"Little Brother Tang, why are you in such a hurry to find me?"

Early the next morning, Li Jing was invited by Tang Ping to send Lao Cui.

In the Tang Dynasty, Tang Ping knew only Li Jing, and as for the three Li generals, they didn't know their specific positions.

So I still found Li Jing, who had a better relationship with me.

"General Li, what I said below may be a bit unbelievable, but I can guarantee that it is absolutely true!"

In fact, Tang Ping also hesitated for a long time for these words, you must know that this era is about silence and strange power.

It's good that the royal family can listen to what they say, but if they can't listen to it, they will put a hat on themselves to bewitch the public.

He can only bet on this world now, Li Shimin is the same as described in history, an emperor who is good at accepting words.

In case, he said that in case, the Tang Dynasty government really doesn't believe in himself, then he can only break the jar and love it, at most, he can support the whole village of Shanghe Village at that time.

Li Jing saw that Tang Ping said solemnly, and became serious: "Little brother, please speak!" ”

"There will be a locust plague this year, and the scale will be very large!"

Just one sentence made Li Jing change color.

How could he not know the harm of the locust plague, and Tang Ping also said that the scale would be very large: "How big is it?" ”

"Sweeping the entire Datang!"

Silence, quiet terrible silence.

Then Li Jing asked word by word: "Are you sure?" ”

"Sure!"

"I'll enter the palace to face the saint!" Li Jing arched his hand, beat the horse and galloped away.

Today is a day off, but because of some things, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were discussing with Li Shimin in the Xiande Palace, and when they heard that Li Jing had an urgent report, they hurriedly announced him.

"General Li, what's so urgent?" Fang Xuanling frowned, Li Jing is a general in commanding the army, he is so urgent, isn't there an emergency military situation again?

You must know that although the Turks were defeated at the beginning of the year, the entire Tang Dynasty army is still in the stage of recuperation, and now if the war resumes, they are quite unwilling to see it.

"I've seen Your Majesty, Lord Fang, and Lord Du." Li Jing wiped the sweat from his sideburns: "I just got the news that there will be a locust plague this year, and the scale is ...... swept the entire Datang. ”

Li Shimin, who was still holding a pen relatively calmly, couldn't help but shake his hand, and a ball of ink appeared on the paper in front of him.

Fang Du and the others even remembered to take a step forward: "Where did the news of General Li come from?" Is it verifiable true? ”

Li Shimin asked in his heart: "Did he tell you?" ”

He didn't name him, but Li Jing naturally knew who the emperor was asking, nodded and said, "Exactly!" ”

When Fang Du and the others saw such a big thing, Li Shimin and Li Jing actually started a dumb riddle, and they were also anxious.

Fang Xuanling saluted and said, "I don't know who Your Majesty is talking about?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, just take this news as if it's true! What are your best plans? ”

At this time, it showed that Li Shimin's decisiveness came, he believed in Tang Ping, so Tang Ping said that there was a locust plague, and he believed it.

Moreover, if you prepare for this kind of thing in advance, even if there is no large-scale locust plague at that time, it will at most waste some manpower and material resources for early preparation.

But once Tang Ping's words become a prophecy, then these preparations are life-saving.

So now I believe in Tang Ping, which is the most cost-effective thing.

Fang Du and the others didn't expect Li Shimin to say this, but Fang Moudu's professionalism is still unquestionable.

Fang Xuanling first analyzed: "The big cold is a good year, although it was cold last winter, there was no snow. ”

"That's right!" Du Ruhui continued: "Coupled with the drought in Guanzhong this year, such a year is indeed the most prone to locust plagues. ”

Sure enough, although they may not know the specific principle, they have their own experience.

In fact, if there is no snow in winter, many locust eggs will survive, and the arid environment is more suitable for the development and growth of locusts.

So their analysis is also completely reliable.

But when it comes to countermeasures, it is difficult for the two to have any good countermeasures.

You must know that in the land of China, locust plagues are frequent.

It has been recorded hundreds of times in later generations alone.

And the countermeasures are basically not too effective, nothing more than worshipping the locust god and letting the emperor issue an edict for himself.

Seeing that the two ministers who were the most capable of the humerus did not have a very good countermeasure, Li Shimin couldn't care so much, and said directly to Fang Du and the others: "You convene all departments to discuss a countermeasure, Li Jing, let's go!" ”

"Whoa!"

Then the inexplicable Fang Du and the two were left.

Since the various ministries are to be convened to discuss countermeasures, why does the emperor want to leave?

In political affairs, isn't the emperor the two of you most dependent? Could it be that love will really disappear?

Not to mention the resentful Fang Du duo, Li Shimin took a carriage and hurriedly came to Shanghe Village.

"Little Brother Tang, the imperial court has sent me full authority to deal with this locust plague, I want to know if you have any good countermeasures?"

Tang Ping didn't expect the Tang Dynasty royal family to react so quickly, and General Li Er in front of him could be sent out to deal with this locust plague with full authority, it seems that the status of the royal family is really not low, most of them are the princes.

However, this is not the time to explore the identity of the other party, Tang Ping organized the language and said:

"Now that many of the larvae of locusts have broken through the ground, it is too late to deal with the eggs in the ground, so the first thing we should kill now is the larvae of locusts."

It is not difficult to understand this truth, if the larvae are killed, there will be no adults, and there will be no locust plague.

However, it is impossible for Tang Ping to send a large number of pesticides over, so the only way to kill them is to use soil methods - biological restraint.

"Ducks eat locust larvae the most, and I suggest that duck breeding can be promoted on a large scale across the country."

"Ducks?" The two never expected that the first step in exterminating locusts would start with raising ducks.

This method is recorded in the book "Notes on Locust Control" written by Chen Jinglun in the Ming Dynasty, this Chen Sheng first found that the egret bird is good at preying on locusts, and later felt that the egret bird is difficult to domesticate and raise.

Later, it was discovered that ducks and herons had similar habits, so they began to use ducks to hunt locust larvae, and the results were very good.

Moreover, locust larvae can be used as feed for ducks, and duck manure can be used as fertilizer for farmland, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.

explained in detail to Li Shimin and Li Jing the role of raising ducks in controlling the locust plague, and it was up to them to figure out how to do the rest.

After all, Tang Ping couldn't send thousands of ducks to Datang, so he could only rely on the Tang government to find a way to promote it and let more private farmers raise ducks.

"As for the second method, I think we should increase the diversification of Datang food!"