Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Still ignoring him, Liu Bai opened the letter, glanced at it, and said, "You can go back and report back. Since Chai Guogong handed Chai Lingwu to me, it has nothing to do with you!"

While speaking, Chai Lingwu had already been 'driven' into the yard by Cheng Chumo, and was fleeing back and forth around the rockery.

Liu Bai simply turned around and walked in, saying, "Close the door!"

Chapter 14: In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in the north, the plague of locusts prevailed, and millions of mu of land were destroyed

In the hall, Liu Bai stood.

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu sat across from him, devouring their food.

"I'm full!"

Cheng Chumo wiped his mouth and pushed the bowl and chopsticks in front of him outward.

Chai Lingwu, with a bruised nose and swollen face, hastily put down his chopsticks and looked at Cheng Chumo vigilantly, for fear that he would make another 'surprise attack'.

"Since you are full, clean up the dishes and chopsticks!"

Liu Bai turned a page of the book and said calmly.

Clean up the dishes?

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu were both taken aback, Cheng Chumo said: "Brother Liu, are you kidding me?"

Liu Bai raised his head and glanced at him, then at Chai Lingwu.

Chai Lingwu quickly waved his hands, "I didn't say anything!"

He was really afraid of Liu Bai.

It's nothing to provoke Cheng Chumo, if there is a real fight, the two of them will at most draw a tie, but if Liu Bai is angered, Xu Chu can easily pinch him to death with a single finger.

It's better to be honest

"Uncle Cheng and Lord Chai handed you over to me, which means that I have the power to discipline you, if you are disobedient"

Liu Bai didn't say what happened next, but a harmless smile appeared on his face, and Xu Chu, who had been standing behind him all the time, took a step forward at the right time.

"Be obedient, Brother Liu, if you order, we will definitely be obedient"

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu both shuddered.

Liu Bai nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Come here, prepare something for the two young masters!"

Several maids came out and put the wooden basin for washing dishes, loofah pulp, saponin ash and other things in the corner of the yard.

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu bowed their heads and walked into the yard.

After a while, Liu Rong'er walked in, and said worriedly: "Husband, is it too much to do this?"

Liu Bai glanced at Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu in the yard, smiled and said, "They are all people who are used to being served, there is no harm in doing more chores!"

Both Cheng Yaojin and Chai Shao's letters made it very clear.

Now that he has entered the Liu family, he must abide by the rules of the Liu family. Even if Liu Bai arranged for Cheng Chumo and the others to clean the toilet, Cheng Yaojin and Chai Shao would not say anything.

In the final analysis, the two princes sent their sons to the Liu family because they wanted Liu Bai to discipline them on their behalf, to sharpen their temper and avoid causing trouble in Chang'an.

Seeing that Liu Bai was confident, Liu Rong'er felt relieved.

"The caravan at home is back. Sister Wan'er said that since the contracts of the 28 commercial firms have been voided, the goods must be disposed of naturally. She asked me to ask my husband, is there any good way?"

Liu Bai put down the book in his hand, "Where is Sister Wan'er now?"

"She went to the county after lunch."

Liu Bai pondered for a moment, then said: "Then let Sister Wan'er sell all the goods at a low price, the faster the better!"

Liu Rong'er was puzzled. If so many goods were sold slowly, the price would be at least two or three times higher. Why should they be disposed of as quickly as possible?

Although she was puzzled, she didn't ask any further questions. She was the child bride-in-law of the Liu family, and Liu Bai was her husband. She would not question her husband, as long as it was done properly.

"I'll arrange someone to send a letter to Sister Wan'er!"

After Liu Rong'er left, Liu Bai could no longer concentrate on the scroll.

"There is still more than a month left, and it will be the second year of Zhenguan. It should be too late to start preparing now."

Thinking in his heart, he got up and walked out of the hall, just in time to see Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu walking towards him with arms crossed.

"Brother Liu, I've finished washing."

Cheng Chu mo grinned and rubbed his hands together.

It was the coldest time of the year, and the hands of the two of them were already red from the cold.

Seeing this, Liu Bai rolled his eyes and said, "Don't you know that washing dishes in hot water will prevent frostbite?"

The two were immediately stunned.

But immediately, Cheng Chumo kicked Chai Lingwu's ass, and said with some embarrassment: "Don't you know how to boil some hot water?"

Chai Lingwu was furious, and wanted to explode, but after glancing at Xu Chu who was standing behind Liu Bai, he could only suppress his anger, and said, "Didn't you also think of it?"

Seeing this pair of life treasures who seriously lack common sense in life, Liu Bai's mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Just remember it next time, now follow me to the Zhuangzi for a walk!"

Four people and four horses left the Liu family mansion, and walked along a road paved with bluestone slabs to the depths of the Liu family village.

Liujiazhuangzi has a large area, but not a large population. The nearest farmer's house is more than two miles away from the Liujia mansion.

Looking around, there are patches of fields all around. After walking for a long time, I didn't see many people.

This is the case with farmers. In winter, there is no harvest in the fields, so there is nothing to do.

On weekdays, if there is no excitement to see, the farmers seldom go out.

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwuke had fun, chasing one after the other, without worrying about bumping into anyone.

In Chang'an City, they dare not do this.

Liu Bai led Xu Chu forward slowly, and every time he came to a larger field ridge, he would get off his horse and have a look, and every time he looked at a place, Liu Bai's face became a bit more serious.

"It seems that the situation is more serious than I thought, and there can be no further delay"

Half an hour later, Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu returned to Liu Bai's side sweating profusely.

Cheng Chumo got off his horse and squatted beside Liu Bai, wanting to see what he was doing.

Liu Bai pushed aside the snow layer, took out a dark brown 'rice grain' from the soil, and frowned deeply.

"Isn't it just locust eggs? This year's snow is so heavy, the locust eggs in the field have already been frozen to death, Brother Liu, don't worry!"

Liu Bai glanced sideways at him, quite surprised.

A noble young master who doesn't know how to use hot water to wash dishes in winter, even knows locust eggs?

Cheng Chumo said triumphantly: "Every year during the spring plowing, my father will take me to the fields for a walk, and sometimes he will plow the fields himself. I can understand the moisture in various places at a glance!"

Liu Bai nodded and looked up at the sky.

"One snow won't do anything"

From the [Zhuge Liang] possession card, he obtained the ability of [Wind and Rain Measurement]. Through the changes in the clouds in the sky, he can see the weather in the future.

The snow in the past few days was indeed heavy enough, but it was only limited to this one event, and it would melt away in a few days.

Moreover, in the territory of Datang, it is impossible to snow again this year

"Brother Liu, do you mean that there will be a plague of locusts next year?"

Cheng Chu stood up suddenly, and said in disbelief.

For the ancients, there was nothing more terrifying than a plague of locusts.

Thousands of miles of bare land, no crops, starvation all over the place, just thinking about changing children and eating, it makes people's hair stand on end!

Seeing that Liu Bai was silent, Cheng Chu swallowed silently, and said, "Brother Liu, this kind of thing is not a joke!"

Liu Bai shook his head and said, "If you don't believe me, you can check it in the history books. In winter without snow, there will definitely be a plague of locusts in the coming year! Maybe this time the plague of locusts will be much more serious than previous years!"

"No way, if there is a plague of locusts next year, the people of Sinong Temple will definitely issue a warning."

Liu Bai did not answer Cheng Chumo's words.

He concluded that there will be a big locust plague next year, not just because there is less snow in Datang this year.

It is also because, in the history books he has read, it is clearly written: In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a severe drought in the north, the plague of locusts prevailed, and millions of acres of land were destroyed!

Chapter 15: Two Letters!Cheng Yaojin, they can't sleep tonight

At dusk, the Liu family mansion.

After dinner, Liu Bai was writing something in the study.

He has an abacus in his hand, and every time he writes a few strokes, he has to fiddle with the abacus a few times.

Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu squatted at the door of the study, holding small wooden sticks and writing and drawing on the ground in boredom.

"I heard that there was a plague of locusts during the year of Daye, and millions of people died. If there is a plague of locusts next year, even more people will die!"

Chai Lingwu scratched his head, "Even if there is a plague of locusts, it's not something we can worry about."

Cheng Chumo looked back at Liu Bai in the study, and said in a low voice, "Brother Liu seems to have a way to deal with the locust plague!"

Chai Lingwu curled his lips and said nothing.

In his opinion, Liu Bai is indeed a capable person, but no matter how great his ability is, can he surpass the imperial court?

The court is helpless, so what can Liu Bai do?

While chatting, Liu Bai in the study suddenly said: "Chu Mo, Ling Wu, come in!"

The two went in and saw two letters on the table, one was written with the words 'Passed by the Duke of Cheng' and the other was written with the words 'Passed by the Duke of Chai'.

"You send the letter home overnight, remember, you must deliver it to the two dukes with your own hands!"

Cheng Chumo picked up Cheng Yaojin's letter, looked back and forth, and nodded.

Chai Lingwu muttered, "It's getting dark now."

Cheng Chumo glared at Chai Lingwu and was about to kick him.

Chai Lingwu dodged back, and hurriedly said: "I also want to send it overnight, but now Chang'an City has curfew, and we can't get in either!"

Liu Bai smiled lightly and said, "This is easy!"

He took out a small envelope and said: "Uncle Cheng has already prepared the order to enter the city, you just need to hand the order to the city guard at the gate of the city!"

Cheng Yaojin, as the general of the left leader, issued an order to enter the city, but it was a trivial matter.

Cheng Chumo took the order and said, "Let's go on this trip, and we'll be back before dawn!"

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Chai Lingwu agreed or not, he grabbed his collar and walked out.

After the two left, Liu Bai looked down at the densely packed data on the paper, and said in his heart, "50 yuan is not difficult to get together, the difficulty is how to get the court to cooperate. However, there are people who understand the locust disaster Credit, I think it will save you a lot of trouble when you enter Beijing next year."

He put the paper full of data on the candle and lit it. After it was completely burned, he got up and left the study.

It was already late at night when Cheng Chumo and Chai Lingwu rushed to Chang'an City.

After showing the order and entering the city, they each returned home.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Liu Bai's letter, sometimes frowning, sometimes closing his eyes in thought.

After a while, he put the letter away with a gloomy face, and didn't speak for a long time.

Cheng Chumo said cautiously, "Father, will there be a plague of locusts next year?"

"The boy from the Liu family said in the letter that there is reason and evidence. I think there is a [-]% chance that there will be a big locust plague next year!"

Cheng Chumo was shocked, and said: "Why don't you report it to the emperor quickly?!"

Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said: "Even if the emperor knows, there is nothing he can do. At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of War had already made a plan to attack the Turks next year. Now the food and troops from all over the country have already set off. It is too late to stop it now." !"

The sergeants of the Tang Dynasty were mostly government soldiers, and they usually stayed at home to do farming. When there was a war, they would wear armor to fight.

Just like what Cheng Yaojin said, to attack the Turks, a small number of 50 to [-] people will be needed, and the strong laborers of the farmers' families will be gone. Even if they know in advance that there will be a locust plague, they will be helpless!

"What can we do then?"

Cheng Chumo panicked.