"See Father."

Zhao Kuo entered the Wende Hall and saluted Zhao Xuanchao.

Everyone in the Wende Hall couldn't help frowning.

The prince is wearing civilian clothes, and there is some dust and mud on top of the civilian clothes, such a prince, not to mention the problem of the monarch's loss of honor for the time being, just his own prodigal atmosphere, it will lose his majesty!

"Father, my sons have found a solution to the locust plague." Behind Zhao Kuoping, he directly said this.

Zhao Xuanchao's eyes lit up, he naturally knew where Zhao Kuo went to find a prescription, but in the Wende Palace, he just asked lightly: "What kind of method?" ”

The people standing in the hall also looked at Zhao Kuo expectantly, wanting to hear what Zhao Kuo had to do.

"Erchen doesn't dare to guarantee that the difficulty of the locust plague will be completely solved, but at least the scourge of the locust plague can be alleviated!" If it was only their monarch and minister, father and son, Zhao Kuo would have been outspoken, and now that the important ministers of the court and the central government were present, Zhao Kuo naturally had to leave some way back.

Zhao Xuanchao nodded slightly.

"The retainers learned from the mouth of a good man that there was a locust plague in the heavens and the earth, not because the locust god spread his people to the heavens and the earth, but because the locusts laid eggs and continued, resulting in the outbreak of the locust plague."

After Zhao Kuo said this, several officials wanted to open their mouths, and even wanted to reprimand His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for talking nonsense, but the person who spoke was His Royal Highness the Prince, and they had to swallow all the words that came to their mouths.

"Oh? And what's going on? Zhao Xuanchao was also a little surprised, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

"That good man said that if you want to control the locust plague, you must solve it fundamentally, and he also ordered people to go to the dark and damp corners of the fields, turn over the soil, and expose all the turned soil to the sun!"

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you been deceived?" Some people can't stand it anymore, this kind of thing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is simply fooling around!

If it weren't for the fact that these words came out of Zhao Kuo's mouth, they would never have said it so tactfully, considering the identity of His Royal Highness the Prince!

"Lord Lin, then this palace asked you, how did the locust plague happen? Do you know that locust eggs are laid in those dark, damp corners of the field? Zhao Kuo glanced at the man and asked directly.

"It's... Xiaguan... Ignorance! How could the man possibly answer?

"But the son knows! I saw it with my own eyes! Zhao Kuo said loudly, and at the same time shouted to the outside of the hall: "Bring in the soil!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to do?

Zhao Kuo's voice fell, and immediately a little eunuch walked in with a tray filled with clods.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please see, this soil was taken from outside the city of Lin'an, and these small things as rice in the soil are the eggs of the locust!"

When they heard this, they all went up, and sure enough, among the clods of earth, they saw clusters of things that were crowded together, like grains of rice.

"Is this really a locust egg?"

"It is from these eggs that locusts become locusts?"

"Why do locusts lay eggs? Why do you lay your eggs in the soil? That doesn't make sense, does it? ”

"It's weird!"

In the Wende Palace, there were all the voices of everyone who were puzzled, but Zhao Xuanchao couldn't take the initiative to check it because of his identity.

"Bring it in!" Through Zhao Xuanchao's subtle movements, Wei Xian keenly guessed what Zhao Xuanchao was thinking at this moment, so he shouted.

The tray with insect eggs was placed on the imperial table in front of Zhao Xuanchao, and after Zhao Xuanchao's initial surprise, there was a bit of anger on his face.

"Prince, you said that this soil was taken from outside the city?"

"Exactly!"

"Doesn't this mean that Lin'an City will also face a locust plague?" Zhao Xuanchao asked the last thing he wanted to know.

When the courtiers heard this, they were first shocked, and then their faces were ugly.

Just now they were so attracted by this new thing that they forgot to think about the pros and cons!

Zhao Kuo first nodded, then shook his head again, and said: "If we hadn't found this, I'm afraid that when the locusts crawl out of the land, there will be a locust plague in Lin'an City. ”

"Hahaha... Good! When Zhao Xuanchao heard this, he finally became a little happy.

As long as the offspring of the locusts can be cut off, the locust plague will be alleviated!

"Did that man even teach the prince how to cure locusts?"

Zhao Kuo nodded, and then said: "Killing locust eggs is just one step, but it has the magic of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle!" It's just that the locust plague is raging now, if we don't control the locust plague today, the locusts will give birth to grandchildren, and grandchildren will give birth to children, I'm afraid that no matter how much we do at that time, it will only be a bamboo basket to draw water! ”

"If you want to control the locust plague today, you can actually use ducks to control it!"

"Ducks?" Zhao Xuanchao was also as confused as Zhao Kuo at the beginning.

The officials of Wende Hall are also difficult to speak because of their status, otherwise they would have been ridiculed by them for what Zhao Kuo said.

"Yes, Father. It's the kind of duck that is common and can be eaten! It's just that the ducks need to be carried by cavalry, and they can flexibly fight in various places where locusts may be infested. ”

When everyone heard Zhao Kuo say this, they were completely confused, how could they be ducks and cavalrymen?

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister wants to know what kind of connection this is?" Wei Zhengming opened his mouth to ask, also asking for Zhao Xuanchao.

When Zhao Kuo saw Zuo Xiang speak, he recounted what he heard from Qin Yu.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and they all wondered which ghost had come up with such an ingenious solution?

Undeniable, you really think it can do that?

"If you want to suppress the locust plague, the number of ducks needed must be indispensable, and at this time, even if you order people to whip quickly, I'm afraid you won't be able to gather so many ducks, right?"

When Zhao Xuanchao said the most crucial point of this policy, the little sense of joy that had just risen among the officials completely dissipated.

The left and right sides couldn't help but sigh, obviously the two of them had thought of this!

As His Majesty said, even if the ducks raised by farmers everywhere are collected, even if the harvesting time is only one day, is it useful for those locusts that fly away after eating the crops?

"Father, in the Zhuangzi outside the city of Qin Yu's house, there are at least more than 3,000 ducks, we can send those ducks to exterminate the locusts first, and then we can have time to recruit more ducks! Let's protect some of the people's crops first, and when the people see that this is effective, they will naturally take the initiative! ”

"Why does the Qin Yu family raise so many ducks?" Zhao Xuanchao didn't care too much about Zhao Kuo's words, he only cared about why the Qin Yu family raised so many ducks.

If it weren't for the fact that the duck wasn't a forbidden object in the imperial court, he had also seen the locust eggs in the clod just now, otherwise with Qin Yu's series of operations, he would have suspected that Qin Yu was planning to do something wrong?

Zhao Kuo was a little stunned by the question, and after a pause, he replied uncertainly: "It should be eaten." ”

Zhao Xuanchao glanced at Zhao Kuo, didn't ask too much about it, just changed the question, and continued to ask: "Is there any other way?" ”

Zhao Kuo nodded.

The left and right sides looked at each other, and there was a feeling of being pressed down several times!

They don't have any way, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a way here, one after another!

"The last solution, it's very simple!"

"That's to send people to catch locusts..."

Hearing this, Wei Zhengming couldn't help laughing, and interrupted Zhao Kuo's speech, saying: "His Royal Highness the Prince, there is no need for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or the imperial court to remind you of this, wherever there is a locust plague, the people will spontaneously go to catch locusts, and they will work hard to drive away and catch locusts in order to protect the crops they plant." ”

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, what Zuo Xiang said was almost the same as what he said and Qin Yu at that time.

"What Prime Minister Zuo said is very true, but this palace doesn't want to say this."

Zhao Kuo's answer made Wei Zhengming look at him with some doubts.

"Ordering the people to catch locusts is not just to eliminate locusts, but to solve some food problems for the people?"

All the officials looked at Zhao Kuo in puzzlement, and always felt that what Zhao Kuo said was a little inconsistent.

"The locusts eat the crops of the people, and the people have no food to harvest, and it is impossible to guarantee that they will eat the food at home for too long, but if the locusts they catch are eaten as food, they will be able to feed the people, and there will be some food left."

"What? How does this work? ”

"It's... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is it inappropriate? ”

"If such things are spread to foreign countries, won't they laugh at my incompetence after Qin?"

"How can locusts eat?"

A large number of opposing voices rang out, and Zhao Kuo didn't panic at all, but felt normal.

Zhao Xuanchao saw that Zhao Kuo was confident, standing still in place, and almost had an answer in his heart.

"Prince, what you said is true?"

"Father, Rong'er ordered someone to bring things up."

When everyone heard this, their faces had different expressions, and it was obvious that everyone knew what the prince would bring to him.

Even if Zhao Xuanchao guessed the result, he paused for a moment before nodding his head to Zhao Kuo.

After all, this kind of thing is probably the first time it has ever happened before.

"Bring the food box up." Zhao Kuo shouted outside the hall.

Another little eunuch walked into the hall with a food box, Zhao Kuo ordered someone to open the lid of the food box, and asked him to take out the dishes stored in the food box, and he took the dishes into his hands.

"This is the fried locust! Who wants to try it? ”

When Zhao Kuo asked this, no matter who it was, they all retreated again and again.

The locusts in the plate have distinct feet, and although they look scorched yellow, it is really difficult to make people feel moved!

"Father, do you want to taste it?" Zhao Kuo saw that everyone didn't eat, so he turned the dish to Zhao Xuanchao and asked.

Zhao Xuanchao's face turned pale, and he suddenly had a feeling of being a rebel.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, slaves and maids should taste it first!" Wei Xian said with an ugly face.

The people present are of a lower status, and this kind of inconspicuous thing may not be done by him!

Zhao Kuo didn't say anything to shirk at all, and walked directly to Wei Xian with the plate of fried locusts.

The smile on Wei Xian's face froze, even if he really wanted to eat, he had to give him a little time to get used to it!

Seeing Zhao Kuo's eyes staring at him, Wei Xian's mouth squirmed a little, forced a smile, and picked up a fried locust as if he was resigned, his eyes didn't dare to look more, and he threw it directly into his mouth.

I didn't see how Wei Xian chewed, so he swallowed the locust in his mouth.

"Grandpa Wei, you have to chew, otherwise you won't be able to taste it at all."

Wei Xian almost cried out by Zhao Kuo's words!

My good Crown Prince!

Do you still want to chew this thing? Isn't this a matter of death?

"Again?" Zhao Kuo signaled again.

Wei Xian is really going to cry!