Chapter Eleven Locusts
The carriage was driving on the uneven official road, with some bumps, which Li Yang was very uncomfortable, so Li Yang ordered the groom to walk slowly to relieve the pain of bumps.
Pull the curtain and look around.
The endless rice fields, the rice waves are rolling, and the golden ocean is dazzling.
"It's not far from the day of autumn harvest." Li Yang murmured.
Suddenly, a locust came in from the window. Seeing this, Li Yang stood up with disgust, took off his shoes, and slapped him to death on the spot. The action was done in one go, and he was obviously a veteran.
In his previous life, Li Yangke used slippers to slap pests such as mosquitoes and cockroaches. A famous saying in later generations said: In front of slippers, all living beings are equal.
Compared with the endless rice fields, the locusts seemed particularly dazzling. In just a short while, more than a dozen locusts had accidentally flew into the carriage of Li Yang and others.
"Stop." Li Yang said to the groom.
When the groom heard this, he hurriedly acted as he said.
Li Yang and the other four walked off the carriage in turn, and under the leadership of Li Yang, they all walked towards the rice fields.
Seeing this, Uncle Fu and the soldiers of the county hurriedly followed.
Li Yang became more and more frightened as he walked. While waving his hand to call the locusts flying all over the sky, he muttered to himself: "Does the locust plague be advanced?"
Li Yang was a library administrator at a well-known university in his previous life. He worked very freely and did not have many hobbies. In his spare time, he not only copied copybooks, but also read books. Li Yang has read a book that records all the natural disasters that have occurred in China in history.
The book records that in April of the seventh year of Xiping (177), there was a severe drought and in September, the seven states encountered a locust plague.
Looking at Li Yang's frowning look, Uncle Fu was a little confused, so he approached Li Yang and whispered: "This year's scenery is pretty good, there is no locust plague."
Li Yang looked in disbelief, and said, turning his head to see Uncle Fu's expression of affirmation, but he couldn't help but disbelief.
After hearing Uncle Fu's words, Li Yang lost interest in continuing to move on. After turning around the carriage, he fell into deep thought. After a while, Li Yang finally figured out the key points and sighed inwardly: "It seems that this kind of scene is normal."
In ancient times, there were no effective prevention and specific measures to control locust plagues, so they were repeatedly attacked by locust plagues. Locusts passed through the border, and the particles were not harvested, the people were living in poverty, and the country was withered.
In a sense, locust plagues are much more terrible than floods, because the frequency of locust plagues occurs very frequently, and they happen once a few years, causing a lot of suffering.
After Li Yang decided to return home, he personally sorted out a set of specific solutions to prevent and control locust plagues.
Although the occurrence of locust plague cannot be completely prevented, it can at least reduce part of the losses to the court and the people. If you do this, you will be better than not. You can't sit still and wait for death.
Li Yang already has a curse in mind, all of which are relatively simple plans to prevent locust plagues, and are not complicated.
After returning home, Li Yang walked straight to the study, buried his head on the desk for three consecutive days, writing the plan to cure and prevent locust plagues on Zuo Bo paper.
Since his time travel, Li Yang has been extremely fond of paper. He mostly writes with hemp and Zuobo paper, and the same is true for use in the toilet. Li Yang always keeps his stay away from the toilet.
Three days later, when Li Yang learned that his father had returned home, he hurriedly brought the completed locust control plan and came to see him.
After the salute, Li Yang expressed the purpose of this and neatly placed Zuo Bo paper with the plan to treat locusts on several tables in front of his father.
Li Man picked up the locust control plans on several cases with surprise and looked through them carefully.
The more Li Man looked at him, the more frightened he became, because he saw the hope of the country and the future of the people.
Never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. The ancients were not stupid at all. As the saying goes, experts look at the tricks and laymen watch the fun. As the prefect of Liaodong, Li Man had a very vicious vision and was almost at a close eye for people's livelihood. Therefore, when Li Yang came up with a strategy to cure locusts, he had already seen the tricks and feasibility in it!
After a long time.
Li Man placed Zuo Bozhi in a corner of several cases, looked up at Li Yang deeply, and then lowered his head and fell into a brief meditation.
Da! Da! Da! Da!
Li Man's fingers were pounding rhythmically on several tables.
Li Yang stood beside him and did not rush to speak. He knew that his father needed some time to digest the things in front of him.
Based on his impressions and experience in his previous life, Li Yang summarized four effective plans for locust control and locust prevention. The specific operations are as follows:
First, it is said that when the drought is extreme, locusts will lay eggs in a wet and watery place when they lay eggs. Therefore, a large number of plants and trees can be planted by the water, so that the locusts have no place to lay eggs, thereby achieving the goal of killing locusts.
Second, locusts can be killed in large quantities by introducing natural enemies. There are many natural enemies of locusts, including frogs, birds, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. You can breed a large number of poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, etc. to prevent and control locust plagues.
As for lizards and parasites, Li Yang did not include them. He was worried that he would control the locust plague, but it would bring another disaster.
The third is to hunt, or even prey. Locusts have high nutritional value and a certain sense of fullness, which can be used to satisfy hunger.
Regarding eating locusts, the most famous one is Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: "You eat the food of my subjects, I eat you." This sentence is like this!
Fourth, the imperial edict recruited Guizhou leaders to dig locust species. The government mobilized the people to dig locust eggs, which could reward money and food, and work more and get more. This could also stimulate the enthusiasm of Guizhou leaders.
Half an hour later.
Li Man stretched out his finger and pointed to Zuo Bo paper on several tables and spoke in a deep voice: "Where did my son get this method of treating locusts?"
Li Yang said nonsense without thinking: "The locust plague has been around for a long time. The ancients often had strategies to cure locusts. The son just followed the methods of his ancestors, summarized his experience from ancient books, and sorted it into a book."
When Li Man heard this, he looked at Li Yang with a complicated expression, his eyes flashed, and his face was full of suspicion.
Seeing this, Li Yang had no intention of evading, and looked at him in front of his father's eyes.
Looking at the open and upright eldest son, Li Man sighed secretly.
In Li Man's opinion, the more he was like this, the more he was confused.
Li Man sighed slightly and said, "It is a good thing to be surprised and beautiful. But you must always have a degree in everything. You must understand the principle that too much is not enough, and adhere to the doctrine of the mean to be invincible."
Li Yang felt a stern in his heart. He looked up at his father looking at him with a loving look on his face. He felt warm in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward, walked to Li Man, and bowed solemnly and said, "Son, remember his father's teachings."
Li Man nodded, pulled Li Yang up, bent down to dust the dust on his knees, and smiled and said, "My son is smart and can be taught."
Li Yang glanced at Zuo Bozhi on several cases and asked, "Father, how should we deal with this strategy of locust control? Buried? Or?"
Li Man shook his head and smiled and said, "This strategy is very good, and you should not abandon it. My son doesn't need to worry. He later ordered someone to go to Luoyang and hand it over to Master Hu. The next thing to do is to Master Hu make a decision. We just need to let it go. Master Hu is very righteous and will not disappoint us."
The Hu master Li Man mentioned is Hu Guang.
In history, Hu Guang died in the fifth year of Jianning (172 AD). In this life, Hu Guang's body was much stronger than in the previous life.
Since Li Man took office in Liaodong County, he has ordered people to go to Changbai Mountain to dig wild ginseng, then select the best products, and send them to the Hu Mansion in Luoyang, the capital city, with Li Yang's intentional reminder.
Hu Guang was a bachelor, but the old man regarded thousand-year-old ginseng as a common practice. He must moisten his mouth with ginseng tea every day, and there must be a dish of ginseng and chicken soup for dinner every day.
Hu Guang often has ginseng slices in it. In his spare time, he will hold the ginseng slices into thin slices in his mouth, which can strengthen the foundation and nourish the essence, nourish the spleen and lungs, calm the mind and improve the mind and improve the intelligence.
Since taking wild ginseng for thousands of years, Hu Guang's waist has stopped being sore and his legs have stopped hurting, as if he is reborn and his child, he will become more energetic as he lives.
Chapter completed!