Fang Xuanling did not care about the gazes of the officials at all. He stared at Lin Fei, hoping that Lin Fei would give him a surprise.
In fact, Fang Xuanling wasn't deliberately targeting Lin Fei. It was just that they had been discussing it for so long, but they still hadn't come up with a decent solution, so they tried to let Lin Fei try.
However, the others didn't think so. They felt that Fang Xuanling was deliberately making things difficult for Lin Fei because Lin Fei had embarrassed him just now.
Moreover, they didn't think that Lin Fei would be able to come up with a good solution. This was a problem that had stumped all the officials, even all the officials in history. Even famous officials like Zhuge Liang and Dong Zhongshu couldn't solve it. If Lin Fei could solve it, wouldn't it mean that Lin Fei was more powerful than famous officials like Zhuge Liang and Dong Zhongshu?
They didn't believe it. They admitted that Lin Fei was talented, but they didn't believe that he was more powerful than Zhuge Liang and Dong Zhongshu.
"Lin Fei, do you have a way to solve this locust plague?”Li Shiming looked at Lin Fei expectantly. Although he knew that Lin Fei couldn't solve this matter, he was still looking forward to it.
Li Shiming's voice pulled the eyes of all the officials from Fang Xuanling to Lin Fei. However, the way they looked at Lin Fei was different from how they looked at Fang Xuanling.
At this moment, most of the officials looked at Lin Fei with more or less gloating gazes. A small number of them looked at him with disdain and even hatred. Most of these officials were Zhangsun Wuji's subordinates.
Lin Fei had tripped their backer. It was impossible for them not to hate Lin Fei.
Lin Fei didn't care about these gazes and said indifferently to Li Shiming,"Locust plague? You can't even handle such a small matter?"
Li Shiming now had some understanding of Lin Fei. He knew that Lin Fei had never done anything that he was not confident in. Therefore, when he heard Lin Fei's words, the anticipation in his heart became stronger.
"Lin Fei, if you can solve the locust plague this time, I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold!”
"Thank you, father-in-law, but I don't want this one thousand gold taels!”
"What do you want?"
"I want to do business in the Great Tang, and the government can't stop me!”
"Just this request?"
Li Shiming looked at Lin Fei suspiciously. Although the Great Tang placed great emphasis on agriculture and restrained commerce on the surface, those large clans did not have their own shops. This official would not make things difficult for them.
However, now that Lin Fei had mentioned it openly, Li Shiming had no choice but to express his doubts. Lin Fei's appetite was so small?
Lin Fei didn't seem to notice Li Shiming's suspicion and said indifferently,""That's all."
Seeing Lin Fei's indifferent look, Li Shiming was even more certain that Lin Fei had a big plan, but he couldn't figure out what Lin Fei wanted.
In the end, Li Shiming didn't think about it anymore and nodded in agreement to Lin Fei's request.
"Now that I have agreed to your request, can you tell me your plan?”
Seeing that all the officials were listening attentively, Lin Fei smiled indifferently and said,"It's actually very simple. Find some chickens and put them in the fields. These chickens will naturally eat the locusts. Moreover, I can also catch locusts and sell them to me. I'll pay a penny for three catties. I'll take as much as I can!”
What was that?
When the officials heard Lin Fei's method, they all widened their eyes in disbelief!
Were they not afraid that the chickens would eat the crops?
A penny for three catties of locusts?
Beef isn't that expensive, right?
More importantly, Lin Fei would accept as many people as there were. Did Lin Fei have so many people?
"Will these methods work?" Among the crowd, Wei Zheng was the calmest. He had been shocked by Lin Fei's gunpowder once and had even taken Lin Fei as his master. Although Lin Fei did not ask him to call him teacher, he felt that Lin Fei was his teacher, so he still had some trust in Lin Fei.
"Whether it works or not, we'll know after trying!”
"How?" Wei Zheng asked humbly. He felt that this was a good learning opportunity and he should seize it.
The other officials also looked at Lin Fei. They wanted to know how Lin Fei would try. Although they did not believe that Lin Fei's method would work, they did not mind seeing Lin Fei make a fool of himself.
As long as Lin Fei made a fool of himself, they could immediately counterattack Lin Fei and ask the emperor to cancel his marriage with Princess Chang Le. They could take revenge for being teased by Lin Fei.
"It's very simple. Now, let's catch ten catties. Oh, no, did you all bring money?”Halfway through his sentence, Lin Fei suddenly turned around and asked the officials.
Those officials did not know what Lin Fei wanted to do, but they all honestly said that they had brought money.
Seeing that all the officials had brought money, Lin Fei said,"Get someone to prepare 30 catties of locusts and bring in a few plates of burning charcoal.”
The first chapter was updated.
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