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Chapter 524 Lu Bu Is Not Stupid

"There will be a plague of locusts next year? After catching and drying them, you will receive one hundred cash per stone? Gongtai, what do you think Li Ming means?" Lu Bu received a letter from Yangzhou within a few days, saying that there may be a plague of locusts next year. At the same time to buy locusts.

"My subordinates don't know much about farming, so I'm afraid I need to find someone who understands farming to ask. But since Li Ming has already offered a price to buy locusts, I'm afraid he is very sure about this matter. When I first came to Yanzhou, The lair is gone, how to gain a foothold here becomes the key, if the locust plague breaks out on a large scale, it will be very detrimental to our stability of the people!" Chen Gong clasped his hands and replied.

He was a little flustered when he said it. He really didn't know much about farming, and he had no idea whether there would be a drought next year or whether there would be a plague of locusts.I only know that the people in Yanzhou are not very stable now, especially the aristocratic family in Dongjun complained about Lu Bu. If there is another drought and locust plague, let alone Cao Cao's counterattack, only Sun Jian in Nanyang will not miss this good opportunity.

"Well, ask a few old farmers who know about farming!" Lu Bu nodded. He knew that Li Ming didn't need to lie to him, after all, the forces of the two sides were not connected at all.Besides, I even sent my wife and daughter there, so what reason does Li Ming have to cheat himself? !
It's a pity that Li Ming is older, but he is only a few years younger than himself, so the marriage probably won't work out, and the son who married him is also older, so it's better not to make a tragedy of Jinwu Zangjiao.

After an hour, Qinwei managed to find a few old farmers who are recognized as proficient in farming. The youngest is 50 years old, and the oldest is over 60 years old.

"The general wants to ask if there will be a drought next year?" Lu Bu explained to a few people the reason for his visit, but the latter couldn't help being stunned when they heard the words.

"Someone wrote a letter to the pastor of this state, saying that this year's winter will be warm, and next year there may be drought, and there may even be locust plagues. You are the most experienced farmers in the village. Do you think so?" Lu Bu asked.

"General!" The oldest old farmer hunched over and stepped forward slowly, "I have seen two or three warm winters like this before, and there will indeed be a drought in the second year, and at the same time there will be a plague of locusts... Those two plagues of locusts, the first The first time the old grandpa and grandma starved to death, the second time the old parents and younger brother starved to death... What a pity!"

"Yes, yes, we have experienced such a situation before, locusts all over the sky, it's scary! The aristocratic family in the state said that it was God who couldn't understand the current emperor, so the disaster was brought down. Speaking of which, there was a gathering at that time Let's go and offer sacrifices, and hope that the Locust God will leave soon." Several other younger farmers could not help but whisper to each other.

"Hmph, what kind of locust god, those aristocratic families know how to calculate..." Lu Bu snorted coldly when he heard the words, and Li Ming also said in the letter that the locust plague will break out because of the warm winter and the snow cannot freeze the eggs in the soil. Let the locusts multiply.Those aristocratic families were lucky, and they directly linked this to natural disasters and the emperor's immorality.

"Ahem..." Chen Gong gave a low cough, and Lu Bu shut up immediately.He just remembered that there are still a few old farmers in front of him, so it is not good to complain about the family in front of them. After all, many people may not know who the county magistrate is, but they must know who the noble family in their hometown is. The awe of the family and the gentry is higher than that of the emperor.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current management, which is actually applicable no matter what era.

The old farmers were invited back, and the news that Lu Bu needed was already available. It seemed that Li Ming was right, there would be a plague of locusts next year.This must be prevented in advance, otherwise, if there is no harvest next year, it will further hit the hearts of the people.

"And as long as it is used well, it may not be impossible to make the lord more popular... It's just that Li Ming wants to buy locusts... What does he want this thing for? Can it be used as medicine?" Chen Gong has already helped Lu Bu figure out the means of publicity at the moment, and at the same time he couldn't help but Big puzzled.

"He has never been a guy who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles. How much is the food now? The price of grain in Guanzhong is terrible. It costs one stone; Hebei is also short of food, two stones and three grains; I heard that Jiangdong has two hundred yuan for one stone. Well, we all need [-] liters here. If it wasn't for the restriction on the sale of grain by Sunyao, I would have planned to form a caravan to go to Jiangdong to transport grain and sell it.

Okay, okay, I know what you're going to say... The aristocratic family won't allow us to do this, damn it, aren't they the ones who obviously raised the price of food? !
What I mean is, you see that Jiangdong's food is only two hundred pennies a stone, but Li Ming bought the locusts at a price of one hundred pennies a stone.I know that locusts are very light after drying, so they are not at a disadvantage for a stone, but even if they are used as medicine, they can catch them there, so do they need to buy them from us? "Lu Bu thought about it carefully, and slowly analyzed it.

"My lord's concerns are justified. If there are not enough benefits, I'm afraid Li Ming will not offer such a price. However, my subordinates think that Li Ming may not have hoped to get closer to the lord through this, and use it to give us Sent a sum of aid to facilitate our recruitment." Chen Gong is a smart person, and smart people like to over-think and over-interpret, especially between power and power, he doesn't think there will be unconditional help.

In his view, Li Ming supports Lu Bu, just hoping that he will continue to fight Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and even fight against the imperial court, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, so that he can gradually subordinate in Jiangdong, and then nibble away a little bit, reaping the benefits of the fisherman .

"Haha, he is willing to give me money, why don't I accept it! But I think it's not just for this! Come!" Lu Bu smiled, and then shouted outside.

"My lord!" Gao Shun walked in and saluted Lu Bu.

"Send people out to catch a batch of locusts and bring them back. It doesn't need much, just about a catty or two!" Lu Bu ordered.

"Here!" Gao Shun replied immediately, he never paid attention to why Lu Bu gave such an order.

"It's a pity..." Seeing Gao Shun leaving, Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh.

Gao Shun's loyalty is unquestionable, but it's a pity that after learning the Blood Explosion Technique, he used it too many times, and his potential was squeezed out so much that there was almost nothing left.Continue to use it, when his potential is completely squeezed out, the rest is his capital.In this war-torn era, Gao Shun would probably not live to be 40 under normal circumstances.

Another hour later, when it was time for dinner, Gao Shun brought a pound of alive and kicking locusts.

"Take out some to dry, take out some to cook...Ask the cook how to cook it to make it delicious, boil it in water, it's probably too bad..." Lu Bu looked at the bag of locusts. In fact, he refused in his heart, but out of The spirit of exploration and experimentation resolutely gave orders to Gao Shun.

"Here!" Gao Shun frowned, but obediently went to give orders.

Two quarters of an hour later, a plate of fried locusts was brought up, fried in oil and water until it was golden and golden, the key point was that there were some coriander and something red on it.

"What is this?" Lu Bu looked at those glowing red things.

"My lord, this is chili pepper. It has just been introduced from the south. It tastes hotter than cornel, but it is very fragrant when used in stir-fry. I only hoped to use it to cover the smell of locusts, but after frying it, I found that the taste is not bad... No, very good!" The cook said flatteringly.

Lu Bu nodded, picked one up and chewed it quickly in his mouth, and roared angrily after a while: "Sunday is really calculating!"

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