Cheng Yuan rode on his horse and asked as he walked: "How could something happen, how many have you found out, dig them all out immediately, don't delay." ”

This is the first time he has miscalculated, and the feeling in his heart is so fucked, but the most important thing to do now is to make amends.

The locust plague is imminent, and the officials today are all like facing a great enemy, and they are all looking for Cheng Yuan, which must not go wrong.

Cheng Yuan also wound himself, and no one wanted to drop the chain at a critical moment.

"Kuang Yu, have you found out, how much is rotten?" Cheng Yuan asked about the situation of the greenhouse.

"Fifty or sixty acres of this sweet potato are rotten, and half of the fruit is rotten, Master, can it be remedied?" Kuang Yu rode a horse and followed behind.

There was too much rain in the spring this year, and it was too hot in the greenhouse a few days ago, many sweet potatoes were dug up, and more than 300 acres were left without time to dig, who wanted the sweet potatoes to be rotten.

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"Grandpa Guo, do you dig it all?" Dozens of workers with hoes, standing in the dark, asked.

"Dig it all up, let the other people, each prepare a knife, cut off the bad sweet potato directly, pick it up and dry it, and you can still use it." Cheng Yuan commanded.

"Yes, you can sit down!" After the workers finished speaking, they immediately organized into the greenhouse.

Kuang Yu hurriedly stood up and said, "Master, what can I do?" ”

Cheng Yuan pointed to the chair next to him: "You go and find a few more medicinal herbs that can kill insects, especially the most effective for insect eggs." ”

When everyone was busy, Cheng Yuan felt that God was joking with himself, hoping that there would not be too many rotten sweet potatoes, and they could be remedied.

Sweet potato vines can also be used...... After steaming and drying, it will be sent to Shandong to make dried vegetables, and it can be eaten after boiling.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuan immediately got up and gathered the remaining peasant women.

Pick some of the old sweet potato vines, boil them in water, and then immediately dry them on top of the bamboo mats to dry the gouache.

Cheng Yuan didn't join the team of digging sweet potatoes and throwing rotten sweet potatoes, he had more important things to do.

He had a couple of locusts, and a couple of very interesting lacewings, which I say live on eggs.

No matter in which historical dynasty, locusts are a great hazard, and locust plagues occurred during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty in history.

Other dynasties followed.

The closest locust plague to Chengyuan may be the locust plague in Shandong and Henan.

These locusts are the biggest enemies of crops, harming fruit tree seedlings and grain, and once they encounter locust plagues, they suffer heavy losses.

And this lacewing is like a food chain in the biological world, not to mention that this thing reproduces quickly, and eating insect eggs is first-class.

This lacewing is constantly looking for eggs.

It is a good pest suppression.

Of course, Cheng Yuan only started to study, and he specially raised a few locusts and lacewings to record and observe the suppression of locusts by lacewings.

For this reason, in a bamboo cage somewhere in the greenhouse, there are a few locusts and lacewings, and when he records the practice, he will stop the locust plague.

But this time, the locusts in Shandong and Henan still have to use ducks.

In the early morning of the next day, when Cheng Yuan came out with two black circles under his eyes, Zhu Neng had already come over with Zhu Di's order to load ducks and transport them to Shandong by water immediately.

"What? Sweet potatoes rot a lot? Zhu Neng looked at Cheng Yuan in surprise: "Why is it so rotten, no wonder you didn't go to the morning court today." ”

"Don't worry about it, before nightfall today, you can put all the sweet potatoes in the basket, and those that have a small part of the bad ones, don't waste them, and cut off the soft parts.

In the face of the locust plague, this sweet potato can not be wasted, those sweet potato leaves are boiled, and they can be dried in the sun for these two days, and they can be transported to Shandong and Henan as dried vegetables. ”

Cheng Yuan wrote down the usage of dried vegetables on a piece of paper and handed it to Zhu Neng.

The soldier who catches the duck holds a net bag and stuffs the duck into the bamboo cage.

The ducks seemed to be against them, running everywhere, duck feathers flying all over the sky.

And Zhu Neng, a man who has followed Zhu Di to the battlefield many times, has nothing to do with ducks, and his boots are full of duck droppings.

After Zhu Neng caught the ducks from the greenhouse not far away, he said: "Twenty or thirty thousand ducks, Zhenguo Gong, you are really powerful, you have raised so many, and you haven't asked Your Majesty for a penny." ”

"Chengguo Gong, you don't need to bring the ducks back, if the locust plague is gone, give the ducks to the people to raise, each person will send a few, you can eat it, you can raise it." Cheng Yuan said to Zhu Neng.

When the sun sets, all the sweet potatoes are basketed, and the rotten ones are cleaned up.

If the sweet potatoes are bad in normal times, Cheng Yuan will definitely let them throw them away, but now it is different, the bad ones are cut off, and the good ones are left to continue to use.

"Kuang Yu, leave a few hundred catties, and hand over the rest to Chengguogong's men and horses, and send them to the dock."

Cheng Yuan said as he smeared mud on his robe.

The clean official robe was stained with mud, and his face was already dirty.

"Yes, Master."

Kuang Yu is also a benevolent doctor, and he followed Cheng Yuan without the slightest complaint, and studying medicine became farm work.

Kuang Yu watched the baskets of sweet potatoes being transported away, shook his head and said, feeling a pity in his heart, if this is sold for silver, it will cost a lot.

Seeing Kuang Yu's regretful eyes, Cheng Yuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I saw that there was no one on the other side of the road, and in the newly bought field, the sweet potatoes planted in April could be harvested again this autumn." ”

Kuang Yu was relieved. However, he found that the Duke of Zhenguo, who could accompany His Majesty the Emperor, was definitely not debauchery on the surface, nor was he a waste of fame, and he did have real skills.

After writing down the treatment methods for the locust plague on paper, as well as various countermeasures, they were handed over to Zhu Neng at the dock, and Cheng Yuan planned to go home.

Zhu Neng was also admired by Cheng Yuan's drive, but he still couldn't help reminding: "Zhen Guogong, you are covered in mud, take my carriage back." Let your horse be led by your retinue. ”

On the dock, the fleet slowly left, and Cheng Yuan was also relieved.

When getting off at the gate of the Zhenguo Mansion, the surrounding streets seemed quiet, and when it was already a child, the moonlight was cold, and the attendant of Yahuan stood quietly not far away.

When he knocked on the door of the mansion and entered, An Cheng, who was sitting under the tree in the front yard, stood up, with a smile on his face, and then showed a slight distress.

Looking at Cheng Yuan, who was returning home, the cool moonlight was dappled through the gaps in the leaves, and the figure seemed a little lonely.

But then he saw the dirt on Cheng Yuan's body clearly and ran over.

"Don't run, don't run, it's fine."

An Cheng's belly is not bulging yet, but Cheng Yuan is also worried about her.

Seeing her come over to help, Cheng Yuan also grabbed her arm, went back to the bedroom, touched her cheek and said, "Why don't you sleep so late and sit in the front yard for so long." ”

After An Cheng helped him take off his official robe, which was so dirty that he couldn't look at it directly, he smiled helplessly, and then walked over to find a clean towel.

The husband and wife didn't speak, the squire and the mother-in-law brought warm water, put down the food, and retreated quietly.

An Cheng wiped his face for Cheng Yuan, and then said softly: "It's obviously directing others to do things, why are you so embarrassed......"

"There are many things...... Actually, it's not, it's all fast, it's just that there was some accident with the sweet potato. ”

"But that's the best way to go."

"For now, my measure should be the best."

In fact, there are many ways to control locusts, but they are too late, the time is too short, what can be done is to prepare enough food for the people, prepare some general insecticides.

Cheng Yuan lay on the bed and chatted casually: "Actually...... That son of Wu is not suitable for Xianning. ”

No matter what purpose Cheng Yuan uses to speak, worrying about her sister in front of her own lady is not too emotional.

An Cheng smiled and turned his head away: "The colt is so worried about her. ”

"No, I'm just asking."

An Cheng pursed his lips and looked at Cheng Yuan: "I can't suppress Xianning's temperament, but I also hope that she is good." ”

The two sometimes mentioned it, but it was only a half-joke, she said: "You lie down, I'll help you." ”

Cheng Yuan thought for a while and smiled: "Pregnant people are not suitable for that position, Your Highness, go to sleep." ”