When the locusts wanted to eat the rice, a large number of ducks appeared and ate the locusts flying low, scaring the locusts in the air and making them fly away quickly.
As soon as the locusts appeared in the sweet potato fields, peanut fields, pepper fields, and tomato fields, they were burned to the ground by the flames from the flamethrower. There was a burning smell, which scared the locusts that were not burned away.
Li Yun brought his servants, took torches, and waved them at the locusts. The locusts were burned to death wherever the fire reached. The locusts that were not burned to death looked at Li Yun angrily.
"Oh, you still have a temper, you still want to eat me! Come on! Who's afraid of who, let's see who will be the dinner in the end." Li Yun was so angry because of the locust's glare. It actually dared to glare at her. It really had wings.
The servants wanted to laugh but didn't dare to after seeing their master's action. The master was so adorable.
What happened in the end? Of course, Li Yun burned them to death and became the duck's dinner.
When the locusts saw their companions provoking Li Yun and being burned to death by her, they knew that this human being should not be provoked and fled in panic.
The villagers also followed Li Yun's example, taking torches, went to their own fields, waved the torches, and scared away the locusts.
Li Yun also asked people to use nets to catch a lot of locusts, which were put into sacks, about four sacks in total, to prepare a big meal tonight.
It is true that when locusts pass through a place, not a single blade of grass grows. All the weeds in the land that the locusts have eaten are eaten clean.
The locusts are gone, and the locust plague in Qingshan Village is not very serious.
Li Yun's sweet potato, peanut, tomato, and pepper fields were completely wiped out by the locusts, thanks to the presence of the secret guards, Shangguan Feiyun, and their flamethrowers. Not to mention the rice, what about the eight thousand ducks swarming around waiting for their dinner? The locusts fled in panic, not daring to stay, fearing they would become a delicacy for the ducks.
The villagers had harvested half of the rice the first time, and Li Yun asked them to harvest it a second time yesterday, so only one-fifth of the rice was left unripe. The locusts only ate the straw and the remaining rice.
Some villagers had large families, and they followed Li Yun's example. The whole family took torches and went to the fields to drive away locusts, so the locusts did not eat much of the rice in those villagers' fields.
Only three families were severely affected. All the rice they planted was eaten by locusts, and they were crying in the fields at this moment.
During the first harvest, they did not harvest, thinking that Chen Mo's family had so much grain and had not harvested it, and the locusts would eat Chen Mo's grain.
Besides, whether there are locusts or not is still unknown. They don’t believe that there are locusts based on just one sentence from Chen Ye’s family. Only fools like the village chief would believe it.
They were so lucky that they didn't harvest the rice.
Yesterday, when Li Yun asked the villagers to harvest for the second time, they did not harvest because they did not believe it.
When the whole village was preparing torches, they were too lazy to prepare any.
So, the reason their rice was eaten by locusts was ultimately because they were lazy, so they deserved it!
In the evening, Li Yun made a dinner for everyone using locusts: fried locusts, roasted locusts, spicy locusts, stir-fried locusts with green peppers... a total of seven ways to eat them.
Everyone was eating downstairs today. They smelled the delicious aroma and looked at the disgusting locusts, but they just didn't dare to eat.
Li Yun didn't care about them. Although locusts were pests, they were very high in protein.
He picked up the fried locusts, put them in his mouth and started eating.
Well, it tasted good, worth her hard work all night.
Shangguan Feiyun saw Li Yun eating with gusto, so he picked one up and ate it too.
Just die, this was done by Yun'er himself. It is worth suffering a little for the woman he loves.
"Huh, it's not as bad as I imagined, it tastes pretty good." Shangguan Feiyun picked up another locust, put it in his mouth, and began to chew it.
Seeing that Uncle Shangguan had eaten all the locusts, Dabao and his two siblings thought, "How can we not give our mother face when we are her children?" So, the three of them also picked up the locusts, put them in their mouths, and began to eat.
They were prepared for the food to taste bad, but it not only didn't taste bad, it even tasted fragrant.
While they were eating, they asked everyone to eat too.
In the end, everyone started eating. After eating the first locust, everyone wanted to eat the second one.
There were only a few locusts left in the four sacks, so Manager Cui sent the remaining locusts to the village chief and Aunt Hong.
Manager Cui came back and said that the three families whose crops were eaten by locusts went to the village chief's house to make a fuss, saying that the village chief did not ask them to harvest, which left them with no food, and they demanded that the village chief compensate them with food.
The village chief had no choice but to give each family five kilograms of rice, and they left reluctantly.
Li Yun sneered in his heart. What do you mean by no notification? They were called twice. They were the only three households in the village who had not harvested their crops. They just didn't harvest because they were lazy.
"Listen, if those three families come over to make a fuss and demand food, just kick them out and ignore them." Li Yun gave orders to his servants.
She believed that with the laziness of those three families, five kilograms of rice would not last for many days. They came to her house to make trouble again soon.
"Yes, master." The servants said in unison.
After eating, Li Yun went upstairs first to take a shower and go to bed.
Since everyone was tired today, they fell asleep quickly.
Li Yun was thinking in the room. The locusts had passed and the Mid-Autumn Festival would be coming soon. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, he should go to the capital. He wondered if Banhe, Gaolou and others had arrived in the capital.
Ban He and Gao Lou, whom Li Yun was thinking about, were now making ice in the courtyard purchased by the emperor.
They arrived in the capital three days ago and were sent directly to the residence of the Minister of Revenue by Ma Youcai's men. Ma Youcai's father, Minister Ma, personally picked them up and settled them down.
The next day, they were secretly sent to the palace.
When they entered the imperial study, they were extremely nervous.
Minister Ma pushed Banhe, Cheng Shan coughed, and Eunuch Shen also coughed. Banhe and Gaolou finally reacted and hurriedly pulled out their knives and axes to kneel down and pay homage to the emperor.
"Your humble servant pays homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor!"
"Stand up!" said the emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Banhe pulled everyone up, Xiaodao and Axe were still trembling in their hearts.
"I heard that your master invented the curved plow, harrow, rice seedling tray and water wheel. You brought them here this time. Could you please show them to me?" The emperor asked Banhe and others in a calm tone.
"In reply to the emperor, I, a humble commoner..." Xiaodao was so shocked that he couldn't continue.
"Your Majesty, I am an ice maker. Xiaodao's story of seeing Your Majesty's face is incomplete. Please allow me to finish it for him." After Gao Lou came to his senses, he began to speak to the emperor in a normal manner.
"I agree." The emperor looked at Xiaodao and knew that he was afraid, so he agreed with Gaolou's words.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I have brought the drawings and samples. Please ask the Minister to have the tools brought in." After Gao Lou said this to the Emperor, he said to the Minister of Revenue.
Soon, the eunuchs brought in tools, knives and axes and began to assemble the plow and harrow.
Since the waterwheel was too large and there was no river, the knife and axe were not assembled.
While the knife and axe were being assembled, Gaolou explained them to the emperor. By the time they were assembled, the emperor had a pretty good idea of what the curved plow and harrow were used for.
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