Chapter 134: The Comparison of the Two Princes
In Hedong Province and Henan Province, the locust plague broke out completely.
Although the stop was timely, the people worked exceptionally hard.
But the number of locusts is too many.
In the face of the boundless, growing locusts every day.
Hundreds of people, along with local officials, were in despair.
Even the commander-in-chief, Yue Wang Li Tai, felt a sense of despair rise in his heart.
There are so many locusts!
It is said that there are only so many people, even if the number of people is doubled, it is impossible to wipe out all these locusts!
The locust plague is indeed a natural disaster, and it is not something that human power can fight against at all!
In Hedong and Henan provinces, crops in many places have been devoured by locust swarms.
Where the locusts pass, it can really be described as not growing a single grass.
In addition, after once, twice, and three molts, the locusts are getting closer and closer to maturity.
The body is getting bigger and bigger, the athletic ability is getting stronger and stronger, the amount of food is getting bigger and bigger, and the harm is getting more and more serious.
At this time, all the people, including Li Tai, the king of Yue, couldn't help but become pessimistic and hopeless.
At this moment, the first batch of ducks to support Guanzhong had already arrived.
In fact, this locust plague was closely watched by the imperial court.
As for the progress of locust eradication in Guanzhong, Hedong Province and Henan Province, although it is impossible for the imperial court to grasp the real-time dynamics at the first time.
But in three or four days at most, you will receive a detailed report.
Originally, in the imagination of the Tang Emperor and the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court.
It must be that Hedong and Henan provinces are more dominant, and they are more likely to succeed in controlling the locust plague and exterminating all locusts.
It must be that the King of Shu and the King of Yue were prepared in advance three months ago.
Moreover, Guanzhong is the hardest hit area.
The disaster situation in Hedong Province and Henan Province is definitely much lower than that in Guanzhong.
Moreover, on the side of Li Tai, the king of Yue, there is the eldest grandson family standing behind him.
No matter from that point of view, the situation is better in Hedong Province and Henan Province.
However, as soon as the locust plague broke out, the situation in the two places was diametrically opposite to what they expected.
In the beginning, Guanzhong took a large number of ducks to destroy the locusts.
Hedong Province and Henan Province organized the people to exterminate locusts.
The Tang Emperor also had hundreds of civil and military officials, so he understood that the King of Shu began to build a duck farm three months ago, and he also had the intention of buying ducks at a high price.
It turned out that all this that the King of Shu did was to prepare for the extermination of locusts.
Even at this time, Emperor Tang understood why the King of Shu studied roast duck in the mansion.
And launched the Tang roast duck in the champion building.
It turned out that the king of Shu had long been ready to use ducks to exterminate locusts.
Moreover, with so many ducks raised at once, there is no place to deal with them.
That's why the King of Shu studied roast duck early.
After the locusts are exterminated, the ducks are then turned into roast ducks to be sold.
It can be said that before the ducks were raised, the king of Shu had already thought of a way out.
However, whether it was the Tang Emperor or the civil and military officials, they were not optimistic about using ducks to exterminate locusts.
They are more optimistic about the method of Li Tai, the king of Yue.
What is the use of ducks to kill locusts?
If the duck was useful, didn't the ancestors find out a long time ago? Will you wait until now?
However, when the effect came out, everyone was surprised.
They never expected that the effect of using ducks to kill locusts would be so good?
It only took more than half a month before and after, and Guanzhong almost suppressed the locust plague.
What especially moved the Tang Emperor and the civil and military officials was that the locust plague in Guanzhong was only
Read on! It was initially extinguished.
But not all locusts have been eliminated.
At any time, there is a possibility of a comeback and a counterattack on the crops.
But even in this case, the king of Shu was still resolute and directly mobilized 100,000 ducks and transported them to Hedong and Henan provinces.
Helping to eradicate locusts in Hedong and Henan provinces.
You must know that at this time, the King of Shu and the King of Yue, Li Tai, are in competition.
However, in the eyes of the King of Shu, there are only the people.
Completely indifferent to personal gains and losses.
In Guanzhong, the method adopted by the king of Shu was to buy locusts at a high price.
The high price of 20 wen a pound of dried locusts was used to buy locusts.
This high price successfully triggered a craze for the people of Guanzhong to catch locusts.
And, because they have nets of all sizes.
With the right scientific tools, coupled with a lot of enthusiasm.
Their efficiency in catching locusts is astonishing.
Locusts are decreasing dramatically at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The locust plague in Guanzhong is almost no problem at all.
Even Guanzhong doesn't need disaster relief.
It is enough for the imperial court to mobilize some cheap grain to Guanzhong.
Because the people of Guanzhong have money in their hands this year.
Because of the locust plague, on the contrary, the audience and the people all made a fortune.
In everyone's hands, they have more money than in previous years.
As long as the imperial court transports the cheap grain to Guanzhong in time, the locust plague in Guanzhong will not have any impact at all.
Now, the imperial court began to shift its energy from Guanzhong to Hedong and Henan.
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At this time, the news of Guanzhong's support for Hedong Province and Henan Province had been passed on to Li Tai, the king of Yue.
It's just that Li Tai, the king of Yue, has been on the front line of exterminating locusts in the past few days.
Li Tai, the king of Yue, personally participated in the extermination of locusts.
Although he was very obese, he weighed more than 250 pounds.
Basically, if you don't move a few times, you will be out of breath, so you can rest quickly.
However, the fact that a dignified prince personally fought on the front line was a great encouragement to the morale of the people of Hedong Province and Henan Province.
The reason why the people of these two provinces have not been completely disappointed and are still insisting on exterminating locusts.
The exemplary role of Li Tai, the king of Yue, played a vital role.
However, Li Tai did not receive the news from the imperial court for the first time.
Therefore, the people on the front line of the locust plague naturally did not know the news that the locust plague in Guanzhong had been completely extinguished.
At this moment, the first batch of 100,000 disaster relief hero ducks arrived.
Faced with the support of 100,000 ducks, the people of Hedong and Henan provinces resisted at first.
People don't work, these ducks use their feathers?
However, as soon as the ducks entered the field, they were immediately amazed by their efficiency.
The density of locusts here is much higher than that of Guanzhong.
Because, the locusts here, after several molts, have approached adulthood.
In the fields, the dense locusts are shocking.
And the army of ducks entered the field, and it was really happy.
Along the way, they went hungry.
Now there's finally something to eat.
The locusts here are bigger and fatter, and they raise their heads and just eat.
The locusts have grown, and in fact, the ducks have grown up.
When I was in Guanzhong, because the food was too sufficient.
These ducks are constantly feeding and growing very quickly.
By now, these ducks are basically adults.
Eating ducks
Read on! It's also getting faster.