Allure of a Country Maiden

After watching Sandbag Throwing, the two of them went shopping again. In the evening, Xiaoer felt hungry. She wanted to eat authentic Dai cuisine, so Shangguan Xuanyi took her to the largest restaurant in the city. It was lunch time. At that time, there were many people in the restaurant and the private rooms were all full. The two of them could only find a table in the lobby and sit down.

Xiaoer ordered a five-spice grilled Dai carp, fragrant bamboo glutinous rice, pickled vegetables and boiled chicken with sour bamboo shoots. It was enough for two people to eat three dishes and one rice.

The dish came out quickly, grilled Dai carp with five spices. The grilled fish had yellow skin and crispy bones, tender meat and strong flavor. It was spicy and delicious. Xiaoer thought this dish could be added to the Four Seasons Restaurant.

Fragrant bamboo glutinous rice is actually rice baked in a bamboo tube. The ingredients of the bamboo tube rice here are precious fungi. There is no meat, but the fragrance of bamboo and rice are mixed with the sweetness of mountain delicacies. It has a special taste and is paired with Eating the braised eel with vanilla in the soup is endless aftertaste. With her index finger wide open, Xiaoer ate two sections of rice in a bamboo tube at once.

There are also sour grilled vegetables and boiled chicken with sour bamboo shoots, which are very appetizing dishes.

Shangguan Xuanyi saw Xiaoer eating with gusto and kept bringing her vegetables.

Dai cuisine is characterized by its spicy, sour, light and appetizing taste, which makes people want to eat it. It is very suitable for summer.

The lobby was bustling with people, but it did not affect the appetite of the two people at all.

When the two of them were almost full, a tired man came to the table next to them and sat down.

This man was acquainted with the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper personally poured him tea and their words reached Xiaoer's ears.

"Brother Dalin, didn't you go north to join your brother-in-law? Why did you come back so soon?"

"Oh, don't mention it. As soon as I arrived in Guihe County, I was scared away by those locusts! It was so black that you could be hit in the face by locusts when you walked on the road! Those crops were gnawed down to nothing! And ah, I I heard there is a severe drought in the north and many people are going south, why should I go there!"

"Is it so serious? Those locusts won't come to our place, right?" The shopkeeper thought that he would have to go to the rice shop to buy more rice, flour, grains and oil in a while to be prepared.

"I don't know about this! But I heard in Guihe County that those locusts came from neighboring counties. I saw that the crops in Guihe County were almost eaten! Maybe they will kill the crops in Guihe County. The crops are all gone, so there is no guarantee that they will continue to go south. The shopkeeper, let’s not talk about it for now, please bring me two dishes quickly, I’m going to starve to death!”

"Okay!" The shopkeeper nodded after hearing this. He had to buy food quickly!

Drought plus locust plague, this is no joke! I heard that the north is the main production area of ​​food in our country, and the price of food will definitely increase in the future!

Xiaoer and Shangguan Xuanyi looked at each other after hearing this, then hurriedly finished the rest of the meal and walked out of the inn.

"Brother Shangguan, locust plagues usually occur only when there is a severe drought. The black locusts are already a serious locust plague. If what that person said is true, Guiyang County is not far from here. Maybe those locust plagues are really real. It will affect here.”

"It's not that far away, only Xiangtang County is separated." Shangguan Xuanyi frowned slightly, wondering why the court didn't know about such a serious disaster earlier.

As soon as the two returned to the inn, Shangguan Xuanyi received a letter from Fei Ge.

There is a severe drought in the north. Local officials concealed the disaster and failed to report it, causing a locust plague that became more and more severe. Crops in several counties have already been affected!

This is already a serious locust plague!

"I remember that I read relevant information about the locust plague in your space study. Ducks are the natural enemies of locusts. Girl, we have to raise more ducks in the space, and then rush to Xiangtang County as soon as possible." Shangguan Xuanyi handed over the letter smoothly. Crushed, he had to find a way to stop the locusts in Xiangyang County to prevent them from continuing southward and causing disasters in more places.

Xiaoer nodded after hearing this. She also remembered that ducks were used to fight the locust plague and said: "Okay, we will also inform local officials in several neighboring counties and ask the people to raise more ducks as a precaution."

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded. He took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and started writing quickly. Then he sent the written letter out by flying pigeons.

The two of them hurried to Xiangtang County overnight. They were about half a month away from Xiangyang County. If they drove overnight, they could arrive in about seven or eight days.

Zhao Yong was away. During this period, the carriages were driven by Yangliu and Yangliu, each driving one. Now that he was in a hurry, he could only drive one carriage, and Yangliu and Yangmei drove alternately day and night.

Several people ate on the carriage, and when Yangliu and Yangmei went to the toilet together, Xiaoer changed the horses. Fortunately, there was no shortage of horses that looked exactly the same in the space.

Otherwise, if you run day and night for seven days and seven nights, the horse will be disabled or disabled!

The days of traveling like this are actually very hard, especially since Yang Liu and the others have to concentrate on driving.

Xiaoer was worried that she would be too tired after seeing Yangmei or Yangliu, so she would take advantage of one of them to fall asleep, tap her sleeping point, bring her into the space, and let her sleep in the space.

Yangliu and Yangmei had never experienced such a life before. They still felt tired every time they woke up. But this time, they didn't understand why every time they woke up, they felt more refreshed than usual. Feel comfortable both physically and mentally.

While Yangliu and Yangmei were puzzled, Xiangyang County finally arrived.

The people in Xiangyang County had long received a notice from the government and knew that there might be a locust plague and that it would be impossible to harvest the crops soon after they sprouted. However, all the vegetables in the vegetable field, large and small, were harvested, leaving nothing for the locusts.

The common people have all experienced locust plagues. Large-scale locust plagues occur every ten or eight years. They have no good way to do it. They can only watch them eat up all the crops and leave without eating.

Although the locust army has not yet invaded the city, the people here have begun to panic. Pedestrians on the street look up at the sky from time to time, worried that black clouds will suddenly descend on the city!

Shangguan Xuanyi went directly to the magistrate of Xiangtang County and asked him to tell the people that if locusts came, they would put the ducks in their homes into the fields.

The county magistrate heard that Shangguan Xuanyi ordered the people to let ducks go. Although he didn't agree, he didn't dare not listen to what King Rui said!

We can only arrange for soldiers to go to each town to notify the pavilion chief and then the village chief, who will then notify each household.

When the villagers heard that the government actually asked them to let their ducks go to eat locusts, they thought the county magistrate was stupid! The locust army is overwhelming the city, so dark that even people have to hide in their houses to avoid them and let ducks out. Are they trying to scare their ducks to death?

The people privately scolded the county magistrate for being a fool. After hearing the rumors, the county magistrate cursed Shangguan Xuan for being a fool in his heart, causing him to be misunderstood by everyone.

In short, no one believed that ducks would eat locusts. Even if they did eat locusts, eating a few would be of no use. No one was planning to release the ducks in their home.

In the evening, the sky in the distance was dark, as if a storm was about to come.

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