Chapter 212: Listening
I saw countless locusts swooping over and rushing towards the duck shed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe ducks were so happy that they didn't expect that there would be a supper at night, and they were full of energy and pecked at the locusts on the ground of the duck shed, the wooden pillars and the grass shed.
"Miss, this ...... How did you do that? Why is this bronze mirror so powerful?"
Feng Shanyue smiled, "My bronze mirror is not an ordinary bronze mirror, it seems that my method is useful." Let's go, let's go back!"
The two put out the fire and rode back to Yucheng. As soon as he entered the mansion, he met Zichang chasing Zisheng and talking.
Zisheng looked impatient, "Third brother, I really don't know how the second brother cured the locust plague. You know I hate this thing the most, I went with my second brother and them last time, and I haven't been there since I came back. ”
"Then you've been following them for so long, haven't you heard of something?"
"What did I hear? I only know that the government asked the villagers to catch locusts in exchange for sorghum, and Miss Feng used these locusts to feed the ducks. ”
"Feed the ducks with locusts?" Zichang stopped and rolled his eyes and looked at the sky, "What kind of trick is this?"
Zisheng took advantage of his inattention and quickly slipped back to his room.
Feng Shanyue smiled: "Prince Chang, are you so interested in disaster control, why don't you come and ask me?"
Zichang was startled, and when he turned around and saw that it was Feng Shanyue, he hurriedly smiled and said, "I just haven't seen my fifth brother for a long time, so talk to him and talk casually." Hey, this kid, I haven't finished speaking, why did I leave? Fifth brother, wait for me!"
He ran away as he spoke, Feng Shanyue and Butterfly Wu glanced at each other and sneered, this spy has done this, it can only show that the person who sent him is too stupid!
The next day, Zichang relied on Ming Zhao to go to the duck shed outside the city to have a look, "Second brother, I haven't seen ducks eating locusts yet!
Ming Zhao glanced at Feng Shanyue, and when he saw her nodding slightly, he smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? It's just that ducks eat insects, you like to watch it so much, I'll let my junior brother take you there." I have to go to the countryside today to check on the disaster, so I can't accompany you!"
"Okay, okay!" Zichang nodded with a smile, let others take him better, and he could take the opportunity to talk.
Wen Feichen stepped forward and said, "Then please ask Prince Chang to come with me." I don't know if Prince Chang is afraid of locusts, but if he is, Prince Sheng has a gauze hat that he can borrow. ”
"No, no, what's so terrible about locusts?" Zichang waved his hand proudly, "You can quickly take Prince Ben to the duckshed to have a look!"
"Then please follow me!"
When they went away, Ming Zhaocai and Feng Shanyue went to Donggang Village together, there were a few fields to be turned over today, and the villagers came to report to the government early in the morning, and then pulled a few carts of chickens and ducks back.
Dai Daren was very diligent, and by the time they arrived, he was already standing at the edge of the field in Donggang Village.
"Come, ten of you are digging in front, and the three of you are responsible for putting the chickens and ducks in the back to peck at the eggs, and then the remaining five people will follow the chickens and ducks to check if there are any missed eggs. ”
Feng Shanyue saw that Lord Dai was directing the villagers to do things strictly according to the method she taught, nodded and whispered to Ming Zhao: "If this Lord Dai is not doing superficial work, he is a usable talent. You can keep him in your heart. ”
"Well, that's exactly what I mean. ”
After being reminded by his subordinates, Dai Da found out that Ming Zhao and Feng Shanyue were coming, and hurriedly ran over to greet them.
"It's really hard for Dai-sama to come to the field so early!"
"There is a good way for Prince Zhao and Miss Feng, and the lower officials are just following orders, not to mention hard work. "This is the true words of Dai-sama, because he has just learned about the disaster treatment of thistle.
I heard that the prince arrived in Jicheng, so he has been living in the palace to eat, drink and have fun, and then urged the city officials to take people down to treat the disaster. Because the locust plague has not been suppressed, the prince became angry and scolded the city officials for their ineffective management of the disaster, and he had already beaten him three times, and now he can only be carried to the countryside. In comparison, he was indeed much luckier.
"Dai-sama, in addition to plowing the ground to remove eggs, you also have to find a way to grow a variety of trees. Locusts like drought, grow many trees, keep the land moist, and they can't reproduce. So that there will be no more such outbreaks in the next few years. ”
"Yes, yes," Lord Dai nodded repeatedly, "Xia Guan will arrange it immediately." ”
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Wen Feichen took Zichang to the duck shed, although Zichang kept covering his nose, he still looked at every chicken shed and duck shed very carefully.
"Young Master Wen, do these chickens and ducks really eat locusts?"
"Of course it's true. ”
"Miss Feng is so smart!" Zichang praised, "I actually came up with a way to feed chickens and ducks with locusts, but fortunately, there is a lot of food in the official warehouse in Yucheng, so she can raise so many chickens and ducks." But whose are these chickens and ducks?"
"Of course, it's my sister's. The chickens and ducks that were pulled out today to help the villagers peck the ground will be brought back at night, so they can't be given to others for nothing, right?"
Zichang's eyes flashed, "With so many chickens and ducks, they will definitely be able to sell for a lot of money when they are raised in the future." ”
"It should be, anyway, Prince Zhao agreed with her to do this, so everyone naturally supported it. ”
Zichang nodded, and was about to leave, when he suddenly saw several people pushing a cart of things over, and then unloaded them in the small warehouse next to the duck shed.
"What is this?"
Wen Feichen took a closer look, "It should be to send bran to the duck shed! These ducks, in addition to eating locusts, also have to eat some food." Miss Feng asked people to collect bran and send it to the ducks to eat. ”
Zichang's sharp eyes found that one of them seemed to be wearing the official warehouse's uniform, "Are these people from the official government?"
Wen Feichen immediately became a little panicked, he hurriedly took the lead and walked in the other direction, "Prince Chang, there is also a fish pond here, Miss Feng also tried to give locusts to the fish to eat, and they are also very good, don't you want to take a look?"
Zichang squinted his eyes, looked at the warehouse, and then looked at Wen Feichen, who looked panicked, and then said with a smile: "Can locusts still feed fish? ”
Wen Feichen breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly urged him to go to the fish pond.
Two days later, Zichang said goodbye to Ming Zhao, saying that his mother was seriously ill and wanted to rush back to Yindu. Ming Zhao was very concerned and wanted to send someone to send him back, but he refused again and again.
Standing at the gate of the city, looking at the back of Zichang riding away on a horse, Feng Shanyue smiled and said, "Senior brother, I bet with you, he must have gone to Jidi." ”
"Don't bet, that's what I thought. ”
Wen Feichen exaggeratedly wiped a handful of sweat, "It can be regarded as sending the little ancestor away, and I have been pestering me to ask questions for the past two days, and I have to make a look like I am afraid of being spied on by him, and I have to quietly reveal something to him, but I am tired!"
"Miss, do you think he'll believe it?" Butterfly Dance was a little worried.
Feng Shanyue smiled, "Believe it or not, you'll know in a few days!"