Chapter 16: Operation Locust Eradication
The eradication of locusts is urgent.
A single locust may not be remarkable, but the sight of millions of locusts eating crops together is absolutely shocking.
Lu Anjin will never forget the scene he saw that day, and after returning to the city, there was no smile on his pretty face.
"Lord Wang, this place is not suitable for a long time, please leave quickly!"
In the county office, Lu Anjin no longer hid, nor was he tactful, and went straight to the point.
Rajah? The county commander sat on the ground in fright, and he looked at the masked man who was silent on the chair in horror, almost peeing his pants.
Father Lu also echoed: "Lord Wang, the locust plague is serious, and the ministers are afraid of a plague outbreak. You are a precious woman, you really can't take any chances! ”
Qi Xiaoyun was as immobile as a mountain.
What Lu Anjin is most afraid of is that when she says a hundred words, the other party doesn't even bother to reply a word.
That feeling of singing a one-man show is really torturous.
"Lord Wang, I know that you are dedicated to the people, but it is not time for me to do it..."
"Is there a good plan?"
Yes, what she just said was in vain, Lu Anjin sighed helplessly, and could only ask her father for help with her eyes.
"Lord Wang..."
Who knows, Father Lu had just started when he was interrupted by Qi Xiaoyun waving his hand, "Lord Lu doesn't need to say much, this king has made up his mind." ”
"No, you can't. Lord, no! ”
Lu Anjin propped his hands on the table and looked at him face to face, with a firmness that could not be ignored in his eyes.
"Is there a good plan?"
Qi Xiaoyun didn't give an inch, and the eyes of both of them flashed with crackling fire.
"You could die on this trip."
Qi Xiaoyun waved his sleeves, "What are you afraid of death!" ”
It's this set again!
"Yes," Lu Anjin said in a weird manner, "You are a famous hero, so you are naturally not afraid of death." ”
Does he know that if something really happens to him, who can protect the pure land of Dongqi.
Qi Xiaoyun is no longer just a person, he is the virtuous king of Eastern Qi, the guardian of Eastern Qi, and the spiritual pillar of the people of Eastern Qi!
But how could he be so disrespectful of himself, so disrespectful!
"An Jin, don't be rude!"
Father Lu knew that Lu Anjin was also well-intentioned, but Dongqi was highly hierarchical, and he needed to be cautious in his words and deeds so as not to cause trouble.
"Qi Xiaoyun, do you know what it means to lose big with a small one?"
What did she just call him? Qi Xiaoyun? Isn't that the famous living Hades?
The county commander's face was pale, and he lived like a dead man. It's over, it's over, it's over, he's dead. Thinking of his various performances today, he can't wait to hit his head against the wall and faint to death.
When people are really unlucky, the house leak also happened to rain overnight, and this sad feeling is simply terrible.
"Lord Wang," the county order pounced, knelt in front of Qi Xiaoyun, and said tremblingly, "The minister has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and I ask the prince to forgive me!" ”
Qi Xiaoyun glanced at him as if he didn't have anything, raised his eyes, and looked directly at Lu Anjin with an angry face, "Good plan." ”
is really a stubborn donkey, Lu Anjin feels that her lungs are about to be blown up.
"Nope!"
Qi Xiaoyun didn't squint, and said firmly, "You have." ”
Lu Anjin sneered, "The prince is not a roundworm in my stomach, how do you know what I'm thinking." ”
"Tell me about it."
"Qi Xiaoyun!" Lu Anjin slapped on the table, "Don't take my words as a fart!" ”
"How do you get rid of locusts?"
Lu Anjin stared at him for a long time, until his eyes were dry and even blinking was painful, then he sat down in a chair in a decadent manner, and said helplessly, "There is no good way, only an immature suggestion." ”
"Listen up."
"Fire, bury, reforestation. Also, mobilize the enthusiasm of the people. ”
Qi Xiaoyun became interested, "Burn it with fire?" "This method is simply unheard of.
The county decree repeatedly refused, "The locust plague is a punishment from heaven, and we should sincerely seek the grace of heaven to avoid this calamity." ”
This woman is mad and acts so perversely, which is a great disrespect to the Divine.
Lu Anjin sneered, "Then you've begged for so long, how many locusts are missing?" ”
The county commander touched his nose in a sneer, but he just didn't let go, "Throughout the ages, locust plagues are not a special case, but they have never been burned with fire. ”
The old ideas of feudalism are pedantic and stubborn.
"An Jin, do you have a basis for acting?"
"Let's give it a try."
Otherwise, it's an immature little suggestion.
Qi Xiaoyun was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "When?" ”
"Tonight!"
Qi Xiaoyun was finally willing to look at the county commander who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, "Prepare." ”
"Lord Wang, by all means!" The prefectural order is still struggling, "In this way, I am afraid that it will anger the gods." ”
"Anger the gods?" Qi Xiaoyun was as cold as ice, "What is a god?" ”
The county order is sweating profusely, and the gods are naturally in the sky, overlooking the world. The gods are the masters of the world and the most revered beings.
However, he did not dare to say these words in front of the living king of Hades.
He had no doubt that the Living Yama would be able to let him see God in a matter of minutes.
"Lord Wang, be cautious."
Lu Anjin couldn't listen to it anymore, "Emphasizing personnel over the mandate of heaven, don't you understand?" ”
Qi Xiaoyun's voice was icy, "Go and prepare!" ”
He has never liked to repeat, and today is an exception, if he doesn't know what to do, don't blame him for turning his face and being ruthless.
The county order could only prepare in disgrace, sighing three times at a time, as if Qi Xiaoyun had done something that people and gods were angry about.
"Pedanty, even his life is about to be gone, what kind of gods are you talking about here? If there really is a god, if the god really protects him, will the people end up like this today? ”
Before the words fell, Lu Anjin's face froze, and then he sat on the chair, picked up the teacup, and covered up his embarrassment.
You can't talk too much, otherwise there will be retribution, and she always forgets.
"Eloquent and eloquent."
Lu Anjin accepted it very immodestly, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
"Don't you know that the grand ideal drums up the fighting spirit, and the young heart blooms with red flowers!"
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
"Lord Wang, if I succeed in exterminating locusts this time, will there be a reward?"
"Hmm."
Lu Anjin waited for a long time, but he didn't see anything to follow. This man is really weird, shouldn't ordinary people ask the next sentence, what reward do you want?
Asking for a reward by yourself feels like asking for food.
"Gone?"
Qi Xiaoyun looked at her with puzzlement, and there were questions in his head.
"Why don't you ask me what reward I want?"
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
"Silver?"
Lu Anjin shook his head.
"Fields?"
Lu Anjin shook his head again.
"Gold, silver, jewelry?"
Lu Anjin still shook his head.
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
"Lord Wang, I'm not an ordinary woman, please don't look at me with the eyes of an ordinary woman, okay?"
Qi Xiaoyun was silent, he had never seen such a righteous and arrogant Wang Po selling melons.
"Before, Yunqi Mountain suppressed bandits, and the prince had promised to give me a reward, but I didn't think about it, so I owed it first. This time, I've already figured out the reward. ”
Qi Xiaoyun felt the need to remind her, "The locusts have not been eradicated yet. ”
"That's sooner or later."
"You just said it was an immature little suggestion."
"I'm just humble and humble."
Qi Xiaoyun was speechless.
"Of course, I'm keeping a low profile, which is fundamentally different from bragging. Boasting and lying is moral ruin, and it is bound to lead to political ruin. (1)" Lu Anjin explained with a smile, "I'm not an official, so I don't have so many rules." ”
Father Lu heard her high-minded talk, and he was frightened into a cold sweat.
"An Jin, Hugh is talking nonsense."
However, these words have greatly aroused Qi Xiaoyun's interest.
"Oh?"
Lu Anjin glanced at Lu's father, and saw that he was desperately giving himself a look, and he didn't feel a little funny.
She coughed lightly, "The components of a man: money, face, fear of death, narcissism, bragging, and the joy of fish and water." ”
Father Lu just rolled his eyelids.
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
Excuse me, which of these things does he occupy?
"Of course, the prince is an exception. I knew from the beginning that the prince is not an ordinary person, because you are generally not a person. ”
Qi Xiaoyun: ......
It doesn't sound like a good thing.
"I really don't want to talk about those bad things in the officialdom, and I won't enter the ranks anyway, so I won't talk about it here."
But, Qi Xiaoyun wanted to hear it.
"Tell me about it."
Lu Anjin looked at him with a smile, "Lord Wang, our top priority now is to exterminate the locusts. ”
Qi Xiaoyun was speechless, who brought up this topic first.
"Tell me more."
"Lord Wang, I am not your subordinate."
Qi Xiaoyun glanced at Father Lu lightly, "Yinnan Prefect." ”
Lu Anjin: ......
Threaten her with her father, shameless!
She reluctantly said, "Since the locusts know that they are afraid of people, they are easy to expel them, and in addition, the seedlings have their own owners, and they must work hard to rescue them." If the locusts are lit at night, they dig a pit by the fire, and bury them while burning, so that the locusts can be destroyed. ”(2)
Qi Xiaoyun nodded in agreement.
"There are too many locusts, and it is hoped that three or five people will not be able to complete the task, and the people must be mobilized, and the enthusiasm of the people must be mobilized."
Father Lu said sadly, "But the people in the city..."
Lu Anjin said firmly, "Chase it back!" ”
Qi Xiaoyun raised his eyebrows.
"I just asked the officials, and the people only started to go out of the city on a large scale yesterday, and they must not go far."
Qi Xiaoyun glanced at the coachman, and the coachman understood, and disappeared in an instant.
"An Jin, what the county order said is not what he personally thinks, the people almost all think like this, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to implement."
"Daddy," Lu Anjin smiled unabated, "It's man-made." This year's harvest is not good, the people are hungry, if we adopt the policy of catching locusts and giving them to millet, do you think the people will choose to wait for death, or to eliminate the locusts that they have nothing? ”
"Great idea!" Lu's father was very excited, and he was amazed by the shooting. "What a good idea!"
Qi Xiaoyun looked at Lu Anjin with a smile and a word, his eyes full of appreciation. Previously, he thought that although Lu Anjin was smart, he was just a little smart, but today he realized that he almost mistook Puyu for a stubborn stone.
It turned out that she was also a woman of great wisdom.
"Lord Wang, what do you think of my plan?"
Seeing her smug appearance, Qi Xiaoyun couldn't help but splash her with a basin of cold water and said, "The result is undecided." Then he walked away.
Lu Anjin pouted, "Don't forget the reward you promised me!" The prince said, the horse is difficult to chase! ”