Chapter 89: Pesticides
I don't know what medicine Li Er's gourd sells, but Zhang Yi clearly remembers that Li Er finally ended the locust plague that swept the world by issuing an edict of guilt and eating locusts raw. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
When he came, he flew like a horse, but when he went, he was silent.
Sun Simiao leaned on the carriage of the carriage with a depressed face, and the boss with a pair of old eyes looked more profound in the misty twilight. Zhang Yi kept thinking about the possibility of carpet chicken and duck stocking, and finally felt that Li Er was very likely to be able to get together some chickens and ducks, but it could only ensure some important grain producing areas, and there was nothing else to do about it.
Both men were silent, and in silence the wheels of the carriage hit the ground with a 'bang!' The sound was also very obvious, and even the spring breeze from the windows of the road became more biting.
"How sure does the county think His Majesty is?" Suddenly, Sun Simiao's mouth broke the silence.
Being able to ask this sentence, Zhang Yi felt that this old man who usually looked stupid was not as stupid as he imagined, and the person who could continue to think deeply about the reasonableness of things after getting a confident and affirmative answer from an emperor was definitely not a character who could fool casually.
Even if he was dizzy by himself in the past, now it seems that it may just be that people haven't broken it.
Zhang Yi sighed and asked rhetorically, "So how sure does the Dao Chief think His Majesty is?" ”
Looking at Sun Simiao, who also looked lonely, but it was difficult to speak, Zhang Yi had no choice but to say: "Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks, I believe it is not difficult for Your Majesty." But how much land is there in the land of Guanzhong? The Taoist chief went south and north, I'm afraid he already has a number in his heart, right? Since it is not possible to guarantee that all the land will be protected from locust plagues, the younger generation feels that His Majesty is very likely to protect the places with the highest grain production. ”
"What about the rest of the world?" Sun Simiao blurted out.
Maybe he also felt ridiculous after saying that, isn't the answer obvious? Naturally, other places are not the places to protect this locust plague, and they should, maybe, perhaps..... will be selectively forgotten by Li Er and even the princes in the court.
This is a very cruel answer, at least Sun Simiao can't accept it, and after continuing to be silent for a long time, he asked Zhang Yi: "Is it just watching other places being trampled by locusts?" ”
Being able to say the word bad practice, Zhang Yi immediately paid tribute to Sun Simiao. It is said that the ancients compared locusts to gods, or to act as messengers of gods in the world, and being able to speak like this at least proves that Sun Simiao does not have any good feelings for locusts, or even dislike them. From this point of view, as a person in the Dao Sect, completely denying the Divine Locust is not something that ordinary people can do.
Zhang Yi twitched his cheeks and asked, "Then what should I do from the perspective of the Taoist leader?" Not to mention the two of us, even His Majesty can only abandon the army to protect the commander, without pesticides, even if we want to break our heads, it is impossible to save the people from fire and water, right? According to me, what we have to do now is to hurry back to Zhuangzi, collect more chickens and ducks as soon as possible, and save our medicine field first, God knows what it will be like after the catastrophe! ”
The Great Plague is followed by the Great Plague, which is the norm.
The so-called group of the people who are the most resistant to disasters often encounter natural disasters and man-made disasters, and it is not at all to say that their wives are separated and their families are ruined, just like the drought in the first year of Zhenguan, the entire Guanzhong land does not know how many people starved to death, and the so-called tragedy of changing children and eating is happening almost every day.
But what about after that?
There are piles of dead people, dry bones, and even many villages have become desperate. The living are gone, the dead are not buried, and the bodies stink and decay...... This was followed by the contamination of the water source, and then the even more tragic contagion.
It is hard to imagine the scene after the locust plague, in the face of the impending disaster, Zhang Yi felt that it was better to be a quiet nobleman, as long as Zhangjiazhuang was fine, as for the rest, it would be solved by the great and wise His Majesty Li Er. As long as Zhangjiazhuang is fine, even if it is a small amount of production reduction, as long as there is a medicine field, then he is the victor of this locust plague, and he can raise a huge amount of medicinal materials for the Tang Dynasty, just by virtue of this, he is a qualified patriotic nobleman, and he is the kind that stands closely with the Tang Dynasty.
However, Sun Simiao fell into deep thought, and then asked, "What are you talking about pesticides?" Can it cure locusts? ”
Knowing his own situation, Zhang Yi's mood immediately improved, and he explained to Sun Simiao: "This pesticide is actually medicine, just like your old man treats people." For example, tide insects, I believe that many people need to take a small amount of arsenic every few years, and through the medicinal power of arsenic, these parasites growing in the human body are killed and excreted, so as to achieve the purpose of human health.
The same is true for pesticides, which are used to kill pests in the field without destroying the growth of plants to ensure the normal growth of crops. But we don't seem to have this thing in Datang, I'm just thinking about it, it's not a little trouble to really want to make this thing! ”
"Troublesome?" Sun Simiao continued to ask.
"Of course it's troublesome! To tell you, first of all, we need to know what kind of drugs can be used to poison locusts, which requires a lot of experiments, and the things involved in them are simply not something that one or two people can complete. Zhang Yi thought for a while and continued: "Take medicinal materials as an example, there are no less than a thousand well-known drugs alone, and they must be compatible, even if you know a lot about drugs and can exclude a large number of unsuitable drugs, but I'm afraid there are a lot of left, right?"
Even if you find the right fit day after day, you'll need to test the dosage. You need to test how powerful the locusts are to be killed, and you have to test whether and how harmful these drugs are to people..... With so many experiments, do you think you can do it alone?
Besides, even if you have done all the previous steps, where do you go up and find so many herbs and people to make this pesticide for you? In order to be easy to carry and use, it must also be made into a finished medicine and concentrated.... Can you tell us how easy it is? ”
It is very rewarding to say things that others don't know, especially in front of a famous person like Sun Simiao, when he was stunned, he felt as comfortable sleeping in the clouds.
Looking at Sun Simiao, he couldn't help nodding, and Zhang Yi only felt that the whole person was fluttering, and this kind of spiritual achievement undoubtedly occupied the fact that he was about to face the locust plague.