Wei Zhen clasped her hands behind her back, listening to the two maids chatting behind her, her eyes contented.

At this time, there was movement in the pocket of her sleeve. Wei Zhen raised it and saw Xiaohuo sticking his head out, "What's wrong?" Do you also smell the smell of freedom?

"Huh? It's Xiaohuo. It's so magical. It doesn't even need to hibernate." Xiaoqin wasn't afraid when she saw Xiaohuo. He was probably a mythical beast that understood human nature.

"Actually, the weather in the south is not too cold this year, and there is no snow or frost." It was not so warm in previous years, and Daqin knows the weather in the south better.

"It's nice to be warm, so many people won't freeze to death. There are old people who can't survive the winter of any year, and there are many children who die young."

As soon as Xiaoqin finished speaking, she saw Xiaohuo fly out of Wei Zhen's sleeve and directly into the green weeds and wheat seedlings.

"Eh? What is Xiao Huo going to do? Did he find the treasure?" I don't know if Xiao Huo can hunt for treasures, but Lao Bai is very good at it, so maybe Xiao Huo can do it?

Xiaoqin chased after her, pulling at the weeds to see what Xiaohuo was doing, "Hey, girl, Xiaohuo is eating insect eggs."

"There are so many insect eggs, some are gray, some are red, some are tender, some are soft, some are crispy, eh!" Xiaoqin felt a chill, but Xiaohuo was able to eat it! She even picked out the red and soft ones to eat,

It is indeed a mythical beast, I admire it!

Daqin also squatted down, inspected the surviving wheat seedlings, and frowned, "Girl, the weather is not cold, and there are a lot of insects growing in the crops.

If this situation continues, there may be an insect infestation next year.”

"Wow! No way, wouldn't it mean that there is no harvest, then how can we live this life?" Even if you can make money by working in a workshop downwind, if you don't have food to sell, how can you just make money?

Insect plagues occasionally occur in Da'an, and many people die every time.

Wei Zhen used her feet to open up the grass one by one, and sure enough, there were insect eggs everywhere. After that, she walked to several places and found them all along the long way.

It's really troublesome.

"Go to the village chief and have a look." We can't wait for the Chinese New Year. At this rate of reproduction, by the time the insects hatch, there won't be any grass roots left until spring.

We have to find a way. First, let's see if this ancient man has any clever tricks, or is this phenomenon normal? That shouldn't be possible.

There are such insect eggs everywhere on the grass and branches. This reminds Wei Zhen of the disaster Zhao Yuan mentioned, maybe adding an insect plague?

Floods and insect disasters in the south, drought in the north

The village chief was quickly called by Xiaoqin, "My eldest niece and Xiaoqin have told me that there are a lot of insect eggs?"

What's going on with this God? He won't let them live in peace for a while.

"Look." Looking at herself, Wei Zhen pointed to the grass on the ground, "There are some on the trees too."

The village chief's heart skipped a beat, and he straightened up and began to examine it carefully, "Oh my God, these are all eggs of locusts and heart-eating insects. They are all pests that eat crops. If there are no crops to eat, they can even eat up the grass.

It's going to end!" How can we deal with it if God doesn't give us a way to survive? Village chief Pan immediately panicked, "This kind of insect plague has happened in the exile village before, and more than half of the population starved to death."

Of course, there are Shunfeng workshops now, but not having food is also a disadvantage, it’s too hard!

"How did you deal with it before?" You can't just do it and wait for death, right?

"Huh! The locusts can be driven away for a while, but one after another comes, and you can't catch them all even if you want to. The heart-eating worms are even more terrible. They live inside the fruit, and you can't catch them even if you want.

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The village chief Pan sat down on the ground. The situation was serious and he had no choice. It was a natural disaster.

"What's going on? There was no severe drought this year, so how could there be so many locust eggs?" Village Chief Pan was puzzled.

Indeed, locusts must lay eggs on land with less than 50% vegetation coverage. If a place has beautiful mountains and clear waters and no bare land, locusts cannot breed.

However, now there are insect eggs even in the grass? Wei Zhen turned over the ground with her feet, and the answer came out. Because the ground and thin soil were already crowded, they overflowed to the plants.

"Oh my god! Insects are going to rule the world!" Xiaoqin exclaimed.

"There should be the source of a severe drought nearby, or a place with a large area of ​​dry plants. That's why it was pushed here because it couldn't fit there."

Then Wei Zhen added, "It is also possible that this is a sign of a severe drought, and it is also possible that there will be a flood. There will definitely be an epidemic after the major disaster, and we should make plans in advance.

To fight drought, dig ponds to store water; to fight floods, dredge water conservancy; to fight against plague or other diseases, research vaccines. There are no man-made disasters for the time being, but we must be vigilant and take precautions.

The top priority now is to organize manpower to find the source of the eggs. Lao Li and I will develop pesticides to kill as many as possible. Frogs and poultry are also the nemesis of locusts and other pests. Every household in the village can raise more chickens, ducks and geese.

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Go back and send someone to other villages to see if the situation is the same. Magistrate Ji and Magistrate Yuan will also inform them."

Human beings are indeed very small in the face of disasters, but they still have to fight in order to survive.

"Hey, okay, I'll notify the villagers to find the source of the bugs, but the number of these birds is limited. Five out of ten eggs that can be successfully hatched would be good."

Village Chief Pan sighed again, feeling anxious and uneasy.

"Then artificial incubation." If the temperature is enough, the eggs will hatch. Wei Zhen still understands this.

But the village chief stumbled and almost fell into the ditch, "What?!"

Can humans still hatch eggs? Where should they be placed? Under the belly? Will the eggs be squashed? Or will they be caught under the belly?

The village elder blushed. He couldn't think about it! He couldn't think about it! The image of people hatching eggs was unclean. It was unclean.

It's just an egg, is it necessary to be so excited? Wei Zhen looked at the village chief suspiciously, "Take the egg to the brick factory and put it in the fire pit, control the room temperature at around 37.8°C, and turn the eggs from the first to the eighteenth day.

It is required to turn the eggs every two hours at an angle of 45 degrees and dry the eggs at the same time.

Generally, the shell can be hatched at about 21 days of age. If it cannot be pecked open, artificial help is required.

I will make a few thermometers and you can just follow the recipe.

Oh, by the way, the eggs must be fertilized."

‘Plop!’ Pan Village Chief really fell into the ditch. What kind of sperm did he receive? Oh, it must be a delicate sperm.

Pan Village Chief got up in a panic and ran away quickly, "Okay, okay, I know, I know." I don't know what kind of fertilized egg it was, but when I shined the egg against the candlelight, I saw that there were black spots inside.

, the elderly usually use this kind of eggs to incubate hens, and the chicks can hatch in almost a month, but the survival rate is only half.

Is it true that if you bake this with an egg and turn it over, it won't be cooked? But, how wise is the princess, maybe, maybe, probably succeeded?

So chickens and ducks are still not allowed to roam around? Eating chicken every day is no longer a dream!

Oh, we still need to deal with the bug problem first. Even if we can kill half of the bugs and feed the rest to chickens and ducks, isn't that just right?

We also have to dig ponds and dredge rivers. Each of these is a major event. We must remember that we must do it without delay. This year has been a busy one.

After all, for the sake of survival, the whole village built it. Maybe there will be a bumper harvest next year.

Village Chief Pan was making calculations in his mind and suddenly stopped panicking.

"Girl, what are you running for, village chief? It's like chasing a dog."

"You don't want others to run away when there is an urgent matter. Time is money. Kill the insects early and hatch chickens and ducks early. By the end of next year, every family will have chickens to eat."

Maybe, probably, maybe

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