Li Shimin

Chapter 282 His Majesty Comes Again

"How much grain can you harvest in your fields?"

Li Xuan sighed softly and asked slowly.

He can also understand the mentality of these old men.

If someone dared to spoil his belongings, he could pick up a hammer and fight those people desperately.

Not to mention, it is still the crops that have been cultivated for several months, and the whole family depends on these crops for survival.Suddenly being completely ruined, hatred is already filling the sky in my heart!
"Back to your Majesty, all the crops in our area have been fed to these livestock. If we can harvest [-]% this year, it is considered good!"

The old man's face was full of misery, and the men behind him also lamented.

"Don't worry, the imperial court will definitely find a way to let you get through this year!"

Li Xuan comforted softly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the imperial court has already issued an order to reduce or exempt the taxes of the disaster-stricken people. However, I have waited for so many crops, and this year there will be no harvest!"

The old man sighed helplessly, full of despair.

Immediately, he saluted Li Xuan again.

"I still have to thank you, Your Majesty. Otherwise, the people of the world and we farmers would still think that these locusts are divine insects, and let these animals completely ruin our crops. By that time, our crops will be even worse." Chengdu is gone!"

"Thank you king!"

The crowd thanked Li Xuan again.

"You don't need to do this!"

Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "This king also needs to thank all the fathers and folks, who believed in this king's words, burned all these locusts that harmed the people to death, and sent them all the way here.

In this way, the people of the world will also believe that these locusts are really pests. In the future, whenever there are locusts that dare to swarm and harm the crops, the people will dare to rise up and kill these locusts! "

"Don't worry, my lord. Now, as I came to Chang'an all the way from Xuzhou, people from all the states and counties along the way watched these locusts. Moreover, many big households in the states and counties even sent me some dry food, which allowed me to reach Chang'an City!"

The old man's face was full of joy and wrinkled, and he said in a hateful voice: "From now on, within a month, locusts are really a pest, and it will spread all over the world. There will no longer be people who believe those people's words! "

Behind him, all the men nodded with hatred on their faces.

They are also full of hatred for those who keep saying that locusts are divine insects!
"This time, Your Majesty not only saved me and the people of Xuzhou, but also the people of the world. The merit is immeasurable. After I go back, I will definitely set up a longevity card for Your Majesty, and bless His Majesty with no disasters and diseases day and night!"

The old man continued.

"Don't do that!"

Li Xuan was taken aback immediately, and said hastily under the old man's suspicious gaze.

"Written on the tablet, that is the treatment that only the dead can enjoy. This king is absolutely not qualified for that. You are kind enough to accept it, but don't put up any longevity cards!"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, the old man looked terrified.

"Okay, everyone is here to deliver locusts to the king, let me get down to business first!"

Li Xuan hastily changed the topic. He really didn't have a suitable topic with these farmers.

"My lord, we brought a thousand stone sacks of locusts..."

The old man quickly introduced.

"This king already knows!"

Li Xuan nodded, motioned to Li Chang who was at the side, took out the ten pennies, and handed it to the old man.

"The king wants these locusts, and this money is the money to buy locusts!"

"Ten strings?"

The old man's eyes widened, and he said hastily.

"Your Majesty, you gave me too much. One stone locust is ten Wen, and these are only two hundred stones in total!"

"The rest is the travel expenses that this king paid to you!"

Li Xuan said calmly.

"Travel expenses? This..."

The old man was dumbfounded.

"Okay, with so many locusts, it must have cost you a lot of effort and money to send them from Xuzhou to Lijiazhuang. The king will naturally have to pay the travel expenses!"

Li Xuan glanced at the old man, "You are not allowed to say any more, and quickly divide up the money. There is no reason to get back the money that this king sent out!"

"I'm waiting to thank the king for his kindness!"

All the people saluted and thanked Li Xuan again.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded, thought for a moment, and continued: "Since your crops have been ruined by locusts, do you have any plans in the future?"

"Back to your Majesty, you can't grow crops now, and I don't know what to do!"

Speaking of this, the old man and the others all looked confused.

"You can plant vegetables in those fields first, at least some food."

Li Xuandao: "In addition, a medical school is currently being built in Chang'an City, and concrete roads are also being paved from Chang'an to Qingzhou. If you have nothing to do, you can also go to these places to find some work. It is some money you can earn. , and no one dares to deduct your wages, at least you are guaranteed to have money to buy food!"

"Thank you king!"

The crowd thanked Li Xuan again.

Then, he left slowly.

In Lijiazhuang, a group of craftsmen and laborers joined hands to move all the bags of locusts into the village and pile them up in a cement warehouse.

"My lord, are you really going to throw these locusts into the chicken coop?"

At the door of the warehouse, Li Chang looked worried.

"Of course, otherwise, why would I spend so much money buying these locusts?"

Li Xuan said with certainty, "These locusts are bigger than the previous locusts, maybe the chicken tastes better than the previous ones!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Li Chang did not continue to object.

Immediately, he and the two farmers who looked after the chicken coop carried a bag of locusts and poured them into the chicken coop.

In an instant, a group of fat and big chickens gathered around and pecked fiercely at the locusts.

"Your Majesty, your majesty is here!"

While Li Xuan was watching vigorously, a guard ran over from a distance.

Afterwards, before Li Xuan could react, he saw Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and the others striding towards him.

"I have seen Your Majesty!"

"I have seen His Royal Highness King Jin, I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

After meeting each other, Li Shimin and the others looked at the chicken pen with curiosity on their faces.

Especially when he saw those fat locusts on the ground, his eyes couldn't help but brighten up.

Some chickens were biting a palm-sized locust in their mouths, but the chickens' mouths were too small, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't swallow it, so they could only worry.

"Xuan Ba, you really bought these locusts to feed chickens and ducks?"

"Hasn't Your Majesty already seen it?"

Li Xuan said helplessly.

"But, I heard Xuan Ba ​​say that these locusts can still be used as medicine?"

Li Shimin was not annoyed, but asked curiously.

Now, Li Shimin is somewhat addicted to medicinal materials.

A few days ago, he saw with his own eyes that in the Zuo Xiaowei and Zuo Tunwei armies, there were already soldiers who could bandage and treat wounds by themselves.

If it were in the past, those reckless people would just let the blood bleed until they were scarred.But now, he can use herbs and cloth strips by himself. The wound that originally took half a month to heal quickly, only took five days, and it was almost healed.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others also knew about these things.

Therefore, after Li Shimin finished speaking, they all looked at Li Xuan curiously.

Li Xuan laughed lightly, "Your Majesty, this is the first time I have seen locusts forming a plague of locusts. As for whether they can be used as medicine, we will have to study with Dr. Sun and other doctors before we can find out!"

"I see!"

Li Shimin nodded slowly, and continued.

"Xuanba, I have one more thing to do here this time!"

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(End of this chapter)