"Coo coo ~ Coo coo coo ~!"
"Coo coo coo ~!"
The sun rose from the east, and endless light shone on the earth. On the cement road of Lantian County, there was a huge and strange troop.
The reason why it was said to be huge and strange was because this team was made up of about a hundred people and more than three hundred thousand chickens. Roughly every two people were controlling five thousand chickens. One person was riding a bicycle, and the other person was using a cylindrical object to make "cuckoo cuckoo" sounds to the chickens. The chickens were running on the cement road with their two chicken feet. The team stretched for several miles. When the pedestrians saw it, they all moved aside and avoided it!
"This … where did so many chickens come from?"
"It's Marquis! Marquis is leading the Sky Chicken Brigade. They must be going to other counties to eliminate the locusts! "
"Oh my god! These kids are all riding the second generation bicycles from Strange Interest Pavilion! "
"There are about a hundred bicycles in total, right?"
"Not that many, but there are at least 50 to 60 of them!"
"Tsk tsk! According to the price of 599 strings of coins per bicycle, these bicycles alone are worth tens of thousands of strings of coins! "
"These children are so lucky!"
"But they are also working hard! If it weren't for them, how could Lantian County be able to eliminate all the locusts in less than two days? "
"That's right! These children are amazing! The Marquis of Yong 'an is even more amazing! They are living Bodhisattvas who can save the world! "
The pedestrians were first shocked by the size of this troop. Then, they could not help but praise the children from the Han Family Village and Plum Village. After all, if it was in the past, when faced with such a large scale of locusts, the civilians could only wait for death. Now, the locusts in Lantian County were wiped out in two days. Of course, the Sky Chicken Brigade's contribution could not be ignored. At the same time, it also proved to the world that the locusts were not invincible! Lantian County was a living example!
"Yamachō, have we planned our route to eliminate the locusts this time?"
At the front of the troop, Li Ke asked Li Zexuan, who was riding on Big White, while riding a bicycle with variable speed.
It was Li Ke who had volunteered to join this locust extermination operation. He had already been transferred to the headquarters of the Yanhuang Bank in Chang 'an City and could be considered the second-in-command of the bank. As for the first-in-command, it was Li Zexuan. However, this first-in-command usually did not care much. As long as there were no problems with the development of the bank, Li Zexuan would generally not interfere!
Now, Li Ke had placed many Yanhuang College students in Yanhuang Bank. With these students who were proficient in the new mathematics and double-entry bookkeeping, Yanhuang Bank could maintain high efficiency and not easily make mistakes. Li Ke planned to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate the locusts in other counties to check on the operations of Yanhuang Bank branches in other counties. It was for this reason that Li Zexuan decided to bring him along.
At this point, it was necessary to mention Li Tai. Li Tai had wanted to come, but Li Zexuan did not allow it. Firstly, Li Tai stayed in Yunshan. If anything happened in Yanhuang College, Li Tai could send a telegram to inform Li Zexuan immediately. Secondly, Li Tai did not know martial arts. Even though he had undergone military training, his physical fitness was still relatively weak. This kind of long-distance operation was not suitable for him!
Therefore, Little Fatty could only grumble bitterly in the Cloud Mountain!
"The general route has been planned out! According to the latest information received by the imperial court, we will go from the south to the north. First, we will go to Xinfeng, then Weinan, Liyang, Jingyang, Yunyang, Sanyuan, Fuping, and Xianyang. After Xianyang, we will split into two groups. One group will clean up the affected counties in the west, and the other group will follow the Yellow River to the east. We will clean up as many counties as we can. After cleaning up the counties in the west, we will immediately go to the east to meet up with the other group! "
While everyone else was enjoying the novelty of riding a bicycle, Li Zexuan was leisurely riding on Big White's back. He observed the farmland along the way while telling Li Ke about the itinerary plan for this trip.
Obviously, Li Zexuan had made sufficient preparations before they set off.
Hearing this, Li Ke roughly sketched out the "marching route" in his mind. In the end, he couldn't help but nod. "With Yamachō's plan, we will be able to save a lot of unnecessary detours. In the shortest amount of time, we will be able to help more counties to eliminate the locusts!"
Li Zexuan's face didn't relax at all. He sighed and said in a deep voice, "We can only try our best to help as many counties as possible. However, according to the information received by the imperial court, there are a total of 108 counties affected by the locusts. Even if we speed up and don't stop working day and night, we won't be able to eliminate all the locusts in a short period of time!
This time, the locusts are ferocious. Every day, or even every hour, thousands of catties of food will enter the locusts' stomachs. We don't have much time left! According to my estimation, the counties that can eliminate the locusts in half a month will have less impact on the food production this year, so there won't be a large-scale famine. However, if the locusts can't be eliminated in half a month or even a month, then there's basically no need to eliminate the locusts. They can only wait for the government or the imperial court to release food for the disaster relief!
Therefore, half a month is the best time to eliminate the locusts. It's best if we can eliminate as many locusts as possible within this half a month! After that, we can only cooperate with the imperial court to provide disaster relief! "
Hearing this, Li Ke's expression couldn't help but become heavy. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "Yamachō is right. Disaster relief is like putting out a fire. If we delay for too long, disaster relief is better than disaster relief!"
Li Zexuan made a sound of acknowledgment and continued,
"According to the speed at which the Sky Pheasant Brigade eliminated the locusts in other counties, it will take about a day and a half to eliminate the locusts in a county! Now that the Sky Pheasant Brigade has more than doubled in size, and we have loudspeakers, the efficiency of our command will definitely be greatly improved. Therefore, I hope that we can eliminate two counties a day. In half a month, that's thirty counties. If we can help more than thirty percent of the affected counties, then our efforts won't be in vain! "
Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "Lantian County can be considered an above average county. It has a population of eighty thousand people and hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land. The Sky Pheasant Brigade formed by one hundred and fifty thousand chickens could eliminate all the locusts in a day and a half. Now, the Sky Pheasant Brigade wants to eliminate the locusts in two counties in a day. Although it's a little difficult, it's not impossible! It all depends on the efficiency of these children's command!
In addition, every time we reach a county, I can arrange food and accommodation for the mountain elders and the children. This will give you more time to exterminate the locusts! "
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "I originally wanted to entrust this matter to you. Now that you've taken the initiative to ask, I won't stand on ceremony! Little Ke, every time we arrive at a county, you will first go to the Yanhuang Bank for an inspection. Then, you will contact the local government and ask them to arrange food and lodging for us. We will pay for this ourselves, or we can directly withdraw it from the Yanhuang Bank. We will settle the accounts after we have exterminated the locusts! "
Li Ke cupped his hands and replied, "Yes! Yamachō! "
Li Zexuan turned his head and looked at the huge team behind him. Then, he said to Pang Feiji, "Let the children move faster. We will try to reach Xinfeng County before noon!"
"Yes! Marquis! "
Pang Feiji cupped his hands and left.
Li Zexuan was at the front of the team, while Hu Hanyun was at the back of the team to prevent any children from falling behind.
At this time, Cheng Chumo smiled and said, "Yamachō, if we run too fast, what will we do if the chicken gets tired?"
This guy was originally someone who couldn't stay put. This was a rare opportunity to go to another county with Li Zexuan. How could he not seize this opportunity? Although he had a sweetheart (Ge Qingyue), she had always ignored him. Moreover, his father Cheng Yaojin also hoped that he could go with Li Zexuan to help with the disaster. He had even lent his treasured bicycle to him. Therefore, Cheng Chumo came!
Li Zexuan heard this and rolled his eyes. He said unhappily, "You're such a busybody! Why don't you let the chicken ride the bicycle while you run below? "
The bicycle's speed was not comparable to that of a war horse. Normally, it would only go about 15 kilometers per hour. Even if it ran faster, the chicken would still be able to catch up. Cheng Chumo was worrying too much!
"No, no, no!"
Cheng Chumo quickly shook his head and said, "I think it's better for them to be tired. When they're tired, they'll be hungry. When they're hungry, they'll be able to eat locusts later. Yamachō, don't you think so?"
Li Zexuan smiled and didn't answer. In his heart, he secretly thought that Cheng Chumo's words were right. It was true that the chicken liked to eat locusts, but they couldn't bear to eat hundreds of locusts every day. If these chickens didn't exercise more, how could they continue to eat locusts?
In addition, after these chickens experienced a lot of exercise and ate locusts, the meat of these chickens would be incomparably delicious in the future. This was a top-grade ingredient!
Cough cough! These chickens were the heroes who killed the locusts, and now I want to eat them. What a sin, what a sin!
Li Zexuan thought to himself with shame.
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"Mother! Look! Er Mao and I caught a big bag of locusts! "
"Good, good, good! Da Mao, Er Mao, good job! Catch more! Catch more! Later, we'll sell them at the county office and you two brothers can buy sweets to eat! "
"Okay ~! Mother! We'll go now! "
In a field in Xinfeng County, two children carried a cloth belt and ran to the field to ask for praise from a middle-aged couple. After the two children left, the middle-aged woman said with a worried face, "Husband, if we keep catching locusts like this, when will we be able to catch all the locusts in the 30 mu of field?"
The middle-aged man next to the woman first wiped the sweat on his forehead, then sighed heavily and replied, "Mother of the children, with our speed, it'll probably take a month. This is my fault. If I knew there would be a locust plague this year, I would've raised more chickens last year! Look at Old Master Zheng's family raised more than 500 chickens last year. Yesterday, they cleared more than 30 mu of locusts in one day! "
The woman's face was full of regret, but she still comforted him, "Husband, it's not your fault! Even if we knew there would be a locust plague last year, we can't afford to raise so many chickens! Old Master Zheng's family is rich, that's why they can raise so many chickens. How can we compare? "
The middle-aged man also knew that the woman's words made sense, and his face became even more dejected. Suddenly, he thought of something and couldn't help but say excitedly,
"In the morning, I heard from Li Zheng that all the locusts in Lantian County have been eliminated. Moreover, the Marquis of Yong 'an will bring the Sky Chicken Brigade to other counties to eliminate locusts. I don't know when they'll come to our Xinfeng County. With Marquis's Sky Chicken Brigade, all the locusts in our Xinfeng County's farmland will probably be eliminated in a day!"
"What? Eliminated in a day? Marquis's Sky Chicken Brigade is that powerful? "
The middle-aged woman was shocked when she heard this.
The man stared and said, "Of course! Marquis's Sky Chicken Brigade is said to have 150,000 chickens! Sigh! Let's not talk about it anymore! Let's not talk about it anymore! Hurry up and catch the locusts! "
At the same time, in a forest in the south of Xinfeng County.
"Uncle Hu, let the children find a shady place to rest for fifteen minutes and drink some water. After that, we'll start eliminating the locusts!"
After more than two hours of traveling, the Sky Chicken Brigade with more than a hundred people and more than three hundred thousand chickens finally arrived at Xinfeng County. Li Zexuan jumped down from Big White's back and said to Hu Hanyun.
"Yes! Young Master! "
Elder Hu replied. Then, he turned around and said loudly to the children of the Han Family Village and Plum Village, "Everyone, rest here. Drink some water and eat some dry food. After fifteen minutes, we'll start eliminating the locusts!"
The children had been riding bicycles for more than two hours. It would be a lie to say that they weren't tired. No matter how much they liked riding bicycles, they would still be tired after riding for so long. After hearing Hu Hanyun's words, they instantly cheered.
"Got it, Li Zheng!"
The children all agreed. At this moment, Li Zexuan looked at Li Ke and said, "Little Ke, I'll get Pang Feiji and Chou Niu to accompany you to Xinfeng County. First, we'll go to the Yan Huang Bank in the city for an inspection. Then, we'll go to the Xinfeng County Magistrate and ask him to help with the children's lunch. Remember to prepare some Throat Soothing Poplar and Mung Bean Soup!"
Li Ke clasped his hands and said, "Yamachō, Ke can go alone! Let Chou Niu and Guard Pang help you here! "
Li Zexuan said seriously, "No! They have to accompany you! I don't need their help here! "
No matter what, Li Ke was the current King of Shu and the son of Li Zexuan. Now that they weren't in Chang 'an, Li Zexuan naturally had to consider Li Ke's safety!
Seeing this, Li Ke roughly understood Li Zexuan's intentions. He clasped his hands and said, "Alright! Then Ke will go to the county now! "
Pang Feiji and Cheng Chumo clasped their hands at Li Zexuan before following Li Ke.
Fifteen minutes later.
"Coo coo ~! Coo coo coo ~! "
The commoners who were catching locusts in the fields under the scorching sun suddenly heard waves of children's "coo coo coo" sounds coming from the road. They couldn't help but raise their heads to take a look. What they saw stunned them!
On the road not far away, an endless number of chickens were being chased by a group of children towards them. The flock of chickens was divided into sections by the children. It was about two children controlling a flock of chickens. There were thousands of chickens in each flock.
"Sky Chicken Brigade! The Sky Chicken Brigade is here! "
Someone reacted at this moment and shouted excitedly.
"Oh my god! My crops can be saved! "
A shirtless old man couldn't help but kneel on the ground and cry tears of joy when he saw this scene.
"We're saved! Marquis' Sky Chicken Brigade is here! Our crops can be saved! "
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