Chapter 101 The Prime Minister was finally moved by a locust plague

In Sanshui County, wells in many places have been leaked, and some have collapsed directly. A few wells have not changed much. The drought is still going on and not completely resolved. There is nothing more than worrying that the people will die of thirst due to lack of water.

County Magistrate Cheng originally wanted to get a immortal sacrifice for the two masters in Zhangjiazhuang, but the opposition from Zhuangzi was absent, so he had to keep this matter in mind.

There was a good thing in the county. At the same time, the rich people at home heard that many wells were leaking out. They also went over to take a look and smelled a familiar smell. They thought it should be firecrackers. They bought hundreds of thousands of times and found a dry well and threw it into it to light it. As a result, a short continuous sound came from it, and there was no reaction.

Looking at the smoke coming out of the wellhead, he was sure that firecrackers could not be used to blow up the well. He smelled the smell and felt that it was different, so he had to give up. Originally, he wanted to know the method and go to another place to try to help people make money.

The wharf under Song Jinggong's responsibility is still in full swing, and it will take a long time to build it all in late autumn.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Shannan East Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road and Guannei Road all have droughts of varying degrees. Guannei Road is slightly worse. Shannan East Road and Henan Road are the most severe. Hedong Road has also been affected some. Fortunately, there are several mainstream rivers in important places in Hedong Road and Guannei, which may be able to last until the rainy season comes.

If there is only drought, there will be no fear on Henan Road. A poor harvest cannot be avoided. However, they were able to lure the Yellow River into the water, mainly from spring. There were more locusts in these two places than in other places. At first, the people did not pay attention. Grasshoppers were jumping around all year, and it was not bad for this year.

Who knew that with the drought, there were more and more grasshoppers, and the big ones grew to two inches long. When they swelled their wings, they felt like a chicken flew over them.

When people saw these locusts eating crops, they all lighted incense burners outside the field and kept kneeling down, but no one said they were going to rush, or let the poultry at home eat it. Later, the locusts became overwhelming.

The people in the prefecture not only ignored it, but reported it to the emperor and asked the emperor to issue an order to build a temple for locusts here. Li Longji knew the harm of the locusts, but it was difficult to deal with it. The other ministers did not stop it. Only Yao Chong was exceptional. He jumped up and down and promised the emperor that he would take the responsibility. He followed the other ministers to threaten him. Finally, he received a no-support or no objection recognition.

Go there in person to check the disaster and get rid of the locusts.

At this time, Zhangjiazhuangzi in Sanshui County also started moving. The 10,000 shi of grain was divided into two parts. One part was asked Xu Si to stop the market and ordered him to take it to Henan quietly. The other part was asked Erniu to find a car to pull it, and the carts were shipped several miles away to transport it to the county town.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were about to take charge and go with him. They were childhood sweethearts, but they were stopped by their family members. Usually, they did something, but the elders didn't care about it. This time they were going out, but they didn't agree. They were afraid that they would run away and arranged ten people to take turns to guard them.

When County Magistrate Cheng learned the news, he understood that it was time for him to go out and arrange the matters in the county, bring half of the yamen runners to prepare to go to those two places to rescue disasters, but in fact it was to deliver food.

The cherries hatched a lot of chicks, all of which were distributed to the farmhouses to raise. They also set off in a mighty manner with more than 6,000 chickens and Xiaohong ducks and geese. The "idlers" in the yard also drew some of them to follow and help feed the chickens and pick eggs.

This time, Cherry and Xiaohong brought enough feed for poultry for two days. Along the way, they had to pick up places with grass or places with many grasshoppers. According to the young master's instructions, as long as the egg is laid, they would exchange it with the local people. They could buy it with money, and exchange it with cloth. Even if some Xu Nian's grain was exchanged, some kids caught various insects and fed the poultry, and also gave them eggs.

"Everything depends on Erniu. Whether our family can continue to enjoy this kind of treatment is very important. Erniu's response is very important. There are also many grasshoppers here, some of them hide in the mountains and eat them. They will recruit the big bull from the county town and let him try to make cakes. Then exchange grasshoppers with the little kids in the farm.

This thing is good, high in protein, so I can get some pepper and salt. After frying it, we two eat it. We don’t eat staple food anymore and eat grasshoppers every day. I decided to beat a five-year-old baby when I was three years old.”

Zhang Xiaobao kept holding his breath because he didn't let him and Wang Juan go there in person at home, and waited for others to leave and began to come up with ideas.

"Eat every day? Then you eat it yourself. I won't accompany you. No matter how much protein there is, the grasshopper can compare to rice and white flour? I don't know how you, a liar, are you." Wang Juan also wanted to go out and see what other places in this era look like, but she was locked up at home and was equally depressed.

Zhang Xiaobao had no choice. If he really wanted to run out, it would be very easy for him and Wang Juan, but if he ran away, his family would definitely worry. He would never do this after finally having relatives.

Seeing that Wang Juan was not accompanying her to eat grasshoppers, she found a compromise method. "How do you think about it when you wrap the grasshoppers with the noodles?"

"You are competing with grasshoppers? Why don't you let them catch more, then bake them into powder, make some pastries for the children in the village to eat, and supplement their nutrition. When we grow up, they can become the most loyal guards. Then expand the territory. No, when the land is cleared, the strength of the seedling protection team will be stronger."

Wang Juan heard about the death of children in the past few months, and felt a little distressed. There was a Ge family villager who was six years old and died of illness. His life was so fragile. At that time, all the doctors in the yard were sent, and using a glut of ginseng was only delayed by a few days.

In addition to the medical reasons, this kind of thing is also the nutritional problems of children. Healthy children are also more resistant to diseases. Usually, some children are enough to play and exercise, but the protein intake is less. People nowadays don’t eat grasshoppers except for famine. If it were the first time, it was a good thing.

Zhang Xiaobao also knew Wang Juan’s thoughts, and thought for a while and said, “It’s useless to just eat some grasshoppers. When the matter is done this time, build the school and find a few students who failed to get the exam to teach the children. At that time, all three meals a day will be matched, so the children will naturally be healthier.

It is better to add our MSG after making the powder for grasshoppers and send it to some cake shops to make seasonings. The taste is absolutely different from that in cakes or other pasta. You can also add some fish meal to it. Forget about MSG, just add something else.”

"Providing raw materials is the most unprofitable. It is better to sell them in the store in Sanshui County. It is not a big deal. Just arrange them casually. It seems that before they come back, we were idle. Let's think about how to help your father deal with the imperial examination."

"Okay, starting tomorrow, we will ask my father to go out to see the scenery. Please cooperate more. I am not so familiar with more poetry. You have been exposed to a lot of training when you were a child. This is your dependence on you." Zhang Xiaobao wanted his father to take the exam for scholarship. He could suggest some political and economic ideas, but poetry would not work.

"Okay, I'll ask your dad to go out to learn something tomorrow morning. We'll hint at that time." Wang Juan agreed.

County Magistrate Cheng Lingxiang set off that night when Erniu brought so many cars. He has also paid attention to the disaster situation in the two places recently, knowing that he will definitely be recognized when he goes there now, and his grade will also be mentioned.

Such a large team would take at least half a month to go from Sanshui County to the other side, but they still rushed all the way. Cherry and Xiaohong on the other side also urged the team to move quickly. The chickens, ducks and geese were not very obedient, especially when they encountered water, the ducks and geese always wanted to go in and play.

Fortunately, Xiaohong has a smart goose "fury" here. Xiaohong can understand whatever it does. She is busy and is rushing to eat and marching on the road. The people from the inner courtyard who are following are busy, and they have to watch the left and right and back of the team, otherwise it will be easy to lose a few, which is all money.

When encountering fields on both sides of the road, as long as there are grasshoppers, Xiaohong and cherries, they will drive these poultry to eat. With those meat, the poultry naturally look down on the millet and lowers its neck and runs around there. After running here, you can eat various insects driven over there. Even the locusts that fly slightly lower will jump up and be stumbled into their mouths by the chickens.

Half a month later, the team of County Magistrate Cheng arrived first, and it cannot be said that they all arrived. The trucks carrying grain were still behind. County Magistrate Cheng was preparing to contact the Prime Minister first, that is, Prime Minister Yao You.

He had already learned the news that the Right Prime Minister had also come out of the capital and was about to come here. He was able to wait until he met. His only worry was whether the food could be transported in time.

Xiaohong and Cherry were also a little anxious. They were moving slower. It was a good idea that those poultry were not very obedient. They always had to go to a far place to check it out and continue to move forward with the team.

I was already slow and I would have to walk there for more than ten days. I don’t know if I could see the right prime minister by then.

"Xiaohong, you take the team and walk slowly. I have to hurry up, otherwise we will not be able to go back and explain to the young master if we leave. At least we must let the person named Yao know that we have put a lot of effort into this time."

As he walked, Cherry became anxious and discussed with Xiaohong.
Chapter completed!