Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 129
The honest and strong man squeezed out from the crowd, and looked at Qin Feng blankly: "Little man...here, what is the order of the county master?"

"Come on, here is your 100 taels."

"Me? Me too?"

"That's right. When your wife was selling locusts yesterday, she told you how to catch locusts with a net. The county asked someone to try it. The effect is not bad. I hereby reward you."

"But this money can't be taken for nothing. You have to go door to door and teach you how to catch locusts with nets! Do you understand?"

Qin Feng said.

"Yes! The villain promises to teach everyone!"

Zhao Tieniu excitedly took the silver and looked back at his wife, stuffed the silver into his wife's arms, and said with a naive smile: "My lady, you are really good, thanks to you..."

"Praise me for what? You obviously thought of it yourself..."

Zhao's daughter-in-law smiled shyly, threw herself into Zhao Tieniu's arms, and said softly, "I will never call you a fool again. You are actually quite smart."

"Hey, hey..." Zhao Tieniu didn't know how to respond, so he could only shake his head with a silly smile.

Two farmers in a row received rewards, and the farmers who didn't quite believe that Qin Feng would really give money before, thought for a while.

Ever since, for many days, the common people began to offer advice and suggestions. There are also various ways to control locusts, emerging one after another, some of which are really useful, and Qin Feng ordered them to be promoted.

In Ninghai County, locust control is in full swing.

The magistrate of Dengzhou finally returned to the government office after visiting all the counties.

When meeting the magistrate, Zhizhou reported the situation of this trip, and said Qin Feng in Ninghai County, Zhizhou burst into tears.

"Master Zhifu, that Qin Feng didn't take you seriously, refused to harvest the crops in advance, disobedient and disrespectful, told me to come back and refused you, saying that he... that he has his own way to fight against the locust plague!"

"What? It's unreasonable!"

The prefect was furious.

The two people he sent to "protect" and "monitor" Qin Feng before, one came back, and the other was locked up by Qin Feng.

So he didn't hear anything about what happened in Ninghai County recently.

He thought that Ninghai County had also honestly harvested the crops ahead of schedule.

"Harvesting the crops in advance is an order issued by the court. How dare he disrespect a small county magistrate?"

The magistrate glared at Zhizhou: "You are a magistrate, and you came back when he rejected you? Why not in Ninghai and supervise him to act according to the imperial court's orders? If he doesn't harvest in advance, what good is it? When the crops are all destroyed by the locust plague, yes It’s troublesome for him, why doesn’t he respect it?”

"Little man, the rank of the villain is not enough! The villain is still wondering, why is Qin Feng, a small county magistrate, a fifth rank?"

Zhizhou complained endlessly: "Not only did the villain fail to order him, he almost beat him..."

"As for...as for why he doesn't respect, he said...he said that he has a way to control locusts, but harvesting will affect the harvest instead. The villain doesn't know the details."

"Master Zhifu! You have to make decisions for the lower officials! What the lower officials are going to pass on is an order from the imperial court, so Qin Feng...this is disrespectful!"

Zhizhou bitterly begged the Zhifu to vent his anger for him.

The magistrate gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, you go down, I will make my own decision on this matter!"

Zhizhou Zhu Daming left.

The magistrate began to consider: "Before the eldest prince left, he gave two orders. One is not to make Qin Feng die. But the other is not to make Qin Feng show too much limelight. Extremely afraid."

The people he sent out to monitor Qin Feng came back and reported some of Qin Feng's previous feats.

This Qin Feng was full of whimsical ideas one after another. Since he said he could cure locusts, maybe he could.

But asking him to successfully control locusts, wouldn't it be contrary to the wishes of the First Prince?

no!Gotta stop him!
The magistrate immediately ordered: "Come here, do you prepare a car, the government is going to Ninghai County!"

……

Ninghai County.

Farmers are walking in the fields as usual, busy controlling locusts.

Thanks to the efforts of the farmers, the plague of locusts in the sky has achieved some results. The plague of locusts in the fields has dropped by 70%. As long as it continues, the loss of grain this year will not exceed [-]%.

Because Qin Feng's production of chemical fertilizers has increased food production, overall, this year's production has increased a lot compared to previous years!
Although the farmers in the field were sweating profusely, seeing that the crops were growing so well, almost all of them were preserved. Each of them had beaming faces on their faces.

Harvest vigorously only when they are fully ripe.

They were working in full swing in the field, and suddenly a car and horses came from afar.

The person in front held up the prefect's sign, which was seen by the farmers at a glance.

Lord Prefect?What is he doing at this time?
Ninghai County has been controlling locusts for almost half a month. I don't know if the magistrate is here to learn, or to find trouble?
In any case, the magistrate is a high-ranking official, and these peasant households cannot be neglected.

When the chariots and horses approached, the farmers who were working hard in the field immediately knelt down to salute and looked at the chariots and horses. Only when the magistrate passed by did they get up and work again.

As a result, the car stopped, the curtain was lifted, and the magistrate got out of the car.

He stood on the car, looked left and right, saw that the crops were still growing in the field, and gritted his teeth.

Scanning around, he opened his mouth and said, "This Qin Feng is so courageous! Is he really disobedient?"

"Come on, go to the Ninghai county government office and invite me, Master Qin Feng Qin!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates immediately divided into two people, and rushed to Ninghai City with a knife.

The magistrate looked around and shouted: "The imperial court has ordered that locust plagues will flood this year. In order to protect the people's food production, all grains are ordered to be harvested in advance. If you don't respect the government order, what do you want?"

The farmers looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you.

Locust plague?

Isn't this already under control?
Early harvest?How about that?
All the grain will be ripe soon, and if you harvest it early, you will lose at least [-]% of it!
How to harvest early?
A few bold farmers raised their heads and reported to the magistrate: "Master Zhifu, the nearby counties may have been severely affected, but in our Ninghai County, under the leadership of Lord Qin, the impact of the locust plague on the farmer is minimal. Harvest early."

"Yeah, harvesting early will delay the grain production..."

The prefect curled his lips, and the dog legs beside him immediately shouted: "Presumptuous, did the prefect tell you to talk?"

As he spoke, he was about to draw the knife with a clang.

Several farmers sounded wrong. Is this going to kill people?So he buried his head immediately, not daring to say another word.

The magistrate then said leisurely: "Hmph! Harvesting in advance is an order issued by the imperial court! How can you disobey it? Wait, why don't you hurry up and harvest the crops?!"

The farmers didn't move. They harvested at this time, and they would be hungry in winter. No one wanted to do this kind of skinning.

Seeing that no one moved, the magistrate snorted coldly: "Left and right, these untouchables may not understand the words, you show them a demonstration, so that they know what early harvest is!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)