Datang Library

Chapter 150
In May of the first year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Er's desk had his case files secretly investigated!
In the entire northern land, it has not rained for two whole months!
It seems that Daoist Yuan's prediction is about to come true. According to Bai Fan's plan, all the state capitals in Datang are intensively drilling wells, and those places without drilling equipment have consciously begun to dig wells with earthen methods!
However, the results were not satisfactory. Many places failed to produce water. It was not because there were no technicians to explore, but because of the severe drought and the drop in groundwater level. Even the places where Li Chunfeng conducted surveys could not produce water everywhere!
This news directly wiped out half of Li Er's enthusiasm for fighting the drought!
It seems that the difficulty of fetching water for disaster relief has become even greater, and it is almost impossible to keep [-]% of the harvest!
In the political hall, Li Er and Bai Fan were seated as guests and hosts!
"Boy, your water-taking machine and well-drilling machine are very useful, but what a pity!
The drought was so severe that many smaller rivers and mountain springs dried up!The wells dug have only a [-]% water yield!

Moreover, the output of Datang Iron and Steel is too small. Due to insufficient materials in various places this time, it is impossible to build more drilling machines and pumping machines, so the situation is not optimistic!

In the current situation, what can you do? " Li Er asked with a frown.

Bai Fan looked calm, obviously this result was within expectations!
He sighed and said, "Your Majesty, due to technical limitations, it is God's blessing that we can produce [-]% of the water! The focus of this catastrophe is not on fetching water for irrigation!

The point is to raise food and grass!There is also the follow-up locust extermination!
According to calculations in ancient books, locusts will be unearthed in a while, and we need to get ready as soon as possible!

Call on the people to raise more chickens and ducks, and then just in time for the locusts to emerge, the chickens and ducks will be put into the fields when they grow up. Anyway, the harvest or production has been reduced, and they are not afraid of the chickens and ducks eating food!

Moreover, there are so many locusts in the field that they can’t finish eating. Chickens and ducks will not eat food if there are meat insects to eat. In this way, we can kill a large part of the locusts in their infancy! "

"However, it's not easy! People are short of rations, so how can they spend food to feed the extra chickens and ducks? Besides, in a short period of time, there are not enough seedlings of chickens and ducks!" Li Er has already studied drought and locust control. One month, so these things are very clear!
"As for seedlings, I have the secret method of incubating on a heated kang, and it can emerge from the nest in 20 days. The effect is very good. We can spread it to the following places like before!

As for the problem that no one wants to raise chickens, don’t worry, the imperial court came forward and said that after three months, we will repurchase the chickens, and we will buy each chicken at a [-]% increase from the market price. Flocking chickens and ducks! "Bai Fan suggested.

Li Er thought for a moment, "This method is not a problem, but the question is what will the imperial court buy so many chickens and ducks for? Where will they be used? Is it too extravagant to kill and eat meat? The whole northern land, That amount, that expense, I am afraid the imperial court will not be able to bear it!"

Bai Fan laughed loudly, "This method looks a bit like drinking poison to quench thirst, but it's not!

As long as we find a suitable way to deal with this batch of chickens and ducks!
We can slaughter all the chickens and ducks and marinate them, or bake them and expose them to the sun to make jerky. In the end, in the winter, if we sell the jerky, or grind the jerky into powder and process it, the court will not lose money !

Calculated in this way, maybe we just didn't harvest food in a locust plague, but we harvested a batch of meat, which can still be used as food for the people in the north to save their lives during the winter, so don't worry, Your Majesty! "

Hearing this, let's think about Bai Fan joining the army to pack up the spoils. Li Er can understand this method. It really is a good idea to turn waste into treasure and turn passive into active!

While the two were secretly discussing disaster relief, a rumor gradually spread from Hebei Road!

According to the gossip, there will be an unprecedented drought this year, and there will be a big locust plague after that!
There are rumors that it is because Li Er's position is not right!

Some said it was because the Li family had usurped the Great Sui Dynasty!

Others said that it was because Li Er appointed a demon, and that demon was Bai Fan, who openly taught women to enter the academy, so that the rooster sat in the morning and angered the heavens!

For a while, these negative remarks spread one after another, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds!

At first everyone thought it was ridiculous, the former Sui capital was subjugated for ten years, how could it be?
But the so-called three people become a tiger, there are too many rumors, and gradually some good-for-nothings, idlers, and ignorant people all choose to believe blindly!
After Li Jiancheng received the information, he flew into a rage instantly, and ordered to send someone to secretly check to see who was spreading rumors and causing trouble here?

The last news I got was that the rumor started in the North, but it's hard to say who it is!

At least I don't know at the moment, it seems that the Turkic made the move!
Furious Li Jiancheng came into the palace, saw his son-in-law and second younger brother in the palace, went forward and sat down, and began to tell the story!
After hearing this, Li Er smiled knowingly, "Brother, why is this so? It's just a bunch of jumping clowns, I knew they would definitely not be able to bear it, if they don't take this opportunity to jump out, I will be surprised!"

Bai Fan persuaded, "Father-in-law, don't worry!
This matter is easy to say, there is no need to check it!

The one who said that His Majesty's position is not right is a villain who wants to use this to put the blame on his father-in-law!

It is the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty who say that the Tang Dynasty was not in the right place!
As for those who say that I, Bai Fan, are bewitching the public, ha ha!Who else besides Choi?

Oh, right!It may also be that other aristocratic families plot against the Cui family, but it doesn't matter!

Anyway, from our point of view, the Cui family and the family are all in the same group, bringing down the Cui family is weakening the family!
As for the rumor that it originated in the North, this may be caused by the enemy's suspicion!Or maybe that villain Zhao Deyan is jumping around again!
But these are just a few categories, they are all looking forward to chaos in Tang Dynasty, they just want to take advantage of the chaos! "

After Li Jiancheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, "You boy, you actually called this group of villains like chickens and dogs. Although they are indeed the only ones, any one of them is hiding in the dark and stabbing a knife. We will all be very passive!

Second brother, you are busy with disaster prevention and treatment, and this important task of eliminating evil is entrusted to me. Of course, I want to catch him and bring him to justice!
How about it?Is there any good way? "

Li Jiancheng asked half-jokingly, but Bai Fan didn't expect to give the answer immediately!

"Yes! It's counterintuitive tricks!

This group of people can only be in the dark, so it is inconvenient to do things, so what if you, King Jin, become one of them?

With your vengeful mentality, will they unite with you?When you become the main force, are you afraid that you won't be able to find out? " Bai Fan thought confidently, it might be very touching to let his father-in-law come out of Infernal Affairs!
Li Jiancheng hastily retorted, "What nonsense, boy? After Xuanwumen, I don't have the throne in my heart. My second brother is better than me as the emperor. We are blood brothers. Why do I want revenge? Besides, it was a political party struggle before, and I didn't get involved. Personal hatred!
You are such a bad idea! "

But Li Er spoke up for Bai Fan, "I think this is a good idea! If you want to wipe out this group of people, I'm afraid this is the best way, but I have to wrong you again!"

Seeing Li Er's sincerity, Li Jiancheng asked in puzzlement, "Second brother, you..."

Li Er pressed Li Jiancheng's hand and said, "It's okay, my eldest brother is also surnamed Li!
The Li family is the royal family, so the family and the country should be one. When the country is in crisis, protecting the country is protecting the family!
You and I are brothers of one heart, the little brother believes in the big brother! "

In fact, when he said this, Li Er mustered up a lot of courage. If Li Jiancheng really defected to the enemy and killed himself while taking advantage of the chaos, he might really be down!
But he is still willing to believe in his elder brother in his heart!

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