I am old in the Han Dynasty

Liu Che: "You, don't care where I came from. First tell me how you know."

"Yes. You know divination?" Xie Lang was worried that Liu Che would call himself "Zhen" in anger, so he moved half a step to Liu Che's side, blocking Xie Jiankang's scrutiny, "I didn't hear you say that."

Xie Jiankang said, "I won't. It's because this year is not normal."

"What's abnormal?" Xie Lang looked up at the sky, there was nothing missing.

When the grass grows and the warbler flies, Xie Jiankang, who has nothing to do, goes to the river to herd sheep with the old people in the village.

When the sheep rushed to the river, Xie Jiankang sat on the ground with a whip and chatted with others.But what the peasants can talk about is not some gossip they heard in the city, but what they care most about-the harvest.

Talking about the harvest, Xie Jiankang took a look in the field, and it was amazing. There were many green locusts in the grass on the field, as big as flies, and they flew all over the sky with a sheep whip, more than summer mosquitoes.

This kind of green locust only eats green grass. Although it flies to the ground, it will not harm the crops.The yellow locusts born in late summer and early autumn do harm to crops.

There were no previous years, but today there were so many green locusts suddenly, Xie Jiankang felt that something was wrong.Asked other people, they also said it was abnormal, so Xie Jiankang rushed to find Xie Lang.

After listening to Xie Jiankang, Liu Che turned to Xie Lang, "Can you—"

"Let me drive away the locusts? Think I'm a god." Xie Lang interrupted him.

Liu Che remembered that Xie Lang was just a deity who descended to the mortal world.You have to ride a donkey to go to the city, you have to plant crops one by one, and harvest one by one, and there is no way to cast spells.

"I mean, have you ever encountered locust plagues before?" Liu Che bit the word "before" with extra emphasis.

Xie Jiankang didn't know the truth, so he said for Xie Lang: "He has never seen a locust plague."

"Yes. This is the first time I've heard of it." Xie Lang turned his face to wink at Liu Che, and went to the room to say.

Liu Che looked at Xie Jiankang, "You can't do anything?"

"There is nothing we can do about the locust plague. Hey, yes, Mr. Wang, if you can see Your Majesty, ask Your Majesty if there is any good way." As soon as Xie Jiankang said this, the old man who ran over with him echoed, "Yes, Young Master Wang, help us ask His Majesty."

His Majesty himself Liu Che said: "Okay. I'll go back later."

"Then we..." Xie Jiankang looked at Xie Lang, should he go to herd the sheep or go home and wait for news?

Xie Lang: "What are you going to do? Sit at home and wait, and the locusts won't fly away by themselves." After a pause, "It's a big deal to harvest the wheat and plant sweet potatoes. I don't believe they can burrow into the ground to eat."

"Yes, you can also grow sweet potatoes." Xie Jiankang thought of the comfort of this snack, and immediately went to the river to fetch sheep.

Xie Lang closed the door and invited Liu Che to sit in the room.

How could Liu Che sit still.But the guards he brought were all in the courtyard, worried that they would hear, so he turned to the east, took off his shoes and sat on the wooden floor, "Speak."

"Caomin heard people say in his previous life that when rice was planted in the south, the fields were full of water, so ducks were raised to keep out locusts. It is said that one duck can clean up the locusts in two acres of land. You can also raise ducks here. Raise chickens." Xie Lang said, "Just now the front said that locusts come in autumn?"

Liu Che nodded, "It appears when the soybeans are forming pods."

"When locusts cross the border, not a single blade of grass grows?" Xie Lang asked.

Liu Che nodded again.

"Then raise chickens and ducks. Chickens and ducks like to look for food with their heads down. Bean stalks are taller and cotton is taller. Even if they jump up and peck, they can't eat much." Xie Lang said, "People from my previous life It should be of some use.”

Liu Che: "There is no other way?"

"I'm really not a god." Xie Lang sighed, "What's more, His Majesty also said that gods don't care about the affairs of the world. Even if I am, I can't care about it."

Liu Che rubbed his forehead, frowned and said, "How could there be a plague of locusts. Could it be that my emperor—"

"It has nothing to do with you, don't take it on yourself." Xie Lang said, "In my previous life, I heard people say that if you plant more trees, cut down less, and if there is no land exposed to the outside, there will be no locust plague. It may be the same as these years. , the life of the people is better, and it is related to the cutting down of trees and building new houses by every family."

Liu Che: "But there are mountains behind your silkworm farm, trees at the door, and bamboo and mulberry trees planted by the river. There shouldn't be so many locusts."

"Locusts have legs." Xie Lang reminded him.

Liu Che was stunned for a moment, and then he sighed. The locust is scary because it has legs and wings.

Liu Che looked at him, "Are you sure it will work?"

"It's useful. But I can't guarantee that the particles will not be damaged." Xie Lang said.

Liu Che: "Leave [-]% to the people, and there will be no famine next year."

"I can guarantee [-]%." Xie Lang looked at him, "There is also a premise, one chicken and one duck per acre of land. Because I don't know how serious the locust plague is here."

Liu Che said: "You can rest assured about this. People are afraid of locusts. Even if they don't believe that ducks and chickens can eliminate locusts, they will try their best to raise more chickens and ducks."

"That's enough." Xie Lang said, "There are still four or five months until July and August. The edict arrives in the surrounding counties, and the people start hatching chickens, and the chickens can find food for themselves, and the locusts should come. "

Liu Che counted the time and nodded, "Almost."

Xie Lang: "Then His Majesty is going back now?"

"Go back to the palace immediately." Liu Che stood up and shouted outside.

The eight guards immediately went out to lead the horses.

Xie Lang sent Liu Che away without telling the villagers that Mr. Wang had found a way to eliminate the locusts.Just tell them that the prince is entering the palace to meet His Majesty.

There are many talented people around the emperor, and the people in the silkworm farm felt relieved after hearing Xie Lang say this.

The next day, Xie Bowen went to the city to deliver yuba and came back and told the villagers that the imperial court had found a way.

The villagers in the sericulture quickly put down their work and asked him to speak quickly.

After Xie Bowen finished speaking, everyone in the sericulture turned to Xie Lang in unison.

Xie Lang didn't know why, "What are you looking at me for?"

"Did the young master Wang come up with this method?" Xie Jiankang asked.

Xie Lang asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

"Raise chickens and ducks." Xie Jiankang said, "He can let you raise pigs, so it's strange for us to raise chickens and ducks."

Xie Lang was amused by their brain circuit, which can also be associated with one piece.

"What are you laughing at?" Xie Jiankang was puzzled.

Xie Langxin said, it's funny to laugh at you.

"Then will you follow suit?" Xie Lang asked without answering, "It might be thought up by Mr. Wang, or it might be thought up by the warlocks around His Majesty."

The warlocks around the emperor all have real skills and are all real gods.As soon as Xie Lang said this, the villagers who enveloped the ghosts and gods immediately said, "Let's go back to pick the eggs now."

"Help me pick a few." Xie Lang said hastily.

Yao Guizhi said: "I'll help you hatch. How much?"

"Didn't Brother Bowen say that there is at least one chicken and duck per mu of land. My family has 28 mu of land and [-] chickens and ducks." Xie Lang said.

Yao Guizhi reminded him, "You still have them in your chicken coop and duck coop."

"The more the better." Xie Lang said, "Even if there are no locusts, you won't lose money if you sell them."

Yao Guizhi doesn't think so, "Everyone raises chickens and ducks. In autumn, chickens, ducks and chicken eggs will definitely not be sold cheaply. You should raise a few less."

"The spring wheat is harvested, and I plan to plant soybeans. If there are locusts, the eight acres of land will lose even more grain." Xie Lang has never experienced locust plagues, and he can't be sure that there will be locust plagues in autumn, but he can't just because he can't be sure. To be lucky, "Auntie is afraid that the eggs and duck eggs will not be sold, so let's raise a few less."

Xie Lang said so, how dare Yao Guizhi.When I got home, I asked my two daughters-in-law to pick eggs.

At the end of April, there were more chickens and ducks in the sericulture.

The children in the village don't have to go to school in the afternoon, they drive chickens and ducks to the fields and let them find worms to eat.

The green locusts on the edge of the field also grew up at this time, and the chickens and ducks ate their heads without raising their heads. The villagers finally believed that chickens and ducks could kill the locusts.

Liu Che calculated that the chickens and ducks should hatch, and on May [-]th, Xiu Mu brought Wei Qing and his guards to the silkworm farm.

Seeing that he didn't want to eat fruit, Xie Lang didn't tease himself, put down the ax and firewood in his hands, took Liu Che to the back of the house, pointed to the chickens and ducks walking by the field, and said, "My family."

Liu Che roughly counted, there were fifty of them, "You keep so many?"

"The past and the present." Xie Lang said, "every household in our village has so many. I can't guarantee it for other villages, but if locusts dare to come to our village, they will be like meat buns beating dogs. They will never return. "

Liu Che was still a little uneasy, walked up to Xie Lang and whispered, "Is this really possible?"

"Does Your Majesty have a better idea?"

Liu Che was worried because he didn't, "You—"

"Not a god." Xie Lang said hastily.

Liu Che sighed, looking at the chickens and ducks everywhere, "That can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

"Your Majesty, think on the bright side, this method is really useful, and the plague of locusts will no longer be a disaster." Xie Lang said.

Liu Che thought about it, he was right.Immediately cheered up, he asked in a low voice, "How old is your pig?"

Xie Lang immediately thought of his uncle.

If I had known earlier, I would not have persuaded him.

"Kill the pig now?" Xie Lang pointed at the sun, it was almost noon.

Liu Che has been troubled by locusts recently, and it is rare for him to have an appetite. "Can you clean it up in an hour?"

An hour is enough.But Xie Lang didn't want to.

"After killing a pig, you don't have to go to the city to buy meat for three days." Liu Che said, "I heard that fat pork can also be boiled in oil, so you don't need to buy any more oil."

Xie Lang said unhappily: "You really know a lot."

Liu Che smiled and said in a low voice, "Who made me the master of the world?"

"Hey, Mr. Wang, when did you come here? You came up with the idea of ​​raising chickens and ducks to eat locusts, right?"

Liu Che frowned, followed the sound, and saw a woman around 30 years old, "It's me. What's the matter?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I just want to say that Mr. Wang is amazing."

Liu Che squeezed out a smile, and said modestly, "It's okay."

"Young Master Wang is so humble. By the way, has Young Master Wang married yet?"

Liu Che was stunned for a moment, not understanding why she suddenly turned to family background, "I'm married."

"Where is the second son?"

Xie Lang frowned, "Qian Xiaohua, you are enough."

"Is it okay to ask? Besides, I didn't ask you again. Second Young Master, are you married yet?"

Wei Qing smiled and said, "Not yet."

"Really? What do you like? The good-looking ones, or the ones with big butts?"

Xie Lang stood in front of Wei Qing, "You want to protect Zhongqing as a matchmaker?"

"Yes. Can't you?" Qian Xiaohua raised her head and puffed her chest out, "Don't look down on me, I know more women than you have ever met. That is the second son, like you, I won't match you even if you beg me. "