Wanli 1592

Chapter 1314 Initial Test
Chen Jinglun and his son hurried along the way, and when they arrived at Xi'an Mansion, they got stuck just when Xu Guangqi ordered the ducks to arrive at Xi'an Mansion as soon as possible.

As soon as Xu Guangqi's messenger set off, Chen Jinglun and his son arrived. After arriving, the father and son hurried to see Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi was also very interested in the lucky father and son who completed the gorgeous transformation from businessman to official overnight, and he also admired the emperor's courage.

Appointing a father and son of small businessmen with little administrative experience who only do business and raise ducks as officials, although it is only a small official, this has not happened for many years.

I remember that Lu Buwei was the last person who made a splash in China as a businessman.

He felt that the emperor might be about to make some big moves again, such as buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars, but these were not the most important thing. The most important thing was whether the duck came or not, and whether the method was reliable or not.

Eating is the most important thing. Why do you engage in political struggles when you can’t get enough to eat?Let's all starve to death.

This requires experiments and a large group of people to witness it together before we can confirm whether it is really effective. There is still a long distance between the arrival of ducks in Xi'an and the time when the ducks actually spread to the people and start preying on gnats. Therefore, time is very tight, and Xu Guangqi is very anxious.

"I don't say much else. Your Majesty must have your own considerations for letting your father and son be officials. You don't have to worry that the old man will look down on you. The old man will only look down on corrupt officials and incompetent officials. If your father and son can manage to raise ducks For the great cause of controlling locusts, I will personally ask your majesty for your father and son’s merits, and protect your Chen family’s title!"

Chen Jinglun and Chen Zhenlong looked at each other, swallowed their saliva together, became ruthless, and decided to risk everything, just do it, die, and die, the worst is to behead and die. Back off.

So Chen Jinglun spoke.

"Dare to ask Xu Shangshu, is the current disaster of gnats relatively serious?"

Xu Guangqi nodded.

"It must be serious, otherwise the old man would not urge you to come quickly. Taking Xiyang Township as an example, three of the nine villages have found gnats. There are quite a few of them, and they have spread throughout Sanyuan County. There are more, and the situation is not good."

Chen Jinglun frowned and said: "Then these [-] ducks are just a drop in the bucket. If it is not enough, the imperial court will prepare more ducklings to send, and the [-] ducks will be handed over to the lower officials first." Take charge, let’s hunt for gnats within the scope of Xiyang Township first! Hurry up, eat as much as you can!"

"How sure are you?"

"Ducks must eat gnats, the only difference is whether there are more or less gnats. Moreover, the lower officials need enough people to help manage these ducks. Every two quarters of an hour, a batch of ducks must be changed to go to the field to eat, otherwise the ducks will eat them. It’s not worth the loss if you hold yourself to death.”

Xu Guangqi nodded.

"Since you say that, Chen Jinglun, all the officials and soldiers of the General Administration of Locust Control and Xiyang Township will be transferred to you, and I will also follow your command!"

"Understood dare not!"

Chen Jinglun was taken aback. The second grade Shangshu asked him to command?What are you kidding?
"There is no minister in front of the great cause of locust control! Only those who don't want to starve to death! Before I set off, I swore to His Majesty that I would never let any of the people of Great Qin starve to death because of the locust plague. This time the locust plague has already begun. , the old man will kill himself to thank the people of the country."

Seeing Xu Guangqi's serious expression that does not seem to be telling lies, Chen Jinglun's heart pounded.

But playing the drums is the same thing. Chen Jinglun was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. The entire Locust Control Administration listened to his arrangement to carry out this big battle of eating ducks and gnats. Feel very novel.

I was commanded by a small official who was a businessman?

In Liulian Village, Xiyang Township, Chen Jinglun felt that he was being watched by countless eyes, some curious, some unhappy, and some scrutinizing. He just felt that these eyes were like knives on him.

These eyes are more dangerous than facing the stormy waves in the sea before, and even more dangerous than facing those greedy red-haired barbarians.

He forced himself to calm down and told himself that what he needed to do now was to order the ducks to eat the gnats.

This is his job, and his job is like this. He taught the local people to direct these ducks to eat the gnats in the field and prevent them from growing into locusts. This is the greatest mission of his father and son. The credit of his father and son.

Whether the Chen family can stand out or not depends on this time.

Xu Guangqi personally led the battle. All the officials and the villagers of Liulian Village obeyed the command and watched as the Chen family and a dozen young officials put on bunts and drove the more than 100 ducks to the ground. There were [-] ducks trapped on the road next to them. , Said to be ready for rotation.

The first piece of land that went down was the land of Guo Deng’s family. There were gnats found in the northeast corner of their house. Xu Guangqi was worried that there were still more, and in order to avoid the worries of other villagers, he asked Guo Deng to take the lead to set an example. Showing your chest means duty-bound.

The ducks were driven down to the ground, nestled together, and walked in the ground. Chen Jinglun and his son and a dozen young officials formed a virtual circle, enclosing the group of ducks within a certain range, guiding Drive them to move slowly, looking for gnats hiding in the ground.

Seeing these little ducks walking back and forth in the field made Guo Deng a little scared.

Don't trample on my wheat!

He yelled in his heart.

All of a sudden, the ducks started to commotion. A group of ducks gathered together in one place, and the ducks pecked vigorously at the ground.

"Ouch! Look! There are so many gnats!!"

A sharp-eyed official pointed out, isn't it? The group of ducks lowered their heads and pecked on the ground together, and many gnats jumped around. The scene was quite spectacular.

Guo Deng's face turned green with fright. He obviously thought that if he didn't find out in time, he would never get back one of the wheat in his village.

The rest of the villagers also watched with amazement as more than 100 ducklings gathered together on the ground to peck at the gnats that were frantically jumping around.

These life-eating things are obviously delicious in the eyes of ducks.

The Chen family father and son were overjoyed, and then saw that there were too many gnats and too few ducks, and immediately called for another hundred ducks to be put down.

Another duck special attack team rushed to the battlefield, bowing their heads and pecking. The gnats all over the ground were pecked and jumped around, but they couldn't escape the fate of being eaten.

While these ducks were pecking, Chen Jinglun was counting the time. When two quarters of an hour arrived, he saw that the pecking speed of the ducks had slowed down a bit. The ducks went down to the ground and drove them to finish eating the unfinished gnats.

The villagers were amazed by their eyes, Guo Deng was even more happy, and immediately asked Xu Guangqi to fully implement the strategy of raising ducks and controlling locusts in Liulian Village. All the people in Liulian Village fully supported Xu Guangqi's duck raising and controlling locusts Strategy.

(End of this chapter)