In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in the Guannai, and the people were short of food, and many people sold their sons and daughters in exchange for food and clothing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn April, Taizong issued an edict to redeem the sold children and return them to their parents. Because of the long rain last year, this year there was a drought and locust plague, and the world was amnesty.

And issued an edict against himself, saying: "If the year is abundant, the world will be peaceful, and the disaster will be moved, so as to save all the nations, it is also the wish, and I will be willing to do it." The meaning of this sentence is that Li Shimin would rather God belay all disasters on him alone for the sake of the people to have food.

Regarding the locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan, there are records in the history books of Taizong in the old and new Tang books, and only the golden treasures of the imperial palace are recorded in the old Tang books, and the men and women who sold themselves returned to their parents. Geng Wu, amnesty to the world, did not say that there is a locust plague, the New Tang Dynasty book clearly records Geng Wu, with drought locusts to blame, amnesty.

However, there is no record of the edict in the old and new Tang books.

Wu Yuanqing knew that there had been a large-scale locust plague in the early years of Zhenguan, but he didn't remember exactly when.

But when he saw that there were so many insect eggs when he dug up a random piece of soil in the field, Wu Yuanqing was already very sure in his heart that the time of the locust plague would be next year.

"Then what should I do" Li Chengqian was in a daze, and looked at Wu Yuanqing for help.

"What can I do, cold salad. There is absolutely no solution to the locust plague in these years, and there is no other way than to ask His Majesty to transfer grain from other places to Guanzhong. Oh, by the way, remember to tell Your Majesty, while everyone doesn't know that there will be a locust plague now, the price of grain in Chang'an City is still cheap, hurry up and buy more from those grain merchants, and the gang of profiteers in the province will raise the price of grain when the time comes, and it will be difficult for the country to make money" Wu Yuanqing thought about it and said.

"Oh" Li Chengqian looked disappointed, because Wu Yuanqing didn't give any solution.

However, Wu Yuanqing really can't think of any way to deal with the locust plague, not to mention that this is ancient, even in later generations, there are planes and anticides to exterminate insects, and the locust plague is also a big problem, not only China but also the whole world is also making it difficult to control the locust plague.

There is no way, the fecundity of locusts is too strong, especially flying locusts, Wu Yuanqing saw it on TV when he was a child, and the guy was buzzing all over the place.

came and went in a hurry, and Li Chengqian returned to Chang'an with earth-shattering news.

When he first heard of the locust plague, Li Shimin naturally refused to believe it, but this year is the first year that he officially ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty.

I was just going to take stock of the annual income at the end of the year and enjoy the admiration of all the people, why did I have a locust plague.

Wu Yuanqing couldn't say anything good from his mouth.

But the tangible evidence made Li Shimin have to believe that what Wu Yuanqing said was true. Looking at the sample soil dug up from all over Chang'an City, where there were insect eggs, Li Shimin's face turned pale as if he had been hit by five thunderbolts.

Urgently recruited Pei Lian, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other more than a dozen prime ministers and ministers to discuss the matter, but these ministers either questioned Wu Yuanqing's words, or they were the same grain adjustment suggestions as Wu Yuanqing said.

In the end, Li Shimin issued a gag order, strictly prohibiting the spread of information about the locust plague.

After the meeting was dismissed, each party performed its own duties, and it was necessary to transfer grain and grain, and to collect grain from the grain merchants in the city, and to take other measures.

Wu Yuanqing didn't know how Li Shimin would respond in the end, but he had already begun to make countermeasures.

In addition to sending people to pull the grain belonging to the Wu family in Jinyang to Chang'an, Wu Yuanqing also secretly and silently purchased grain in Chang'an and Jinyang and other surrounding cities.

In addition, the caravans that purchased timber from the samurai family all changed their goals and purchased grain from the south to send it to Chang'an.

But the road is far away, I don't know how long it will take to get from Chang'an to the south, let alone transport grain from the south to the north, it's really hard to say if I can catch up at that time, but there is no other way, I can only try.

At the same time, Wu Yuanqing also encouraged the farmers in his fiefdom to hatch chickens and ducks, etc., and raise more chickens, ducks, geese or something, and hatched them to sell to the Hou Mansion.

Wu Yuanqing knew that he couldn't count on this crop next year, but if he raised more poultry, it would be quite good, and he didn't have to worry about no insects to eat.

But it's hard to say clearly, so we can only let these farmers hatch small ones first, sell them to the Hou Mansion, and then sell them back at the original price when the locusts break out next year.

After Wu Yuanqing made the arrangements within his ability, he stayed in the fiefdom with peace of mind and continued his greenhouse vegetable business.

At this time, the matchmaker sent to Jinyang to propose marriage to Wang's family finally replied again.

After Wu Yuanqing arrived in Chang'an, he told his cheap father about himself and Wang Ziyu.

When he learned that his eldest son was in love with the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family, the samurai could be said to be ecstatic.

The daughter of the five surnamed Qiwang families doesn't want to marry in the entire Tang Dynasty, but they just can't marry if they want to.

The martial arts family can only be regarded as an upstart, and it is really far from the Wang family, which has been illustrious for hundreds of years, if you can marry the daughter of the Wang family, it will definitely be a glorious lintel.

Propose marriage, mention it immediately.

Wu Shiyan immediately found the best matchmaker, and asked Du Yan, who was also one of the six Shangshu, to help the matchmaker write a letter and send it to the Jinyang Wang's family.

The reason why I wanted to find Du Yan to be a matchmaker was not only because he was a big official and a scholar of the ministry, but also because Du Yan was the father of Wang Ziyu and Wang Lun's brother and sister, that is, the disciple and student of Wang Tong, the former patriarch of the Wang family.

The relationship between the teacher and the student, which is very close. As Wang Ziyu's senior brother, it is very suitable for Du Yan to be a matchmaker for his junior sister.

In fact, there are many students of Wang Tong who are officials in the court, such as Xue Shui and Wen Yanbo, who are not only Wang Tong's students but also from Hedong.

But it's a pity that Xue Shu's nephew is Xue Yuanjing, and he and Wen Yanbo both have a big enmity with Wu Yuanqing.

The people sent to ask for relatives have been gone for a month, and it has been twenty days since they arrived in Jinyang, but there has been no progress.

During this period, the people sent to Jinyang had a letter delivered to Wu Yuanqing, saying that Du Yan's letter was accepted by the Wang family, but the matchmaker was turned away.

Later, Wu Yuanqing received Wang Lun's letter and learned that the Wang family had different opinions on Wu Yuanqing's courtship.

The patriarch Wang Ji, that is, the uncle of Wang Lun's brothers and sisters, was in favor of it, and praised Wu Yuanqing.

But the old lady of the Wang family resolutely disagreed, because the old lady liked her maiden nephew, Lu Yong of the Fanyang Lu family.

Especially Wu Yuanqing and Lu Yong have had many conflicts, and the old lady looks at him even more unpleasantly.

Knowing that the old lady was obstructing, Wu Yuanqing was ready to go to Wang's house to rob his relatives, but he didn't expect that a letter from Jinyang would be sent from Jinyang on this day, and it was still good news that made Wu Yuanqing's heart bloom.

(To be continued.) )