I don't know how many chickens, ducks and geese quickly occupied a large area of the street, and the people who remained in Anyang City looked at this strange scene, and opened their mouths wide one by one, they didn't know that their chickens and ducks could eat locusts, but no one had so many hairy livestock.

With a flexible brain and a little bold, he asked directly in front of He Chu: "My lord, is it true that the government posted a notice saying that you can exchange food if you catch locusts?" ”

He Chu said: "Naturally, it's true, no matter how many locusts you catch, even if you send them to the county office, we will collect as many as you want." ”

When they got the right words, the people immediately became excited, and when they saw that the locusts on the roadside quickly entered the mouths of these chickens and ducks, they also immediately took action.

According to the speed at which these livestock eat insects, if they don't catch them tightly, they won't be able to get much more if they want to catch locusts in exchange for food.

After those people left, He Chucai reported: "My subordinates have taken the officials of Anyang County to catch a few large bags of locusts, how should these locusts be handled?" ”

It's almost August, but the weather is still hot, and after a long time, the locusts will soon stink.

Ye Han directly ordered: "Burn it, burn it cleanly." ”

The magistrate of Anyang has been taken to prison by He Chu, and at this time, the county yamen has become Ye Shouyu's.

Of course, even if he wasn't put in prison, Ye Hanyu would have to be his when he came.

However, at this time, the Yamen of Anyang County is a little bleak, and it is obvious that it has been robbed once before.

The granary of the Anyang County Ya originally had grain in stock, but after the drought began, the Anyang County not only chose not to report it, but also did not plan to open the warehouse to release grain to relieve the people.

The people of Anyang County have no food to eat, and the magistrate of the county does not do personnel, and they can't wait for the relief of the court, so they simply rob the granary.

In the evening, an old man in ragged clothes, accompanied by a young man of fourteen or fifteen years old who was also dressed in tatters, each carrying two large bags in his hands, came to the county yamen to hand over locusts.

The guards arranged by Ye Hanyu immediately came forward to weigh the locusts, and the two of them brought more than 200 catties of locusts, and the guard in charge of weighing them was curious: "You two caught so many locusts in one day?" ”

The old man said: "No, it's a big family, they're still arresting, we, our grandfather is afraid that the county government will collect too much, so we will send it over first."

Master Guan, I don't know what Lord Qincha is doing when he collects so many locusts? ”

The guard said, "Feed the chickens and ducks." In fact, this thing can be eaten by roasting people. ”

It's true, they tasted it again in the second half of the night, and it tasted good, but it was a little seasoning.

The old and the young were thoughtful, and then returned home with more than seventy catties of fine rice.

Soon, the surrounding people knew that someone had really exchanged locusts for food, and immediately joined the army of catching locusts, and even the news spread to hundreds, and there were more and more insect catchers in Anyang County.

However, this is not the best news.

There are many people, but there is no water.

There are several wells that produce water in Anyang County, Ye Hanyu and his party were held by the people of the county government before they came, and the people came to find water to pay silver, and many people went to escape because they couldn't afford water. …

After Ye Hanyu came, he took over these wells, and he only needed to exchange them with locusts, because there were not many people who came to catch insects at the beginning, and they were barely enough, but after two days, three wells had already dried up, and the only one left in the county government could still produce water.

Ye Hanyu and Ye Moxuan were about to turn their hair gray.

"In other places, just the soup soup relief is going well, but Anyang County, if it doesn't rain again, let alone solve the locust plague, we all have to withdraw immediately, the locusts have not grown wings yet, once they grow wings and fly to other state capitals, it will be over."

The Imperial Forest Army drove chickens, ducks and geese to eat locusts in the fields every day, and the effect was remarkable, and those poultry looked like they were getting bigger, but the whole Anyang County was still very large, and it was undoubtedly impossible to eliminate all the locusts in the short term.

There are too many people and there is a lack of water, and no one can catch insects, which is simply stuck in a dead loop.

Now in Anyang County, no, people from nearby counties have come to Anyang County to catch locusts, and some even drag their families with their mouths, and even three-year-old children are holding a cloth bag to catch locusts in the field, just so that three catties of locusts can be exchanged for a catty of rice to eat.

But the water is about to bottom out.

At this time, Hongmei came again, "The prince can post a notice and ask for rain in three days." ”

Three days later, it was the first day of August.

Rain? Ye Hanyu and Ye Moxuan both felt a little inexplicable.

But it was only for a moment, and Ye Hanyu had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "What did the princess say?" ”

He always felt that Hongmei and Qingzhu were a little mysterious along the way, saying that they were here to protect him, but the two of them had been nesting in the carriage behind, never dangling to him, except for urging him to hurry up halfway, almost nothing was done.

Hongmei saw that the prince seemed to notice something and immediately began to change the topic: "The prince should also prepare early, the master said, you and the fifth prince are dragons, you personally ask for rain, and the heavens will definitely rain nectar." ”

Ye Hanyu asked tentatively, "Yes, the princess arranged it?" ”

Hongmei nodded.

Ye Moxuan said excitedly: "Arranged by my brother and sister? I knew that she knew how to heal, so it turned out that she could also observe celestial phenomena? Is she so powerful? ”

Ye Hanyu: ...... The fifth brother said yes, so as not to make him find a reason.

So, on the same day, the government issued an announcement, saying that three days later, the two princes begged for rain from the sky, and the people were all looking forward to it.

These people kept sighing, but some of the smart ones had already left the notice, beckoning a large family to go to the suburbs to catch locusts.

Now, the locusts on the outskirts of the city have decreased significantly, and they may not be able to catch a few catties for half a day, and the places where the chickens and ducks have not been are different, and they are very easy to catch, they must hurry up to catch more locusts before the rain to exchange for food, otherwise, it is estimated that there will be no such good thing after the rain.

Three days later, the entire Anyang County, and even the surrounding counties, all gathered in front of the Yamen of Anyang County to watch the rain ceremony.

Ye Moxuan pulled Ye Hanyu onto the altar, "You come to ask for rain, the credit for success is yours, and if you don't succeed, it's my brother's, if you really ask for rain this time, it will be of great benefit to your reputation." ”

Ye Hanyu sighed helplessly, in the past half a year, his father summoned him to the palace to teach him some "super-outline" things by recuperating from illness, and in addition, his father asked him to change in the six departments, but he didn't expect him to make any achievements, obviously letting him be familiar with these departments, and not letting him offend people.

It's not that he thinks too much, but he has to think about it.