Datang: At the beginning, Li Er eavesdropped on his heart

Chapter 123

"Shopkeeper, sort out all the money from selling cotton these days, allocate [-]% of it and pack it separately, and send it to General Li Junxian."

Li Yin took a sip of the tea ceremony, and the [-]% of the silver was naturally given to Li Shimin, but Li Junxian needed to hand it over on his behalf.

After the shopkeeper heard this, he had doubts in his heart, but he didn't say much, and quickly followed Li Yin's instructions.

On the other side, in the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin looked at the silver brought by Li Yin, and was immediately elated. The total amount of these silvers was at least several 10 taels. Seeing that his small treasury could be filled again, he was naturally very happy.

"By the way, are the potatoes and tomatoes ready?" Li Shimin put away the money and asked.

Potatoes and tomatoes are basically ripe. According to the previous agreement, Li Shimin bought all these things, and Li Junxian happened to be the person in charge of this purchase.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Junxian immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister is ready. The potatoes and tomatoes have already been transported to the granary by the soldiers, and stored according to His Royal Highness Liang Wang."

"That's good." Li Shimin nodded.

In a blink of an eye, another few days passed.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door of Prince Liang's Mansion. When the housekeeper saw the person, he brought him directly into the lobby. The person was dressed in peasant clothes and seemed to be holding something in his hand. He looked around very nervously.

Li Yin heard that someone was looking for him, and immediately walked towards the lobby, and sure enough, he saw someone coming.

"Uncle Liu, why are you here?" Li Yin asked curiously.

Uncle Liu was none other than the farmer hired by Li Yin, and he was also the leader of all the farmers. Seeing this man coming, Li Yin paid more or less attention to it.

"His Royal Highness Liang Wang, Cao Min has something important to report, come and see, what is this?"

As Uncle Liu said, he took out a pile of soil, and there were actually a few bugs and a lot of bug eggs in your picture.

Li Yin glanced at it, and immediately recognized the bug—the jumping worm!
Jumping gnats are the larvae of locusts, and the biggest difference from adults is in their shape.

When the larva emerges from the shell, it is pale white with a reddish cloud, surrounded by a makeshift armor that holds the tentacles, antennae, and legs tightly against the thorax and stomach.

When advancing, the claws are loosened a little, and the hind legs are straightened, which serves as a fulcrum for digging tools.

The digging tool is on the neck like a grasshopper insect, where there is a blister like a mechanical piston, which regularly swells, contracts, vibrates, and hits obstacles.

The most important thing is that a large number of locust nets were discovered at this time, and it is very likely that a locust disaster will break out.

In the 21st century, even if a plague of locusts breaks out, there is nothing to be afraid of. Fly an airplane and sprinkle some insecticide, and these locusts will be gone.

But now is the Tang Dynasty, if there is a locust disaster, it will be a huge natural disaster.

The plague of locusts should not be underestimated. It is normal for all crops to die overnight.

In a small place, the people are displaced, but in a larger place, a conflict of contradictions will erupt.

If the imperial court is not well consolidated at this time, it is very likely that other villains will take advantage of this disaster, just like the Turks were wiped out by Hou Junji.

When the country is peaceful and the people are safe, Datang is the most powerful Datang. If natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow, not to mention that Datang has not been established for a long time and its foundation is unstable.

Thinking of this, Li Yin immediately looked at Uncle Liu and asked, "Uncle Liu, these are locust eggs. Where did they come from? How many more?"

hiss!
Uncle Liu gasped when he heard what Li Ying said, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of disbelief. After all, Li Yin was only an eight-year-old child, how did he know that the eggs were locust eggs?

This really shocked him: Your Highness Prince Liang, how do you know these are locust eggs?
He blurted out the question inadvertently. "

After Li Yin heard this, he skipped it selectively, and asked again:

"Forget about this, locusts. Once a natural disaster occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable. A notice must be issued as soon as possible to let the people of Tang Dynasty collect all the food. The locust eggs seem to be about to break out of the ground, and there are already several The ground has been broken, and if we continue to delay, I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty will face disaster."

"His Royal Highness, I'm afraid it's too late." Uncle Liu frowned.

"The old farmer used to travel to the mountains and rivers, and now the locust eggs have been found in Chang'an City, which is enough to show that a huge locust plague has already broken out in other places, but the mountains are high and the water is far away, so there is no information for the time being."

"But the old farmer dared to put his life on the line. Natural disasters have definitely occurred in other places. The only thing we can do is to let the people around Chang'an City collect food."

"Okay, this king will report this matter, you go back first, remember to put away all the cotton in our field."

Li Yin quickly gave the order, and Uncle Liu nodded and left immediately when he heard this.

After Uncle Liu left, Li Yin asked the housekeeper to prepare the carriage and went directly to the palace.

Depend on!I seem to have seen this thing two months ago, and I was thinking of dealing with it at the time, but I forgot, damn it!

Li Yin was a little annoyed, he could forget such a big thing.

now.

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

A cold atmosphere enveloped the entire Tai Chi Hall, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others stood aside tremblingly, their eyes full of fear.

Standing in a high position, Li Shimin's face was dark at the moment, his hands were bulging, and he was surrounded by a strong anger. On the copy in front of him, there was a torn-down secret security letter.

"What have you been doing for so long? Why do you only know about the locust plague in Jiangnan ten days ago?"

"Tens of thousands of people have been displaced, eating tree roots, and living in the cold winter months, but you sit back and relax, eating sweets and spicy food, how do you do things!"

"Auxiliary machine, and you, why did you bring up yesterday's military information today? What do the common people in the world mean to you?!"

"Peng!"

Li Shimin slammed the table, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole body trembled. The imperial pressure poured out instantly, covering the entire Tai Chi Hall.

The following ministers bowed their heads one after another, not daring to say anything.

When the emperor is angry, it can be said that he can lay down millions of corpses. At this time, it is better to be cautious.

(End of this chapter)