God don't even try to stop me from doing infrastructure!

Teacher Yunze tapped on the blackboard and gave a free question: "What are the natural enemies of locusts?"

I just talked about this, but all of you here are looking at your eyes, your nose, your nose, your heart, and looking down at your shoes, but you just refuse to look up and meet Yunze.

I am a scumbag.

"The natural enemies of locusts are mainly birds, including wild birds, domesticated chickens and ducks, and frogs. How to increase their numbers is simple, reduce hunting, and increase breeding.

"There is a very convenient way here, that is to let farmers in the south raise chickens and ducks, and chickens and ducks can eat locusts. When they are hungry, a chicken can eat more locusts in a day than a human can catch in a day."

He drew a black line under the chicken and duck to show that this is the point.

"Then how do we get them to raise chickens and ducks? Chickens and ducks eat grain, grass seeds and worms, and the price of ducks and chickens is not cheap. If you accidentally raise them to death, you will lose money."

"So I decided to foster [-] ducklings and [-] chickens to the south, and distribute them according to five to ten per family. The number is based on the number of chicks and ducklings that survived to the south. At that time, half of the chickens and ducks raised by the peasant family belonged to me, the eggs laid by them belonged to them, and the rest of the chickens and ducks belonged to them.”

Yunze slapped on the white cloth: chickens and ducks going to the countryside plan.

In fact, Yunze sent [-] chickens and ducklings to other people. Considering the death rate of the chickens and ducklings along the way, less than half of them may reach the south in the end.Assuming that [-] ducks survived, at the end of the year he could recover [-] lively mature ducks and chickens.Without any investment but so much gain, it can be said that there is no loss at all.

For the farmer who raises his ducks and chickens, it means that someone has borne the cost of the loss of ducklings and chickens, and the risk is reduced.Although it was hard to breed chickens and ducks in the early stage, it was necessary to find some grass seeds, insects and some food to feed, but the labor cost and feeding cost in this era are very low. Judging from the fact that eggs and duck eggs and nearly half the number of chickens and ducks can be obtained in the later stage, this is still the case. It's a good deal.

To a certain extent, Yunze pays for the means of production, farmers pay for their labor, and each gets what he needs in the end. This is a win-win situation.

Can you still raise chickens and ducks to eat locusts?

Most of the dignitaries who have never even touched the real land looked at each other in blank dismay, because they really didn't know that chickens and ducks also eat locusts.

But Zuo Xiang nodded repeatedly at this moment: "What His Highness said is that chickens and ducks often pecked at insects in the past, locusts are insects, why can't they eat them? I have a farm in the south, and I will also give a thousand ducks and chickens to the farmers Foster care at home. Send it there before the weather is cold, and it will be available next year."

"Thank you, Mr. Zuo Xiang. These are all what I have heard. I'm afraid I have to look at the specifics." Yun Ze said.

Because of the generous donations from Yunze and Zuo Xiang, although Yunze kept saying that this was just a theory, and he didn’t know how it would work out in practice, the others quickly followed suit, and soon there were thousands of chicks Even if the duckling is half dead, there are still two or three thousand.

It's all about the adoption process.

In fact, this group of people, rich and powerful, didn't pay attention to the ducks and chickens. They even took the initiative to say: I will give it directly to the farmers, and there is no need to return it.

Yunze still insists on using the previous method, but when everyone sends chickens and ducks, they can give them another three months of feed.Because the life of farmers may not be easy in winter, there is no extra food to feed chickens and ducks, and there is no feed outside.

Feed for chickens and ducks is also simple, and it can be made by mixing some pasture with wheat bran.Everyone has farms and ranches, and this feed is a drop in the bucket, so everyone agrees to this addition.

Yunze's insistence on raising chickens and ducks for a fee is to appease farmers in other areas.Otherwise, they will be psychologically unbalanced, and feel that farmers in the south have it, but we don't.In addition, this paid method can also allow farmers in the southern region to accept these ducks with more peace of mind.In addition, this is also a shackle, so that they dare not handle ducks and chickens casually, or even eat them secretly.

After Yun Ze finished his opinion, His Excellency the Great Priest spoke by the way.

His opinion is very simple, store more grain this year, in case the southern region is hit by a disaster, at least some grain can be used for disaster relief.The temple side unanimously agreed, saying that this year they will make less wine and distribute less relief food.

Then others also expressed their opinion that this year they will make less wine and store more grain.Of course, they didn't store food for disaster relief, that was the responsibility of the temple, and it had nothing to do with them.These dignitaries store food mainly to ensure their own consumption.There are also some plans to resell the grain, but this plan cannot be revealed, let alone discovered.

Not because of moral issues, but because of Tae-seok's two hooligans.

His Majesty the King knows that you have food, and he will forcibly collect it.The temple knows that you have food, and will come to you to ask for food.

Of course they don't have to, as long as they can withstand the narrow-mindedness of the two groups of people in the later stage.For example, when Yunze is angry, he will deliberately repair the public toilet and garbage station opposite someone's house. The king's operation will only make it more coquettish, breaking his leg, your leg.

The temple does not do that much, but Taixi people need to sacrifice to the gods for all major events. What if the priest gets angry and the gods speak ill of you?Is it worth it for this little food?

After coming up with a specific response plan, the meeting came to a successful conclusion.Yunze clutched his growling stomach and was about to leave, but His Majesty the King called him to stop.

"Son of God, I want to know about the saltworks. Let's chat while eating."

Yunze had no choice but to ask the guards waiting outside to bring a message back, saying that he had dinner in the palace before leaving.In fact, Prince Sham's adjutant who sent the salt back should have already told the story. Maybe the king wants to hear a more detailed version?

Unexpectedly, His Majesty's first question was: "Did the Son of God cry when he saw that the poor have no salt to eat?"

Yunze: "Huh?"

Who?

Who is slandering me?

Yun Ze tried to explain, but His Majesty the King put on a series of patches on his own. The Son of God is just too kind and compassionate.

Although he has always had great expectations for the sun-dried salt that Yunze said, but when white salt can really be produced continuously, and the cost is low, the king's heart is very complicated.

Just like picking up a hen that can lay golden eggs, the saltworks are laying gold every day.No, salt is more valuable than gold. Salt can make Taixi people healthy and strong.

In the past few years, His Majesty the King was so worried every day that he couldn't sleep at night.He was very worried that Tae-seok would be ruined by himself.But now he is not afraid, even if he dies immediately and returns to the world of death, he takes out his heart and weighs it, it is definitely enough to ascend to the eternal kingdom of God.

He doesn't have to worry about the remaining Taixi, the first princess will take good care of Sham, and Sham will manage Taixi together with his wife. With the help of the Son of God and all the sages, they will manage Taixi better the better.

The king is really grateful to Yunze, among other things, without him, Taixi may experience reduced grain production and locust plagues next year.

He thought about what would happen to him if this happened. He would probably find a rich neighboring country to fight and get a batch of compensation grain to alleviate domestic demand.But based on the king's own experience, it will be very difficult for the army to win in such a time of natural disasters and man-made disasters.This is the last resort.

"Your Majesty, I saw a lot of small thatched huts outside the city. I don't know what they are?" Yun Ze changed the subject, don't continue to say that he was crying, not crying.

"That's the manure pool," said the king. "Now the Kuri people know the benefits of manure. They chop up wheat stalks, corn stalks, and bean stalks, throw them in, pour human and animal manure on them to ferment, and add some dead branches and rotten leaves. , ready to use it next year. But this way, the number of people going to public toilets is much less than before. Fortunately, there is enough cow and sheep manure.”

Yunze thinks this is a good thing, it protects the environment and enriches the fields.

After dinner, Yunze went back, his luggage was packed, and the gifts he brought were handed out one by one, all of which were special products from the seaside.

After taking a shower, he lay on the bed, motionless.After going out for more than half a year, I think it's better to stay at home, everything I want is ready-made.But when you go out, you have nothing.

He just wanted to lie down for a while, but unexpectedly fell asleep like this. When he opened his eyes, it was already dawn.

Yunze got up, washed his face and brushed his teeth, and the kitchen moved the food and the table directly to his room.The smell of the food was very fragrant, Yunze felt that there was something wrong, looked carefully, the bowl was braised beef, he rarely ate such greasy food in the morning, why did this happen in the kitchen?

"Your Highness, Master Meinis ordered that you want to eat braised pork." Only then did the kitchen serve a braised beef rib.

"I want to eat? I..." He was about to say no, when he suddenly remembered what Menis said when he was sick, "Oh... it's what I want to eat. Where's Menis?"

"Master Menis went to the temple early in the morning."

Probably to say that the port city handles the affairs of the priests.Yunze nodded, he sat down and began to taste breakfast, it was rare to eat white rice with braised beef early in the morning.He has never liked to eat such greasy food early in the morning, but for some reason, today's braised beef is not greasy at all, it just feels rich and fragrant.

At this time, Menis was in the Temple of the Sun God, reporting what he had seen and heard with his teacher.

After the great priest slowly delegated his authority, he didn't care much. After all, he was getting older and his health was starting to get bad. Many things couldn't be the same as before.It is of course impossible to say that we are not nostalgic for rights.It's just that the great priest can understand that Taixi should have a stage for young people. Only when young people are trained can this country grow healthily.

Menis is in his 20s, he is the most energetic age, the most rare thing is that he has seen the outside world, and what he said is not as immature as other young people that make people laugh.

In addition to talking about dealing with the sea god priest at the port, Menes is all about salt.

"When will you move back?" Suddenly, the great priest asked.

Menis was taken aback for a moment, then clenched his fingers tightly, with a gentle smile on his face: "I live with His Highness the Son of God, we can discuss things, and I am not ready to move back yet."

The great priest nodded: "I have always trusted you, and you have never let me down."

Menis didn't speak, just stood there.

"Yesterday, His Highness Shenzi came back from the outside and went directly to the meeting room." The great priest stroked his long beard, "This year's southern country is plagued by locusts, and we are only three or four days away from Taixi. According to the past practice , I am afraid that the southern region will also be affected by disasters next year. The meeting is for this matter.

"Although I know this matter is very serious, I have tried every conceivable method, but it didn't work. Afterwards, His Royal Highness Shenzi gave a plan. Although it can't be completely solved, it can be effectively alleviated. If these methods are successful, Taixi will not be able to do this again. Fear locusts like lions.”

"His Royal Highness has done enough to be admired by all people and praised by all generations. However, human nature is complicated. A piece of perfect pottery is loved by everyone, but once a piece of it is broken, even if it is only a little bit bigger than wheat, that perfection will be destroyed. Disappeared. There was a lot of discussion in the meeting, and they kept discussing this small gap. They could no longer see other intact places. You are my most valued disciple. You should know better than me what things can be done and what things cannot be done. .”

The high priest looked sharply at Menis with a pair of eyes with heterochromatic irises: "You are the small gap now, Menis."