Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 48: A plan to kill locusts, fight for fate with heaven!
The atmosphere in the study is very depressing.
Li’s father and Li’s mother have now believed in the prophecies that his son said, but this kind of thing, even if you know in advance, what can you do? At most, you can hoard a batch of food in advance to ensure that your family will not be hungry. dead.
But there will still be thousands of people outside starving to death because of the lack of food. Although Li's father and Li's mother are not good people of the ninth generation, they know that many people will starve to death in the future, but they are powerless, and both of them are extremely sad.
Li Zexuan had also worried before that if his father knew about the locust plague, would he think about hoarding food in advance, and then driving up the price of food and making a natural disaster. But now seeing his father's expression of sadness, Li Zexuan knew that he was thinking too much and secretly said that he was a villain.
But knowing that the old man is not that kind of villain, Li Zexuan still feels a little relieved, he walked up to the old man and said firmly:
"Father, if we don’t try, how can we know that we can’t fight for our lives? Master said before he was alive that the world thinks that humans cannot fight against the sky, but they don’t know that it is just an excuse for the weak to make for their own failure. , As long as we try our best and go all out, then people can conquer the sky!"
When Li Jingmo heard these words from his son, his blood boiled for a moment. He looked up at his son and asked:
"Xuan'er, did you think of a good way?"
Li Zexuan sat back on Hu stool, took a sip of tea, nodded, and replied:
"My boy has been thinking about solutions since he came back from Longhu Mountain. In those days, when I thought of a year later, all parts of Datang would be hungry for thousands of miles, and my boy would be worried that he could not eat and sleep... ..."
"Ahem! Don't talk nonsense, talk about the point!" Li Jingmo quickly interrupted.
slander, your kid still has the face to say that he can't eat, can't sleep, eat in a different way every day, and get a gnawed chicken out, and one day you won't get up until you sleep three poles!
Mrs. Li was also amused by her son’s shameless remarks. She found that her son’s face was getting thicker and thicker, but that’s good, it’s not easy to suffer from a thicker skin. Anyway, Mrs. Li sees his son. Anything is good.
Seeing that his father and mother's expression was not as depressed as before, Li Zexuan knew that his goal had been achieved, so he stopped playing treasures and continued seriously:
"My boy came up with a method today that can eliminate locusts to a large extent, and at least we can ensure that the food of our village will not be harmed by that time!"
Li Zexuan saw a grasshopper brought by Tie Dan was snatched by a rooster today.
In this era without chemical pesticides, Li Zexuan can only think of using biological control methods to deal with locusts. The overwhelming locusts are obviously not enough to be caught manually by hand. Only large numbers of animals that can prey on locusts can be reared.
Do not underestimate the power of biological control. Li Zexuan has seen a technical post in his previous life. According to statistics, a black-spotted frog can prey on more than 135 locust larvae (locust larvae) per day. There are more than one hundred and twenty locust bugs. Toads can prey on more than 160 locust bugs a day, and an adult bird can eat 167 adult locusts a day.
Imagine if tens of millions of white birds can be introduced at this moment, then after the outbreak of a locust plague next year, these tens of millions of birds will be able to eat all the locusts in Datang overnight.
But because birds and frogs are not easy to raise on a large scale, Li Zexuan wanted to build a large-scale chicken farm and mobilize all the power of Hanjiazhuang to raise as much as possible.
Li Jingmo has traveled north and south for so many years, and has never heard of any way to deal with the locust plague. He was curious and said: "Xuan'er, what solution did you think of?"
Li Zexuan asked instead, "Father, if there is a way to control locusts, it can ensure that Hanjiazhuang Quanzhuangzi’s harvest will not be lost when the locust plague comes, but it requires our family to pay a lot of money, dad you Would you like it?"
Li Jingmo glared at him when he heard the words, and said in an aura: "You stinky boy thinks of your father as someone. Saving a life is better than building a seventh-level float. If there is a way, how can I see your father? ?"
Mrs. Li also agreed: "Xuan'er, if you have any way, just say it directly. Both my mother and your father will fully support you. When the money is gone, your father can still make more money, but he just watched so much. If you starve to death, you will never feel at ease as a mother!"
Li Zexuan was also moved by the sincere kindness of his mother, nodded and continued:
"Father, the child’s method is very simple. Our family is responsible for providing chicken seedlings to Hanjiazhuang farmers, and all farmers can help us raise chickens. Depending on the number of chickens raised by each farmer, they will be exempted from 10% to 30% of the rent. Child.
When the locusts come next year and the chickens have grown up, we can ask the farmer to drive the chickens into the ground and let these chickens eat all the locusts.
This not only protects the crops, but also the chickens grow faster. When the locust plague is over, we can sell these chickens or supply them directly to Zuixianlou. This way, we will neither lose money nor It can also help the dealer. "
Li Jingmo listened to his son talking about the strategy, while Li summed it up in his heart. When his son finished speaking, he realized that his son was talking about the truth. He was very pleased that he had considered all aspects of the problem, but he still had a question in his heart, so he asked Road:
"Xuan'er, this idea of yours is quite thoughtful, it may not be infeasible, but these chickens can really eat all the locusts in Hanjiazhuang?"
Li Zexuan smiled confidently:
"Father, don’t underestimate the ability of chickens. A child once read a book. It says that an adult chicken can eat more than 300 locusts a day. By then, the child will estimate 20 chickens. It can almost guarantee that there are no locusts in one acre of land. As long as the plan goes on smoothly, we can compete with the heavens!
The chickens that are fed with locusts grow fast, and the meat is very delicious. After the locust plague, if these chickens are supplied to Zuixianlou, we can completely increase the price. "
Although Li Jingmo didn't know which book would record such a boring thing, he nodded thoughtfully when he saw what his son had said.
Mrs. Li asked again at this time: "Xuan'er, if they drive the chickens to the ground, what should they do if they eat the crops?"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Mother, there are so many locusts in the ground, chickens must have no appetite to eat crops!"
Mrs. Li suddenly realized.
Li Zexuan saw that the two elders were almost convinced by himself, so he asked his father:
"Father, how much money can our family spare at this stage?"
Li Jingmo thought for a while, and said, "You give you three days to be your father, and you can probably spare you 300,000 sticks for your father!"
Li Zexuan was shocked when he heard the words. He knew that his father was very rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich that he would be able to free up 300,000 units of working capital in just three days.
At present, the entire year's fiscal revenue of Datang is only about 20 million yuan.
And these 300,000 Guans are only part of the current assets~IndoMTL.com~ Coupled with those real assets, Li Zexuan can hardly imagine how rich his family is.
Li Jingmo was surprised to see his son swallowed, he couldn't help feeling a little proud, and finally found his status in the family.
Li Zexuan was stunned for a long time before he said:
"Father, let’s take out one hundred and fifty thousand sticks. You ask someone to buy food. You can stock up as much as you can. Only when there is more food, we have the confidence. The other one hundred and fifty thousand sticks, the child will use part of it to give Hanjiazhuang purchases chicken seedlings and builds chicken coops. The remaining part is kept for emergencies. What do you think, dad?"
There is a solution, and more importantly, with the support of his father’s strong financial strength. Li Zexuan is now very motivated and secretly rejoicing that he is reborn in a rich second generation. Otherwise, even if he can control the locusts, he will only It's just a little trouble, but now it's completely different. If the plan goes well, Li Zexuan can save the people in a large area.
Li Jingmo touched his beard and said, "Okay, just follow Xuan'er's plan. But today's things must not be spread out, otherwise our family will be a disaster."
Li Zexuan knows the importance of the matter, nodded and said: "Father, don't worry, my child knows the severity. In a few days, the iron egg is cured, and my child will go to Hanjiazhuang with them by the way, and find Han Lizheng to settle this matter. The sooner the plan is implemented, the better!"
Li Jingmo nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Li smiled meaningfully at this moment: "Xuan'er, your boss is not young, you should think about lifelong events, mother thinks that girl Han is pretty good."
Li Jingmo's face was full of question marks, not knowing what happened.
Li Zexuan blushed, embarrassed, and quickly fled.
Mrs. Li shook her head and laughed, "This kid..."
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