Eating meat is a very special thing in China, and has even had an almost religious ritual nature throughout its long history.
Even when the people at the bottom can no longer live a hard life, they will start to discuss how so-and-so has meat to eat? This question is used to establish some kind of consensus. This shows how rare eating meat is for China - in fact, in China
In ancient times, all countries and tribes were agricultural societies, and natural meat was the rarest.
Even today, China's grain production has increased significantly.
But that is to say, the staple food of ordinary people has been changed from the thin soup in the porridge shed to serious rice and steamed buns. However, even so, the rice and steamed buns are often mixed with things like sweet potatoes and potatoes - these weight loss meal replacements,
People whose daily job is to consume a lot of calories do not like it and cannot possibly like it.
After all, those who have the choice to eat whole grains and those who have no choice but to eat whole grains are completely different things.
And at this moment.
Sun Simiao's farthest hope for China is that the people no longer need to eat food mixed with potatoes and sweet potatoes. As China has more and more water conservancy facilities and fertilizer production capacity, this matter
It is happening bit by bit in different regions within China. It is very possible,
Such a day will really come in the future, but I may not be able to see it at my age, but——
Even in Sun Simiao's wildest imagination, it was difficult to understand how it was possible for everyone in the world to eat meat.
This is too exaggerated!
A moment.
Although Sun Simiao has always been regarded as a master among the people by the people in the world, but he did not follow Li Er to conquer the world, he is definitely not bad in "Tao Xing" - and although Sun Simiao maintains the fine traditions of China, he never really brags about it.
But we are indeed proud of it. In China, it not only symbolizes ability and wisdom, but also symbolizes independence and character.
At this moment, an idea suddenly appeared in Sun Simiao's mind.
Is it reasonable to report such a big matter not to the imperial court, but to report to the emperor in person?
That’s definitely not possible! You must report it!
Nothing in the world is as important as this one!
Sun Simiao felt that his horizons had been opened this time, and he stopped talking for a while. He admired Li Sheng and was horrified at the same time. His master's talent was no longer like a surging river, but like a vast ocean with no depth.
I had hit the bottom, and I just focused on eating vegetables and digesting what Li Sheng said, and no longer thought about talking nonsense.
However, after a while, Sun Simiao suddenly frowned again and sighed, "But the villages I met before were indeed poor, because this year there was an insect plague and it was the time when the grain harvest was poor."
This time, Sun Simiao didn't ask Li Sheng to reflect on the situation, but simply to sigh. After all, first of all, this was at the wine table, people had to sigh for something, and besides, it was indeed something worthy of sighing.
With such a sigh, Sun Simiao didn't expect Li Sheng to give any advice. After all, no matter how powerful antibiotics are, they can't kill locusts, but what's the use?
But this time Li Sheng heard the words and answered the question much faster than before. The chopsticks used to pick up the vegetables stopped in mid-air and said with a smile, "What kind of problem is this? If there are bugs, it will be fine."
"Pesticide, Master, does he have the skills to control insects?" Sun Simiao was stunned when he heard this. Li Sheng was too versatile!
When managing farmland in the countryside, water control is the first priority, and everything else must come later.
However, in addition to the problem of floods and droughts and irrigation, there is also the problem of insect pests. The term "floods, droughts and locust x" in later generations is not without reason.
But the problem of insect pests can be considered a headache for farmers in the countryside. It is not a pain that only lasts a day or two, but a pain that has long been used to it.
Insects are coming and are overwhelming. In such a situation, what can mortals do to deal with these creatures?
If there was any way, Sun Simiao had to think about it, and the only option was to set it on fire - but this was obviously not a good idea. After all, mountainous areas are not easy to cultivate, and their medicinal materials, animal skins, and meat are also sources of income for rural farmers.
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If a fire burns the insects, a large number of them will definitely die. The problem is that next year, this is not a method, it can only be regarded as child's play.
but!
Apart from that, there is no other good solution. After all, God wants to send you locusts, so how can you refuse them?
result.
Li Sheng's career has reached the point where he can make all the difference??
Sun Simiao looked at Li Sheng with a look of disbelief on his face - in the eyes of Sun Simiao as an ancient, and even in the eyes of everyone in the Tang Dynasty, whether his majesty in the temple or farmers in the countryside, Sun Simiao could control insects - this matter,
It’s no different than calling for wind and rain!
But in the blink of an eye, Sun Simiao suddenly remembered something. It seemed that Li Sheng had indeed prepared a prescription to treat insects before.
But after all, what I was good at was in medicine, not farming, so I gradually forgot about this matter. Now that I suddenly thought about it, I felt quite excited - I had forgotten such a big initiative!
"Young master is saying."
Sun Simiao murmured, saying that he should actually be able to prepare such a prescription, but if he thought about it carefully, of course the insecticide must be sprinkled on the crop stalks, but such a thing means
It can only be poisonous to insects, but it must be harmless to humans——
With such a requirement, this matter is indeed difficult to handle.
In other words, his level was still higher than that of Li Sheng, but when he thought about it again, Sun Simiao suddenly felt something was wrong, "But Master, those villages are relatively poor. Unless the imperial court takes action, they may not be able to afford this expensive medicine to control insects."
.This is how to do?"
"The imperial court's intervention can only solve areas with serious insect infestations, but most farmers will only receive rare benefits."
Suddenly thinking about the cost aspect, Sun Simiao felt really sad, but this was indeed a link that could not be avoided.
If farmers can’t afford it, what’s the use?
There is still no solution, but Li Sheng shrugged, "This is actually not that difficult. In the future, Datang's industry will become more and more developed, and the drugs will naturally become cheaper and cheaper, so it won't be a big problem in the long run. However."
"We really have to solve it in a hurry, but there is nothing we can do. If it really doesn't work, we can engage in biological control."
After thinking about it again, Li Sheng felt that there should be no problem with this approach.
This is ancient times, not modern times. In modern agriculture, you can have work for you 800 days a year, and you can grow things for you, as long as you are not tired and can stand it - but in ancient times, there was a long period of leisure time.