Seeing the chief bowing his head, He Xiang was sure in his heart.

said to Zhao Xiuzhu: "It's okay! ”

Zhao Xiuzhu hurriedly said: "You let him let us down first!" ”

He Xiang said to the chief:

"If you want us to help, let us go first! Otherwise, we will be stewed directly, and we will be a hundred. ”

The chief struggled for a moment, but finally decided to give it a try.

So, he commanded the left and right, "Let the two of them down." ”

"Yes!"

Several people stepped forward and cut the ropes tied to their bodies with knives and axes.

After Zhao Xiuzhu came down, he loosened his muscles and bones, but heard a little scholar's cry:

"Childe, don't forget me!"

When Zhao Xiuzhu heard this, he hurriedly rushed to the pillar, intending to loosen his bindings.

However, two axes lay in front of him.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiuzhu turned around angrily.

And He Xiang also asked, "What do you mean?" ”

The chief spoke: "Naturally, I want to keep the hostages!" Otherwise, what if you run away? ”

"That kid is useless anyway, if you run away, I'll use him as a sacrifice."

"And if you solve the plague of locusts, I will release it and return it intact."

He Xiang explained to the two of them what the chief had said.

Zhao Xiuzhu was helpless, but he still opened his mouth and said:

"You tell them that even if they need hostages, they have to provide my scholar with good food and drink, so what's the matter with being tied up like this?"

He Xiang paraphrased.

But the chief said angrily, "You are all prisoners, what do you want to ask for this?" ”

He Xiang waved his hands: "I promise you if you need a hostage, but this person, you must give me good food and drink, otherwise we won't do it!" The big deal is death! ”

When the chief saw this, he had no choice but to put down his anger in his heart, and ordered the boy to be put down and kept under strict care.

But I already know it in my heart.

Didn't He Xiang say that the show surnamed Zhao was a good man?

Thinking that this little white face with fine skin and tender meat is his concubine.

That's why I'm so nervous about it.

In that case, what about good food and drink?

With this little white face in hand, he is not afraid that the two of them will escape.

"Okay, I've let go of the people, it's time to solve the locust plague!" The chief said.

He Xiang also set his eyes on Zhao Xiuzhu.

Brother Zhao, you must be reliable.

Now my Lao Zhao's life is in your hands!

Zhao Xiuzhu also knew what the other party meant, so he cleared his throat and said:

"According to my master Qin Fan's six methods for controlling locusts, the first step now should be to figure out where locusts gather."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the chief.

But the chief was at a loss.

Zhao Xiuzhu patted his head and said to He Xiang:

"Mr. He, I would like to ask you to translate for you!"

He Xiang nodded and conveyed Zhao Xiuzhu's meaning.

Then there was a murmur with the chief.

"Brother Zhao, the chief said that the most dense place for locusts is a few miles south of their house. They planted some grain there, but most of it was eaten by locusts. ”

Zhao Xiuzhu nodded and said, "This locust treatment, if it is simply captured by manpower, it is useless at all!" The overwhelming sea of locusts can't be caught clean! ”

"So, the first of the six laws, starve the locusts to death!"

"Starving locusts?" Although He Xiang was a little puzzled, he still conveyed it on his behalf.

"Yes, starve locusts! Locusts eat millet, rice, wheat, and sorghum. ”

"But don't eat soybeans!"

"So they can get rid of the rice and wheat and plant soybeans instead."

Hearing this, the chief said angrily: "If the rice and wheat are eradicated, what will my tribesmen eat?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xiuzhu was a little puzzled: "I thought that their tribe mainly lived on hunting and gathering!" ”

Seeing this, He Xiang also explained: "A thousand years ago, they did rely on these to make a living. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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"But when Qin Shi Huang conquered Baiyue in the south, he brought rice seeds here."

So these people of the tribe in the hundred Yue, although they also hunted often, also planted the land. Nowadays, rice is even a staple food. ”

Zhao Xiuzhu nodded: "This is easy to do!" It can be transported in from my Datang! They trade in various medicinal herbs and hides from the mountains. ”

The chief shook his head and said, "I know that in Yangshan County, it is a problem to even feed yourself, let alone sell rice to our tribe." ”

He Xiang conveyed it as such.

Zhao Xiuzhu raised his eyebrows: "Yangshan is short of grain, but there are many places to produce grain in Datang!" ”

He Xiang said: "Transporting it here from other places is probably a huge consumption!" And Brother Zhao, since you came all the way from outside, you should also know how difficult the road to here is! ”

How difficult it is to walk, Zhao Xiuzhu is naturally clear.

After all, he narrowly escaped his life all the way, and almost gave his life here.

But he still said: "I studied under Qin Fan, and I have an invention called cement. ”

"If you build a road with cement, the traffic and horses will be smooth and unimpeded!"

"When I take office and develop the economy, I will build a road to Yangshan County to go out."

He Xiang was skeptical.

What cement, he hadn't heard of.

As for Qin Fan's name, it is even more unheard of.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiuzhu could only turn around and rummage through the rituals that he had messed up.

Seeing this, the chief showed a look of vigilance:

"What is he looking for, you ask?"

"What am I looking for?" Zhao Xiuzhutou didn't reply, "Naturally, I'm looking for food suitable for you to grow." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Xiuzhu turned out a sweet potato and a potato.

"This is a sweet potato, with a yield of ...... per mu Forget it, you won't believe it. ”

"The other piece is a potato."

"These two crops, after they are planted, when they are ripe, we will eat the roots."

"In this way, even if the locusts eat the leaves on the ground, it will not affect our harvest. Your tribe will plant it! ”

Hearing this, He Xiang's eyes lit up: "You gave such a precious crop to these natives?" ”

Zhao Xiuzhu shook his head and said: "This is wrong, these things are not precious, and I plan to introduce them in Yangshan County when I go back." ”.

"It's just that it happens to be able to be used at this time, so I'll give it to these tribesmen first."

"When they grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, we will transplant some of them to Daoyangshan County."

"Even if they don't take good care of them and die, I can write to Master Qin Fan and ask him to bring some more."

"Moreover, these natives are backed by dense forests, which is the advantage of Yangshan County's development, and it is necessary to live well and raise them! Do not let them starve to death because of locusts. ”

Yes, at this time, Zhao Xiuzhu has completely changed his mentality.

From worrying about being cooked, to thinking about what kind of economic benefits these indigenous tribes can bring to his future governance of Yangshan County.

Perhaps, this is part of what Zhao Xiuzhu has learned from Qin Fan these days!

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