Zhu Yuli was tired but did not sleep after a busy day, compared with yesterday's excitement and sleeplessness, today is more of a faint sadness, from being established as the queen of Xinde, he also had the ambition to re-glorify the palace of De, so the first step is to start with the storage of grain, the palace of the king of Germany has tens of thousands of hectares of land, it can be said that the most fertile fields in Jinan are eight or nine out of ten are him, these lands or their own cultivation or lease to the people to collect rent, every year there are tens of thousands of stone grain into storage, these grains to the palace now people can not eat, but he did not think about selling, Anyone with a little brain knows the importance of food nowadays, and it is better to have money and power than food.

Except, of course, there are soldiers.

Now that he has met a soldier, he almost sucked his old bottom out with one mouth, how can he not be worried.

Reluctant to let the child catch the wolf, although there is reluctance, but this transaction is not a loss, and more importantly, the investment of connections, so he used the transaction of 100,000 stones of grain to buy the favor of this big eunuch.

Dongchang's leaders have always been powerful tycoons, and there are indescribable benefits and conveniences to be able to climb the relationship, and this little eunuch not only has the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, but also has a good reputation among the government and the opposition, and more importantly, he can fight well and be invincible, as long as the world is not peaceful for a day, he is still useful, and the court and the emperor will not easily abolish him, far more solid than those before.

"There are not enough cars and horses, and the rest may only need to be loaded by Chang Gonggong himself?" Under the eaves of the corridor of the carrier hall, Zhu Youli and Chang Yu were drinking tea and blowing the midsummer breeze.

"Our family is a lot of cars and horses" Chang Yu smiled slightly: "If it is fast, it will take three or five days, and if it is slow, it will take ten days, and the main force will come, and the prince will be able to pull out as much food as possible."

"No, no, all of a sudden, I was bankrupt by Chang Gonggong" Zhu Youli smiled, and Chang Yu laughed: "You also make a lot of money."

Zhu Youli sighed: "Father-in-law Chang should know that in these years, grain is worth more than silver."

Chang Yu nodded, looked at a few locusts lying on the flower branches next to the eaves, frowned, stretched out his hand to catch them and play on the table, Zhu Youli glanced at them, and sighed again: "Drought, locust plague, this year's harvest is not much better, is there really no good way to cure this damn locust?" ”

Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The locust is a natural disaster, and the best way to cure it is to use his natural enemy."

"Predators?" Zhu Youli was stunned.

"Well, there is a bird called starling, which likes to live in groups and cover the sky and the sun wherever it goes, and it is the natural enemy of locusts, but it is ...... This thing is hard to find," Chang Yu sighed.

"So there's still no good way to say it?" Zhu Youqi is slightly lost,

Chang Yu put the locust on the candle and roasted it, and then put it in his mouth to make Zhu Youli stunned: "The rest of the way is to eat, roast and eat, fried and eat are delicious, and the prince can join hands with the government to mobilize the people to catch locusts and eat, one to eliminate disasters, and the other to satisfy hunger."

In fact, there are many ways to deal with locust plagues, such as spraying, but there are no in this era, such as sending an army of chickens, ducks and geese, which can be easily extinguished.

However, in this era, there are no large-scale farms at all.

So the only thing left is the method in front of him, who knows that Zhu Youli shook his head when he heard it: "I have tried it, but it has little effect, and not everyone can accept this delicious, it doesn't hurt to eat a few, and you can vomit out bile after a few more days."

Chang Yu suddenly felt helpless, and was about to sigh, when a sudden flash of inspiration: "What if it is purchased with silver?" ”

Zhu Youli frowned: "Spend money to collect that thing?" Don't you still want to use locusts as military rations? He couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.

"That's what I mean" Chang Yu looked serious: "Buy it as military rations."

"Grandpa Chang, you won't be ...... Crazy, this thing ......" Zhu Youli was dumbfounded, and Chang Yu said: "It's military food, but it's not for people to eat, but for horses."

War horse feed is not only hay, but also bran, bean cake, these things are not cheap at all.

Locusts are rich in protein and are excellent feed, and if they are fed directly to horses, they may not be eaten, but when they are dried and crushed and mixed into the raw material, the livestock will taste as delicious as people eating fried food.

In this way, locusts can replace soybean cakes, which not only saves costs, can effectively eliminate locusts, but also mobilizes the enthusiasm of the people, and at the same time can earn some living expenses.

Kill more than one stone!

"Is this really possible?" Zhu Youli was skeptical.

Chang Yu slapped the table and got up: "Yes, the locust plague is mainly in Shandong, and some areas in Hebei are affected, so we can cut this matter first, and then buy dried locusts in the name of the imperial court instead of war horse forage, but this matter still needs the help of the prince, and tomorrow I will go to the governor's yamen to finalize, and the operation process will be done by the prince." You or the government will pay the money first, and then the court will liquidate it......"

Late at night, Chang Yu and Zhu Youli did not feel sleepy at all, and the two chatted more and more about this matter while drinking tea, and the more they chatted, the more excited they became.

In an inn on Furong Street in the West Gate of the Wangfu, Lianxin brought a basin of water to the bedside: "Sister, wash your feet."

Su Jing sat on the edge of the bed, her eyes tightened: "I have been independent since I was a child, I like to do everything by myself, you don't need to do this kind of thing in the future, and you are not allowed to call my sister or master, I won't say these words a second time."

"Sister...... Master, you're actually not a few years older than me at most, isn't it closer to call my sister, why do you have to call me master, don't I just treat you as a master in my heart? ”

"No way!" Su Jing's face turned cold: "The master is the master, you can only call the master, if you call me sister, I ...... I'm afraid that the teacher won't be willing to teach you! ”

Lianxin seemed to understand and sighed: "Then since you are a master, why can't you serve you as an apprentice?" ”

"Having said that, the teacher likes to do it himself" Su Jing glared at him: "The little overseer brought you out as a maid, but the teacher is not, the teacher is the one who passes on your skills."

Okay, Lianxin nodded, and when she heard him mention Chang Yu, she was curious again: "Master, is Brother Chang's family a big official in Beijing, what kind of official?" ”

Su Jing couldn't help but sigh: "Big official? Those big officials in Beijing don't even deserve to carry shoes for him."

Ah, Lian Xin was dumbfounded: "Then, then, could it be that it is a relative of the emperor?" ”

"Since he didn't tell you in person, and he doesn't talk much as a teacher, you just need to know that he is a very capable person" Su Jing said lightly, Lianxin nodded again and again: "The apprentice knows that he is very capable, otherwise there would not be so many capable people under his hands, and those two elder brothers Chen are also strong in martial arts......"

Moreover, Su Jing rolled his eyes: "That brother looks heroic and extraordinary, and he will be injured under the sword of the master within ten moves" Lianxin couldn't help but admire: "That master bullied invincible."

Su Jing looked proud: "I don't dare to say that I am invincible, but except for the great monk under the little overlord, the others are not worth mentioning."

"Is the monk's martial arts very high?" Lianxin said curiously.

"Unfathomable!" Su Jing pushed open the window, looked up at the moonlight in the sky, and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw a figure climb from the courtyard wall of the inn into the shade of the tree.

"Stay still" Su Jing turned around and told Lianxin, then blew out the lights in the room, and jumped out of the window, Lianxin couldn't help but sigh, you must know that this is the second floor.