"No, sir, the furnace at Zhuangzi exploded, saying it failed to burn the glass."
The boy who came to report the news didn't dare to look up at Master Xue's face. He lowered his eyes and his voice became softer and softer when he talked about the situation at that time.
Mr. Xue smashed the tea cup in his hand and gritted his teeth in anger: "This Zhan Qingyue actually dares to deceive me with fake prescriptions!"
Zhan Qingyue, who was far in the south, sneezed heavily.
Seeing this, Han Yiyun took the initiative to pour her a cup of hot tea.
"It's windy by the river, don't catch a cold."
Zhan Qingyue rubbed her nose and glanced in the direction of the capital with confused eyes.
"It doesn't look like it. It's probably because someone in the capital misses me."
Listening to her shameless words, Han Yiyun's lips curled up unconsciously.
"Maybe it belongs to the second brother and the others. Speaking of which, it seems that the second brother hasn't received any letters for a while."
Just two days after Han Yiyun finished talking about it, a letter came from the capital.
After Zhan Qingyue read the letter, an evil smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, I didn't expect the Xue family of Rongguo Mansion to be so unwilling to give up. Second brother did a good job this time and gave them a hard time."
Han Yiyun took the letter and read it several times, and unconsciously praised Brother Xue's intelligence.
"Don't they want our glazed house? That's just right. I'll use the glazed house to tidy up their Rongguo Mansion."
Zhan Qingyue smiled evilly, picked up paper and pen and wrote a reply to her second brother.
As time went by, the rice in the entire paddy field began to ear.
Han Yiyun's construction of the river channel has also been mostly completed, and it can be considered that it has achieved initial results.
On this day, Zhan Qingyue was still patrolling his paddy fields.
But I saw a few locusts gnawing on the rice.
She suddenly remembered that they had fled because of the drought. After the drought, there would be a locust plague.
I just didn't expect that in this land in the south, where there have been floods for years, there would also be a locust plague.
Seeing that there were twice as many locusts in her paddy field as in the previous few days, Zhan Qingyue felt a sudden surge of worry in her heart.
Now I had no intention of continuing to patrol the paddy fields. I rushed home with my hoe, pulled the horse from the stable and rode out.
The people in the village were horrified when they saw that heroic appearance, and they all thought in their hearts that this family occupier was really a character that was not easy to mess with.
This girl can even ride a horse, and she can ride it so well that she might be able to fight on the battlefield.
Zhan Qingyue didn't care what others thought. She left the village and rushed towards the place where Han Yiyun was building the river.
When they arrived at the place, Han Yiyun was a little surprised that Zhan Qingyue put down what she was doing and came to a place like this.
Seeing that she came alone, with a look of worry on her face, I was frightened and hurriedly pulled her to the dilapidated temple where I had a temporary office.
"Yueyue, you came here in such a hurry, but what happened?"
Han Yiyun was a little worried that something had happened in the capital, and he didn't want what Zhan Qingyue said next to make his face darken a bit.
"Yueyue, are you saying there might be a locust plague?"
Zhan Qingyue nodded repeatedly, fearing that he wouldn't believe it, so she hurriedly explained: "Brother Han, as you know, I go to the paddy fields every day and wander around. There are a few locusts in the past few days that I haven't paid attention to, but today It seems that this is not the case, the number of locusts in the fields has obviously increased, and there is a tendency to develop into a locust plague."
"I can't tell you which surrounding counties have already experienced locust plagues."
Listening to Zhan Qingyue's words, Han Yiyun's face turned a little pale.
Locust plague!
That's okay, once the locusts pass by, there will be nothing left in the field.
Han Yiyun was anxious and quickly took Zhan Qingyue to find the local magistrate of Song County.
During this period, Magistrate Song followed Han Yiyun in building the river, eating and living together. He trusted his words very much and obeyed his advice, so he did not dare to be careless now.
The three hit it off immediately and quickly discussed ways to deal with the locust plague.
The traditional methods of dealing with locust plagues are nothing more than raising chickens and ducks, setting fire to them, and smoking them.
Listening to these methods, Zhan Qingyue frowned unconsciously and sighed.
These methods to deal with the locust plague are just a drop in the bucket and will not have much effect.
She held her chin with one hand, her eyes gradually lost focus, and her thoughts suddenly came to the space.
Looking at the high favorability value, she changed it to an insect net to deal with locusts without thinking.
After he recovered his thoughts, he watched Han Yiyun and Magistrate Song making arrangements to prevent the locust plague, but he never spoke.
When they were almost finished, they pointed out a few places with lush vegetation on the map.
"I have read in some miscellaneous books before that there is a kind of fine net under the sky. Weaving that kind of net and spreading it several meters high can block most locusts. The principle is similar to fishing."
Han Yiyun knew that there was something strange in her heart, and he didn't feel anything was wrong at the moment, so he immediately agreed.
Han Yiyun and Magistrate Song went to arrange fortifications to prevent the locust plague.
Zhan Qingyue rushed back to Donglai Village without stopping. After returning home, she closed the door and took out the insect catching net in the space.
The silk thread of this insect catching net is much finer than that of a fishing net, but the material looks no different from the ordinary silk thread of this era.
Zhan Qingyue was relieved.
Soon, the insect catching net was hung at the places Zhan Qingyue drew on the map of Kanyu.
Several surrounding villages began to hear buzzing sounds, and some experienced old people immediately realized that this was a locust plague.
Earlier, when they saw the government officials and migrant workers setting up things to prevent the locust plague, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, but now they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to go out.
"Everyone, please stop going out. Locusts can eat people when they cross the border."
Such rumors are endless, and many people are hiding at home in fear.
The insect-catching nets arranged around the fields in several villages also began to take effect.
I saw that it was densely packed and dark. From a distance, it looked like dark clouds hanging on the horizon.
When the sun went down, Zhan Qingyue took down the insect net, shook the half-dead locusts into sacks, and carried them home.
The chickens and ducks that Zhan Qingyue bought at short notice were a feast for the eyes, and he couldn't finish them even if he opened his belly.
Zhan Qingyue simply made those locusts into feed, and it would be great to keep them to feed the chickens and ducks.
"Brother Han, I will let you try fried grasshoppers tonight."
Zhan Qingyue laughed playfully, soaked the locusts in salt water for a few hours, squeezed out the waste in the intestines, and fried them in oil to become a delicious dish.
She asked the servants at home to deliver this stuff around the village, along with some feed, which actually gained her a good impression.
