Datang romantic little landlord

He can't save it, but the government can!

That's why he took the risk of "confusing people with demonic words" and directly told Yang Zuan about the locust plague.

Yang Zuan stared at Li Wangyou seriously for a few seconds before heaving a long sigh: "I don't understand what Ziyou said. As soon as the locust larvae emerged, the county has already submitted a letter to the court, but..."

He shook his head: "But killing locusts is such a simple matter?"

Li Wangyou didn't understand, he asked: "Since the Ming government knows, why is it so difficult? This is a matter of life and death. If there is no way to exterminate the locusts, the boy has several ways to use."

Yang Zui shook his head again: "It's not difficult to exterminate locusts. There is a saying in the Book of Songs, 'Bring the thieves to the fire.' It can be seen that using fire at night can attract locusts to take the initiative to fight the fire, just like moths. But this is not the case. It’s not a question of how to do it, but of not being able to do it.”

"Why not?" Li Wangyou was confused. Since the ancients knew how to exterminate locusts, why should they just watch the locusts flood?

Both Yang Zuan and Liu Xiao remained silent, which made Li Wangyou even more anxious. After repeated questioning, Yang Zuan finally opened his mouth to explain a few words.

"One is that the common people are ignorant and think that the locust plague was released by the locust god to punish the world, so they are unwilling to kill the locusts for fear of offending the heavens; the other is that the princes and Confucians in the court also have many disputes about this, so this extermination Locusts have to think long-term, hey..."

Liu Xiao also explained from the side: "Ziyou, things are not as simple as you think. I believe in Buddhism a lot in the Tang Dynasty. The so-called 'sweeping the floor will not hurt the lives of ants, cherish the lamps covered by moths', not to mention the locusts. Extermination of locusts is controversial. Quite a lot."

Li Wangyou was confused by the words of the two county government chiefs. It was the first time he heard the saying that locusts should not be harmed because they are also life.Could it be that after the locusts ate the food, when the people of the Tang Dynasty changed their children to eat, human life was not life?

Madonna bitch!

What the hell, Datang also has a Madonna bitch!

"Then the ministers in the court watched the locusts flood? Could it be that the farmers prayed in the fields to overcome the locust plague? Didn't there be any measures?"

Liu Xiao sighed: "Extermination of locusts is against the law of heaven, and the only way to cultivate virtue."

Li Wangyou understood immediately, at this moment he only had one sentence to express his thoughts: I bought a watch last year.

Cultivating virtue means that everyone strengthens their moral character and practice their internal morality hard. When everyone has completed their merits and virtues, the plague of locusts will naturally subside...

Who the hell came up with this stupid idea?

Elimination of locusts, do you rely on thinking?

It is against the way of heaven to destroy locusts. Why don't those officials and great scholars who say this go to heaven themselves?

How much firewood can Li Wangyou donate if they want to go to heaven!Guaranteed to burn them clean and clean, and send a wisp of smoke to heaven!

Li Wangyou really wanted Li Er to eat the locusts quickly, and then Datang began to exterminate the locusts.

But this is obviously unrealistic. If I am white, where can I meet some emperor? This Li Er is something that Li Wangyou can see whenever he wants to?

Besides, so what?Is it possible to send a bunch of fried locusts to tell Li Er that this food is delicious, and His Majesty should try it?

Will he be dragged out by Li Er and have his head chopped off?

Li Wangyou was thinking wildly, but he didn't know that he had already met Li Er, more than once, but this guy still didn't know it, and instead pissed Li Er several times.

When Li Er swallowed the locusts, the plague of locusts had already spread. Exterminating the locusts was nothing more than obeying the destiny of the people and not taking much food from the locusts.

After thinking about this, Li Wangyou had nothing to say, and he bowed his hands and sent Yang Zuan and Liu Xiao out of the house.

This locust plague, let's save ourselves, it is impossible to count on the government.

Qiu Kun remained silent, and after Yang Zuan and the others left, the fat man pulled Li Wangyou nervously: "Xiao Lang, will there really be a plague of locusts?"

Li Wangyou looked at the fat man in surprise, and then realized that Qiu Kun's family was in the business of food, and if the locust plague really happened, it would have the greatest impact on their family's business.

"The locust plague is inevitable. Go back and tell your father to store as much food as possible. But Brother Qiu, I have one request. The price of food will definitely skyrocket with the locust plague. I don't ask your family to open a warehouse for free, but at least don't Hoarding food for huge profits, okay?" Li Wangyou nodded and replied.

Qiu Kun's chubby face flushed red: "Xiao Lang, what are you talking about? Although my Qiu family is in business, I have never done any unscrupulous business."

Seeing that the fat man reacted so strongly, Li Wangyou knew that he had wronged him, and quickly apologized.

Knowing that the locust plague was about to start, how could the fat man stay at Li Wangyou's house, so he hurriedly left, planning to return to Chang'an immediately to discuss the matter with his father.

Li Wangyou didn't keep him either, and sent the fat man Chou Kun out of the house.

The next day, the county government came.

Li Wangyou and the old village are leading a few subordinates to measure the size of the wasteland on the river beach, and the county will establish a document, and this [-]-acre wasteland will officially belong to Li Wangyou.

"Xiao Lang, do you really know how to manage this saline-alkali land?" The old villager looked in disbelief. He had never heard that saline-alkali land can also grow crops.

"It can indeed improve the land. I also ask the old village to help. I need to invite some people from the village to do things."

Li Wangyou's words made the old village feel a little embarrassed: "Xiao Lang, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that it's the spring plowing season, and the busy farming can't be delayed. There is not enough labor in this village, so it's really difficult for you to find someone to help. "

What Lao Cunzheng said did not worry Li Wangyou, he had already thought about it.

"Hey, old villager, the county gave me ten cattle, can I exchange labor with the village with these ten cattle?"

"What? Xiao Lang is not kidding, the county will give you ten cattle?"

"Not bad!"

Li Wangyou's words made Lao Cunzheng sit down on the ridge of the field, speechless for a long time.

073 Building a waterwheel

Human cultivation, two strong laborers can only cultivate half an acre of land a day, and they are almost exhausted.

However, with cattle, one person and one cattle, there is no problem in plowing two or three acres of land a day. Calculated, one cattle can be worth eight or nine strong laborers.

If Li Wangyou could really provide ten cattle for the village to use, it would be no problem for the old village to find dozens of men for him to come out to work.

There are 120 seven households in Dingzhou Village, with 560 people in three, including more than 200 strong laborers.However, due to the lack of cattle, the whole village, old and young, have to work in the field together during the busy farming season every year.

Not only is the speed slow, but the plowing is done manually, and the quality of the cultivated land cannot be compared with that of cattle.

If Li Wangyou could really provide ten oxen to help the village in spring plowing and sowing, it would really be a great help to the village.Not only can people be spared to help Li Wangyou with work, but the most important spring plowing of the year can also give everyone a breather.

Datang is an agricultural society, and spring plowing is the most important day of the year.

Including Tianjia, the royal family will hold a farming ceremony on an auspicious day in February or March.

On that day, Li Er would wear formal attire, go to the altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens and offer sacrifices to the ancestors, and then went to the royal farm to work in the fields.

Li Er personally went to the fields to help plow the land, and the leaders of the three provinces and six ministries led the oxen to help the plow, and even Empress Changsun would follow behind with a group of concubines to sow young seedlings.

Under the guidance and protection of the officials from the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, and Jinwu Guard, and amidst the sound of drums and singing, the ceremony of "three pushes and three returns" was completed.

Although Li Erqin's plowing is just etiquette, it also shows the importance of spring plowing in agricultural society.

Now that spring plowing is just around the corner, it's no surprise that Li Wangyou was able to get ten oxen to frighten the old village like this.