After Chen Ping saw it, he smiled.
"Looks like the locust plague in Guanzhong is about to begin.”
That's right, Chen Ping also knew about the locust plague.
As the chief envoy of the King Shu Residence, Chen Ping was not only loyal to Li Ke, but he also admired Li Ke's talent.
Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Chen Ping also came into contact with a lot of scientific knowledge.
Last winter, Li Ke had told him about it.
There was no snow in Guanzhong in winter, and the temperature was not low. The eggs in the soil were not frozen to death. There would definitely be a locust plague in the coming spring.
What they did not expect was that before the locust plague, smallflower broke out in Guanzhong Road.
It was also because of this locust plague that Guanzhong Road fell into chaos.
Neither the imperial court nor the common people had made any preparations before spring plowing, allowing the eggs to complete a large-scale transformation in the soil.
Based on the knowledge he had learned from Li Ke, Chen Ping guessed that the scale of this locust plague was definitely not small.
The only way to deal with such a large-scale locust plague was to rely on chickens and ducks.
It was not a secret that chickens and ducks were fighting against the locust plague. However, the problem was that the people in the past had a difficult life and could not even survive themselves. How many people could afford to raise chickens and ducks at home?
Don't be fooled by the TV series. In most ancient families, if there was even a chicken, they would treat it like an ancestor.
Eggs were sold for money, and they were used to crow.
Where did hundreds of thousands of chickens and ducks come from to fight the locust plague?
However, Yizhou was different.
Under Li Ke's research, there was no shortage of food in Yizhou. They also controlled the aristocratic families in Shu. Without the obstruction of the aristocratic families in Shu, the living standards of the people improved. With money and food, they pursued meat.
Li Ke encouraged the people to raise chickens and ducks and improve piglet.
It would take at least one or two years to improve the weight of the piglet and improve the quality of its meat.
But chickens and ducks were different.
Li Ke had developed a new type of feed. He fed the chickens and ducks with bran, and they grew very fast.
In two months, a Chicky would become a chicken.
Within this year, who in Yizhou didn't have dozens of chickens and ducks? The total number was more than 1.5 million.
500,000 chickens and ducks could be purchased very quickly.
He also allocated 10,000 vehicles to escort 500,000 chickens and ducks to Chang 'an.
"This time, the popularity of the King of Shu is even greater.”
Chen Ping said as he watched the people escorting the chickens and ducks. He could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
"I'm also going to start making preparations for the next step of the King of Shu's great matter.”
……
Chang 'an City, Taiji Palace.
"Ancestors, Xuan Ling, how is it?"
Li Shi Min asked.
"Counting the grain transferred here, how much grain does the Ministry of Revenue have in Chang 'an?”
Zhangsun Wuji replied.
" Excuse us. The Ministry of Revenue has checked the amount of grain that has been transferred to Chang 'an in the past two days. There is a total of three million catties. Including the regular grain reserves of Changping Granary, there is a total of six million catties.”
To put it bluntly, the Evergreen Granary was actually a means for the imperial court to regulate grain prices.
The grain in the warehouse was changed every year. A large amount of grain was stored to ensure that the country had enough grain. The price of grain was adjusted to supply the market.
Now that Li Shi Min had even calculated the grain of Changping Granary, it could be seen how much importance he placed on this locust plague.
Li Shiming nodded and looked at Fang Xuanling.
"Xuan Ling, how's the reinforcement of Changping's warehouse?”
Fang Xuanling replied.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I've already ordered the Ministry of Works to mobilize manpower and start working overnight to reinforce all the Changping Granaries in Guanzhong Road.”
"Not to mention a locust plague, even the torrential rain in March will definitely not destroy it.”
Li Shiming smiled with satisfaction.
"If we do this, even if the locust plague comes, we can ensure the safety of the people in Guanzhong.”
Li Shiming looked relieved.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and the other ministers were speechless.
"Your Majesty, I still feel that this is inappropriate.”
Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly.
"Just based on a prophecy from the King of Shu, His Majesty mobilized so many people and allocated so much food to Chang 'an. He also spent a lot of wood and stone to build and strengthen Changping Granary.”
"This…"
"If it weren't for the locust plague, the Imperial Court and His Majesty would have become the laughing stock of the world.”
Zhangsun Wuji also said.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Why don't you tell us the King of Shu, who started this matter?”
"At that time, if there really is a locust plague, then Your Majesty is wise and good at accepting advice.”
"If there was no locust plague, we could also punish the King of Shu and push the blame of innocently mobilizing food and wasting the people's strength to the King of Shu.”
"This way, it won't hurt His Majesty.”
Fang Xuanling and the other officials were speechless as they looked at Zhangsun Wuji.
It wasn't without reason that they gave Zhangsun Wuji the nickname "
This old man's idea not only made the Emperor invincible, but also gave him a chance to attack the King of Shu, Li Ke. This would lower the reputation of the former prince of the Sui Dynasty and make him far away from the position of the Crown Prince.
It was a bad idea, but Li Shiming had no reason to reject it.
A few days ago, Li Shi Min was schemed against by Li Ke because of the treatment of smallflower. Now that he had the chance to take revenge, he would not refuse.
In any case, the father and son were already enemies on the surface.
"Alright, let's do that."
Sure enough, Li Shi Min agreed without hesitation.
Fang Xuanling and the others were speechless, but no one came out to speak up for Li Ke.
He had no choice.
Although they didn't like Zhangsun Wuji's methods, they didn't want Li Ke to have the chance to inherit the throne.
On this point, they were on the same side as Zhangsun Wuji.
News spread from the Imperial Court, and the people were all panicking.
Let's not talk about anything else. Li Ke was a capable person who had treated small-flower disease. His words still had a certain degree of credibility.
Moreover, the Imperial Court trusted Li Ke and began to allocate food. The Imperial Court couldn't be wrong.
As a result, the commoners inside the pass had already started to store food and build granaries to strengthen their homes.
However, the people from the various aristocratic families were disdainful.
"Ridiculous. His Majesty actually believed the words of an eleven-year-old child and caused such a huge commotion.”
"Daoist Priest Li Chunfeng of the Imperial Astronomical Supervisor said that the Great Tang will have good weather this year and there will be no disasters. Can Li Ke be more powerful than Daoist Priest Li?”
"Haha, let's see how the Imperial Court will deal with this. Li Ke will be reprimanded again, haha."
In the Four Seas Teahouse, a few scions were chatting and laughing when they suddenly felt that the weather was gloomy and the sky was yellow.
"Pata."
Suddenly, a locust appeared in front of him. It was very eye-catching on the table.
Before they could say anything and take the locust away, they were attracted by a buzzing sound. They turned around and were so shocked that they could not open their mouths.
There were locusts everywhere!
The few of them were so scared that their bodies trembled.
"This, the King of Shu was right.“
"This is simply unpredictable!”
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