Supreme peasant girl to turn over

Chapter 455
Yang Fengxian said with a bit of resentment: "Brother! Is it time for you to think about things? Right now the emperor has made you the number one emperor merchant. You don't want to take this opportunity to improve yourself and strive to become a person worthy of her status." Man, on the contrary, he is complaining about himself here, is such a big brother still my big brother?"

Yang Fengxian's words awakened the dreamer, Yang Quanxi only thought that the distance between himself and his sweetheart was as wide as a gap, but forgot that there was still a lot he could do.

Yang Fengxian looked at Yang Quanxi's suddenly enlightened look, and felt a little at ease in his heart.

Then Yang Quanxi seemed impatient to wait, and said to Yang Fengxian: "Young lady Feng, you are right, I will go to work now, Miss Feng, thank you!"

Then he swept out like the wind, Yang Fengxian looked at his back and only smiled slightly.

After a few days of peaceful days, Yang Fengxian's life was turbulent again because of a memorial from Shuntian Mansion.

Right now Yang Fengxian is sitting in Qianqing Palace, sitting next to him are Crown Prince Gu Qinghui, Prime Minister Wei who is concerned about the country and the people, Grand Secretary Nong Xia, and Household Minister Lu Qinghou.

There was a memorial on the table, Emperor Yuan Jing looked around them, pondered for a moment and said: "My dear friends, Shuntian Mansion has just sent a secret report, saying that dozens of counties and towns in Shuntian Mansion have almost encountered locust plagues."

Locust plague.

When Yang Fengxian heard this, her expression immediately became serious. She was born in a farming family, so she naturally knew what the locust plague meant.The locusts are like a swarm of fast-moving marches, almost no grass grows in the places they pass, let alone the crops that are being harvested.

If all the crops were eaten by locusts this time, then the Great Shu Kingdom would surely fall into chaos. If people from the Mo Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom took advantage of it and invaded, internal and external troubles, the collapse of the Great Shu Kingdom might be just around the corner.

And Da Si Nong Xia Danggui also understood this truth, so he saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the locust plague is very serious and cannot be handled casually. I hope the Emperor will be careful."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded heavily: "Of course I know, but I just don't know what you can do."

Prime Minister Wei said: "Returning to the emperor, Zhang Jixin once recorded in "The Records of the Ups and Downs of the Daoxian Officials" that ten people can be used as a pair, and the two of them will dig a long ditch that is more than ten feet long and three or four feet deep with shovels, and then Four people are in the back, and two people are on the side, blasting the locusts into the ditch with a long-handled broom. Then the other two people behind them cull the missing ones, and wait until the locusts are all in the ditch, and then bury them with the excavated floating soil If it is hammered firmly, the locusts can be exterminated."

Emperor Yuan Jing said with some concern: "If there are locusts in the crops or on the cliffs, then there is still no way to use this method?"

Xia Danggui then said: "Your Majesty, I have read it before, and later said that the women in the crops can be blasted out, and the ones on the cliffs can be sprayed with spray guns, but the ones in the crops need to be turned over by oxen, because The locusts will give birth, in order to avoid locust plagues in the coming year, these must be resolved."

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at Yang Fengxian: "I wonder if Jiahui has any ideas?"

Yang Fengxian didn't know much about what the ancients said, but the spraying commonly used in modern times is not realistic, but there is another way is biological control, which she knows a little bit.

So Yang Fengxian straightened out his thoughts and suggested: "Your Majesty, Jiahui has lived in the countryside since he was a child, and he has seen locusts, but we all say that locusts are good food for chickens and ducks. Jiahui thought, why not?" We can encourage everyone to raise more chickens and ducks, so that on the one hand, it can alleviate the loss of money caused by the locusts eating the crops, and it can also eat the locusts that caused the disaster.”

Yang Fengxian guessed that this was the new mission of the space—resolving natural disasters.

Isn't this locust plague a disaster from the sky? If it is not handled well, let alone the mission points, even the Kingdom of Shu may perish, so Yang Fengxian attaches great importance to this mission.

Emperor Yuan Jing felt that the idea of ​​raising chickens and ducks was very new, so he asked: "Xia Aiqing, Wei Aiqing, is the method that Princess Jiahui said feasible?"

Although Prime Minister Wei is well-read and knowledgeable, this is the first time he has heard of such a method, so he is conservative: "The old minister does not live in the country, and he doesn't know much about such things. If Mr. Xia has any opinions, please let me know." Teach me."

Xia Danggui, as the chief farmer who is mainly in charge of farming, knows that chickens, ducks and other poultry eat locusts: "There is such a thing, but I really didn't expect to be able to control the locust plague in this way, but if we continue to Letting those people affected by the disaster buy chickens and ducks, I am afraid it will be a big burden on their lives."

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded and said, "That's right, Lu Aiqing, do you know the approximate number of prefectures and counties in Shuntian Prefecture?"

Lu Qinghou is the Secretary of the Household Department, and he has a lot of contact with the work of Dasinong Xia Danggui on weekdays, so he also has a say in this matter. He took out the record book from his pocket and skillfully turned to the page of Shuntian Mansion , checked and said: "Return to the emperor, Shuntian Prefecture currently has 45 prefectures, 79 counties, and [-] towns, with a total of [-] households."

This data has already been calculated in very detailed data, and Yang Fengxian knew how serious the situation was that almost the entire Shuntian Mansion was affected by the disaster.

And her father has just developed high-yielding rice, and it has not been fully planted, so the rice this season is still the same as before. If you want to fill this hole in other places, it is really difficult.

The locust plague is like a life hanging by a thread. If you make a decision later, there will be a bigger disaster. Emperor Yuan Jing once experienced a small locust plague during his reign, but it was predicted by Pei Xiaoyao at that time. So I avoided a disaster that might expand, but I didn't expect that there was a definite number in the dark, and the disaster that was avoided at that time was a good reincarnation.

But now the plague of locusts is sweeping in with lightning speed and jingle bells, catching everyone by surprise.

The most important thing right now is to make a decision, so Emperor Yuan Jing immediately ordered: "Xia Aiqing, take people to arrange to replenish locusts, and at the same time collect chickens, ducks and their cubs from other prefectures. Since we have such an idea, let's do both. Let's see how it works."

Then came a series of orders: "Lu Aiqing counted the affected population, allocated 200 million taels of money for disaster relief, and reported what the two of you have done to Wei Aiqing. If Wei Aiqing has anything to ask for instructions, go directly to the crown prince."

In this way, they have arranged their respective responsibilities. Although Yang Fengxian was called to discuss matters, she has no official position in the court and can only play a role like a think tank, but even so, it is already very remarkable, after all There has always been an ancient saying that women are not allowed to participate in politics.As for Yang Fengxian, this is unprecedented, and it also represents Emperor Yuan Jing's love and trust for Yang Fengxian.

(End of this chapter)