If there is no food, who can live, the princes are also very much advocating for the people to farm, on the contrary, there is some suppression of business and craftsmen.

"Go and ask Mr. Hua Tuo to go with you." Through the news from Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places, he knew the severity of the locust plague, and the overwhelming locusts were definitely a nightmare for the people.

Locusts multiply very quickly, usually in arid areas, and prefer to live in groups, if the number of locusts reaches a certain level, overnight, all crops in the fields can disappear.

Lu Bu's idea was to let Hua Tuo see if there was an effective way to deal with these locusts, if it really didn't work, Lu Bu also had a trick, and this trick was also the most effective means to alleviate the locust plague.

The group hurried to the fields outside the city, and saw the sparse locusts in the fields, Lu Bu frowned slightly, locusts are large-scale gathering animals, once locusts appear here, this means that more locusts will come.

"Does Mr. Hua have a way to save crops?" Lu Bu asked with a solemn face.

Hua Tuo shook his head slightly, he is a healer, where does he know how to kill locusts.

"Give the order to the people to catch the locusts." Lu Budao.

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "My lord, the number of locusts is huge, and non-human beings can catch them. ”

Lu Bu nodded, he also knew this situation, and it was also taking advantage of the fact that there were no large number of locusts in the state now, so he could take the method of capturing locusts, how could the princes not know the method of catching locusts, but in the face of locusts that covered the sky and the sun, they were also helpless, and besides, locusts were a punishment from heaven in the eyes of ordinary people, and if they caught locusts, it would be troublesome to cause greater anger from heaven.

"Mr. Hua, killing locusts is still on your body, since Mr. knows how to cure diseases and save people, he should know the way to kill people, and the same is true for locusts, you only need to make medicine to kill them, you can kill locusts, and Mr. will also be famous in history for saving people." Lu Budao.

Hua Tuo's heart was shocked, as a doctor, there are very few people who can leave their name in history, unless there is a major contribution, and killing locusts, such a credit can be described as unprecedented, since ancient times, the people can only face locusts, can only be mourning.

"Give it a try." Hua Tuo arched his hand.

"With the ability of Mr., it will definitely be completed, and Mr. can bring the locusts back and develop a medicine that can kill the locusts without harming people, and the rest will be handed over to Benhou to dispose of." Lu Budao.

Hua Tuo took the order and left, although he didn't understand what kind of method Lu Bu would have, since Lu Bu had such confidence, he was also going to give it a go.

"After the order is given, after the people catch the locusts, they can dry the locusts and sell them to the state pastor, and the state government will buy them at a price of two dollars and a catty." Lu Budao.

The wrath of heaven is just a rhetoric to fool the people, and as for the fact that after the locusts are dried, they are rich in protein, and it is still very good to improve the lives of the soldiers, since these locusts eat the people's food, why can't the people eat the locusts to satisfy their hunger?

The hungry people, even the bark and grass roots, as long as they can live, let them eat locusts, as long as a little after a little preparation, who can know that there are locusts in the meal, this is also Lu Bu's trick, eat locusts, block the disaster from locusts.

Seeing that Lu Bu was very confident, although Jia Xu was puzzled, he hurriedly passed the order, one pound and one penny, this price is already good, the number of locusts in the fields will be more and more, and the people can get a lot of money by catching locusts.

This order from the state pastor's government also made the people stunned, they saw locusts in the field and wanted to cry without tears, so many locusts, even if they were caught, it was difficult to catch them, but under the stimulation of money, the people were very enthusiastic to go to the fields to catch locusts, and for a time the people around Jinyang, the most locusts in their own yards.

When Lu Bu returned to the city, he went to the craftsman's workshop, where he wanted to imitate the medicine pots of later generations and spray the medicine prepared by Hua Tuo in the fields.

After finally describing it clearly, Cheng Laohan distributed the drawings to the craftsmen below, which was an urgent order, and the craftsmen all stopped what they were doing and began to build medicine pots that they had never seen before.

After all, the technology of this era was limited, and Lu Bu just ordered the craftsman workshop to build a large iron bucket, stretching out a long mouth above the iron tong, and piercing small holes on the barrel mouth, so that it could be used as a simple medicine pot.

"Where is Ma Jun?" Lu Bu asked.

"Master Ma is renovating the ballista and thunderbolt in the house." Cheng Laohan said, for this young man who is not good at words, Cheng Laohan is very optimistic, from Ma Jun's body, he feels what it means to be infatuated, as long as there is a device in hand, Ma Jun is like a demon, without thorough research, he will not give up.

"Let Ma Jun come and follow Ben Hou to the outside of the city." Lu Budao said that if the drought problem cannot be solved, it will inevitably affect the grain harvest, and this time the grain harvest is related to the lives of many people in the state, and if there is no drought in the state, the locust plague can be alleviated to a great extent.

There was no rain for many days, and the fields outside the city were also a little dry, and many people were carrying water to water the fields.

In the craftsman's workshop, Cheng Tie and Ma Jun have a good relationship, and only Cheng Tie has the patience to discuss with Ma Jun, and gradually Cheng Tie is obsessed with the production of instruments, and Cheng Tie is usually responsible for conveying Ma Jun's meaning to the craftsmen.

"If the drought can be alleviated, then the locust plague is not a cause for concern, and Deheng can find a way to build a device that allows the water in the river to irrigate the fields." Lu Budao.

Hearing this, Ma Jun looked at the river not far away, pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered something he had built in his hometown, and nodded excitedly.

Lu Bu was overjoyed, he didn't expect Ma Jun to have such a technique, "So, there is Lao Deheng in this matter." ”

Ma Jun hurriedly returned the salute, although he didn't say anything, but he had a strong confidence in his expression, and he could build a waterwheel that could irrigate the fields, but after arriving at the craftsman's workshop in Bingzhou, he had been studying sharp weapons such as bed crossbows and thunderbolts.

Things in the city are almost busy, Lu Bu finally returned to the mansion, and in the past half a month, Lu Bu has been staying in the state pastor's mansion, and he is also very tired.

"Father is back." But it was Lu Lingqi who was the first to find Lu Bu who walked into the mansion, and shouted to greet him.

Looking at Lu Bu's slightly haggard face, the fifth daughter was also distressed.

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