"Actually, apart from the matter of seeds, I came here today to make a special trip to find Dasi Nong." Li Shimin looked at Su Lingnon.

"The old minister panics, I don't know what Your Majesty is about?" Su Lingnon said busily.

"From ancient times to the present, there will be a locust plague after the drought, today the weather in early spring is drought, although the military and civilians in Guanzhong have worked together to survive the drought, but I am afraid that there will be a shocking locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan again, and I want to find Dasi Nong to investigate the situation, prepare in advance, and prevent it from happening."

Li Shimin remembered the big locust plague that covered the land in the second year of Zhenguan, and couldn't help but have a cold war.

"Your Majesty, since the second year of Zhenguan, Your Majesty has swallowed locusts and made a clear will to the ghosts and gods, and Datang will no longer have to worry about locust plagues from now on." Su Lingnon complimented.

When Li Shimin heard Su Lingnon's compliment, he suddenly felt a burst of pride in his heart, and it was the most glorious thing in his life that he swallowed locusts to exterminate locusts.

Li Shimin seemed to be modest, but in fact he boasted: "Although I had already exterminated the locusts at that time, a few years after this incident, I was afraid that the locusts would not believe in their words, and they would repeatedly cause harm again. ”

During the spring drought, Li Shimin angrily beheaded the dragon king and broke his ignorance and superstition, naturally not believing that he could subdue the locust plague forever by swallowing a locust.

"Wechen has already given an order, if there are signs of a locust plague, come immediately as soon as possible, Wechen is not in the government these days, but Sinong Temple does not know that the old minister is in Mofu, and he did not come to report the locust plague." Su Lingnon wondered.

Li Shimin also said depressedly: "Not only that, but the counties of Guannei Province have not reported any signs of locust plague, so I can't rest assured, so I came to find Dasi Nong and go to Chang'an City to explore together." ”

There will be a locust plague in a major drought, and this is a law of a thousand years, and Li Shimin is really not at ease if he does not personally determine it, and at the same time he is also worried that some county officials will conceal the locust plague and fail to report it, lest it cause a catastrophe.

Merton said: "Your Majesty, this kid knows a little about this. ”

Li Shimin looked at Merton and suddenly said, "If you don't say that I forgot, there is no sign of locust plague reported in the ink magazine!" ”

Merton nodded and said: "At this time, there is indeed no locust plague in the Guanzhong provinces, on the one hand, in the spring, the army and the people fought the drought on a large scale together, alleviating the drought. ”

Su Lingnon nodded, the alleviation of drought can indeed alleviate the locust plague.

"The second is the Guanzhong area, since the Mojia pioneered the artificial incubation technology, the first to sell chickens, ducks and goose cubs to all parts of Guanzhong, and now the chickens and ducks of each household in the Guanzhong area, these locusts are the natural food of chickens and ducks." Merton continued.

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened, and he stared at Merton incredulously and said, "You mean that these chickens and ducks have wiped out the locust plague?" ”

Merton nodded solemnly and said: "It is the nature of chickens to eat insects, and the people in Guanzhong have insufficient surplus food, so where are they willing to feed chickens and ducks with grain, and the locusts all over the mountains are the most natural food for chickens, ducks and geese." Among the people of Guanzhong, they catch a large number of locusts to feed chickens and ducks, and even drive chickens and ducks to the fields, just like grazing, so that they can catch locusts and forage for food. ”

"Chickens, ducks." Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Merton praised: "Your Majesty's description is very apt, the people save the food they feed, and they destroy the locusts, this method can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Chickens and ducks can wipe out the locust plague?" Su Lingnon said with some disbelief, from his long life, every locust plague was a desperate struggle.

"Of course one or two chickens and ducks are impossible, but what if there are thousands, tens of thousands of chickens and ducks?" Morton said, before this, due to the scarcity of poultry, it was naturally impossible to have such a large-scale chicken and duck, but since the Mo family pioneered the artificial incubation technology, the number of chickens, ducks and geese has no longer become a limit, and it is possible to kill locusts by herding chickens and ducks.

"Of course, a large-scale locust plague is of course impossible, but it is not a problem to use this method to eliminate the locust plague that has just emerged and the small-scale locust plague, and the Mojia experimental field outside the southern city is herding ducks to exterminate locusts, I don't know if Your Majesty is interested in taking a look." Merton Road.

"So what are you waiting for?" Su Lingnon said impatiently, if this method of exterminating locusts can be achieved, it is probably the luck of the people of the world.

Outside the South City Gate, the Mojia test field.

"Quack!"

As soon as Li Shimin and the others got off the carriage, they heard a deafening sound rushing towards them.

"What the hell is this sound so loud?" Li Shimin said with his mouth open in shock.

Su Lingnon's face was suddenly very exciting, and he said loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the voice of the duck." ”

Li Shimin secretly slandered in his heart, although he has been in the deep palace for a long time, it is not that he has never seen a duck, although the duck is a little noisy, but it is not so noisy.

Merton smiled bitterly: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the cry of tens of thousands of ducks. ”

At this moment, it is already sunset, and Li Shimin has seen a spectacular scene.

One by one, the ducks carried the fat round belly they ate, and they were driven out of the field by the children of the Mo family, and everywhere they went, the locusts flew around, but they were caught by the ducks like lightning and swallowed their stomachs.

Ten, hundred, thousand, and even tens of thousands, one by one, like a victorious soldier, proudly boasting of military exploits.

"Young Master!" Mo Da saw his young master coming, and hurriedly stepped forward.

"How are the locusts exterminating?" Su Lingnon hurriedly asked.

"If you go back to Lord Su, a total of nearly 10,000 ducks have been invested this time, and in just one day, the small one guarantees to wipe out the locusts in these hundreds of acres of experimental fields." Mo Da, who had a dark face, knew that Master Su in front of him was a senior official in the court, so he hurriedly replied.

"How can a small domestic duck eat so many locusts?" Li Shimin was surprised.

"Adults don't know that domestic ducks eat a huge amount of food, and they are slow and easy to manage, which is much easier than herding chickens." Mo Da wiped his sweat and said with a smile, although he didn't know Li Shimin, he also knew that the person who could accompany the young master must be a noble official.

Li Shimin didn't believe it, so he personally went to the fields to investigate, and found that where the ducks walked, not only were the locusts banned in the fields, but even some insects were completely eliminated.

You must know that in this era, there are no pesticides, and there are no chemicals, and locusts can be said to be repeatedly banned, but I didn't expect ducks to have such an effect.

"Your Majesty, locusts are difficult to stop, in addition to being able to reproduce in large numbers, there are also difficult to catch, and can fly and migrate, as long as they are discovered in advance and released ducks, they can eliminate their locust plague in the bud, and the ducks raised by the people taste fat, which is a rare delicacy." Merton Road.

Su Lingnon was suddenly excited: "Okay! With this recipe, Datang will no longer be afraid of locust plagues. ”

He looked at Merton and couldn't help but feel a little more grateful, Merton had already promoted the artificial incubation technology throughout Datang before this, Datang is definitely not short of chickens and ducks, as long as the method of duck herding is promoted throughout the country, the occurrence of locusts in Datang is almost minimized.

"Woe and blessing rest; Where blessings and misfortunes lurk, the ancients did not deceive me. Li Shimin sighed.

Cotton seems to be the blessing of the Tang Dynasty, but it hides the disaster that makes the Datang currency collapse, and the locust plague is a great disaster.

"The way of blessing and misfortune depends on each other, what we do is to seek blessings and avoid disasters, and man will conquer the sky." Merton's voice was sonorous and powerful, and even the croaking of ten thousand ducks could not drown it out.