A small dirt slope, Li Xiu actually turned out several large bowls of locust eggs from it, at first Yang Nong was a little suspicious that it was other insect eggs, but when Li Xiu caught a locust lying on the ground and stretched its long belly into the ground to lay eggs, this completely dispelled Yang Nong's suspicions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Li Xiu, thanks to you for helping us solve our doubts, we know that locust eggs are actually laid underground, so there is one more way to control locusts!" Yang Nong stroked his beard at this time and pondered.

"What's the solution? Yang Gong, you don't want people to dig up the eggs, do you? Li Xiu heard Yang Nong's words, but he said half puzzled, half joking.

"That's right, it's to dig out the locust eggs, now it's about to be winter, if the locust eggs are dug out, they should be able to freeze to death, so that even if there is a locust plague next year, the number of locusts can be reduced!" Yang Nong said with a serious face, they have few effective means to control the locust plague, so any way to reduce the number of locusts is worth trying.

"Yang Gong, you're not joking, the number of locust eggs is so large, how can we finish digging them up?" Li Xiu said in disbelief when he heard this, although Yang Nong's method will have some effect, it is really too stupid, it can be compared with Yugong moving mountains, although Yugong succeeded, but it was with the help of the gods, but in reality there are no gods, and they don't have as much time as the children and grandchildren of the fools.

"Li Xiu, I know you think my method is very clumsy, but apart from this stupid method, do you have any other methods?" Yang Nong opened his mouth and asked rhetorically, he and Li Xiu were also old partners, so they could naturally see what Li Xiu was thinking at a glance.

"This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but smile helplessly when he heard this, as if there was really no effective way except for this stupid method, but this method required a lot of manpower and material resources, and it could only reduce the number of locusts when the locust plague broke out, and could not prevent the outbreak of the locust plague, after all, manpower was also exhausted.

"Okay, then let's go into the palace now to report this matter to Your Majesty, and see how Your Majesty decides?" In the end, Li Xiu could only say helplessly, if he really wanted to dig up the locust eggs, he would definitely use the power of the whole country, which was not a trivial matter, but needed Li Shimin's consent.

Yang Nong naturally knew this, so he also nodded, because the matter was urgent, he and Li Xiu got into the carriage together, and then entered the palace as fast as possible to meet Li Shimin.

In fact, Yang Nong reported the possible outbreak of locusts next year a few days ago, and after Li Shimin's understanding, it was found that the entire Guanzhong was relatively dry this year, and some local officials in various places also found that the number of locusts increased, so they wrote books to warn, but the locust plague has always been regarded as a natural disaster, and it is not something that can be stopped by manpower, and now they can only discuss how to relieve the disaster after the locust plague breaks out.

"See Your Majesty!" After Li Xiu and Yang Nong came in, they saluted Li Shimin together.

"No need to be polite, Li Xiu, you are a rare guest here, why did you have time to come with Yang Gong today?" Li Shimin was also quite happy to see Li Xiu come in, although he was a little worried about the possible outbreak of locust plague next year, but there are so many natural and man-made disasters that break out in Datang every year, and he has long been used to it, and the fortune of Datang during this time is quite smooth, not to mention anything else, just the fact that Jieli and Xue Yantuo are in a mess is enough to make him happy for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Yang Gong are here to report to Your Majesty about the locust plague next year!" Li Xiu also replied with a smile at this time, when he said this, Li Shimin also invited them to sit down, and Li Xiu and Yang Nong were not polite to this, and sat side by side with the eldest grandson Wuji and others.

"Yan Guogong, is there any way to prevent and control the locust plague?" Hearing Li Xiu's words, Fang Xuanling next to him couldn't help but light up his eyes and said, his words also represent the thoughts of other people around him, after all, when Datang encounters difficulties, Li Xiu can often turn the tide with a powerful way, so at this time, Li Shimin, Eldest Sun Wuji and others also stared at him excitedly.

"There is a way, but it can't stop the locust plague, it can only be said to minimize the losses caused by the locust plague!" Facing the hopeful eyes of Fang Xuanling and others, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then told him and Yang Nong what they had done and had conversations before.

"Your Majesty, the horse has proved that the locusts are not made of fish eggs, but lay their eggs underground, so I hope that Your Majesty can issue an order to mobilize the people of the state capitals to turn over the places where the locusts lay eggs, so that when the winter comes, the eggs will be frozen to death, although the locusts cannot be completely eliminated, but it can also effectively reduce the number of locusts, even if the locust plague really breaks out next year, it can also reduce some losses!" At this time, the white-haired Yang Nong also stood up and saluted Li Shimin.

Hearing that Li Xiu had subverted the concept of locust mutualization, the eldest grandson Wuji and others in the hall were also talking, but they were all important ministers of the country and well-informed, so they didn't make a fuss, but they still had a few doubts on their faces, after all, they hadn't seen locusts laying eggs with their own eyes.

Faced with this situation, Yang Nong had already prepared, because he brought all the locust eggs that Li Xiu had dug up before, including several locusts that were in the egg-laying period, and after tearing their stomachs open, they could see that the eggs in their stomachs were exactly the same as the eggs dug up.

Seeing is believing, this time the eldest grandson Wuji and the others finally accepted Li Xiu's statement, Li Shimin also showed a contemplative expression, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "Li Xiu, thanks to your discovery, we understand that locusts can lay eggs by themselves, so that we can mobilize the people to turn over the ground and try to eliminate some eggs as Yang Gong suggested." ”

It's just that when he said this, Li Shimin frowned again, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "It's just that the land in Guanzhong is vast, even if you mobilize all the people, you can only eliminate a small number of insect eggs, if there is not much rain and snow from this winter to next spring, I'm afraid the locust plague will still break out, so do you have a better way to stop the outbreak of the locust plague!" ”

Li Shimin was also a little greedy, and felt that Yang Nong's method was too stupid, so he wanted Li Xiu to think of a better way, Li Xiu also shook his head and smiled bitterly, he knew that he could use pesticides to exterminate insects, but the key was that Datang had no pesticides at all, unless he was an immortal, how could he stop the locust plague?

"Your Majesty, Lao Chen still has a strategy here, which can reduce the losses caused by the locust plague!" But at this moment, I suddenly saw Yang Nong stand up again and say.