Chapter 2240： Deal with King Qin

How terrible the locust plague was, she had seen it with her own eyes.

The locusts that cover the sky and the sun whizzed past, and no grass remained wherever they passed.

It's really scary.

In the first few years, there have been two locust plagues in Gui'an, but they were not too serious. The court paid for some food and it passed.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanjing just nodded and asked, "What else are you looking at?"

Yan'er said: "There are also Zhezi from Tubo, saying that there has been little rain and drought in Tubo recently, and it has not rained for half a year. There is no grass to feed the livestock, and the epidemic is prevalent, and cattle and sheep have died in large numbers."

Zhao Yuanjing nodded, his expression a little serious.

Every year after the beginning of spring, the court faces drought in the north, floods or locust plagues in the south.

The larger the country, the more things will happen and the more things to worry about.

Although difficulties occur year after year, droughts, locust plagues and animal plagues are relatively rare in the same year.

This means that the court needs to allocate a large sum of money for disaster relief.

Otherwise, a large number of people will starve to death.

Yan'er said again: "There are still some folds from Beiqi."

Yun Dai snorted in her heart and said, "I remember that the Northern Qi Dynasty is rich and beautiful, and there are few droughts and floods."

Yan'er smiled and said: "What the empress mother said is extremely true, Bei Qi's Zhezi said something else. A few years later, a few small groups of rebels emerged and provoked incidents everywhere to harm the people."

Since the Northern Qi Dynasty was subdued, although the whole world was unified, there were still occasional disobediencers in the Northern Qi.

It is not easy in the short term to make all the people of a country obey and obey.

For these small groups of rebels, the troops stationed in the Northern Qi Dynasty can deal with them.

They came here to ask for military expenses.

"Transfer this to the Ministry of War and handle it to King Qin." Zhao Yuanjing said.

King Qin is the Minister of the Military Aircraft Department and also manages the Ministry of War. He can control any look in the army. He is also in charge of allocating military pay to various guards.

As long as you clarify the accounts with the household department under Jin Lan afterwards.

Yan'er said, "Yes, Erchen took it down."

Zhao Yuanjing waved his hand: "You continue to look, and talk to me after you finish."

Yan Er sat down and looked at Zhezi.

Zhao Yuanjing pondered for a while, and said, "I don't know what the situation of this locust plague is. If it is the same as the previous two years. If it is serious... I am afraid the treasury will be tight again."

Yun Dai said: "The money of the treasury is originally for the country. Without the people, where would the country come from? Don't worry about money, life matters."

"I can't help but understand this truth, but it's just that it's not a solution to keep filling in money like this."

"It is said that the symptoms are not the root cause. Floods can be built in advance and dams can be built, and dry land can be opened earlier. As for this locust plague... it is also necessary to prevent it in advance. Those locusts cannot be left unscrupulous every year. Come back to eat."

Zhao Yuanjing sighed: "Controlling locusts is not easy. Since the first emperor, I don't know how many methods have been devised."

Yun Dai smiled and said: "Your method doesn't work, this locust must be cured from the root. Do you know why there are locusts in that place every year?"

Zhao Yuanjing said: "Flying from elsewhere?"

"There must be a place to come. In fact, when these locusts stop in one place and eat the crops, they will lay their eggs in the ground, waiting for them to grow up in the coming year. So, the most important thing is to turn over the ground every year. Get rid of those worm eggs. Besides, these locusts are also edible, and mobilize the people to catch them and eat them together."