If the people of the imperial court come again when the disaster has spread, I am afraid that the disaster will no longer help, and the relief can be managed for a while, and the people will not be able to manage the lack of food in the warehouses of the people.When he arrived in Mancang County, Yang Ye went to the village with the prefect, and stepped on the village road, the sand was like boiled foam, and the heat was wrapped around the soles of his feet, and he could feel the heat through his boots.Yang Ye looked at the villagers who were working and weeding in the fields, the man was almost □□ up, hoeing the ground barefoot, and the waterwheel was creaking and turning, blending with the sound of the cicadas hiding in the trees.The crops are shining, the yellow leaves are curling, and even if they are not killed by drought, they will not be able to produce good grain.Under the big sun, Yang Ye saw a pond of lotus flowers, the water level in the lotus pond was also very low, he twisted a lotus leaf on his head, Tan Shengchang saw that he also went to get one, and the three of them followed the lotus pond to a cornfield, and saw that many villagers were wandering during the period.What's going on?
Prefect Dao: My lord, the villagers are catching locusts.Yang Yexin stepped into the cornfield.The prefect jumped to catch up: My lord, Shu millet leaves cut people, you should be careful.Tan Shengchang sneered: How can there be such a hypocritical adult.There must be one or twenty locusts the size of a little finger on the long green corn leaves, and the corn leaves are gnawed into pits, and some of them are even gnawed to the tendons.Yang Ye caught one from the leaves, the main green locust has not yet fully grown, and the wings on the tail of the big butt are still very small and only two small stickers on the back, the whole is a little soft, and when it catches the hand, it spits out a drop of sauce-colored sticky substance, which is a little disgusting.When he used to go to the countryside to investigate, he saw that many children liked to catch this kind of locust, twist their heads and tie them to the dogtail grass to catch crabs.Nowadays, there are not many of these locusts, and the green ones are still scattered locusts, but once the locusts gather in patches, the pheromone locust alcohol emitted by them will attract the rest of the scattered locusts to gather, and change the biological form of the scattered locusts.The swarm locust is very good at flying after its wings are full, enough to fly at an altitude of thousands of meters, and it is resistant to flying and can fly long distances.Often, the real plague is the swarm-forming locusts, which come in a large area of black pressure and land on the crops to gnaw for a while, but in two hours, the crops will be gnawed until only the bare poles remain.Tan Shengchang, who had never seen a real locust plague, heard Yang Ye say this, and felt a little unbelievable, but the prefect was in the provincial capital all the year round, and he came out from time to time to observe the people's feelings, and praised Yang Ye for saying that it was no different from the scene when the locust plague came.The reason why some people will call locusts as divine insects and call them spiritual, is that they have not been able to solve this problem for many years, and they are strange and confused, and self-comfort is divine insects, and it is reasonable that they cannot resist.Yang Ye looked back at the prefect and Tan Shengchang: Not only that, the flying locusts after living in groups will release a smell that the natural enemies of chickens and ducks do not like to smell, and the natural enemies will not feel comfortable after eating the locusts.The prefect heard Yang Ye's remarks, and secretly sighed that the officials personally elected by the emperor were really extraordinary, and the locust plague was probably forgotten, after all, the officials in previous years patted their butts and left, and only a handful of people visited the village in person, and the more attentive ones were just to sacrifice the gods and insects with the villagers, praying for a good harvest, but the result was a drop in the bucket, and now the people don't believe in sacrifices very much.He cautiously asked Yang Ye: In this way, how do you think the adults should deal with this locust?
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When Chapter 78 came, Yang Ye also thought about this problem, how to deal with the locust plague, in fact, it is very likely that it cannot be cured, after all, the conditions in this era are like that, intensive cultivation and no pesticides.Once the locusts take off in a swarm, they are ferocious, flying at an altitude of thousands of meters, it is obviously impossible to pick up a hoe and jump on their heels, and the locusts stick to the crops and eat so fast that they can't be beaten, and if they burn the locusts with a torch, they can only make a fuss to the point that they will die together, and the crops will have to be burned.The conditions are limited, and if there is no cure, it can only be prevented.When the locusts have not yet lived in groups, they have to send villagers to catch them, and let chickens and ducks eat natural enemies, and unfortunately after the locusts have already lived in groups, they must take advantage of the long and hard wings of the locusts to fly, and they must be disposed of before they rise into the air, so as to block the stage when the locusts are flying in swarms and cannot be controlled, and the crops will be saved.At night, Yang Ye picked up the lamp to write a plan, drought and locust plague are the focus of the trip, and the two are closely related, because of the drought, the soaked land is bare and breeds locusts, resulting in locust plagues, pushing the crops that have survived the drought into a desperate situation.In addition to the phased rectification of locust plagues, it is still necessary to return to the fundamentals in the final analysis, and it is imperative to build new water conservancy; first, it can alleviate the lack of water in crops during drought, and second, the breeding grounds of locusts have been transformed, and it is naturally difficult to grow locusts on a large scale.To build water conservancy, you have to rely on the imperial court to allocate money.After the fold was handed over, Yang Ye didn't dare to be idle while waiting for the court to reply, and now he had to deal with the locusts in a race against time, otherwise it would be □□ annoying to wait for the locusts to fly.He asked the prefect to call on several prefects in the affected areas to call on the villagers to bring their own chickens and ducks, and to catch the natural enemies of locusts to deal with the scattered locusts together.The government has an order, and the work is done quickly, but the two-day extermination of locusts began, Yang Ye ran around to prepare lime, and personally taught the villagers to make some long wooden boards, and Tan Shengchang left a few guards for Yang Ye to protect his safety, and took people to catch locusts, as for the prefect, he was afraid that the magistrates and counties would be slack, so he also brought people to supervise, and no one was idle for a while.Mancang County and the other three affected counties, the people in the city suddenly became very clever, many people went to the countryside to catch locusts, originally heard that the officials had gone to catch locusts, and wanted to see the excitement, it can be seen that the old and young masters, children and women are busy, and they are embarrassed to just stand on the field and play around, so they simply go to help.Seeing that there were few people in the city, some vendors simply carried things to the countryside and sold them, such as fruit and water.The locust hunt has been in full swing for a few days, Tan Shengchang hurriedly brought the news back to Yang Ye: In the past few days, the locust catching in the dark has obviously seen that the number of locusts has decreased, but now the locusts have turned yellow and black, as you said, the natural enemies of chickens and ducks have not eaten much, and the villagers can only kill them one by one!
Yang Ye had already expected that because of the large-scale capture of locusts, the locusts were frightened and scurried around, and the gathered pheromones would be easier to spread among the locusts, so it was inevitable to live in groups, so he began to prepare for the second phase of prevention and control early on.It's fine, just fix it before the wings grow.Tan Shengchang was embarrassed: If the people worked together, then there was still some confidence that the locusts could be disposed of, but the villagers saw that the natural enemies flew away and did not eat the locusts, and the locusts gradually turned into a black team and grew.Yang Ye's eyebrows tightened, this superstition was really annoying enough, in order to make the people more acceptable, he abandoned the idea of letting them prey on scattered locusts.Didn't the prefect persuade him?
Tan Shengchang said angrily: How could he not be persuaded, but unfortunately he was not persuaded, and he was thrown a maize stick by Diao Min, and the bag on his head has not disappeared yet.Yang Ye pinched his eyes: No wonder those people in the imperial court are reluctant to come to the disaster area, and beat up officials if they disagree, who can withstand this.Tan Shengchang explained: In fact, the previous dynasty sometimes sent military attaches to take charge, but because of conflicts with the villagers, the villagers were beaten, and later the emperor reprimanded the military attaches who came for this matter.Yang Ye shrank for a moment: The emperor can let the adults protect the little officials, and the little officials don't want to return to Beijing with disabilities, after all, there are still beautiful relatives waiting at home.Tan Shengchang said: Lord Yang still has the heart to laugh.Well, let's take a look together, there are traces to follow.Yang Ye went to the county, and at the request of Tan Shengchang, many villagers have gone on strike, and only a few people are still continuing, but even the few villagers have been persuaded by the villagers who have not done it.The prefect and the prefect are gathering the villagers to admonish.Adult, if you annoy the gods, you will suffer from natural disasters, you are an adult who eats and drinks, but you also have to think about our poor people, we are all guarding that one acre and three points of land to live, not to mention the disaster, we have to pay taxes, this is not to let us poor people live!
Isn't it true?
Locusts can no longer be caught, and they all know that they can't be eaten alive, let alone people!
When Yang Ye arrived, he heard the people arguing, and one of the young men jumped the hardest, repeatedly provoking the people to respond.He pointed out to Tan Shengchang: Send someone to inquire about what that kid does and what he does at home.Do you suspect that he hit the prefect?
Yang Ye didn't speak, and pushed through the crowd to the prefect's side.Lord Yang, why are you here?
Yang Ye raised his hand and signaled the prefect not to speak, he was neither angry nor annoyed, he just looked at the crowd: This official is a little confused, can I ask you a question?
The noisy crowd was silent for a moment, and Yang Ye then asked: What kind of disaster will happen to the locusts?
What do you mean by this, what kind of calamity can it be, naturally it is a great drought, and you can't harvest crops.Yang Ye nodded thoughtfully: What do the locusts eat?
What can I eat?
Eat the crops, of course!
In this way, the official thinks it is strange, the villagers catch locusts will provoke the anger of the god insects and cause the drought to cause the sky to drought, and the crops will be killed by drought, and the crops will be killed by drought, and what will the god insects eat?
Will the worm of the gods perish with the people?
If you don't have anything to eat, you're starving to death?
The people were in an uproar, and there were many discussions, and suddenly there was a humane: adults read a lot, so they can naturally say that they can bully the people around the bend, in short, this god worm can no longer be caught!
Yang Ye sighed: Okay, what you said also makes sense.But this locust is about to eat up the crop, what will everyone do?
Waiting to starve?
The lord is an official sent by the imperial court, and the disaster is naturally solved by the lord.This official sees that you people are going to rebel!
Tan Shengchang jumped up angrily, he was still wondering how a person as gentle and humble as the prefect could have a conflict with the villagers, and was thrown corn cobs in the chaos, and now listening to these people's arguments, he only hates how the prefect can't be stronger and beat these people to pieces.Yang Ye quickly grabbed people: Now I am here to solve problems, not to cause trouble!
This official is not as good-tempered as Lord Yang!
If you can't listen to it, you can go back first, or you can plug your ears with cotton.Tan Shengchang's nostrils were panting, but he still retreated.Yang Ye then said to the people: This official is not good at learning and art, and I would like to ask you for advice, how did you treat locusts in the past?
In the end, there is still a sensible farmer, and he whispered: My lord, in previous years, it was a sacrifice to the sky, and when praying for rain, I also prayed for the gods and insects not to come to harvest the crops.What about after the sacrifice?
How are the crops being harvested?
The people fell silent.Yang Ye changed his gentle face and said sharply: "Don't you talk about this official, the county is still suffering from drought after the sacrifice, and locusts are still attacking the crops!"
Why is that?
It's because the gods that everyone thinks are actually pests, and those who are worshiped as gods should be able to protect everyone, keep everyone fed and clothed, and not make everyone starving!
Then it's not a god insect, it's a pest, and everyone will only fuel the arrogance of the pest!
He angrily pointed to the farmer standing in front of him, and pointed to the woman in the crowd: Let you starve, and let you starve, you protect the locusts just because the child in your arms has no food to eat, and the eighty-year-old mother in your family has no porridge to drink!
Yang Ye's words were fierce, and the people carrying the hoe and hammer lowered their heads and looked at him embarrassedly.My lord, you are offending by saying that.......
Shut up!
I would like to ask, what is your intention in instigating the people not to catch locusts on several occasions?
Do you really believe in the gods or do you want everyone to starve to death?
How much grain do you still have in your granary?
Enough for you to endure years without a harvest?
Self and nature are truly believed, and the grass people are all for the good of everyone.Oh?
In this case, I would like to take a good look at it, can this person initiate everyone to sacrifice to the heavens together, and then take a step back and say that they can participate in the sacrifice to the heavens, and is it very active every time?
The people who wanted to speak were blocked and speechless, hiding in the crowd with their heads down, and the people didn't dare to speak, Yang Ye's face became too fast, and the deterrent power made everyone dare not move more.The emperor is worried day and night, and he hereby sends this official to the disaster site, because the emperor has everyone in his heart, and now the official is trying his best to solve the problem for everyone, and if you don't obey the arrangement, you will beat the prefect!
You don't have to accept the emperor's affection, you don't receive the official's affection, then you have to put yourself in your shoes and think about the old people and children at home, do you really want to continue like this?
After that, Yang Ye shook his sleeves: Think about it yourself.He summoned the prefect and several prefects, and evacuated back to the city with the officers and soldiers.The prefect followed Yang Ye back to the city, and he couldn't be at peace for a long time when he was told by a word, and after a long time, he was frightened and said: My lord, are you not going to take care of the locust plague this time?
Yang Ye said for a while, his mouth was dry, and he took Tan Shengchang's water and drank it a few sips before saying: If the official doesn't care, will the emperor let the official go back.He turned his head and asked Tan Shengchang: Did the most tricky villagers see it clearly, but can they send someone to investigate?
I have gone according to the arrangement of the adults.How dare ordinary people talk to the court officials like this, there must be a problem.Chapter 79 Early the next morning, the people sent by Tan Shengchang came back.My lord, those people yesterday were not local villagers, and after some investigation, they found that they were all domestic servants and long-term workers of wealthy families in the county.Yang Ye said: Is it from the same household or from several households?
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According to the people, these three households are local good people, and they will fund the village to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens when there is a drought, and they are very loved by the villagers, but their reputation in the city is not very good.Yang Ye was silent: Keep staring.Be.Tan Shengchang watched his subordinates withdraw, and was a little puzzled: But what's wrong?
These wealthy families specially sent people to bring the villagers to make trouble in front of us, the purpose of which was not to prevent the people from catching locusts.These rich people believe in gods and insects like this?
Yang Ye sneered: How can it be so simple, if you guess correctly, these rich households deliberately let the people suffer the disaster, they hoarded enough grain from other counties in advance, and when the disaster happened, the people saved up the grain and ate it, smashed the pot and sold iron to buy food, at this time the rich people were almost uncompetitive, and the price of food was naturally raised, so as to make huge profits!
Seeing that the people are exterminating locusts, they naturally want to stir it up!
Tan Shengchang slapped his thigh, looking angry: These rich people are so insidious!