Walking in the beautiful and spacious Huayuan, Boss Li's mood is as dull as the gray sky, gray sky, gray mood.

Followed by the queen, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Fang Du and the two are now reused by Boss Li, let them accompany each other if they have troubles, and the day when Fang Du is the face is not far off.

They were also speechless, and in the face of such an unprecedented locust plague, no one could be in a good mood.

I don't know what to do now, and several major officials of the three provinces and six ministries have negotiated in the Liangyi Hall for a few days without results, usually they are Wen Taowu strategy, but now in the face of how to come up with a foolproof strategy in the case of a shortage of surplus food, they are also powerless, and the strategies offered are not feasible, and the ministers are conspiring, but there is nothing to do, which makes Boss Li very headache.

Looking up and sighing, I saw the sky that was obscured by locusts, and I felt that I could only feel more at what time this disaster would end.

Closing his eyes, there are always lingering troubles in his mind, the court was forced to be a little breathless by the four wealthy families, although they were demoted to the third class with a small excuse, I wanted to use the aftermath of the Wang family to continue to suppress them all, but I never thought of encountering a locust plague, so the open and secret battles in the court can only be put aside for the time being.

Boss Li sighed again, and Fang Xuanling beside him also sighed lightly, looked up at the gray sky and shook his head and sighed: "When the national disaster is at hand, some people are ingenious and use locusts as bait to make huge profits, alas..."

Li Laodahu asked: "Why did Fang Qing say this?" ”

Fang Xuanling bowed down and replied: "Recently, I heard the complaints of hundreds of officials in the court that there was a son in Chang'an County who bought old grain before the locust plague came, and now that the locust plague came, he sold it at a price more than 100 times higher than the original price, so as to obtain huge profits. ”

Boss Li nodded deeply and did not speak, at this time Du Ruhui stepped forward and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Weichen is also victimized, and the same is true of the prime minister, and all the officials in the court are victimized, and I hope that Your Majesty will severely punish this rebel people." ”

Elder Li said loudly: "It's just a pariah, why should I personally ask, is the magistrate only enjoying the benefits and not doing things?" ”

Du Ruhui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister has already understood, this son is personally awarded the title by His Majesty, and he is deeply loved by the queen, Wei Chen thinks that this son is close to the royal relationship, and the magistrate does not dare to punish him severely." ”

Boss Li thought for a while and asked with a smile: "What Du Qing said about this person is Lin Fan, a man from Chang'an County?" ”

"Exactly!" Du Ruhui nodded deeply, but also felt sad, His Majesty called the rebel by his name so directly, doesn't this mean that they have a good relationship, it seems that the chance of coming out of this evil breath is even more slim, it is no wonder that this kid secretly helped the emperor to bring down the Wang family, and he contributed a lot.

The eldest grandson also smiled when he heard the words and asked, "How did he make a huge profit?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, this son bought old grain from Weichen and others with half a piece of cloth, and then sold it back with seventy pieces of cloth, making a profit of nearly ・・・・・・" Hearing the laughter of the eldest grandson, Du Ruhui did not continue, which shows how much the queen likes this kid, and it seems that there is really no chance to recover the loss, alas, learn this lesson, and have less contact with this person in the future.

Fang Xuanling had nothing to say, and he couldn't see a chance to trip Lin Fan, so he could only be silent and swallow this loss back into his stomach.

The little episode in the middle quickly dissipated, the haze in his heart dissipated a little and gathered together because of the current situation, looking at the sky, Boss Li closed his eyes again, and when he opened his eyes, Boss Li's thick eyebrows frowned, he saw a locust on a withered grass by the lotus pond was gnawing on it, and it didn't take long to gnaw the dead grass, as if he was not satisfied, jumped on another grass and continued to fill his stomach.

Anger arose, without hesitation, she stepped forward and grabbed the locust that was eating vigorously, and before she could put it in her mouth, the queen immediately rushed from the back to the front, grabbed Boss Li's hand, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty can't, this pest is not a good thing, and the dinosaur that eats it is harmful to the dragon's body, Your Majesty is the lord of a country, and the dragon body should be the most important, and this kind of risky behavior should not be done." ”

"What the queen mother said is extremely true, Your Majesty should focus on the overall situation, focus on the dragon body, Your Majesty's health is the blessing of the people, such pests should not be eaten, if Your Majesty wants to relieve your anger, you can kill it, chop it, and you must not eat it, Your Majesty." Du Ru's words were conclusive, and his expression was excited.

Fang Xuanling also stepped forward to advise: "Your Majesty think twice, although the locusts are terrible, they will not be eaten by them, if Your Majesty is determined to eat them, Weichen is willing to swallow them on behalf of Your Majesty!" ”

"Wechen is also willing." Du Ruhui also stepped forward bravely.

Boss Li looked at the two ministers in front of him, looked at the queen, and then looked at the locust in his hand, and said indignantly: "This insect dares to eat grain and grain, and dares to compete with my people for food, then let me compete with it to see if it eats me, or if I eat it." ”

After speaking, without hesitation, he put the writhing locust into his mouth and bit it hard, seeing that Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the eldest grandson were all stunned, Fang Xuanling wanted to call the imperial doctor and was stopped by Boss Li.

Boss Li, who ate the locusts, did not stay in the garden anymore, and the eldest grandson quickly returned to the Manna Palace, as soon as he arrived at the Manna Palace, the eldest grandson immediately brought a wooden basin to Boss Li, and Boss Li immediately began to vomit, spit out the green juice, looked at it and continued to vomit, until the stomach was almost vomited before stopping, rinsing a few mouthfuls of water, and drinking the hot soup brought by the maid, then I felt slightly better.

After the maid retreated, the eldest grandson sat beside Boss Li, rubbed his shoulders and said: "Erlang, why is this difficult, in order to show his love for the people in front of Fang Xiang and Du Xiang, he actually ate this worm, but fortunately, he vomited it out, if he stayed in the belly of the concubine, I really don't know what to do." ”

Boss Li was no longer panting, glanced at the eldest grandson and said, "Guanyin is worthy of being my heart, and my mind can be seen at a glance." ”

The eldest grandson said with a smile: "Erlang's move is to let the second minister inform the civil and military officials, Erlang is confident that he can survive this locust plague safely, so that the ministers are not in a hurry, they will think that the emperor is so exemplary and loves the people so much, and as a courtier, he should be even more so." ”

Boss Li laughed and was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "I really don't know how to exterminate the plague insects, only in this way to determine the hearts of the ministers, the people, the surplus food of the court is insufficient, in essence, I can't help, if I don't set some example mentally, I am really ashamed of the people of the world." ”

The eldest grandson thought for a while and said: "Erlang has done very well and made full preparations, but the destiny is like this, no one expected that there would be a nationwide locust plague, such a catastrophe will not come in a hurry, only to get through this pass slowly, Erlang does not have to mind." ”

Boss Li was silent for a while, not knowing what he was thinking, but suddenly thought of something, and frowned: "Lin Fan can predict the arrival of the locust plague, and obviously has a way to stop it, what news is there about him recently, look at what he has done after the locust plague, in addition to what Fang Xiang Du Xiang said just now, what else is there." ”

The eldest grandson said with a smile: "The concubine has let Gonggong Zhou secretly observe, if there is no mistake, he will return today, Erlang will sit and wait for the news." ”

Just after dusk, Gonggong Zhou returned to the Ganlu Palace, and after worshipping the emperor and queen, he stepped forward and said: "Emperor Qi, Qi Niangniang, according to the old slave's observation in the past few days, Lin Fan bought all the old grain in Chang'an before the locust plague, and after the locust plague, he sold these old grains to the original seller at a high price, and the profit increased by more than 100 times.

In less than two days, Lin Fan had little old grain left, only some old grain from ordinary people, but Lin Fan did not sell it to the people at a high price, but sold it at the original advanced price, and some people who could not buy back the old grain, Lin Fan also sent some to them for the winter.

He opened a Lin school, the day before and night to take the students to the disaster area to teach, to burn it with rice stalks, and dig ditches, irrigation with water, I don't know why, locusts are pounced on the fire, pounce on the ditch, or burn to death, or drown, countless, there are people imitate it, the people pass it on to others, so far, there is a lack of fire at night in the disaster areas outside Chang'an City, almost every household is imitating the method of the forest to exterminate locusts.

Now Lin Fan is very idle, playing with his students, happy as a fairy, not affected by the locust plague at all, throughout Chang'an, and Yayu Township Anyang and Tianli are not affected by the locust plague, every household has new food to eat, and life is worry-free. ”

"He has foresight and no worries, and he will come and preach my will, and order all localities to use this method of burning and flooding to get rid of locusts from now on, and there shall be no mistake."

After Gonggong Zhou took the order and stepped down, Boss Li's eyes were smiling for some reason, and he looked out the window and said leisurely: "This ghost has a lot of ideas, if I don't use him well, wouldn't I bury this kind of talent, Guanyin, do you say yes?" ”

The eldest grandson smiled: "Erlang, is this the rhythm that wants to push the problem of destroying the disaster to Lin Fan?" ”

Boss Li laughed and said: "Guanyin really understands me... He can not only exterminate locusts, but also think of a way to pacify the world, hehe, it's much easier to push this problem out of me..." ”

The eldest grandson waved the Huangmen squire who came in away, and said with a smile: "It's not appropriate to make an order, this matter is handed over to the concubine, and the concubine will definitely allow Lin Fan to solve the problems and worries for Erlang." ”

"Okay."

There was a long laugh from the Ganlu Palace, just after discussing how to inform His Majesty of the civil and military officials about the feat of loving the people in the morning tomorrow morning, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were ready to go back, and when they heard this long laugh outside the palace gate, their mood suddenly improved, as long as the emperor could laugh out loud, they would not be afraid of any big disaster.