducks, we also

You still have to make money!”

Then he said to Zhuo Yao: "I will write to Song Zhizhou, Xuzhi County and the current Qi Zhizhou of Jizhou in a while, asking them to vigorously develop poultry breeding. I don't know if it will be late, but doing it is better than not doing it. Can you help me?"

I'll hand over all the letters."

Zhuo Yao nodded: "Do you want to do anything in Kyoto?"

Chu Qing thought for a while and said, "I'll send a letter to them later to see if they can call on the surrounding people to raise chickens and ducks. Anyway, it won't be in vain in the end. Let's all take it."

Zhuo Yao asked: "I can't afford it! How much money will it cost?"

Chu Qing said: "As long as we make a move, there will definitely be people who follow suit. I'm afraid we won't be able to stop them by then."

Regardless of who ordered each household to raise fifty chickens and ducks, in the end, they all became voluntary farmers!

Everyone saw that the master had a plan in mind, so they stopped worrying and continued to eat and drink. Well, the snake bite chicken is still very fragrant, even if it is not hot anymore, it is still delicious!


Chapter completed!