Immortality: Raise an ant queen and add some immortality

Chapter 125 The whole village catches insects
Their jaws have become significantly thicker, but are much weaker than the second-level green ring worker bees.

The wings were dyed green and became thicker and wider.

It is powerful when fanning.

The six-legged pollen brush and the flower basket on the hind legs have become stronger, much better than ordinary worker bees.

No big changes have been noticed elsewhere.

Checking the properties of the bee colony, I found that there were five new bee species.

There are 5 first-level giant-winged worker bees with a lifespan of 5 years and special abilities (can fly quickly over long distances, pollen collection efficiency +50%, medium bite force.)
Their ability is obviously much weaker than the second-level green ring worker bees.

The flying speed is also very fast, but it is slower than the second-level green ring worker bee, and its flexibility is much less.

The pollen collection efficiency is half that of ordinary worker bees.

The equivalent of two giant-winged worker bees can do the work of three ordinary worker bees.

Then the bite force of ordinary bees is very weak, but the bite force of giant-winged worker bees has been strengthened to a certain extent.It feels like their bite force should be comparable to that of a bumblebee.

Overall not bad.

The bee species he wants has not been cultivated yet.

However, he was not discouraged. He slowly explored and one day he would succeed.

Compared with termite cultivation, because bees are relatively single species, it is obviously more difficult to cultivate the best bees.

Now the queen bee has also eaten banyan tree blood and survived the danger. I hope it will bring some surprises after it evolves.

"You assist the second-level worker bees and protect the queen bee together."

Qin Niu gave orders to five giant-winged worker bees.

They all flew back to the hive, lying in the outer area to watch for movements outside.

With the protection of seven secondary worker bees and five giant-winged worker bees, the safety of the queen bee is basically guaranteed.

Tomorrow, five new second-level worker bees should evolve successfully, and ten new members will appear at the same time.

It’s just that the queen bee may not be able to lay eggs in the past few days.

Hopefully the bees won't get restless because of this.

"Maverick, come home!"

Qin Niu greeted Xiao Niu, who only did three things.

He keeps eating, and when he is full, he lies on the floor and sleeps lazily or regurgitates the food he has eaten.The last thing is to poop to make fat.

It used to be open defecation.

Ever since Qin Niu told him to poop at home, he would wait until he returned to the cowshed before pooping.

This thing is a complete shit-making machine.

After walking not far, Qin Niu faintly sensed an inconspicuous plant not far to the right that seemed to contain a certain amount of energy.

In fact, all plants contain energy, it’s just that there is more or less.

Many plants are annuals, growing in spring and dying in winter.

So they contain very little energy.

Although some plants have a long lifespan, they have no medicinal value and contain very little useful energy.

He walked over immediately.

It seems that practicing the Medicine King Sutra is still quite useful.

When he was walking in the mountains before, he turned a blind eye to these plants with medicinal value.

Now that Yao Wang Jing's skill has reached the second level of a mortal, he can already sense some special herbs with considerable medicinal effects.

The plant that caught his attention was about a meter tall and unbranched.There are only two layers of leaves on the stem, and the leaves open like an umbrella.

There are five leaves in each layer.

There is a purse-shaped green fruit in the middle of its uppermost leaves.

Qin Niu felt considerable energy from this plant.

Close your eyes and feel the medicinal aroma it emits, which is very special.

Its medicinal energy condenses but does not disperse, and is emitted in a straight column.

He only knew ordinary medicinal herbs and did not recognize this medicinal plant.

Dig it back and talk about it later.

Immediately took off the basket, took out the medicine hoe and dug it out completely.

Its roots were a bit deep, and it took a lot of effort for Qin Niu to dig them out.

The King of Medicine's Sutra skills rose to the second level of a mortal, and he was very excited after accidentally discovering a special herb.

On the way to the ant nest, I began to consciously search around.

Unfortunately, nothing more was found.

It seems that even in the deep mountains, the number of special herbs is still extremely rare.

Arriving at the ant nest, Qin Niu picked more than 100 termites and put them in insect jars, preparing to take them down the mountain to eliminate the insects.

His eyes caught a glimpse of the herb he had just dug.

Will termites change if they eat a little bit of this herb?
This herb was very special and he thought he might try it.

I spread a small piece of leaf down and selected three different termites for them to eat.

They are an ordinary worker ant, a second-level lightning worker ant, and a second-level tiger-striped soldier ant.

I originally wanted to try it with an ordinary soldier ant, but there are currently no ordinary soldier ants.

You can only use a second-grade tiger soldier ant for this test.

They seem to have no reaction after eating it.

Qin Niu ignored them and went home directly.

Xiaoqing has already prepared dinner and is waiting for him to come back.

"Master, you are back!"

Seeing Qin Niu coming back, she greeted him with a happy smile.

"Ok!"

Qin Niu remembered the herb he had dug and took it out directly. "Xiao Qing, do you know this herb?"

Xiao Qing stared at it, "It seems to be a broad-leaved tree, but its fruit shape is very special, a bit like a closed lotus. I have never seen it before. Also, the color of its stem becomes The taupe color indicates that it is very old. It must be at least 60 or [-] years old.”

Despite his young age, Xiao Qing has quite a lot of experience in identifying medicinal herbs.

After seeing this herb, I have some opinions.

"Do you know its efficacy?"

Qin Niu asked again.

"Ordinary Chonglou is cold in nature and has a certain degree of toxicity. It can treat poisonous snake and insect bites and some injuries and swelling. Its effect is similar to that of Aesculus aesculata. But the one you dug is a variant. In addition, the shape of the fruit is like the buds of a lotus flower that have not yet bloomed, so it is difficult to judge its medicinal effect."

Industry specializing in surgery.

Qin Niu admired Xiaoqing's knowledge of medicinal herbs and familiarity with pharmacology.

Next time you go to the city, it would be a good idea to buy her some books on medicinal herbs for her to study.

The days passed like this day by day.

After the three termites ate the leaves of Kuanye Chonglou, there was no change.

Qin Niu was not discouraged and insisted on feeding them every day.

Hopefully they will undergo some changes.

The evolution time of that queen bee is beyond imagination. It has been six days and is still evolving.

But compared to that little turtle, it was nothing.

The little turtle hasn't come out since it last ate wild boar meat mixed with banyan tree blood.

It seemed to be hibernating, without even a bubble.

In these six days, Shuangfeng Village has undergone great changes.

A large number of locusts appear on the crops in the fields. They gnaw at the leaves, stems and fruits of the crops frantically.

The Yan family is the largest landowner in the area, owning more than a thousand acres of fertile land, and they are as anxious as ants on a hot pot.I heard that not only the servants at home were involved in the extermination operation, but even the twelve top-notch farmers with high salaries had personally captured the locusts in the fields.

Xu Zhenchang has tried a variety of pest control methods to no avail.

Currently, we can only catch and kill locusts manually with homemade insect nets.It's just extremely inefficient.

To this end, he hired a dozen villagers to help catch locusts in the fields.

The salary offered was eight cents a day.

Later, he still felt it was inefficient, so he wanted to hire women and children in the village to help him catch insects.

Unexpectedly, he was overtaken by the shrewd Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang hired nearly 30 children and women to catch locusts in the fields.

Children's wages were three cents a day and women's wages five cents a day.

Later, I may feel that some people are just taking advantage of their wages and not working hard.

Mr. Wang changed his strategy again. Regardless of men, women, old or young, anyone who went to catch insects in his fields would be paid based on the pound.

After the villagers caught a large number of locusts, they could have taken them home to feed the poultry, and some even tried frying them and eating them as vegetables.Now that the wealthy Wangs pay their wages by pounds, the locusts won't let them take them home anymore.

Qin Niu's acres of buds are almost mature.

Termites are used to clear the ground of pests every day, but the number of locusts is too great.

With more than 100 termites at a time, it takes significantly longer to eliminate pests.

Fortunately, the number of his special termites is increasing every day, and more and more ant troops can be mobilized.

But he couldn't get rid of the bugs during the day.

Some of the locusts from neighboring crop fields would cross the border and enter his fields, which annoyed him greatly.

This is not the way to go.

He went to the field and randomly selected a corn and broke it open to check its maturity.

It's almost ninety percent mature.

It is estimated that it will take another four or five days to harvest.

When harvested now, due to excessive moisture, not only is it easy to rot and mold, it is not conducive to drying and storage, and it will also reduce the yield by more than [-]%.

Just give it a few more days.

Since you have decided to harvest the corn in a few days, you definitely need to build the granary in advance.

In previous years, one acre of land could harvest up to two to three hundred kilograms of grain at a time.

After the improvement of planting technology this year, the output can reach at least [-] kilograms.

That's almost double last year's total production.

And now that he has the status of a insect master, he does not need to pay taxes and grains this year.It is equal to how much you can put into the warehouse as much as you receive.

With so much corn, a granary is definitely needed to store it.

Back home, the Tang brothers were already busy with their workers.However, the number of people has decreased significantly in the past few days.

Affected by the insect plague, some workers were busy taking care of the crops in their own fields.

"Master Tang, come here and rest for a while!"

Qin Niu called to Master Tang who was working hard on the wall.

Building walls is a technical job, and only the Tang brothers are capable of it, while other workers are responsible for doing odd jobs.

"okay!"

Tang Fang agreed and got off the wall.

"Master Qin, I know you must have something to tell me. The insect infestation has been very serious these days, and all my land has been rented out. I don't worry about it, but many workers have asked me to take leave and go home to take care of the crops. I'm going. I have to hurry up and build the main house for you quickly, otherwise I'm worried that I won't be able to recruit enough workers and the progress will be affected.

Seeing you and your maid living in a shack, my brother and I both want to build a house for you as soon as possible so that you can live in it first. "

Tang Fang is very considerate in his work.

He is more considerate of Qin Niu's current inconvenience in life.

"I plan to collect the corn from the field and take it home in four days. It will need to be dried and stored in the granary. Do you think you can build the granary for me first?"

(End of this chapter)