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Chapter 222: Strategies to Exterminate Locusts
Ying Zheng circled several places on the bamboo slips, and asked casually, "How is the situation in Jiujiang County in the past two days?"

Han Tan immediately cupped his hands and said, "For the past half month, Jiujiang County has been peaceful."

"Only half a month ago, Mr. Fusu sent someone away from Shouchun. Today, the slaves found out that the person sent by Mr. Fusu was Li Zuoche, the grandson of Li Mu."

Ying Zheng raised his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

Han Tan clasped his hands and asked, "Will the survivors of the Chu Kingdom feel jealous and choose to contact Mr. Fusu at this time?"

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "Wait patiently."

After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng said: "Jiujiang County has made great contributions in helping Su to control the disaster, and I will bestow you with a jade belt hook."

"No." Han Tan bowed to accept the order.

He knew that this was Yingzheng's further persecution of the nobles of the Chu state. The jade hook looked like a piece of jade, but it was a symbol of status.

A minister who is not the emperor's confidant is not eligible to receive this kind of reward at all, and Fusu's status is particularly special, after all, Fusu is the eldest son of the first emperor.

Today, Fusu has not been established as the prince by Yingzheng. Under such circumstances, Yingzheng's attitude will undoubtedly make people think that Yingzheng has a tendency to establish a crown prince.

This will naturally make some people a little anxious!
"What has Fusu been doing these two days?" Ying Zheng asked as usual.

"Master Fusu seems to be weaving something out of bamboo in the prefect's mansion these two days." Han Tan was quite dissatisfied with the vague report from the visitor, but now that Emperor Shi Huang asked, Han Tan could only bite the bullet answer.

Ying Zheng glanced at Han Tan, and said coldly, "Go and find out for me immediately."

The majesty of the emperor emanated invisible, causing Han Tan to panic.

As for Fusu's behavior style, Han Tan is really a little confused now. As the envoy of the four counties, Fusu does not take care of the affairs of the county at all, but entrusts all these affairs to the officials below.

As for Fusu, he just stared at the side, or read a book not far away. Compared with the busy people, Fusu undoubtedly seemed quite leisurely.

Regarding this point, Han Tan doesn't know whether Fusu has a big heart or is really sure enough to control the group of people under his control. If it's the former, it can only show that Fusu is a complete idiot, but if it's the latter, it's really scary up!

At least so far, Han Tan hasn't seen any drawbacks in Fusu's style of acting, and it's hard for Han Tan to make his own judgment.

In the county guard's mansion, Fusu looked at the bamboo cage he made in his hands.Quite satisfied.

For the past two days, Fusu has been improving the bamboo cage in front of him. Finally, the bamboo cage in Fusu's hand has met the requirements in Fusu's heart.

"Go and call the sheriff, Chang Shi."

A while later, Sima Xin and Wu Rui came together, seeing Fusu playing with the bamboo cage in his hand, they couldn't help being surprised.

Sima Xin used to be in Xianyang before, and seeing this scene was a little better, and he could accept the scene in front of him, but Wu Rui couldn't believe what he saw in front of him!

As the son of Daqin, Fusu was actually manipulating the work of artisans in the market, which really surprised Wu Rui, and Sima Xin already knew that Fusu was quite proficient in craftsman work since he received the guidance of the immortal .

The earlier white paper and Quyuanli were all produced by the Fusu master in front of him, which can be called a stroke of genius.

Sima Xin cupped his hands first and asked, "What's in your hands?"

Fusu put down the bamboo cage in his hand, and said, "No hurry, you two will follow me to the field first."

Immediately after ordering someone to bring the bamboo cage in his hand, Fusu brought Sima Xin and Wu Rui to stand in front of the field.

Fusu fiddled with the soil a few times, and saw a larva, and asked, "You two, do you know what kind of insect this is?"

Sima Xin and Wu Rui looked at each other, then cupped their hands and said, "Please enlighten me, my lord."

"This is the larvae of locusts. If these larvae take shape in the future, they will be locusts."

Just one sentence made the two of them feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and their complexions suddenly became ugly.

Locusts have been the biggest threat to agricultural production since ancient times. Once a plague of locusts forms, it will be even more terrifying. Hurrah, a large area will come, and a glimpse of green in a moment can be eaten into a bare piece in an instant.

Wu Rui's face was full of disbelief, and he said: "Young master, there are folk rumors that the locust plague was caused by the sky, and it cannot be reversed by manpower. Are these larvae really the eggs of locusts?"

Fusu smiled slightly, and said: "The so-called locust plague is from the sky, it is purely non-existent, if the sheriff doesn't believe it, he can transport this piece of soil back to the sheriff's mansion, observe carefully, after a few days, these larvae will grow up, and everything will be of its own accord." Will find out."

Seeing that Fusu's words were quite confident, Wu Rui couldn't help but believe a little bit in his heart. For the young master Fusu in front of him, since Wu Rui was beaten by Fusu that day, he no longer dared to underestimate him. .

Sima Xin asked: "Since you know these are locust eggs, I wonder if there is a solution?"

Fu Su raised the bamboo cage in Yang's hand. Seeing this, Sima Xin asked suspiciously: "Can these bamboo cages control locusts?"

As soon as the words fell, Sima Xin realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

Fusu didn't care about it, and said: "Bamboo cages can't control locusts, but the things in the bamboo cages can."

Fusu put down the bamboo cage in his hand and said with his hands behind his back: "Locusts are a kind of insects, and chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry are their natural enemies, so as long as there are more poultry in the fields, the locust plague will be eliminated by itself."

"The bamboo cages are specially made for poultry alone."

"There is definitely not enough poultry in Jiujiang County, so I decided to transfer some poultry from other counties into Jiujiang County."

"But the road is quite far away, and this kind of poultry is a living thing. If you are not careful, you will die of illness. This bamboo cage is made alone to restrict the poultry's activities. The poultry is only given a little grain for each meal. , Only in this way can the poultry be safely transported to Jiujiang County."

There is another point that Fusu did not explain, that is, the spread of poultry diseases is extremely fast, and large quantities of transportation will inevitably gather a large number of them. If they are not handled carefully, it is easy to form a plague. Then, these chickens, ducks and geese may not be transported to Jiujiang. In the county, there is no one left who is about to die.

Fusu took out a roll of bamboo slips from his bosom, handed them to Sima Xin, and said: "Chang Shi, the transportation details above are all clearly marked, Chang Shi can follow this, I have to tell Chang Shi, if someone doesn't follow According to the detailed rules, it can be dealt with according to military law."

"I understand." Sima Xin also solemnly took the bamboo slip from Fusu's hand.

"Governor, in addition to killing locusts with poultry, locusts like to be brightly lit. They can also be lured and killed with lights at night, and then order people to set up nets and wait for them to prevent locusts from flooding."

"In addition, the county guard informed the temples everywhere that if anyone secretly fanned the flames and wanted to fight against the government, they would be beheaded immediately without waiting until autumn."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)