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Chapter 314 Locust plague
Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan both changed their expressions at the same time.

The two quickly took down the letter and checked it.

"What's going on?" Su looked at the two of them anxiously.

Jiang Tangtang handed the letter in her hand to Su and let her read it for herself.Then he raised his hand to untie the mailbox on another pigeon's foot.

I read several letters in a row, and they all contained similar contents.

Seeing that the two of them had read all the letters from more than a dozen carrier pigeons, Su said anxiously: "What did the other letters say? Did it also say that locusts were discovered and there was a locust plague?"

Jiang Tangtang nodded with a heavy expression and looked at Lu Shiyan again.

Lu Shiyan also had a serious look on his face, "I am reporting this urgently, about the locust plague."

Although he had expected it, Jiang Tangtang still felt a headache.The locusts really got up a little too quickly and were not fully prepared.

The key is that the plague has broken out again, and it’s simply deadly.

Lu Shiyan made a decision quickly, "I will take Divine Doctor Xue to Cangwu to determine what kind of disease it is. You stay to deal with the locust plague."

Jiang Tangtang shook his head without thinking, "No, you have no experience in dealing with plagues."

Although she hasn't, she has seen it in modern times.Moreover, the results of their country's epidemic prevention policies in previous lives are recognized by the whole world, and she can learn from them appropriately.

Not to mention she still has room.

She wants to test whether the spiritual spring is different from usual and can also produce miraculous effects in the plague.

Find ways to control the plague as quickly as possible.

Jiang Tangtang made up his mind and said, "You stay to deal with the locust plague."

Seeing the look of disapproval on Lu Shiyan's face, he added: "Don't worry, when we get to Cangwu, I will let Lili stay with me and never leave."

Lu Shiyan knew that this was the best way to deal with it at the moment.He rubbed his temples and finally gave in reluctantly, "Then be careful."

After thinking for a while, he added, "I'll send Xiao Wu over and let her do odd jobs with you."

She was protected by a group of tigers and he had no worries about her safety.She was afraid that Qi Hongshen had a conspiracy and she fell into his scheme.

Jiang Tangtang nodded, and after explaining clearly the arrangements and preparations he had made to deal with the locust plague, he set off for Cangwu.

Lu Shiyan also calmed down his emotions and immediately began to arrange various matters to combat the locust plague.

Of course, in addition to dealing with the locusts, Xiao Wu also arranged for Xiao Wu to take people to Lingnan to protect Jiang Tangtang's safety and pay further attention to Xirong's movements and border deployment.

If this plague was deliberately caused by Xirong, there would be no next step.

A quarter of an hour later, a dozen pigeons flew away from Zhounanzhuang together with the letter.

Su Shi calmed down and said, "Is there any mother who can help?"

"I really have something I need my mother to help me with."

Lu Shiyan said: "Tangtang and I hid a batch of grain in the cave earlier. My mother helped to transport the grain out quietly. One batch was sent to the bay to feed the ducklings, and the other batch was kept at home for emergencies. ."

"Just leave this matter to me, and you go and do your work." Mrs. Su once again showed off her attitude as the hostess of the Dingbei Marquis Mansion, "Don't worry, your mother will definitely handle the things you tell her well."

Lu Shiyan told the Su family the address of the cave, and arranged for a team of soldiers to come over and give orders to the Su family.

However, the things in the cave still have to wait until night before being secretly transported to avoid causing robbery and riots.Su Shi first went to help deal with the prevention of locust plague.

The first to be notified were, of course, the villagers of Zhounanzhuang.

Before the drought had passed, we heard that there was a locust plague again, and the villagers were crying and fighting for their lives.

Su said: "Everyone, don't be too busy crying. My daughter-in-law said that as long as we take proper precautions, not only will the locusts not become a disaster, but they can also become a source of food to help everyone tide over the famine."

The reaction of the villagers was similar to that of the staff in the Staff Office, "Mrs. Lu, I'm afraid you have never farmed in the countryside and have never seen a locust plague. When locusts cross the border, they can eat up all the crop stalks. They cannot be driven away or caught. , where do we still have a way to survive?”

"I have never seen a locust plague, but my daughter-in-law is well-informed, and the method she said may work. If you don't believe me, you should believe her."

Su Shi said: "Besides, what's the use of crying at this time? We might as well calm down and find a way to overcome the difficulties together."

Jiang Tangtang's influence is there, and what Su said makes sense.What's the use of crying at this time?

Listening to the Lu family, there might be a way to survive.

The villagers gradually calmed down and began to ask about ways to prevent locust plagues.

Su told everyone some of the ways to defend against locusts that Jiang Tangtang said.

When the villagers heard that they could catch the locusts with a large net, put the caught locusts into a sealed smoke box and smoke them to death, then dry them and use them as food rations, they were all impressed.

Su added: "If you can come up with any other good methods, you can come and tell me. If it is sure to be effective in controlling the locust plague, the government will also reward those who come up with the method."

The villagers know how much they have, and have no idea about the government's awards. Most of them ask, "We will find a way to weave the net, but where are the boxes to smoke the locusts to death?"

"The government has hired a blacksmith to build the boxes that are specially designed to smoke out locusts. However, there are locust plagues everywhere, so it may not be so fast."

While recalling what Jiang Tangtang said, Mrs. Su said: "But don't panic, everyone, we can use local materials. Don't you all have a big iron pot for cooking at home? Find a way to put the caught locusts into the iron pot. die."

Immediately, a villager used his wisdom and nodded: "Yes, you can boil water and scald the locusts to death in a big iron pot."

Another person said: "With such a shortage of water now, the water is used to scald the locusts. What will we do if there is no water to eat in the future?"

"Do you want sea water?"

"I heard Madam said that sea water contains salt. Wouldn't it be better to scald the locusts with sea water to still have the smell of salt?"

"Then use seawater."

The villagers then discussed who would carry the seawater.

But someone discovered that after solving the problem of killing the locusts, a new problem came again, "What to use to dry them and how to bake them?"

Mrs. Su was very relieved to see that everyone was not sitting on the ground complaining and crying, but instead actively thinking of solutions.

Especially when she saw several families that she had not dealt with before, discussing together without any grudges this time who would transport the sea water and how to distribute it later, Su was also filled with excitement.

"If it is dried, the ovens in the workshop will be taken out for everyone to use. However, in order to prevent crowding, there are not enough ovens. We can also build some in the village. I will find a few people who can repair ovens and guide everyone how to do it. Xiu, this oven is a good thing. Even if you can’t use it this time, you can still use it in the future for roasting mushrooms in winter.”

After hearing Su's words, the villagers became busy.

Women and children were busy weaving nets, while some went looking for soft yellow mud and brought it to the village to repair the oven.

There was also a group of the youngest and strongest men who gathered the wheelbarrows, buckets and other tools in the village and trekked to the beach to transport water.

(End of this chapter)