"Dad, Lord Sun is exhausted from catching locusts. Hurry and bring a stool."
Although An was also catching locusts, he was always by his daughter's side, always worried that the locusts would harm his daughter.
As soon as Mengyue called out, An immediately heard her and went to move the stool.
"Okay, Dad will go right away."
After hearing this, Sun Biao immediately realized that his previous behavior was a bit abrupt, and he was also satisfied with Mengyue's approach.
After An brought a stool, Sun Biao also sat down.
Mengyue was right, he was indeed tired.
After being spitted blood by the locusts in his own county, he rushed to Wuning County without stopping.
As a result, we had to catch locusts again right after we got home. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this day was thrilling.
After finally dealing with this wave of locusts, he realized that he didn't even have the strength to stand.
After Sun Biao sat down, An brought another stool over.
Then Yang Zhijin, the four county officials and Mengyue also sat down.
In the past, in the eyes of several county officials, Meng Yue was not qualified to sit with them.
However, everyone can see clearly that the person who contributed the most to this locust plague is Mengyue.
If Meng Yue had not informed us to harvest in advance, after the locusts came, they would have brought an army of ducks and then offered to buy the locusts at five cents per pound.
Then Wuning County would definitely suffer heavy losses from the locust plague, causing countless families to be torn apart and unable to survive.
Although harvesting crops early will result in a significant reduction in production, everyone knows that this is already considered good.
At least it’s better than getting nothing!
Thinking about this, except for Yang Zhijin, the other five county magistrates were all very polite to Mengyue.
Before Mengyue sat down, she went to talk to Yang Zhijin.
"County Yang, can I trouble you for something?"
"Miss, please speak."
"As you can see, harvesting locusts with only a few people is too slow. I'd like you to find a few more people who are good at arithmetic to help."
"It's a small matter. I'll find someone to do it right away." Yang Zhijin agreed readily.
"Yang Run, call all the educated people in the county office to help Miss collect the locusts."
"Yes, Master."
Seeing that Yang Zhijin was so straightforward, Mengyue also offered to treat him to a meal.
"Thanks, I'll treat everyone to dinner afterwards."
"Then I must first thank Miss on behalf of everyone."
After exchanging greetings, the two sat down.
"Miss, to be honest, I'm attracted to your army of ducks. Can we go to Mengchuan County?"
"Hey, Brother Sun, this is really not fair. We all need to come together. We can't go to your county first."
"Yes, Wujiang County also needs an army of ducks to kill locusts."
"You're talking as if no one needs it. Huangyao County is relatively poor, and food is vital to the people. It's better to go to Huangyao County first."
"Oh, Shuimo County also needs a duck army."
As soon as Sun Biao brought up the matter of the duck army, before Mengyue could respond, several county officials started scrambling for it.
Each county wants the duck army to go to its own territory first to prevent the locust swarm from causing huge losses to the county.
However, at this time, the Gugang County Magistrate did not mention the duck army, but asked whether they wanted to collect the locusts in their county.
The Gugang County official pretended to be gentle and said, "Miss, I don't know what you're going to do with the locusts, but I can guarantee that all the locusts caught in Gugang County will be sold to you. So, are you interested in going to Gugang County? Of course, it would be even better if you could bring your cute ducks with you."
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