If this locust plague is not handled well and causes an outbreak across the entire territory, I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty will be in chaos and the people will once again be in dire straits!
As a person who has lived through two dynasties, His Majesty Li Er never wants to see that kind of scene with corpses everywhere again.
"Now, the order to catch locusts is issued to every state and county in the Tang Dynasty. Every locust must be caught!"
"Even if we can't catch the person who secretly released the locusts now, we have to investigate and focus our manpower in the northern region!"
Su Chen made various arrangements calmly, and Changsun Wuji and others also kept them in mind.
"As for the pesticides, I have prepared them all. Each state and county has detailed quotas. I must make arrangements for their use!"
Having said this, Su Chen looked at His Majesty Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and will require a lot of manpower. If we simply organize the people, I am afraid it will be too late, so I plan to use the manpower of the army!"
"Okay, it's up to you to make arrangements at that time! His Majesty Li Er said without hesitation.
Regarding Su Chen, His Majesty Li Er is at ease and has no fear that he will do anything outrageous with the army.
Seeing His Majesty Li Er readily agree, Su Chen nodded and continued: "In order to deal with this locust plague, I plan to send out hot air balloons to spray medicine when necessary!"
"This can effectively kill locusts, but it will cause great damage to the land and can easily make it impossible to farm for several years!"
"So, I don't want to take this approach unless I have to!"
"This time, we must go all out to deal with the locust plague without any reservations!"
After Su Chen finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, have you heard clearly the plan of the Protector?
Do you have any questions?"
"No, I have already remembered it!"
After receiving the replies from the ministers, His Majesty Li Er said directly: "Okay, from now on, everything will be carried out according to the plan of the Lord Protector!"
"Assistant machine, Xuancheng, I will leave the coordination work to you two. Xuanling and Keming will assist me in handling government affairs!"
"Yes! I will do my best!"
The four of them bowed their hands respectfully and said.
"My dear friends, please take action now!"
After His Majesty Li Er gave the order, several ministers immediately exited the imperial study and began to get busy as arranged.
Out of their trust in Su Chen, several ministers carried out the orders without any hesitation, achieving rare efficiency!
After the ministers left, Su Chen finally had a chance to rest, drink water, and take a breath.
"I'm really exhausted!"
Su Chen poured himself a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.
"Who do you think is controlling all this?"
His Majesty Li Er asked.
"I have almost guessed something now, but I still need some time to prove it."
Su Chen replied.
"I thought that when I gave them a chance to survive, they would learn to restrain themselves, but I didn't expect..."
"The opportunity has been given to them, but they don't know how to cherish it, so no wonder I'm so cruel!"
In fact, it was not only Su Chen who had already made a guess, His Majesty Li Er also had his own guess in his mind.
Now, after hearing what Su Chen said, His Majesty Li Er knew that the two of them most likely wanted to get together.
Although they don't have enough evidence to prove it yet, they are probably close to it.
Once His Majesty Li Er and Su Chen deal with the locust plague, these rats hiding in the dark will also be thoroughly cleaned out!
Regarding this matter, the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not continue to mention it.
After drinking a pot of tea, Su Chen stood up and prepared to leave.
"Your Majesty, now that I have arranged everything, I will go back to Sujiazhuang. Where is Lizhi?"
"She should be with her grandma at the Li Zheng Palace now."
When they arrived at the Lizheng Hall, they found Princess Changle and Queen Changsun and exchanged greetings with each other. Then Su Chen and his wife got into the carriage and returned to Sujiazhuang.
"Brother Su Chen, how is the situation now?"
In the carriage, Princess Changle asked worriedly.
She already knew what happened through Queen Changsun.
"Even I don't know much about the current situation, but it shouldn't be the worst..."
Su Chen leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes, and took a long breath.
The day's running around has almost exhausted everyone else.
Upon seeing this, Princess Changle raised Qian Qianyu's hand, placed it on Su Chen's shoulder, and kneaded it gently.
"Brother Su Chen, Li Zhi believes in you. There is nothing in this world that you can't solve."
Princess Changle whispered.
For some reason, Su Chen felt particularly at ease when Princess Changle was by his side, and his whole body relaxed.
"Don't worry, although the situation this time is a little more difficult than before, I will definitely be able to do it."
Su Chen smiled slightly.
Although Su Chen acted calmly on the surface, only he knew the actual tension.
It can be said that this locust plague is the most difficult thing he has encountered in so many years, and it is so rare that it makes him passive and pulls him out of his usual lazy state.
In this regard, Su Chen also began to reflect on himself.
In these years, he has never encountered such a difficult problem, everything is like a simple game in his hands.
It was precisely because every previous success was too easy that Su Chen's mentality gradually expanded unknowingly.
Especially in the past two years, the rapid development of Datang's food output and people's quality of life made Su Chen feel a little elated.
That's why he launched foreign wars everywhere, without even thinking about filling the granaries everywhere.
The current food reserves of the Tang Dynasty may only be enough for the people of the country to barely survive for more than a year.
If the locust plague cannot be controlled in the end and pesticides are used to kill them, the consequences will be unbearable by Su Chen no matter what he does.
"Li Zhi, I'm busy now. I may not be able to accompany you in the next two days."
"It's okay, brother Su Chen."
After returning to Sujiazhuang, Su Chen did not bother to be gentle with Princess Changle, and once again immersed himself in the workshop.
This time, he wants to study how to spray pesticides through hot air balloons.
To this end, he needs to build an appropriate spray device and change the structure of the hot air balloon.
Although there are not many opportunities to use hot air balloons on weekdays, Su Chen did not ask those who accepted them to stop production.
"Fortunately, there are now more than 800 heated balloons. As long as the spraying device is successfully researched, it will not be difficult to kill locusts in large areas!"