After the divorce, I became a mountain god

Soon, Li Wufu left.

Li Kanshan and Li Laosan both knelt on the ground and kowtowed devoutly in the direction of the mountain temple!
After getting up, the two of them muttered to themselves.

"Grandpa Mountain God! Something happened! Something serious!"

"Fifty miles away, locusts have passed through the area, leaving no grass at all. At the speed of the locusts, they will reach our side in a few days."

"I hope the mountain god will show up and protect us common people!"

Xu Bo'an, who was driving, became anxious when he heard the noises inside the bonsai.

What? A plague of locusts!

If this thing invades Cui Valley, those people who raise silkworms will cry their hearts out!

They finally found a glimmer of hope after longing for so long.

Moreover, even in the mountain village, where life has just begun to improve, if a locust plague attacks, it will definitely be seriously damaged!

Thinking of this, a horrifying scene flashed through Xu Boan’s mind.

The locusts swept in in swarms like dark clouds covering the sky, bringing with them an indescribable sense of oppression and destructiveness.

Under their ravages, the once vibrant fields and trees instantly became dead silent and desolate.

Although these locusts are small in size, their numbers are simply staggering. They gather together densely, forming black storms. Wherever they go, whether it is the tender green crops or the tough grass and trees, they are all eaten beyond recognition.

The crops that once carried the farmers' countless efforts and hopes became fragile and vanished in an instant in the face of those extremely greedy locusts.

Desolate, sad and desperate!
Filling the space between heaven and earth.

Xu Boan shuddered. It seemed that this was the real scene of a locust plague that his predecessor, the mountain god, had seen. It was much more terrifying than he had imagined.

No, we must do the corresponding prevention and control work.

Thinking of this, Xu Boan casually said hello to Ouyang Najie who was sitting in the passenger seat, and ran to the public toilet nearby under the pretext of having to pee.

Locust plagues have been a huge disaster known to the world as early as ancient society.

At that time, in addition to the name locust, people in ancient times even called locusts "locust gods"! This shows how powerful they are!
The reason why locusts are called "locust" is because people in ancient times had reached a consensus and generally believed that it was the well-deserved king of the insect world!
Therefore, next to the word "虫", the word "皇" (emperor) is placed, which represents the supreme power. After all, in feudal society, the emperor represented absolute authority.

Locust plagues are considered to be disasters sent from heaven, usually associated with irresistible disasters such as war and famine, and are considered to be a symbol of national unrest and the decline of people's livelihood.

Records of locust plagues are common in some historical books. Every outbreak of locust plagues is accompanied by the displacement of countless people and the separation of life and death.

According to historical records, locust plagues have always been a very important agricultural disaster in our Chinese history.

Over the past two thousand years, there have been more than 800 recorded locust plagues in history, which means that on average there is a regional locust plague every two to three years.

Every five to seven years, there will be a large-scale locust plague that can cover almost half of China.

This perception was not only held in China, but people in the Western world also believed this during the same period.

Locusts are listed as one of the ten plagues in the Bible, a book that is highly regarded in the Western world.

The Western world at that time also believed that the locust plague was a disaster that ordinary humans could not resist at all, and it was even considered a kind of divine punishment. If you want to curb this disaster, you can only pray to God, angels and other gods for help.

This idea has a similar effect to the people of the Ming Dynasty who prayed for gods' blessings through sacrifices and prayers, hoping that locusts would stay away from their fields.

If we are lucky and it rains, we can curb the locust plague. If we are unlucky and there is no rain, we can only let it go and there is nothing we can do.

Although these methods may seem superstitious and absurd in modern times, they were a kind of spiritual sustenance and comfort for people in that era.

When Xu Bo'an was in school, he also heard from his teacher that there was a very large locust plague during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty.

The locust plague lasted for several years, spread to many places, and had an impact unprecedented in history.

Because of the locust plague, countless amounts of food were eaten up, leading to a huge famine.

Many ordinary people even started catching rats to eat because they had nothing to eat.

But as we all know, rats mostly carry many viruses, so they caused widespread plague. Many people who fell ill died the same day without even having the chance to suffer.

According to estimates, the population of the Ming Dynasty was almost halved due to this disaster.

Even in Kyoto, the capital city of the emperor, only four out of ten people were left, a scene of extreme misery.

In a sense, that huge locust plague even affected the rise and fall of dynasties and contributed to their demise!
Generally speaking, in that era, if anyone really encountered such a disaster that could not be intervened by human power, they could only accept their fate!
In modern times, despite tremendous progress in science and technology and social systems, the threat of locust plagues still exists.

Xu Bo'an once heard from some colleagues in the company who had worked on overseas project engineering that in some parts of Africa, large-scale locust plagues still occur frequently, causing great troubles to local agricultural production and people's lives.

Many times, some places that are powerless can only rely on the government and international organizations to invest a lot of resources and energy to help the disaster-stricken areas resume production and rebuild life. They provide emergency food aid, medical assistance and reconstruction funds to help the affected people overcome difficulties.

Even some developed countries and regions have not been able to completely eliminate the threat of locusts. Locust disasters still occur in some local areas, posing certain harm to local agriculture.

This shows how difficult it is to deal with locust plagues. In a world like Bonsai World, it would be even more difficult to deal with locust plagues.

Xu Bo'an was anxious and was thinking about some knowledge in his mind while hurrying on his way. When he came to the bathroom, he hurriedly looked into the bonsai and observed it carefully.

After all, he was driving just now, and Xu Boan didn't want to be distracted and put himself in dangerous driving.

"Li Kanshan, tell me in detail what happened!" Xu Bo'an couldn't wait to ask Li Kanshan, intending to get a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation. Li Kanshan hurriedly introduced everything he knew: "In response to the mountain god, when Li Wufu was about to go into the mountains to hunt, he caught a messenger bird.
The bird brought a message saying that Lujiazhuang Village, which is only about fifty miles away, was suddenly attacked by a locust plague. We are worried that the locust plague will spread here, so we are bothering the mountain god and hope that the mountain god can give us a way to help us overcome this difficulty. "

Hearing that the locust swarm was still fifty miles away, Xu Bo'an felt relieved and asked, "Which direction is Lujiazhuang Village?"

Li Kanshan pointed in a direction and explained, "Probably in the southwest."

Hearing this, Xu Boan thought of the silkworm-raising people in Cuiyun Mountain who lived in Cui Valley, which was just in the opposite direction. He felt relieved. In this case, as long as he could prevent the locusts here, it would be difficult for them to spread to Cui Valley. Otherwise, Cui Valley would be in trouble!
Xu Boan nodded and said, "Do you know the scale of the locust plague?"

Li Kanshan shook his head and said, "The messenger bird that Li Wufu caught is also there. But the space for the message on the note is limited, so it only briefly mentioned it. We don't know the details yet."

Xu Bo'an said: "Okay, I got it. I will pay attention to any movement here. If you find anything, you can tell me."

"Respectfully obey the instructions of the mountain god!" Li Kanshan and Li Laosan said together.

Thinking of the fact that people ate rats during the Chongzhen period because of famine, which later caused the plague, Xu Bo'an solemnly warned: "By the way, Li Kanshan, there is another thing that I must tell everyone. Even if a locust plague passes through, don't be anxious, and don't eat anything carelessly.

I will make sure everyone has something to eat and won't starve to death. Especially don't eat rats or locusts. These things can't be eaten. They can kill people!"

Upon hearing this, Li Laosan hurriedly asked curiously, "Grandpa Mountain God, may I ask if you know why locusts cannot be eaten? We normally eat this stuff, but later I heard that during a locust plague, people who ate this stuff might die. Many people have tried using birds, and it also worked. I wonder what the secret is."

The locusts during a locust plague carry a large number of viruses and pathogens, and are more likely to carry a lot of parasites, so they are naturally inedible.

Xu Boan also heard that locusts during a locust plague would secrete a very toxic substance, so this thing is naturally not edible.

But Xu Boan couldn't tell them these words that revealed modern science. Even if he did, they wouldn't understand.

Xu Boan was thinking about how to explain the matter to Li Kanshan and the others, when suddenly, he heard some noise coming from the peach tree.

"Lord Mountain God! Something unusual is happening in the distance. I feel that a lot of vegetation is emitting a sad and even deadly aura."

Because the peach tree is now also listed as the little hairy god who protects the mountain under Xu Boan's command, Xu Boan can communicate with it similar to telepathic communication.

Upon hearing this, Xu Bo'an immediately focused his attention on the area around the peach tree and asked, "Oh? Approximately where is it?"

The peach tree fluttered in an instant, and several branches clearly pointed in one direction.

Xu Boan looked in the direction indicated by the branches and saw a dark, fog-like thing slowly floating over from a distance.

Although it is said to be floating over, it is actually at a very fast speed.

It's just that the distance is very far, so when you look at it, it gives people the perception that it is moving slowly.

Looking closely, it was a black fog made up of locusts. Wherever they went, the originally green trees soon became bare and desolate.

Xu Boan didn't expect that these locusts would come so quickly.

After all, according to the information he just learned, this thing is still dozens of miles away, so there is still some time to prepare.

But now, the locusts are actually very close.

However, the communication method in this place is backward, and I'm sure that the information delay is most likely caused by the backward communication method.

However, now is not the time to worry about this matter. The most urgent thing is to prepare a foolproof plan to deal with it.

Xu Bo'an asked Tao Shu, the local tyrant, "Xiao Shu! There is a locust plague coming from afar. Do you have any good plans to deal with it?"

"What? A locust plague!" There was a sense of fear in Taoshu's tone, as if he had witnessed the harm caused by a locust plague.

Xu Bo'an nodded slightly and said in surprise: "Yes, it is a locust plague, and the scale is not small. It seems that you don't have any good solution."

In Xu Bo'an's opinion, the peach tree is a spirit after all, and its existence is not comparable to that of ordinary animals.

Logically speaking, the peach tree at this point wouldn't be afraid of these things at all.

The peach tree said a little embarrassedly, "Sorry to make you laugh, Lord Mountain God. I have experienced many locust plagues. The worst one was when all the leaves on my body fell off and the bark was eaten. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive. Although I have ways to protect the surroundings, it is difficult to avoid being eroded.

My real body is still here. Now my cultivation is shallow and I cannot completely achieve the level of Golden Leaf and Iron Branch. So when so many locusts attack, I don’t have any foolproof plan to deal with them.

Because locusts are very stupid and have no fear, there is no way to scare or warn them by destroying their own kind. Therefore, only by destroying them all can the continuation of locust plagues be completely stopped.

But when the locust plague occurred, there were too many of these annoying guys, and it was difficult to completely wipe them out, so I was helpless about the locust plague. "

Xu Boan agreed with Peach Tree's statement.

Firstly, the fear in one's heart and the shadow of childhood are difficult to overcome.

Secondly, locusts are simple animals with extremely low IQs after all. Especially when they are gathered in groups and travel in large numbers to cause harm to others, these locusts only know how to eat. Even if their own kind are killed, they will not feel afraid at all.

Therefore, trying to scare these locusts by killing the chicken to scare the monkeys is completely ineffective.

Xu Bo'an, who was at his wit's end, frowned and began to think.

At this moment, Xu Bo'an's gaze suddenly swept across the windowsill not far away.

On the windowsill, a small green bottle and a large red bottle were neatly placed there.

When Xu Bo'an saw the two bottles, he was immediately happy, and then several ideas of how to control the locust plague flashed through his mind.

(End of this chapter)