please make me king

Chapter 837 The progress of eliminating locusts
"Jingchen and local county magistrates vigorously promoted the replanting of [-] hectares of spring wheat, [-] hectares of corn, and [-] hectares of sweet potatoes."

"Sweet potatoes don't occupy good fields, but are grown in fields, hillside ditches and other places. This year's harvest will be quite good!" Zhang Shenyan reported the cultivation situation to Zhang Shun in detail.

It turned out that after Zhang Shun left Nanyang City, he went all the way northward, passing through Luyang Pass, Lushan County, Ruzhou, passing Linru Guangcheng Pass, Dagu and entering Luoyang for about [-] li.

Zhang Shun's trip to the south this time was not in vain, not only earned four wives, but also returned with a full load of gold, silver and food.

By successively breaking through Chongwang Mansion and other mansions of the Tang Dynasty, [-] million taels of gold and silver, [-] shi of grain, and countless other materials were obtained.

In order for Xiao Qinhu to withstand the threat of Huguang officers and soldiers, Zhang Shun, in addition to giving the establishment and land, also left one million gold and silver and [-] shi of grain for military use.

I alone brought back [-] taels of gold and silver, and [-] shi of grain, and used the rest as rewards.

But these materials were packed into a full [-] vehicles. Thanks to Nanyang, which is an important place for material circulation between the north and the south, there are a lot of vehicles that can be used for hire.

Along the way, Zhang Shun led two thousand cavalry under his command, two battalions of Bai Guangen and He Renlong, and nearly ten thousand people including Zeng, Huang, Zhu, Zhu, and Yigan, and marched towards Luoyang in a mighty manner.

It took seven or eight days to get to Luoyang City, Zhang Shun didn't care about the dust and dust along the way, and went to see the red lady first.

Then, he stationed his soldiers outside the city; the Zeng family, the Huang family and the big and small Zhu families first entered the mansion to live.But he quickly summoned Zhang Shenyan, Lu Weiqi and Song Xiance to ask about his situation after he left.

Zhang Shenyan reported the farming situation to him, and everything is developing in a good direction.

He saw that Zhang Shenyan was much thinner than before, and he didn't know how much he had suffered in the past two or three months.

Zhang Shun couldn't help being moved and said, "Father Ya has worked hard!"

"You..." Zhang Shenyan subconsciously opened his mouth to scold, but suddenly realized that Zhang Shun's tone was wrong, so he quickly stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Shenyan's eyes turned red.

He shook his head and said: "Your Highness is over-reputed, this is not the work of the minister alone."

"Among them, Li Jiqi, Dong Duxing, Liu Biao and others all made great contributions!"

These people were all the talents Zhang Shun recruited during the Lantern Festival at the beginning of the year.

At the beginning Zhang Shun was really "Duke Zhou spitting out nurturing" to them, and now they are also reciprocating, giving back to their economic talents.

On his way back to Luoyang, it happened to be the season of "late spring and March, when the warbler flies and the grass grows".

Along the way, in addition to the red flowers and green grass full of spring, you can also see pieces of farmland like a checkerboard.

These farmlands have already been plowed, and the seedlings in the fields are growing gratifyingly.Although Zhang Shun only knew one or two of them, he was quite happy in his heart.

Plant in spring and harvest in autumn!In the ancient agricultural society, only when the seeds were sown in spring could there be harvest in autumn.

With the harvest, the people under the rule are full, and the rebel army can do something.

Zhang Shun secretly wrote down the names of these three people, and continued to ask: "Aside from the matter of replanting, how about the matter of locust control and disaster preparation?"

"This matter will be coordinated by Mr. Lu, but I'm not very familiar with it." Zhang Shenyan looked at Lu Weiqi and said.

"I have entrusted this matter to the dog Lu Zhaolin, and please ask King Shun to let me call him to answer!" Lu Weiqi responded quickly.

It turned out that he knew that his son Lu Weiqi had committed a big taboo earlier, although King Shun was magnanimous and refused to pursue it, he finally hated Zhang Shun.

He took the opportunity to temper his son, hoping that he could enter Zhang Shun's eyes.

"Okay, let him come over!" How did Zhang Shun not know his little Jiujiu?

But after all, he is a person who dares to take responsibility, and Zhang Shun does not criticize him harshly.

Not long after, Lu Zhaolin rushed over with a dusty face, much stronger than before.

Zhang asked by the way: "I heard from your father that you are responsible for the locust eradication and disaster preparation. I wonder how the progress is going?"

"Report to King Shun, according to the original plan of the rebel army, I have formulated a policy of exchanging locust eggs for food."

"One bucket of locust eggs is exchanged for two buckets of food; one bucket of locust swarms is exchanged for one bucket of food. The people are all rushing to tell each other, scrambling to dig eggs and catch gnats. In just a few months, more than [-] catties of food were shared in exchange for insect eggs. , Thousands of catties of insects and gnats."

"Wait, what happened to those eggs and gnats?" Zhang Shun suddenly interrupted Lu Zhaolin's narration.

"..." Lu Zhaolin was silent for a while, and then replied nervously, "I ordered everyone to be burned!"

"Is it tasty?"

Lu Zhaolin was stunned for a moment, and said honestly: "I haven't tasted it, it's all burned to ashes!"

"Ah? So it wasn't burned and eaten!" Zhang Shun slammed his mouth regretfully and said, "No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. What's more, there are so many locust eggs and locust gnats, which are very fragrant, so we can't just waste them in the future."

Lu Zhaolin couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard the words, and thought to himself, aren't you embarrassing me?Who dares to eat this thing!
Seeing his expression, Zhang Shun couldn't help saying angrily: "You don't want to eat it, I will! There are more than [-] catties of meat, this king can't afford to eat it every day, and you still pick and choose?"

"Can it really be eaten?" Lu Weiqi quickly confirmed.

"Why can't you eat it?" Zhang Shun asked strangely, "Didn't you burn grasshoppers and locusts when you were young?"

"When I was young, I had rich family resources, so I really never ate it!" Lu Weiqi replied honestly.

Well, you are rich, you are the rich second generation!

Zhang Shun had no choice but to encourage: "This stuff tastes like chicken, crunchy, and after being fried, the protein is..."

Before Zhang Shun finished speaking, Lu Weiqi hurriedly shouted: "Can't afford it, can't afford it, and fry it in oil, who can afford it?"

Well, Zhang Shun just remembered that oil is a precious thing in this era, even a wealthy family cannot be so extravagant.

He had no choice but to come up with an idea: "Actually, it is ground up, and the dough can be made into jerky, which can also be used as military rations!"

When Lu Weiqi heard this, it was a solution, so he quickly agreed.

Zhang Shenyan quickly reminded: "It's just that if this matter gets out, it may affect the morale of the army!"

"It's okay!" Zhang Shun waved his hands and said, "The military rations are distributed as usual, this thing is called 'Shenli Pill', and it's only for soldiers to replenish their strength!"

It turned out that Zhang Shun found that due to the difficult conditions of the rebel army, most of the soldiers' army rations were mainly rice noodles, and they were seriously lacking in protein intake.

He just heard that Lu Zhaolin lost tens of thousands of catties of locust eggs and locust gnats, so he came up with this idea.Anyway, people can’t be killed if they eat some meat, so what else?

Those Zhang Shenyan and Lu Weiqi are so shrewd, they know the elegant meaning after hearing the strings, but they don't know that Zhang Shun's method is similar to that of the "Daliwan".

However, after all, King Shun was not the one to criticize the soldiers harshly, presumably this move had other meanings, so I won't go into it further.

"Is that all?" To be honest, Zhang Shun was a little disappointed.

"Oh, I also ordered people to buy and hatch [-] ducks. Every [-] or so are divided into six teams. From morning to night, ducks are herded around in order to eliminate locusts. !" Lu Zhaolin hastily boasted.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun heard that he also found similar memories from the corners of his previous life memories, as if he also had a strategy of driving away ducks and locusts in his previous life.

He nodded and said: "The execution is good, but these alone are not enough."

"We should also mobilize the masses and encourage every household to raise ducks and chickens to reduce the harm of locusts!"

"Promise that after the chickens and ducks grow up, the rebels will buy them at market prices. They can be used as military rations to make up for the lack of meat for soldiers."

(End of this chapter)