In Sanshui County, water has flowed from wells in many places, and some have collapsed. A few wells have not changed. The drought continues and has not been completely resolved. It is nothing more than worrying that the people will die of thirst due to lack of water.
The county magistrate Cheng originally wanted to make a longevity sacrifice for the two masters of Zhangjiazhuangzi, but the opposition from Zhuangzi was so bad that he had to keep this matter in mind.
There was something good in the county, and at the same time, people with money in the family heard that many wells were out of water. They went to look at it and smelled a familiar smell. They thought it should be firecrackers, so they bought hundreds of thousands of them. I found a dry well and threw it into it to ignite. As a result, there was a short continuous sound inside, without any reaction.
Looking at the smoke wafting from the well, I was sure that firecrackers could not be used to blast the well. After smelling the smell, I felt that it was different. I had to give up. Originally, he wanted to know a way to try to help people out of water and make money elsewhere. .
The pier under Song Jinggong's responsibility is still under construction.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Shannan Dongdao, Henan Road, Hedong Road, and Guannei Road all have different degrees of drought. Guannei Road is a bit worse. Shannan Dongdao and Henan Road are the most severely affected, and Hedong Road has also been affected. There are several mainstream rivers in important places in Hedong Road and Guannei, which may last until the rainy season.
If there is only a drought, Henan Road is really not afraid. Grain failure is unavoidable, but they can draw water from the Yellow River, mainly since spring, there are more locusts in these two places than in other places. We didn't notice that there were grasshoppers jumping around every year, and it was not bad this year.
Who knew that with the drought, these grasshoppers grew more and more, and the big one grew to two inches long, with its wings flapping, and when it flew by in front of it, it felt like a chicken flying past.
Seeing these locusts eating crops, the common people lit incense burners outside the field and kept bowing down, but no one said they were going to catch them or let the poultry in the house eat them. Become an overwhelming posture.
The people in the prefecture not only ignored the matter, but reported the matter to the top, asking the emperor to make a locust temple here. Li Longji knew the harm of the locust, but it was difficult to manage. Other ministers did not stop it, only Yao The exception was Chong, who jumped up and down, and promised that he would take the responsibility with the emperor, and threatened with other ministers, and finally got an agreement of no support and no opposition.
Go there to check the disaster and get rid of the locusts.
At this time, Zhangjiazhuangzi in Sanshui County also moved. The grain of 10,000 shi was divided into two parts. One part made Xu Si stop at the market and ordered him to carry it quietly to Henan, and one part. Instead, Erniu was to find a cart to pull it, and a cart to drive a few miles to the county seat.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were going to take a trip in person and follow them. They were considered childhood sweethearts, but they were stopped by people at home. They usually do some things, and the adults don’t care about them, but they are going out this time, but no matter what. They both disagreed, fearing that the two of them would sneak away, and arranged ten guards in turn.
When the county magistrate Cheng heard the news, he understood that it was time for him to dispatch, arrange the affairs in the county, and bring half of the government officials to prepare for disaster relief in those two places. In fact, it was food delivery.
The cherry has hatched a lot of chicks, which are distributed to the farmers to raise them. With more than 6,000 chickens and the ducks and geese in Xiaohong, they set off in a mighty manner, and the "idlemen" in the yard also Draw out a part to follow to help feed the chickens and pick eggs.
This time, Cherries and Xiaohong brought enough fodder for the poultry to eat for two days. They had to pick areas with grasses or grasshoppers along the way. According to the little boy’s instructions, as long as the eggs were laid, they would go with the locals. The common people of China exchanged it with money, and it was also possible to exchange it with cloth. Even some of Xu Nian’s food was exchanged. Some children caught various insects and fed poultry, and they also gave them eggs.
"Everything is up to Erniu. Whether our family can continue to enjoy this kind of treatment, Erniu's response is very important. There are also a lot of grasshoppers on our side. There are some places to hide in the mountains. Niu was recruited from the county seat and asked him to try to make cakes. Then he would exchange grasshoppers with the little baby on Zhuangzi.
This thing is good, high-protein, get some salt and pepper. After it is fried, we two will eat it. We don't eat the staple food. We eat grasshoppers every day. I decided to beat a five-year-old baby when I was three years old. "
Zhang Xiaobao kept holding his breath because he and Wang Juan were not allowed to go there in person at home, waiting for everyone else to leave, and began to make ideas.
"Eat every day? Then you can eat it by yourself. I won't accompany you. No matter how much protein the grasshopper has, it can be compared with rice white noodles? I don't know how you are a liar." Wang Juan also wants to go out and have a look. What was it like in other places, and ended up being locked up at home, also depressed.
Zhang Xiaobao couldn't help it. If he really wanted to run out, it would be very easy for him and Wang Juan, but if he ran away, his family would be worried, and he would never do that if he finally had relatives.
Seeing that Wang Juan was not eating grasshoppers with him, he found a compromise method. "How about using noodles to wrap grasshoppers and fry them?"
"Are you competing with the grasshoppers? Why don't you let them catch more, and then they will dry the mature powder and make some cakes for the children in the village to add nutrition. When we grow up, they can do it." Become the most loyal guard, and expand the territory when the time comes. No, when the wasteland is opened up, the seedling protection team will be stronger."
In the past few months, Wang Juan heard four incidents of the death of a child. He felt a little painful. There was a Gejiazhuangzi who was six years old. He died after a single illness. His life was too fragile. The permanent healers were all sent, and the ginseng used for a dollar only delayed his life for a few days.
In addition to medical reasons, this kind of thing is also the children’s usual nutritional problems. Healthy children are also more resistant to diseases. Usually, some children are playing and exercising is enough, but protein intake is enough. Less, now people don’t eat grasshoppers very much except for famine. It’s a good thing when it was replaced.
Zhang Xiaobao also knew Wang Juan’s thoughts. He thought for a while and said, “It’s useless to just eat some grasshoppers. When this time is done, build the school, find some unqualified students, come and teach the children, then When the three meals a day are matched, it will naturally make the children healthier.
It’s better to get the grasshopper powder and add our MSG to some cake shops to make seasonings for them. The taste is absolutely different from those in cakes or other pasta dishes. You can also add some fish meal and MSG in the past. Forget it, just add something else. "
"Providing raw materials is the most uneconomical. Why not sell them in our own store in Sanshui County? It's not a big deal. Just arrange it casually. It seems that before they come back, the two of us are also free. Come down, think about how to help your dad deal with the imperial examination."
"Okay, starting from tomorrow, let's find my dad to look outside to see the scenery. You can cooperate with me. I am not so familiar with many poems. You have been exposed to a lot of training when you were a child. You have to rely on you in this respect." Zhang Xiaobao wants his father to take the test. Xiucaike, he can imply some political and economic ideas, but poetry will not work.
"Well, I'll find your dad to go out to learn something tomorrow morning, and we will hint at that time." Wang Juan agreed.
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County magistrate Cheng Lingxiang left that night when Erniu brought so many cars. He has also been paying attention to the disasters in those two places recently, knowing that he will be recognized if he goes now, and his grade will also be mentioned. carry.
With such a large team, it will take at least half a month to go from Sanshui County to there. It is still in a hurry. Cherry and Xiaohong on the other side also urge the team to move forward. Chickens, ducks and geese are not very obedient, especially When encountering water, ducks and geese always want to go in and play.
Fortunately, there is a clever goose "fluff" in Xiaohong. Xiaohong can understand what he can do. He is busy, drove nearly 10,000 poultry on the road while eating, and those who followed The people in the inner courtyard get busy, and they must come and watch from the left and right and the back of the team, otherwise it is easy to lose a few of them. This is all money.
When encountering the fields on both sides of the road, as long as there are grasshoppers, Xiao Hong and Cherries will drive these poultry to eat. If there are those meat, the poultry will naturally look down on the millet, so they run around with their necks down, and they ran over here. , You can eat all kinds of insects that have been driven over there, even locusts that fly a little lower will be jumped up by chickens and babbled in their mouths.
After half a month, the county magistrate Cheng’s team arrived first, and it can’t be said that they were all here. Those food trucks were still behind. Majesty Cheng was going to get in touch with the prime minister, that is, Prime Minister Yao You.
He already knew the news that Prime Minister Right had also come out of Beijing, and he was about to be here soon. He happened to be able to wait until the meeting. The only thing he worried about was whether the food could be delivered in time.
Xiaohong and Cherry are also a little anxious here. They are moving slower. Fortunately, those poultry are not very obedient. They always have to go to a far place to have a look, and then continue with the team. forward.
It's not too slow, and it will take more than ten days to walk away from that place. I don't know if you can see the Prime Minister right by then.
"Xiaohong, take the team and walk slowly. I have to rush, otherwise we will not be able to go back and explain to the young man. At least let the surname Yao know that we are here. A lot of effort was done at once."
As she walked, Cherry became anxious, and discussed with Xiaohong.