Thinking of taking money from the world-class salt merchant, Jing Hedi suddenly became cheerful.

From last night to just now, he felt that there was a mountain pressing against him, preventing himself from breathing.

But after listening to Liu Mingqi's series of solutions, most of the miraculous important and sharp problems were solved.

And it is solved without hurting the foundation of the empire and the interests of most people, which is very valuable.

Even the solutions discussed with a large number of important officials of the court last night and this morning were not as good as Liu Mingqi's own ideas.

Perhaps this is why the authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear?

It seems that in the future, letting Mingqi, a kid outside the court, look at the problem with a transcendent status, will be more effective for the prince who succeeds to the throne.

It is hard to imagine what kind of wise Liu Mingqi will be like after 10 or 20 years of growth?

I am a little envious of the prince!

Thoughts flashed, Emperor Jinghe said to Zhao Shou: "Zhao Shou will write down, and when the matter comes to an end, during the Chinese New Year, he will announce that the prince and the country will be loyal and loving the king, and will be loyal to the country. He has made great contributions to the world. He specially granted the prince four salary and sent the Interior Government to build a mansion for the prince in the inner city, which is for Ming Qi."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhao Shou ran to the small table next to him, and wrote it down with a piece of paper, preparing it, and preparing to write it out during the Chinese New Year, and asked the emperor to use a seal to issue it.

While writing, Zhao Shou was also filled with praise.

He listened to Liu Mingqi's various suggestions throughout the whole process, and now he has to criticize him when he thinks about it.

Prince Yu has the talent of the prime minister, but it is a pity that he has such talent!

However, the prince's four salary is rare in the entire Dakang Dynasty. Prince Yu was in the limelight this time.

There are also the residences of the prince, which are usually converted from the prince's own residence. Once the prince dies, his descendants will move out of the imperial city and live in the inner city or the outer city.

The prince's mansion in the imperial city only allows generations of princes to live in.

Like Prince Yu, he was rewarded by the emperor with a mansion regulated by the prince in advance, which was also a great favor.

Of course, it is natural to receive such a reward with the contributions of Prince Yu today.

Even twice as much as it is not an exaggeration.

Liu Mingqi also thanked the emperor with a smile.

When the three of them sat down again, the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

"When it comes to this locust control method, can't we take the initiative and be more proactive?" Liu Mingqi took the opportunity to ask the question she had always wanted to ask.

"There are some, but most of them treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and they can't even achieve one-tenth of the effect. Instead, they consume a lot of manpower and material resources, making people feel a little powerless." Miao Yan replied.

"How did you do it?" the young man asked.

Miao Yan realized that Liu Mingqi was not asking and said, "There are two most effective ways. The first is to build shacks next to the field. It will burn at night, and the locusts will be attracted and finally fall into the trap. But the disadvantage of this method is that once it is burned, it will easily burn the fields, and the fire will eventually destroy the fields and the food in the field.

The second method is to dig a trench and place bait. When the locusts fall down and eat, they will be poured in and drowned them completely. It can also eliminate many locusts.

As for the rest, the people who use net capture, the people-wrapping style, the bag-brush style, the net-combined style, the fish-foil style, etc., including allowing chickens and ducks to eat locusts, it also has certain effects.

But these methods seem to eliminate a lot, but the next day the locust continued to swallow the fields and grain until they ate all the food. This made people feel that doing it is like not doing it, which is very painful."

Liu Mingqi frowned: "So this time, the corresponding court is to let them attack?"

"There's nothing to do." Miao Yan pounded the table, "Your Highness, can you come up with any solution, if you ask me?"

After he said this, even Jing and the Imperial Capital became interested.

If Liu Mingqi could come up with a good way to eliminate locusts, it would definitely benefit the present and the future.

Many things will be saved later.

But Liu Mingqi shook her head quickly: "It is impossible to exterminate locusts. The way I think of may not be as good as before."

The boy is not humble.

Liu Mingqi has read the methods mentioned by Miao Yan in ancient books in another world. They are many experiences summarized by people over the past thousands of years, and even several of them are something he has never heard of.

Jing Hedi said: "Don't keep it a secret, tell me it quickly. It's better to have it than not."

"yes."

Liu Mingqi scratched her head, "The first thing I think is to concentrate superior forces, annihilate the enemy on a large scale, and save the most important assets."

Jing Hedi, Miao Yan: "!?"

Why did you talk about the art of war?

"The best fertile fields are usually on both sides of the river, right?" Liu Mingqi continued: "Since chickens and ducks are effective in eating locusts, we will concentrate all chickens and ducks in areas without locust plagues on both sides of the river. When the locusts come, thousands of them will be eaten. Will this effect be better?"

Now Jing Hedi and Miao Yan finally understood what Liu Mingqi said before.

"Thinking about this is a way." Miao Yan, the prefect of the Imperial Capital, immediately thought of a suitable place: "There are at least hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland around the two rivers of Bian River and Wuzhang River. You can try it. If it doesn't work, it will be ed out as before."

"Then let's try it." Jing Hedi had no idea, so he could only try it first.

"You can't just try it in Beijing. The Gyeonggi area and the Two Lakes area should be the same. Such concentration can still save a lot of losses." Liu Mingqi said with great difficulty.

He just said that it may not work, but now it will be implemented in all regions, which looks very confident.

Emperor Jinghe looked at Miao Yan, and Miao Yan nodded to him. He finally made up his mind: "Okay, Zhao Shou has drawn an order to order all prefectures and prefectures to recruit chickens and ducks from the people and prepare to fight the locust plague. The specific prevention areas shall be decided by the prefectures and prefectures."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhao Shou got up from the table, sat down and wrote the imperial edict.

This is for the prime ministers to show. After the prime ministers have no objection, the Hanlin Academy's Shuji scholars wrote a formal imperial edict and issued it.

Liu Mingqi smiled.

He had been a little puzzled before, why the locust plague had already begun to consider the aftermath before it came.

As a salted fish, everyone knows that they have to struggle.

As a result, he realized now that it was not that he did not struggle, but that he had struggled countless times before, but his fate had not changed and everyone had lost motivation.

Then this time without the emperor's order, the officials below would definitely not actively concentrate chickens and ducks and defend the farmland - in their opinion, it was purely and sometimes useless.

But Liu Mingqi knew very well that this was definitely not useless work.

In the past, when chickens and ducks were used to eat locusts, they were all scattered, and every household did this.

The chickens and ducks have not formed a scale, so they just scattered soldiers and bravely fight, of course they can only kill hundreds of millions of locusts.

In the northwest of my country in the previous life, billions of locusts attacked the grasslands, and as a result, 100,000 ducks were airlifted from Zhejiang to the grasslands. In less than a month or two, these locusts and juvenile eggs were eaten clean and returned home successfully.

This made Liu Mingqi know what the power of grouping is.

Only with quantitative change can qualitative change occur.

Thousands of chickens and ducks were dispatched together, which was definitely completely different from the previous results.

After thinking about it, Liu Mingqi said: "In addition to this formal method, Xiaochen has another bad idea."

here we go again!

Jing Hedi's interest increased greatly, "What's the wrong idea?"

Liu Mingqi asked, "Your Majesty, you have never tasted the smell of fried locusts, have you?"

Emperor Jing He showed disgust: "Can the pest such as locusts still be eaten?"

Liu Mingqi nodded with certainty: "You can eat it. After frying, you can eat it crispy and dip it in some pepper and salt. It tastes better. The insect pupa tastes even better. It is simply delicious to use it to drink wine."

"Don't tell me you've eaten it." Jing Hedi asked.

"Of course I've eaten it more than once." Liu Mingqi shrugged, "Or how would I know it's delicious?"

"Liu Mingqi, how many strange things did you do when you were a child!!" Jing Hedi said laughably.

I used to hear that Liu Mingqi was naughty, climbing trees to catch birds and going down the river to catch fish, but I didn’t expect that he would play with too much.

Not only have I eaten bran porridge, but also fried locusts and fried insects.

It's really an alternative among the children of the royal family.

Miao Yan was in awe of Liu Mingqi.

If Liu Mingqi had not had so many rich experiences, if he had not been flirting with and pondering since childhood, how could he have been this amazing prince today?

It seems that studying hard is not enough, and you need to get more exposure to reality!

"Since locusts can be eaten, I can buy the locusts they caught from the people in large quantities." Liu Mingqi said to herself, "Don't our family sell steamed buns and rice porridge every day? Whoever buys food in the future, then give them a bag of fried locusts to eat... After eating a few more times, they will naturally get used to it, and maybe they will catch them and eat them by themselves!"

Jing Hedi didn't speak, but only looked at him with the look of "you're dreaming".

The boy smiled embarrassedly and said, "Okay, this must be a minority. I use it more on the pigs I raise. Dry these locusts and grind them into powder, and add them to the feed for the pigs to eat. The pigs must grow fat and strong, and the meat tastes so beautiful!"

Regarding pig farming, the case that happened to be triggered was the trial of Miao Yan. He also remembered: "Your Highness, you raised pigs outside the city, and they actually used them to eat? You...have you eaten pork?"

Liu Mingqi nodded: "Pork is a delicious food on earth... Your Majesty, don't look at me with this expression. The pork I said is different from what you think, and you will know in the future."

Although Liu Mingqi said that, Jing and Di still looked disgusted. This brat really dared to eat anything!

Zhao Shou had the same expression.

He has eaten pork since he was a child. He will never forget the smell of odor in his life. How could it be delicious?

"No matter what, the people who are willing to catch locusts will reduce the disasters caused by locusts. This is my meager power!" The boy could only summarize this way.

Although Emperor Jing He was very disgusted with Liu Mingqi’s food, it was good to drive the people.

So he pondered, "How many locusts can your family collect? Let's do this, I'll give you 10,000 taels of silver, which can be considered as funding your idea."

"I thought you could subsidize me for 100,000 or 80,000 yuan." Liu Mingqi said with a gaze.

"Go! Go! Go!"

The emperor waved his sleeves and looked disgusted: "You think my inner warehouse is a treasure pot, and you can't use up gold? If it weren't for your great contribution today, I wouldn't have been making trouble with you!"
Chapter completed!