After Lawrence asked someone to go to the detective agency to inform the two ladies of his whereabouts, he got on the carriage and rushed to the wine farm affiliated with the Church of Knowledge.
"What's burning over there?" Not long after leaving the city, Lawrence, who was sitting in the car looking at the scenery outside the window through the glass, suddenly asked like the coachman sitting outside the carriage, because several lines appeared in his sight.
black smoke.
The reason why he asked this question is because it is summer, which is not technically the time to burn straw. Not to mention that people in this place are more inclined to compost and have no habit of burning straw at all. As for the possibility of burning wasteland, on the one hand
, burning is often done in autumn and winter. On the other hand, there is no place for burning around the city.
"Sir, this is why some farmers cut down the plantations and got downy mildew on the grapevines." The driver sitting in front took a slight test and nodded and said to Lawrence, "I am a local, and I also have a bad person in my family.
Big vineyards. I know that cutting down and burning diseased plants like they do is not going to stop the spread of the disease."
"So sir, you must help everyone." The coachman said after describing the surrounding situation. "There are many people whose livelihood depends on the vineyard. I can't imagine how everyone will live after the vineyard is destroyed.
.”
"Yes, I understand." Lawrence, who was sitting in the car, looked at the two smoke columns retreating and sighed. He found that he suddenly had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
Two and a half hours after setting off from St. Gutenberg's Cathedral, the carriage finally stopped at a drying ground in front of a farm. As soon as the carriage stopped, Lawrence opened the door and jumped out of the carriage, then stretched out his hands.
Start moving where you are.
After all, not long after leaving the city, the road turned into a complete dirt road. And maybe because there were so many heavy-duty carriages passing here that the road conditions were very average after being repeatedly run over by those large vehicles, which made the carriage
Lawrence felt uncomfortable all over his body after a bumpy ride.
After a little activity, Lawrence and the coachman first unloaded the luggage from the carriage. Then he said goodbye to the coachman and walked towards the two-story building behind the drying yard.
As a farm directly under the church, there will naturally be church staff. After showing the letter of introduction written by Priest Carter to prove his identity, Lawrence immediately asked about the situation of grape downy mildew.
"It's terrible, I can only say it's terrible." The young staff member shook his head and said, "The priests of the Agricultural Church have tried their best, but their magic and various methods can only delay
to prevent the spread of disease and ensure that small, critical grape plots are not harmed.”
"Fortunately, the situation is still under control for the time being. Especially some of the exclusive magical skills mastered by the priests of the Agricultural Church are very effective in this situation." At this point, the staff member sighed. "But the overall situation is still out of control.
Marginal, because there are so many fields with problems and the church personnel simply don’t have enough manpower.”
"I understand." Lawrence nodded. "Wait a moment and let me pick up something. Then you can find someone to take me to the fields to see the specific situation."
"Do you need me to help you pack your luggage?" the staff member asked. "It's the experimental equipment you brought. If you need help, I can help you set up a temporary laboratory."
"Really? Then I'll trouble you." As he spoke, Lawrence handed the copper key on his hand to the staff member. He was not surprised that the staff member in front of him would say this, because he knew that the knowledge church
The members have always had a hobby of doing experiments on their own, so it is natural for them to organize these experimental equipment.
Moreover, this box contained only experimental equipment that he borrowed from the logistics department. The really important things and personal belongings were all placed in the pocket of his carry-on space.
After finishing his instructions, Lawrence picked up a small backpack placed next to the big box, put it on his back, and then headed straight for the vineyard under the leadership of a farm worker.
In the neat grape field, Lawrence followed the farmer and looked at the grapevines climbing on the trellises around him. Just like the church staff said just now, the problem has indeed been temporarily controlled. Most of the grapevines in the vineyard are
Some of the vines looked lush and green, and there was nothing wrong with them.
But when they walked to the edge of the grape field, Lauren clearly saw brown irregular or polygonal lesions on some grapevine leaves. It might be because of the rain a few days ago, and the lesions appeared on the leaves.
A white downy mildew-like substance appeared on the back. This is where the name of this disease comes from.
"Just a week ago, this disease began to break out in a nearby farm. At that time, the owner of the farm immediately uprooted the five grapevines where the disease was found, as well as a dozen or so surrounding ones, and then poured some kerosene on them to completely burn them.
." The farm worker in front said after seeing Lawrence stop to look at the leaves carefully, "But unfortunately, three days ago, many farms around here discovered traces of downy mildew in their grapevines at the same time."
"I understand." Lawrence nodded and took off some of the obviously diseased branches and leaves from the diseased grapevine, and then returned to the manor building with the farm worker.
"The laboratory has been set up, and it's on the second floor." The staff member who just received him came up to him and said, "The other things in the box have also been put in the guest room for you."
"Thank you!" Lawrence nodded in greeting, then he went upstairs and walked into the temporary laboratory to carefully observe the diseased branches and leaves.
"Well, it does look like the pictures I saw on Baidu before." Lawrence used a magnifying glass to observe the branches and leaves and repeatedly compared them with the pictures in his mind. "The next step is to see how pesticide formulas in another world can work.
It cannot have an effect on this symptom."
Thinking of this, he took out copper sulfate and hydrated lime from the various raw materials he carried, and then mixed them with water to make Bordeaux liquid according to the proportions in memory.
"I have found a way, you can give it a try." Lawrence said to the staff member in the restaurant during lunch, "I have put the prepared medicine in the bottle, and then I just need to find someone to help me
Just spray it in the garden.
"So fast?" The staff member looked at Lawrence in shock. "I thought this would take a long time."
"It's just good luck." Lawrence showed a smile. "My father is a priest of the church and also likes to do various undertakings. Therefore, when I was young, I sometimes used some of his experiments.
The reagents come out to play."
"In the process of mixing various things together, I discovered that some things can kill small bugs, while others can remove various fungi and mildew stains. And this time I discovered that grapes
The mildew spots on the leaves are very similar to those I saw when I was a kid, so I just tried a certain recipe."
"What was the result?" the staff member asked nervously.
"At least the test in the petri dish is fine." Lawrence responded with a reassuring smile. "The next step is to test it in the field."