Chapter 313

The sky was hazy and the night had not yet completely faded.

At this time, Qingzhou street, a person in a hurry.

Pang Yukun is going to the palace of king Qi with a memorial.

What happened in this memorial is very serious to him, and it is likely to endanger the farming of six states.

"Pang Changshi came here early today. His highness took Feng Shilang to turn around Qingzhou City yesterday. He may be a little tired and hasn't got up yet." Lvluo keeps Pang Yukun out of the bedroom.

Pang Yukun's face was anxious. "It's a big matter. We can't delay it. Please call your highness, miss lvluo."

Lvluo is not happy. In her opinion, the king of Qi is so hardworking that he can hardly sleep a little longer. Pang Yukun is really happy.

"What's the matter?" When lvluo is hesitating, Xiao Ming's voice comes from the room.

Pang Yukun immediately said in a high voice: "Your Highness, a few days ago, the lower official got a letter from a friend in Jizhou. He said that Jizhou had not rained for several months, and there was a sign of locust plague."

"Signs of locust plague!"

In the room, Xiao Ming is slowly getting dressed. When he hears that he doesn't care about his clothes, he comes out directly.

"Yes, your highness, as the saying goes, locusts are the result of extreme drought. After a long drought, there must be locusts. My friend said that it seldom rained in Jizhou last year. The drought led to the decrease of grain last year. Many people have no surplus grain in their homes. Now they are going to work in spring, but the cultivated land is dry and cracked. We can't work at all. Looking back at the early spring of this year, we only had a light rain in Qingzhou It never rains again... "

Speaking of this, Pang Yukun looks dignified.

Xiao Ming's face was a little embarrassed. He said, "it's OK, you go on."

"Your Highness, according to historical records, once the drought and locust disaster occurred in Jizhou, bianzhou and Qingzhou, the natural disasters were hard to stop. So after receiving the letter, the lower official ordered the governor of Liuzhou to go out for inspection. It was found that there were many more locusts in the field this year. Your highness should take precautions and buy a large amount of grain reserves to prevent accidents 。” Having said that, Pang Yukun had a deep worry on his face.

"Is it really the little ice age?" Xiao Ming gave a wry smile. According to Pang Yukun, Jizhou, bianzhou and Qingzhou are basically the modern river, north, river, South, mountain and east belt.

Even in modern times, this area is also a high incidence area of drought and locust.

In Xiao Ming's memory, there were several locust plagues in the state of Dayu decades ago, which led to starvation among the people and even the rise of the people.

After a deep look at Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming has a trace of appreciation in his eyes. This is his long history. He can see the details and know what he has learned. He can prepare for a rainy day.

He said, "what about the grain reserves now?"

"Your Highness, now the grain reserves of the six states are only enough to eat for one year. The severity of the locust plague is unknown. We should deal with it in the worst case."

"Well, now you immediately inform Li Kaiyuan to barter, exchange a large amount of grain for Qingzhou, and reduce some things that are not needed for the time being." Xiao Ming said.

Putting on his clothes, he went on: "now you immediately plan to write a memorial to the imperial court, so that the imperial court can take precautions ahead of time."

Pang Yukun wrote down Xiao Ming's words one by one.

"Your Highness, my friend also said that after the drought, King Yong did not reduce taxes, on the contrary, he increased taxes. He said that he wanted to overhaul Jizhou city in order to resist the barbarians. My highness worried that King Yong's actions would cause more disasters and affect our place."

Xiao Ming frowned when he heard that there were wells between the vassal king and the vassal king, and he could not blame King Yong for his way of doing things, but Pang Yukun's worry was not unreasonable.

Now in the state of Dayu, a large number of aristocratic clans are annexing land among the people, and the relationship between the people and the government is in danger. It is not impossible for King Yong to come here at this time.

"I know what you mean, but it's not my business. It's a matter for the imperial court to take charge of. The rest is up to my father." Xiao Ming said in a loud voice.

Putting on his clothes, Xiao Ming continued, "now I'd better think about how to prevent locust plague in six states."

Pang Yu Kun immediately frowned, "Your Highness, this locust disaster is a natural and man-made disaster. It must be that there are too many evils committed by the powerful people of the state of Dayu in recent years. God wants to punish the state of Dayu. Since it is the will of heaven, how can we prevent it?"

"Bullshit Xiao Ming angrily scolded Pang Yukun, "the king of losing money praised you just now for knowing what you are doing and preparing for a rainy day. Now you can tell us about these messy things. We don't believe in heaven, we only believe that man can conquer heaven!"

Pang Yukun was so shocked by Xiao Ming.

For the first time, lvluo saw Pang Yukun eating so shriveled in front of Xiao Ming. She could not help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Pang Yukun's face was a little hard to hang, but he really had no way to deal with the locust plague. He said, "Your Highness, please make it clear!"

"Eat

"Eat?"

"Yes, people eat, chickens eat, ducks eat, toads eat, as long as they can eat locusts are sent to the field." Xiao Ming said, "go and tell Li Kaiyuan that in addition to buying grain, we will buy a lot of chickens, ducks and geese during this period. We will also publish the prevention of locust plague in the newspapers, and let the people take the initiative to breed chickens, ducks and geese."There are many methods of locust control recorded in Xiao Ming's science and technology database, but the most practical method in Dayu is biological control. According to the data, 2000 ducks can eat all the locusts on 4000 mu of land.

Xiao Ming's arguments were unheard of by Pang Yukun. However, Xiao Ming's arguments must be well founded. He saluted and walked out of the palace.

"Your Highness, this locust plague is so terrible. Can we really prevent it by raising a few ducks?" Green Luo hesitated and asked.

Xiao Ming sighed, "now that the locust disaster has not yet formed a climate, timely prevention and control can still see some results. The king's worry is not Qingzhou, but Jizhou. King Yong has always been brave and resourceless. He is afraid that if the locust disaster can not be dealt with in time, there will be a famine again in Jizhou."

"It's also true that many of the people who were granted land by King Yong fled to Qingzhou in good weather. If there was a major disaster, would it not be a large number of refugees coming here?"

"Isn't it labor that your highness is short of? If a large number of refugees come here, won't they solve your Highness's urgent problem? "

A voice suddenly came, but aster came with a bowl of mouthwash tea.

"Sister, this is wrong. How can your highness take advantage of others' danger?"

Aster said with a smile: "Your Highness, how can you take advantage of others' danger and take in refugees? Your highness, this is for the country and the people."

Xiao Ming glared at the aster. "Now, don't say anything sarcastic about King Yong. Whether we can deal with the locust plague or not, we'd better care about our own affairs first."

The aster spat out his tongue and answered "yes."

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