Please ask me to be the emperor

"With the vigorous efforts of ministers and county magistrates, 7,000 hectares of spring wheat have been replanted, 6,700 hectares of corn have been replanted, and 8,100 hectares of sweet potatoes have been replanted."

"Among them, sweet potatoes do not occupy fertile land. They are grown in fields, hillsides, ditches and other places. The harvest is expected to be bountiful this year!" Zhang Shenyan took the farming situation at his fingertips and reported to Zhang Shun in detail.

It turned out that after Zhang Shun left Nanyang City, he went all the way north, passing through Luyang Pass, Lushan County, Ruzhou, passing Ruguangcheng Pass, and Dagu for about 400 miles straight to Luoyang.

Zhang Shun's southern expedition was not in vain. Not only did he earn four wives, but he also returned home loaded with gold, silver and food.

By successively conquering Prince Chong's Mansion and other royal houses of the Tang Dynasty, they successively obtained 18.9 million taels of gold and silver, 27,000 shi of grain, and countless other materials.

In order to enable Xiao Qinhu to resist the threat of Huguang officers and soldiers, Zhang Shun not only provided personnel and land, but also left one million gold and silver and 20,000 shi of grain for military supplies.

He brought back 800,000 taels of gold and silver and 2,000 shi of grain alone, and the rest was used as a reward.

However, these materials were loaded into three hundred vehicles. Thanks to Nanyang, which is an important place for the circulation of materials from the north to the south, and there are many vehicles available for hire, the transportation urgent need of the rebels was solved.

Along the way, Zhang Shun led two thousand cavalry under his command, including Bai Guangen and He Renlong's two battalions, as well as nearly 10,000 people including Zeng, Huang, Xiao Zhu and a group of people, and marched toward Luoyang in a mighty manner.

It took seven or eight days to reach Luoyang City. Zhang Shun didn't care about the dusty journey and took a look at the red lady first.

Then, he ordered his soldiers to station outside the city; the Zeng family, the Huang family, and the big and small Zhu families moved into the mansion first. However, he quickly summoned Zhang Shenyan, Lu Weiqi and Song Xiance to inquire about his situation after leaving.

Zhang Shenyan reported to him the farming situation exactly as it was, and everything was developing in a good direction.

He saw that Zhang Shenyan was much thinner than before, and wondered how hard he had endured in the past two or three months.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but be moved and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Yafu!"

"You..." Zhang Shenyan subconsciously opened his mouth to curse, but suddenly realized that Zhang Shun's tone was wrong, so he quickly stopped talking.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Shenyan's eyes were a little red.

He shook his head and said: "Your Highness has given you too much praise. This is not the result of just one person."

"Among them, Li Jiqi, Dong Duxing, Liu Biao, etc. all made great contributions!"

These people were all talents recruited by Zhang Shun during the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival at the beginning of the year.

Zhang Shun was really "Zhou Gong spits out his support" to them at the beginning, but now they reciprocate the favor and give back their economic talents.

On his way back to Luoyang, it happened to be the season of "late spring in March, when warblers fly and grass grows".

Along the way, in addition to the red flowers and green grass full of spring, you can also see patches of farmland like a chessboard.

These farmlands have been cultivated for a long time, and the seedlings in the fields are growing well. Although Zhang Shun only recognized one or two of them, he was quite happy.

Plant in spring and harvest in autumn! In ancient agricultural society, only by sowing seeds in spring can there be a harvest in autumn.

Only when the harvest is harvested and the people under the rule have enough food can the rebel army accomplish something.

Zhang Shun secretly wrote down the names of these three people, and then continued to ask: "Aside from replanting, how about locust control and disaster preparedness?"

"This matter is coordinated by Mr. Lu, and I am not familiar with it." Zhang Shenyan looked at Lu Weiqi and said.

"I have entrusted this matter to the dog son Lu Zhaolin. Please ask King Shun to let me call him to answer!" Lu Weiqi responded quickly.

It turned out that he knew that his son Lu Weiqi had committed a serious crime before. Although King Shun was generous and refused to pursue the case, he ultimately hated Zhang Shun.

He took the opportunity to temper his son, hoping that he could enter Zhang Shun's eyes.

"Okay, let him come over!" How could Zhang Shun not know about his little Jiujiu?

But after all, he is a person who dares to do things, and Zhang Shun does not criticize him harshly.

Not long after, Lu Zhaolin rushed over with a dusty face, much stronger than when he saw him before.

Zhang asked by the way: "I heard from your father that you are responsible for locust eradication and disaster preparedness. I wonder how it is progressing now?"

"To report to King Shun, according to the original plan of the rebel army, I have formulated a strategy of exchanging locust eggs and locust flies for food."

"One bucket of locust eggs is exchanged for one bucket of grain; one bucket of locust eggs is exchanged for one bucket of grain. The people all rush to tell each other and rush to dig up the eggs and catch the locusts. In just a few months, more than 10,000 kilograms of grain were exchanged for the eggs. , thousands of catties of insects.”

"Wait a minute, what happened to those insect eggs and nymphs?" Zhang Shun suddenly interrupted Lu Zhaolin's story.

"..." Lu Zhaolin was silent for a moment, and then responded uneasily, "I will order everyone to be burned!"

"Is it tasty?"

Lu Zhaolin was stunned for a moment and said honestly: "I haven't tasted it. It was all burned to ashes!"

"Ah? It turns out you didn't burn it and eat it!" Zhang Shun smashed his mouth regretfully and said, "Mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. What's more, there are so many locust eggs and locust flies, which are very fragrant. We can't waste them casually in the future."

Lu Zhaolin couldn't help but look troubled when he heard this, and thought to himself, aren't you making things difficult for me? Who dares to eat this stuff!

Zhang Shun looked at his expression and couldn't help but said angrily: "If you don't want to eat it, I will! There are more than 10,000 kilograms of meat. I can't afford it every day, so you are still picky?"

"Is it really edible?" Lu Weiqi quickly confirmed.

"Why can't you eat it?" Zhang Shun asked curiously, "Didn't you burn grasshoppers and locusts when you were young?"

"When I was young, I didn't have any family resources, so I really didn't eat it!" Lu Weiqi replied honestly.

Well, you have money, you are the rich second generation!

Zhang Shun had no choice but to encourage: "This stuff tastes like chicken and is crunchy. After deep-frying, the protein is..."

Before Zhang Shun finished speaking, Lu Weiqi quickly shouted: "I can't afford it, I can't afford it, and it has to be deep-fried. Who can afford it?"

Well, Zhang Shun then remembered that oil was a precious thing in this era, and even a wealthy family could not be so luxurious.

He had no choice but to come up with an idea: "In fact, if you grind it and mix it with flour to make dried meat, it can also be used as military rations!"

When Lu Weiqi heard this, he thought this was a good idea and quickly agreed.

Zhang Shenyan quickly reminded: "It's just that if this matter spreads, it may affect the morale of the military!"

"It doesn't matter!" Zhang Shun waved his hand and said, "Military rations will still be distributed as normal. This thing is called the 'Shenli Pill' and is specially used to supplement the soldiers' strength!"

It turned out that Zhang Shun discovered that due to the difficult conditions of the rebel army, the soldiers' rations were mostly rice and noodles, and they were seriously lacking in protein intake.

I just heard that Lu Zhaolin was missing ten thousand kilograms of locust eggs and locust flies, so I came up with this idea. Anyway, if you can’t eat it to death, it’s good to eat some meat, so what else?

Zhang Shenyan and Lu Weiqi are so smart, they know the elegant meaning of a string, but they don't know that Zhang Shun's method is similar to that of a gangster selling "Dali Pill".

However, after all, King Shun was not a person who criticized his soldiers harshly. He must have had a deeper meaning, so he did not go into details further.

"Is that all there is?" To be honest, Zhang Shun was a little disappointed.

"Oh, I also ordered people to purchase and hatch 23,100 ducks. Every four thousand or so ducks were divided into six teams. From morning to night, they kept herding ducks everywhere in order to complete the task of eliminating locusts. !" Lu Zhaolin quickly praised his achievements.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun heard this and dug up similar memories from the nooks and crannies of his past life memories. It seemed that he had a strategy to drive away ducks and locusts in his past life.

He nodded and said: "The execution is good, but these alone are not enough."

"We should mobilize the masses and encourage every household to raise ducks and chickens to reduce the harm of locusts!"

"I promised that when the chickens and ducks grow up, the rebels will buy them at market prices. They can be used as military rations to make up for the lack of meat for the soldiers."