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Text no, 277 Looking for the possibility of gain in losses

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    "What's going on with this piece of land?" Huang Junming led a few people to this unique piece of farmland and just took a look at it, then asked in his heart.

    Huang Junming didn't feel that this land was very different from a distance just now, but now when he saw it at the end of the land, he was shocked. The difference between this land and the young man's own field was not that small or two.

    The boy's own field, which has been eroded by locust eggs, is dry and hard on the outside, with cracks everywhere. If you look closely, you will see that locust eggs are densely covered under the cracked land. If you are not prepared, you will suddenly touch these with your sight.  Insect eggs, that would be a big shock.  Although the land looked dry, it was very loose. There was no sign of the soil clumping and hardening in the sun. Huang Junming leaned over and grabbed a handful. The soil was not rough, with even half an insect egg in it.  nothing.  This gave Huang Junming some questions.

    There is such a big difference between two adjacent pieces of land. One piece is densely covered with insect eggs and the soil is hard. The other piece of soil is fine, loose and soft. As long as the seeds are planted and some water is poured, the seeds can be sown.  .

    "Taoist Priest, don't think about it. This land belongs to a well-known wealthy family in our village. His family has many chickens and ducks, so it took only a few days to dig up the land. I heard that his family is going to plant some!"  The young man seemed to sense Huang Junming's doubts, kicked the soil in the field with his feet, and said slightly sourly.

    When Huang Junming heard this explanation, he didn't say much. Inequality between rich and poor is something that has not been solved for thousands of years. Rich families can afford more poultry, and more poultry can protect their family to the greatest extent.  Although we have to postpone sowing after clearing the land, we can still get a little harvest, right?  Especially in disaster years, every grain of food is precious.

    Family poultry like teenagers, unable to cultivate poultry, and unable to protect farmland are not attacked by locusts. There is no way to sow. They can only eat old books in the disaster year.

    "If we gather the poultry from each household and clear a field for farming, will we be able to get part of the income?" Huang Junming muttered to himself, looking at the riddled field in front of him.

    Huang Junming’s voice was not loud, and the young man standing next to Huang Junming only listened to a few words.  He seemed to be talking about a way to gain income, so he quickly asked Taoist Priest, what do you think?  "

    Huang Junming took a deep look at the young man and said helplessly.  "No, thank you for leading the way today. Pindao is going back to the mountain. You can take this little money first, and treat it as Pindao and the others taking advantage of your expenses."

    As Huang Junming spoke, he took out a few copper coins from his body and handed them to the boy.  Some things cannot be solved just by thinking about them.  Huang Junming just muttered what he was thinking about, but when he thought about it carefully, there were still big omissions. For example, if the poultry was borrowed from various farmers, who would take care of it?  Whose responsibility is it for the dead or injured?  Furthermore, every household has poultry, so whose land should we start with when clearing insect eggs from the fields?  Spring plowing is already late. The sooner crops are planted in the remaining days, the more secure life will be in the second half of the year. This is obviously a question of the order of distribution.  But it’s about people’s hearts and lives, so who can guarantee that there won’t be some trouble?

    Once the locust plague comes, there will be enough chaos everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. Something will happen again.  I'm afraid it will leave deep scars in the history of Datang.  It was a great loss both to the people who had just stabilized from the war and to the prestige of the Tang government.

    After experiencing the locust plague, Huang Junming became more cautious about doing things.  Perhaps it can also be said that one learns from each experience.

    But when Huang Junming thought of these, they were actually no more than a few ideas under this catastrophe.  After all, if you can plant more fields, fewer people will starve to death. As for coordination, let the government have a headache!  Huang Junming introduced Huang Guan and silently recited "Huang Ting" is the right way.

    ……

    "Yan Lin, has the government calculated the losses caused by the locust plague?" After Huang Junming inspected the disaster, his mood suddenly became much lower, and he became unable to leave the house or take a step forward.  Some of the information coming and going from the outside world came from the mouth of Ge Yanlin, the chief disciple.

    ??From the onset of the locust plague, to government control, to the locusts filling the sky, people were in dire straits, and then to the government relief, various Taoist temples led by Tianxian Palace opened warehouses to release food and initiated people's self-rescue.  I heard everything from this disciple’s mouth.

    And Huang Junming's expression also changed from the initial worry to disappointment.  And it became a little more radiant.

    "Master, the official statistics are down. The locust plague has spread across four provinces and six prefectures in the whole country. In Hedong Road, which was the most severely affected, almost every household has been affected by the locust plague. All the county governments have released the cabins in time, and the temples and temples in all places have been in time.  Opening a porridge shop to give alms to the people. Starvation is still relatively rare. In other provinces and prefectures, there are also various measures taken by the local county government and our Xuanmen.With the help of ?, we got through the difficulties" Ge Yanlin stood in front of Huang Junming and said sternly. Huang Junming, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, frowned frequently.

    "That's enough!" Huang Junming waved his hand, looking a little impatient.  "Yanlin, it's time you can speak Mandarin! What I need as a teacher is a specific number of victims! You only need to tell me now, how many people have died of starvation due to the locust plague! How many are there! How many people are scattered? Displaced!  "

    "This" Ge Yanlin looked at the slightly angry Huang Junming and opened his mouth slightly hesitantly. The master Huang Junming was obviously a little obsessed now.

    Huang Junming opened his eyes suddenly and stared directly into Ge Yanlin's eyes.  "Tell me! As a teacher, Datang didn't even calculate the specific number of damage!"

    Ge Yanlin suppressed the trace of worry and uneasiness in his heart and said that in the entire Tang Dynasty, more than 6,400 people died of starvation due to the locust plague.  There are more than 2,000 households of refugees!  "

    "Oh." Huang Junming replied lightly and closed his eyes again.  He waved his hand to signal Ge Yanlin to retreat.  Under those eyes, there was clearly a sense of helplessness.

    "Master, in fact, if you hadn't warned that there would be a locust plague this year, if you hadn't proposed ways to deal with the emperor, improve the farming model, and finally allow people to concentrate on the fields for planting, the number of people affected by the disaster this year would be even greater. You also  No need" Ge Yanlin looked at the increasingly depressed Huang Junming and quickly advised him.

    "Get out!" Huang Junming yelled impatiently.

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