There is a granary in the northeast of the city, with a brick roof, 12 waterways on all sides, and a parapet wall for protection. There are not only warehouses on the ground, but also grain kilns.
The grain kiln has a diameter of 10 meters and a depth of 10 meters. The bottom of the kiln is rammed and dried with fire. Straw mats and wooden boards are laid to store grain. The grain is put into the kiln, matted on top, and sealed with soil.
There are engraved bricks recording the location of the warehouse, the source of the coarse grains, the year and month of entry into the cellar, as well as the position and name of the mill officer.
Now, the crowds formed a queue, and people kept bringing a stone of locusts and weighing a stone of grain out. Even after a whole night, there was still a steady flow of people in the early morning.
"This method is very effective, but it consumes too much food, and the locusts replaced are useless. If this continues, I am afraid that the problem of locusts will be solved, and the deficit will become more serious."
When Su Ziji was standing on the steps, looking at the lively scene of locusts exchanging rice not far away, someone came up and said:
Zeng Nianzhen pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword. Su Ziji took a look, shook his head slightly, and saluted Liu Zhan who came over: "Master Liu, we meet again, but your words are wrong. Please follow me."
The official comes here."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.
Liu Zhan took a look and saw that there were many private houses nearby. He didn't know where Su Ziji was taking him.
Of course, for a master like him, he was naturally not afraid of going anywhere. He kept his guard up and followed Su Ziji and others who looked like Jiang Hu Ke. They walked a hundred meters in tandem and arrived at an open space with a wooden fence.
It can be seen clearly whether the open space is a depleted field or whether the fence is a new one.
An old man greeted him. When he saw it was Su Ziji, he bowed with a humble expression: "Sir!"
"Go and do your business. I'll bring this gentleman in for a look." Su Ziji said.
He led Liu Zhan inside and explained: "This is a field I lease, where I raise pigs, chickens and ducks."
What does this matter have to do with what I just said?
Liu Zhan frowned slightly and did not ask immediately, but wanted to see what kind of medicine Su Ziji was selling in this gourd!
As I got closer, I realized that there were a lot of chickens and ducks. It was just because at night, the chickens and ducks had returned to the shed, but the pigs in the pig pen were still very active. Liu Zhan seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes stayed a little longer.
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Su Ziji chuckled: "Sir, how are these livestock being raised?"
"Not bad." Liu Zhan said.
Su Ziji seemed to be impatient without noticing it. He looked at the sky, asked about the crow of the rooster, and ordered the old man who came over and a group of temporarily hired farmers: "Open the shed."
With an order, the temporary chicken and duck sheds were opened, and in a moment, groups of chickens and ducks poured out. The fence surrounding them was actually a large pasture, running and pecking at it.
"Feed!" Another whole cart of feed was dumped on the ground. As if they heard the order, these chickens and ducks pounced on it and pecked desperately.
"There are flocks of ducks, chickens and pigs here, and the daily need for feed is a lot of expense. But because of the locusts, these are no longer problems. Sir, please take a look."
He motioned Liu Zhan to look at what the chickens and ducks were eating. Liu Zhan frowned and looked closer. He found that what the chickens and ducks were pecking at were not the chopped vegetable leaves he had thought before, but rather small locusts.
Corpse.
This immediately stunned Liu Zhan, but he was not stupid. He reacted after a moment: "So, the same is true in the pigsty..."
"As you may think, the locusts can be eaten by chickens and ducks. If you can't eat them, you can dry them in the sun, dry them and grind them into powder. Then mix them in chaff and feed them to pigs. Pigs also like to eat them very much."
"This is even better than feeding vegetable leaves and leftover rice. Chickens, ducks and pigs may grow faster." Su Ziji said with a smile.
Some people say that locusts are rich in nutrients, so why don’t people eat them?
Locusts must be fried to taste delicious. There is not so much oil nowadays. It is the same as not eating minced meat.
If you switch to chickens, ducks and pigs, there won't be this problem.
"Of course, this locust fight is definitely not worth a bucket of rice, but at least it can be used as waste to make up for the loss."
"Besides, sir, don't worry too much. The so-called exchange of locusts for rice is based on weight, not volume. Even if there are tens of thousands of locusts in this house, they are actually only equivalent to one hundred thousand dan."
"Although it's not a lot, it's still affordable."
"It also helped the people, and the provincial court helped the victims. It's not a loss after all." Su Ziji smiled: "By the way, these chickens, ducks and pigs are also owned by the government and are not my private property."
Feeding locusts in this way is justifiable and no one can say it is wrong.
"This Ziju has such a method. From this point of view, it is not wasted at all, and it is impeccable, with no flaws at all!"
After thinking about this, Liu Zhan looked at Su Ziji's eyes a little straight.
Panlong Lake·Shuifu Dragon Palace
The pale golden sky was rippling like water, and a faint light shone down, illuminating the towers and pavilions. Even if you looked carefully, you could see that there were still ruins everywhere, and there were very few active water monsters.
The Dragon Palace, which flourished again last time Haiyan appeared, fell into ruin again during this period.
Not only did the palace suffer a lot of damage due to the sudden appearance of thunder, but also many water temples were destroyed. Although the power of the Dragon Palace comes from more than just incense, it is also a huge part.
The shrimp soldiers and crab generals are also a little weak, some are patrolling, and some are leaning in a corner in a daze.
Some of their colleagues died on the day of the thunder, but the injuries sustained by the remaining ones were healed by the aura that Dragon Girl recognized.
If not, so many water temples have been destroyed, and there has been a recent drought and the water in the lake has dropped, it may be difficult for them to maintain their human form.
Even so, it was just barely holding on.
"The drought won't last long. Just hold on and it will be fine when it rains." Bei Nu came out and walked around to comfort the water demon.
Returning to the palace, we walked along the long corridor to one of the side halls. The candlelight here was obviously dimmed, and the little dragon was sleeping soundly on a couch inlaid with gems, which made Bei Nu even more worried.
Since the aura of the Dragon Palace has declined, the young dragon has become lazy and motionless. Although it seems that there is no physical problem and even seems to have gained weight, Bei Nu still has to disturb the rest of the young dragon because of the survival of the Dragon Palace.
"Ji Jun."
In fact, there was no need for her to call out. The baby dragon had already woken up when he smelled her breath coming in. He was just too lazy to move. Now that he saw her approaching, he flicked his tail and called out softly: "Aunt Bei."
?”
Bei Nu's heart softened after being called out, but she had to harden her heart and said: "Ji Jun, the situation in the Dragon Palace is getting worse and worse now. If the drought continues like this, in order to prevent the spiritual energy from declining again, the Dragon Palace may have to be temporarily closed.
Already."
When the young dragon heard her talking about this, he just patted the couch gently with the tip of his tail. There was no worry on his face, and he comforted her in turn: "Don't worry, Aunt Bei. My teacher will help me solve this matter. There will definitely be no problem."
question!"
Bei Nu just choked. Although Bei Nu admired Dragon Girl's human teacher and had no ill feelings towards him, how could a human solve this kind of thing?
This is really a child's speech. Sure enough, is Dragon Girl too young?