No one has ever caught locusts when he was a child, and if he catches too much, he can also use grass to string them up and take them home to feed cats and chickens.

Locusts are still a "delicacy", and after deep-frying, only the pepper is crispy and very delicious, but it is not fun to become a toxin locust plague.

"This insect is difficult to eliminate, this king digs the soil and buries it, and the fire can't be eliminated, there are too many, it makes people desperate." Zhu Bai sighed.

"Horses and mules that can afford to raise four-toothed grasshoppers cannot afford to feed grasshoppers with two teeth, and the common people have a reason for saying this about locusts.

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. We need to understand the locusts before we can catch them all. ”

Cheng Yuan pinched the flattened locusts from the soles of his feet.

Locusts prefer to lay their eggs in moist places, ponds, rivers, etc.

The eggs of locusts are relatively similar to those of fish, and the reason why locust plagues appear is only because the conditions for locust breeding are met.

Cheng Yuan proposed his own method to cure the locusts from the breeding and survival.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up, and he thought of a method of 80,000 taels in three days to make use of the locusts and the victims. δhu five.lá

"Lord Wang, earn 80,000 taels in three days, and you have to use locusts to earn it." Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up, and he explained to Zhu Bai and Kuang Yu.

After listening, Zhu Bai looked strange.

"That's what you came up with?"

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Cheng Yuan nodded slightly.

"That's a lot shot."

Casting lots is to take any pieces of paper and paper balls that have been marked in advance to decide what to get or what to do, and profit is the meaning of the grand prize.

It sounds a bit hurtful to others and self-interested, but this is also the best way at present, not only to keep the king of Qi from causing trouble for them, but also to bring food to the people.

Cheng Yuan had no choice.

Jiangnan in the Yuan Dynasty had a lot of lots, which was the earliest lottery.

In order to solve the problem of building the temple, the temple used dozens of very attractive items as grand prizes, and at the same time used bamboo chips as ticket samples.

In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kun, the governor of Liangjiang, applied for the Jiangnan Charity Lottery for disaster relief.

Cheng Yuan turned the example into an example, and the head was the Tao.

Zhu Bai was a little skeptical and asked Cheng Yuan to speak again for him.

Kuang Yu was stunned for a moment, feeling that what Cheng Yuan said was very reasonable, but also felt a little ridiculous. He couldn't help but ask, "Master, is that really the case?" ”

Cheng Yuan nodded solemnly: "In this matter, the master guarantees with his reputation and reputation, and he will never lie about it."

What do you think the rich people in Qingzhou and Jinan are most lacking now? What do the people want most? ”

Zhu Bai thought for a while and said, "Food, food." ”

Kuang Yu nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at Cheng Yuan with admiration in his eyes.

"What do we need?" Cheng Yuan asked again.

"Exterminate the locusts, provide relief to the people, and find 80,000 taels for the seventh brother." Zhu Bai said that he was weak.

"Yes, I have to prepare it for King Qi."

"We set up 10 first prizes, 20 second prizes, 30 third prizes, participation awards, sweet potatoes, corn or duck eggs, and randomly pick one.

First-class prize, 100 stone per meter.

Second class prize, 50 stone meters.

C-class prize, 10 stones.

Participation is awarded to anyone who can pick a corn, sweet potato, or duck egg.

To participate in the lottery, each person is twenty wen, and sixteen taels of live locusts must be caught alone, and a person can also participate repeatedly, pay money and locusts is. ”

Cheng Yuan thought about it, only this time, took the grain from the palace as a prize, and after raising 80,000 taels, he stopped the lottery.

To open a warehouse and put grain, you also need to ask for it, either to find a pound of neem, or to catch thirty-two taels of locusts, so that the well-fed people will not come to ask for more for gluttony, because to ask for porridge, you have to catch locusts.

Locusts are everywhere outside the city, and you can get a handful of them if you catch them, which is several catties.

Zhu Bai seemed to think that it was a little unlikely, who would want to spend twenty wen and sixteen taels of locusts to buy an uncertain lottery chance: "This, can it work?" ”

"I think this method will do." Kuang Yu is an admirer of Cheng Yuan, and he thinks that Cheng Yuan is very good at what he does.

Zhu Bai saw that Cheng Yuan was full of confidence, and agreed with half a doubt: "Then see the effect, if it doesn't work, I'm afraid I will be troubled by the seventh brother again." ”

"Try it, if it doesn't work, you can only do it for a day tomorrow, and you can't lose food and provoke the anger of the people."

Cheng Yuan smiled happily: "Gather all the people to prepare." ”

The entire lobby of Qingzhou Mansion is full of duck eggs that have been recovered and stored, and the officials and many people are also recycling duck eggs.

Every day, there are also officials who go out to catch ducks and come back to count the ducks.

Occasionally, there would be two or three ducks less, and Cheng Yuan then asked the Yashi Street to beat the gong, and the ducks released were all marked, and whoever dared to catch them and eat them without permission would be killed on the spot.

Later, many ducks built a duck shed to watch, and the locusts collected were fed to the ducks, and the other locusts were directly boiled in a large pot and thrown into it to scald to death. wǎānshμ5.ξa

Locusts burned and buried in the soil are not as effective as water scalding to death.

The next day, Cheng Yuan asked Chen Youtian, the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture, to gather people from all over the world to participate in the lottery.

Although Zhu Bai got up early, he seemed unwilling to preside over the lottery in front of the people, feeling that it would be too embarrassing if it didn't work.

So he went to King Qi's mansion early, ready to transport King Qi's grain and grab his own sweet potatoes and corn to make prizes.

When Zhu Bai went out, he said to the officials: "Remember to tell the prince of Zhenguo that this king is going to transport grain." ”

Then he was quickly pulled away from the yamen of Qingzhou Mansion by the carriage, and Cheng Yuan chased him out of the smoke and shouted: "Lord Xiang, how can you let ...... if you lack virtue?"

Suddenly, he glanced at the onlookers behind him, realized that he had lost his mouth, and hurriedly corrected: "Lord Xiang, you bring more food back, I will wait for you to ......"

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, sat in the carriage and walked towards the Qi Mansion without saying a word, if this was a mess, he would have no face to meet with the officials of Qingzhou Mansion.

When he arrived at the Qi Palace, Zhu Bai found two front-facing servants in the Qi Palace, according to Cheng Yuan's requirements, and asked them to go to the lottery to attract people and make it popular.

"It's a pity that Zhenguo Gong doesn't be a businessman, this is simply an example for this king." King Qi said, instructing a few "nurses" to leave.

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As more and more people were pressed by the black, Kuang Yu felt uneasy and announced the conditions for the lottery.

"One hundred stone of grain, no grain, sweet potatoes and corn, if you win the first prize, it will be distributed. Twenty wen plus sixteen taels of locusts, a good deal. ”

There were two or three "nurseries" in the crowd who began to warm up for everyone.

There are ten first-class prizes in Chengyuan's box, and there are twenty second-class prizes.

"Today, prepare a fun for everyone, I have ten first-class prizes here, later, if someone wants to draw lots, I will put two in them, which are mixed with various prizes, who is lucky, 20 yuan to buy 100 stones, how cost-effective."

Qingzhou Governor Chen Youtian announced loudly.

The people were talking a lot, but no one stepped forward, they were all waiting, waiting for the first person to go out to draw lottery.

The big box was full of pieces of paper, saying A, B, and C and thank you for participating, and whoever drew it would take it.

Not far away were particularly large wooden barrels, and several officials stood there, intending to collect locusts.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as someone makes a show, they are not afraid not to open.

"I'll try!" The nursery of the Qi Wangfu took a cloth bag of live locusts and came over for twenty wen.

"Okay, I'm going to put two first-class prizes and four second-class prizes now, for the sake of justice, everyone is optimistic."

Cheng Yuan took out two pieces of paper with the word A written on them and four pieces of paper with the word B, and after showing them to the people, he threw them in smoothly.

The first "nursery" stepped forward, poured the locusts into a large wooden barrel, put another twenty wen into the box, and went in and touched a note.

Cheng Yuan hated King Qi in his heart, but if he didn't settle King Qi's words, he couldn't do it, sighed, took out the prize drawn by that person and said, "Second prize!" Fifty stones, congratulations to this brother. ”

Kuang Yu took out the rice bag, measured it and handed it to the man.

Two or three more followed, and one second prize and two participation prizes were drawn.

To the surprise of the people, rice was given, as were sweet potatoes and corn for the participation awards.

Everyone talked about it, and they couldn't help but want to try it, for them, the most important thing now is to store food, not silver.

But still no one dared to come out.

In the fourth time, according to the plan, the first prize was drawn, and the "support" pushed a small wooden cart to transport the grain.

Cheng Yuan said: "The first prize, beat the gong and drum, and celebrate this brother, the luck is very good." ”

Kuang Yu sent several officials to beat gongs and drums along the city to celebrate.

When the people saw that A, B and C really got the rice and grain, their gambler psychology came.

Twenty wen, sixteen taels of locusts, can get fifty stone or one hundred stone, ten stone, even sweet potatoes and corn that they rarely eat, and they do not lose.

"If someone else can win the lottery, I can try it too." One of the villagers shouted, and then went to catch the locusts.

There were a few fat-headed and big-eared businessmen who thought it was just twenty wen, locusts. So he let his men go down and catch locusts and draw prizes.

Everyone thinks it is novel, some rich businessmen are rich, and they want to catch it a few more times, and every time they are participating in the prize, but they are not discouraged.

Later, he arranged for Chen Youtian, the prefect of Qingzhou, to learn the method to go to other places in Fucheng to set up a lottery.

At noon, King Qi listened to the proposal and arranged for people to go to Jinan Mansion to hold a lottery.

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