Liao Ji asked Zhang Xin this because Zhang Xiaopang sent a message in the group saying that the pesticide factory had delivered the medicine to treat locusts.
Jiang Lili had already gone with Xin Che and Xin Cheng to "get" the medicine from the wooden box on the cart.
"Both here and here."
Zhang Xin showed Liao Dabao all the land his family had rented.
Seeing how Liao Dabao had asked them to place the haystack in a very clever way, using the wind to expand the range of the smoke to the maximum, Zhang Xin was in awe. This kid was really good at observation!
Zhang Dun's parents were originally dragged by Zhang Xin to listen to the little kid Liao Dabao's words to do things, and they were nervous. Now they admire this little adult very much. No wonder Miss Jiang listened carefully to what this kid said, he is simply a child prodigy.
Zhang Xin was about to go home and move another batch of haystacks, but Liao Ji held out his short hand to stop him. "No need. I'll have the locust medicine I prepared delivered right away."
Zhang Xin was speechless. This little kid even knew how to make medicine to treat locusts?
He was skeptical, but there was no better way now. Besides, Miss Jiang and the little kid were together with the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion. With the reputation of the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion as a military family, he could not help but choose to believe it.
"Master Liao, we're back!" Jiang Lili trotted over from the ridge. "The cart can't get onto the ridge. Come with me to unload the cargo!"
As he was speaking, Xin Cheng pulled the cart loaded with wooden boxes to the village road closest to the farmland.
Zhang Xin and Zhang Dun's parents went to help unload the goods, and together with Xin Che and the bodyguards, they brought in barrels of insecticide.
This medicine for treating locusts needs to be mixed in proportions. Master Liao directed Xin Che, Xin Cheng and Zhang Xin to pour different types of medicine into the bucket.
A group of adults listened to the orders of a little kid who spoke with a gap in his teeth. The medicine barrel was taller than Liao Dabao. The scene was really funny, and the villagers on the side of Village Chief Liu couldn't help but ridicule him.
"Zhang Xin is truly absurd. He actually listens to a two-year-old child. I'm afraid he's become stupid from cutting wood in the mountains."
"Hey, who made Zhang Xin rent so much land at once? Now I have no choice but to try anything!"
Zhang Xin is a carpenter with good carpentry skills and is a warm-hearted person. He has made many friends from all over the world and has many sources of income. He is the household that rents the most land in the village. It is said that he is planning to buy land from the landlord, and many people in the village are jealous of him.
"Where in the world is there medicine to cure locusts? If there was such a medicine, the imperial court wouldn't have been troubled for hundreds of years."
"Even if there is, how can a child possibly match it?"
"Zhang Xin is so stupid, he even dragged Zhang Dun's family into this. With so much land, I'm afraid the family will lose everything. Tsk tsk."
Seeing that some people in the village were taking the opportunity to criticize Zhang Xin's family and making fun of them, Village Chief Liu told everyone to stop talking: "Enough, take care of your own land!"
Although he was puzzled by Zhang Xin's belief in a child over the locust god, he felt that it was wrong for some villagers to take advantage of the situation and add insult to injury. As the village chief, he was responsible for maintaining order in the village. Although Liu was superstitious and stubborn, everything he did was based on the collective interests of the village.
At this time, Village Chief Liu's son also came back with his men: "Dad, I got the insect net!"
Apart from worshiping the locust god, the only reliable way at the moment is to use a bug net to catch the locusts one by one, put them in a basket, and then kill them all at once.
Village Chief Liu nodded and said, "Okay, distribute the insect nets to everyone. The flocks of birds have begun to disperse, so we can use the insect nets to catch the remaining locusts."
At this time, the village witch's daughter-in-law also stepped forward and said, "Village chief, my mother-in-law has taken the women and children to worship the locust god and perform rituals!"
"Okay, okay, everything is arranged, let's take action now!"
The villagers who got the insect nets went to the fields to catch locusts one after another. At this time, there were still many locust swarms coming from the distance, and it was unknown when they would end.
Village chief Liu and several village officials were organizing the villagers, counting the disaster situation, and preparing to report to the county.
On this side, the insecticide had been prepared. Jiang Lili, Xin Che and others carried the pesticide boxes and wore gas masks as they went to Zhang's field, while Liao Ji directed the route of their spraying.
Gasoline, wooden sticks and cloth strips were also unloaded from the carriage. Chen led people to make torches to drive away insects in the fields where the medicine had not yet arrived.
"Village chief, the county magistrate is here with his men!"
At this time, a young man herding cattle at the entrance of the village came trotting over from the ridge of the field.
Everyone turned around and saw a chestnut horse galloping towards them. It rode very steadily on the narrow ridge of the field, which was enough to show that the rider had superb horsemanship.
The man on the horse was eight feet tall and had a sturdy build. He had a square face that made him look intimidating without even being angry, and his temperament suggested that he was a military general.
The county where Tianshui Village is located is called Yunhai County. The county magistrate of Yunhai County is named Lin Ye, who was demoted to Lingnan to serve as an official.
Wang Zifu, who was busy catching locusts, was surprised. "How did the Yunhai County Governor get the news so quickly? Even faster than the county magistrate?"
Someone quickly answered him, "You don't know, our county magistrate's wife is from Tianshui Village, and the county magistrate, Lord Lin, is also half a Tianshui Villager."
Lin Ye and his men dismounted from their horses and ran straight to Village Chief Liu: "Uncle Liu, what's the situation now?!"
Village Chief Liu shook his head: "Too many. I've already asked the witch to perform a ritual. I wonder if the locust god will show up now!"
The yamen runners brought by Lin Ye took insect nets and torches to the fields to help drive away insects.
Lin Ye noticed that the Zhang family's land was being smoked, and some people who did not look like villagers were making torches: "Why are there so many unfamiliar faces in the Zhang family?"
Lin Ye immediately became alert. A locust plague had occurred across a large area of Yunhai County, and many villages had been affected one after another. Yesterday, villagers in several villages had rioted and revolted.
Fortunately, the matter did not get out of hand and he suppressed it. Otherwise, if it got to the ears of that old villain Emperor Qingning, the disaster victims in Yunhai County would not only not get any disaster relief support, they might even lose their lives!
Someone must be fanning the flames behind the scenes.
Therefore, when Lin Ye saw these people, he was particularly alert, especially some people in the field who were wearing strange masks covering their faces.
"Oh, Master Lin, you don't know. Did you see that kid?" A village official quickly pointed to Liao Dabao in the field. "That kid is lying. He said he can cure the locust plague and make a potion to drive them away."
Lin Ye saw a tiny creature in the field, almost as tall as the rice, diligently directing the work. He couldn't help but frown and said, "What? How can you let such a small child face such a dangerous situation? What if he gets hurt by the insect swarm?"
The village official said, "The Zhang family has a lot of land, and they are desperate. They believed their lies and are now obeying their orders. We have already tried to persuade them, but they won't listen."
"Right now, Zhang Xin and others are following a child's instructions, diligently spraying the ground with a potion they don't know where it came from, and they actually think it's working."
The village official gestured for Lin Ye to go and look at Zhang Xin's land: "If you don't believe me, just look—"
After the village official finished speaking, he turned around and was dumbfounded.
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