Zhenguan Wenzong System

Chapter 245

After a heated debate in the court, Luo Yan's suggestion was finally implemented.

For this, Luo Yan is still a little proud.The prevention and control of locust plagues is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and it was he who forcibly persuaded Li Shimin under the opposition of all officials.Putting it on someone's body, doing a great deed vigorously, and feeling extremely comfortable in my heart.What's more, now that Luo Yan thinks of Pang Fengcheng's suffocated purple face in the court hall, and the guilty conscience of those malicious officials, Luo Yan feels even more happy in his heart.

Luckily for Luo Yan, he was not pulled out by Li Shimin to be his envoy.It is said to be a disposal envoy, but it is just an official position for temporary fire fighting.There is a sign of a locust plague in Gyeonggi Province, but he, Luo Yan, discovered the clues, and he also proposed the detailed treatment methods.It stands to reason that this job belongs to him.

But Luo Yan still has a task to do. If he goes to deal with the locust plague for several months, will this student still teach?The task is a hard target. If you miss this year, you have to wait another year.The time is too long, Luo Yan is not at ease.

Moreover, the method of controlling the locust plague has been written in great detail in the article.Just find someone to go up, as long as you read the report carefully, it is basically the same as going to battle in person.

However, this comfortable life only lasted for a few days, and soon he had to take Ah Quan with him and set off for Jinzhou.This field vacation is still a bit short, and it's time to enjoy the scenery of the capital.When he rode his horse back to look at the gate of Chang'an City, Luo Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Still concerned about the people of Lantian, Luo Yan did not go directly from Ziwuguan to Jinzhou this time, but deliberately took a detour, wanting to take a look at Lantian, then leave Lantianguan, take Shangzhou, and return to Jinzhou in a circle. state to go.

In this way, although the distance is a bit far away, it is also very good to see the effect of locust extermination along the way, and to see the customs of other places at the same time.

Lantian's locust extermination work is really good. In the two or three counties along the way, Lantian has done more meticulous and thorough work. Luo Yan is very satisfied with this.As for what Chen Yuru had done, what Ah Quan heard from the villagers already made him nod his head.If you think about it, just look at the situation of the management of the locust plague in Lantian, and Chen Yuru will be able to give Chen Yuru a boost when the official department checks this fall.

Without disturbing Chen Yuru, Luo Yan walked around Lantian quietly with Ah Quan, his master and servant, and then left.

Although Lantian Pass is built against a mountain, the mountain is not high. After passing a pass, it is Shang County, the seat of Shangzhou.Although it does not belong to Gyeonggi, nor does it belong to Guannei Province, the drought situation in Shangzhou is exactly the same as that of Gyeonggi.After all, this place is not like Jinzhou, with the Qinling Mountains blocking it, and the climate conditions are basically not much different.

Because of Chen Yuru's generosity, even villagers catching locusts can be seen in the wilderness.For Lan Tian's situation, Luo Yan is still very happy.Standing in front of the customs and waiting for his identity verification to pass, Luo Yan was still in the mood to listen to the conversations of those villagers.

"I said, this Luo county magistrate is really amazing. I have lived for so long, and this year I realized that feeding chickens with locusts is better than feeding them with chaff. These days, the dozen or so chickens in my family can tell Gained more than a few laps."

"That is, who is County Magistrate Luo? He is a good official who is rare in a hundred years. It is not a matter of course to know this."

"It's a pity that County Magistrate Luo left after only staying in Lantian for a few months. Forget it, how about today's harvest?"

"The harvest was good today. I caught almost a basket here. There are still a lot of locusts at this pass. This is the only place in the county that can catch a large number of adults now."

"That's right. This place is adjacent to Shang County. Those lazy people are all begging for gods, and they don't think about catching locusts. Therefore, there are a lot of insects flying here every day. Hey, let me tell you, this place in Shang County The people are also unlucky, and it is said that the newly appointed county magistrate is not doing anything. Although the imperial court has issued a document to exterminate the locusts, but without the support of the county, everyone is not in that mood."

"Hey, I don't know if they are in the mood, but they are definitely lazy. We have been catching locusts for so many days, and the crops in the field are obviously much better. Don't they know about this? I see, they are all thinking It sucks to eat relief from the imperial court. From the county magistrate to the villagers, none of them are doing their jobs properly."

The conversations of several farmers caught Luo Yan's attention. What they said about the situation in Shang County made Luo Yan a little worried.

After all, Shangzhou is not Gyeonggi. If there is a disaster, on the surface it is said that relief will be distributed everywhere, but there will be differences due to different regions.Such as Lantian and Shang County.Although one is the state government office and the other is just an ordinary county, Lantian, which is separated by a wall, has much better relief conditions than Shang County.

It is under such a difference that the county magistrate of Shang County turned a deaf ear to the official documents of the imperial court and ignored the matter of exterminating locusts.This is no longer something that can be explained by not doing business properly.It was simply dereliction of duty.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan decided to take a good look around Shang County to see what was going on in Shang County.

When it was his turn to check his customs clearance document, Luo Yan took out the official certificate from his pocket.The small school had seen the official's name, and when he was about to bow down, Luo Yan quietly stopped him.There are too many people here, if their identities are exposed, I am afraid they will not even think about leaving the customs today.

After he and Ah Quan led the horse out of the customs, the soldier next to the small school asked him quietly: "Captain, who is that person who just passed by, no matter how I look at you, I have to salute to him?"

"He is the well-known county magistrate Luo in Lantian. My family is also a farmer. This county magistrate Luo suppressed the noble gentry in the countryside, which is kind to my family. Now that I see him, I want to salute and thank him. But I didn't expect to be He was stopped." The little principal said with a little regret.

"What, it was County Magistrate Luo who just passed by?" The soldier was not as calm as the little school, and he yelled out as soon as he heard it.Immediately, the villagers who were catching locusts gathered around and asked in one go: "What are you talking about, the county magistrate Luo just came out of this pass? Oh, why didn't you say it earlier, I still want to see him as an old man What?" The voices of complaints suddenly rose and fell.

Entering the boundary of Shang County, Luo Yan felt as if he had entered another world.

Although it was still a wilderness in front of us, it was already the end of May at this time, and a large number of locusts were spawned. Although they were not overwhelming, locusts could be seen flying in the sky from time to time.Coupled with the hissing sound of "嗞嗞", there is a feeling of scalp numbness.This is not near the farmland, the locusts already have this density.It is conceivable what will happen if you go further inside.

Ah Quan wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words for a while.He could only hum while riding on the horse, and followed behind Luo Yan.

As the official road entered the countryside, the neighing of locusts suddenly became much quieter.

But don't think this is a good thing.

On the contrary, although the number of locusts is unknown, since there are crops to eat, the locusts have no time to neigh at this time.Luo Yan felt a heart-wrenching pain when he saw three or five locusts crawling on the crops that had just eared.What they eat is not grass, but the food that the common people live on after autumn.Before it grows up, it has been eaten up by these locusts.

A gust of wind blows, disturbing the good things of the locusts.Suddenly, the world seemed to be filled with the sound of a chainsaw sawing wood.Black spots flew up one after another in the field, and then these black spots gathered into a torrent and flew in the direction of the wind.

Watching the torrent go away, Luo Yan was secretly startled and thankful that it wasn't coming towards him.Otherwise, if the horse is frightened and doesn't say anything, people will probably be harassed as well.

go further.Luo Yan hoped that some people would show up at this time and use some traps to catch all the locusts in one go.However, he was disappointed.The horses walked for about a while, until they reached a village, but no one came out to clean up the mess.Thinking about the gossip of the people in Lantian when he just passed the customs, Luo Yan finally believed that what he heard was the truth.

The horse continued to move forward, Luo Yan thought about it, and decided to go to the village to ask.Is it true that everyone wants to watch the crops being ruined by locusts like this, and no one will come out to fight against this so-called natural disaster?
Ah Quan silently followed behind him, hesitant to speak.He knew his master's attitude and contribution towards the locust plague.At the risk of offending important officials in the court, Luo Yan put forward the theory of exterminating locusts, and it has been verified just now that these arguments are feasible and beneficial to the people.But it's such a good way, but it's abandoned like a shoe when it comes here, and it's not happy to be on anyone's head.

"Lang Jun, why don't we go back to Jinzhou as soon as possible. We should send a document to report to the court when we go back." Now that Ah Quan followed Luo Yan, he understood some things, so he thought He came up with a way to make Luo Yan feel better.

However, his idea was rejected. "No, I still want to see what's going on in Shang County. It's fine if the people don't come out to kill the locusts, but they don't even care about the crops in the field. Where are the people in this village?" The voice was a little low , but it also fully demonstrated Luo Yan's stubbornness.He wanted to know the truth of the matter, even if he wanted to write a document, he had to report the most real situation.

Under the scorching sun, several rows of scattered adobe houses stood there crowdedly.The scorched soil in the sun looks like it is smoking. Although there are a few big trees on both sides of the dirt road in the village, their leaves hang down listlessly.On the most spacious road, there was not even a single person.However, there were bursts of gongs, drums and suona from not far away.

Is there a happy event?Luo Yan thought to himself, but quickly overturned this speculation.

This is not the previous life, the marriage and so on are held during the day.The so-called marriage means marrying the new couple back at dusk and entertaining the guests in the afterglow of the setting sun.When is this, even before the application time, can there be a happy event for Mao.

Full of curiosity, Luo Yan followed the sound and walked.

　The aunt of the computer came today, and it will be 08:30 after packing it up.So the chapter is half an hour late, sorry.

　　
　
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