Every Red Mansion dungeon must play the ending of Long Aotian

It's completely different from when I came to Beijing.Back then when their family went to Beijing with Lin Ruhai, they were full of hope. When they looked up, the sky was blue, the water was green, and the sun was shining everywhere.But this time, along the way, the sky was gray and the ground was gray and yellow. Except for the distant mountains, there was no trace of green in other places.

Seeing her daughter looking out worriedly, Mrs. Xing tightened her arms around the still ignorant son, and said:

"Girl, don't open the window. Fortunately, the weather is fine along the way, so the road is not very difficult."

Xing Xiuyan sighed, retracted, and said, "I'd rather hope that there will be rain and snow, so that the locusts will freeze to death, and I won't have to worry about it next year."

Xing Cheng, who was sitting in his wife's arms, clapped his hands with a smile and said, "I am worried about the locusts and wish the weather is cold."

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help stretching out her hand, scraped her younger brother's cheeks, and said, "You even dragged the text! Are you the only one who is clever? Do you understand what this means?"

Xing Cheng turned around with a smile, and buried his head in his mother's arms.

Hearing what her daughter said, Xing's wife said: "Girl, tell me, it's raining and snowing, and it can prevent locusts?"

No one knows better than Mrs. Xing why her husband came to Shandong.She also heard about what was going on outside.

There has been a plague of locusts for a whole year, and the tragedy of changing children to eat may have appeared somewhere in this world.

"I read it in a miscellaneous journal of Sister Lin's house. It said that locusts and grasshoppers are the same thing. Small locusts that have not grown up are also called grasshoppers. They live on grass leaves. They like a warm and dry environment and like to live in tidal flats. , and lay eggs near depressions. The hatching time of locust eggs is short, which is said to be similar to that of hatching eggs, or even shorter. Therefore, a nest of locusts can reproduce at least three generations in one summer. The book says that the rain and snow in winter can freeze locust eggs to death, So deep plowing can effectively prevent locusts. The book also says that drought will lead to a decrease in the number of vegetation, so locusts will start migrating for food. At the same time, locusts have the characteristic of blowing up their nests when they gather together, so migratory locusts are particularly fierce .”

When Mrs. Xing heard it, didn't she match what she knew in the past?

Xing Zhong has been an old farmer for more than ten years, why hasn't Xing's wife been busy in the field for more than ten years?She has seen many insects such as grasshoppers and grasshoppers, but she has never thought about it deeply.But when you think about it, isn't everything right?

"What kind of book is that? Do you remember the name? But it said how to control locusts?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "I didn't remember the title of the book clearly."

With just one sentence, Xing's wife slapped her hard twice: "You girl! You don't care about such an important thing!"

The young Xing Cheng frowned and began to cry, grabbing his mother's hand while crying: "Aniang, don't hit my sister~! Aniang, don't hit my sister~!"

Xing's wife glared at her daughter bitterly, and quickly lowered her head to comfort her son.

Xing Xiuyan also came over and said: "My brother is good, Auntie didn't hit my sister. Auntie is just throwing ashes on my sister."

Xing Cheng timidly said: "Really?"

"Really, really. I'm going to talk to A-Niang, brother Cheng is good, don't cry, can I let my sister finish talking with A-Niang?"

"it is good."

Xing Cheng obediently agreed, but firmly grasped Xing's wife's sleeve, for fear that his mother would hit his sister again.

Seeing such a young son, Mrs. Xing gave her daughter another hard look.

Xing Xiuyan said: "That book doesn't say how to control locusts. Don't look at me, Auntie. After all, my daughter is just a girl. Besides, most of the officials outside are just like the father-in-law, they are well-read Master of the Book of Poetry, if there is a ready-made and effective method for controlling locusts in this book, they would have followed suit long ago, so why worry about Long Live?"

Xing's wife nodded and said, "That's true."

Xing Xiuyan pressed her fingers and said: "However, this book is so detailed, it has actually pointed out the direction for us. First of all, with less rain and snow in winter, more locust eggs in the soil will survive, and it will be easier in the second year." Locust plagues. Secondly, we Chinese people have been paying attention to intensive farming since ancient times, let alone deep plowing. It is related to the harvest of the coming year, who will be lazy? Therefore, the main hatching grounds of locusts are definitely not farmland, but tidal flats and depressions. The sandy soil exposed to the sun is warm enough and dry enough. For locusts, it is a good place to pass on their families. Again, the eggs of locusts hatch quickly and reproduce at least three generations in one summer. Therefore, if the first batch of locusts come out in March , Then the locusts in May of that year were probably the locusts of that year. Moreover, the locusts lay hundreds of eggs at a time. Therefore, if the number of locusts cannot be controlled in spring, let alone in summer and autumn. "

Hearing this, Xing's wife also cheered up.

She said: "So, the first thing we do now is to take advantage of the mid-winter season to clean up tidal flats and other places. Although the first snow has not arrived this year, the cold wind can still blow to death. There are a lot of locust eggs. Then, prepare more chicken, duck, and goose seedlings. I remember that they all like to eat locusts. The eggs laid by chickens, ducks, and geese that eat live food are not only big, but also rich in oil, which is very fragrant!"

Xing Xiuyan said: "That's right, Shandong's reed chicken is famous all over the world, we can just take the opportunity to raise more."

"You can also ask the Fang family to go to other places to collect more chicken seedlings, duck seedlings, and goose seedlings. The locusts eat the crops, and we eat eggs. It's not a loss! It's the staple food..."

"Sweet potatoes have high requirements for water and fertilizers. There are Haihe River and Jinxi River in Gyeonggi. As long as these two rivers don't dry up, the sweet potato harvest will definitely be fine. But Shandong can't do it. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been heard from time to time that the Yellow River has stopped flowing. Now the Yellow River It is going to seize the Huai River and enter the sea again, and enter the sea in Jiangsu. The drought in Shandong is also getting worse. So sweet potatoes can’t be counted on, so it’s better to grow taro.”

Xing's wife said: "Yes! I need to remind your father about this matter."

"The most terrible thing about the locust plague is the migratory locust. Even if we control the locusts in Shandong in spring, there is no guarantee that the migratory locusts will not come from other provinces. As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to drink water, and relying on the sea naturally means eating the sea." Yes. Since the harvest on land can’t be kept, let’s see what to eat in the sea. Sea fish, salted or treated with other methods, should be able to deal with it.”

Xing's wife immediately said: "That's right! When you arrive in Shandong, you must have a good talk with your father."

The third aunt of the Xing family who was nearby listened fascinated.

Although she didn't know much about it and couldn't offer any effective suggestions, she knew very well that the Bai family would not withdraw their engagement only if Shandong was governed.

Having said that, the journey has been so long.

In other words, from the map, Shandong is really not far from the capital, but along the way, most of the hungry people are going to the direction of the capital. Like the Xing family, there are very few people going to Shandong.

And what about the Xing family and his party?There were five or six carriages in a row, and the rest were all tall horses, and they traveled the official road.It would be fine if there were only one or two riders, but when those refugees saw this group of hundreds of people, the horses were fat and strong, and each knight was wearing a horizontal knife and holding a spear in his hand. Come out to seek death?

Even if he was extremely hungry, he would never dare to provoke such a team without three times the number of people.

Finally, with the first snowfall of this winter, the Xing family's team entered Jinan Mansion.

The mother and daughter of the Xing family did not meet Xing Zhong immediately, because Xing Zhong and his people were digging locust eggs outside at the moment.It has to be said that there are many ignorant people in every era, and even after the officials, there are people who respect locusts like gods.Xing Zhong had no choice but to organize manpower to dig out locust eggs while setting an example.

According to Lin Ruhai's instructions before leaving, Xing Zhong now knows what the first priority is.

Since the previous dynasty, Shandong has been the hardest-hit area for locusts. Therefore, leading people to dig locust eggs every winter is the first priority of locust control.

This was the first suggestion Lin Ruhai gave him.

Xing Zhong has little experience as a magistrate, but fortunately he has Lin Ruhai as his backer and Lin Ruhai as his guide, so he can do a decent job.

The matter was very important, and when she heard that her husband was not in Fucheng, Xing's wife immediately ordered to turn the horse's head to find Xing Zhong.After walking another ten or twenty miles, I saw Xing Zhong's official robe with the hem tucked in his waist and the sleeves tied with loops, and he was waving a hoe!And beside him, a group of common people were busily busy.

They are all digging up locust eggs.

If it weren't for Xing Zhong's official robe, Xing's wife would not be able to tell which one is Xing Zhong.

Without him, there are too many people.

The first thing Xing's wife did when she saw her husband was to push her daughter forward and let her tell Xing Zhong what they had discussed on land.

This season doesn't pay attention to those who have or don't have it, and the whole family has a strong place to be serious.

No, Xing Zhong laughed when he heard about it: "Your sister Lin borrowed that book from you, right?"

Xing Xiuyan smiled and said: "Daughter has forgotten, it is the Lin family's book, foster father must have read it."

Xing Zhongdao: "Yes, before leaving, Brother Ruhai explained a lot. However, the most troublesome thing right now is that the treasury is completely empty."

Xing's wife immediately said: "Master, don't worry, when we set off, the sweet potatoes from our family and the Lin family have already changed ships. They will arrive in Qingzhou soon."

Xing Zhong nodded.

He knows it.The only thing he did before leaving Beijing was to visit Fan's house with Lin Ruhai.That's right, it's not the Fang family of Cheng's mother family, but the Fan family of the Eight Great Giants of Shanxi and Shaanxi, because the Fan family is the largest in the sea trade business among the Eight Great Giants of Shanxi and Shaanxi. Their family has a boat and can help transport sweet potatoes.

As long as there is the Fan family's boat, as long as the Lin family's sweet potatoes are continuously transported to Shandong, then he can stabilize Shandong.

"Very good, very good." Xing Zhong nodded again and again, and then asked his daughter: "You can think of relying on the sea to eat the sea, very good. Your third aunt did that in Laizhou."

"Then, may I ask father, can the fish caught by the third aunt only satisfy Laizhou? Or can it supply the whole of Shandong?"

"Ok?"

Xing Zhong's eyes sharpened immediately.

"Are you saying this?"

"My daughter once heard from Sister Lin that there are fish in the sea called sharks. Their fins are processed for shark fins. Sharks are bloodthirsty and hunt for flesh and blood. As long as you lure them with bloody livestock, sharks will come here with a smell of fishy smell within a thousand miles. .Father, a shark may be hundreds of catties or thousands of catties. If it weighs as much as a calf, it has few bones. It’s just that sharks are fierce by nature. It cannot be hunted."

Sharks are not a protected animal these days.

On the contrary, compared with the millions of refugees in Shandong and even the entire Central Plains, hunting sharks seems to be the only way in front of Xing Zhong!