The county commander put his hands behind his back: "If your pesticide really works wonders against locusts, this is a great merit, and this official will definitely reward it." ”

Gu Qing slandered silently, and the reward is generally a few verbal praises, this thing is not painful.

"If you have time, you can wait until it gets dark," Gu Qing said, "In the afternoon, the village will sprinkle all the pesticides, and then we will try it again in the evening." ”

The county magistrate became interested: "How do you try?" ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Almost all insects have phototaxis, and use a bonfire to attract locusts at night. ”

"It's nonsense," Master Yuan's temper came up again: "Do you know how much damage you have caused by the locusts if it is useless?" ”

Gu Qing was not afraid at all, his spine was straight, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant: "The grass people naturally know that since the grass people dare to do experiments, they naturally have a way, and now the locusts are around here, even if my method is useless, does the master have a better way?" Instead of watching dry, let me give it a try! ”

Li Zheng was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, and Gu Qing was too bold, how could he dare to directly fight the master?

Didn't you see that Master Yuan was angry, in case the county made the adults angry, they would all have to eat the board.

It was the first time that the county magistrate had seen ordinary people say such a long list of words in front of him, which was different from the usual flattering and flattering words, which were very meaningful, and she actually felt that it was very reasonable.

In previous years, the locust plague, the affected villages could only wait for the imperial court to release grain, and now someone in their Youshui Town actually made pesticides, which is a good time for him to make political achievements.

After making political achievements, he showed his face in front of the prefect, and when he was assessed in a few years, his position may be able to rise again.

The master instantly understood the meaning of the county order, and said, "Since this is the case, then we will come back after dark!" ”

After the county order left, Li Zheng summoned the whole village to gather, Gu Qing taught Yang Pei how much water to add to a bucket of pesticides, how to sprinkle it evenly on the rice, and the whole village looked at Yang Pei's operation and said that after learning,

Gu Qing asked them to go to her house to bring all the remaining pesticides, fortunately, Gu Qing bought enough pesticides, otherwise there would be really not enough farmland in the village.

Pesticides are slightly toxic and poisonous, Gu Qing asked everyone to find a strip of cloth to wet and cover their mouths and noses, and then go to the watering scoop to splash pesticides.

When it came to the year's harvest, the whole village went into battle and spilled all the farmland in one afternoon.

After the pesticide was spilled, Gu Qing asked the villagers to prepare dry firewood and pile it on the ridge, which is one meter away from the rice field, and there is a ditch in the middle, which is regarded as a firebreak and can control the fire.

At this moment, the sun is setting, the sunset is gone, and the twilight has fallen.

The prefectural magistrate has been waiting for a long time, so he will see the real chapter at this moment.

Gu Qing lit the dry wood with a fire fold, and the firelight illuminated the land.

Insects are phototaxis species, and as soon as the fire is lit here, a large number of locusts buzz and fly over.

Li Zheng's face turned white with fright.

He knew that there were many locusts in the rice fields recently, but he didn't expect that there would be so many.

Above the fire, there was a buzz, like a shade of the sun.

Gu Qing's eyebrows were also very solemn.

What I saw during the day was the locusts scattered everywhere, which would not cause much visual impact on people, so it did not attract too much attention from too many people.

But as soon as the bonfire burns in the evening, and all the locusts fly in one direction, it can be seen that the locusts have gradually begun to live in swarms, and they must be stifled as soon as possible.

In just a few moments, the flames were soaring into the sky, the smoke was dispersed, and the locusts that were buzzing and flying just now fell down one by one when they landed on the farmland and took a bite of it, and soon a layer of locust corpses was spread on the ground.

Li Zheng's face was full of disbelief: "This, this ......"

He couldn't find a word to describe his mood at this moment.

The smell of the pesticide-filled farmland was so pungent that he began to cough violently.

And when the people in the village saw the situation here, they all gathered around.

The locusts that flew in the sky fell like chaff on the rice and fell in the fields, and the pests, which they once hated, died in the fields.

Everyone was coughing, but they didn't want to leave, they wanted to see the locusts die.

The fire had grown smaller, and all the locusts attracted by the light had died.

Cheng Guqing said: "As long as it doesn't rain, the effect of the medicine can be maintained until the autumn harvest." ”

The county is particularly satisfied with the effect of pesticides, if the pesticides are sprinkled on the surrounding villages, then this year's autumn harvest will not be worried.

Master Yuan, who has always been very irritable, looked at Gu Qing twice, a peasant woman can develop such a good thing, it seems that he is too underestimated to look down on the croppers, "Gu Niangzi, how much pesticide do you have?" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Gu Qing's lips, "How much does the county magistrate need?" The grass people have already allocated a large number of pesticides in advance, and they can be sent to the county government tomorrow. ”

The county magistrate was very satisfied with Gu Qing's performance: "How many pesticides are used in your village?" ”

"Ten buckets, this still needs to be mixed with water, otherwise it will be too toxic!" Gu Qing said: "Tomorrow, I can ask my husband Yang Pei to go to the county government with the little brother who delivered pesticides and teach them specific operations, but this salary also requires pesticide money......

Master Yuan's anger came up again: "Ignorant woman, it is your ancestral tomb that can serve the imperial court is smoking, and you still need silver!" ”

Gu Qing was not afraid at all: "The medicinal materials are bought by the grass people, the pharmacy is the grass people's, and the pesticides are hired by the grass people. Now that the autumn harvest is not far away, who wants to leave their work at home and do the work for others......"

The more Gu Qing spoke, the more he looked up, only to feel that the blood all over his body rushed to the Tianling Gai, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

Master Yuan was about to angrily reprimand Gu Qing when he saw that her body was weak and fell to the ground.

"Head of the house!"

Originally, Gu Qing talked to the county order, but no one else dared to approach, even Yang Pei was far away, and when he saw Gu Qing suddenly fall to the ground, he didn't care what the county order was or not, he picked up Gu Qing and ran home.

Seeing that Gu Qing fainted, the county commander hurriedly sent a servant to the town to ask for a doctor.

She is also counting on Gu Qing's pesticides to add a political achievement to her, and she can't let Gu Qing have an accident at this time.

Yang Pei took Gu Qing home, the county order, the master, Li Zheng followed behind, and went to Gu Qing's house together.

Outside the house, Li Zheng was sweating profusely and accosted the county order: "Gu Niangzi fainted from heat stroke a few days ago, and her body has not been better, and now she is working day and night for this pesticide, this family is really poor, the county commander, you see, there is a big hole in the roof that has not been repaired, and a family of six is crowded in a dilapidated adobe house, poor ......"

The prefectural magistrate took a closer look and sighed.

Not only this home, but also the one next door, and the one next door, are all this kind of adobe houses, with thatched roofs.

If it rains heavily, the thatch can't withstand it at all.

The villages under her jurisdiction were so poor.

"18 taels of silver, plus wages, together 18 taels."

"What?"

Rimasa's eyes widened.

18 taels of silver!

Is there something wrong with his ears?

Master Yuan opened his mouth and didn't speak.

The effective grain of pesticides can be collected, and the county can also collect more taxes, and the grain collected by the five villages can be exchanged for more than 18 taels of silver, and this money is not taken out of the county order's pocket anyway, and it has nothing to do with him.

The official rode a horse and rode over with Dr. Zhou, the best colleague in the town, and after some looks, Dr. Zhou shook his head:

"Gu Niangzi's head injury was not properly treated, and now the blood has been piling up in her brain for many days, and the qi and blood are surging under the excitement, which caused Gu Niangzi to fall into a coma. The old man first prescribed Gu Niangzi a few pairs of drugs to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, as for the effect, he could only resign himself to fate! ”

Dr. Zhou looked around, looked at the dilapidated house, and sighed: "The main thing is that it has been delayed for too long." ”