After returning from Baima Temple, Li Mu devoted himself to responding to the locust plague.
Although there is hope for food, disasters are disasters. In the face of a major disaster, it is better to have less losses. Li Mu asked Li Tai to look up the ancient methods of controlling locust plagues. The records of each dynasty are different, but they are all similar.
, in summary, there are roughly three methods.
The first is a completely stupid method, which is to catch the locusts with your hands and then trample them to death. This method can be thought of by everyone. It is considered a no-brainer method. It is still useful when the locust plague is relatively mild.
When it is more serious, it is basically of no use at all, and the manpower and material resources consumed are disproportionate.
The second type is a little more evolved. It can be called the 'swatting method'. In this method, the villagers use bamboo poles to hold up an eight-foot-long white cloth and chase the locusts from three sides in the direction of the wind to drive the locusts into one area.
After treatment, concentrate your efforts on swatting. This method has a long history and has been recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is regarded as the "mainstream method" for farmers to fight locust plagues. The "advisors" called by Li Mu also recommended this method.
Although the beating method is simple, it consumes too much manpower and physical strength, and there is also a prerequisite, that is, there must be 'cloth'. For some people, there is not so much 'cloth' at home, so they can only use branches, which has a greater effect.
Discounted. So during the Han Dynasty, another step was taken. According to the convenience of the terrain, instead of "closing down" to pursue and intercept the area, a large number of large pits two feet deep and wide were first dug in the areas where the locusts would pass, and then after the locusts arrived,
, use green vegetables and green leaves to introduce the locusts into the pit, and then concentrate on burying them. This method is also very good if the "lure the enemy" is smooth, and the "enemy" is also very good, usually burying a large area at a time. The operation is also difficult, once the soil is buried
If the hole is too shallow, locusts can even get out. And in the process of 'lubing the enemy', problems can easily arise. Even after all the hard work of digging the hole, the locust swarm cannot get through, and nothing can be done.
I consulted countless ancient books and asked many old farmers, but the methods I finally came up with did not seem to be that effective. However, in the current disaster, once I came up with a suitable method, the locusts had already eaten up all the food. To this day,
The plan was to adopt a "three-pronged approach". In villages where conditions were good, everyone took out pieces of cloth and sewed them together to chase and intercept the locusts. In places where conditions were not available, young people were organized to dig holes and prepare to bury the locusts. Women and children
Children can't be idle either. They can catch as many as they can and they won't be in vain. Li Mu issued a notice that the dead locusts would be weighed and exchanged for food on a one-for-one basis. However, this was a clichéd measure and there was nothing new.
Three days have passed like this, and there is still no news from Ma Zhou. The news last night was that Ma Zhou had arrived at the boundary of Taiyuan, and he had traveled 900 miles to Taiyuan. In other words, within 900 miles, he was actually
Not a single grain of food was received. Li Mu recalled what Madam Lu said yesterday, the local power of Ji Si Tang was really terrifying!
The food was only enough for six days, and the attitude of the people in the city became increasingly bad. In the morning, there were rice snatching incidents at several rice stalls in front of the Hou Mansion. Fortunately, the Jinyi Guards suppressed it, so no harm was caused.
In the chaos, some people left the city to seek refuge with relatives. Although the villages were overrun by locusts, many families still had food in store. It was better than staying in the city and starving to death in six days.
Li Mu did not stop these people. Locusts were overflowing outside the city. These people escaped and helped to kill the locusts. They did not eat in vain. Instead, they stayed in the city. Even if they spent their own money to buy food,
It also consumes the food in the city and does not help in disaster relief.
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After a day of hard work outside, when Li Mu returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already the end of the moon. Bai Qiaoqiao was about to give birth, and she had to have someone around to take care of her. In order to provide disaster relief, Li Mu went out before dawn and came back after dark, and Zhang Tianai did the same.
Taking care of Jin Yiwei's troubles and maintaining law and order in the city, he returned later than Li Mu. The responsibility of taking care of Bai Qiaoqiao fell on Jin Chen. The rest of the things inside and outside all depended on Wei.
Yingluo came to maintain it. In the huge Hou Mansion, there are sixty or seventy people who eat together every day. The affairs are complicated, no less than those in Fengchen Bureau. But at this time, no one can spare the time to share the burden.
She could only learn it bit by bit. If she was not sure, she would discuss it with Bai Qiaoqiao. After a few days, she actually managed it.
Li Mu was naturally happy to see Wei Yingluo grow up, and thought in his mind that when this disaster was over, if Wei Yingluo had the determination to take charge of her own business, he would arrange a position for her and not let her talents go to waste.
"Husband, do you want to take a bath?" Jin Chen brought a cup of hot tea to Li Mu, put a pair of Rouyi on his shoulders, and asked softly. Li Mu held her hand, shook his head gently, and said, "No need to do that.
"Trouble, just get a basin of water and soak your feet. I'm exhausted after a long day of work." Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Now I can fall asleep when I fall on the bed -"
"Thank you for your hard work, husband."
"It's nothing hard, I just can't think of a way." Li Mu sighed and said: "I used to feel that nothing could stop me, and I could always think of a way to solve any problem. But this time, I
I really feel that there is nothing I can do. Those locusts, after killing one wave, they will produce new ones, more and more every day, as if they will not stop until they eat up all the green leaves——"
"Husband, there has been no good solution to the locust plague for thousands of years. You have done a good job. Your Majesty will not blame you."
"Ha," Li Mu chuckled and said, "Do you think I'm afraid of His Majesty's blame?" Li Mu said with tears in his eyes, "What I'm afraid of is the eyes of the people. You haven't seen with your own eyes how pitiful those people are. That's
They had worked hard for a year to plant crops and were about to defend the city. The ears of the seedlings had already filled with grain and they would be ready for harvest in half a month. But now, in order to prevent the locust plague from spreading, they had to cut them all.
How is this different from using a knife to cut out flesh?"
"Husband—" This was the first time Jin Chen saw Li Mu like this, and he didn't know how to comfort him.
Li Mu took a deep breath, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "What are you talking about? I'm tired. Come get me a basin of water, soak your feet, and go to bed early."
"Yeah." Jin Chen turned around and went out to fetch water. He took off Li Mu's shoes and socks and wanted to wash his feet, but Li Mu stopped him and asked her to accompany Bai Qiaoqiao. Since she got up early these days, she had to go back.
That night, Li Mu didn't sleep in the same room as Bai Qiaoqiao, Jin Chen stayed with her.
Jin Chen knew that the person Li Mu was most worried about was Bai Qiaoqiao, so he obediently went over and told Li Mu not to use the footbath after soaking his feet. She would clean it up tomorrow. Regarding Li Mu's affairs, the women in the family reached a tacit agreement not to let the maid handle it.
Li Mu could guess a little bit about the specific reason. The women in the family had probably reached an agreement on this aspect a long time ago. The family had a large population and they didn't want to add another person out of nowhere.
The water was very hot, and Li Mu tried several times before putting his feet in the water. The heat was rising, and his blood circulation seemed to speed up a little. Li Mu slowly fell down on the recliner and let out a sigh of relief.
Every day when he soaks his feet, it is a rare time to relax. Li Mu will take advantage of this time to sort out what he has done today and prioritize what he will do tomorrow. Maybe he is too tired, Li Mu thought.
After a while, I took a nap and fell asleep.
When Li Mu sleeps, he can be roughly divided into three states. Dreamless, dreaming, and the consciousness remains in the system to 'browse'. In all three ways, the body can rest, which is reflected in the system as the recovery of 'stamina'.
The difference lies in the degree of mental recovery. In the dreamless state, the mental recovery is the best. When there is a dream, the degree of mental recovery varies depending on what the dream is about. When consciousness remains in the system, the mental state is basically the same as 'nothing'.
If you don't sleep well, you will appear less energetic the next day.
Under normal circumstances, if Li Mu hadn't consciously entered the system, his sleep would still be the same as that of a normal person.
But today, I don't know if it was a subconscious thought. After Li Mu closed his eyes, he actually entered the system. He has been busy with disaster relief these days, and Li Mu has not entered the system for many days. Today, he 'accidentally entered' the system.
An accident. Just when Li Mu was about to quit and have a good sleep, a system prompt appeared.
"The player's cumulative proficiency in each skill reaches one million, and the system search function is unlocked."
What the hell?
Li Mu took a closer look and understood what it meant. It probably meant that his various sub-job skills were accumulated together, such as blacksmithing, leatherworking, medicine, etc., and the total proficiency exceeded one million. The system
A small function is provided as a gift.
What the hell is the search function?
Li Mu didn't remember adding this kind of thing when he was working on this deputy job system. He reached out and 'clicked' on the prompt interface, and then he understood what this function was.
This is a 'search' function, similar to a search engine, which can search for keywords. In "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty", this function does not need to be unlocked at all, it is the default in the interface. Unexpectedly, in my own body, this basic function still has to be
Unlocked.
What is the use of a dispensable gadget if it is unlocked? Can it improve my skill level? Or can it help the situation at hand?
Li Mu was in a daze for a while and planned to quit and go to sleep. Suddenly, he had a sudden impulse and thought about giving it a try? Maybe there are props in the system that can help. After all, he was only responsible for data balance at the beginning.
Tens of thousands of recipes, scrolls, and interesting props were planned and added by different groups, and he didn't know every one of them.
"It won't do anything if you try it, right," Li Mu muttered, entering 'locust' in the search box, clicking on the search, and several props immediately appeared in front of him.
[Recipe: Insecticide. A pesticide that kills pests, such as beetles, flies, grubs, nose worms, springtails and nearly 10,000 other pests. Intermediate pharmaceutical level is required.].
This thing is somewhat useful, but the problem is that now that the sky is full of locusts, how many doses of insecticide are enough? Looking at the ingredients for this formula, they are not cheap, and it is impossible to get so many ingredients in a short time.
Can't be implemented.
The following recipes, including insect nets, insect traps, etc., are similar. They all look beautiful, but are unrealistic in practice.
Just when Li Mu was about to give up, a formula suddenly came into view. [Recipe: Insect Attracting Incense.] There was a special locust mark on the formula scroll. This mark meant that this was an exclusive formula that was only useful for dealing with specialized BOSS.
Items are mostly used to solve wild BOSS.
Li Mu carefully read the description of the formula, and it was exactly what he thought. This is an exclusive item used on the 'Locust Valley' map. After it is produced, it can lure out the level 30 silver BOSS, the Locust King. The Locust Valley is the main character in "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty"
》Twenty level leveling map,
[Recipe: Insecticide. A pesticide that kills pests, such as beetles, flies, grubs, nose worms, springtails and nearly 10,000 other pests. Intermediate pharmaceutical level is required.].
This thing is somewhat useful, but the problem is that now that the sky is full of locusts, how many doses of insecticide are enough? Looking at the ingredients for this formula, they are not cheap, and it is impossible to get so many ingredients in a short time.
Can't be implemented.
The following recipes, including insect nets, insect traps, etc., are similar. They all look beautiful, but are unrealistic in practice.
Just when Li Mu was about to give up, a formula suddenly came into view. [Recipe: Insect Attracting Incense.] There was a special locust mark on the formula scroll. This mark meant that this was an exclusive formula that was only useful for dealing with specialized BOSS.
Items are mostly used to solve wild BOSS.
Li Mu carefully read the description of the formula, and it was exactly what he thought. This is an exclusive item used on the 'Locust Valley' map. After it is produced, it can lure out the level 30 silver BOSS, the Locust King. The Locust Valley is the main character in "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty"
》Twenty level leveling map,
[Recipe: Insecticide. A pesticide that kills pests, such as beetles, flies, grubs, nose worms, springtails and nearly 10,000 other pests. Intermediate pharmaceutical level is required.].
This thing is somewhat useful, but the problem is that now that the sky is full of locusts, how many doses of insecticide are enough? Looking at the ingredients for this formula, they are not cheap, and it is impossible to get so many ingredients in a short time.
Can't be implemented.
The following recipes, including insect nets, insect traps, etc., are similar. They all look beautiful, but are unrealistic in practice.
Just when Li Mu was about to give up, a formula suddenly came into view. [Recipe: Insect Attracting Incense.] There was a special locust mark on the formula scroll. This mark meant that this was an exclusive formula that was only useful for dealing with specialized BOSS.
Items are mostly used to solve wild BOSS.
Li Mu carefully read the description of the formula, and it was exactly what he thought. This is an exclusive item used on the 'Locust Valley' map. After it is produced, it can lure out the level 30 silver BOSS, the Locust King. The Locust Valley is the main character in "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty"