The drought has been greatly alleviated because of the waterwheel, there are already more water systems in the Guan, and the impact of the drought has been minimized under the action of sufficient manpower and waterwheels, but the collection of grain has not stopped, because the next locust plague will become the most serious disaster in the Datang Pass.

Liu Fan walked on the ground, saw the jumping grasshopper, trampled to death, frowned slightly, this thing still happened from time to time in his own era, not to mention this era when there was no chemical fertilizer, locusts were overwhelming, that kind of scene must be very spectacular, but the people who rely on the sky to eat may not be in the mood to appreciate, and can only bear the fate of selling sons and women under grief.

trampled another one to death, Ma Zhou came to Liu Fan and said: "The locust plague is now a foregone conclusion, I don't know if you have a good plan!" ”

I don't know when Ma Zhou also began to trust Liu Fan slowly, and always felt that he would definitely be able to come up with a solution.

Liu Fan trampled on another one, gritted his teeth and said: "Collect locusts, as long as they are alive, ten catties and three dollars, how many you want!" Also, he ordered people to buy chickens and ducks and release them in this field! ”

Ma Zhou looked at Liu Fan in shock and said, "What do you want to do with this!" It's understandable to buy chickens and ducks, let them eat locusts, but what do you want locusts for? ”

Liu Fan said angrily: "Isn't it okay to eat?" Is it to see the people starving to death because they have no food? ”

Ma Zhou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at the locusts on the ground that were trampled to death by Liu Fan, and said in disbelief: "This kind of thing can't be eaten!" ”

Liu Fan sneered and said: "There is no way for the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, there is no way for the scholars all over the world, since there is no way, then we will come up with a way, that is, eat locusts, this thing has a crunchy chicken taste, how do you know if you can't eat it if you don't try it!" ”

In an extremely desperate situation, Ma Zhou personally ate a meal of fried locusts made by Liu Fan, and couldn't stop eating a bite, and said with a wry smile: "This is really edible!" ”

Liu Fan said: "Locusts can not only be eaten, but also can supplement nutrition, beautify and nourish the skin, relieve cough and asthma, hehe, the old fairy said, since everyone thinks that this is a natural disaster, then let's turn the natural disaster into Furui, this is the Furui of Datang, with these locusts, it will be a business in the future!" Ten catties is only three dollars, and in the future, this thing will be dried and ground into powder, and a small jar can be sold for ten dollars, which is the money in hand, don't be in vain! ”

Ma Zhou looked at Liu Fan in shock, and said half-loudly: "Can you not talk about money everywhere, it is obviously a good thing for the future, but when you say this, it is somewhat difficult to talk about people!" ”

"With the world in mind, let's just talk about it, can we say it to the outside world? Did anyone believe it? It's better to talk about the most practical money, besides, let's do good deeds and make money by the way, the first thing is still to solve the hunger caused by the upcoming locust plague, and the second is to make money! Don't talk about this kind of thing, I'm just telling you! Liu Fan warned.

Ma Zhou said yes again and again.

In the East Palace, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth were already blistering in a hurry, and Empress Changsun boiled a bowl of porridge and handed it to Li Shimin: "Now those families who sell children have sent people to send money to redeem them, and the food sent by the states has also been distributed. ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "How can I not be worried, I have only been presiding over the government for more than a year now, and this year is a drought and a locust plague, and there are already a lot of noisy voices saying that I am not worthy of being the emperor, and I am afraid that this people's heart will be used by people with ulterior motives, and then the blood will flow like a river, but it is not what I want to see!" ”

Empress Changsun walked behind Li Shimin, massaged his head, and said slowly: "The world is ignorant, often listen to the wind is rain, but when the weather is clear, forget it all, the locust plague is not terrible, what I am afraid of is that Your Majesty has no determination to move forward, they just want to hit Your Majesty, let Your Majesty be afraid, a group of small people, why care." ”

Li Shimin nodded, patted the hand of Empress Changsun and said: "Liang Shidu's life is not long, look, since this Khitan chieftain led his troops to Shun, Jieli wants to exchange the Khitan for Liang Shidu, hum, Jieli's old horseman has made a good calculation, but how can I let go of this great opportunity!" ”

"Shi Liu Min, the governor of Xiazhou, and Sima Liu Lan Chengzhen have already issued a secret order to them, presumably there will be results soon, as soon as Liang Shidu dies, Datang will be stable for a few more years!" Li Shimin let out a long breath and said.

Empress Changsun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the land in the west is about to be stable, the court is fierce like a cloud, and the wise men are everywhere, unless Jieli has the art of returning to the sky, he will definitely surrender to the Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry in a few years!" ”

Li Shimin took the hand of Empress Changsun and said: "The war is one thing, but ah, the people's livelihood is the most important thing, when I was young, I knew that the common people could cook for a bite of food, so Yang Guangcai slowly fell, not so much that his father and emperor obeyed Tianzhao, but that the people sent this country to my Li family!" ”

"We must not starve to death anymore, I hope that this time Datang can listen to the first test given by God!"

"Hee-hee!" Empress Eldest Sun said with a smile: "I heard that Fang Xuanling is still angry with Liu Fan's beloved relatives and friends, siblings!" ”

Li Shimin also laughed and said: "This Liu Fan, don't look at his young age, but he has a lot of ghosts, now Linjia Village has led all the villages in the entire Tang Dynasty under his planning, and this kind of achievement is no worse than going to the battlefield!" ”

"That's why Your Majesty has only seen him a few times?" Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Shimin gently.

Li Shimin nodded and said: "It's rare to have such a person, look at it to know what kind of person he is, it's a pity, you got into the money eye, you didn't go to his house to see, heh!" Although everything is worthless, those furniture or supplies show the word convenience everywhere, which can be said to be lazy to the extreme! ”

Empress Eldest Sun was also curious, "So he is trying hard to make money because he is lazy?" ”

Li Shimin nodded, "This kind of person is actually the most difficult to control, he is not interested in officials, and he doesn't seem to be very interested in money, I heard that now that he has made enough money, his favorite thing to do every day is to sit on the big stone at the head of the village in a daze!" ”

Empress Changsun suddenly laughed, and only said in a half-loud voice: "Lazy and in a daze, it really doesn't look like what a young man should do." ”

While the two were talking and laughing, Huang Sheren walked in quickly, handed over a fold and said: "Your Majesty, some people are spreading rumors in the market, saying that the locust plague is an auspicious rain from heaven, and at this time they are paying to collect locusts, and there are already many ignorant people who follow the trend to buy them!" ”

Li Shimin's original good mood suddenly disappeared, and he said angrily: "Who dares to make such a big statement, check it out for me, find out and punish it severely!" ”

"Whoa!"