Fleeing from famine and farming: I made a fortune by relying on medical skills

Chapter 316 The Locusts Are Coming
As a result, the Huang family is now popular in fighting landlords, and they are having a great time playing.

When they didn't go to bed early at night, they lit up the lights one by one to play Doudizhu.

One day, Huang Zisu felt bored when she saw that there was no bet in Doudizhu, so she proposed to bet some money. After talking about the rules of gambling, unexpectedly, the Huang family did not object, but everyone was gearing up.

What they play is not gambling, but the thrill of striving to make other people's money.

"Brother, you earned my money yesterday, so you will continue to play a few games tonight." On this day, after dinner, Cang Zhu pulled his elder brother and said.

"Just play and play, whoever is afraid of who! The second and fourth children go and play in the backyard." Tiandong has also become obsessed with playing Doudizhu these days, and now someone has come to his door, which is what he wished for.

"Eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, we're here too." Seeing this, Huang Zhao also took her two sister-in-laws to play Doudizhu.

"Wait, listen to the sound outside." Suddenly, Huang Zisu heard the sound of 'buzzing' outside the house.

The sound came from far to near, very harsh.

Huang Zisu suddenly thought of something, she hurried out to have a look.

Seeing a group of dense dots flying in the distance from the sky, Huang Zisu took a closer look and saw that there were countless locusts, and immediately shouted to everyone in the Huang family in the house: "It's the locusts, everyone take their positions.

Uncles and aunts in the village, the locusts are here. "

Huang Zisu ran wildly along the path in the village, shouting loudly over and over again, and ran to the hillside where her family planted medicinal trees.

At this time, most of the villagers were eating at home. After hearing Huang Zisu's words, they couldn't care less about eating.

Carrying things, driving chickens and ducks, they ran into the field.

The rest of the Huang family also immediately took action.

The women drove the chickens and ducks one by one, picked up the ground moxa leaf insect repellent powder, and ran to the fields at home.

The men ran towards the hillside where the medicinal trees were planted.

The apprentices arranged to go home to help each other, and the remaining nine, Da Ya and Da Tou, also followed the busy schedule to deal with the locusts.

Huang Zisu came to the wooden house built at the bottom of the hill, took out the insect repellent powder that had been ground before, and sprinkled it around and on the medicinal trees planted in handfuls.

The locusts immediately retreated away as if they had met their nemesis, not daring to land on the place where the powder had been sprayed.

After Huang Zisu saw that the insect repellent effect of the medicinal powder was very good, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly sprinkled the medicinal powder to expel insects.

Her eldest uncle, second uncle, uncle, and second uncle rushed over and immediately lit the fire next to them, and piles of fires were lit.

It was evening now, and the weather was slowly getting dark. After lighting the fire, the locusts in the dark clouds seemed to see something tempting, and they rushed towards the fire one by one.

Immediately, there were bursts of crackling sounds from the fire, accompanied by bursts of barbecue aroma.

However, at this time, above Yunhe Village, there was a pile of bonfires at intervals, accompanied by the sound of chickens, ducks and geese calling.

The peaceful night sky suddenly became noisy.

Even if there is nothing in the fields of some villagers' homes for locusts to eat, these villagers still come out to help repel and exterminate insects.

This swarm of locusts seemed to have grown into spirits. Seeing that there was no food to eat in Yunhe Village, they split into two waves and flew away.

One wave flew into the mountain, and the other flew in the direction of Tongguan Gate.

"Is this how the locust plague is over?" After the swarm of locusts left Yunhe Village, Chen Yi wiped his sweat and said with a sigh of relief.

"It's hard to say, maybe this wave of locusts is just the first batch, and there will be a second or third batch.

Now we have to wait for the rain, and the locust plague and drought are over.

Before it rains, nothing can be said for sure. "Huang Zisu was sweating all over, sticky and uncomfortable.

There is an extreme lack of water now, and I am afraid I won't be able to take a bath tonight.

The god of luck will always favor Huang Zisu in this way.

In the evening, after the locusts had just finished fighting and the wave of locusts had been sent away, that night, there was a strong wind outside, thunder and lightning, and it rained heavily in a short while.

It rained all night, and the water level of the dry river gradually rose. The fields were no longer dry after being nourished by the rain all night. Some crops that were half dead, after being nourished by the rain, gradually sprouted new shoots.

Two days later, locusts swept through Tongguanmen and the frontier. Fortunately, there were reminders from Huang Zisu and various methods of preventing and repelling insects and powder control.

Tongguanmen and frontier losses were minimal.

Instead, this group of locusts was blocked and driven away all the way to the frontier Mongolia.

Mongolia is similar to nomads, with sturdy folk customs, living on the prairie, and surviving by raising cattle and sheep in captivity.

The Mongolian people did not deal with the locust attack, nor did they have insect repellent powder. The locusts came to the prairie of Mongolia, and immediately started gnawing on the grass in the prairie of Mongolia. They really responded to that sentence. When locusts cross the border, not a single blade of grass grows.

After eating one piece, satiated and laying eggs, they flew to the depths of the grassland, causing various tribes in Mongolia to suffer very serious locust plagues.

In the future, animals such as cattle and sheep in captivity will not be able to eat grass, and many cattle, sheep and other animals will starve to death.

The news was soon reported to Emperor Xuanyun by the frontier general.

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In the Palace of Mental Cultivation in the capital.

"This time there was a plague of locusts in Yunfu City, I didn't expect a turning point, and went directly to Mongolia.

Now there is no grass growing in the Mongolian prairie, and the animals such as cattle and sheep raised in captivity lack rations, and many cattle, sheep and livestock have starved to death. "When Emperor Xuanyun and his ministers finished discussing the matter, they talked about the locust plague, and Emperor Xuanyun said with great joy.

"This locust plague did not cause much loss to Yunfu City, but it led to the Mongolian country, which caused heavy losses to the Mongolian country. This is all thanks to Dr. Huang." Master Yun also admired Huang Zisu's ability.

As far away as Yunfu City, she was able to make great contributions, affecting the outcome of the war between the two countries.

"Oh! Master Yun, what do you mean by that?" Emperor Xuanyun asked strangely when he heard that the locust disaster was still related to Huang Zisu.

"Your Majesty, you don't know anything!

Earlier this year, before the locust plague in Yunfu City, Dr. Huang realized that it was too hot this year, and he was afraid that there would be a drought. If he suffered extreme drought, locusts would be inevitable. He told the county magistrate of Qingyun County that there were ways to kill and prevent insects.

The county magistrate of Qingyun County didn't dare to be negligent, so he reported the matter to the magistrate of Yunfu City, so everyone in Yunfu City was prepared for the locust plague and repelling insects.

I heard that the locusts started from Yunfu City and went all the way to various counties, villages, and frontiers.

All the counties and villages prepared insect repellent powder at all times, and this swarm of locusts was driven all the way to the border Mongolia, which suffered a disaster for my Tang Dynasty. "Master Su told the whole story.

(End of this chapter)