The old men who were still joking at first gradually stopped talking, and all their eyes were focused on Mibao's face. They looked at the little girl with a serious face, her eyes wide open, and she was motionless.
Several people looked at each other, but they resisted not disturbing her.
Mi Bao didn't pay attention to them at all. She sensed them for a long time, then shook her calves, got down from her father's arms, and slowly walked forward step by step, releasing supernatural sensations along the way.
There are many locust eggs in the soil.
She has seen too many schematic diagrams and various specimens in the laboratory and will not make mistakes.
What shocked her was the number of locust eggs, which were arranged in rows and rows, just like small corn cobs. They were very dense and crisscrossed in the soil. They were almost everywhere wherever the superpower could reach! They were everywhere.
!!
She remembered that the researcher uncle said that locusts only like to lay eggs in dry and exposed places. If the vegetation coverage rate is more than 70%, there will be no locusts. But why are they now even in the crop fields?
Tang Youxiang finally couldn't help shouting: "Mi Bao'er?"
Mibao had already walked dozens of steps forward, and when he heard daddy calling, he turned back, his little face turned pale.
The clan leaders stared at her without blinking, and Mi Bao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Having lived here for more than half a year, she has become well aware of the importance everyone attaches to land and food. In addition, it has already been going on for three years. Everyone thinks they have survived and are happily waiting for the harvest. She
If you tell them, will they collapse?
She grabbed the corner of her clothes and was extremely confused.
The patriarch spoke first, his voice trembling: "Mi Bao'er, what's wrong?"
Mi Bao hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Mi Bao saw a lot of... locust eggs."
At that time, an old clan member's legs went limp and he sat on the ground: "Locusts?!" His lips trembled and tears flowed down his face: "God, God won't give us a way to survive!!"
Mi Bao said anxiously: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious first." She tried to comfort him: "Mi Bao has a way, don't be anxious!!"
The patriarch's face also turned pale, but he still held on and said dryly: "Is there anything Mi Bao can do?"
He looked at her without blinking, the light in his eyes was a mixture of expectation and despair.
Mi Bao was so frightened by his appearance that his tongue was tied: "But, but Mi Bao still needs to think about it and discuss it with his wife."
Shen Linquan was a little surprised at first, but after hearing this sentence, he quickly calmed down and said loudly: "Don't panic, don't be anxious! I will go back and ask my uncle to look up the book. There must be many ways to control locusts. I will hug him first."
Mibao, go and let's discuss it."
As he said this, without waiting for the clan leader to nod, he picked up Mi Bao and ran away, returning to the Shen family as fast as he could.
Shen Zhen was still in class. Shen Linquan went in directly and handed the rice treasure to Shen Zhen. He called Tang Mingqi and said, "Mingqi, you guys go back first. There's something going on here."
Tang Mingqi quickly packed up his books and came out without asking any questions.
Shen Linquan whispered a few words to Shen Zhen, and then turned to talk to Mr. Shen.
Mibao didn't speak for a while and quickly rummaged around the space.
In fact, there are many ways to control locusts.
Local materials, such as boiling walnut peels in water, adding stone, black vitriol, kerosene, etc., are good materials for killing locusts. It is said that the killing rate can reach 98%.
But it's too much trouble.
In modern times, it is more common to use locust microsporidia to control locusts.
This is a single-cell organism that specifically lives in locusts. It is harmless to humans, animals and the environment, but it can cause locusts to move slowly, reduce their ability to fly and reproduce, and eventually die.
Microsporidia can also replicate in large quantities in locusts, become popular among locust swarms, and can be passed on to the next generation, with very good results.
However, this kind of thing takes three or four weeks to gradually take effect. The loss of three or four weeks is nothing in modern times. In ancient times, it was the disaster of many people.
Moreover, the most important thing is that this is a high-tech product before the end of the world, and there is not much in her space.
But fortunately, she has many post-apocalyptic medicines for dealing with mutated locusts.
Because of the coming of the end of the world, everyone is paying more attention to the environment than ever before, so this kind of potion is specially formulated to treat it and is harmless to humans, animals, soil and crops.
However, when using this potion to deal with ordinary locusts, the dosage must be greatly reduced, so the most appropriate dosage must be tested first.
Mi Bao thought about it and then told Shen Zhen.
Shen Zhen had always been calm, listening and asking questions, but as soon as she finished speaking, he started to move.
He asked people to prepare several jars of the same size, and then dug several jars containing soil containing locust eggs and plants.
Mi Bao was originally nervous and short of breath, but looking at his calm and calm military advisor wife, his little heart gradually returned to its original position and he took out a bag of medicine.
This medicine is in the form of small granules. It looks like an ordinary cold medicine. It has a special measuring spoon. When dealing with mutated locusts, add one spoon to one hundred liters of water.
But at this time, it is difficult to take out the one-hundred-liter graduated plastic bucket, and one tank of soil does not use one hundred liters of water, so the amount of medicine must be reduced accordingly, and the proportions must be calculated.
The scumbag group simply didn’t know how to start.
And Shen Zhen, obviously this was his first contact, but he seemed like an expert, showing no timidity at all, rolling up his sleeves and doing it himself.
Nowadays, the large tanks at home are basically the same size. I measured it with a graduated bucket and found that it was about 200 liters under the rim.
The common pickle jars are basically the same size. They were also measured with a graduated bucket and filled to about 60 liters under the rim.
Then Shen Zhen brought the silver spoon over and weighed it. One measuring spoon only weighed 0.2 taels, while ordinary silver coins could weigh at least one-fiftieth of a tael, which was enough for Shen Zhen.
Mi Bao stood aside and watched him cut the paper very calmly, weighing and marking small portions. It looked very reliable at first glance.
At this time, the shadow guard who was digging the soil also came back with the vat, and the clan leader and elders also came over. After entering the door, he asked: "Shen Xiaolang, you asked people to dig the soil, but what are your ideas?"
Shen Zhen had already put away the medicine bag, leaving only these medicines on the table.
He said: "I still have some insecticide left at home. I will try to see if it works first. If it works, I will ask someone to prepare the medicine. If it doesn't work...then I will find other ways to control locusts. Don't panic, Chief Tang. Even if there is nothing we can do, we still have Mibao! Locusts are most common in summer, and since Mibao can sense them, we should harvest the wheat before the locust plague. At most, we can harvest less wheat so as not to lose grains. No gain."
When he said this, the hearts of several old men were immediately settled.
They are all experienced farmers, so they naturally know how to control locust disasters, so they are not sure what he says about how to control locusts.
But with Mibao, even if there is no other way, they can still harvest a few kilograms of grain, and they feel reassured all of a sudden.
Shen Zhen paused for a while, letting them think about it, and then continued: "So, the clan leader should keep the news secret. If there is a locust plague, it will affect more than one village and one county. When the time comes, my father will naturally find a way to contact all places. Officials and villagers will naturally receive special treatment, so there is no need to worry."