Li Yuan looked at Yang Hao with a burning gaze. Seeing that he did not seem to be joking, he nodded slightly and said,"Quickly tell me about it. We can repay you later.”
"Then I'll have to trouble you to pay." Yang Hao said with satisfaction.”
"What money?" Li Yuan was stunned.
"Money for buying chickens and ducks." Yang Hao spread his hands and said matter-of-factly,""Do you want me to pay for this?"
Did they really have to use chickens and ducks to control the locust plague? Li Yuan frowned when he heard this, but when he saw Yang Hao's serious expression, he believed it a little. He muttered,
"If you need a lot of them, this old master will send them to you tomorrow. After all, you might not be able to buy the amount you need in a short period of time, but this old master has a way.”
Yang Hao was surprised.
The old man was really capable. Just as he said, even if you had money, you might not be able to buy so many at once. Not to mention whether you could buy them, just running back and forth was tiring enough.
Now that the old man had come forward, things would be much easier.
Yang Hao smiled and said," In that case, I'll leave it all to you. We need at least 20,000 chickens and ducks each. If there are larks, it'll be even better. We also need 10,000."”
"So many?" Pei Ji said in shock.
As Minister Zuo Pushe, Pei Ji knew the most about people's livelihood. Twenty thousand chickens and ducks was not a small number, let alone ten thousand larks.
Li Yuan felt a little awkward.
Collecting 20,000 chickens and ducks was easy, but collecting 10,000 larks was a problem. Moreover, they needed to transport these to Yangxing Village. Whether it was manpower, material, financial, or dispatching ability, every place was fraught with difficulties.
"No wonder you want money from me." Li Yuan sighed and frowned at Yang Hao.
" A chicken in Xi City costs five coins and a duck eight coins. It costs 325 strings of coins in total. I'm afraid the cost of buying larks is even higher. The total budget is 600 strings of coins. This money is enough to buy a house in any square in Chang 'an.”
"Patriarch is right!" Pei Ji continued, counting his fingers,
"This is only the money for buying poultry.”
" To transport these poultry out of Chang 'an City, we need to buy chicken cages and duck cages. We need 50,000 of them in total. Each one costs three copper coins, which is 200 strings of coins!”
" We need to rely on people to transport the poultry. We need to rely on ox-carts and carriages. We need at least two thousand people, and eight hundred ox-carts and carriages…"
Yang Hao felt a headache coming on. Rubbing his forehead, he looked at Pei Ji speechlessly and said,"Just tell me how much it will cost in total.”
"Two thousand strings!" " I need at least 2,000 strings of money to transport 20,000 chickens, 20,000 ducks, and 10,000 larks from Chang 'an to here," Pei Ji said firmly.”
That was quite a sum.
Yang Hao secretly clicked his tongue and rejoiced in his heart. 2,000 strings of strings of coins were equivalent to nearly 350 taels of gold, enough to buy three houses in Chang 'an.
"I'll think of a way to get what you need.”At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly said,""Yang Hao, give me a definite answer. Are those chickens, ducks, and birds really effective?”
"What do you think?" "I'm telling you this because it's ineffective?" Yang Hao said angrily.”
Li Yuan felt as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden. His entire back seemed to straighten a little, and a few smiles appeared on his old face. He said in an unquestionable tone,
"If it's effective, I'll give you another portion no matter how much I spent on this! I'll go back and prepare now. I'll give you the news tomorrow!”
After saying that, Li Yuan cupped his hands at him and led Pei Ji to get into the carriage. Pei Ji whipped the horse and drove the carriage slowly towards Chang 'an.
"Your Majesty, do you really believe Yang Hao's words?”
Halfway there, Pei Ji couldn't help but turn around and ask,""It's impossible to kill a locust that can kill people with just a few chickens, ducks, and birds.”
Li Yuan was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed. When he heard his words, he said indifferently without even raising his eyes,
"If you didn't know about the dangers of locusts, would you believe that a mere insect could kill someone? The locusts gnawed on the crops in the field. Yang Hao's method was to get rid of the locusts that gnawed on the crops. What he said was logical, so he would give it a try for the time being.”
"Moreover, he is my Kingdom Knight…"
Li Yuan opened his eyes and lifted the curtain. He turned his head to look at the fields outside and said softly,"Zhen believes in him."
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