The 6,000 ducks are also divided into six groups and grazing on flat land such as meadows near farmland. Compared with chickens, the fighting power of ducks is more fierce, marching in line, whether it is a large grasshopper or a small grasshopper all eat into it, because the duck is big, eat more grasshoppers, almost a duck eats three times as many grasshoppers a day, ducks are more suitable for grazing in rice fields and wheat fields, they are not like chickens with claws to destroy crops, and then there is that the resistance of ducks is much stronger than chickens, so ducks are fully competent for the task of exterminating locusts, of course, ducks are not omnipotent, they can not play a role in the slopes and bushes.

Li Kui looked at it and smiled, and Harazi stayed.

"Brother, are these chickens and ducks going to be eaten by us in the fall?"

"The locusts are gone in the autumn, naturally these chickens and ducks have to be eaten except for some of them for seed use, your idea reminds me, Li Qingzi said that 10,000 chicks have hatched now, and 20,000 ducks will come out in more than ten days, and they will hatch one after another, and they will have to hatch one after another, and so on in the autumn such a large number of chickens and ducks are also a lot of income, your big head is still quite smart." Chao Gai said.

Li Kui scratched his head: "My brother is the first to praise his intelligence." ”

"Let's go, follow me to Wujiazhuang."

Wujiazhuang is fifteen miles south of Dongxi Village, just in the middle of Dongxi Village and Shijie Village. There is a down-and-out talent named Wu Yong in Wujiazhuang, who is a good friend of Chao Gai.

Wu Yong's family is a medium-sized family, his parents are less than 50 years old, and his family has 30 acres of thin land.

Wu Yong's father was about to go out to fight the drought with a bucket, when he saw Chao Gai and others coming.

"Chao Baozheng is here, Wu Yong hasn't come back yet."

"Uncle Wu, I'm here to find you. It's not a drought, I brought a waterwheel, and a donkey to pull it. Chao Gai pointed to a donkey pulling the cart behind him.

This is a new type of keel waterwheel, which uses human or animal power to lift water.

Wu Yong's parents hurriedly shook their hands: "This waterwheel and a donkey can't cost more than a dozen yuan, where am I willing to buy it, my family's little use is not at home all day, and I don't have any money for you." ”

"Hehe, Uncle Wu laughed, what is the relationship between me and Wu, that's a brother, it's all for free, don't want a penny." Chao Gai persuaded Uncle Wu to accept it.

Chao Gai took a lotus leaf package and a jar of wine from Li Kui's hand.

"Here's some of your favorite haggis and a jar of old wine, so you can drink it when you're fine." Chao Gai said.

Uncle Wu had to leave Chao Gai and the others to drink, Chao Gai had a lot of things to do and hurriedly left, leaving only two Zhuang Ke to help install the water wheel.

A few days later, the good news came from the kang house located by the river in Dongxi Village, the first batch of 10,000 ducklings hatched. At this time, the elderly farmers in Xixi Village also felt strange when they looked at the small grasshoppers that were gradually increasing in the field, which was a harbinger of the locust plague.

More than a dozen elders in the village gathered together to discuss, and Elder A said: "The current situation is also known to everyone, there are two important problems in front of us, one is the drought, now wheat is in need of water, our village waterwheel is too little, less than one-third of the land can be watered, it is better to merge with Dongxi Village, so that Chao Gai is a person, he will definitely sell some waterwheels on credit for us to use." ”

Some people objected: "Spring drought occurs every year, and besides, it is not too serious, it is nothing more than a reduction of two or three percent." There is no need to merge villages. ”

Elder A said: "Okay, we are not afraid of drought, after all, the rainy season will enter as soon as the wheat harvest is over, but what can we do?" Elder A said and took out a few small grasshoppers, "The number of grasshoppers has increased sharply this year, and if this trend is followed, it will be like last year's Qingzhou." ”

"A plague of locusts." Everyone understands the meaning of this word.

"Although Chao Gai is heroic and financially abundant, what can he do about the little grasshopper." Someone questioned.

"Grazing chickens and ducks, I went to Dongxi Village to see, where the chickens and ducks pass can be at least seventy percent less grasshoppers, that is to say, it can be effectively controlled." Elder A said.

"We also have chickens and ducks in our village, so we can graze them ourselves." There were still some objections, but they were quickly denied, the largest group of chickens in Xixi Village was only 200, and it was not easy for the seven or eight chickens in each family to be raised as treasures and to gather together to graze in the whole flock.

Xixi Village discussed for a whole day, and finally 80% of the people agreed to merge the village, and then sent people to Dongxi Village to find Chao Xun to discuss, the two sides discussed very fiercely, and decided to merge into Chaojia Village, the school and the medical hall are the two greatest benefits, as long as the people of Chaojia Village can enjoy it, it is beyond doubt, mainly the problems that need to be solved at present, drought and locust plague.

Xixi Village demanded that 2,000 ducks and 4,000 chickens be sent into Xixi Village immediately to graze and eliminate locusts. At the same time, 100 water trucks should be sold on credit for Xixiliu Village to fight drought.

Chao Xun was very embarrassed and said, "Now there are only 6,000 ducks and 10,000 chickens in total. As for the newly hatched chicks and ducklings, there are more than 20,000 of them, but they have to wait a month before they can graze and eat grasshoppers. I see that so, how about sending 2,000 ducks, 2,000 chickens? ”

The two sides quarreled endlessly, and Dongxi Village naturally wanted to ensure the interests of his village first, but Chao Gai was actually hiding behind and listening, and Liu Tang snickered.

Finally, Chao Xun said: "Since everyone has merged into one village, immediately organize fifty people to learn how to herd chickens and ducks, and I will first send two thousand ducks and four thousand chickens to start exterminating locusts." But I'll say it first, if anyone dares to do anything bad, it's not a trivial matter to steal the grazing chickens and ducks, so go back and give a message to those who are lazy and lazy. ”

Everyone: "Let's go back and immediately organize people to learn how to herd chickens and ducks, as for the problem that someone dares to steal grazing chickens and ducks, don't worry about it, no one has the guts, if there is really such a second-rate person who is lazy and lazy, he will directly break his hands and feet." ”

At this time, Chao Gai came in, and the golden knife of the horse went to the middle.

"The stakes are so high that the people are afraid of locusts, but chickens and ducks can eat them. Chao Xiong purchased 10,000 ducks from Weishan Lake and arrived in a few days, and when the time came, all the locusts in the vicinity were exterminated. Chao Gai said.

Everyone was very happy, Chao Gai had great prestige, no one objected, not to mention that what he did was praised.

At this time, an old man stood up and said: "Baozheng, my nephew, called Chao Wei, is twenty-two years old this year, digging ginseng in the deep mountains and old forests of Jindi in the north, and has been out for five or six years. ”

Chao Gai said: "Let him go to the camp to find me tomorrow, as long as he is talented, he is willing to do the designated use." ”

The two villages were merged into Chaojia Village, with a total population of more than 5,000 people, more than 10,000 acres of paddy fields, and more than 40,000 acres of dry land, of which more than 10,000 acres belonged to Chaogai's own family. The more the population, the stronger the strength.

More than 1,200 Zhuang Ding were reorganized, and four sentry posts were set up at the key position at the entrance of the village, each sentry was composed of two log structure watchtowers and horses, and each sentry was guarded by one strong man and four old men during the day, and ten strong men were arranged to be on duty at night. The public order in Chaojia Village is getting better and better, and there is no more idea that roosters and dog thieves dare to attack Chaojia Village.

When Chao Wei came to the camp, Chao Gai was taken aback, this guy was very big, with dark skin, if he put on a bear skin, he would become a bear, compared to Chao Bear.

"Owner." Chao Wei came over and saluted.

Chao Gai said: "It's all from the same village, so you don't have to be formal." I heard that you dig ginseng in the Northland, is there a lot of ginseng there? ”

Chao Wei said: "The back is sparsely populated, the place where we dig ginseng is close to Goryeo, which originally belonged to the Liao State, and now there is a new country called Jin, and the Jin people are ten times more fierce than the Liao people." Most of us Han people are from Shandong and Hebei, there are more than 50 people, all of them are young and strong, stationed in the big forests around Changbai Mountain all year round, and they dare not come out easily, ginseng, mink, and deer antler velvet are harvested very richly, and the usual Chinese herbal medicines are more than countable. It's just that the local purchase price is very low, and a good ginseng is only a few dozen yuan, and a hundred years of ginseng is only two or three times. ”

Chao Gai was secretly surprised, no wonder Zeng Tou City was able to make a fortune, it was strange not to make a fortune if he took the goods at such a low price. It is also necessary to start its own medicinal herb business, and it is imperative to purchase medicinal herbs from the Northeast.

Chao Gai said: "There are two ways, one is that you organize the purchase of ginseng, mink, deer antler, bear bile and other precious medicinal materials in Jinguo, you increase the purchase price by three percent as much as possible, and then I add three percent to the purchase price to get the goods, and the extra part is your profit." In a year, you can make a few thousand dollars of income. ”

"The second way, huh?" Chao Wei asked.

"The second method is that you make a lot less money, I hired you to buy the treasurer of the Northeast Region for medicinal materials, and send you fifty people, and at the same time, you can contact the friends who used to pick ginseng to open up a wide range of supplies, and you can get about a thousand yuan a year, after all, the expenses are too great."

Chao Wei said: "I choose the second type, these medicinal materials are normal circulation goods in the Jin country, just find out the normal tax payment, the biggest risk comes from other caravans or some local barbarian tribes, once encountered, it is likely to kill people and oversell goods." In addition, the original buyer is from the Zeng family in Zengtou City, which is near us, and there will definitely be a fierce conflict when we do this. ”

Chao Gai frowned, this damn Zengtou City, how can there be them everywhere.

"How powerful are they in the Northeast?" Chao Gai asked.

"The land of Jin is vast and sparsely populated, and the troops of Jin are busy fighting with Liao. The Zeng family's power in Changbai Mountain is not very big, there are still about 200 people, the number is small but fierce, killing people like hemp, the local Han people in the Jin country, and people from other small tribes have been oppressed by them for a long time. ”

Chao Gai smiled secretly, this is easy to do.