Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

Li Zhen glanced at everyone and his eyelids twitched. Li Erhai next to him understood and quickly carried him into the main room.

Zhang Erniu got up from the ground, walked to the center of the yard and shouted loudly.

"Everyone should know that we have been suffering from hardships these years, and we have not been able to eat enough even if we worked hard for a year. That's why I spent a lot of effort to ask the old immortal to come out of the mountain and pray to the land god for us, and to pray to the heaven on our behalf to take back the divine insect."

"I tell you, this is not a simple matter, but the purpose of Xiaozhang Village's future production and construction. Our goal is to make sure that all villagers no longer go hungry."

Zhang Erniu's tone was unquestionable.

"Fellow villagers, now God has given us the order to exterminate the locusts. Please listen to my command."

These words made everyone breathe a little faster, and they looked intently at Zhang Erniu in the center of the yard, as if they were looking at new hope.

"Zhang Da, just tell us what to do. We'll listen to you!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Zhang Da, just watch. Wherever you point, we will definitely attack!"

"It is! It is!"

The crowd was excited and came forward to petition.

They have been suffering from locusts for a long time, and now that God has ordered the extermination of the locusts, they will naturally not be polite.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Zhang Erniu raised his hand.

Suddenly, the voices around became much quieter until they disappeared.

"First, everyone should drive all their chickens, ducks and geese to the fields. They are the natural enemies of locusts and can help us kill them!"

"Second, each baojia unit should dig three-foot-long, two-foot-wide, and two-foot-deep trenches in the fields they are responsible for. The trenches should be spaced three feet apart and compacted. Then, all the locust larvae should be driven into the trenches and compacted. This will not only kill the locusts, but also use their corpses as fertilizer for the land."

"third……"

It took Zhang Erniu half an hour to finish explaining the twelve methods of killing locusts taught by Li Zhen.

"Does everyone understand?"

Zhang Erniu shouted loudly again.

The crowd below was silent.

Zhang Erniu shouted again.

"Now many people are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves, saying that the locust plague in our village is retribution from God. Now!"

"I want to tell them that their idea is completely wishful thinking!"

"It's a fantasy!"

"I don't believe this. I want to let those people see the new changes in our Xiaozhang Village!"

"We can also be self-reliant, and every family can fill their stomachs!"

Zhang Erniu clenched his fist, raised his right arm and shouted.

"Xiaozhang Village is changing and getting better step by step. Are you willing to follow me and work together to become prosperous?"

His eyes swept across the crowd.

There was silence at first, and then a loud shout in response!

"I am willing!"

"I do too!"

"Brother Zhang, count me in!"

"We all followed you!"

……

More and more people gathered around the ancestral hall, and even many people from other villages heard the noise and ran over.

Everyone was extremely excited. There was no doubt that what Zhang Erniu said had been on people's minds for a long time.

Wang Qingshan and others looked at the scene in front of them in amazement. This guy was very good at inspiring people and seemed to be a natural leader.

His words immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd, and people began to rush forward shouting.

What Wang Qingshan didn't know was that Zhang Erniu's words were naturally taught to him by Li Zhen.

Zhang Erniu waved his hand and said, "Then we will set out in our respective baojia units."

When Wang Qingshan and others came to their senses, the people around them had already dispersed, but he could see from these people that they obviously had more energy and spirit!

In the main room, Li Erhai and others surrounded Li Zhen, chatting and laughing.

Li Zhen was in high spirits, without a trace of fatigue.

"Boss, what's the matter with the painting on the yellow paper? Are you really a god from heaven?"

Li Zhiyong scratched the back of his head and asked in confusion.

Except for a very small number of people, most of them don’t know the real inside story of praying to ghosts and gods.

Li Zhen no longer kept his words to himself and spoke directly.

"The yellow paper painting looks magical, but it is actually a pattern drawn on the yellow paper with vinegar in advance. After it dries, it will appear again after being burned."

"boom!"

The people in the room were excited. They touched the back of their heads and looked as if they had suddenly realized something. So that's it!

“The boss knows so much!”

"The boss is awesome!"

"Then the words on the yellow paper must have been written first, right?"

Li Zhiyong continued to ask.

Li Zhen glanced at him and asked back.

"What do you say?"

"Yep!"

Amid the laughter of the crowd, Li Zhiyong nodded repeatedly.

The whole Xiaozhang Village was in chaos and boiling over.

Both adults and children went out, driving their own chickens, ducks and geese, and carrying farm tools, to the more than 500 acres of newly reclaimed fields.

"Quack quack!"

The poultry that had been trapped for a long time rushed to the new fields like birds that had spread their wings.

When the chickens, ducks and geese saw the gnats, they rushed up with a quack and swallowed them one by one as if they were seeing a supreme delicacy.

An adult chicken or duck can eat hundreds of gnats a day.

Among the villagers of Xiaozhang, every household raises poultry to a greater or lesser extent.

Now, hundreds of chickens, ducks and geese rushed into the fields and began to devour the gnats.

Seeing how much the chickens, ducks and geese loved to eat gnats, the elderly people burst into tears.

They have suffered from locusts for many years!

Now I finally see hope!

Chickens, ducks and geese not only eat locust larvae, but also eat locust eggs. This can prevent locust disasters in the coming year. It really kills two birds with one stone!

For areas that chickens, ducks and geese cannot reach, people waved their farm tools and started digging holes.

After a while, the pit was dug. People jumped in and stomped it down with their feet, then began to search for gnats everywhere and drove them into the pit. When the gnats had crawled all over the bottom of the pit, they covered it with a layer of soil and stomped it down with their feet. In this way, they cleared the gnats one area at a time.

As the red sun sets in the west, the sky gradually darkens.

Zhang Erniu walked to the edge of the field and shouted to everyone.

"I have another good news for you all!"

When people saw Zhang Erniu say this, they gathered around him and looked at him intently. Now in the eyes of the villagers, Zhang Erniu is the backbone of the village, and the villagers will do without hesitation whatever he asks them to do.

"Fellow villagers, the young master Li who came today not only has great magical powers and can summon gods to perform rituals, but he is also a living Bodhisattva. Tonight, he will treat the whole village to a meal, with steamed buns, rice, meat and vegetables all provided!"