Chapter 234： sell pigs

Chapter 234 Selling Pigs

234 selling pigs

This battle lasted until the evening, and it was dark, but there were still many fish that slipped through the net.

Some came out of the shallow ground, and there were also locusts that were frightened and fled away. Seeing the damaged farmer, the villagers were crying.

So, the last trick came into play.

The village chief organized all the villagers to pile up a pile of dry firewood on the ground at intervals, brought torches, and lit a raging fire.

This effect is useful. Not long after it was lit, many locusts came to the fire.

As the fire burned higher and higher, more and more locusts flew out of the field and rushed into the fire.

With the crackling sound, the villagers cheered.

At the same time, Song Renying also adopted the "campfire killing method" proposed by Zhao Zhitong to burn down the breeding grounds of locusts.

This will not only cut off the hidden dangers of disasters, but also open up wasteland and cultivate land in the burning wasteland, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

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Facing the locust plague that swept across the Central Plains, Song Renying adopted the "campfire killing method" to contain the locust plague in a short period of time.

After the emperor learned about it, it was Longyan Dayue.

When Song Renying returned to Beijing to return to his command, the emperor greeted him personally.

"Minister Song Wenchang, I have seen my emperor, long live my emperor."

At the gate of the palace, Song Renying got off the sedan chair, strode towards the emperor with big strides, flung off her official robe, and was about to kneel down, but the emperor held her hand.

"Mr. Wen, there is no need to be polite. This time you managed the locust plague for me. In a short period of time, you contained the locust plague, did not cause a large-scale outbreak of the locust plague, and protected the people's rations. Your contribution is indispensable. It is the Great Zhou Dynasty. Great hero!"

The empress was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a crown on her head. She was full of energy and looked happy. It can be seen that she was indeed very happy.

Song Renying put on a smile, cupped his hands and said: "The emperor has praised you absurdly, this is the duty that I should do."

The two were talking, and the emperor went to the palace to meet him.

Song Renying continued: "It's just that the credit for the control of the locust plague this time is not due to one person."

Hearing this, the emperor was very puzzled: "Oh? Why did the text chief say that?"

Song Renying walked beside the emperor: "This is the people of the Zhou Dynasty who fought against the locust plague. It was their unity that was able to contain the locust plague in a short time."

The empress laughed: "Although Wen Chang's words are reasonable, I can't do it without you!"

"By the way, how did Chief Wen come up with the idea of ​​Huo Gong this time?"

Song Renying said with admiration in her eyes: "This time, it is thanks to the two babies in Anyang County."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor was obviously even more surprised. She looked at Song Renying with a puzzled face: "Two little babies?"

Song Renying nodded affirmatively: "That's right, there are two babies."

So, Song Renying told the emperor in detail how Zhao Zhitong and Qiao Muchen stopped his sedan chair and how they provided methods.

Song Renying: "It is precisely because of this that the control of the locust plague has been so smooth. Moreover, the method proposed by the girl to control it with chickens, ducks and geese is also very effective."

"It's just that the number of chickens, ducks and geese is limited, and they are not easy to collect. There is no order. The minister wants to set up a breeding farm to breed for locust plagues."

"Very good! Let's just follow what Wen Zhang said!" After listening to Song Renying's description, the emperor's face was full of surprise: "It's just that my descendants of Dazhou have such capable people. Even after a hundred years, I can feel at ease. what!"

After finishing speaking, he thought of something and continued: "These two little children have contributed a lot, and I will reward them well, Wen Chang, what do you think I should reward them for?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, don't worry." Song Renying hurriedly stopped the Emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, these two dolls are only seven or eight years old now, and they are just immature."

"What I mean is that there must be rewards, but don't interrupt the child's growth path."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what Song Huaiying meant, and couldn't help but nodded again and again: "It's better to be thoughtful, then I will wait a little longer, and wait for them to grow up and come in front of me!"

Song Renying cupped his hands: "The emperor is wise."

"Haha." The emperor smiled cheerfully, suddenly thought of something, turned his head to look at Song Renying, and said with a smile: "Hey, yes, Wen Zhang, I remember, you are the person who cherishes talents the most, and this time you don't plan to send the two babies together. , into your sect? This is not like you."

Song Renying couldn't help but also smiled: "It's still the emperor who understands the veteran, and the veteran has this intention."

The conversation continued: "The emperor's blessings are profound, the generation of the Great Zhou Dynasty has produced a large number of talents, and the few friends beside the baby are also people of good character..."

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Far away in Anyang County, Zhao Zhitong and Qiao Muchen from Zhaozhai Village do not know that their names are being read by the king of a country.

At this time, the little guys are very happy because they have successfully stopped the further spread of the locust plague.

However, there are still many villagers who are not in a high mood.

Although they successfully prevented the locust plague from destroying farmers in a large area, the villagers' crops were still damaged.

Especially the farmland near the edge was basically destroyed by locusts.

This means that this year will be a year of tight clothing and food.

Sure enough, after the wheat was harvested, the villagers discovered that this year's output was a full third less than last year's, and they had to pay another quarter of the grain tax. After that, there was nothing left up.

After the outbreak of the locust plague, the quantity and price of both markets and county towns also began to rise sharply. Even grains such as soybeans and peas that few people bought in the past have increased from one penny per catty to two pennies per catty.

This means that they may be out of business this year!

The villagers are all ready to tighten their belts to live. Only in this way can they survive the next year's harvest.

No, it is clearly the harvest season, but there is no joy at all.

In ordinary people’s homes, although they can’t have three meals a day, they try to cook two meals a day during busy farming seasons so that the peasants can have enough food.

However, nowadays, many villagers have begun to eat only one meal a day, and the better ones can eat two thin meals.

There are quite a few villagers. Liquid crystal thought about letting their children leave the school. After all, the cost of training and food is also a big expense.

At this moment, Zhao Dong called all the households who raised pigs with him to Calais.

Zhao Dong: "The pigs in everyone's house, if there are no accidents, they have already grown up. I called everyone here today to tell you the good news. Guangjuxuan has started to accept our pigs, and all of them have to be picked up. .”

"At present, the purchase price of pork in the market is ten yuan a catty. Because our pork meat is delicious, the price is set at thirty yuan a catty. If you are willing to sell it, you can come to me to sign up. If you don't want to sell it Yes, you can also keep it for yourself and slaughter it for Chinese New Year.”

After Zhao Dong finished speaking, the villagers were all excited, especially those who raised two or three pigs at home. Their pigs were raised according to the method Sun Mei taught them, and each pig can grow about 150 catties.

That is to say, they can sell a pig for 4,500 Wen!

The money is not a small amount, especially when the disaster is just over, it is like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

So, everyone decided to sell.

After counting the list, Zhao Dong went to the market to find Wang Fuhai.

When Wang Fuhai saw Zhao Dong, it was like meeting the God of Wealth. He said excitedly, "How about it? How many heads are there?"

Zhao Dong: "Twenty-five heads, do you want so many at once?"

Wang Fuhai: "Yes, yes, my master ate the pork you gave me last time and was very satisfied. The master is going to give it away to others. Twenty-five pigs is not much at all."

So the two made an agreement that tomorrow after Wang Fuhai went to pull pigs in the village, Zhao Dong would leave and go home.

Modified some details~

(end of this chapter)