In May of the first year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Er's desk had his own case file for secret investigation!

The entire northern land has not rained for two whole months!

It seems that Yuan Daochang's prediction is about to come true, according to Bai Fan's plan, the state capitals of the Tang Dynasty are in full swing drilling, and those places where there is no drilling equipment have also consciously begun to dig wells with soil methods!

It's just that the results are unsatisfactory, and many places have not been able to produce water, not because there are no technicians to explore, but because the weather is dry and the groundwater level has dropped, even if Li Chunfeng is surveying, it is not all water!

This news directly extinguished half of Li Er's enthusiasm for fighting drought!

It seems that it is more difficult to get water for disaster relief, and it is almost impossible to keep 30% of the harvest!

In the council hall, Li Er and Bai Fan sat down as guests!

"Boy, your water intake machinery and well drilling machinery are very good, but it's a pity!

This drought came so ferociously that many of the smaller rivers and springs dried up! The water output rate of the wells is only 60%!

Moreover, the output of Datang Iron and Steel is too small, and this time due to the lack of materials, it is impossible to build more drilling machinery and pumping machinery, so the situation is not optimistic!

What can you do about the current situation? Li Er asked with a frown.

Bai Fan's face was calm, obviously this result was expected!

sighed and said, "Your Majesty, due to the limitations of technology, it is already God's favor that we can have a sixty percent water yield!" In this catastrophe, the focus is not on taking water for irrigation!

The focus is on raising food and grass! And the follow-up locust extermination!

According to ancient records, it will be a while before the locusts are unearthed, and we need to prepare quickly!

Call on the people to raise more chickens and ducks, and then just in time for the locusts to be unearthed, the chickens and ducks will be put into the field when they grow, anyway, they have been cut out or the yield has been reduced, and they are not afraid of chickens and ducks eating grain!

Moreover, there are many locusts in the field that cannot be eaten, and there are meat insects to eat, and chickens and ducks will not eat grain, so that we can kill a large part of the locusts in the juvenile stage! ”

"However, this matter is not easy! The people are short of food rations, so how can they spend food to feed the surplus chickens and ducks? Besides, in a short period of time, there are not enough chickens and ducks! "Li Er has been studying drought control and locust control for a month, so he is very clear about these things!

"As for the seedlings, I have a secret method of incubating the fire kang, and I can get out of the nest in twenty days, the effect is very good, and we can spread it to various places below as before!

As for the problem that no one wants to raise chickens, don't worry, the court came forward and said that after three months, we will buy back the chickens, and we will buy each one percent higher than the market price, the money is moving, and the people will definitely flock to raise chickens and ducks when they see the benefits! Bai Fan suggested.

Li Er thought for a moment, "This method is no problem, but the question is what the imperial court will do when it buys so many chickens and ducks?" Where can I use it? Isn't it too extravagant to kill and eat meat? In the entire northern land, that amount, that cost, I'm afraid the court can't bear it! ”

Bai Fan laughed and said, "This method looks a bit like drinking a donkey to quench your thirst, but it's not!"

As long as we find a suitable way to deal with this batch of chickens and ducks!

We can slaughter and marinate all the chickens and ducks, or we can bake them and expose them to the sun into jerky, and finally when it comes to winter, we can sell the jerky, or grind the jerky into powder and process it, and the court will not lose money!

In this way, maybe we just didn't harvest grain in a locust plague, but we harvested a batch of meat, which can still be used as life-saving food for the people in the north to survive the winter, so Your Majesty doesn't have to worry! ”

Hearing this, thinking about Bai Fan's previous incident of packing up the spoils of war in the army, Li Er can understand this method, it is really a good idea to turn waste into treasure and turn passivity into initiative!

Just when the two were secretly discussing the disaster, a rumor from the outside world gradually spread from Hebei Road!

According to the grapevine, there will be an unprecedented drought this year, and there will be a big locust plague after that!

There are rumors that it is because Li Er's position is not right!

Some say that it is because the Li family usurped the Great Sui River!

Some people also say that it was because Li Er appointed a demon, and that demon was Bai Fan, who openly taught women to enter the academy, so that Si Chen angered the heavens!

For a while, these negative remarks came out one after another, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds!

Originally, everyone thought it was ridiculous, the former Sui capital has been dead for ten years, how can it be?

But the so-called three people become tigers, and there are many rumors, and gradually some good deeds, idle people, and ignorant people choose to blindly believe!

After Li Jiancheng received the information, he was instantly furious, and ordered to send someone to secretly check to see who was spreading rumors here?

The last news I got was that the rumors originated in the Northland, and as for who it was, it was hard to say!

At least I don't know it in front of me, I think it was the Turks who made a move!

Li Jiancheng, who was angry, came into the palace, and when he saw that his son-in-law and second brother were in the palace, he directly stepped forward and sat down and began to tell the story!

Li Er smiled after hearing this, "Why does the eldest brother have to be like this? A group of clowns jumping off the beam, I knew that they would definitely not be able to help it, if they didn't take this opportunity to jump out, the little brother would still be surprised! ”

Bai Fan persuaded, "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry!

This matter is simple to say, there is no need to check it at all!

said that His Majesty was not in the right position, and he wanted to use this to blame his father-in-law's villain!

It is said that the Tang Dynasty is not in the right position, it is the remnants of the former Sui!

As for saying that I am white and misleading the public, hehe! Who else is there besides Choi's?

Oh yes! It may also be that other families are calculating the Cui family, but it doesn't matter!

Anyway, in our opinion, the Cui family and the family are all in the same group, and putting down the Cui family is weakening the family!

As for the rumor that it originated in the Northland, this may be the enemy's suspicion! Or maybe the villain Zhao Deyan is jumping again!

It's just these categories, they are all looking forward to the chaos of Datang, and they want to take advantage of the chaos! ”

After Li Jiancheng heard this, he suddenly couldn't help laughing, "You kid, this group of villains was said to be like a chicken, although it is true that there are only them, but if any party hides in the dark and stabs the knife, we will be very passive!"

Second brother, you are busy with disaster prevention and treatment, and this important matter of eliminating evil has been handed over to me, of course I want to find it out and bring it to justice!

What do you think? Is there any good way to do it? ”

Li Jiancheng asked half-jokingly, but he didn't expect Bai Fan to give the answer next!

"Yes! Counter-plotting!

These people can only be in the shadows, so it is inconvenient to act, so what if you, the king of Jin, become a member of their side?

With the mentality that you want revenge, will they unite with you? When the time comes, you will become the main force in it, are you still afraid that you won't be able to find out? Bai Fan confidently thought that it might be very emotional to let his father-in-law come out of Infernal Affairs!

Li Jiancheng hurriedly retorted, "Boy, what nonsense are you talking about? After Xuanwumen, I no longer have the throne in my heart, the second brother is better than me as the emperor, we are brothers, where do I want revenge? Besides, it was a political party fight before, and it was not involved in personal enmity!

That's your bad idea! ”

Li Er spoke for Bai Fan, "I think it's a good idea!" If you want to wipe out this gang of people, I'm afraid this method is the best way, but I have to wronged the eldest brother again! ”

Seeing the sincerity of what Li Er said, Li Jiancheng asked puzzledly, "Second brother, ...... you?"

Li Er pressed Li Jiancheng's hand and said, "It's okay, the eldest brother is also surnamed Li!"

The Li family is the royal family, so the family and the country should be one, and the country is in trouble, and protecting the country is to protect the family!

You and I are brothers, and the younger brother believes in the eldest brother! ”

In fact, when he said this, Li Er also mustered up great courage, if Li Jiancheng really threw himself into the enemy and took advantage of the chaos to kill himself, I am afraid that he will really come down!

But he is still willing to believe in his eldest brother in his heart!

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