For several days, the entire Huaxia City was as usual.
There was no special event.
Li Shang was knocked unconscious by Liao Bao and stayed there for several days.
From that day on, Qing Cang never summoned him again.
He also understood the reason.
What is the purpose of .
So he has returned to Luoyang.
I believe that Luoyang will send people over again in the near future, but that is for the future.
Hua Yuanquan and others also brought back the newly recruited soldiers, who were now undergoing training.
The previous task of recruiting new soldiers for Xu Xun was handed over to Guo Jia because he was assigned to Jinyang.
However, precisely because of the intensive conscription during this period, the overall effect was not very good and people were not very motivated.
Some people even just wanted to be farmers and produce well.
From the side, this is also a good thing.
It shows that there is peace in Huaxia City and people are bent on seeking development and living and working in peace and contentment.
Since he has completed the task of recruiting 100,000 soldiers, this matter has become less important.
He can recruit as many as he can, and he is not too demanding.
There were only three people in the meeting hall: Qing Cang, Wu Chaojing, and Guo Jia.
Wu Chaojing was holding a piece of paper in his hand and seemed to have something to report.
The material of this paper was made by a paper machine and could not be copied by others.
"Yang Xiaomei wrote a letter saying that she was going to Jiuyuan to recruit.
The population along the way was sparse, and she was afraid of famine.
She also specifically mentioned that when passing along the road, a locust plague had already appeared, and the locust plague may spread to the east."
Jiuyuan was located in Bingzhou, which is now Xinzhou City.
At that time, they actually ate all the way here, so the speed would not be that fast.
It took about three days to reach Huaxia City.
The crops outside Huaxia City are growing very well, which is extremely fatal to locusts, so 80% of them will come to Huaxia City.
Locust swarms have caused unrest throughout history.
All the locusts in the world alone could cover 20% of the Earth's land area, eat up to 200 tons of plants every day, and affect the livelihoods of 10% of the world's population.
Qingcang had an unpleasant feeling when he heard the news.
Since ancient times, locust plagues have been very difficult to resist and the damage can only be minimized.
Therefore, he must make countermeasures within these three days, otherwise all efforts will be ruined.
The mouth of the locust.
Guo Jiadao: "Locust plagues have been inevitable in ancient and modern times.
Wherever they go, not a single blade of grass grows.
This is a natural disaster."
Qingcang asked: "When did you receive this letter?"
Wu Chaojing said: "I just received it, I will come over and report it immediately."
He murmured: "The flight speed of homing pigeons is about one hundred kilometers per hour, so this letter was sent about two hours ago, so we still have nearly three days."
How could Guo Jia understand what he was talking about, what speed he was talking about, and how to judge that there were still three days left.
The ancients didn't know things like speed.
And what he based his judgment on, they still had no idea.
Qingcang didn't give them a chance to ask.
Because the matter was urgent, he said: "Minister Wu, send the order and let the farmers harvest all the mature crops.
And let the craftsmen work overnight to make a finger-sized net.
The bigger the net, the thicker it is."
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Okay.
We also offer a reward for the best way to catch locusts and inform people that they must leave the city in three days and bring everything they can to catch locusts.”
Ancient fishing nets were made of coarse cloth and hemp as raw materials, and were made by bundling and rolling.
Although rough, the durability is good.
"yes" Wu Chaojing knew that this matter was no small matter, otherwise Qingcang wouldn't be so nervous.
He immediately trotted out to deal with it without asking why he did so.
If he knew that a locust plague would result in billions of locusts crossing the border and destroying crops wherever they went, it would be a huge blow to Huaxia City's agriculture.
Qingcang didn't want his hard work to be ruined.
Once agriculture is destroyed, various unstable factors will be completely amplified, which will be completely detrimental to his rule.
If there are such internal and external troubles, he will be devastated.
It can be said that if Yang Xiaomei had not been recruited into his team this time and she had not been allowed to quickly start the recruitment process, then the locust plague would have caught him off guard.
Everything seems to be destined somehow.
Although the whole incident is not good, with advance preparation, it will always develop in a good direction.
What he has to do now is to minimize the losses.
"Commander, do you need me to do anything?
Maybe I can assist Minister Wu."
"No, you have other things to do.
You will take the lead and lead the army to place firewood beside the farmland near Huaxia City.
Set up firewood piles every one foot and dig a pit two feet deep next to the firewood pile.
Do not transport soil away from the pile of firewood, and remember not to damage the farmland."
"Commander, this is related to the locust plague."
Guo Jia didn't understand the meaning of Qingcang's actions.
Qingcang only said: "Locusts can fly.
They will fight for the fire at night.
Once they are found, the locusts rushing towards them will be burned by the fire.
If they fall on the ground, they will be directly covered with soil." buried."
"Oh, then I'll go out and make arrangements now."
Guo Jia seemed to understand, but he didn't ask any more questions.
Because from Qingcang's words, we can feel that he is very professional.
Qingcang wouldn't explain to him the locust's phototaxis to orange light, because he wouldn't understand it even if he did.
This is what he saw in a research paper at that time.
Locusts are most active towards purple light.
But where can we get purple light in this era?
It is better to just set a fire to produce orange light, and through the fire, we can also Burn some locusts to death.
If an army of billions of locusts comes, even if he mobilizes all the people in the field to catch them, they probably won't be able to catch them all in one time.
The entire capture time may last until night.
The visibility is extremely poor at night, and the big locusts will just rest.
It becomes even more important to keep the fire going.
As for how much time it will take to capture, it is unknown.
"Come here, tell Yang Zizong" The entire main city is not big, so Yang Zizong entered the meeting hall after a while.
"Commander, please find me" "Yes, I want you to build a hundred houses fifty miles outside the south of the city within this month.
You don't want the best, but they want to be strong, fast, and each room must be able to accommodate ten beds."
"Commander, why are so many houses being built and so fast?"
As the Minister of Engineering, Yang Zizong didn't understand why Qing Cang did this.
"Because we are about to have a wave of immigration, and this wave of immigration is going to be quite ferocious, and we can only provide a large number of homes in a short period of time."
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After the locust plague, famine is bound to break out.
Once the famine comes, a large number of people will choose to immigrate.
They will immigrate to areas without famine, and Huaxia City is nothing more than a first choice.
The current population of Huaxia City is close to full.
If these people enter the city again, it will definitely be difficult to manage.
It would be better to build a new place for them to live.
As for the subsequent situation, he will naturally have countermeasures.
"I understand" Yang Zizong didn't ask too many questions, so he went down to deal with the matter
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