"Brother Tang, why are you so anxious to find me?"
Early the next morning, Li Jing was invited over by Tang Ping's Lao Cui.
In the Tang Dynasty, the only senior general Tang Ping knew was Li Jing. As for the three generals Li, they were so mysterious that their specific positions were unknown.
So I decided to find Li Jing, who had a better relationship with me.
"General Li, what I say below may be a bit unbelievable, but I can guarantee that it is absolutely true!"
In fact, Tang Ping also hesitated for a long time on these words. You must know that this era is about silence, strange strength and chaos.
It's good that the royal family can listen to what he says. If he doesn't, then he will be labeled as a deceiver.
Now he can only bet that Li Shimin in this world will be the same as described in history, an emperor who is good at talking.
What if, he meant what if, the Tang government really didn't believe him, then he would have no choice but to do whatever he wanted. At most, he could support the entire Shanghe Village.
Li Jing saw Tang Ping's seriousness and became serious: "Little brother, please speak!"
"There will be a locust plague this year, and the scale will be huge!"
Just one sentence made Li Jing change his color.
How could he not know the harm of the locust plague, and Tang Ping also said that the scale would be huge: "How big will it be?"
"Sweeping across the entire Tang Dynasty!"
Silence, quiet terrible silence.
Then Li Jing asked word for word: "Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
"I'm going to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit!" Li Jing cupped his hands and galloped away on horseback.
Today is a holiday, but because of some matters, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were discussing matters with Li Shimin in the Xiande Hall. When they heard that Li Jing had something urgent to report, they quickly called him in.
"General Li, why is it so urgent?" Fang Xuanling frowned. Li Jing is the general in charge of the army. He is so urgent. Could it be that there is another urgent military situation somewhere?
You must know that although they defeated the Turks just at the beginning of the year, the entire Tang Dynasty's army is still in the stage of recuperation. If the war starts again now, they are quite unwilling to see it.
"I have met His Majesty, Mr. Fang, and Mr. Du." Li Jing wiped the sweat from his temples: "I just got news that there will be a locust plague this year, and its scale... will sweep across the entire Tang Dynasty."
Li Shimin, who had been relatively calm while holding the pen, couldn't help shaking his hand, and a ball of ink appeared on the paper in front of him.
Fang and Du even remembered taking a step forward: "Where did General Li get the news? Can you verify whether it is true?"
Li Shimin asked with great happiness: "Did he tell you?"
He did not mention this by name, but Li Jing naturally knew who the emperor was asking, and nodded and said: "Exactly!"
When Fang and Du saw such a big thing, Li Shimin and Li Jing actually started playing riddles, and they became anxious.
Fang Xuanling saluted and said, "I wonder who your Majesty is talking about?"
"You don't have to worry about this, just take this news as true! Do you two have any good ideas?"
At this time, Li Shimin's decisiveness showed. He believed in Tang Ping, so when Tang Ping said there was a locust plague, he believed it.
Moreover, if we prepare for this kind of thing in advance, even if there is no large-scale locust plague by then, it will at most be a waste of manpower and material resources in early preparation.
But once Tang Ping's prophecy comes true, these preparations will be life-saving.
So trusting Tang Ping now is the most cost-effective thing.
Fang and Du did not expect Li Shimin to say this, but Fang Moudu's professionalism was unquestionable.
Fang Xuanling first analyzed: "The great cold and three white days guarantee a good harvest. Although last winter was cold, there was no snow."
"That's right!" Du Ruhui continued: "Coupled with the severe drought in Guanzhong this year, locust plagues are indeed most likely to occur at this age."
Sure enough, although they may not know the specific principles, they have their own experience.
In fact, if there is no snow in winter, many locust eggs will survive, and the dry environment is more suitable for the development and growth of locusts.
So their analysis is completely reliable.
But when it comes to countermeasures, it is difficult for the two of them to come up with any good countermeasures.
You must know that locust plagues occur frequently in China.
There are hundreds of times recorded in later generations alone.
As for the countermeasures, they are basically not very effective. They are nothing more than worshiping the locust god and asking the emperor to issue a sinful edict.
Seeing that his two most capable ministers didn't have a good countermeasure, Li Shimin didn't care so much and said directly to Fang and Du: "You gather all the ministries to discuss a countermeasure. Li Jing, let's go!"
"Here!"
Then Fang and Du were left inexplicably.
Since all ministries are to be summoned to discuss countermeasures, why does the emperor want to leave?
In political affairs, isn't it that the emperor relies on himself the most? Could it be said that love will really disappear?
Not to mention the resentful Fang and Du duo, Li Shimin hurried to Shanghe Village in a carriage.
"Brother Tang, the imperial court has assigned me full authority to deal with this locust plague. I want to know if you have any good countermeasures?"
Tang Ping did not expect that the Tang Dynasty royal family would respond so quickly, and General Li Er in front of him could be sent out to deal with the locust plague with full authority. It seemed that his status in the royal family was really not low, and he was probably one of the princes.
However, this was not the time to explore the identity of the other party. Tang Ping organized his words and said:
"Now that many locust larvae have broken out of the ground, it is too late to deal with the eggs in the ground, so the first thing we should kill now is the locust larvae."
It is not difficult to understand this truth. If the larvae are killed, there will be no adult insects, and there will be no locust plague.
But it was impossible for Tang Ping to send a large amount of pesticides, so the only way to kill them was to use biological restraint.
"Ducks eat locust larvae the most. I suggest that duck farming be promoted on a large scale across the country."
"Ducks?" The two of them never expected that the first step to eliminate locusts would be to raise ducks.
This method was recorded in the book "Locust Control Notes" written by Chen Jinglun in the Ming Dynasty. Chen Sheng first discovered that herons are good at hunting locusts, but later found that herons were difficult to domesticate and raise.
Later, it was discovered that ducks and herons have similar habits, so ducks were used to hunt locust larvae, with very good results.
Moreover, locust larvae can be used as feed for ducks, and duck feces can be used as fertilizer for farmland. It can be said to be the best of both worlds.
He explained the role of raising ducks in controlling locust plagues in detail to Li Shimin and Li Jing, and it was up to them to figure out the rest.
After all, Tang Ping couldn't send thousands of ducks to Datang. He could only rely on the Tang government to find ways to promote it and let more private farmers raise ducks.
"As for the second method, I think we should increase the diversity of food in Datang!"
