Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 409 is in short supply.

In the process of dealing with locust plagues, the first thing to deal with is the adult locusts.Now, all the adult locusts in Niujia Village have been dealt with, not to mention large-scale swarms of locusts, you can't even see a few in twos and threes.

The power of Huaxia foodie is great. After knowing that locusts can be eaten, they can eat them and exterminate them immediately.

After the locusts without adults, the next thing to deal with is the larvae lying on the crops and seedlings.

If these larvae are not dealt with, once they grow into adults on a large scale, the plague of locusts will repeat, and everything done before will naturally be in vain.

Niujia Village.

In Li Mu's office.

"General, you have prepared all the insect repellent herbs, which are enough for the needs of Niujia Village!" An official from the household department came to report.

The insect repellent herbs Li Mu asked them to prepare are the most common insect repellent herbs, which are cheap and easy to popularize because of their large output.

Li Mu nodded, and handed a piece of drawing paper on the table to the household officials, and ordered: "Let the local county magistrate find some skilled craftsmen, and make a lot of things according to the things drawn on the paper."

What exactly is Li Mu's painting? It's a simple sprayer.It can be said that it is very simple to make this simple sprayer according to the current craftsmanship of Tai Sui, and there is no technical content at all.

The household official picked up the blueprint that Li Mu handed him, and immediately went to the local county magistrate, asking him to order the craftsmen to build it quickly.

At this moment, these officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs have put away their contempt for Li Mu.

Originally, most of the household officials did not think that Li Mu could control the locusts, after all, the locusts were a natural disaster.

However, after Li Mu's operations in Niujia Village, these officials from the household department discovered that Li Mu actually knew how to control locusts.Moreover, Li Mu's various methods of controlling locusts can be described as simple and direct.

The biggest advantage of this simple and direct method of controlling locusts is that it is easy to learn, even ordinary people who do not know a single word can easily learn it.

The local county magistrate is not considered a wine bag and rice bag, and the efficiency of handling affairs is still quite high.In just one day, all the sprayers needed have been made.

After the sprayer is built, various insect repellent herbs are boiled into water, the water is filled into the sprayer, and the liquid medicine is evenly sprayed on the crops and seedlings.

Locust larvae without adults can be said to be extremely fragile. For locust larvae, it can be said that if they get a little bit of this potion, they will die.

The villagers in Niujiazhuang obviously had never seen such a rare thing as a sprayer, and they controlled the sprayer one by one according to Li Mu's instructions.

This sprayer is somewhat similar to the knapsack sprayer used for spraying medicine in rural areas in later generations.It's just that the plastic water tank of later generations has become the current cowhide water bag, which is powered by a pressure rod to squeeze and spray the medicine in the water bag.

"This thing is a good thing! If you encounter dry weather, you can use it to spray water."

"Yes, yes, it's really a good thing."

"The general is really a fantastic idea!"

The people in Niujiazhuang praised Li Mu one after another, and they couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts. Fortunately, this year, the locust met the general, and the general was really the most capable person in the audience.

After the locust larvae are processed, the locust eggs are processed, which couldn't be easier to handle.

Moreover, it takes a lot of time for the eggs to become larvae and to become complete adults.Therefore, the harmfulness of insect eggs is not great.

The way to deal with the eggs is very simple, that is to sprinkle some plant ash in the field.After the plant ash seeped into the field, the locusts in the field died in disorder.

Even, before the eggs hatch, as long as there is a heavy rain, this heavy rain will seep into the ground and kill the eggs.

Of course, waiting for heavy rain is definitely unrealistic, so Li Mu took the method of splashing plant ash on the field.

After Li Mu's unprecedented operation, the locust plague in Niujiazhuang can be said to have been completely contained.

Niujiazhuang.

Inside the office.

"Everyone, have you all learned how to control locusts in Niujiazhuang at this time, and what experience do you have?" Li Mu asked the household officials who followed him.

"Report to the general, I have learned everything."

"This method of controlling locusts is simple, direct, and easy to learn. Even old farmers who don't know a single word can learn it. It's really a great blessing for me in the Sui Dynasty!" said the official of the household department.

Those who can be officials in the household department in the capital, even those household doctors with small official positions, can be said to be middle-class talents.

If they still can't learn such a simple way to control the locust plague, then wouldn't they all become fools one by one.

In fact, the root of controlling the locust plague mainly lies in how to change the people's ideas so that they are no longer afraid of the locust plague.

Let them know that there is no locust god, and there is no natural punishment. As long as they can change their concept, then it is a very simple matter to control the locust plague.

"Since you have all learned it, then tomorrow morning, you will go to the counties in Shandong, starting with the counties with severe locust plagues, and then leading the local people to control the locust plagues county by county."

"This time, which one is the fastest and the best in controlling the locust plague, there will definitely be a big reward!" Li Mu said immediately.

"Thank you, General!" All the officials of the household department expressed their thanks one after another.

Li Mu let them each take charge of the locust control work in a county, which was simply an opportunity for them to make meritorious service for nothing.There is no doubt that once the locust plague in the Shandong border is brought under control, they will all make great contributions.

These officials from the household department went to the counties and started to control the locusts according to the procedure given to them by Li Mu.

In just over a month, the locust plague in Shandong has been completely controlled.Not to mention that the locust plague has been brought under control, there is even a trend of eating locusts in Shandong.

For a time, not only the people in the countryside were eating locusts, but even restaurants all over the country had dishes made of locusts.

What's more, they directly started the whole locust feast business, and the dishes on this table were all made by locusts.

What steamed, fried, braised
Anyway, no matter what you think of or what you didn't think of, these chefs can make it for you.

Shandong territory.

Somewhere in an unknown small village.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, how much is a catty of locusts today?" A man went to the city to sell locusts and came back, and was dragged by his fellow villagers to ask.

"Today, it has risen to eight yuan a catty. Hey, it's a pity that the stock at home has been sold early. Now, the locusts in the field have also been caught!" The man sighed.

For a time, the locust plague on the border of Shandong not only did not cause much loss to the people.On the contrary, many people made a lot of money by catching locusts.

(End of this chapter)