Chapter 11: Locusts
The carriage was driving on the uneven official road, and there were some bumps, and Li Yang was very unaccustomed to it, so Li Yang ordered the groom to slow down to relieve the pain of the bumps.
Lift the curtain and look out.
The endless rice fields, the rice waves are rolling, a piece of gold, like a golden ocean, which makes people dizzy.
"The day of the autumn harvest is not far away." , Li Yang muttered.
Suddenly, a locust entered through the window, Li Yang saw this, got up with a disgusted face, took off his shoes, and slapped it to death on the spot.
In his previous life, Li Yang used slippers to shoot mosquitoes and cockroaches and other pests.
Compared with the endless rice fields, the locusts are particularly dazzling, and in just a moment, more than a dozen locusts have accidentally flown into the carriage of Li Yang and others.
"Stop." , Li Yang said to the groom.
When the groom heard this, he hurriedly followed his words.
Li Yang and the four of them got off the carriage one by one, and under the leadership of Li Yang, they walked towards the rice field one after another.
Seeing this, Fu Bo and a group of county soldiers hurriedly followed.
The more Li Yang walked, the more frightened he became, and while waving his hand to dial the locusts flying all over the sky, he muttered to himself, "Could it be ...... The locust plague is ahead of schedule? ”
In his previous life, Li Yang was a librarian at a well-known university, his work was very leisurely, he did not have many hobbies, in his spare time, in addition to copying calligraphy, that is, reading, Li Yang had read a book that recorded all the natural disasters that have occurred in China's history.
According to the book, in April of the seventh year of Xiping (177), there was a great drought, and in September, seven states suffered a locust plague.
Looking at Li Yang's frowning appearance, Fu Bo was a little confused, approached Li Yang's side, and said softly: "This year's situation is not bad, and there is no locust plague. ”
Li Yang looked incredulous, huh? sounded, and looked sideways at Faubber's affirmative face, but he couldn't help but believe it.
Hearing Fu Bo's words, Li Yang had no interest in continuing to walk, after turning the carriage, he fell into deep thought, I don't know how long it took, Li Yang finally figured out the key points, and sighed secretly: "It seems that such scenes are the norm." ”
In ancient times, there were no effective specific measures to prevent and control locust plagues, so they were repeatedly attacked by locust plagues.
In a sense, locust plagues are much more terrible than floods, because locust plagues occur very frequently, once every few years, and the plague is unspeakably miserable.
After Li Yang decided to return home, he personally sorted out a set of specific solutions for preventing and controlling the locust plague.
Although it is impossible to completely eliminate the occurrence of locust plagues, it can at least reduce some of the losses for the court and the people.
Li Yang already had drafts in mind, all of which were relatively simple plans to prevent locust plagues, and they were not complicated.
After returning home, Li Yang walked straight to the study, and for three days in a row, buried himself in the desk, and wrote down the plan for the treatment and prevention of the locust plague on Zuo Bo's paper.
Since the crossing, Li Yang has been very fond of paper, writing mostly hemp paper and Zuobo paper, the same is true for the toilet, for the toilet chips, Li Yang has always maintained a respectful attitude.
Three days later, when he learned that his father had returned home, Li Yang hurriedly held the completed locust control plan and came to see him.
After the salute, Li Yang explained the purpose of his visit, and neatly placed the paper of Zuo Bo with the locust control plan neatly placed on the several cases in front of his father.
Li Man looked surprised and picked up the locust control plans on several cases one by one and looked through them carefully.
The more Li Man looked at it, the more frightened he became, because he saw the hope of the country and the future of the people.
Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, the ancients are not stupid at all, as the so-called insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the lively, Li Man, as the Liaodong Taishou, has an extremely vicious vision, and he almost knows everything about the people's livelihood, so when Li Yang came up with a strategy to control locusts, he has seen the doorway and feasibility from it!
After a long time.
Li Man placed Zuo Bo paper in the corner of several cases, looked up at Li Yang deeply, and then lowered his head and fell into a short contemplation.
Da! Da! Da!
Li Man's fingers tapped rhythmically on several cases.
Li Yang stood aside respectfully, not in a hurry to speak, he knew that his father needed some time to digest the things in front of him.
Based on the impressions and experiences of his previous life, Li Yang summed up four effective plans for locust control and pre-locust, and the specific operations are as follows:
First, it is often said that locusts will lay their eggs in moist and watery places when they lay their eggs, so that a large number of plants and trees can be planted near the water, so that the locusts have no place to lay eggs, so as to achieve the purpose of exterminating locusts.
Second, a large number of locusts can be killed by introducing natural enemies, and there are many natural enemies of locusts, including frogs, birds, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., and locust plagues can be prevented and controlled by raising a large number of chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry.
As for lizards and parasites, Li Yang did not include them, he was worried that the locust plague would bring another disaster.
Third, it is to hunt, or even prey, locusts have high nutritional value and a certain sense of satiety, which can be used to satisfy hunger.
Regarding the eating of locusts, the most famous is Tang Xuanzong: "You eat the grain of my subjects, I eat you." That's it!
Fourth, the edict recruited the leaders of the Guizhou to dig locust seeds, and the government mobilized the people to dig up the eggs of locusts, which could be rewarded with money and grain, and the more work and more rewards could be obtained, which could also stimulate the enthusiasm of the leaders of the Guizhou.
Half an hour later.
Li Man stretched out his finger and pointed to the Zuo Bo paper on several cases, and said in a deep voice: "Where did Wu'er get this method of curing locusts?" ”
Li Yang said without thinking: "The locust plague has been around for a long time, and the ancients had many strategies to cure locusts, and my son just followed the law of his ancestors, summed up experience from ancient books, and compiled it into a book." ”
When Li Man heard this, he looked at Li Yang with a complicated face, his eyes flickered, and his face was full of suspicion.
Seeing this, Li Yang had no intention of dodging, and met his father's gaze and looked at him.
Looking at the frank and righteous eldest son, Li Man sighed secretly.
In Li Man's opinion, the more the eldest son is like this, the more he mutters in his heart.
Li Man sighed slightly and said: "It's a good thing to be amazing, but there must always be a degree to everything, you must understand the truth of overreach, and uphold the golden mean, so that you can be invincible." ”
Li Yang's heart sank, he raised his eyes and saw that his father was looking at him with a loving face, his heart was warm, he breathed a long sigh of relief, stepped forward, walked in front of Li Man, and solemnly bowed and said: "Son, remember his father's teachings. ”
Li Man nodded, pulled Li Yang up, bent down to dust off his knees, and said with a smile: "My son is smart and teachable." ”
Li Yang glanced at the Zuo Bo paper on several cases and asked, "Father, how should this locust control strategy be handled?" Burned? Still is? ”
Li Man shook his head and said with a smile: "This strategy is very good, and it should not be abandoned." I don't need to worry, my father will order someone to go to Luoyang soon, and hand it over to Master Hu, and the next thing will be handed over to Master Hu to make a decision. ”
The Hu master in Li Man's mouth is Hu Guang.
Historically, Hu Guangxu died in the fifth year of Jianning (172 AD), and in this life, Hu Guang's body and bones are much stronger than in his previous life.
Since Li Man went to Liaodong County to take office, he ordered people to go to Changbai Mountain to dig and pick wild ginseng under Li Yang's intentional reminder, and then select the best products and send them to Hufu in Luoyang, the capital.
Hu Guang is also single, the old man is stunned that the thousand-year-old ginseng is a commonplace, every day must be moistened with ginseng tea, and there must be a dish of ginseng old chicken soup in the dinner every day.
Hu Guang often has ginseng slices in his coat, and in his spare time, he will cut into thin slices of ginseng in his mouth, which has the miraculous effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating the yuan, nourishing the spleen and lungs, and calming the nerves and intellect.
Since eating wild ginseng for thousands of years, Hu Guang's waist is no longer sore, and his legs are no longer painful, as if he has rejuvenated, and the more he lives, the more energetic he becomes.
When everyone saw this, they were all amazed, and every time they saw it, they had to pat it with a sycophant: The old man has a long life of 100 years, and there are really people who are rui.