God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 603 The plague of locusts arrives

Everything was going on as expected. Newspapers, notices, word of mouth, all available forms were used by Li Chengqian. Therefore, in the shortest time, more than [-]% of the people in Chang'an were informed about the current situation. disaster.

Although they knew about the disaster, it didn't cause too much commotion, all thanks to the vaccination in advance.

The people in the entire city of Chang'an are as if they are facing a big enemy. They support each other from all walks of life. We are all on the same boat.Without food, no one has a hard time.

It can be said that Chang'an has tried its best to create a large number of capture tools, not limited to building a network. Smart people have come up with more methods, but in terms of efficiency, it is not as easy to use as not having access to the Internet.

Three days later, in Tai Chi Palace.

Li Chengqian and other civil and military officials reported related matters in the Taiji Palace.

Li Chengqian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, nine out of ten people in Chang'an City responded to the call, because people also hate locust plagues, so they agree with the capture of locusts."

The number of people who responded can be said to be quite large, which would have been unimaginable before!
After hearing this, the ministers also praised it!

"Gao Ming, you have worked hard these days! I can see that you have been busy these days. If everyone is like you, then the Tang Dynasty will not be happy, and heaven will not allow it!"

Li Shimin gave Li Chengqian the greatest affirmation and evaluation.

This is the approval Li Chengqian deserves.

Li Chengqian really pretended not to dare.

"To be able to do things for the people is to share the worries with His Majesty. If the son is not for His Majesty or the people, who else can he be for?"

No matter who heard these words, they felt that Li Chengqian was really for the people!

Li Chengqian's words always made Li Shimin laugh out loud.

Although the plague of locusts is imminent, but when the mood is smooth, it is natural to laugh.And he also believed in Li Chengqian.

"Gao Ming, you said some time ago that the locust plague is coming, but you don't know when it will arrive?"

In the past, when encountering such natural disasters, people wished they had to come.

It seems that this is not the case now, but Li Shimin hopes that they will come soon so that the trouble can be solved quickly.

Li Chengqian looked at the sky.

"If there are no accidents, it's almost here now."

Liu Hongji asked: "How did His Royal Highness know?"

Li Chengqian pointed to his head and said, "Damn here! You don't have it!"

Asking such a mindless question made Li Chengqian look down on him very much.

No one dared to speak at the scene, so Liu Hongji was considered an idiot. He knew that he couldn't talk to Li Chengqian, but he had to participate every time. It was really humiliating himself.

Someone sighed:
"Well, why is there a locust plague?"

"Yeah, where do so many locusts come from?"

How did the ancients know where they came from, they only knew the final form of these things, at least where they came from, they didn't know at all.

In the folk, because people are more superstitious, general natural disasters will be considered as unvirtuous for the emperor. Li Er, who kills his elder brother and younger brother for fun, is very taboo about this.But the ministers did not dare to speak.Who dares to say that he must be beheaded!
To this day, if the plague of locusts can be defeated, then it means that Li Shimin's position has been corrected, and Li Chengqian's method has obviously given Li Shimin a dawn!

He is also eager to wipe out the locusts quickly, and then tell the world that his position as emperor is very righteous!Even if it is a natural disaster, it is also forced to retreat!It's really forever, and the throne is eternal.

This is one of the reasons why he gave a knowing smile.

All the ministers dared not say anything, but Liu Hongji said intentionally or unintentionally: "Where did this plague of locusts come from, His Royal Highness must know!"

Such obvious digging for Li Chengqian to jump in, superstitious ancients, there are only a few possibilities, the emperor did not do well, and the people suffered a lot of disasters, otherwise it would be punishment from heaven.

But Li Chengqian smiled.

"No culture, no brains! Don't you know such a simple source?"

Liu Hongji looked at Li Chengqian with a half-smile, he seemed to be able to foresee what Li Chengqian was going to say for a while.

"I'm stupid, please enlighten me, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Liu Hongji laughed.

No guilt at all, no blush.

Li Chengqian said directly:

"It's all about drought!"

"drought?"

All the ministers spoke in unison.

What about the drought?
"Yes, there was drought in many places in Datang last year. The drought caused locusts to reproduce in large numbers and grow rapidly. There are two reasons for the disaster. On the one hand, in the dry year, due to the drop in water level, the soil became firmer and the water content decreased. Moreover, the ground vegetation is sparse, and the number of eggs laid by locusts is greatly increased. When there are many, it can lay eggs within the range of 40 egg masses, and each egg mass has nearly [-] eggs, that is, nearly [-] eggs.
In dry years, the water surface of rivers and lakes shrinks, and the low-lying areas are exposed, which also provides locusts with more places suitable for laying eggs.On the other hand, plants grown in arid environments have lower water content, which locusts feed on, grow faster and have higher fecundity.

At the same time, drought caused explosive migration, which migrated in groups from dry places to low-lying and flood-prone places.

On the contrary, when there are more rainy seasons, this possibility will become lower. "

When Li Shimin heard about 40 eggs, his scalp felt a little numb, and it was scary to think about it.

When Liu Hongji tried to get Li Chengqian into a trap, he never expected that Li Chengqian would use popular science to solve his problems.

So he asked again: "How does His Royal Highness know how many eggs are in it?"

Li Chengqian laughed again.

"If you don't believe me, are you going to count?"

"This……"

Liu Hongji was too scared to say a word.

What a joke, let him count, 40 eggs, when will it be counted?Even counting, what can the eyes see?
Li Chengqian knew that he dared not respond.

Then he said: "The so-called natural disasters can also be avoided. The so-called man will conquer the sky and has nothing to do with virtue. If His Majesty solves this problem for people this time, then all people will completely support him! And His Majesty's reputation will spread far and wide!"

What Li Chengqian said was exactly what Li Shimin wanted to do.

Li Shimin liked to hear such words very much, and Li Chengqian's explanation blocked everyone's mouths. From now on, no one wanted to say anything.

Some sycophants immediately said:

"His Royal Highness really wants to be erudite!"

All the ministers agreed, but Liu Hongji had no choice but to keep his face livid and didn't say a word.

Li Shimin is like a spring breeze.

"Okay, okay! Very good! This kind of statement will convince everyone in the world!"

Li Chengqian's words made Li Shimin very happy.

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, someone suddenly broke into the Tai Chi Palace.

"Report!"

The voice is very hurried, and the expression is flustered!
Li Chengqian's first reaction was: Is it coming so soon?

Nothing seemed to be happening except the locusts.

(End of this chapter)