Chapter 516: Eating Locusts
"Disaster relief is divided into two types: passive disaster relief and active disaster relief, and passive disaster relief naturally refers to waiting until the disaster occurs to take a series of measures to remediate and reduce the disaster to a bearable range. This kind of disaster relief is usually carried out with the idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and the disaster relief method is not only passive, but also the post-disaster losses are huge, and it is almost impossible to recover in a short period of time after ...... disaster. ”
"As for proactive disaster relief?" Zhen Qian's gaze swept over Ji Bei Zhenbei's face without a trace, and saw that the other party's face was already a little unhappy, pretending not to see it, and continued: "Active disaster relief is divided into two parts: pre-prevention and post-disaster relief, pre-prevention not only requires official participation and command, but also needs to mobilize ordinary people, the prime minister Yao Chong I said just now set up an isolation zone is one of the methods, and at the same time, it is also necessary to notify the people under the jurisdiction of the disaster as soon as possible, and mobilize the people to kill the locusts that are not yet ripe in the fields in advance. Let the people raise more chickens, ducks and geese and other domestic animals, and use the nature of livestock to eat insects to reduce the number of locusts, Fujiwara-kun may wish to temporarily add another one in the seedling law, loans to ordinary people to raise livestock, first, the livestock themselves are also food, and second, the number of locusts can be reduced, of course, these are not enough, I have a strategy here, if the measures are appropriate, the loss of locust plague can be reduced by at least 30% or more....... ”
Fujiwara Shuxiong's eyes lit up, and he knew that Zhen Qian would have a way, and said excitedly: "Zhen Lang, please speak!" ”
"Ten pennies for a pound of dried locusts", Zhen Qian put up a finger and said: "I am willing to set an example by exchanging dried locusts for grain or copper coins, and take out 50,000 stone relief grain for dried locust ......!" ”
Fujiwara Shuxiong took a breath of cool air, and subconsciously thought that Zhen Qian was crazy, 50,000 stone of grain in exchange for useless dried locusts, what else could it be if he was not crazy, Zhen Qian was helping himself!
"Zhen Lang! I will live up to this disaster! ”
In fact, the two of them didn't know that the relief food Zhen Qian said was not real food at all?
"I'm a mud horse! How strange this sounds! Lao Tzu has nothing to do with you...... ”
At this moment, Fujiwara Shuxiong was really moved by Zhen Qian's generosity and wanted to cry, what is this, adversity sees the truth! If anyone dares to say bad things about Zhen Qian, he will not hesitate to carry a knife and fight hard, if this can't be exchanged for his sincerity, what has become of him.
Ji Bei Zhenbei was a little restless, this Fujiwara Shuxiong still had too little political experience, how could he easily believe Zhen Qian's words? There was some bitterness in his mouth, and he couldn't help but open his mouth and said: "Zhen Lang, exchanging dried locusts for food, I'm afraid it won't be easy!" ”
Zhen Qian can deceive the political little white Fujiwara Shuxiong, but he can't hide the treacherous and cunning Kibi Zhenbei, but he doesn't seem to be ready to deceive Fujiwara Shuxiong, at least on the issue of disaster relief, he and Fujiwara Shuxiong are comrades-in-arms in the trenches.
For political veterans like Jibei Zhenbei, Zhen Qian usually hides as far as he can, and the more contacts he has, the easier it is for the other party to see the clues, so Zhen Qian doesn't like to deal with these people directly.
"Don't hide it from the two of you, I don't know if you know that locusts are actually very good food!"
"Food!"
Both of them were stunned, and for a while they couldn't directly equate locusts with food, let alone exchange locusts for food.
Zhen Qian had a harmless smile on his face: "Locusts are dried and then ground into powder, they are very good feed, they can be fed to chickens and ducks, and they can even be cooked and eaten directly, this is also food, and the nutrition is quite high!" ”
Kibi Zhenbei also knew the characteristics of some locusts, and even knew that locusts can be used in medicine, sweet, pungent, warm, can strengthen the spleen and eliminate food, relieve wind and spasms, relieve cough and asthma, and clear the channels. In retrospect, after the locust plague, it seems that there were people who were hungry and ate locusts, and it seems that they did not hear anything about it later.
Ji Bei Zhenbei always felt that Zhen Qian was a little strange, of course he didn't know that in later generations, even animal bones were ground into powder and used as animal feed, and locusts even reached the point of artificial breeding, if Zhen Qian said this kind of thing, Ji Bei Zhenbei would definitely think that Zhen Qian was crazy.
Zhen Qian felt that exchanging locusts for food would not lose money, after all, dried locust powder was a high-quality feed, and it was excellent for feeding chickens and ducks. The meat and eggs of chickens and ducks are also food. And it will definitely be more expensive than ordinary food, and the chicken and duck can be made into smoked chicken and smoked duck into salted eggs, which can also be preserved for a long time.
Besides, Zhen Qian felt that if the people really went to catch the locusts, although it was impossible to really wipe out the locust plague. But it is sure that a lot of locusts can also be caught, and whether locust powder is used as feed or as disaster relief reserves, it is also very useful when there is a shortage of food in disaster years.
"Tsk, Zhen Lang exchanged dried locusts for food, is it really a big deal?"
Ji Bei Zhenbei really can't figure it out, what does Zhen Qian want the locusts to do, and what kind of food?
Ji Bei Zhenbei knew that Zhen Qian didn't bring food with him when he left Datang, 50,000 stone of grain! This is not a small amount, if it is loaded by ships, it is impossible to load without a dozen large ships, then there is only one possibility left.
Thinking of this, Ji Bei Zhenbei couldn't help but shudder, this Zhen Qian is too demonic, he has done everything in front, what is Zhen Qian going to do?
It's no wonder that Ji Bei Zhenbei will think of Zhen Gan in a bad way, En Yuan's words are not casually said, in fact, if you think about Shen Wansan being exiled to Lingnan by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty, you can understand that what the ruler is most afraid of is that others invite people to buy people's hearts, and Zhen Gan's doing so has touched the bottom line of the ruler.
If it weren't for Zhen Qian's Tang nationality, Ji Bei Zhenbei would have no way to take Zhen Qian for a while, I'm afraid it would be .......
Kibi Zhenbei gave Fujiwara a look, but unfortunately Fujiwara was completely attracted by Zhen Qian's locust extermination plan, immersed in Zhen Qian's plan, the plan was clearly organized and demonstrated, the most important thing is to take appropriate measures, taking into account the reactions and possible backlash of all aspects, if such a plan can not control the locust plague, no one in the world dares to say that he has the ability to cure locusts.
"Zhen Lang is talented, I will send people to implement these measures immediately after I go back, after the locust plague, it is impossible for Zhen Lang to become famous!"
"Become famous in the country of Wa!" Zhen Qian felt a little funny, what he did today, I don't know if he will be labeled as a traitor by some angry young people after being too young, the world often looks at things only on the surface, and what he did secretly can never be recorded in the history books, thinking of this, Zhen Qian can only sigh in his heart.
Zhen Qian asked people to serve a pot of golden food, Kibi Zhenbei and Fujiwara Shuo saw that their eyes were about to fall off, and the food in the basin was clearly a golden locust that had been fried, and then saw Zhen Qian twist one with his hand and put it in his mouth, chewing it very much and swallowing it slowly, the sour water in his throat was rising, and he immediately had the urge to vomit.