"Although Master Hou (Young Master) commands, we will strictly obey them!"

In the conference room of Yanhuang Academy, when Li Zexuan said that "this is a major matter related to the life and death of more than 80,000 people in Lantian County", He Xianling, Hu Hanyun, Liu Erye, and Liu Qingfeng couldn't help but sit up straight, looked at Li Zexuan with a serious face and said.

Li Zexuan nodded and began to arrange: "He County Order, after returning to the county government office in a while, you will immediately send the government officials to post notices everywhere to post notices to the people, not only in the city, but also in all the Zhuangzi outside the city!" The contents of the notice are being drafted by Mr. Wen Ji and Mr. Kong Gui, and you will take them to the workshop to print hundreds of copies and bring them back later! ”

He County Commander hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Li Zexuan nodded, and then said: "In addition, the Department of Commerce has been ordered to inform all grain merchants in Lantian County that in the recent period, it is strictly forbidden to raise grain prices, and violators will be recorded in the blacklist of the Department of Commerce, and they will be driven out of Lantian County, and they will never be allowed to do business in Lantian County again!" ”

He County Ling hesitated: "Master Hou, will this anger the grain merchants, so that the grain merchants in the city will collectively move out of Lantian County?" ”

Li Zexuan sneered and said, "Since Ben Hou dares to say this, he is not afraid that they will withdraw from Lantian County!" In the granary at the foot of this cloud mountain, 50,000 stone of grain was hidden last year, and more than 80,000 people in Lantian County, even if it is divided equally, each person can get nearly 70 catties, how can it support three or four months if it is saved, and when the autumn harvest arrives, are you still worried about no food? Besides, didn't the official warehouse in Lantian County store grain last year? ”

He Xianling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Li Zexuan say that there were still 50,000 stone of grain stored here in Yunshan, but after hearing Li Zexuan's question, He Xianling's heart suddenly sank, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said cautiously:

"This, Master Hou, the official warehouse in Lantian County can only hold seven or eight thousand stones of grain in total, and last year's harvest was not good, and the people handed in not much grain, so the official warehouse was not full, only about four thousand stones of grain!"

When Li Zexuan heard this, he couldn't help but be a little angry and said: "Last year, the imperial court went south to exchange grain, and the maritime merchants brought back so much grain, which almost caused the grain price in the capital to fall to the bottom, and the county government of Lantian County didn't pay some money to buy grain?" ”

He Xianling was ashamed, and he said shamefully: "This... No! The Guanzhong area relies on the Yellow River to moisten, the water and soil are fertile, and basically rarely encounters disaster years, and even if there is a disaster year, there is Taicang in Chang'an City, and there is Hanjiacang in Luoyang, and there is no worry about grain, so there is no precedent for all states and counties to take money to purchase and store grain! ”

"You~!"

Li Zexuan was really angry, but in the final analysis, he can't blame He County Commander for this matter, who let the imperial court return from the southward fleet last year, Li Zexuan was not the lord of Lantian County? Otherwise, the various granaries in Lantian County would definitely be filled up under Li Zexuan's orders!

"That's it! Let's not talk about it for now! But Ben Hou hopes that you will remember in the future that you still need to be hard to strike iron, and don't expect others to save you when you encounter something, you have to rely on yourself to save yourself! The territory of the Tang Dynasty is vast, there are more than 300 states and counties, like this locust plague now, there are at least dozens of states and counties that the imperial court wants to relieve, if we blindly wait for the imperial court to help, how many more people will starve to death? ”

Li Zexuan sighed, and then said with a stern face.

He Xian Ling bowed his hand again and again, and said: "Master Hou taught me a lesson!" The lower officials should remember the teachings of the Hou Ye! ”

Seeing this, Li Zexuan did not continue to reprimand, after all, He County Ling, as a county parent official, still wanted to save face, he turned to say: "On the side of the Department of Commerce, the determination to curb the rise in grain prices must be resolute, in addition to the grain on the Yunshan side, Ben Hou can also mobilize the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce to transport grain to the south at that time!" So you don't have to worry about food! ”

He Xianling breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Yes!" Master Hou! ”

Li Zexuan thought for a while, then looked at Li Gang and Yan Silu, and said: "Mr. Wen Ji, Mr. Kong Gui, in the notice posted, such a clause must be added, Lantian County County Government will start to buy locusts from the people from today onwards, two catties per penny, unlimited amount!" ”

Li Gang and Yan Silu couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and He Xianling, who was sitting under Li Zexuan, couldn't help but exclaim: "Master Hou! Never! This overwhelming number of locusts, just send someone to pick them up, they can pick up more than ten catties a day, if the people of the entire Lantian County all go to pick up locusts, won't they be able to inspect hundreds of thousands of catties in a day? ”

Li Zexuan couldn't help but say: "This locust is not dead, how can it lie there and not move and let others catch it?" It's not easy for one person to catch ten catties of locusts a day! Besides, even if so many are arrested, the county government must collect all the orders, you can rest assured, this money will come from Benhou! ”

He Xianling was speechless, and said in his heart, you can't be so bad if you have money!

He didn't know that Li Zexuan bought locusts for one penny and two catties, not only would he not lose, but he would make a fortune!

Li Zexuan didn't care what He County Ling thought in his heart, he continued: "In fact, releasing grain to help the people is really the next policy!" The people have worked hard in the fields for half a year, and they are about to harvest, but they have ushered in a locust plague, and their efforts are about to come to naught, which is quite unfair to them! Therefore, it is imperative that we do disaster relief, not open warehouses and release grain! ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nodded!

In fact, even if all the crops in the field are eaten by locusts, there is no need to immediately open a warehouse to help the people, because the people generally have a certain amount of surplus food at home, and it will take ten days and half a month for the consequences of the locust plague to appear.

"Uncle Hu, last year I asked Hu and Hu to teach the children on the village to control the chickens, how did this matter go?"

Li Zexuan looked at Hu Hanyun and asked.

Hu Hanyun hurriedly replied: "Young Master, not only Hanjiazhuang, but also the children of Meicun came to learn later!" And the two Zhuangzi children finally passed the assessment and got the bonus you set, young master! ”

"How many chickens do those two Zhuangzi have now?"

Li Zexuan asked again.

Hu Hanyun thought for a while and replied: "There are about 75,000 chickens in Hanjiazhuang!" ”

Liu Qingfeng then replied: "There are a total of 74,000 in Plum Village! ”

These two Zhuangzi became Li Zexuan's fiefdom earlier, when Li Zexuan paid out of his own pocket to buy about 80,000 chicken seedlings for the two Zhuangzi, and now it seems that the survival rate is more than eighty percent, which shows that those farmers are really careful to help him raise chickens!

Li Zexuan nodded and said, "That adds up to nearly 150,000!" Good! Uncle Hu, Second Master Liu, and Liu Lizheng, you should immediately go back to Zhuangzi, gather those children, and let them divide them into 30 teams, each with 5,000 chickens, from north to south, sweep the farmland of more than 80 villages in Lantian County, and quickly eliminate most of the locusts in all the fields in Lantian County! ”

"What? Let the chickens eat the locusts? Young master, is this method reliable? ”

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and Lao Hu also said in surprise.

Li Zexuan explained with a smile: "Of course it's reliable! Ben Hou once read a book, which said that an adult chicken can eat more than 300 locusts a day, and 20 chickens can almost ensure that there are no locusts in an acre of field, let's organize 5,000 chickens into a team, and almost half an hour can clean up all the locusts in 200 acres of fields! Uncle Hu, you should go back to the village now and gather the children to start acting, before it gets dark, maybe you can clean up tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, and in two days, you can clean up all the locusts in the farmland of Lantian County! ”

Although I didn't know that Li Zexuan saw these crooked theories from that book, out of blind trust in Li Zexuan, everyone still chose to believe it, and listened to it by nodding frequently, but He Xianling couldn't help frowning at this time:

"Master Hou! Chickens eat not only locusts, but also wheat! In this way, the locusts will be destroyed, but the wheat will also be destroyed! ”

Li Zexuan glanced at him lightly and said, "He County Order, this question, presumably Uncle Hu can answer you!" ”

"Uh..."

He Xianling was stunned, and couldn't help but set his eyes on Hu Hanyun.

Lao Hu scratched his head, this question is not easy to answer, if it is too straightforward, it is likely to hurt He County's self-esteem, He County's order is a county parent official after all, although Lao Hu will not do those things that violate discipline to seek care from He County, but it is not easy to be innocent.

After a long pause, Lao Hu finally organized the language and explained: "Lord County Commander, although this chicken can also eat wheat, there are too many locusts in the field, and they won't care about eating wheat at that time!" ”

In fact, he just wanted to say, "Who wants to be vegetarian if you have meat to eat", but this is too straightforward!

He Xianling was not a stupid person, and he reacted in an instant, and he arched his hand to Li Zexuan with a look of shame: "The lower officials are confused and thoughtful!" ”

Li Zexuan waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" However, as the parents of the common people, when they know about farming, they must not make jokes about "why not eat minced meat"! ”

"Yes! Master Hou! ”

He County ordered to say yes again and again.

Li Zexuan didn't say much, but said: "Last year, the imperial court launched a policy of reducing the amount of chickens, and the number of chickens raised by the people in the entire Guanzhong area has greatly increased, and I believe that Lantian County is not very good!" He County ordered you to go back in addition to issuing notices and stabilizing the people's hearts, but also to call on the people to drive all their captive chickens to the fields to eat locusts. ”

He Xianling arched his hand with a serious face and said: "The official obeys the order!" ”

At this time, Li Gang said loudly: "Mountain Chief, the notices posted everywhere have been drafted, do you want to take a look first!" ”

Li Zexuan nodded, and Hu Hanyun, who was sitting next to Li Gang, hurriedly handed the manuscript in Li Gang's hand to Li Zexuan.

After roughly browsing the content on the manuscript, Li Zexuan said: "Hmm! Very well written! He County Order, you should have people take the notice to the workshop to rub it now, and after stamping the official seal, immediately start posting it throughout the county! ”

He Xianling took it with both hands and said solemnly: "Yes!" Master Hou! The next official retires! ”

"Young master, I'll leave later!"

Hu Hanyun, Liu Erye, Liu Qingfeng and others glanced at each other, and also got up at the same time.

"Hmm!"

Li Zexuan nodded and said.

Several people hugged their fists and walked out of the conference room together.

Li Zexuan looked at Ma Zhou and said, "Brother Ma, Datang Daily will ask you over there!" After all, this locust plague is not only a county in Lantian County, but also at least dozens of states in the land of Guanzhong! It is necessary to use "Datang Daily" to unite the people and fight the disaster together! ”

Ma Zhou nodded in a deep voice and said: "Don't worry, Ma will go back to the editorial department to mobilize all the editors and start taking action immediately, tomorrow's "Datang Daily" will definitely have a good strategy for the mountain chief to control locusts, and tomorrow's news will definitely dispel most of the people's fear of locust gods!" ”

"Hmmm! So the best! Brother Ma, go quickly! ”

Li Zexuan nodded and said.

Ma Zhou took the order and left.

Li Zexuan looked at Sun Simiao at this time and said: "Sun Daochang, you must know the medicinal value of locusts, this time the locusts collected by the county government of Lantian County, Yanhuang Medical Hall can take some of them for medicine, this kind of cheap and effective medicinal materials, there must not be many, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?" ”

Sun Simiao nodded and brushed his beard and said: "Xiao Xuan, you are right, Poor Dao will let the medical hall take out manpower to take over some of the locusts purchased by the county government and dry them in the warehouse!" ”

"Hmmm! That's it! ”

After that, Li Zexuan looked at Li Gang and Yan Silu again, and said: "Mr. Wen Ji, Mr. Kong Gui, I said that the purpose of Yanhuang Academy is to establish a heart for heaven and earth and a life for the people, but now at this critical juncture, I announce in the name of the mountain chief that the final exams of the academy will be temporarily postponed, and all students of the academy will be suspended, and they will go to various villages in Lantian County in groups to eliminate the people's superstition about the locust god, and lead the people to resist the locust plague and catch locusts!" ”

Li Gang and Yan Silu are both people with common hearts and high morality, and when they heard this, they had no objections, and directly arched their hands and said in unison: "Follow the order of the mountain chief!" ”

"Ouch! My Hou Ye, why are you in Yunshan! We're all easy to find! ”

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps in the conference room, as well as Zhao Song's shouting.

Li Zexuan nodded at Li Gang and Yan Silu, and said, "The two gentlemen should go and get busy!" It seems that Ben Hou is going to enter the palace! ”

The two of them were like mirrors, knowing that it should be Li Er in the palace who was in a hurry, and wanted to summon Li Zexuan into the palace, so they gave up and left.

Li Zexuan followed and went out, and said to Zhao Song, who was coming to him: "Manager Zhao, let's go!" ”

Zhao Song was stunned for a while, and said, "Master Hou, do you know that Your Majesty is going to summon you to the palace?" ”

Li Zexuan said as he walked: "Manager Zhao came in such a hurry, how could Xiaohou not guess? Presumably, the situation in Chang'an is urgent, let's talk while walking! ”

When Zhao Song heard this, he couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly chased after him and said, "Okay!" Hou Ye, please! Fast horses are ready outside! ”

Two people and two horses, lightning rushed down the cloud mountain, towards Chang'an City.

In order to summon Li Zexuan into the palace as soon as possible this time, Zhao Song didn't even bring a single entourage, after all, his strength has reached the realm of a grandmaster, and his speed is fast, and those little eunuchs in the palace can't catch up!

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An engineering otaku mixed in the Tang Dynasty

An engineering otaku mixed in the Tang Dynasty