Chapter 332 The Laughter Can’t Stop in the Hall

Bi Xu had a look of disbelief on his face, and he didn't want to believe it.

In this book, 'gold is against jade, treasure is against pearls, and jade rabbit is against golden crow. A lone boat versus a short boat, a goose versus a pair of ducks...'

It's the same as what the children sang just now, 'Catch grasshoppers, exchange for grasshoppers, catch grasshoppers and get eggs...'

From the same person?

Reading books is like floating in the sky with clouds; listening to nursery rhymes is like floating in a manure pit with maggots.

"Brother, don't be joking." Bi Xu expressed disbelief.

"It's true. My Lao Bi's little friend, I am a dignified second-grade Henan Yin. When we first met, he kept saying 'Lao Bi' every time. It sounded very comfortable, hahaha..."

Bi Gou laughed again as he spoke. He couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of the boy's actions and words when he asked Li Yi at the bridge yesterday to scare him. It was so funny.

"Why doesn't he write nice sentences?" Bi Xu pursed his lips.

"Isn't this also true for the notice written for my brother? It must be understood by the people." Bi Gou lamented that the young man acted erratically.

It was impossible to guess what he was thinking or what he would do next.

The only thing confirmed is that he is good to the people.

He also bribed officials to get land cheaply.

When the land was obtained, they turned around and increased the wages. The little money saved from renting the land was not enough to buy meat for the hired workers.

If you think about it carefully, the young man does not care about a little money in order to achieve his goal, and he is a man who achieves great things.

"Brother, I have collected the book and will send it to you after copying it. This book..."

Bixu carefully stuffed it into his sleeve and held on to it with his other hand.

"Pass it on, he also wrote the Three Character Classic. When my brother was there, he also wrote medical books."

Bi Gou looked at the people who were still running out of the city and said.

Li Yi, who was said to be a man of great things, wrote ten nursery rhymes in a row. They were simple, like counting treasures, and the rhymes did not need to be rhymed with the same rhymes.

"Take them out and spread the word. The simpler the people are, the more powerful they are. Open the city gate to welcome King Chuang. King Chuang will not pay you food when he comes, haha!"

Li Yi put down his pen, said to the people around him, and muttered something to himself.

On the sixth day of the third lunar month, many people packed sacks and carried grasshoppers to the mountains.

There were more and more locusts, and they were supposed to start eating the unharvested wheat, but instead they flew over under the light of many fires at night.

The people carried them in large and small pockets and went out to catch them during the day.

There are more than 40,000 chickens and ducks, and there are not a few unfertilized eggs that appear every day.

This time you can let it go.

In addition to collecting grasshoppers, we also collect pigweed and grass and chaff that horses eat.

"Proprietor, if we continue to collect them like this, we won't be able to hold on for a few days. They will go to far away places to catch them at night. There are also other counties, and they will come here one by one."

The banker was anxious and ran over to report to Li Yi.

"Didn't I bring a lot of soap and stuff, as well as silk and copper coins? I sold the things to rich people. If I didn't have enough eggs, I converted them into money and gave them money.

In a few days, the chickens and ducks will hatch, and they will catch the locusts, chop them up and feed them to the chickens and ducks. "

Li Yi was not worried. After deducting the money for hiring workers and food expenses, he still made a profit from the grasshopper exchange.

When many grasshoppers came over, they were put into large pots, blanched in boiling water, and then dried in the sun.

The piglets fed locusts and pigweed will grow at least two kilograms of meat a day. The longer they grow, the more meat they will grow. Then they will reach a peak and stop growing very much.

There are no piglets. Among the 5,000 piglets, there are 500 boars and 4,500 sows.

With a ratio of one to nine, under such circumstances, the sow has a higher probability of having piglets.

In another seven months, the boar can be bred, and the piglets will come out during the New Year. In February or March next year, drought and locust plagues will continue to eat.

Li Yi has calculated all the growth cycles. Pigs eat more locusts than chickens and ducks.

Now the little pig will let the people who come over see that the number is permed on the little pig's ears.

Some people watched it for several days and found that the pig grew really fast when fed grasshoppers.

"With Luoyang as the center and radiating outwards, it will take a long time until the end of the year, which is enough for many people to know about this matter."

Li Yi said as he picked up the pen again and prepared to copy medical books.

The places east of the Taihang Mountains are Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, all of which are important places for wheat production.

If these places produce less grain for a year, they will be hungry. Naturally, less will be sent to Chang'an. How high will the price of wheat rise?

Originally, ten catties were produced, six catties were sold, and the remaining four catties were eaten by oneself.

It became impossible to produce a pound, and the court gave them food, which was very poor.

Li Yi knew the scale of the locust plague that could be recorded in history books. He also knew that in the records, from then on, locusts were fought here every year.

If the locust plague in several provinces is suppressed, the extra wheat may allow Datang to launch a large-scale invasion war.

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"Report, urgent report from Henan Prefecture." In Xingqing Hall, Li Longji has been sleeping restlessly these days.

He always felt that something was missing and he was not used to it.

Got new news today about Li Yi.

"Bring it here, gentlemen..." Li Longji said to Xiao Huangmen who had sent the information, and then motioned to the three prime ministers and the Minister of Industry to leave.

"I am also thinking about you." Zhang said he didn't want to leave.

"Zhang Qing, who are you thinking about?" Li Longji was unhappy. Li Yi, what are you always thinking about? Does it have anything to do with you?

"I'm thinking about the drought and locust plague." Yao Chong spoke up at the critical moment.

Lu Huaishen, Wei Zhigu, and Zhang nodded, yes, we plan for the people.

"Read it." Li Longji didn't believe what the prime ministers said for a single moment.

"Li Yi first arrived in Luoyang, disembarked in the west of Luoyang City, hired helpers to transport poultry, and urgently looked for people to rent land.

The chief bookkeeper of Luoyang County was bribed by Li Yi to give the lowest price. Li Yi took the initiative to raise the price and gave benefits to other officials in Luoyang County. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net

The master took the initiative and increased the forest land from 540 acres to 800 acres in the surrounding area, which was only 20 acres a year.

Li Yi led the team into the mountain and arranged it overnight. Two days later, the ditch was completed, the bridge was built, and a large number of workers were recruited.

After hearing the news, Bigou, the governor of Henan, went there in person with more than 200 cavalry. He shouted at the bridge and asked Li Yi if he knew the crime.

Everyone was shocked.

Li Yi took a few steps forward, took Bi Gou's arm, and said, Lao Bi, don't make trouble, I'm just waiting for you, I'm telling you..."

"Hahahaha, oh, you're laughing so hard, wowhaha..." Before Xiao Huangmen could finish speaking, Zhang Shuo squatted on the ground, holding his stomach.

Then he couldn't squat, knelt on the ground, and slapped the ground with his hands, showing no image of a prime minister.

"Lao Bi, Lao Bi, don't make trouble, hehehe..." Wei Zhigu also squatted down.

Yao Chong's face turned red and he looked like he was trying very hard not to laugh.

Lu Huaishen sat there with his neck on the back of the chair, his face raised: "Hmm hum hum hum ~~~"

Li Longji clenched his fists with a ferocious expression.

"Kekeke..."

"Hey hey hey..."

Some palace maids and eunuchs couldn't bear it any longer. They covered their faces and turned away after laughing loudly.

Li Longji endured it again and again, and finally couldn't help it: "Hehehehe... Lao Bi..."

Yao Chong also gasped and then laughed.

For a time, the entire Xingqing Hall was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Xiao Huangmen burst into tears as he recited it, and he didn't know what it was about.

It took a full quarter of an hour for everyone to recover.

Zhang said holding his stomach, grinning, and said: "Your Majesty, you can't talk to Queen Wang like this, children, children are important!"

Li Longji took a deep breath and nodded.

Said to Xiao Huangmen: "Skip the unimportant ones."