Chapter 172: Locust Plague!
Liu Zhan wiped the tea on his face and looked at Ji Song innocently, wondering why he was sprayed with water?
"Can you please make a little noise when you walk? You want to scare me to death when you appear suddenly!"
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Ji Song said angrily.
Liu Zhan didn't care, hehehe said: "This banquet"
"What a waste of a banquet. His Majesty almost used this to get a handle on me. This is not how you seek death." Ji Song rolled his eyes at him, as if he was looking at a fool.
"Okay, don't cry and look sad. You can go ahead and put the account on my head. Damn it, you are enjoying a blessing by following me. I will take all the blame. It's better for you. You will get all the benefits. Where can I go to reason with you?"
When Liu Zhan heard this, he felt embarrassed and said, "The Marquis is not going, but we are going. Is this appropriate?"
"Then don't go at all. It will save me some money."
"I'll go!"
Ji Song was about to say something, but when he looked up, Liu Zhan and everyone looking outside the door had long disappeared.
"Bah! They are all white-eyed wolves and heartless."
Ji Song cursed secretly and prepared to go back.
"Ah! Hello, Mr. Hou!"
As soon as he went out, he saw an official coming back. Ji Song was in a good mood immediately. Although I won't go, you should invite me anyway. What's going on if you all run away? "Well, you are serious. Unlike those white-eyed wolves, I will not go. You just have a good drink."
"Hey! Why don't you leave? You told me I won't go."
The official said sheepishly: "Xiaguan. If you leave something behind, please come back."
"Ha! What's that? The weather is nice today. I'll leave first, so there's no need to send you off."
Seeing the strange looks in his subordinate officers' eyes, Ji Song turned around and walked away faster and faster, and stopped only after turning a corner.
"It's so embarrassing!" Ji Song said, covering his face.
Seeing that no one was around, I hurried home. I must not have looked at the almanac today, otherwise why would I be so unlucky! After returning home, Ji Song thought about it again and again, but still felt uneasy.
Ji Song didn't say anything in front of Yao Chang and others just now, but thinking about the great locust plague that lasted from the second year of Zhenguan to the fourth year of Zhenguan, Ji Song felt shuddering.
"Go and call Butler Zheng!"
Ji Song said to Xiaozhu who was cleaning the room beside him.
"My little maid, go right now!"
After a while, Zheng Li appeared in front of Ji Song didn't waste any time and said directly: "Go and buy as many chickens and ducks as you can, whether they are pups or adults."
Zheng Li was shocked when he heard this. He didn't understand what the Marquis was going to this time, the Marquis always gave some inexplicable orders.
For example, he asked Khatib to transport a large amount of grain to the Tang Dynasty, and asked his family to prepare a large amount of money. He said it was needed, but he didn't say what it would be used for. This time, he went to buy chickens and ducks. How much money was spent? Seeing Zheng Li's expression, how could Ji Song not know what he was thinking? Without thinking, he kicked him over and said contemptuously: "What? Did I make you hungry, or did you have no clothes to wear? What's your expression?"
Zheng Li skillfully dodged it and said with a smile: "How can you not, this is not curiosity, yes, it is just curiosity!"
Rolling his eyes, he continued: "This matter must be done well. It is related to whether we can survive this year's disaster. Remember, we can collect as much as we can." "A major disaster?" Zheng Li said in shock. .
Ji Song waved his hand irritably and said: "Get out of here quickly. If things don't go well, let's see how I deal with you!"
"Hey! Go right now, go right now!"
Seeing that his Marquis looked like he was indeed joking, Zheng Li also started to get there was a big disaster, he couldn't help but shudder when he thought about the situation of the court at this time.
Watching Zheng Li leave, Ji Song sat slumped on the chair, pretending to be nonchalant in front of others, and only showed his weakness when no one was around.
He knew that there was a locust plague this year, and that it was a locust plague that would spread widely, but he didn't dare to say it! At this time, Guanzhong was slightly stable, and Li Shimin had just secured his position. If a major locust plague occurred at this time, the current stable situation would completely dissipate.
There is a faint sentence in the history books: "In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in the capital and locusts broke out."Emperor Taizong went into the garden to look at the grain and saw locusts. He picked a few locusts and said: "People depend on grain as their livelihood, and you eat it, which is harmful to the people. If the people have made mistakes, it is only me."
You have a spirit, but you should harm my heart and do no harm to the people. "When he was about to swallow it, he shouted to the left and right: "I'm afraid of being seriously ill, so I can't do it!" Taizong: "I wish to avoid the disaster, why should I avoid it!" "Swallow it." That summed up everything, and then it was, "Disaster will follow!"
But Ji Song knew that things were not that simple. Although Li Shimin's show was obvious, anyone with a discerning eye would know for an emperor to be able to do this, it shows that he is still qualified.
Just as Ji Song was deep in thought, Ji's mother quietly came to the room. Seeing Ji Song's frown, she immediately felt distressed.
Ji Song was silent in his thoughts and didn't feel anyone coming around him at all. After a while, he was shocked when he saw his mother coming!
"Mom, why are you here?" Ji Song quickly stood up and asked.
Ji's mother did not speak, but hugged Ji Song in her arms, caressed his back and said, "My son has suffered so much. He has supported the whole family at a young age. It's useless for me to be my mother. She can't help my son." , it’s useless for me to be a mother!”
"Mom, please don't say that. It's the child's own problem, not my mother's business!" Ji Song came out of his mother's arms and said warmly while holding her on the chair.
"Butler Zheng just said that you want to buy chickens and ducks. What's going on? You can just buy what you want. There's no need to buy so many!" Ji Song said dotingly.
When Ji Song heard his mother say this, he immediately couldn't laugh or cry: "Mom, where are you thinking? How much can one son eat?"
"Then what are you?" Mother Ji asked doubtfully.
"Locust plague! A huge locust plague, a locust plague that affects half of Guanzhong!" Ji Song said solemnly.
"Bang!"
Not paying attention to his mother's surprise, Ji Song hugged her tightly and said harshly: "Mom, what do you think the child should do? This locust plague probably won't end in a year or two, but the child can't say that!"
Ji Song gently stroked his son's back and said course she knew her son's concerns. If she told others about current events that hadn't happened yet, someone would have to believe her. Otherwise, it might be self-defeating.
"Then you collect chickens and ducks?" Mother Ji asked.
After saying this, Ji Song became excited, grabbed his mother's arm and said, "Mom, you don't know, chickens and ducks can feed on bugs. An adult chicken or duck can eat several kilograms of bugs a day.
With a large number of chickens and ducks, we can effectively curb the spread of , chickens and ducks can still lay eggs and can be eaten after the locust plague. These are all effective ways to ensure food for everyone. "
"Then go and collect it. Even if you lose everything, you have to collect it." Mother Ji didn't doubt her son's words at all. She waved her hand with a bold spirit.
"But you must tell the emperor about this matter. This is a matter that affects whether thousands of people can have enough to eat. It is not my son's responsibility. As the emperor, this is the price he has to pay!"
Mother Ji said to Ji Song.
I wrote it for a day and almost forgot to post it. I’ll post it together from now on, otherwise I don’t know when I’ll forget !
(End of this chapter)