Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 186 The Locust Plague Outbreak
Regarding the expansion of the territory, Li Ke has not made too many plans for the time being.

The ministers are all guessing based on Li Ke's words.

Then Li Ke gave the various drawings and detailed introductions about the manufacture of steam engines to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and asked the Minister of the Ministry of Industry to forge the various parts required for it based on steel.

Naturally, Minister of the Ministry of Industry did not dare to have any hesitation.

The production methods and patterns of various parts in the steam engine drawings are very clear and written in great detail.

Li Ke believes that the people in the Ministry of Industry can definitely see clearly, and with the current Longguo's steel forging technology, these parts can also be easily manufactured.

Originally, according to Li Ke's own knowledge, he wanted to build a steam engine, which was nothing short of whimsical.

Although he knows the principle.

But it is absolutely impossible to easily make a high-power steam engine.

Now that he has the drawings given by the system, Li Ke doesn't have to worry about it.

As long as all these parts are forged and assembled according to the method on the drawing, then the steam engine will have absolutely no problem.

However, Li Ke also understood that it would take an enormous amount of time to manufacture all the parts needed for this complex steam engine.

It is definitely not a short time to make a success!

Therefore, if you want to rule the world, you have to delay it later.

After all, even if the steam engine is successfully built, trains must be built and railroad tracks must be laid.

Either way, it's a big project.

Anyway, it is impossible to complete it in a short time.

But Li Ke's thinking is correct.

He is familiar with history, and he understands very well that whether it was World War I or World War II, when Western countries wanted to rule some countries, they would first build railways in their countries.

Because only the construction of the railway will facilitate the operation and transportation of their large troops.

This makes it easier for them to rule.

This highlights the importance of transportation.

At that time, some countries that did not understand thought that these enemies were here to help them develop and build.

Little did they know, they had opened up various routes for the enemy.

Today's Li Ke wants to follow their example.

After the matter of the steam engine was handed over to the Ministry of Industry, Li Ke no longer cared too much about it.

A few days later, he received news that Wuji Kingdom had been completely taken over by Li Yong and Zhao Yang.

Li Ke was not surprised by this.

However, Li Yong and Zhao Yang began to rule the Wuji Kingdom based on past experience.

Let the Wuji Kingdom become a part of the Dragon Kingdom as soon as possible.

This action allowed countless people in the Wuji Kingdom to fully understand the strength of the Dragon Kingdom, and also let more surrounding countries understand that the Dragon Kingdom is really so powerful that it cannot match it.

Neighboring countries have become very honest.

But they didn't realize that at this moment, Li Ke of Dragon Kingdom had already been planning to annex these countries.

Originally, Li Ke wanted to order the army to march towards several surrounding countries and rule them down. After all, these countries are relatively close to each other.

However, when he was about to make this decision, suddenly, Hubu Shangshu hurriedly came to the palace to meet Li Ke.

Li Ke saw that the Minister of the Household Department looked nervous, and guessed that something big might happen.

Then I heard the Minister of the Household Department kneeling on the ground and saying to Li Ke:

"It's not good, Your Majesty, in the past two or three days, news has spread from all over the place, and there have been locust plagues in many places, and many locusts have appeared.

Where these locusts passed by, whether it was rice or wheat, or various fruits and vegetables, they could not escape their poisonous mouth, and they were all eaten up.

At present, some towns have panicked. Although there are sufficient food reserves in various places, if these locusts cannot be solved, our Dragon Kingdom may suffer a large-scale locust disaster. "

In Li Ke's memory, the Tang Dynasty experienced several large-scale locust plagues.

In ancient times, although locusts were small creatures, they were helpless, especially when they appeared on a large scale, they would almost cause large-scale people to starve to death everywhere.

The reason is that these locusts eat just about anything.

Especially rice and wheat and some other vegetables.

Moreover, these locusts have very strong reproductive ability, and it is very difficult to eliminate them.

Because these things can fly, there is almost no way to effectively control them.

Therefore, every time a locust plague occurs, if it is not controlled in time, it will rapidly expand in scale.

When Li Ke mentioned the news, his face was also very ugly. Locust plagues are natural and man-made disasters. Usually, once they occur, there is no way to effectively solve them.

If Tang was not wiped out by Li Ke, then the locust plague would be Li Er's headache.

According to history, Li Er did not have a good way to deal with it.

At most, they ate some locusts in a very hypocritical manner in front of the people, so that the people felt that the locusts were not terrible and could be eaten.

And mobilize the people to solve the problem of locusts and hunger by eating locusts.

In fact, this method is not reliable.

Not to mention, the locusts at that time carried some traces of toxins in their bodies.

There is no problem in using a small amount of locusts, but to eliminate so many locusts and fill the stomachs of those who have no food, it is necessary to eat a large number of locusts.

The consequences that can occur in this way are unimaginable.

But if some of them have problems eating locusts, then others will definitely not continue to use them.

Then, it is impossible to continue to solve the problem of locusts.

Besides, taking a step back, even if these locusts are not poisonous, they can be eaten in large quantities.

So what is the way to catch them?

You must know that these locusts can fly, and it is very difficult to catch them. Unless there is a real net, it is impossible to catch them in large numbers.

On this issue, taking another [-] steps back, even if it is really possible to catch locusts on a large scale, since they are caught, why do they have to eat them?

Caught them and set them on fire, wouldn't that also solve the yellow worms?

So the method of eating locusts is tantamount to taking off your pants and farting.

To sum it up in one sentence, if I can catch locusts, why should I still eat them?

This approach is not feasible.

In addition to this method, some emperors would choose to worship the locusts in temples, praying that the locusts would no longer treat the people like this.

This is even more nonsense, it is completely nonsense.

In addition, there are some relatively less prominent methods, such as reclaiming wasteland and introducing water into the fields, so that locusts dare not enter the water to spoil the food.

There is also the use of fire to burn the eggs of those locusts.

Or organize a special team to catch locusts on a large scale.

The effects of these methods are not too obvious.

After all, locusts can appear on a large scale, to the point of destroying the crops of countless people, which means that their number cannot be estimated, and these methods alone will definitely not solve the problem.

In any case, Li Ke never thought that such a prosperous celestial dynasty created by himself would stumble against the little locust.

(End of this chapter)