After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 34 Blood Congestion in the Brain
The county magistrate put his hands behind his back: "If your pesticide is really effective against locusts, this is a great merit, and I will definitely reward you."

Gu Qing silently slandered, the reward is usually a few words of verbal praise, this thing is not painful or itchy.

"If you have time, you can come back after dark," Gu Qing said, "In the afternoon, the village will spray all the pesticides first, and we will try again in the evening."

The county magistrate became interested: "Why try?"

Gu Qing said with a smile: "Almost all insects have phototaxis. If you use a bonfire to attract locusts at night, you will know if my pesticides are effective or not."

"It's nonsense," Master Yuan's temper came up again: "Do you know how much loss you caused by attracting locusts if it's useless?"

Gu Qing is not afraid at all, her spine is straight and her attitude is neither humble nor overbearing: "Caomin naturally knows that since the grassroots dare to experiment, they naturally have a way. Now that the locusts are around here, even if my method is useless, does the master have a better way?" The solution? Instead of just watching, let me try it!"

Li Zheng was sweating profusely from fright, and Gu Qing was too courageous, how dare he directly confront the master?
Did Master Yuan die of anger? If the county magistrate is furious, they will all be punished.

It was the first time for the county magistrate to see ordinary people say such a long list of words in front of him. It was different from the usual flattery and compliments. These words were very meaningful, and she actually felt that they made sense.

In previous locust plagues, the affected villages could only wait for the government to release food. Now someone in Youshui Town actually produced pesticides. This is a great opportunity for him to make political achievements.

After making political achievements and showing his face in front of the magistrate, he may be able to rise to a higher position in the assessment in a few years.

The master instantly understood what the county magistrate meant, and said, "If that's the case, then we'll come back after dark!"

After the county magistrate left, Lizheng called the whole village together. Gu Qing taught Yang Pei how much water to add to a bucket of pesticide and how to evenly sprinkle it on the rice. The whole village watched Yang Pei operate and said that after learning,
Gu Qing asked them to go to her house to bring all the remaining pesticides. Fortunately, Gu Qing bought enough pesticides, otherwise there are so many farmlands in the village, it is really not enough.

Pesticides are slightly poisonous, so Gu Qing asked everyone to find a piece of cloth to wet and cover their mouths and noses, and then go to the watering scoop to splash the pesticides.

It was a matter of one year's harvest, and the whole village went to battle and splashed all the farmland in one afternoon.

After the pesticide was sprayed, Gu Qing asked the villagers to prepare dry firewood and pile it on the ridge of the field. This place is one meter away from the rice field, and there is a ditch in the middle, which is regarded as a firebreak and can control the fire.

At the moment of speaking, the sun is setting, the sunset glow is gone, and the twilight has come.

The county magistrate has been waiting for a long time, and he is waiting to see the real chapter at this moment.

Gu Qing lit the dry wood with a torch, and the fire illuminated the land.

Insects are phototaxis species, and when the fire lights up here, there will be a large number of locusts buzzing over.

Li Zheng turned pale with fright.

He knew that there were many locusts in the rice fields recently, but he didn't expect that there were so many.

Above the fire, humming and humming are everywhere, as if covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

Gu Qing's eyebrows were also serious.

What I saw during the day were scattered locusts flying around, which did not cause too much impact on people visually, and did not attract too many people's attention.

But when the bonfire was lit at night and all the locusts flew in one direction, it could be seen that the locusts had gradually begun to gather in groups and became a disaster, and they had to be killed as soon as possible.

In just a short while, the flames shot up into the sky, the thick smoke scattered, and the locusts that were buzzing and flying just now fell on the farmland and took a bite, then fell one by one, and the ground was soon covered with a layer of locusts. corpse.

Li Zheng had a face full of disbelief: "This, this..."

He couldn't find a word to describe his mood at this moment.

The smell of the farmland full of pesticides was really pungent, and he began to cough violently.

When the people in the village saw the situation here, they all surrounded them.

The locusts flying all over the sky fell on the rice like sifting chaff, and fell into the field. The pests that were once hated, just died in the field.

Everyone was coughing, but they didn't want to leave. They wanted to see the locusts die with their own eyes.

The fire gradually died down, and all the locusts attracted by the fire had died.

Gu Qing said: "As long as it doesn't rain, the effect of the medicine can be maintained until the autumn harvest."

The county magistrate is particularly satisfied with the effect of the pesticide. If the pesticide is sprayed on all the surrounding villages, then this year's autumn harvest will not be a problem.

Mr. Yuan, who has always been very irritable, gave Gu Qing a second look. A peasant woman can develop such a good thing. It seems that he underestimated the farmer. "Miss Gu, how much pesticide do you have?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Gu Qing's lips, "How much does the county magistrate need? A large amount of pesticides have been prepared in advance by Caomin, and they can be sent to the county government tomorrow."

The county magistrate was very satisfied with Gu Qing's performance: "How much pesticide did your village use?"

"Ten barrels, this needs to be mixed with water, otherwise it will be too toxic!" Gu Qing said: "Tomorrow I can ask my husband-in-law Yang Pei to go to the county government with the little brother who delivered the pesticides and teach them how to do it. , but also pesticide money..."

Master Yuan's anger came up again: "Ignorant woman, you can serve the court because of the smoke from your ancestral grave, and you still want money!"

Gu Qing was not afraid at all: "The grass people paid for the medicinal materials, the prescriptions were made by the grass people, and the pesticides were prepared by the grass people. Now I have to let my husband and son-in-law follow the villages to teach everyone how to sprinkle it. I want money. What's the matter? The autumn harvest is not far away now, who wants to leave the work at home to work for others..."

The more Gu Qing talked, the more she got up, she just felt that the blood all over her body was rushing straight to the sky, and then her eyes went dark, and she didn't know anything.

Master Yuan was about to scold Gu Qing angrily, when he saw her go limp and fell to the ground, Master Yuan froze on the spot, not daring to move: "You can see, I didn't do anything, I didn't stretch out my hand, she It’s my fault, it’s nothing to do with me.”

"Homeowner!"

Originally when Gu Qing was talking to the county magistrate, no one else dared to approach him, even Yang Pei stayed far away. Now that Gu Qing suddenly fell to the ground, no matter what county magistrate or not, just pick Gu Qing up. run home.

Seeing that Gu Qing had fainted, the county magistrate hurriedly sent a servant to the town to ask for a doctor.

She was still counting on Gu Qing's pesticides to add to her political achievements, so she couldn't let Gu Qing get into trouble at this time.

Yang Pei carried Gu Qing home, the county magistrate, master Li Zheng followed, and they arrived at Gu Qing's house together.

Outside the house, Li Zheng was talking to the county magistrate profusely in sweat: "Miss Gu fainted from heatstroke a few days ago, and she has not been well. Now she is working day and night for this pesticide. This family is really poor. Look at it, magistrate." Look, there is a big hole in the roof and there is no time to repair it. A family of six is ​​crowded in the dilapidated adobe house, poor..."

The county magistrate took a closer look and sighed.

It's not just this house. The next door and the next door are all adobe houses with thatched roofs.

If it rains heavily, the thatch will not be able to withstand it at all.

The village under her jurisdiction has become so poor.

"18 taels of silver, plus wages, 18 taels together."

"what?"

Li Zheng's eyes widened.

18 taels of silver!
Is there something wrong with his ears?
Master Yuan opened his mouth, but did not speak.

Pesticide-effective food can be collected, and the county can also collect more taxes. The food collected by the five villages is more than 18 taels of silver. Anyway, the money is not taken out of the pocket of the county magistrate, and it has nothing to do with him. .

The yamen servant rode a horse and brought Dr. Zhou, the best Tongrentang in the town, to ride over. After looking around and asking, Doctor Zhou shook his head:

"Miss Gu suffered a head injury and did not receive proper treatment. Now the blood congestion has accumulated in her brain for many days, and the qi and blood surged under the excitement, which caused Madam Gu to go into a coma. The old man first prescribed some medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis for Madam Gu. As for the effect How about it, I can only resign myself to fate!"

Dr. Zhou looked around, looked at the dilapidated house, and sighed: "The main reason is that it has been delayed for too long."

(End of this chapter)