Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 98 The Clear Stream of Ninghai County　
Hearing this, Su Sheng frowned: "Oh, miss, why are you doing this?"

"Didn't you offend the squires in Ninghai by doing this?"

"The locust plague is a natural disaster. What can we do? Has anyone successfully cured the locust plague in history?"

"Qin Feng, you don't need to count on it. It's not like we don't know what kind of official he is. Listen to my advice and leave Ninghai County as soon as possible, so as not to hurt yourself..."

Su Jin has an idea, and things that have been decided will not be changed easily.

After listening to Su Sheng's words, she said lightly: "It's over? If you don't have anything else to say, just do as I said."

"Even if there is no way to control the locusts, the villagers should be prepared to deal with the locust disaster."

"From now on, we should find a way to store food for the winter. Whether it's hunting or picking fruits and drying them into dried fruits, it's better than knowing that a disaster is coming, but insisting on watching them starve to death."

Seeing that Su Jin did not listen to persuasion, Su Sheng couldn't help but sighed. Although he was Su Jin's uncle in seniority, he was not as good as Su Jin Wanyi in terms of speaking power.

Su Jin made a decision, and he had no choice but to follow suit.

The servants of the Su family got the order, and the news spread quickly, and the whole county knew about the locust plague in the neighboring province.

County Yamen.

Qin Feng was drawing the latest "invention" blueprint at his desk, when the yamen servant Wang Long rushed in.

"My lord, something is wrong. It is now rumored that there is a locust plague in the neighboring province. It will spread to our side in less than two months! This year's crops... will be destroyed!"

"What? A plague of locusts?"

Qin Feng threw down the brush and stood up.

"Yes, the outside world is going crazy now! It is said that no grass will grow in the place where the locust plague has passed, and all the crops in neighboring provinces this year have been destroyed!"

Reported by Wang Longhui.

Not only Qin Feng and Wang Long were in the room, Wan Kunming also happened to be beside Qin Feng.He is smart and has a high IQ. He designed the waterwheel before, and after knowing Qin Feng's concept, he gave Qin Feng a lot of good suggestions during the design.

Now that Qin Feng wants to invent again, it is natural to call him back as a staff officer.

Hearing the news of the locust plague, Wan Kunming frowned and sighed heavily.

"Although the weather in Ninghai County is not good this year, but with the addition of chemical fertilizers from the adults, reasonable planting, and the common people are also diligent in the field, there should be a good harvest. If this plague of locusts really spread to Ninghai... only I'm afraid there will be a famine this year."

After hearing this, Qin Feng was even more depressed.

Well done, the plague of locusts came unexpectedly, God can't see him, okay?

Bad luck!

Qin Feng has never seen a locust plague with his own eyes, but he has only seen the scene of migrating locusts covering the sky and covering the sky on the news.

The picture is extremely terrifying, and it can make people feel desperate across the screen.

The densely packed locusts flew over the field, and even if they gnawed on one of them, the field would be destroyed immediately.

Qin Feng was still thinking that this year's harvest is good, even if there is more food tax, the common people will have something to eat, so it shouldn't be too objectionable.

In another year, the terraced fields will be reclaimed. When the land is divided, the people will only be more satisfied, and he has completely let go of his reliance on the squires.

But he couldn't count the locust plague even after all his calculations.

In the future, locust plagues will be combined with prevention and control, mainly by spraying pesticides to kill insects.

But first, Qin Feng doesn't have a pesticide formula that can effectively kill locusts in his mind. The locust plague is approaching, and there is only less than two months to go, so it is too late to study it now.

The research on pesticides is different from chemical fertilizers, which requires trial and error. Otherwise, if the pesticides are too powerful, the pesticides may kill locusts and crops together.

Second, in the future, pesticides will be sprayed by airplanes. In ancient times, only manpower can be used, and the efficiency is low, and it is difficult to completely cover migratory locusts.If the protective measures are unfavorable, it is easy to affect the health of the people who spread the pesticides.

This made Qin Feng difficult.

How to deal with this plague of locusts?

He took a few steps left and right, and suddenly remembered the modern biological control of locusts!
By the way, you can raise ducks!
Chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry are natural enemies of locusts and feed on locusts, among which ducks and geese are the best choice for controlling locusts.Duck and goose beaks are long and flat, making it easier to prey on locusts than chicken beaks.

This plague of locusts must be dealt with early.

Migratory locusts have short lives, but they can live for two or three months.But the great thing is that the reproductive ability is extremely strong and there is a steady stream.

If it cannot be eradicated in one year, larvae and eggs will be left in winter, and they will come back in the second year, which is extremely harmful!

This has to be put on the agenda quickly.

Just another problem.

There is no money in the yamen now.

He had a total of more than 1 taels of silver. In order to pay grain taxes, he spent 1 taels of grain collected from the people, and the remaining 5000 taels were already spent on water trucks and fertilizers.

Qin Feng is ready to live a frugal life. He only needs to wait for the terraced fields to be reclaimed within two years. Sitting on the terraced fields all over the mountain, he wants the farmers to collect [-]% of the rent to live. Who would have thought that there will be a plague of locusts?
Farmers in Ninghai County also raise chickens, ducks and geese, but there are not many of them. Some families have one or two, and the most are no more than five or six, which is not enough to serve as a "locust control army".

If you want to control locusts, you must buy ducklings and raise them!

"Hey, where can I get some money?" Qin Feng muttered in a low voice.

The common people didn't have much silver in their hands, so Qin Feng could only borrow money after deliberation.

From whom?squire.

But the squires... how could they lend it to him?
When he thought of this, Wan Kunming on the side also thought of this level, and suggested: "If your lord is worried about money, you might as well promise a huge profit and borrow money from wealthy businessmen in this county..."

Qin Feng shook his head and smiled wryly: "Oh, you, I don't know something. It is impossible for these squires to lend me money... I had a very unpleasant quarrel with them before!"

Unexpectedly, Wan Kunming smiled: "The villains know the contradictions in the mouths of adults. Naturally, those country gentry can't lend money, but there is still a wealthy businessman...Your Excellency can try."

"The villain thought that he should be able to lend money."

"Who?"

"Of course it's the Su family who released the news of the locust plague."

Wan Kunming waved the cattail fan in his hand, acting like a military adviser: "Although I have not been in Ninghai County for a long time, I have learned a lot about the affairs of Ninghai County. This Su family is one of the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Ninghai. a stream of cleanliness.”

(End of this chapter)