A group of Xuanjia Army cavalry, which rarely appeared, rushed to Zhouzhi County at an extremely fast speed on the official road.
Amidst the crazy locust plague, this is the hardest hit area.
Before entering the county, a large number of locust swarms were raging near the official road.
The constantly flying locusts clanked against the bodies of the armored knights, leaving behind clusters of green circles.
The famous Xuanjia Army did not stop and quickly moved forward to the hardest-hit area.
There are locusts flying all over the sky here, densely packed like a sandstorm, blocking out the sky and the sun.
Many local people desperately waved everything in their hands to drive away the locusts in their fields. Unfortunately, this method was of no use because there were too many locusts.
Seeing those green sprouts being eaten up, the eyes of the knights turned red.
Most of them are from good families in Guanzhong, and their families are also farmers.
Seeing such good green seedlings being eaten clean by insects, the anger in my heart went straight to Tianling Gai.
"Quickly."
The leading general dismounted and called his men to assemble the spray buckets they had brought.
The spray bucket contains insecticides diluted according to proportion.
The chemicals used by Li Yunze are special insecticides such as dichlorvos, deltamethrin, and malathion emulsifiable concentrate.
Under normal circumstances, less than one hundred grams per acre of land is enough to kill locusts. And the locusts of this era are different from those of later generations. They do not have any resistance to pesticides.
Faced with powerful modern chemicals, basically spraying them will lead to a dead end.
The assembled spray bucket was carried on the back of a strong sergeant. According to the operating steps learned before, the spray bucket was pressurized and the liquid was sprayed from the nozzle toward the locusts everywhere.
There was no surprise at all, but all the locusts shrouded in the chemical mist fell to the ground and kept twitching.
Just like snow melting in spring, wherever the spray goes, it becomes a hell of death for locusts.
The soldiers cheered and focused their anger on the chemical mist to destroy the locusts.
But it didn't take long for the potion in the spray bucket to be sprayed clean.
Although the ground beneath our feet was full of locusts, there were still almost endless swarms of locusts in the distance all around.
"Quick." The leading general called to the soldiers, leaned over and picked up the poisoned locusts into a linen bag, then got on his horse, "Go back to Beijing quickly and tell your majesty that this medicine is indeed effective and can kill locusts in a large area."
The next day, Li Er saw locusts filled with dozens of sacks.
He asked the general who led the team, "Can one bucket of medicine kill so many locusts?"
"To answer your Majesty's question, we have seen it with our own eyes and it is indeed the case."
Li Er nodded, walked around a few times with his hands behind his back, glanced at the official documents on the table that were filled with locust plagues in various places, took a deep breath and waved, "You guys, go down and have a rest."
After everyone was ordered to leave, Li Er sighed for a long time, and then made up his mind to carefully take out his most beloved Lanting Anthology.
After observing carefully again and spreading out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone again to copy, he made up his mind to collect the preface of Lanting Collection and put it in a box and take it away.
Compared with the national power of the Tang Dynasty, what does the Lanting Collection Preface mean?
After seeing the preface to Lanting's collection, Li Yunze's first reaction was "Are you sure it's authentic?"
Li Er rolled his eyes when he asked this question, "I am so powerful in the world, how could I do such a villainous thing?"
Li Yunze still has some trust in Li Er's character.
He put away the Lanting collection preface and gestured to the hundreds of sealed barrels around him, "These are prepared potions. You only need to add water according to the proportion to use them."
Pointing to the many spray barrels on the other side, "Those are included, and they are given to you for free."
Li Er asked in a deep voice, "Is it enough?"
This time it was Li Yunze's turn to roll his eyes. An acre of land only costs a few dozen grams. There are so many here.
"If it's not enough, I'll give you as much as you want!"
The potions and spray barrels were all taken away, and Li Yunze hurriedly returned to the modern world.
He has traveled around the world and has seen and played with countless antique calligraphy and paintings.
His appreciation ability is naturally not low.
However, he still wanted to ask real experts to help take a look at something as national treasure as the Preface to the Lanting Collection for peace of mind.
After all, if Li Er really deceived him with fake products, he would not be able to cut off the supply of locust-killing medicine. After all, it is related to the problem of feeding so many people. The young crops will be eaten up, and people will die during the autumn harvest.
Li Yunze, who returned to the modern world, just mentioned to his suppliers that he wanted to ask experts in calligraphy and painting appraisal to help take a look at the calligraphy and painting.
A few days later, real authoritative experts, not the kind of experts with rat tail juice, came to help with the identification.
Several real calligraphy and painting experts gathered around and inspected the Lanting Collection. It was so serious and attentive that at the end they were even so excited that the hand holding the magnifying glass was trembling.
After waiting for a long time, Li Yunze finally couldn't help but ask, "Boss, have you seen it clearly? Is it true?"
The experts briefly discussed it, and a gray-haired but energetic director who was said to be the director of a top museum responded, "At least it looks authentic."
"Whether it is the material, handwriting, seal or other aspects, it is indeed real. There is just something wrong."
Li Yunze hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
“Too new.”
The dean shook his head repeatedly, "The material is only three to five hundred years old, but if it is really the preface to the Lanting Collection, the gap must be nearly two thousand years."
After saying that, he sighed, "Science doesn't lie. The carbon-14 test is only three to five hundred years old. It must have been forged by someone during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. What a pity. The forgery is exactly the same as the real thing. It's a pity that the original is still in Zhaoling."
Woolen cloth."
The dean's eyes gradually brightened when he looked at Li Yunze, making his scalp feel uncomfortable.
"Although it is a replica, this work is really good and has extremely high cultural relic value. Young man, see if you can donate it."
"What? You speak louder, I'll listen~ no~~~~~"
Quickly putting away the Lanting Collection preface, Li Yunze turned around and left.
It's like a joke. I finally stole Li Er's heart. How could I donate it?
When he returned home, he simply framed the preface to the Lanting Collection and hung it on the wall of the living room.
Walking around at home, looking at the many treasures he had collected, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, "The only ones left are Yuxi and Jiuding."
Li Yunze was not in a hurry to leave when he came back this time. Many anchors who had played cards with him before took the initiative to come back to play with him.
As a warm and hospitable person, Li Yunze certainly welcomes everyone.
Compared with the more restrained ancient beauties, these anchors are very enthusiastic and can play all kinds of tricks.
Li Yunze has excellent poker skills, but in the end he loses hundreds of millions every time.
As a last resort, I can only continue to use exquisite handicrafts as brand materials.
The girls were very satisfied with these handicrafts. After asking, they learned that the handicrafts Li Yunze gave them before had been taken away at high prices.
When I came back to participate in the card game this time, it was obvious that I came here for these handicrafts.
Li Yunze doesn't care about this. Anyway, these things are really available in as much as you want, but beautiful girls who are willing to take any road are not so easy to meet.
Li Yunze returned to the Zhenguan period and continued to take care of his pasture.
Under integrated breeding, there are more and more calves in the pasture, and the meat volume is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
On this day, Li Yunze was taking care of tomatoes in the vegetable area he had opened up, preparing to have tomatoes and scrambled eggs for lunch.
Then he met Li Er.
First of all, compared to the last time I saw Li Er coming to deliver the preface to Lanting's collection, with his frowning face and ugly face, as if his lover had been given away to a robber by his own hand, Li Er looked relaxed now.
Much more leisurely.
After picking two tomatoes and holding them in his hand, Li Yunze stood up and raised his eyebrows and asked, "Has the locust plague subsided?"
"Um."
Li Er showed a rare smile, "The locust plague in Guanzhong has been put down. The medicine you gave has killed countless locusts, which has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty."
"Don't mention credit."
Li Yunze simply shook his head, "We are doing business, you paid the bill."
Mentioning this, Li Er's face darkened again.
That was his favorite Lanting Collection Preface. Thinking of this made him so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.
"cough."
Pretending to cough to divert his emotions, Li Er stood with his hands behind his back and said dryly, "The preface to the Lanting Collection is my favorite thing, and I want to buy it back."
"Your Majesty, the things in this world that can be sold are called for sale. The things that cannot be sold are called not for sale." Li Yunze, who was smiling, simply responded, "Don't mention this matter, you will never see the preface to the Lanting Collection in this life."
"
Li Er really is. If he didn't really want to
All in all, my mind was spinning over and over again, and my face was also changing colors, just like the face changing in Sichuan Opera.
After a while, Li Er finally adjusted his mood on his own and suppressed the urge to fall out with this strange man Li Yunze.
Looking at the tomatoes in Li Yunze's hand, he immediately changed the subject, "What is this?"
"Tender, juicy, colorful, sweet and delicious tomatoes, large and filling."
Li Er ‘(￣_,￣)’
are you crazy!
"I'm a guest from afar." Li Yunze tossed the tomatoes in his hand, "After dinner, I'll treat your Majesty to a delicious meal."
After talking, I also picked some peppers, cucumbers, etc. from this vegetable field.
Back at Zhuangzi, Li Yunze cooked a few dishes himself and invited Li Er to eat and drink with him.
For something he had never tasted before, Li Er refused the guards' request to try the dishes and simply started eating.
The stir-fried vegetables and the delicious taste that I have never seen before are naturally very satisfying.
When his forehead was sweating from eating chili pepper, Li Yunze poured him a cup of Erguotou.
‘Pfft~~~’
After one sip, Li Er spit out the drink and coughed repeatedly.
The guards around him were shocked, and there was a choking sound as they drew their swords.
"It's okay." Li Er, whose face turned red, waved his hands repeatedly, "It's just too spicy."
After calming down, Li Er pointed at Erguotou and said, "This wine is too spicy. If you want to sell it, no one will buy it."
"This stuff is not only drinkable." Li Yunze said with a smile, "it can also be used to disinfect wounds, greatly reducing the chance of death due to evil in the wounds after the war."
After hearing this, Li Er immediately reached out to take the wine away and "go back and try the effect."
After having enough wine and food, Li Er finally turned to the topic.
"Although the locust plague is gone, the severe drought remains. Sir, can you teach me?"