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Text Chapter 171 Harvesting Locusts

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    Zhou Tian had often heard the name of the Locust Plague, but given the environment he had lived in before, there was no possibility that Zhou Tian had actually seen it.  After the earth has reached modern times, most of the areas have been turned into concrete roads. Even if there are locusts living on the boundaries, because farmers raise more chickens and ducks and like to spray pesticides, there is no living space for those insects.  Therefore, history books have recorded many scenes of locust plagues, but Zhou Tian himself has never seen a locust plague in person. Although he was prepared to deal with the locust plague based on the books he had read before, he could not seriously read it.  When he arrived at the scene of the locust plague, he still couldn't help but feel his heart tremble a few times.

    "Is this a locust plague?" Zhou Tian doesn't know what the locust plague is like on the earth, but the locust plague in this world right now is quite terrifying.  A large number of adult insects continuously emerge from the ground, and then they pounce on some plants and eat them up in less than a minute.

    I believe that if there are really locusts forming a swarm, then even a forest can be eaten away by them in just a few minutes.

    Zhou Tian only learned from the introduction of people around him that the locusts in this world would lay eggs directly in the ground after devouring the corresponding food.  Under the current environment, they can even absorb nutrients from the ground and grow into adults within a few days.  And in this process, even if you use earth magic, it is difficult to kill all the larvae without causing large-scale damage.

    After adults appear in a large area, it will not be easy to exterminate them.

    In fact, just before Zhou Tian arrived at that place, Huangshi Leader had already organized many people to deal with the locusts there.  As soon as almost 10% of the locusts appeared, the magicians who had been waiting there would use magic to extinguish them. If they hadn't been there, the locust plague would have ended long ago.  It has arrived in all areas of the Principality of Yellowstone.

    "This is not an option!" Most of the locust plagues in the world are basically extinguished in this way, but now the locust plague in Huangshi Territory happens to be in the grain-producing area.  Under such a situation, those locusts will not be short of food in a short period of time. As long as there is no shortage of food, it is impossible to exterminate them according to the current method.

    Now, although Zhou Tian¡¯s magicians can suppress the reproduction of locusts.  But no matter how high a magician is, their magic power is always limited. If their magic power is exhausted, those locusts will naturally have no power to suppress them.

    Therefore, while the magicians under his command can still persist, Zhou Tian must find a way to suppress the reproduction of locusts.  Otherwise, without the suppression of those magicians, it is estimated that all the food in the food-producing area of ????Huangshi Territory today will eventually be fed to locusts.

    And there was a locust plague here on Sunday, so it is estimated that this situation may also happen in other countries.  Although not all locust swarms have a chance to grow, it is certain that food this year will be scarcer than in previous years.  Based on the virtues of those empires, Zhou Tian knew without thinking that after the locust plague passed, it would be almost impossible for his principality to buy food from outside.  And if there ever comes a day when there is not enough food in the country, it will become a serious obstacle to the development of their principality.

    "Why didn't the civilians join in?" Zhou Tian was curious. The fields were obviously their lifeblood, but when there was a locust plague, why were the farmers indifferent?

    "Your Majesty, because they are afraid of being accidentally injured by magic, they don't dare to get too close. And if the locusts swarm, they will also be a fatal threat to people, so"

    "Go, tell the people on the periphery that I am willing to pay for locusts, one copper coin each, and I will take as much as you want. Well, let those magicians give up their suppression of an area."

    Although I didn't understand why Zhou Tian wanted so many locusts, but when he thought that Zhou Tian wanted to mobilize the civilians to exterminate the locusts in this way, the official next to Zhou Tian did not hesitate to use Zhou Tian's  The order was passed on.

    In the end, things developed exactly as Zhou Tian expected.

    Although one copper coin is not much, catching a locust is actually a very simple matter in the eyes of those civilians.  In this way, based on the calculation ability of those farmers, they also know that if they are really willing to do it, catching locusts will eventually bring them a lot of income.  Maybe by then, just by catching locusts, they will be able to make up for the losses they suffered today due to the locust plague.

    Never underestimate the power of those civilians. Usually they are easy to bully.??When he met a noble, he even let them beat him and scold him even though he knew he would die.  However, that is because those nobles did not really trample on their bottom line. If one day the common people really feel that they have no way to survive, then it often means that there will be unrest in that country.

    At the moment, Zhou Tian naturally did not push the civilians in his country to that point, but he used the power of money to mobilize those civilians.  For money and food, or for their own families, there are often many civilians who are willing to risk their lives for it.  Isn¡¯t it just about catching locusts now?  In the absence of a locust plague, such a thing is not considered dangerous to the civilians.  In this way, just for the reward offered by Zhou Tian, ??countless civilians who had only been watching from the sidelines directly dragged their families and families to join the team to capture the locusts.

    "It's really terrifying!" When he saw that the locust plague that could not be extinguished even with magic was gradually showing signs of being extinguished when faced with the capture of the group of civilians, he followed Zhou Tian at that time.  The group of officials couldn't help but feel a little unbelievable at that time.

    Magic can only kill locusts on the surface, so the larvae underground will emerge from the ground again after absorbing enough nutrients.  And what about those civilians?  They catch the adults on the ground, but the larvae below the ground are not spared either.  The adults caught the adults, but the children used various tools to dig out the larvae underneath. It only took a while. As the bags they carried became more and more full, the locust plague that seemed to be invincible at that time turned out to be  There are already faint signs of being extinguished.

    "Your Majesty, someone has brought locusts over to exchange money, do you think?"

    "Do you still need me to teach you about this kind of thing? Why don't you cash it in for others quickly!" After listening to the words of his officials, Zhou Tian couldn't help but glared at them fiercely, and then ordered him to quickly kill those civilians.  The caught locusts were collected.

    (I am extremely grateful to Zhan Feng j for the reward, and I sincerely thank you for your continued support.)
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