As Bi Goo listened, he noticed that the young man's eyes and expression changed when he talked about illness.
It was a confident, serious, and cautious attitude.
"Xiao Yi, are you very good at treating illnesses?" Bi Goo licked the toothless area again as he spoke.
"I can only say that I will try my best." Li Yi shook his head.
He wanted to say that the saddest moment was when someone who could be saved died in front of him, and he could do nothing about it.
Not all hospitals had top-notch equipment and amazing doctors, and it was too late to transfer patients to other hospitals.
"How about compared to the Imperial Physician's Department?" Bi Goo wanted a comparison.
"Old Bi, I believe that every true doctor's heart is the same. Just like the soldiers who died fighting the enemy, they used their lives to tell others that they did their best. "
Li Yi did not want to use his medical skills to belittle other doctors, even if he was the best in the Tang dynasty.
He had a lot of medical equipment, videos to watch, and more theoretical knowledge of Chinese medicine in the future to support him.
But all these were not reasons to be proud, but responsibilities. Since there was a better technology, he should spread it.
Bi Goo: "…"
He realized that Li Yi's words sounded awkward. Was he speaking for someone who was not good enough?
"The fried grasshopper tastes good." Bi Goo could only praise the grasshopper again.
The Winged Knights, the farmers, and the hired workers who were eating the fried grasshopper also ate the fried grasshopper.
Especially the hired workers, they found that the grasshopper tasted better than the shrimp in the river. It was better to fry it than to boil it, but it needed oil, preferably vegetable oil.
"If there is no oil, you can dry fry it, grind it into powder, and mix it with other grains. It can still be eaten." Li Yi introduced the way to eat the grasshopper to Bi Goo.
He knew that in the later period of history, when the people were hungry, they began to eat the grasshopper.
Now, they were pretentious and thought that God would punish them. At the same time, other people would not eat them. Besides, if the grasshopper was not made well, the taste would be bad.
"There's a lack of oil. The commoners can only use a small amount of vegetable oil. Even if you use the method of extracting soybean oil and stir-frying it, you'll probably need to add some seasoning."
Bi Goo was thinking about how to eat grasshoppers, and he thought it was possible.
Li Yi shook his head as he said, "The government can take them, or let the people exchange the locusts for soybean oil. Then they can organize people to raise poultry and pigs, and then …"
It wasn't that the idea wasn't good, but that there would be problems with the people who carried it out. When poultry laid eggs, the person in charge would have to embezzle them, and it would be difficult to calculate the number of eggs.
It was clearly a law that benefited the people, but with the interference of the government, everything was over.
Bi Goo didn't need Li Yi to say it out loud. He already knew that it was difficult for his superiors to control his subordinates.
He also knew that if he went to check Henan Prefecture's warehouse now, there would definitely be some defects left behind by the previous generations.
The previous official took the items and was promoted. The new official just had to grit his teeth and accept the items and say that the amount was correct.
If the previous one lost his position, everyone would be relieved. Great, he was the one who took it. Check the accounts and recalculate.
When it was recorded, it was said that a certain official's corruption was so great that it was shocking.
However, it didn't record where the items that were embezzled by a certain official went.
"Is there a way to stop corruption?" Bi Goo thought and asked naturally.
Li Yi shook his head, "No, unless they always check. For example, once a month, they send a different person every time without informing in advance."
Li Yi was helpless. Everyone was an official, and none of them were clean. How could they check?
When something happened and it got big, someone would be beheaded. After a period of peace, they would repeat the same thing again.
Not to mention Chang Pingcang in the Tang dynasty, there were also people who were punished for the grain reserves.
It was only after they increased their efforts and kept a close watch on it that they put an end to it.
Looking at other countries, they didn't do better. In fact, they did worse.
Li Yi was gloomy for a moment before he said, "Unless we pay a higher price for supervision and inspection, and constantly change people, there will definitely be problems as time goes by."
"How do they pay a higher price to inspect?" Bi Goo was also preparing to enter Chang 'an. He wanted to come up with a good set of rules.
"The people sent out by the inspection team must not be disturbed. For example, when a prime minister went to inspect Henan, the son of another prime minister asked him to be merciful.
He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle it and would be hated, so he could only go back and tell His Majesty. In the end, His Majesty … "
Li Yi sold out Yao Chong, so Wei Zhigu was equivalent to a member of the inspection team.
After enforcing the law impartially, he was punished. Who would dare to investigate in the future?
"Eunuchs?" Bi Goo thought of a group of people.
"Hahahaha!" Li Yi laughed.
Li Longji didn't need to think about it. Gao Lishi was the first intelligence chief to set up the eunuchs' supervision team in the Tang dynasty.
When Gao Lishi was in power, it wasn't bad. After the An Lushan Rebellion, he couldn't control it anymore.
"Sigh!" Bi Goo was distressed. He drank a cup of wine and ate meat. First, he had to deal with the plague of locusts.
After eating, Li Yi went to copy books again.
Bi Goo watched the people collecting locusts busily. When the sky turned dark, the people who caught locusts in other counties sent the locusts over.
"Before this old man leaves, I can't care about other places. Henan will definitely be stable." Bi Goo clenched his fist.
After a few days, the people finally realized that the situation wasn't good. The more locusts they caught, the more worried they were about the unharvested wheat.
The only fortunate thing was that the weather this year was good. The wheat grains were plump and could be harvested in advance.
In half a month, they could harvest. They couldn't wait until the wheat was completely ripe. When 90% was ripe, they would harvest 100%. When 100% was ripe, they would throw away 10%.
When the wheat was fully ripe, it would start to lose weight. At the same time, when they were harvested, they would fall from the straw and fall into the ground.
Before they could clean it up, a large flock of birds came over to eat.
The chicks hatched first. The people chose to switch to chicks. In any case, they knew that they could feed the locusts. If they raised them themselves, they would grow quickly.
The people of Luoyang realized that the price of the piglets had also increased. It wasn't easy to buy them again.
On the prodigal son's mountain, the piglets grew faster than any food.
The pig dung was also good stuff. When the wheat was harvested, the pig dung could be turned into the ground together with the wheat.
The farmers gradually became familiar with the situation and started to instruct more people to help.
On the 22nd of March, early in the morning, Li Yi left with the 500 Winged Knights. He didn't say goodbye to Bi Goo.
He had already been out for 34 days. He had chosen to travel by land. His carriage was in the way and couldn't go fast.
"Li Dongzhu, don't worry. I guarantee that we can return in 10 days. The road from Luoyang to Chang 'an is still easy. It won't be slower than the boat ride."
Fan Fan saw that Li Yi didn't want to stay and was in a hurry to go home. He rode beside the carriage and comforted him.
Li Yi sat outside the carriage and looked at the sky in boredom. A group of locusts flew over.
Li Yi pulled the locusts from his body and hair in annoyance. Some of the locusts spat out green water when touched.
"I'm going in." Li Yi couldn't stand it and turned to go in.
At this time, even if the wheat wasn't 90% ripe, many places had to seize the time to harvest. The locusts were no joke.
While Li Yi was on his way, the reports of the locusts from various provinces were sent to Chang 'an.
Li Longji listened to Yao Chong reading.
"Fen Province News, locusts have appeared in the province and are invading everywhere. The people in the province are rushing to harvest the wheat. They fear that the locusts will be more serious. Rent should be reduced." Yao Chong picked the important parts to read.
This place requested the imperial court to reduce the rent in autumn.
After reading one, he moved on to the next.
"Lu Province News, there are many locusts this year and it will be a disaster. The provincial governor is setting up a platform to announce this to the heavens. Many people responded."
The provincial governor personally organized a sacrificial ceremony, hoping that the heavens would take back the locusts.
"Ze Province News, locusts are everywhere. The winter wheat will be reduced. The imperial court should prioritize the country and raise the ceremony to prevent the natural disaster."
This request made Li Longji come out to announce it and discuss with the heavens to not release more locusts.
"Wei Province News, the wheat is fully ripe. The loss of harvesting wheat is too great. The locusts eat grass as soon as they see it. We hope the imperial court can help."
"Cao Province News, the locusts have suddenly appeared. The people are panicking. The summer grain in the province may be difficult to collect, but it doesn't count after autumn."
"Yan Province News …"
"Mi Province News …"
"Ying Province News …"
"Yu Province News …"
"Hao Province News …"
One by one, the reports of the locusts were picked out and read out. Li Longji, the two prime ministers, and the six ministers listened.
Other than Wei Zhigu, the other ministers were all frowning.
The places east of Taihang Mountains were filled with locusts.
They looked at Li Longji. Li Longji listened quietly. He didn't seem to be in a hurry.
After Yao Chong finished reading the reports of the locusts in most of the provinces, Li Longji asked, "What about Henan?"
Yao Chong flipped through the reports and replied, "There are no urgent reports from Henan, Zhengzhou, or Huai Province."
"Send someone to ask," Li Longji ordered.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's here. Henan's prefectural governor, Bi Goo, the provincial governor of Zhengzhou, and the provincial governor of Huai Province have sent a report."
As soon as Li Longji's voice fell, a small yellow door hurried over. It was agreed that any news from Henan would be sent over.
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