Compared with those hard-hit areas, Chang'an, which is the royal city of the Tang Dynasty, and several nearby small counties, including Lantian County, have made some preparations in advance, and the consequences of the locust plague are obviously lighter.

But it was only some, and in the face of the immeasurable army of locusts, the entire Guannai Dao was almost in a mourning voice. In order to survive, a large number of people living at the bottom of the population had to leave their homes and go to other places to escape the disaster.

In the face of such a situation, the Datang officials headed by Li Shimin also made a series of remedial measures. For example, the distribution of relief food to appease the displaced people, and at the same time, in conjunction with the beginning of the advertising of unlimited purchase of locusts.

For this kind of unbelievable acquisition notice, the vast majority of ordinary people are impossible to believe. Fortunately, Li Anran and Li Shimin, who had long anticipated this, invariably adopted "dragging" to make this plan go smoothly.

Since this method was not just a gimmick to consolidate Li Shimin's throne, at the request of Li Anran, Xiangyun arranged several batches of manpower in advance, and with the cooperation of the Datang official, set up special acquisition points in all prefectures and counties of Guannei Province.

At the same time, considering that in the face of the locust plague, it is easy for the entire Kannai Province to face a situation of no harvest. Li Anran not only purchased a large amount of rice and grain in various counties of the Tang Dynasty in advance, but also obtained a considerable amount of grain from modern time and space.

On the one hand, it will cooperate with the Datang official to stabilize the grain prices in Guannai Province, and on the other hand, it will also be used as funds for purchase. Directly according to the market price instead of copper coins for the purchase of locusts.

Considering that fresh locusts need to be processed before they can be used, and they are far less long than dried locusts. The original purchase content was changed from collecting both fresh locusts and dried locusts to only collecting dried locusts, and the price was still a penny a catty.

Not to mention, such a move did have a very good effect. After those draggers took bags of dried locusts in exchange for all kinds of grain or copper coins, a large number of ordinary people have successively thrown themselves into the people's war to exterminate locusts.

It is not surprising to think about it, although there are many ignorant places that worship this army of locusts flying in the sky and scourging everywhere as a god. But when a person can't even eat enough and can't even live, who can take care of so much.

In addition, this time, Datang officials are cooperating with propaganda and related work. It also makes people intentionally or unintentionally put the person who presided over this matter in the Joyful Villa. It was the matter of the land immortals that revealed it.

At the same time, he also used the skills he learned from someone to dilute or confuse the rumors that this locust plague and God was dissatisfied with someone in Datang through the guidance of public opinion in the open and in the dark. Although it has not been completely eliminated, the effect is really good.

Especially Li Shimin, who is under the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, not only at the first time when the locust plague began. He ordered all prefectures and counties to open warehouses for disaster relief. And he also personally went to inspect the hard-hit areas near Chang'an City. At the same time, after cutting down a few corrupt officials who bumped into the muzzle of the gun to set an example, the situation was finally barely controlled.

But even so, with the help of people with intentions. There are many places in the entire Tang Dynasty, because of the drought and locust plague in Guannai Province, all kinds of rumors have spread. Among them, there is a statement that the locust plague is a sign of God's dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty, but fortunately, with a series of reforms made by Li Shimin after he ascended the throne, these rumors will not cause any harm for the time being.

And what surprised Li Anran was that there was actually content against himself in the rumors this time. No, to be more precise, it should be aimed at the purchase of dried locusts by Xiaoyao Villa. Say that these locusts are the messengers of heaven to punish the world, and it is too late to worship, how dare they carry out large-scale capture and trading, and they are not afraid of angering the face of heaven?

In the face of such rumors, Li Anran just didn't take it to heart. After all, this kind of content that is deliberately guided by word of mouth, even if you are angry, it will not help. What's more, he doesn't just have the title of a pure yang real person, if someone dares to come to the door to question, I believe that he will definitely give the other party an unforgettable "surprise".

But what Li Anran didn't expect was that when such rumors began to circulate near Chang'an City, the first to jump out to defend himself was not Li Shimin, who represented the official Tang Dynasty or a group of civil and military generals, but Yuan Tiangang, who had not met again since only met once, and Sun Simiao, who was left in Chang'an City by Li Shimin.

Yuan Tiangang, who represents the Daomen closest to the power of the Tang Dynasty royal family in the world, although he did not clearly indicate that someone is a true immortal in the upper realm, but among the rumors that have spread through various channels of the Daomen, they have already regarded the other party as the predecessor of the Daomen. And also carried a clear refutation to the remarks that this locust plague represents God's dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty.

As for Sun Simiao, who has not yet become the king of medicine, although he did not explicitly support Li Anran, he interpreted the edible and medicinal value of locusts from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. In front of patients and their families, they even eat snacks and dishes made with locusts as the main ingredient.

Although this kind of move is far less than the movement made by Yuan Tiangang, in terms of effect alone, it is not bad, but quite good. Coupled with the private promotion of the Datang official, at least in Chang'an City and near Chang'an City, it quickly had a lot of effect on cleaning up the corresponding rumors.

And the acquisition points placed in various locust plagued places in Kannai Province are also used every day to continuously verify the strength of unlimited purchase of dried locusts with a large amount of grain and copper coins every day. As a result, after the outbreak of the first wave of locust plagues, more and more ordinary people who could not find a way out because of the disaster joined the ranks of catching locusts and selling them for money.

According to the experiment of Xiaoyao Villa, one pound of dried locusts requires two pounds of fresh locusts to be made. The price of a pound and a penny seems to be pitifully low, but don't forget, this mountain is full of locusts. To put it bluntly, this person is standing outside, as long as he opens his mouth, there will be locusts that will jump in automatically, and it is not too easy to catch.

Taking the households of Xiaoyao Villa as an example, an adult strong laborer, as long as he has the right tools, can catch hundreds of catties of fresh locusts every day. Even if the elderly, daughters-in-law and children in the family need to cooperate with the deep processing of locusts and cannot help catch them, they can get about 50 catties of locust jerky at the end of this day.

According to the price of one penny and one catty, that is to say, you can earn fifty pennies by surviving this day. Thirty days a month, you can earn 1,500 yuan. And this kind of salary, not to mention being in such a special time period at the moment, even on weekdays when the wind and rain are smooth, is not something that everyone can easily earn.

In addition, Li Anran used international trade channels in modern time and space in advance to import a large amount of grain. It has had a very good effect on the stabilization of food prices during this special period of time. This 1,500 yuan, although it is not enough for the family to have no worries about food and clothing, but at least it is okay to ask for food and clothing.

Just considering the cost problem, Li Anran did not import the millet and millet that the people living in Guannei Province in the Tang Dynasty most often eat on weekdays, but first got a batch of old rice and low-grade flour. As a result, I found that these two things, even if one is Chen, the other is not of good quality, but in the Datang time and space, it is still not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

Often, after those people exchange baskets of dried locusts for the same amount of old rice and flour, they will directly find different grain merchants in the local area, and then exchange them for the most common and cheapest millet or millet on weekdays, which invisibly makes these large and small grain merchants make a profit.

Originally, Li Anran didn't pay attention to this kind of thing. But not long after, news came from Li Shimin's side, vaguely pointing out that directly distributing rice and flour was too extravagant, and it was far better than giving millet or millet directly. It's not surprising to think about it, the relief food given by the Datang official is just millet or millet, but you personally take out rice and white noodles, isn't this a slap in the face! (To be continued......)