Yang Ye sighed: Ordinary people are stupid, they can only be led by the nose, thinking that it is a good deed for the rich to hold a sacrifice to the sky, but in fact, they are harming themselves.Now if you want the people to kill the locusts honestly, you have to end these rich people.Lord Yang can rest assured, now that he knows what the problem is, the official will personally take people to investigate, and he will definitely catch them.Yang Ye had a smile on his face: Then it will be troublesome for Lord Tan to make a hard trip.The two had just discussed, and the prefect hurried in: two adults, the people are here.Yang Ye's eyebrows moved.The two went out with the prefect, the soldiers guarding the door opened the gate, and the people stood in a row, some carrying eggs, some holding hens, and some carrying fish, standing outside the county yamen, seeing that people came out, they hurriedly surrounded them: My lord, we all listen to you!
You'll have to work hard to get rid of the locusts.Then the people sent the things they brought: a few days ago, they beat the prefect, and these are all for the adults, hoping that the adults will recover as soon as possible.The prefect shook his hands and pushed things into the hands of the people, obviously it was the first time he saw this battle, and his eyes were red: Take your things back, food is as important as life these days, keep it for your own food, the official is fine, as long as you listen to Lord Yang, you will definitely be able to resist the disaster.If you don't take it, we won't be happy.Yang Ye chuckled, took an old hen and two fish and brought them to the prefect: Okay, the thing is accepted.He motioned to the prefect to take it, and then struck while the iron was hot and said to the people: Now that everyone has figured it out, then obey the arrangement and continue to control the locusts, and wait for everything, but the control of the locusts is unbearable, once the locusts can fly, it will be too late.However, at the current stage, the locusts have changed color, and they can no longer be caught, and now they have to change their tactics and use fighting!
Yang Ye quickly arranged to put the lime prepared before to teach the people to participate in water and on the forage, as a low-grade version of the pesticide placed on the wide flat land, attracting the locusts to eat, so that some of the locusts could be poisoned, and when the locusts were eating in swarms, the villagers took wooden rakes to kill the locusts, and the locusts living in groups were in patches, which were better dealt with than scattered in all directions.Now located in Mancang County, Yang Ye is afraid that the transmission of the order will not be good, and the poisonous locusts will not play a big role, and the people will fight the locusts as the main force, and he is afraid that other counties will also be like Mancang County, and some people will interfere with it.He said that he reprimanded the people and the county orders of the other counties heard it, and went back to gather the villagers to repeat the words, and the villagers also improved, he was still not at ease, and personally led people to inspect and teach methods, and took shovels to fight locusts in the countryside with the people.It was already ten days later when I returned to Mancang County.My lord, the will of the imperial court has come down.It has been more than a month since he came to Jiangnan unconsciously, and the letter from the imperial court can be regarded as coming, Yang Ye can't take a break, even after reading the reply from the imperial court.The prefect has been fighting locusts with the villagers for the past few days, and he has not seen them for ten days, and the people have been in a big circle, and when he came to Yang Ye and anxiously asked the meaning of the imperial court, Yang Ye was also startled.Your Excellency has worked hard these days!
The prefect hurriedly waved his hand: It's not bitter, it's not bitter, after working for a few days, my waist and neck don't hurt anymore.Yang Ye glanced at the reply letter from the imperial court, and his smile grew: The emperor promised to build water conservancy in Suliu Province, and the official traveled to several county towns that have been plagued by locusts in the past few days, and found that it was a good place to build water conservancy.In this way, the construction of water conservancy is set on the iron plate, and when the water conservancy is completed, it will not be that there is water to irrigate the crops in this area of Cangman County, and it will not hurt if there is a drought!
Don't be too happy, the emperor also asked about the locust plague, everyone has to work harder, water conservancy is not achieved overnight, and the government and the people have to work together.The prefect replied again and again: Yes, everything is arranged by adults.finally sent away the prefect, Yang Ye walked back to the house to open the letter from home, and this letter from home was also waiting for more than a month.Ah Xi knew that it would take a long time for the letter to reach Yang Ye's hand, and the letter would also be written for a long time.After Xu Qiuhe's family of three arrived in the capital, the house was a lot more lively, mainly with children, even if Yunye was not talkative, it was comfortable to walk around the yard and look at it, and Ah Xi rarely went out on weekdays, except for Xu Qiuhe who came to the capital and took people out to visit the capital for a few days, even Fuxi Zhai didn't go often.When he was at home, he either taught Yunye to read and memorize poems, but most of the time he was doing needlework and making a lot of clothes for the unborn child.Xinghuai has nothing to do in Beijing, Ah Xi was originally afraid that a big man would not be able to sit still, and wanted to find Li Cheng to introduce an errand, like Xinghuai's size and posture, many big mansions are willing to recruit to be a gatekeeper or thug, but before he could find Li Cheng, Xinghuai and Qifu sold cold skewers for a few days, and actually got acquainted with the people in the Beijing Dart Bureau, and followed the dart, just in a section near the capital.Because of the viciousness of the torture, he is indeed a practitioner, and he is doing a very smooth job in the dart game.Yang Ye looked at the family and everything was fine, and his heart was stable and a little stunned at the same time, especially when he saw Ah Xi saying in the letter that his belly was big again, and he became bulky when he walked, it was even more difficult to hide his loneliness.After sorting out the letter, I was really tired, so I simply fell into the bed and fell asleep.When Tan Shengchang came, he heard that Yang Ye was resting, and he didn't go in to disturb him.Lord Yang is a civil official, and he is a military attaché, and he has been busy for a month, so it's time to take a good rest.Tan Shengchang came back from outside, sweaty, looked at a water tank in the courtyard, and went straight to pour some water on his body: Eh, prefect, the fish that the villagers gave you hasn't eaten yet?
Isn't this busy fighting locusts and not idle.Deliver it to the kitchen tonight, and you can have a few drinks at night.The two were talking, and the door creaked: If you change to the official, keep it and let you drink more.Looking for prestige, Tan Shengchang smiled: Lord Yang is awake?
But I'm arguing with the prefect about you?
Yang Ye shook his head.Does Lord Yang also cook?
The prefect was surprised.Yang Ye grabbed two grass carp weighing six or seven catties: I will show my hand to the two adults tonight.As he spoke, he went to the kitchen, the prefect and Tan Shengchang looked at each other, and then chased to the kitchen, looking at Yang Yelisuo's scaling and dissection, as skilled as the cook.Let the people in the kitchen prepare the seasoning he wanted, and when he fried the ingredients, the prefect and Tan Shengchang's eyes were about to fall into the pot, and they talked to the two of them with a smile: When I was a child, my family was poor and lived in the countryside, but I was lucky enough to marry a beautiful little brother, but I relied on this work to capture the heart, and today I am cheaper for you.Tan Shengchang quipped: I really can't imagine what kind of beauty the little brother who can be willing to enter the kitchen is, I don't know if I can compete with Xue Zixiang!
Yang Ye's eyebrows were visible, Tan Shengchang saw him smile, and patted his big mouth, he didn't hide his happy words, how can he compare the husband with the deceased, and was about to confess when he was about to confess, but he heard Yang Ye ask: Have you seen Zi.....
Xue Zixiang?
How haven't I seen it, I fought on the battlefield with General Ji in the past, Xue Zixiang is the little grandson of General Ji, and I was fortunate to meet a few times, although Xue Zixiang was only seven or eight years old at that time, but it was enough to make people unforgettable, and General Ji's daughter was one of the best beauties in the capital, Xue Zixiang inherited his mother's beauty, and he would not be bad when he grew up.Tan Shengchang continued: Poor Xue Zixiang didn't grow up, but people in the capital still like to compare it with Xue Zixiang and Dai Lin when they talk about the beauty of the little brother, and I said it in passing, which is really not offensive.Where did Yang Ye feel offended, but he didn't expect his daughter-in-law's name to come out of the mouth of a rough old man, he never thought that there were these complicated origins, and he was surprised: Then who is this Dai Lin?
He is the princess of today's prince, and he is also an extremely beautiful little brother.He has seen it in the palace, a man like a moon and a moon, and his appearance is comparable to Li Cheng, but he is more heroic than Li Cheng.Although he has never seen his husband, he has heard people mention it a few times, saying that the prince and the princess are very affectionate, but he doesn't know that his husband's name is Dai Lin.He didn't care who other people's husbands were, but now he knew that Ah Xi's grandfather turned out to be the old general Ji who was stationed on the frontier.Hearing Ah Xi say that his mother was going to marry into the Xue family, General Ji disagreed, and almost broke off the father-daughter relationship with Miss Ji, I don't know what the relationship between this grandfather and Ah Xi is.He didn't enter Beijing for a long time, none of the people in Axi's mother's family were seen, Xue's father was sent by the emperor, and he has not returned to Beijing yet.The author has something to say: the winning one raises his paws!
Chapter 80 In September, under the long-night work of the people in several counties, the fight against locusts has come to an end.Yang Ye went out to inspect it, although the locusts can not be said to be extinguished, but they have become very scattered, there are occasionally dozens of locusts in a field, and the swarm of locusts has been stopped by him, but the enthusiasm of the villagers has not been exhausted, and sometimes some villagers see the locusts or subconsciously exterminate.After a large number of locusts living in groups were killed, although the scattered locusts had long and stiff wings and could fly, they left the colony, and the locusts gradually became scattered again, so that even if the locusts could fly, the power of the locusts was not great, and the harm was not great, and the chickens and ducks could eat them.At present, the corn cob has reached the harvest season, and the crops that have suffered from drought are harvested later than in previous years, and the amount is not large, and when the locusts are caught, they run away in the fields, and some crops are accidentally injured.No matter how much the harvest is, it is always a pleasure, and many soldiers who have mixed with the locusts and the people also help the villagers to harvest the crops, and after the corn is harvested, the grain will be harvested, and they will have to work for several days.In the middle of the month, Tan Shengchang's pursuit of the rich finally had a result, at that time, only three wealthy households in Mancang County were investigated, but I didn't expect to find out the same party in other counties, which were not only the rich households in the disaster county, but also involved the businessmen and magistrates of the rich county.What does Lord Yang plan to do with these rich people who are hungry for profit?
Yang Ye said: These people are obstructing and making a fortune, which leads to the artificial aggravation of the disaster, and the appearance of displaced people and starving crops every year is really hateful!
As for these rich households, since they were so greedy for money and did not care about the lives of the people, they confiscated their homes and property, confiscated all the grain they hoarded, and when the time came, the water conservancy was built and used on the people.Lord Yang thought really thoughtfully, these rich families hoarded more grain than the disaster relief grain issued by the imperial court, and when the time comes, the water conservancy will be built to feed the people involved, so as to ensure that the efficiency of the construction will be greatly increased, and we can return to Beijing as soon as possible.Yang Ye nodded: This time the control of locusts is thanks to Lord Tan for bothering to catch these ground snakes, otherwise where can things go so smoothly, and when he returns to Beijing at that time, he will definitely report back to the emperor one by one.Tan Shengchang laughed loudly: Lord Yang is polite, what you have done on this trip has benefited me a lot.At the end of the month, the people's crops were harvested, and many villagers brought grain to the county government to thank a few officials, but a few people naturally confiscated it.For the construction of such a water conservancy project for the benefit of the people, the imperial court generally directly levied the men and did not pay them, so even if the system for the benefit of the people was built, the people were not very happy with these things, and most of them were forced to complete by oppression.The people are reluctant to do it, the efficiency is naturally low, the officials in charge are in a hurry, and the soldiers under their hands will also fight against the people, so that there will be riots in □□ ten times when it is built.Yang Ye came out of the countryside, naturally understood the thoughts of the people, although the fortifications of the imperial court are beneficial to themselves, but many people can not make long-term plans, only look at the young and strong forces in the family in front of them to build the fortifications, and there is no salary in the construction time, can not support the family, the family is difficult, how can not complain about the court.Of course, he also wanted to pay the people, but unfortunately the money given by the imperial court was really limited, and all he could do was to feed the people who came to build it: the official knew that everyone was in difficulty, and this time anyone in the family who participated in the construction of the water conservancy could receive food first.Preferential treatment was given, and everyone was more acceptable.Soon, the two adults sent by the imperial court to build water conservancy arrived, although they were both civil officials, but the two of them wandered outside all the year round, and their bodies were much stronger than those civil officials in Beijing, and their skin was dark, if it were not for an official robe, they would not be much different from a hard-working farmer.The two adults were not arrogant, and they went to survey the terrain after a day of repair, so busy from the terrain to the purchase of construction materials, and enlistment, they went for more than half a month after a tedious process, and when they officially entered the right track of construction, it was already a month later.Since the two adults came, Yang Ye has been a little more relaxed, and the matter of water conservancy major is borne by two adults, although he also understands a little, in the end compared to the two adults who build water conservancy all the year round, he is a bit like a layman, so he simply spent all his efforts on mobilizing the people to participate in the construction.It is precisely because of his preferential treatment policy that during the two months of the locust control, the government and the people became united again, and the vast majority of the people were still willing to participate, and the construction of water conservancy for this purpose progressed extremely quickly.Zhao Dadao, who built water conservancy: Over the years, he has also traveled a lot of places, and when he was conscripted, he sent a large number of officers and soldiers to catch strong forces in the village, and he was always restless.Yang Ye worked hard just to return home as soon as possible, but in the eyes of these adults, he became the three fires of the new official taking office, and he did things for the court wholeheartedly, of course he would not deny it, and the official tone still had to be pinched: this time the emperor of Suliu Province repeatedly told him to handle the affairs of the disaster area properly, and the lower officials did not dare to live up to the emperor's trust, and they knew that their ability was insufficient, so they could only work hard, no matter what the results were, at least they had a clear conscience.But fortunately, the adults bothered, and the people trusted the court, so they were able to make the trip go smoothly.Lord Zhao smiled and said: Lord Yang is too modest, your hard work is obvious to everyone, and when you return to Beijing, the official will report it to the emperor truthfully.Yang Ye arched his hand and said: According to Lord Zhao, when will the water conservancy be completed?
According to what Lord Yang said, the water conservancy is built in the production area of locusts, and its root cause is cut off, but the distance between Mancang County and several other counties is not small, which is not a small project, and it will take five months to say the least, but there are many people involved in the construction this time, and the officials and the people work together to be full of energy, if nothing else, it can be completed by the end of the year.Hearing this, Yang Ye breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could rush back at the end of the year, he would not lose his promise to Axi.At this time, in the Yang family's mansion in Beijing, Ah Xi and Xu Qiuhe were sewing clothes in the courtyard.Now that the month is older, don't do so much work, beware of being tired.Ah Xi put down the needle and thread in his hand, and looked at Xu Qiuhe with a smile: Now I am more sleepy than before, and I am tired if I can't do anything.Xu Qiuhe sat down beside him, picked up the little tiger in the basket, and said with a smile: How much have you embroidered these days, are you still afraid that the little guy in your stomach is not enough to wear, just want to rest.Ah Xi put his hand over his stomach and smiled gently: children grow up very quickly, and they can't wear clothes for a while.No matter how fast you grow, you can't stand the boxes and boxes of your clothes.Ah Xi was a little embarrassed: That's not the cloth Ah Ye bought.