In the year of disaster, the tough peasant girl is not easy to mess with

Ye Lingyao also became worried.

People here haven't invented pesticides yet, and most of them still use plant ash and the like as fertilizer.

At best, this kind of thing can only fertilize and fertilize the soil, but it actually doesn't have much effect on killing insects.

Therefore, if there is a pest disaster, it will be a devastating blow to farmers.

And according to them, this insect has a very strong reproductive ability. If it is not controlled, the consequences will be disastrous when they invade other places.

Invasive species?

Something suddenly flashed in her mind.

His eyes lit up immediately.

He hurriedly looked at the waiter and said, "Brother, waiter, can you describe the appearance of that insect in detail?"

The waiter trembled, "It's red, it has two hands that look like scissors, and there are many legs. It looks quite scary."

Ye Lingyao almost laughed on the spot.

Crayfish? !

Why did the more she listened to their descriptions, the more she thought that thing looked like a crayfish?

As soon as she learned the news, she refused to stay any longer, pulling Jin Hibiscus and walking out.

She couldn't wait to confirm whether the bug was a crayfish.

And the other side.

There was also a lot of commotion in the court.

The emperor rubbed his brows, feeling that his head was not clear due to the noise.

The father-in-law who was waiting beside him immediately came forward and said, "Quiet!"

The ministers immediately stopped shouting and returned to their seats.

The surrounding voices finally stopped, and the emperor said, "What's the use of your arguing every day? Have you figured out a way?"

People dare not speak.

The emperor raised his hand and said, "If you can't think of anything, go back and think about it. What does it look like to be so noisy here? Retreat from the court!"

Then, the chief eunuch sang and shouted, "Retreat from the court!"

Finally, the adults all lined up and walked out.

The emperor turned directly back to the imperial study, and before leaving, he ordered someone to invite the prime minister.

After a while, several ministers were invited in.

These are Prime Minister Kang Tianrui on the left, Prime Minister Ge An on the right, and Tang Qian, Minister of Household Affairs.

"Wei Chen has seen the emperor."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite. My dear friends, do you have any good ideas for this serious disaster?"

Several people lowered their heads and said nothing.

The emperor pointed to Tang Qian, the Minister of Household Affairs, and said, "Tang Aiqing, the whole capital has been hit by a disaster. Can you, the Ministry of Household Affairs, come up with a plan to deal with it?"

Tang Qian's head is so big, what can he do?

He almost wanted to go bald, and he couldn't figure out what to do with this thing!Who knows how to deal with something that has not been seen in many years?

But the person in front of him was the emperor, so he couldn't reply like that, so he could only say bitterly.

"Back to the emperor, the origin of these insects is very strange. Weichen has never seen anything like this before, and it was difficult to find a way to deal with it. I thought about catching them before, and also thought about giving them some medicine, but I still couldn't. It doesn’t help.”

The emperor turned to look at his father-in-law beside him, "Cao Ran, tell him what you found."

Eunuch Cao immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes."

Then he saluted several people in the hall and said, "About a month ago, some fishermen encountered a passenger ship at sea. It was said that they were visitors from overseas. At that time, they exchanged some things with them, including some marine goods."

"The bugs we see now outside the capital are one of the sea goods. After that group of people got these things, they shipped them on passenger ships and sold them to the capital. This led to the infestation of insects in the capital."

After everyone heard it, they generally understood it.

But in the final analysis, there is still no solution.

Everyone discussed for a while and decided to fish first.

After catching them, just poison them all with arsenic.

However, things are far from easy to resolve.

The severe disaster has occurred for more than half a month, and there is still no sign of stopping. On the contrary, it is getting worse.

This also gave interested people an opportunity to take advantage of it, and soon, a rumor spread in the capital.

To say that the emperor is not worthy of his position is a punishment from God, and it is a warning to the world.

Otherwise, why didn't this insect plague fall elsewhere, but in the capital?

It is because I, Your Majesty, am not worthy of the throne and do not have the protection of dragon energy that the capital is so prone to disaster.

In the beginning, I could still suppress the rumors.

But how can something like rumors be suppressed?

Even if no one said it publicly, who didn't discuss it privately?

The emperor wanted to kill the person who spread the rumors. During such a natural and man-made disaster, there were still people who could incite people to rebel against him?

These people are simply damned!

But if the matter is not resolved, the rumors will not stop.

How should they solve it this time?

There was a turmoil in the court, and all the relevant ministers were frightened, fearing that the emperor would punish them for incompetence.

Ye Lingyao, on the other side, was so happy that she almost flew up.

“It’s really a crayfish!”

Jin Furong looked at their young lady with a puzzled look, "Miss, what are you talking about?"

Ye Lingyao pointed to the crayfish crawling on the ground with excitement, "That's the little bug, it's called crayfish! It doesn't taste too delicious!"

As soon as she said this, Jin Furong looked horrified and held on to the frame of the carriage, refusing to get off.

"Miss, please let me go. I'm really afraid of this insect. I don't want to go down!"

Not to mention eating it, her scalp felt numb just by looking at it.

Of course, Ye Lingyao would not force him, so she gave him a reassuring look, "Don't worry, leave this matter to me and you don't have to worry about it. If you feel uncomfortable here, you can go back first and I will send you back later. Just let the carriage come back to pick me up."

Jin Furong gritted her teeth and said, "I'd better stay with you."

Seeing him like this, Ye Lingyao just wanted to laugh, "You don't have to stay with me, and you don't have to forcefully overcome your fear. If you are really afraid, you can either go back or stay in the carriage."

Anyway, if you have tasted the taste of crayfish, no one will not love it.

As she walked closer to the village, she took a piece of cloth from the carriage and rolled it up to make a simple small bundle.

Picking it up as she walked, the carriage followed her, and the group staggered into the village.

After entering the village, I saw many people catching crayfish on the field ridge, but there was no joy on their faces, instead they looked sad.

Ye Lingyao stepped forward to greet them.

"Uncle, aunt, what are you going to do with this bug after you catch it?"

Everyone was catching bugs with sad faces. When they heard her voice, they just glanced at her and ignored her.