By the time I was done, it was getting dark. The people and officials present could not help but worry about the impending locust plague, and began to talk in a chaotic manner. Several elderly people knelt in front of Tao Qian and begged Tao Qian to save them.

Liu Bei hurriedly pulled it up and said, "A few elders, don't worry, there will definitely be a way, don't worry, Tao Yuanjun will try his best to help everyone." ”

An old man looked at Liu Bei and asked, "Who is this adult?" ”

Liu Bei hurriedly replied gently: "A few elders, under Liu Xuande!" ”

Several old men also know Liu Bei, saving Xuzhou is not in vain! They hurriedly knelt down and said in a mess: "It turned out to be Xuande Gong, Xuande Gong must help us!" This Cao Mengde has just retired from the army, and we are still counting on a few days of peace, as soon as this locust plague comes out...... Ay! Several people shook their heads and sighed.

Liu Bei said: "Don't worry, Mr. Tian must have a way!" Today's incident was discovered by Mr. Tian, please tell you about the method of exterminating locusts! ”

When everyone saw the young man Liu Bei pointed to, they were not very relieved at first, after all, Tian Fan was too young, as the saying goes, "if there is no hair on the mouth, you can't do things well", isn't it? And so the crowd began to mess up again! Tian Fan hurriedly shouted to everyone to be quiet, but the effect was not obvious. At this time, Zhang Fei's very characteristic voice began to sound, only to hear Zhang Fei roar: "Well, shut up for me, how can my eldest brother lie to you?" Let's listen to Mr. Tian! Everyone felt a shock in their ears, but they all fell silent.

Tian Fan smiled at Zhang Fei, nodded, turned around and climbed into Tao Qian's car, and shouted to everyone: "Fathers, all the officials of Xuzhou, in Xia Tian Fan, please be quiet, I will talk about how to prevent and control the locust plague first!" ”

Everyone looked up at Tian Fan, only to hear Tian Fan continue: "The place where we are now is the place where locusts are easy to breed. Everyone, please see, the geology is hard, and there is little vegetation, and the sunlight can shine directly, everyone looks for it according to this condition, and when you encounter this kind of place, you must turn over the soil to see! If there are locust eggs or larvae, be sure to kill them! Also, locusts are edible, and they are very delicious, containing ......" Tian Fan wanted to say that it was rich in protein and trace elements, but he heard someone shouting below: "Impossible, how can locusts eat?" Many people followed suit!

Tian Fan looked at the little official who spoke and asked, "Do you know that locusts have changed?" ”

The man said, "I know, shrimp turn into locusts!" Tian Fan nodded, and said in his heart that he was afraid that you would not say so! This is ancient times, what scientific knowledge is given to these people, they may not understand, so they have to find another way!

So Tian Fan asked: "Since the locusts are made of shrimp, why can't they be eaten?" The little official didn't understand how to answer. Tian Fan continued: "Does everyone eat shrimp? Everyone nodded, and Tian Fan said: "Since locusts are made of shrimps, and shrimps are edible, why can't locusts be edible?" When everyone heard this, they were right, and this is the truth!

Tian Fan continued: "The eggs of locusts, even the kind of yellow pieces that everyone sees, are also edible. With that, Tian Fan took the bag in Tian's hand and opened it for everyone to see. When everyone was exterminating locusts, Tian Fan had already asked Tian Yi and Tian Er to collect some locust eggs, which were ready to be used at this time.

He jumped out of the carriage, walked over to a campfire, borrowed a sword from a soldier, and placed the eggs on the surface of the sword, carefully placing them on the fire to roast. After a while, a strange fragrance wafted out. The iron sword is like an iron plate used for teppanyaki, and it takes a moment to roast the eggs. When the eggs were a little cooler, Tian Fan picked one up and put it in his mouth, squinted his eyes and chewed it slowly, with a look of enjoyment, and everyone was stunned. Tian Fan held the roasted insect eggs and said to Liu Bei and Tao Qian: "Envoy, Xuande Gong, you can also taste it!" Then he turned to the non-commissioned officers and the people who were standing on the side, and said, "Taste it, everyone!" ”…,

Tao Qian and Liu Bei were a little hesitant, and Tian Fan said softly: "Envoy, Xuande Gong, we can let the people and officials see our determination to exterminate locusts by eating this thing!" Don't hesitate, it's really edible and it's supremely delicious! Tao Qian and Liu Bei thought about it, too! In order to let the people see our determination to exterminate locusts, even if it is poisonous, we have to try it! The two took the eggs in Tian Fan's hand and put them in their mouths. The difference is that Tao Qian eats more reluctantly, and he will vomit at any time when he looks like that, while Liu Bei is much more natural, and he also enjoys it! Zhang Fei was not polite, took a piece and put it in his mouth, and as soon as he chewed it twice, he began to shout: "Oops, it's delicious, it's so delicious!" It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise it would be great to have this thing to drink! Mr. Tian, why didn't you say it earlier, we don't know how many things we destroyed this afternoon, if we stayed, wouldn't it be enough for us to eat? Everyone listened to Zhang Feiyi's shout, and many people also tried it with trepidation, and sure enough, it was delicious! As a result, there is no longer any doubt about the edibility of locusts!

Since then, in the large and small restaurants in Xuzhou, there is an extra dish in summer and autumn, called "fried dry shrimp", the difference is that the more high-grade places are only to take locust meat for frying, after frying it out, a ball of yellow, orange and orange, people can not see what it is, it is also this practice, I don't know how many foreign merchants have eaten and then spit it out...... In general, it is also very tempting to fry locusts directly after removing their wings and legs! In the tavern of the Mi family and the Tian family, there is a very famous dish, Tian Fan's name, called - Flying Locust Tengda! Of course, that's for later.

Tian Fan looked at it and showed his determination, and said several other methods to exterminate locusts, such as smoking, net catching, burning, scattering chickens and ducks to eat insects, etc., all of which were unheard of by everyone, and everyone was stunned when they heard it. Liu Bei looked at Tian Fan, who was talking eloquently, and his eyes were different, shiny.

It was getting late, and everyone knew how to deal with the locusts, so the people slowly dispersed. Liu Bei and Tao Qian went back to Tao Mansion together, and after a few people made an appointment to continue discussing this matter tomorrow, Tian Fan said hello to them and went home with Mi Zhu. Tian Fan said to Mi Zhu: "Brother Zizhong, please explain today's situation to Zhen'er on my behalf, it is estimated that Zhen'er will be frightened today!" Mi Zhu replied: "Don't worry, I will bring the words for my brother!" The two broke up and went home without mentioning it.

The next day, Tian Fan was startled when he arrived at Tao Mansion, hey, there are so many people! Seeing Tian Fan come in, everyone got up to salute, and after everyone introduced each other, Tian Fan knew that almost all of Tao Qian and Liu Bei's subordinates had come today. Chen Qi, Chen Deng, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and other Tao Qian's subordinates, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Chen Qun, Jian Yong and other Liu Bei's subordinates, can be said to be all together!

It was Tao Qian who spoke first: "Tian Fan, continue the topic you said yesterday, yesterday the time was in a hurry, I see that you are still unsatisfied!" ”

Tian Fan got up and said, "Obey the king's orders." Let's talk about yesterday's topic, in addition to the method mentioned yesterday, there is another one, to carefully collect locust eggs on the leaves! However, the methods mentioned yesterday are mainly aimed at locusts that have not feathered, and the most terrible thing is to fly in groups after locusts are feathered......" Cao Bao urged impatiently: "Oh, Tian Fan, we all know this, you quickly talk about how to prevent and control the flying locust swarm, this is the most important thing." "It's no wonder that Cao Bao is in a hurry, among these people, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, and Chen Qi have the most land, if the locusts come, the loss is really difficult to estimate!

Tian Fan nodded and continued: "The feathered locust swarm is very terrifying, and there are not many measures to control it, in addition to the smoke and fire mentioned yesterday, there is another method that is effective, and that is to attract with light. At night, prepare a wooden basin filled with water, drip a drop of oil on the surface of the water, and then place a small wooden board on the surface of the water, on which a lit candle or an oil lamp is placed, and place it in the field. So that the locusts will see the light reflected from the surface of the water, and they will fly into the water and drown! ”…,

Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't think of this method, it was simply incredible! Cao Bao was anxious and asked, "Tian Fan, are you sure this method is effective?" Tian Fan nodded affirmatively and said, "Well, it's absolutely effective." If the moonlight is bright at night, it can also be left unlit. But...... After the locusts fly, it is too difficult to control them, so we still try to prevent and control the locusts before they fly! Tian Fan continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, after all, I have limited qualifications alone, and I won't think very comprehensively, please add, brainstorming can be broad!" In addition, please ask Tao Envoy Jun and Xuande Gong to order, no matter who thinks of a way to exterminate locusts and it is proven to be effective, they can get a reward from the government, after all, there are many people and many ideas! ”

Everyone agreed, and after discussion, there were indeed some methods worth trying. Tao Qian, in his capacity as the state pastor, ordered the officials who participated in the locust eradication yesterday to divide into small groups and go to various counties and counties in Xuzhou to popularize the experience of locust eradication, and put into words all the methods discussed by everyone today and the methods that Tian Fan said yesterday, and distribute them to all counties and counties, encouraging everyone to find ways to exterminate locusts, and so on.

Tian Fan is in charge, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong are in charge of the civil land, and Chen Deng and Mi Fang are in charge of Tuntian. Chen Deng started to work for Tao Qian about six years ago, which was nearly six years earlier than Cao Cao! Several people hurriedly received the order, but Tian Fan refused, he said: "Envoy, how can you take on this important responsibility if you are not weak in your age?" Please make your choice someone else! Tao Qian said: "Tian Fan, you don't have to shirk, this locust plague was discovered by you early, and these methods are all remembered by you, who is responsible for this matter if you are not responsible?" If you don't agree, I want to enlist you as the captain of Diannong (Tao Qian did work in the field in history, but the corresponding official name was not found, and the official name of the Wei system is used here)! Tian Fan was taken aback, you must know that Chen Deng is the captain of the agricultural school, responsible for the entire tuntian in Xuzhou, and the captain of the agricultural school is his direct subordinate, which is equivalent to the second-in-command in agricultural affairs, and the power is also very great! Tian Fan hurriedly said: "Envoy, this Diannong Lieutenant is still forgotten, I will obey the order!" The crowd burst into good-natured laughter.

After these things were processed, everyone was relieved, and now the methods have been determined, only the test in practice is needed, but this inspection process, a few people in the house can't do it!