Pei Min looked at the soil he had just dug and answered Wu Hua's words: "I like to do it myself compared to watching it on it... I can do my part, just do my part!"

He didn't look at Wu Hua while talking, and he was a little rude.

Wu Hua frowned slightly and said nothing.

Pei Min reached out to pick up the digging pieces of soil he dug out and rubbed them hard on his hands. The soil chips fell down one after another. What was left in his hands were some tiny larvae eggs.

After watching for a long time, Pei Min reached out to Wu Hua and said in a panic: "Is this a locust egg?"

Wu Hua looked at it for a while and said, "It's an ordinary insect egg. Locusts are fish and shrimps. What does it have to do with insect eggs!"

Pei Min almost spit out an old blood, looking at Wu Hua like a fool, and couldn't help but say, "Governor Wu, how did you get the position of governor?"

Wu Hua said angrily: "Of course, it was promoted step by step by step with political achievements. Do the Jiedushi have any questions?"

In fact, this is not because Wu Hua was ignorant, but the ancients never knew what the cause of the locust plague was.

Locust plagues have occurred one after another in Chinese history. According to the statistics of the later generations of "History of China's Waste Rescue", the average locust plagues in the Qin and Han Dynasties once every nine years, the Song dynasties were 30 years, the Yuan dynasties were 2 years, and the Ming and Qing dynasties were 30 years, and the disaster was the highest in the world.

It is clearly a place where locust plagues are severe, but ancient Chinese people know very little about the understanding of locusts.

There was the earliest saying of "locust god", which was said to be the locust gods. Then there was the saying of "locusts and fish transforming each other". Lu Dian's "Piya" in the Song Dynasty recorded: "Some locusts are transformed by fish eggs." Pan Zimu's "Journal of Yuanhai" also wrote: "The locusts turn into fish and shrimps." Li Fang's "Taiping Yulan" and "Shrimp Gate" also recorded: "Locusts fly into the sea and turn into fish and shrimps." There is also the saying of "Li Su's "Seeing things": "When drought is dry, the shrimps turn into locusts, so many fish signify a good harvest."

Similar books are everywhere.

In short, at this time, the common sense of locusts are fish and shrimps.

Pei Min didn't know how to explain it, so he simply said: "I saw the saying "There is a locust in extreme drought" in an ancient book, "There will be a locust in a long time drought."

Wu Hua was already a little dissatisfied with Pei Min, but he was a senior official and did not dare to show it. He said with a beard: "I also know that it is because the weather is dry and hot, and the river water is dry. The fish and shrimp in the river have no place to live, so they turn into locusts. What does it have to do with these insect eggs..."

Illiterate in ancient times was really terrible; I was righteous and told myths!

Pei Min was speechless and asked patiently: "What if there are locusts after the flood? How can I explain it? It's not just the extreme drought and the locusts, but the chance of causing locust plague after the flood is also extremely high."

Wu Hua explained patiently: "That's because the flood washed fish and shrimps onto the river bank, and the fish and shrimps couldn't return to the river, so they naturally turned into locusts."

Pei Min couldn't help but complain, it seemed that there was a little reason.

After clearing his throat, Pei Min said weakly: "I have read such records in an ancient book that locusts go to water and like depressions. In the years of drought, the rivers are dry, leaving large weedless depressions suitable for locusts to reproduce. The drier the weather, the faster the locusts reproduce. This is why there will be locusts when they have been drought for a long time. As for floods, it is because the flood brings mud and sand to land, and also forms large weedless depressions, which are also suitable for locusts to reproduce. However, due to climate, the locust plague after floods is far less terrible than the locust plague after droughts."

Wu Hua frowned and said, "What kind of fallacy is this?"

Shanzhou President Shi Tonghao came over and said, "The locust plague is caused by the agitated locust god. Only when the heavenly family does not cultivate virtue will it cause locust plague. If the family is wise today, how can there be a locust plague? Don't exaggerate the situation if the locust plague is said?"

Yes, another version!

Pei Min held his forehead and said nothing.

"No matter whether it is, or not! Be careful when you see it!" Pei Min ignored Wu Hua and Tong Hao, walked up the river bank and whispered loudly: "All brothers, please pay attention. If the soil you dug has traces of insect eggs, don't hesitate and kill it directly. That thing may cause a greater disaster, leaving endless disasters."

He immediately arranged manpower and sent the situation to the 12 Longyou Prefectures, and the 19th Army learned about it.

But he really doesn't know whether this approach can avoid locusts.

Locusts see underground cubs, laying more than 200 eggs at a time, and they can mate repeatedly and multiple times.

Even in the 20th century, there was no reliable technology to prevent locust plagues and insect eggs, let alone the ancient Tang Dynasty?

Pei Min could not turn over the entire Longyou land. Looking for insect eggs in the field, he could only do his best to do his best and leave his will. He hoped that he would not cause disasters and increase the burden on the people.

After more than 20 days of hard work, with the concerted efforts of the Longyou Army and the people, irrigated rivers and canals were dug around the wealthiest tens of acres of land in the 12 Longyou Prefectures to ensure that the few fields could barely survive the drought and prevent the entire Longyou particle from being harvested, so as to reduce the pressure on the court to provide materials to disaster relief.

The Great Heat also came unknowingly!

Heaven and earth are like big fireworks, burning everything.

Except for the carefully maintained small fields, all other wheat is thirsty and dead. The earth is dry and cracked and opened, and a basin of water sprinkled on the mud and soil can bring up a burst of blue smoke.

The room was too stuffy, and Pei Min sat directly in the corridor at the door to deal with the affairs of the governor, and he missed the days he had in the air-conditioned room in the 21st century.

It was so hot that it was really unbearable.

If it weren't for people coming and going outside the house, he would have even wanted to work shirtlessly.

When he endured the heat and was interested in reviewing the official documents, Yuan Luqian once again brought bad news.

"Not good!"

"Brother Pei, as you expected, the locust plague is coming! Jincheng is the first to be hit. The twelve states in Longyou that suffer from drought are all in a state of locusts gathering. The situation is extremely critical!" Yuan Luqian looked disobedient, and this time he didn't even bother to drink tea.

After a moment of browsing, Pei Min rushed out of the Jiedushi Mansion and came to the governor's office.

Wu Hua, Tong Hao and others were still discussing the situation of the locust plague.

Pei Min ignored this time and said directly: "Governor Wu, what are you waiting for? Once the locusts are officially gathered, they will sweep everything like a flood and sandstorm, making the world no green. At present, only by gathering the strength of the people in the whole province and killing the locusts with all their strength is the best strategy."

As soon as Pei Min finished speaking, Tong Hao immediately jumped up and said, "No, no, killing locusts will cause the god of locusts to be angry, and there will be endless disasters."

Wu Hua frowned and said, "Jingduan, I can understand your mood, but you are overstepping your authority! Disaster relief is the business of our prefecture and has nothing to do with the Jieduan."

Pei Min smiled angrily and said, "Okay, okay, I don't have the right to mobilize the people of the prefecture, so it's okay to transfer the soldiers under my command."

Tong Hao rushed up in shock and stopped him, "Jingdust must not irritate the Locust God..." Before he finished speaking, he flew backwards.

Pei Min kicked him away with one kick.

The drought is coming, and he can't beat God to accept it, and he is so angry. Now that the locust plague is coming, he tells him that the locust god cannot kill it!
Chapter completed!