After reading the memorial in his hand, Xiao Ji looked up at his son, and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure you can eliminate the plague of locusts with the above methods?"

Xiao Jie shook his head: "The above method can't cure the locust plague, but if the emperor publishes this memorial to all states and counties in the world, it will greatly reduce the losses caused by the locust plague, and the states and counties that have not been affected by the locust plague can also be prevented in advance... ..."

"Since the locust plague cannot be completely eradicated, why do you still fight with your grandfather with your life?"

Xiao Ji's face turned ashen, he directly interrupted Xiao Jie's words, and threw the memorial in his hand in front of Xiao Jie, obviously very angry.

Xiao Jie picked up the memorial that had been thrown on the ground, and handed it to Xiao Ji again.

"I also know another method that can completely eradicate the locust plague, but it is inconvenient to write in the memorial, and this method cannot be done by the minister, please ask the emperor to appoint the minister to be fully responsible for the extermination of locusts. Eliminate locust plagues for Daning."

Xiao Ji saw that Xiao Jie was so swearing, and he took the memorial from Xiao Jie again, and was a little curious, is there a more outrageous way to control the locust plague than raising ducks?

Xiao Ji stared at his son: "You tell me first, what is the method that makes you so confident that you can completely eliminate the locust plague."

"Father, forgive me, it's really inconvenient for me to say it now." Xiao Jie couldn't say it anyway, this method was a bit dangerous, he knew that if he said it, Xiao Ji would never agree.

Xiao Ji's voice raised a few degrees, as if a little angry: "Can't you tell me?"

Xiao Jie gritted his teeth and insisted on keeping his mouth shut: "Father forgives the crime, but my son really can't say it now."

The atmosphere in the imperial study seemed to freeze instantly...

"Are you really sure that you can wipe out the locust plague?"

Xiao Ji compromised and gave up on continuing to question, but he wanted to confirm how sure this method Xiao Jie was unwilling to say anyway.

Xiao Jie nodded: "Father, please trust me. My son is also a person who cherishes his life. Since he dares to fight with his life with Grandpa, he must have full confidence in eliminating the plague of locusts."

"Okay, I will issue an order later to appoint you as the imperial envoy to be responsible for going to the south of the Yangtze River to fight the locust plague."

Xiao Jie bowed his head and bowed again: "My son thanked my father, my son must be lucky enough to not disgrace my life, and completely eliminate the locust plague for Daning."

Xiao Ji waved his hand: "I still have to review the memorial. If you have nothing else to do, you can resign. Go back to the mansion and make preparations. Let's go to Jiangnan as soon as possible."

However, Xiao Jie smiled mysteriously, took out another list from his sleeve, handed it to Xiao Ji with both hands, and said: "Father, this is a request from the Tao family to submit to the father. Suffering from the plague of locusts, the people have no harvest, and feel deeply saddened. They are willing to donate a total of 120 million shi of grain in all the warehouses of the Tao family in Sanzhou. This is the location of the warehouse and the storage situation of the grain. The emperor only needs to ask the local government to come to pick it up. gone."

Xiao Ji accepted the list, and he couldn't help showing joy on his face. The locust disaster has spread widely, ravaged so much, and the number of victims is rarely seen in previous years. Not only is it a difficult problem to exterminate the locusts, but also how to rescue the affected people is also a headache for him. A little carelessness may trigger civil uprisings and shake the country of Daning.

Now there are more than 120 million shi of grain donated by the Tao family, which is enough to rescue the vast majority of the victims, and it can be regarded as a solution to the urgent needs of himself and the court.

"The Tao family donated so much food to the imperial court with such a generous donation, what do you want me to reward them?"

Xiao Ji looked at Xiao Jie quietly, his eyes thoughtful, Qi Linwei had already reported to him about Xiao Jie's dealings with the Tao family, and he even knew that Xiao Jie was now cooperating with Tao Lin of the Tao family to make money , but Xiao Ji didn't care about it. After all, after Xiao Jie broke with the Wang family, he had to find another way to make money. As long as he didn't violate the laws of Daning and didn't damage the clan's reputation, he didn't bother to bother.

But now that the Tao family actually donated so much food to the imperial court through Xiao Jie, Xiao Ji suddenly became interested in how close his son and the Tao family were.

Xiao Jie shook his head and said with a smile: "Tao Lu, the Patriarch of the Tao family, told his sons and daughters that the Tao family's wealth today is all due to their father's holy virtue. I should do my part, and I dare not ask for the kindness of my father."

Xiao Ji smiled, merchants value profits, how could they donate so much food without asking for anything in return, but they dare not say some things.

After all, the nature of their voluntary asking and their own voluntary rewards is completely different. He is the emperor, and others can only take what he gives, and others can't ask him for what he doesn't want to give.

Qi Linwei's hands and eyes are open to the sky, so he naturally reported the Tao family's affairs to Xiao Ji, and Xiao Ji naturally understood that the Tao family had worked hard to restore the title of Marquis in the pass over the years.

"I don't like other people's favors. The Tao family donated more than 100 million shi of grain, which solved the urgent need of the imperial court. It can be regarded as a great contribution to disaster relief. I always repay my kindness and reward every deed. Back then, Tao Gong It's just that I have some friendship with King Zheng, and I didn't participate in King Zheng's rebellion, and the Tao family was deprived of its title, which is also a bit wronged, since this is the case, I will decree to re-entitle Tao Lu as Marquis of Guannei."

Xiao Jie bowed again: "My son thanked the father for the Tao family's kindness."

However, Xiao Ji returned the list in his hand to Xiao Jie: "Since I want you to take full responsibility for the extermination of the locust plague, I will also entrust you with the rescue. Don't let me down."

Xiao Jie took the list and understood in his heart that this was also a kindness Xiao Ji gave him. Now that the court has food in its hands, disaster relief is a great thing to gain fame. It can greatly improve his reputation in the hearts of the people and scholars in the world. It is a great political capital for oneself to seize the heirloom.

But Xiao Jie was not satisfied, he wanted to do another big thing.

"Father, if my son can completely extinguish the plague of locusts, I dare to ask for a favor from my father."

Xiao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, interestingly, this was the first time he saw this son take the initiative to ask for grace from him.

"What do you want?" Xiao Ji asked with interest.

Xiao Jie looked up at Xiao Ji, and said word by word:

"My son wants to have sex!"

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