Almost all towns and towns within Siping County have been attacked by locusts. What’s even more troublesome is that the number of locusts is still increasing.

"Sir, why did so many locusts suddenly appear?"

Liu Yuanqi frowned.

"These locusts did not emerge suddenly, they should have appeared in Liuzhou long ago, but we, Siping County, did not get the news in advance."

Lin Fan said in a deep voice.

Zhang Rui'an!

It was this old guy who did it again.

Lin Fan didn't need to inquire. Other counties and towns must have known about this. They won't have much loss when they snatched food in advance, but they lost almost all of them.

The food in the first quarter is gone, and 5,000 farmers in Siping County are affected. This is not counting as merchants in the county, and they will also be greatly impacted.

Because if there is no food in Siping County, it must be purchased from other places. In this way, the price of food will inevitably rise, and Zhang Ruian will also interfere.

"Sir, now that the food is eaten by locusts, what should we do?"

Liu Yuanqi frowned.

"What else can I do? Find ways to get food and let the victims survive this winter. However, these locusts must not let them go!"

Lin Fan gritted his teeth.

He decided to imitate the wisdom of ancient people and fry the locusts and sell them.

"Sir, what are you going to do?"

Liu Yuanqi asked.

"You are now visiting various townships and telling them to catch locusts in large quantities and send them to the yamen. The officer will charge as much as he wants, ten cents per kilogram. Don't die, you will have to live!"

Lin Fan gritted his teeth and said.

Ten cents per pound!

This is almost the same price as food.

"Sir, our county government is afraid there is not so much money."

Liu Yuanqi said in a deep voice.

There are indeed hundreds of taels of silver in the county government, but these locusts are everywhere. If they are collected, hundreds of taels of silver will not be enough.

"Don't worry about these things, just do them."

Lin Fan said.

Liu Yuanqi visited the village, while Lin Fan returned to the county town and went to the Li family.

In the past few days, Li Ningxiang's injuries have almost recovered. Li Youcai was with Li Ningxiang at home. When he learned that Lin Fan was coming again, Li Youcai looked disgusted.

"Mr. Lin, why are you here again?"

Li Youcai looked at Lin Fan and asked.

"Mr. Li, I am here, you don't seem to welcome me."

Lin Fan smiled.

"Hmph! Lord Lin, don't think I can't guess what you are doing. Now, Liuzhou is seriously affected and the people in Liuzhou have suffered heavy losses in food. The prefect may open the granary and release grain, but it will not give it to our Siping County. There are so many victims, so you can only find someone to borrow food. Isn't that just come to me?"

Li Youcai said coldly.

The Zhao family and the Liu family hated Lin Fan to the core, and even if they threw the food into the sewer, they would not give it to Lin Fan.

"Mr. Li is worried too much. I came to you this time not to borrow food, but to buy a restaurant from you."

Lin Fan smiled.

As Li Youcai said, the Zhao family and Liu family hated him to the core and would not help them, but the Li family was different. They would not have made excessive demands and would definitely agree.

kindness?

Li Youcai looked at Lin Fan in confusion: "Mr. Lin, the people are about to starve to death, but you want to buy my restaurant. Could it be that you want to spend the porridge?"

"No, I want to do business, and use the money I earn to buy food and help disaster victims."

Lin Fan smiled.

"Haha, Lord Lin, you have no problem with your brain?"

Li Youcai sneered.

Anyone with a little brain will not be stupid enough to do such things.

A restaurant requires at least 500 taels of silver to buy it. Even if the business is good, you can only make a profit of dozens of taels of silver in a month.

These silver is not enough for those victims to eat for half a month.

"I have no problem with my brain. Mr. Li said whether to sell it or not."

Lin Fan said with a smile.

"Sell, of course I will sell it, five hundred taels of silver. I will sell you the best restaurant in our Li family. Lord Lin, is this enough face?"

Li Youcai said with a sneer.

"Fu, it's too much. You'll get you money when I go back. That restaurant is mine."

Lin Fan said with a smile.

If you calculate normally, the monthly gross profit is 200 taels. After deducting the cost, you will also have an income of more than 70 taels.

However, your own business does not require cost. Locusts are so cheap. If you collect locusts yourself, the victims will make money and you can make money by themselves. You can kill two birds with one stone.

When he returned to the county government office, there were still 400 taels of silver in the government office. Lin Fan also brought his gold jar and asked Shi Li to take his men to send it to the Li Mansion together.

"Mr. Li, there are more than ten kilograms of broken gold, which is worth a lot of silver. I don't want it much. You can exchange it for copper plates for me at the same price."

Lin Fan said.

"Okay! I will meet all my requests from Lord Lin."

Li Youcai said with a smile.

He now feels that Lin Fan is either a fool or a crazy person who gains and loses his mind.

If the people have money, restaurants will naturally make money. Now that the locust plague is coming, a large number of people can’t eat enough. He is actually thinking about opening a restaurant to make money. It’s so stupid!

After buying the restaurant, Lin Fan exchanged 200 taels of silver for copper coins. When he returned to the county government, Lin Fan picked a few people who had worked as a chef from the yamen runners to take over the restaurant.

That night, a large number of people came to the county government with the captured locusts.

Lin Fan accepted all the orders, and collected hundreds of kilograms of locusts in one night. The yamen was filled with the buzzing sound of locusts flapping their wings.

"It's really taken!"

All the people who got the copper plate showed surprise.

At the beginning, when they received this news, they didn't believe it. After all, who would catch locusts? I'm afraid only fools can do it.

They just came with a try-and-see attitude. Who would have thought that there was really something wrong with Lord Lin’s mind.

"That's great! These locusts can be sold for money. Villagers, let's go back and catch locusts as soon as possible!"

A group of people were crazy.

This night is destined to be unusual.

The locusts that were originally raging in Siping County were mostly less than half in one night, which surprised and delighted the surrounding county towns that had not yet been affected.

"Damn it! The county magistrate of Siping County is a fool, he can actually collect locusts!"

"Stop talking about it. This fool will benefit from locusts. Fortunately, we are ranked behind Siping County, otherwise we will suffer too!"

These unaffected counties were secretly grateful, but Lin Fan was busy collecting locusts and was very happy.

The locusts have extremely tenacious vitality. Even if they don’t eat or drink for several days, they will not die. In less than two days, the Siping County Government Office was filled with locusts.

The locusts that were raging in Siping County a few days ago are now almost withering.

What Lin Fan did not expect was that his approach also saved 30% of Siping County's land without any impact.
Chapter completed!