The top three masters in the world have been catching bugs these past two days.
To be precise, they are locusts.
After the flood, the number of locusts gradually increased.
When passing by the fields, you can see many locusts lying on the leaves to eat.
The increasing number of locusts makes people feel that there is a risk of locust plague in Jiangzhou.
Therefore, the government organized a massive insect-catching and extermination campaign.
From the two princes of Song Yang and Song Tong to the ordinary people.
Anyone who does not have a fixed occupation or is temporarily out of work must go to the fields to catch insects.
Song Yang has been catching them for two days, and the results are good. There are more than a hundred of them every day.
"My lord, I have carefully looked at it and found out that this year's locust plague should be impossible. The locusts were just driven out by the flood a while ago."
Old man Zhang Mi left the research on noodles to his son.
He himself went back to work on farm machinery.
There was no progress in the past two days, and some locusts appeared in the fields again, so Zhang Mi came over to direct the catching of locusts.
The old man has rich experience and has experienced several locust plagues in his life. He also knows what kind of locusts will cause an outbreak and what kind will only make a small fuss.
According to Lao Zhangtou, this year's locusts are just a small infestation.
Catch them once, beat them up and they will be wiped out.
"That's good. That's good!" Song Yang breathed a sigh of relief and threw the locusts in his hand into the bag.
Others used a white net bag to catch them, but Song Yang felt it was more convenient to use his hand speed.
The day before yesterday, he heard that there were locusts in the fields. He was so anxious that he couldn't sleep well for the past two days.
Song Yang saw with his own eyes how severe the locust plague was.
In his previous life, the company sent him on a business trip to Africa.
As a result, there happened to be a locust plague. Oh dear, locusts can almost eat people.
The threat of locust plagues has often been recorded in history, and Song Yang also read history books.
Therefore, we pay great attention to the locust plague.
Lao Zhangtou's words made him feel a little more at ease.
If the locust plague does not occur, food can be preserved.
Speaking of food, Jiangzhou's agricultural output has always been able to ensure the use of its own people.
There is also a lot that can be exported to other state capitals.
Originally, a one-season planting pattern was implemented, and the yield was sufficient.
Some families in Jiangzhou have grown two crops of grain this year.
However, according to the government's estimates, the grain output may not differ much from the previous season.
The Yamen's attitude towards this is neither encouraging nor supporting.
There are not enough cattle for farming, so we have to rely on manpower to do the work. Doing it two seasons a year is too harmful to the people.
Nowadays, crops are rotated and fallowed throughout the year.
The crop yield per unit area is still higher than in the two seasons.
Song Yang will not force these things, but can guide them through policy.
Of course, on the other side, Song Yang is also vigorously developing agricultural productivity.
The number of cattle is increasing every year, and machinery is also being developed.
It's just that the growth rate of farm cattle is relatively slow, and it is still completely insufficient in a short period of time.
The research and development of mechanical equipment has not made much progress either.
The main reason is that the energy efficiency of steam engines is not high and the loss of kinetic energy is large.
To develop practical agricultural machinery, the machinery must be made very large.
Especially water tanks, boilers, and transmission devices, these things take up too much space.
Song Yang estimated that if he built a steam farm machine, it would probably be as big as a John Deere Jialian.
Moreover, even if it is as big as Conmain, its power may not be as high as a hand-held landslide.
Song Yang was thinking about things while catching bugs.
In the middle of the night, another forty or fifty were caught.
Locusts are too mobile during the day and are difficult to catch.
They move less at night and are easier to catch.
Therefore, the activity of catching locusts is carried out after dusk.
Previously, some people even said they wanted to offer sacrifices to the Locust God.
Song Yang immediately put an end to such occurrences in the world.
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on heaven and God.
Although he is a time-traveling dog, he can be sure that there is no god in the world after time-travelling.
Besides, even if there is a god, our majestic Prince Qian will sacrifice a little locust god to you.
"You are not allowed to worship the Locust God! Not even in private!"
Song Yang said this.
Song Yang continued to lead several people to use his insect-catching skills.
After midnight, about ten more were caught.
Compared with yesterday, the number of locusts caught has dropped significantly.
This shows that the insect catching activities over the past two days have shown results.
"My lord, can these locusts be given to me?"
When Chou Shi was about to finish work, Zhang Mi ran over and asked.
The government divided the people who caught insects into two groups, one at midnight and the other at midnight.
Song Yang's group was in the first half of the night, and Yu Ming led the group in the second half of the night.
Zhang Mi asked him if he wanted locusts. All the locusts caught yesterday were taken to the livestock factory to feed chickens and ducks.
"Lao Zhang wants this to go back to feed the chickens?"
"No. I just took it back and ate it myself. It's delicious when fried."
Song Yang thought Lao Zhang was taking it back to feed the chickens, but he ended up eating it himself.
Song Yang refused to eat fried locusts.
Originally, many people in that era loved eating locusts.
Locusts are not a big deal, there are also scorpions, spiders, centipedes and so on sold in the night market.
His good friend loved it and persuaded Song Yang to try it.
What about the crispy chicken flavor? Kawaii is ten times stronger than beef...
Anyway, Song Yang couldn't accept it, and he panicked just looking at it.
"Here, give it! It's all for you. Eat it after it's fried!" Song Yang handed the cloth bag to Zhang Mi.
The old man thanked him and left happily.
"What? You want to eat this too?" Song Yang looked at Fang Zhe.
This guy also carried a bag of locusts in his hand.
"No, no, no. I don't dare to eat it. This... this is what Qianxue wants..." Fang Zhe said sheepishly.
"Uh. Your wife's taste is... awesome!"
Song Yang could only give a thumbs up to this.
The next day, Song Yang led people to catch bugs in the middle of the night.
But old man Zhang Mi didn't come over today.
I heard that there is new inspiration from the agricultural machinery research and development side.
Song Yang's harvest today was only over 60.
Compared with the nearly 200 locusts on the first day, the number has decreased by more than half.
"If you work harder, you'll be good enough tomorrow."
Song Yang stretched his muscles and looked at everyone's pockets. The results were similar.
"Ah Yang, it would be great if we could get something efficient to get rid of locusts in the future. Uncle Wang's old waist is going to fall apart." Uncle Qi said with difficulty as he covered his hands.
Song Yang hurriedly helped him and said, "Uncle Qi, I'm not telling you not to come. Your waist has been injured before. What if it happens again?"
Uncle Qi endured the pain and said: "It doesn't matter. I can still bear it. Aren't we supposed to take the lead? Besides, it's the last day tomorrow, so I can't hold on anyway."
"If only there were pesticides!"
Song Yang helped Song Tong to rest on the carriage, and he leaned there to ponder.
So I set another goal for myself.
Another day passed, and the number of locusts caught per capita was less than twenty.
A few sporadic ones no longer have much impact.
Moreover, the field protection team will catch them every day, and the locusts have completely stopped spreading.
"Through everyone's unremitting efforts, the locusts in the fields have been almost eliminated."
"This is our victory over the locusts, and it also proves that there is no need to sacrifice to the locust god when encountering a locust plague! As long as you work hard, you can defeat the locust plague!"
Song Yang delivered a brief speech, declaring victory over the locust plague.
But I don’t dare to relax now.
In addition to the original field protection team stepping up patrols, Fang Zhe also dispatched a temporary patrol team to pay attention to the locust situation in the fields every day.
If necessary, you can conduct another deworming operation at any time.