Everyone is for profit, ancient and modern. As long as you pay 20 yuan and the locusts are everywhere, if you are lucky, you can exchange it for 100 stone of grain.

The fact that someone won the first prize made the people even more excited like a struggling rooster, and the people were excited.

Some people really couldn't come up with the silver, so they caught twenty or thirty catties of locusts in exchange for a chance to draw lottery.

There were also doubts about the lottery deception, and after some explanations, the crowd quieted down.

In the middle of the night, when the temperature was low, Chen Youtian, the prefect of Qingzhou, asked people to pour the money box full of treasure and copper coins into the prepared box, and continued to come out to help collect it.

Kuang Yu sighed: "Master, I have used several medicinal herbs and the medicinal powder used to catch locusts in the previous dynasty to make locust repellent powder, but the amount is too small. ”

"There were locusts in the Tang Dynasty, and compared to Qingzhou Mansion, it was a locust plague...... Stick to it for a few days, maybe just get through it. ”

The power of language is quite strong, Kuang Yu really sat silently, continued to dispense medicinal powder, and wrapped himself in a robe, and his nostrils smoked by oil lamps were black.

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Three days later.

Cheng Yuan was in the back house and ordered people to collect the dried locusts and collect them, and the insect carcasses were used as fertilizer.

More than a dozen officials took brooms and dried locusts and put them in cloth bags.

Zhu Ji, the king of Qi, came to the Qingzhou Mansion in person, crossed Erlang's legs, trembled boringly, and looked at Zhu Bai: "Twelfth brother, where is the prince of Zhenguo?" Could it be that he used up the king's grain, couldn't earn 80,000 taels, and was too scared to come out? ”

"Seventh brother, how can you say that, we are busy catching locusts." Zhu Bai was dissatisfied and told Zhu Di, the king of Qi, about Zhu Di's inquiry about Qingzhou Mansion.

Zhu Yu was a little flustered, turned his head to look at Zhu Bai, and said nervously: "What did the imperial brother say about this." ”

"Brother Huang ordered us to eliminate the locust plague in Qingzhou Mansion and Jinan Mansion before the end of May, otherwise, all of them will be punished."

Zhu Bai stuffed the letter to Zhu Ma, the king of Qi, and motioned Zhu Hi to take a good look, after all, Zhu Di's letter was more deterrent than they persuaded Zhu Ma.

"Well said, well said." Zhu Ji, the king of Qi, said: "Have you earned enough 80,000 taels, Jinan Mansion, it was less than 20,000 taels in three days, so I had to put my hope in Qingzhou Mansion." ”

Zhu Ji couldn't wait, he wouldn't leave until he saw 80,000 taels, and looked at Zhu Bai with burning eyes and wanted to continue to ask.

"Didn't you make enough?" Zhu Ji's words sounded inquiring, but the look on his face showed his rogue virtue.

"What you promised this king, give so much grain to the people, and if you can't get the money to repair the house, you go and find a way, in short, this matter is the promise he gave to this king, and this king will ask him, find you."

Zhu Bai was dumbfounded when he heard this, this is the robber theory, and he finally said after a while: "At present, this kind of lottery can only be done once, Seventh Brother expanded the palace and occupied several people's residences, which has already made the people complain, Seventh Brother, don't you want a good name." ”

He looked at King Qi and continued: "Seventh brother, you sell cowhide and tea, even ...... Pig iron is all dealers, once it is known by the imperial history, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the seventh brother. When you have repaired your mansion, you must not do it again. ”

"Huh! The whole world belongs to our Zhu family, what's wrong with selling some pig iron, this Qingzhou Mansion is a vassal country given to this king by his father.

Every grass and tree in Qingzhou Mansion, the people of Li are also the king's, the king takes their house, it is to give them the opportunity to pay filial piety, how many people can't ask for it, who dares to complain. ”

"This king sells pig iron and animal tendons, which is controlled by the imperial court, and besides, this king does not want to use it to make weapons, but in exchange for stones, wood, craftsmen, how to build a mansion without bricks and stones."

Qi King Zhu Zhen Zhen Zhen said.

Zhu Bai understood that his seventh brother didn't understand the stakes of things, but he didn't put Wang Fa seriously and didn't care about these stakes.

In Zhu Ji's eyes, Da Ming is the world of their Zhu family, and it is normal for him to do whatever he wants.

The law of the Ming Dynasty is for the military generals of Wenchen, and it is about their vassal kings.

"Lord Wang, you still have the tens of thousands of locusts outside, they also belong to your Qingzhou Mansion," Cheng Yuan took the towel handed over by the entourage and wiped his hands, and then threw it to the entourage.

Qi King Zhu Ji looked at Cheng Yuan like eating a fly in his mouth, and said, "Eighty thousand taels? If not, if not, you are just deceiving and teasing, don't pull locusts. The king doesn't want locusts. For Ancheng's sake, I won't embarrass you.

Besides, the royal brother asked you to come with the twelfth brother, and the locusts are your business.

What do you do to my Qi Wangfu, this king is still busy repairing the mansion, and he has no time for disaster relief, and he will not catch locusts. ”

Foolish, damn Zhu Ji, said that we would work together for disaster relief. You're a scoundrel, I really want to stuff you directly into my mother's belly and go back to the furnace to rebuild ......

This was enough for Cheng Yuan to slander in his heart, and he smiled without smiling: "Ready, a total of 80,000 and 100 taels, there are treasure money, copper coins, and broken silver, all of which are in the treasury." ”

Zhu Bai stood up and said, "Eighty thousand taels?" Didn't you get it all this morning? ”

"An hour ago, enough was enough." Cheng Yuan Dao.

Zhu Bai said: "Seventh brother, you should take out a part of the relief of the locust plague, and if you recognize that Qingzhou Mansion is your country, then you should govern it." ”

King Qi is not a virtuous king, he is immersed in asking Cheng Yuan about 80,000 taels, and he does not take Zhu Difeng's prince in his eyes at all. There is only one purpose, to get the money to expand the palace.

King Qi's chamberlain understood and immediately brought a few bookkeepers.

Cheng Yuan said: "Lord Qi, you count the silver slowly, and I will go to Jinan Mansion with King Xiang to see the locust plague." ”

"Love to go wherever you want, but this king will not give you any more food." Qi King Zhu said.

Don't worry, Lao Tzu, I won't give you more money. Cheng Yuan smiled: "Lord Wang, retire." ”

walked to the gate of Qingzhou Mansion, went outside and told Kuang Yu a few of them, and ordered the county Wei County Cheng to go to the nearby Beiping Mansion to buy grain.

He also ordered to buy a batch of insecticidal Chinese medicine from nearby prefectures and counties.

Zhu Bai said: "Where did we get the silver?" ”

If King Qi will cheat, I won't cheat.

Cheng Yuan glanced at King Xiang, didn't say the reason, and was about to get into the carriage.

Zhu Bai is a smart person, glanced at the mansion, sat in the carriage and said: "This king won't tell the seventh brother, you still can't trust this king?" ”

"It was obtained by lottery, Prince Qi, he only needs 80,000 taels, so what's wrong with the extra 40,000 taels from Qingzhou Mansion to buy grain for the people."

The ones in Jinan Mansion were all taken by Zhu Ji, plus those in Qingzhou Mansion, 80,000 taels were already enough.

"The prince forgives the sin, the minister doesn't want to hide it, and he doesn't want to make his own claims, but he is afraid that the king of Qi will cheat, so he didn't let people count the remaining 30,000 taels."

Cheng Yuan's expression softened: "We will now go to Jinan Mansion to check the locust plague, and then we can decide to spray medicine to get rid of the locust eggs." The adult locusts will eventually be caught. ”

"Then let's go to Jinan Mansion."

"Order someone to go to Henan quickly and send our method of controlling locusts to King Zhou, so as to solve the locust plague in Henan."

"The locust plague in Henan is not as serious as in Shandong, and I believe it can be stopped." Zhu Bai's expression softened and expressed his opinion.

Halfway through the carriage, the two of them realized that they had not prepared dry food, and the retinue behind them was riding horses, their faces tightly wrapped in clothes.

The locust plague in Jinan Province is not as severe as in Qingzhou Mansion, but it should not be underestimated, and locusts fly over from time to time on the road and crash into the car board.