"King Yue, I'll come... I'll come..." Zhao Yuankai got the news of locusts appearing in Sinong Temple. Almost immediately, he carried his horse to the duck farm where Li Tai was breeding, and entered the door in panic, panting and gasping for breath.
gas.
"Zhao Shaoqing, please wait." Qin Zhong, who is in charge of the duck farm, came out to greet him and saw Zhao Yuankai, "What's the matter? It's so urgent!"
"Where is the king of Yue?" Zhao Yuankai asked.
"Inside!" Qin Zhong quickly replied, "Mr. Yan is teaching a book!"
Zhao Yuankai took a few deep breaths, calmed his breath, and said, "I'll go and report it to the emergency!"
Without saying much, he strode to the door, but saw Baihe and Lu Anshou stopping at the door, and went in and saluted with their hands crossed, bent over slightly, and said, "Locusts have appeared in the field. I need to recruit ducks from King Yue.
Birds, remove locusts!”
Hearing this, Bai He nodded and said, "The King of Yue has already given instructions. If you need to dispatch ducks and birds to destroy locusts, just go to the main house to find Ma Zhou Langjun. The King of Yue has entrusted all this matter to Ma Zhou Langjun.
He is most familiar with those duck herds!"
"Thank you, Mrs. Bai He!" Zhao Yuankai was stunned when he heard Bai He's words, and asked again, "Don't the King of Yue go in person?"
"The King of Yue is still in class, and for the King of Yue, this is the most important thing!" Bai He replied.
Hearing this, King Yue stopped saying anything, but bent over and hurried towards the main house.
As King Yue left, Yan Qinli held the book in his hand and looked at Li Tai with a little puzzled: "You have been busy fighting locusts for so long, and now you are finally here, you still have the patience to come.
Follow me to learn the history of the Grand Historian?"
"Master Yan, it's naturally fake if you say you're not worried." Li Tai said calmly, "But you also know that I've been busy all over the place for so long, and I should have done it, just like I'm participating.
Students who are in the imperial examination have already studied all the time seriously. Do they still need to be memorized all night long? Just treat them normally!”
"Even if that's the case, don't you go to preside over this anti-locust against the locusts in person?" Yan Qinli said seriously holding the book.
"Ma Zhou is very capable, Zhao Yuankai is very versatile, and they are much better than me when it comes to implementing specific things.
I was really afraid that I could only help the other two, so I would let them do it.
Of course, if you take a step back, if you really do it, it will naturally be a problem that I did not come to the front line in person. I will just carry the responsibility."
Yan Qinli grabbed Shu's hand and couldn't help but heavier. Looking at Li Tai's eyes with a little staring. Seeing Li Tai calmly respond, he calmly opened the book in his hand and said, "We will continue to put it in."
The content is the Liuhou Family!"
In the middle of words, we continue to start the course.
When Ma Zhou saw Zhao Yuankai coming to find him to dispatch ducks, he couldn't help but look at Li Tai's direction.
Although Li Tai had instructed this matter, when it really came to him, Ma Zhou was still grateful for Li Tai's delegation of power.
So Ma Zhou bowed to Li Tai's direction and followed Zhao Yuankai decisively and devoted himself to the anti-locustard cause.
"What should I do now?" Zhao Yuankai looked at Ma Zhou, with a little confused.
Although they have always been saying that ducks are used to cure locusts, in fact, these locusts appear all over the mountains and fields, and Zhao Yuankai was a little panicked. After all, Sinong Temple could not withstand another failure, and he did not want to fail.
"Baiqu!" Ma Zhou calmly said to Sinong Temple, "Our goal is here!"
When Zhao Yuankai heard Ma Zhou's words, he was a little unresponsive. After thinking for a while, he said:
"Is there Baiqu? It has been abandoned for many years, and the weeds that have grown out have been eaten for several groups."
Ma Zhou said: "The fields near Baiqu are not organized to clear the canal, so the river channel is somewhat silted, and the original fertile fields are naturally deserted, but the vegetation here is lush, and Sinong Temple does not organize corvee service. We are turning over the fields here, so both King Yue and I infer that in this large area where Zheng Guoqu and Baiqu are located, there will be a large number of locusts hatching and inhabiting!"
Perhaps it was because Li Shimin had managed to deal with other princes so that the Guanzhong area had not been fully developed, and all the other princes were killed, which made the Zheng Guoqu and Baiqu areas not fully developed.
Later, as the population of Chang'an gradually increased, this area was developed and even the Wei River was cut off, resulting in Guanzhong no way to support a city with a scale of millions. Even if it wanted to develop, it would not be able to develop it.
Of course, there is no need to worry about this matter in Zhenguan time. If you really have to worry about this matter, you still have to wait until the end of Zhenguan.
Hearing Ma Zhou's analysis, Zhao Yuankai nodded and said with a little bit, "Do you just need to care about this place? Where elsewhere?"
Ma Zhou said, "At the time of the temple fair, we attracted people from all villages, so we had allocated ducks ranging from five hundred to one thousand in the small villages around Chang'an early on.
At the same time, we posted news in Chang'an that people would raise ducklings, but there should be one or two children in the family with fields.
This ensures that Chang'an and the small villages around Chang'an can deal with scattered locusts in a timely manner.
Now we have to bring such a large number of ducks and sweep the wilderness with relatively flat terrain.
It completely prevents the locusts from flying again, at least there will be no more locusts in this year!"
Zhao Yuankai was relieved when he heard Ma Zhou's words. No matter what, everyone was preparing too much for this day.
Soon, under the leadership of Ma Zhou, the duck herder drove the duck towards Baiqu.
At this time, Zhao Yuankai discovered that Li Tai and others were actually not far from Baiqu.
Zhao Yuankai didn't know whether this was chosen by Ma Zhou and others intentionally or unintentionally, but at least the journey was quite smooth.
Arriving at Baiqu, Ma Zhou waved his hand and issued an order to herd the ducks to herd, "Release the ducks!"
The ducks began to take the whip and drove the ducks to the abandoned Baiqu land. The ducks shouted "qq" unconsciously, which was quite impatient for humans, but for locusts. But it is the horn of the slaughter.
Ducks rushed into the fields in a row, and I wonder how many locusts were alarmed.
These locusts had just appeared, and the next second, several duck beaks swallowed the locusts, opening their bloody mouths one by one, as cruel as penguins urging to recharge money.
Seeing the locusts jumping and dodging in the fields, and then being swallowed by the ducks, Zhao Yuankai couldn't help but clench his fists.
To be honest, the originally terrifying locusts seem so fragile in front of the bloody mouths of the ducks, which is hard to imagine that they are the locust plague that makes the entire Guanzhong people despair.
"Is this a killing of the locusts?!" Zhao Yuankai asked Ma Zhou in anticipation.
"This is just today's journey!" Ma Zhou said calmly, "We need to clean up the entire area of Zheng Baiqu.
If you clear out the locusts here, the locust plague in Guanzhong should not be as powerful as the locusts.
As for the sporadic locusts, they are handed over to the herds and ducks raised by each family.
There may be sporadic locusts at that time, but they should not be able to become locust plagues!"
"Ma Langjun, your command and dispatch are so stable, and you are really as a general!" Zhao Yuankai stretched out his hand and praised very flatteringly.
"The King of Yue has already arranged it. I just did some hard work, what's the point!"
Ma Zhou shook his head, looked at the locusts on this land being pushed horizontally by ducks, and ordered loudly:
"Starting from A, we stayed in the duck circle here, and left two duck herders and five hundred ducks to prevent locusts from escaping from returning from other places.
The others will rest for one night and continue to drive the ducks and sweep tomorrow!"
"I have to work hard next, Lord Zhao is sure to follow me?" Ma Zhou looked at Zhao Yuankai and asked.
"Follow!" Zhao Yuankai gritted his teeth, but still chose to follow.
Because Zhao Yuankai felt that it was too difficult for him to regain the position of Sinong Temple with his own abilities.
Now, by chance, I hugged King Yue’s thigh, maybe King Yue can become His Majesty in the future!
After all, with the saint's Xuanwu Sect change ahead, no one can guarantee that Li Tai will not be the lord of the Nine Five.
King Yue is only eight years old now and has this ability. When King Yue becomes an adult after he becomes an adult!
No matter what I said, I couldn’t put this thigh on my thigh!
Of course, Ma Zhou was responsible for grazing ducks in the wild and cleaning up locusts as much as possible. Dou Jing organized members of the Sinong Temple and local good families to deal with the locusts in the farmland.
If it is a farmland that has not been sown, it is simple. Once the duck is put on it, it will naturally make the ducks happy in this buffet.
But if it is a farmland that has been sown, then you have to be much more careful when solving the locusts in the fields.
After all, if you accidentally get Miao pregnant, you will suffer a loss.
At this time, even the people were organized by the Sinong Temple to drive away locusts. Those with ducks came out and drowned the locusts in the duck mountains and ducks. Those without ducks should work hard at night. If there are too many locusts in a certain place, then light the fire and watch the night.
Don't burn into the mountains when you watch the fire.
The anti-locust action ranges from mid-July to late August. It is really not easy to find locusts near Chang'an.
Ducks were eating round and even if a child chased them, they would flap their wings and couldn't jump up.
"You performed very well this locust plague with green birds!" Li Shimin patted Li Tai's shoulder and praised.
Li Tai said sincerely: "Qingque just made a plan, and the real hard work is the people who are doing things below.
When these locusts were rampant for the most days, I only studied with Mr. Yan. To be honest, I am the most leisurely one!"
"No need to be humble. Without the plans and plans you made, can they still do things!" Li Shimin patted Li Tai's shoulder and said, "This time you have helped you Aye a lot. Thank you very much and tell you
What do you want, Aye helps you achieve it!"
"Anything is OK?" Li Tai asked with wide eyes when he heard Li Shimin's words.
"You Aye is the king of a country, and you have a word and a few cauldrons!" Li Shimin said confidently.
Why is he so confident? Because before Li Shimin came to proclaim Li Tai, he already knew what Li Tai wanted in his diary.
So Li Shimin is not afraid of Li Tai making any unreasonable thoughts. If what Li Tai wants is different from what he is in the diary, then there is no need to read Li Tai's diary in the future.
"I want to build an agricultural institution to impart knowledge from farmers!" Li Tai said to Li Shimin seriously.
"I want to establish an agricultural institution... this is not easy!" Li Shimin's expression calmed down slightly and said to Li Tai.
"Uh?!" Li Tai was a little stunned when he heard Li Shimin's words.
Li Shimin said with a stern face, "Agricultural institution is not easy. It requires food, teachers, teaching materials, and even land. Qingque, do you really have this enlightenment?"
"I just think that the people should not have a year of food storage!" Li Tai said, "After a locust plague, there will be many hunger under Chang'an City. I think that as a royal family in the Tang Dynasty, I should find a way to make the people in the world.
All are full!"
"Qingque..." Li Shimin looked at Qingque's resolute expression and saw his own shadow on Qingque's body.
But my dream was to help the world and the people, while Qingque's dream was to let everyone in the world have enough food and clothing.
"Aye, I know this is not easy, but I just want to try it, and walk a path that no one else has ever walked!"
Li Tai was serious about Li Shimin. This serious attitude made Li Shimin really unable to speak.
"If you want to open a school, have you figured out where to get the money and food?" Li Shimin said to Li Tai and Wen.
"I have some robbery of food that I usually save on," Li Tai said, "I want to use it first."
"Where is that duck farm and those two small coal mines? What do you plan to deal with this!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and said.
"This..." Li Tai couldn't help but become a little nervous when he heard Li Shimin's words, and his face slowly turned red.
Under Li Shimin's gaze, Li Tai said slowly: "I want to secretly use their profits to support the agricultural institutions."
"Why do you have to provide it secretly!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction after hearing Li Tai tell the truth.
As the diary said, this little guy prepared the duck farm and the two small coal mines to build an agricultural institution.
Li Tai couldn't help but lower his head, as if he felt very guilty, "This... this is the court's profit, I can't dispatch it privately.
Although the agricultural institution is a dream of Qingque, it is strictly just a private school, and it is not a gentleman to harm the public and benefit the private sector!"
"You gather 100,000 ducks to the Dianzuan Office, and return the personnel recruited by the Dianzuan Office.
The remaining small coal mines and duck farms will be allocated to your Yue Palace!" Li Shimin patted Li Tai's shoulder and said,
"You are good at doing it well. It is a good thing for you to be determined to farm, and it is even more good for you to work hard on agriculture. I will allocate thousands of acres of fertile land to provide you with livelihoods!"
"Thank you, Aye!" Li Tai couldn't help but express his gratitude to Li Shimin when he heard Li Shimin's words.
However, Li Tai stretched out his head again and asked Li Shimin, "Aye, can I ask you for some policies?"
"Policy?" Li Shimin said to Li Tai, "What policy?"
"For example, I want to hire refugees to build schools and select some half-old children from among refugees to enter school!" Li Tai said.
Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly and finally said, "You do it first, as long as there is no major change, everything will be easy to say!"