Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 259 Insect plague
The borer is also known as the borer, and the borer disaster that broke out in the south at this time is called the three stem borer in later generations.

The adults of Chilo suppressalis are small moths, with long triangular forewings, pale yellowish white, with one obvious small black spot in the center and seven small black spots on the outer edge.

Stem borer is a monophagous pest. They only harm rice or wild rice. Their larvae burrow into rice stems to eat and cause damage. When the host is tillering, dead seedlings appear, and "dead booting" or "dead booting" are formed at the booting and heading stages. White Spike'.

Borer begins to prosper in summer, and can reproduce four generations within a year. Mature larvae transfer to healthy plants, bite an eclosion hole in the stem or on the stem wall, leave only one layer of epidermis to pupate, and break through the membrane to drill out after eclosion.

Borers can reproduce all year round in the tropics, but when the humidity is insufficient in dry seasons, the last instar larvae often hibernate in the roots of rice, and cannot reproduce all the year round in temperate regions, and overwinter as the last instar larvae in low temperature seasons.

This kind of pest is extremely harmful to rice, and the grains with severe yield reduction will not be harvested.

In anticipation of insect damage, Lantian asked the counties to turn over the fields in time to remove the rice stubble as required after the harvest in the first half of the year, intending to eliminate the source of insects from the root.

This pest disaster has spread to the entire south, and there is no guarantee that it will be safe.

In the main paddy producing areas of the four counties in Jingnan, there are agricultural researchers from Quanling Academy stationed for observation, and quickly report to the higher authorities after discovering any abnormalities.

In early July, Lan Tian personally inspected several paddy fields and ordered agricultural researchers to record the intensity of the pest infestation. He planned to formulate the amount and frequency of pesticide spraying according to the affected area.

The disaster situation in Jingnan counties was successively reported to the Lingling prefect's mansion. Lantian asked Jiang Wan to call out personnel from the newspaper office to make statistics, and then distributed pesticides in stock according to the amount used, and ordered Gaoshun to send troops to cooperate with the extermination.

Without the support of industrial equipment, the production of pesticides depends entirely on manual boiling, and the output efficiency is relatively low.

Lan Tian was worried about the waste of time in pesticide transportation, so he recruited students from Quanling School and Medical School to set up temporary pesticide workshops in various counties.

In addition, Lantian also asked all localities to increase topdressing to ensure the robust growth of rice plants, shorten the heading period to reduce insect damage, and ordered the prohibition of killing natural enemies such as borers and frogs.

Because it was the first time to actively intervene in pests, Lantian had no experience, and neither did the executors. The counties in Jingnan were busy from top to bottom, as if a large-scale war had broken out.

In mid-July, summer cicadas chirp crazily.

In the gazebo at the back garden of Quanling Prefect's Mansion, Lan Tian leaned against the back of his chair and snored. On the table was the draft of the fifth issue of Changjiang Daily and a plate of freshly picked grapes.

Lu Lingqi sat quietly beside her, gently shaking her fan to cool him off, like a nympho girl looking at her sweetheart.

Lan Tian has become thinner recently, which made Lu Lingqi feel a little distressed, so she took away what the maid did.

Just when Lu Lingqi was recalling the past, she heard heavy and hurried footsteps outside the garden, and turned around to find Gao Yuan standing on the porch.

Lu Lingqi walked over quickly, "What's the matter?"

Gao Yuan nodded, looked at Lan Tian in the pavilion, and asked, "Sir, are you asleep?"

"Well, just fell asleep for a while, Ziyu is too tired recently, let him sleep for a while." Lu Lingqi said.

"Uh, General Guan sent Guan Tanzhi to see you sir. It seems that there is some urgent military situation." Gao Yuan whispered.

Lu Lingqi frowned. Guan Yu's personality was different from Zhang Fei's. Although he had a good relationship with Lan Tian, ​​they didn't have that close relationship. Could it be that Guan Ping has some important military reasons for coming here?
"Is there any war in Jiangxia? Could it be that Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou?" Lu Lingqi asked again.

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Probably not. I often go to the Book and Newspaper Office recently, and there are reports from all over there. Cao Cao seems to want to attack Sun Quan."

"Then it's nothing to worry about. Give Tanzhi some fruit to quench his thirst, and let Ziyu go there after he wakes up." Lu Lingqi disagreed.

"Wei." Gao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then clasped his fists and answered loudly.

"Hush" Lu Lingqi put her finger in the middle of her lips, signaling not to be so loud.

After Gao Yuan left, Lu Lingqi returned to the gazebo. At this time, Lan Tian felt as if she had finished a sauna, and her forehead was almost covered with sweat.

Lu Lingqi played a fan with her left hand, and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief with her right hand. Lan Tian opened his eyes in a daze, and found two big mountains in front of him.
Lan Tian intentionally teased Lu Lingqi, he hugged her slender waist with both hands, and then grabbed her to sit on his lap.

"Ah, you're awake?" Lu Lingqi panicked at first, but then her cheeks turned red and she was very happy.

Lan Tian seldom makes such intimacy, is it because the weather is so hot now?Or is he feeding him too often?
Lan Tian picked up the Yangtze River News with one hand across Lu Lingqi, and said with a smile: "Jiang Gongyan really has the material to be the editor-in-chief. The first three issues were done quite well, and the fourth issue actually added the column of "Changjiang Review". This guy taught me how to innovate." Ah, but it was Han law that Cao Cao killed Ma Tengyi, and the people of the world will not sympathize with him."

"How many cities has the Cao thief slaughtered? How many hundreds of innocent people have died? He doesn't care about his reputation at all. A few lines of writing won't affect him, right?" Lu Lingqi asked suspiciously.

Lan Tian smiled and said: "Young gentleman, don't underestimate the power of words, sometimes they are more powerful than thousands of horses. Although Jiang Gongyan didn't choose the theme well, the idea of ​​the comment column is good. I want to give him some advice."

Lu Lingqi asked suspiciously: "Husband really wants to turn it into a Yuedan review? Do you plan to use this Changjiang newspaper to cultivate celebrities?"

"No, only Xu Shao and Xu Jing commented on the Yuedan Review, and the Yuedan Review would not be able to continue without them.

Jiang Gongyan engages in the Yangtze River Review on the Changjiang News, so we can get more people involved, and we can use celebrities to increase the reputation of the Changjiang News.

Gradually, it can also weaken the role of celebrities. Although celebrities are not often there, the Yangtze River News is like the Yangtze River." Lan Tian said meaningfully.

"Husband, you are really bad." Lu Lingqi patted her hands lightly, and she found that what she said just now fit well with the current sitting posture.

A domineering woman is also a woman. If she is a woman, she will be considerate and gentle. If she is a woman, she will refuse and welcome. Lan Tian's ambiguous behavior makes Lu Lingqi shy.

Lan Tian noticed that Lu Lingqi was unusual, so he changed the subject with a smile and asked, "When I was taking a nap just now, I seemed to hear someone coming?"

"Oh, Guan Tanzhi is here. I asked Gao Yuan to talk with him in the front hall," Lu Lingqi replied, stroking her hair by her ear.

Lan Tian hurriedly carried Lu Lingqi down to the ground, and then said seriously: "General Guan must have something important to ask. Xiaojun, please ask someone to prepare some pastries and cooked food. Maybe Tanzhi won't stay in Quanling for a long time."

"Oh husband, it's not too late to deal with government affairs today, is it?" Lu Lingqi asked.

"I don't know yet, what's the matter?" Lan Tian was full of doubts.

"My husband has been working too hard these days. I asked the kitchen to prepare some refreshing side dishes. In the evening, I will accompany you to have a drink against the moon and relax. There is nothing too busy to do," Lu Lingqi murmured in a low voice.

"Uh, I can save it." Lan Tian knew that the unreasonable teasing just caused trouble.

(End of this chapter)