", I can get over the past ten years in a year! What I am most short of at present is food. When the imperial village harvests, it will solve the urgent problem. By that time, the country will be prosperous and the people will be safe!" Chongzhen laughed. []

At the same time, his eyes towards Zhang Linqi became softer. Alas, God really bless me, Daming, and bring down such a genius...

"Haha, some minor skills are not worth mentioning." Zhang Linqi smiled slightly at the praise of Chongzhen's eyes. But he was no longer on this. Zhang Linqi's eyes were already nailed to a group of figures that were disturbed in the night sky. They were a group of insects. Although they were not very clear in the night sky, Zhang Linqi keenly realized that it was a group of locusts.

With those small figures, Zhang Linqi's heart tightened! The natural climate of the Ming Dynasty at this time was really unsatisfactory. It was rainy in the south, but it had not rained for a month in the north. The imperial village relied on a large number of water trucks and stable water supply to maintain its vigorous growth.

As the saying goes, there will be locusts for a long time, and the occurrence of locust plague is very terrible! I remember that historical books recorded the famous Zhenguan administration in the Tang Dynasty. In the second year of Zhenguan, a locust plague occurred in Chang'an. It caused great damage to the people's livelihood near Chang'an, so that the desperate people sold their children and daughters, forcing Emperor Taizong of Tang to eat live locusts to vent his anger.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen also noticed Zhang Linqi's distraction, and naturally noticed the group of insects. The general of the country actually cared about a group of insects. Emperor Chongzhen said curiously: "Guoyong, what's the good thing about those insects? Could it be that there is any mystery to them!"

"Report to the emperor, it's not an ordinary insect, but a group of locusts!" Zhang Linqi said seriously.

"What, locust!" After hearing this, Chongzhen took a breath of air. He had long heard of the great reputation of locusts. In the edict he issued, he once compared the bandits' troops to locusts. Wherever they passed, there was no grass left! This certainly illustrates the harm of bandits from one aspect, but also explains the power of small insects like locusts from another aspect!

Moreover, Chongzhen also knew that there would be locusts when he had a long drought. When he thought of the wheat that was in sight of the harvest, Chongzhen was also worried. At this time, the fireworks party had come to an end. Chongzhen hurriedly returned to the palace and found the Minister of Works, who was in charge of agriculture, to discuss countermeasures. Zhang Linqi also had his own considerations. Although Zhang Linqi was not from an agricultural professional, because the reputation of locusts was too great, some basic locust prevention and control knowledge were still very clear...

The next day, after Zhang Linqi handled some necessary things, he directly led the guards to the imperial village near the capital. He wanted to personally check whether the actual situation of the locusts could develop into a catastrophic locust plague!

After arriving at the ground, the golden color that caught my eyes was indeed full of golden yellow, and it was obvious that the harvest was in sight. However, Zhang Linqi's heart was heavy. If a locust plague really occurred, then all this would be gone! Knowing that Zhang Linqi was coming, the little eunuch in charge of the imperial village here hurried over to greet them. However, Zhang Linqi didn't care about greetings with them.

He took people directly to the ground. After walking in the ground for a while, Zhang Linqi inserted his palm vertically into the soil, and rose up the soil at the depth of the soil that was not inserted into the base of his fingers, and carefully searched in the soil. Generally, locust eggs are laid at a depth of no more than 10 cm in the soil, and this distance is exactly the same as the length of an adult's finger.

After turning over several plots, Zhang Linqi's mood became very heavy, because more than half of the plots were covered with yellow and white insect eggs densely packed into the soil...

"General, what is this?" The eunuch in charge of the imperial village who followed Zhang Linqi respectfully did not know what these meant. Instead, he felt a little curious about what these were, and was worthy of the general who was so cautious about it! He couldn't help but ask. After all, he was a eunuch, with no diligence in his limbs and no grains. He didn't know that this was the famous locust egg!

"This is a locust egg," Zhang Linqi said coldly.

"Ah" The eunuch in charge exclaimed when he heard this. No matter how blind he was, it was related to his personal interests. He still knew some general situations in the field. When he heard Zhang Linqi say that this was a locust egg, his face turned pale!

My mother, he was originally planning how much silver he would get after the wheat was harvested! But locusts were out, so what would be a big deal!

Zhang Linqi was not in the mood to blame him for such a loss of composure! It is not surprising that locusts appeared in ancient times, which was almost a problem to solve. I remember that in the Tang Dynasty, after the locust plague, people did not understand the habits of this insect, and after the locust plague, they thought it was a disaster from heaven. God was punishing the world, and killing locusts at will will cause even greater disasters! Therefore, the first reaction of the people was not to slaughter in time, but to burn incense and worship Buddha in temples. The local officials wrote to the emperor, believing that the best way to destroy locusts is to diligently cultivate virtue...

Now that Zhang Linqi is here, naturally, this ignorant thing will not happen again. However, since this is the case, how should we face this challenge? You must know that the general outbreak of locust plague is not aimed at several counties, but dozens of prefectures and counties, or even one province!

The capital is the largest area with a wide range of water trucks. The wheat yield in the imperial village is amazing and can feed millions of people! Many private farms nearby are also in sight to have a bumper harvest, which can greatly alleviate the crisis of food shortage at this time! But if you are plagued by locusts, there will be nothing left!

Zhang Linqi knew that the best time to destroy locusts is when the locusts are in nymphs. Because at this stage the locusts can only crawl and fly and have no reproductive ability, there is a term for controlling locusts in modern agriculture, called "no takeoff, no disaster." Once the locusts grow into adults and cover the clouds and the sun and the earth, it is difficult to completely extinguish them even in modern times. Therefore, if the situation is not controlled during the short thirty days of the locust nymph period, the consequences will be unimaginable.

As Zhang Linqi thought about it, he had an idea. Humph, the soldiers came to block the generals, and the water came to cover the soil. I don’t believe it, and I can’t eliminate this locust plague! After returning, Zhang Linqi had just sat down in the general’s mansion, and immediately sent his personal soldiers to execute a strange order. He immediately went to various vegetable markets in the capital to buy a large number of chickens and ducks! And he still had to live! And Han Xin ordered more soldiers and better!

When the guards received this order, they did not dare to question anything. Anyway, Zhang Linqi did whatever he asked. Some people thought that Zhang Linqi was about to get married and was preparing to buy chickens and ducks. Anyway, no matter what, a large number of chickens and ducks were purchased and returned.

There are at least a few thousand, so so many chickens and ducks cannot be placed in the general's mansion. So Zhang Linqi temporarily built some shacks in the imperial village as a new home for these chickens and ducks. These chickens and ducks were naturally happy and survived. And immediately, there was a big meal waiting for them!

However, the people in the capital were a little stunned. When they walked into the vegetable market, they could not see a single chicken or duck. During these days, the people in the capital could only serve beef and mutton...

But Zhang Linqi didn't care about this. He only knew that it would be okay if there were no chickens and ducks to eat in a short period of time. If the locust plague is not solved, I am afraid that the particles will be collected and there will be no grains in the pot! It is possible for hungry people to eat!

In this way, Zhang Linqi felt that it was not enough, so he sent people to vegetable markets near Tongzhou and other places to purchase chickens and ducks in large quantities and transported them to places where locust plagues may occur... After all, the fire was not enough. Zhang Linqi's massive purchase of chickens and ducks was exposed, which made many people in the capital laugh and cry. He thought that after defeating the Tartars, the general changed his career to become a chicken and duck dealer...

At this time, as some locusts crawled out of the soil one after another, the whole government and the country also knew that a locust plague was about to occur. So, there were many controversies between the government and the country! All kinds of strange and strange theories appeared...

Five days later, a battle to destroy locusts officially began. At this time, locusts had gradually entered, and swarms of locusts were crawling on the ground. On the land where weeds were originally covered with green areas, any place with a little green color was covered with dense locusts.

At this time, many big families were already desperate, but there were still many people following Zhang Linqi, hoping that this magical general of the country could also set the world again in this life-and-death battle! And now, Zhang Linqi is checking the land of a big family.

This big family has a thousand acres of land and has used a lot of water trucks. The wheat is also growing well. However, the dense locusts in the fields are shocking! Zhang Linqi walked up and caught a locust. At this time, the locusts had just hatched from their eggs and were still in the nymph stage. The wings and genital organs have not matured, and they cannot reproduce or fly. It is a good time to eliminate them!

Unexpectedly, Zhang Linqi's actions caused a commotion among the wealthy people accompanying him, and some people even exclaimed in surprise, "You can't catch it, this is a punishment from God!"
Chapter completed!