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    no. 274 The dilemma of poultry killing locusts

    Chang'an City, Tianxian Palace.

    Several gloomy believers kowtowed incense in Sanqing Hall and muttered something.  Behind them, the believers lined up and waited quietly, not only not feeling that the people in front were taking up their time.  Instead, he followed the believers in front of him and prayed with a pious expression.

    Gradually, more and more believers gathered in the Sanqing Hall. Everyone gave up what they originally prayed for when they came and knelt in a circle with the few people in front of them who were offering incense.  Solemn, solemn, and slightly frightening.

    "What's going on?" Huang Junming walked by and saw this situation. He was surprised and asked the incense-burning Taoist boy.

    The Taoist boy was originally praying with the believers, and his spirit could be said to be tense. Huang Junming's sudden question made him startled. When he saw that the person in front of him was Huang Junming,  Then he said to Huang Junming: "Back to the immortal master, everyone everyone is praying to God to take back this locust god the locust god" It was just a sentence of more than ten words.  The Taoist boy spoke intermittently.  Huang Junming frowned upon hearing this.

    Huang Junming knew about the spring drought that occurred in several states in the Tang Dynasty, and was mentally prepared for the emergence of locusts. However, hadn't the method of killing locusts been revealed through government channels a long time ago? Why is there still such a situation?  How many people are guarding the statue?

    When the locusts come, it is not something that can be solved by praying to the gods, offering incense and bowing to the gods.  At this juncture, why are everyone coming to worship God?  What are you doing here if you don't do your best to kill the locusts?

    "Go. Bring over the pilgrims who are leading the pilgrims." Huang Junming suppressed the suspicion in his heart and turned to the Taoist boy.

    The Taoist boy responded and invited the people who led the worshipers out. Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but want to see what happened. But when they turned around, they saw Huang Junming standing behind everyone, and they couldn't help but gather around Huang Junming.  .

    To be honest, Huang Junming may not know.  Since Tianxian Palace launched social welfare and reformed farm tools and farming methods, families all over the Tang Dynasty have erected Huang Junming's magic tablet.  He worshiped Huang Junming as a true immortal day and night.  A Chang'an painter even painted Huang Junming wearing a Taoist robe.  Hanging it on the sacred card will attract everyone to follow suit. In this way, at least there will be no one near Chang'an City who does not know Master Huang Junming.

    It's just that Huang Junming, who has the status of "the true immortal of the world", is here at this station.  The believers always felt that there was a slight distance from him, so they just gathered around and quietly wanted to see what happened to the century-old immortal master and whether he could help them solve the locust plague.

    The Taoist boy brought the people over. Before Huang Junming could see the faces of these people clearly, he just heard a plop, and the people in front of him shrunk and knelt on the ground.  "I have seen the immortal master! Please ask the immortal master to kill the locusts for the people of the world!" Huang Junming saw clearly that the person who spoke was an old farmer, but it seemed that the old farmer's clothes were not old and shabby.  On the contrary, he has the feeling of a small rich man, but the clothes and the sad face make this old farmer look much older.

    The dress and age of the other people were not much different from that of the old man. They probably came from the same village.

    "My husband, please get up." Huang Junming helped the old farmer up, and then asked: "Didn't Pindao pass down the method of killing locusts through the government? My husband is not at home to lead people to kill locusts. Why are you here to offer incense?"

    After hearing Huang Junming’s words, the old farmer put on a wry smile.  He murmured: "Master Immortal, the only method that everyone can use to kill locusts is to rely on poultry and livestock to kill locusts. It's just ugh"

    The old farmer’s sigh made Huang Junming a little confused. He relied on chickens, ducks and other poultry to cull the locusts.  Is this correct?  !  Why is there still a hesitant "but?" It stands to reason that this method of killing locusts by biological means should be very efficient?  !  Although it cannot keep up with the efficiency of pesticides, it is definitely a green and effective way to kill locusts in this Tang Dynasty.

    “I don’t know, father-in-law, what does this mean?” Huang Junming asked the question in his heart.

    The old man raised his head and looked at Huang Junming who was confused, and then said: "Master Immortal, please listen to me slowly." After saying that, he organized his words and said: "Master Immortal's method is good or not.  The chickens and ducks were also very diligent in eating the locusts, which made the children and the villagers very happy. Only a few days after the locusts were discovered, less than half of them had been eaten. As long as there is time, all the locusts will be eaten for sure.  . The chickens and ducks have grown very well after eating the locusts. Some old hens can actually lay three or four eggs in the morning, which is something I have never seen before."

    "This is a good thing!" Huang Junming interjected.  Listening to the old farmer saying that the biological locust extermination campaign has begun to bear fruit, Huang Junming was of course relieved, but the old farmer's expression was different from what he had just said.??It's completely contradictory, so what's going on?

    "Master Immortal, yes, these chickens and ducks eat insects and eliminate them, grow meat and lay eggs. It is a good thing." The old farmer continued with a grimace: "However, you must know that most of these locusts are still locust eggs, and a small number of them are grown.  It's not a big deal if the locusts are eaten, but the locust eggs in the field make the little boy want to cry!" As he spoke, the old farmer actually knelt down again.

    "I know that if these locust eggs grow into locusts, then the locusts will fly overwhelmingly, and I am afraid that food and other things will not be saved. But these locust eggs are under the ground, and the chickens and ducks have eaten the locusts on the surface, and then  Locust eggs are being eaten. You know, the spring plowing has just ended, and this year is also a year of severe drought. The crops that the old man and others have worked hard to grow are no sooner exposed than chickens and ducks are eating the locust eggs.  Ah! Often after the chickens and ducks clean up the locust eggs in a field, the crops in that field are destroyed!" The old farmer even cried as he spoke.  On the other hand, the people behind him also looked like this, which made Huang Junming think deeply.

    Huang Junming admitted that this was his mistake. He only thought about killing the locusts, but he forgot that the poultry also belonged to Huo Huo's crops!  If nothing else, let’s talk about this chicken’s habit of digging for food. How can these newly emerged crop seedlings resist its claws!  Farmers are afraid of locusts because they represent no harvest, but what is the difference between these poultry and locusts now?  If you destroy the seedlings, doesn’t it still mean that there is no harvest?  !

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    The update will be stabilized in March.  (To be continued)

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