Chapter 81 Gathering in Xiangyang
The Xu family went to the fields as a group. Zhou Shaoyu, who had "something to do" on the street, immediately followed after hearing Zhou Jin's report.
Xie Yanyan put the sprayer on the ground and pumped air into it vigorously. When the pressure in the sprayer was high enough, she turned on the enhanced sprayer nozzle.
Ordinary sprayer nozzles can only spray about two or three meters away, but the enhanced version is very powerful.
The high-pressure atomizing nozzle sprays out more than 20 meters from the trumpet mouth in an instant. The white medicine mist is over 20 meters long and over 5 meters wide.
Xu Wenrong tucked his white robe into his belt, carried the medicine barrel on his back, and sprayed the pesticide while walking according to Xie Yanyan's instructions. When the pressure was not enough in the middle, he stopped and pumped hard. Soon, seven or eight rows of bean sprouts were all sprayed with pesticides.
Due to the drought this year, there are many locusts in Suizhou's farmland, but they have not formed an overwhelming disaster.
The insects in the farmland had never been exposed to pesticides and had no drug resistance. After Xu Wenrong sprayed the pesticide mist over, within 10 minutes, the locusts turned over and the bean worms fell directly to the ground.
Xu Xiangpu was so excited that his long beard was shaking. He kept saying, "Ayan, did you see that? Your granddaughter is extremely talented..."
Only at this moment did Zhou Shaoyu finally feel relieved. He was originally also nervous.
She actually has insecticide poison.
And this is called a sprayer, right? Absolutely amazing invention, how did she come up with it?
After inspecting the farmland, Xu Huanzhang and Xu Wenrong began to look at the sprayer eagerly.
"This medicine is called Miehuangling. There are quite a few locusts and caterpillars in the fields here. Just spray them all once. If one spray doesn't kill them all, spray them a second time."
Xie Yanyan gave Xu Wenrong a bottle of locust-killing spirit and told him how to use and how much, and Xu Wenrong wrote it down.
I reminded him again and again: "Even if pesticides are not harmful to the skin, they are still poisons. They must be stored properly."
When Xu Xiangpu returned to Xu's house, his beard was so excited that it kept sticking up.
Without saying anything, he led the group into the study.
Xu Xiangpu said excitedly: "Yan'er, how did you prepare these insecticides?"
"Reading."
“…”
Xu Xiangpu really wanted to ask what book it was, but seeing Xie Yanyan's expression, he didn't intend to tell her.
"Uncle, don't worry, I can definitely kill the locusts, but I don't want others to know what method I used."
Xu Xiangpu said worriedly: "Have you thought of a way to cover it up?"
"Well, first ask people to dig ditches and canals on a large scale, dig trenches to block them, drive the locusts into the ditches, and then gather them together to destroy them."
"Let the people exchange locusts for grain, one pound of locusts for one pound of grain."
After Xie Yanyan finished speaking, Xu Huanzhang asked, "Yan'er, do you know that a batch of locusts can reach more than 100,000 dan of grain by just killing them? Can you raise 100,000 dan of grain?"
Xie Yanyan: “Yes.”
Xu Xiangpu, Xu Huanzhang and Xu Wenrong are all unable to do it.
Little girl, do you know that 100,000 dan of grain is a very big pile?
Xu Huanzhang: "Yan'er, you have good intentions, but do you know that the officialdom is not as clear as well water? Not all officials will treat the people as human beings. The more serious the disaster, the more likely they are to fight for power and profit."
Xu Huanzhang saw through the officialdom and truly treated her as a relative.
Seeing that he truly cared about her, Xie Yanyan told him why she insisted on going to the northwest to control the locusts: King Xi had invited Wang Zhen from the Kuaiji Wang family, and he might take advantage of this opportunity to control the locusts to capture the prince in one fell swoop.
King Xi had been stationing troops there all along, and she accidentally teamed up with the Crown Prince of Zhou to seize King Xi's armory and food storage base at Wolf-Mill Mountain. This meant that she was doomed to be on bad terms with King Xi.
He also talked about how he invented the curved plow, and how the crown prince came in person to issue an edict, promising to treat the Xie family well and exonerate Xie Anfeng's family.
"My father and I came to my uncle's place this time to ask him what he thinks of the world situation. What choice should my father and I make?"
When Xie Yanyan said this, Xu Xiangpu and Xu Huanzhang were silent for a moment.
Xu Huanzhang had met the prince. The prince was kind, but lacked the aura of a king.
Originally, they wanted to help Xie Anfeng get rid of the crime and try their best to assist the prince. But now it seems that getting rid of the crime is not a big deal for their niece.
"Wang Zhen is good at divination." Xu Wenrong said, "He was invited by King Xi, so he must have sensed something."
Based on his historical knowledge, Xie Yanyan disagreed with Xu Wenrong's prediction of King Xi. Although this fictional era had some differences from the original history, the general direction was correct.
If King Xi fails, Former Qin will be destroyed.
Xu Xiangpu was almost stunned: "Yan'er, how do you know that the Former Qin will be destroyed?"
"Emperor Xuanwen is stubborn and has great ambitions. Now the King of Beihai and the King of Donghai have been innocently exterminated. The Northern Di, Western Rong, Southern Barbarians, and 16 other countries are eyeing them covetously. The east and north are both lacking good generals to protect them. The crown prince is kind but not decisive enough. King Xi is somewhat smart and ruthless, but his vision is not long-term enough."
Prince Xi was able to defeat the Crown Prince, but he was no match for the northern kingdoms. As long as Emperor Xuanwen died, the world would inevitably be in chaos.
Xu Xiangpu, Xu Huanzhang and Xu Wenrong all got goosebumps after hearing this.
Xie Yanyan's analysis of the world situation was not much different from what they expected.
In the future, there will be chaos, and heroes from all over the world will fight for supremacy in the Central Plains. It is unpredictable who will win.
Wang Zhen chose Prince Xi just to take a gamble by selecting a general to assist him from among the cripples.
"When the nest is overturned, the eggs will not survive. If the northern barbarians move south, the Central Plains will be in chaos. The capital will be lost, and the dignitaries in the court will die without a burial place. Our Xie family was exiled to Lingnan, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We have escaped the war."
Xie Yanyan raised her cold almond-shaped eyes, and Xu Xiangpu's heart was hit hard.
If Yan'er wasn't a girl, he would almost bow down to her. This is the foresight and courage that the ruler of the world should have.
On this day, no one knew what Xie Yanyan, Xie Anfeng, and Xu Xiangpu's family talked about in the study except them.
All we know is that the Xu family sent carrier pigeons to intercept letters to Emperor Xuanwen in Kyoto, and never mentioned the matter of assisting the crown prince again.
Xie Anfeng and Xie Yanyan left the Xu family, and their eldest grandson Xu Wenrong followed them to the northwest.
Zhou Shaoyu and Zhou Jin were resting in the inn and waiting for them. When they came out, three fast horses and a two-wheeled carriage galloped towards the northwest.
When they entered Xiangyang, they saw a man and a horse waiting by the roadside. Perhaps because he had been waiting for too long, the man tied the horse to the horse post and chewed a piece of grass out of boredom.
Looking at the horse-drawn carriage approaching from afar, he looked carefully again and again in the flying dust.
Ah, a two-wheeled carriage! He jumped up, waved his hands and shouted, "Miss Xie, Miss Xie."
Zhou Shaoyu covered his face with a dust-proof cloth. He came forward, pulled off the cloth, and kicked Dong Shisan: "This prince is coming, can't you see it?"
Dong Shisan laughed: "My Lord, I am blind. You are covering your face with a towel, so how can I tell? I only recognize that this carriage was given by His Majesty."
Xie Yanyan poked his head out from the car curtain and asked in surprise: "Dong Shisan, are you waiting for me here?"
"Yes, the prince sent a message to His Majesty, saying that he had invited Miss Xie to exterminate the locusts. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked His Majesty for permission and hurried over to go exterminate the locusts with Miss Xie."
Dong Shisan said with a grin, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been waiting in the city for a whole day."
Zhou Shaoyu calculated that the prince would leave on the same day he sent the letter, right? How annoying, he is everywhere! Running so fast, I wonder if his little body has fallen apart?
Dong Shisan wrinkled his nose again and said, "Prince Xi is also in Xiangyang."
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