The civil and military officials all focused their eyes on Li Chengqian, and they all wanted to know what Li Chengqian would do next.

You must know that everyone has been discussing for a long time, but there is no good plan, and everyone wants to hear what Li Chengqian is going to do.

At the same time, some people expressed disdain for Li Chengqian's behavior, believing that the locust plague was invincible. This is a natural disaster, a punishment from heaven!

Therefore, they thought in their hearts that all of Li Chengqian's plans would be ridiculous.

Li Shimin said: "Gao Ming, this locust plague has caused a lot of losses to various dynasties since ancient times, and it is also a natural disaster, and in the face of natural disasters, it is impossible for people to win against the sky. I don't want you to solve the problem of the locust plague once and for all, I just need to find a way to minimize the damage. ”

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin still doesn't believe that Li Chengqian can solve it. The ancients had no choice, suffered heavy losses, and it was also a problem that had not been solved for thousands of years, so why could Li Chengqian?

Li Chengqian himself can't solve it 100 percent, but when it comes to reducing losses, it must be possible. Even a reduction of one percent is possible. It's all a progress!

Since Li Shimin has said so, then Liu Hongji will not say anything, if Li Shimin does not speak, he may have to go up and ask questions, Li Chengqian also likes this kind of existence very much.

That kind of contrast can make Li Chengqian get more points. He looked at it for a moment, but did not continue, and then said:

"Your Majesty, Erchen does have a way to minimize this loss, but before that, His Majesty needs to do one thing."

In the whole world, I am afraid that only Li Chengqian dares to let Li Shimin do things.

Li Shimin doesn't care, as long as he can solve the question, what about doing ten?

He is a wise man, although sometimes he is very pitiful, but overall, he is quite good.

"What is it? Let me hear it. ”

"Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

Li Chengqian only said four words.

Because this involves the issue of grain storage in the imperial court, Li Shimin has to nod.

"Oh? Why? ”

"Starting from Tongzhou, all the states and counties affected by the locust plague must give them stability! Let them see the determination of our court, the so-called people's experience, and it will be better to go in the future. ”

In the future, the people's will in Tongzhou will be very unstable, and only by doing so can people have confidence and then implement the next things.

"Gao Ming, this has something to do with me, and I want to do it!"

Regardless of whether what Li Shimin said is true or not, as long as he agrees.

"So what's next?"

Li Shimin asked again.

"Next, we have to welcome the arrival of locusts, but before that, we need to make some preparations."

Preparation again?

"How are you prepared?"

"First, let the craftsmen rush to make a finger-sized net overnight, and the larger the mesh, the better. And offer a bounty for the best way to catch locusts. The people were also told to go out of the city after three days and bring with them everything they could to catch the locusts. ”

In ancient times, fishing nets were made of coarse cloth and hemp as raw materials, and were made by bundling and rolling them. Although it is rough, the durability is still good.

Well?

As soon as Li Chengqian's words came out, someone laughed out loud.

Li Chengqian looked at it and it turned out to be Liu Hongji.

He said, "How can you finish catching locusts?" Thousands, no! How can you be arrested if you exist like river sand? His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that the minister refuses to believe it, but this method is too ridiculous! ”

In Liu Hongji's cognition, this is impossible.

Li Chengqian asked rhetorically:

"Listening to what Kui Guogong said, then you must have a better way, right? Come, come, this king has to listen and see, what you do, so that you are not ridiculous. ”

"This ...... The minister thinks ......"

Liu Hongji couldn't speak directly, if he had a way, he would have said that he would have invited merit, where did he need to wait?

Li Chengqian said:

"Don't you think, you want this king to think! This king thinks that you can decide from your own experience that you can't finish catching, but don't forget, how many people are in the entire Chang'an City? As long as everyone goes out of the city to catch locusts, how many locusts are there in the world to catch them? ”

"But in the face of a large number of locusts, there are still not enough people."

"It doesn't have to be more, one person is 100 catties, I have a million people in Chang'an City, so if everyone goes to hunt locusts, how many will there be?"

Such a simple arithmetic, the result obtained is terrible, just listening to this makes me feel amazing.

"That being said, do people want to?"

"Would you like to? Kui Guogong, your question is too ridiculous, dare to ask, if you don't go to the catch, then what do people rely on to eat? This newly planted crop is about to be eaten by locusts before it grows, what will we do in the autumn? People are hungry again! People have to go, just give them a little guidance, that's all! ”

Li Chengqian's words are not wrong, if people don't work hard, the future will be very sad.

Even if it is the court's help, then there is only a temporary help, and the court cannot be responsible for you for a lifetime!

"Moreover, this can reduce the losses caused by the locust plague to a certain extent, even if it is a small loss, we must grasp it well, do you say?"

Li Chengqian's words made everyone fall into deep thought, instead of sitting and waiting for the locust plague to appear, it is better to take the initiative to attack and leave the locusts behind. That's his way, by far the best!

There were no pesticides in ancient times, otherwise it was okay to use that, although Li Chengqian had a way to get it, but he was not a philanthropist, and pesticides alone would require a huge amount, what if it was in the future? Again, what to do?

Then Fang Xuanling stood up first and said, "The ministers support His Royal Highness the Prince's method!" ”

"No, Lao Cheng, I also think it's feasible, and I won't be stingy if I need my army out!"

"The army, that will definitely be used, because as soon as the army comes out, it will definitely let people see the determination of our court, people are not fighting alone, and we are still there!"

Li Chengqian's impassioned words directly infected many people. Let them feel that difficulties are only temporary and can be overcome.

Li Jing came out and said: "In this way, it will be a good way to mobilize people to hunt locusts together!" ”

Gao Shilian also said: "Yes! The so-called unity, what else can't we Datang people accomplish? ”

Just the method of catching locusts made everyone excited, of course, Li Chengqian not only had this method, he also had a trick to come up with.

"Everyone be quiet and listen to this king!"

Everyone quieted down, and Li Shimin also looked at Li Chengqian, thinking a little, he was probably thinking about the feasibility of these methods.

But what else can you do if you don't catch it?

There is nothing to do!

Li Chengqian's method is probably the best method, there is no one!