Everything went as expected, Qingcang took the lead and ordered the entire army to stand by outside the city.
They were all at the forefront, gathering in the west of the city.
Because this landowner is where locusts must pass, they are bound to land here.
Wu Chaojing said: "Commander, there are probably nearly 300,000 people in the city who responded to the call and harvested all the harvestable crops yesterday.
People also hate the locust plague.
I will also follow your instructions to collect all the harvestable crops."
After the nets were distributed, there were thousands of sacks.”
"Okay, I understand that the entire army is on standby."
It is not so much Qingcang's high prestige as it is that people are doing it for their own livelihood.
Once the crops are destroyed, the losses will be tragic, and most people still accept money from the Chinese Legion before planting these crops.
Once the crops are gone, in addition to the crop losses, they will also have to pay a sum of money, which is equivalent to adding insult to injury.
Since the city lords have taken the initiative, they have no reason to ignore this matter.
For myself and for this city.
People were crowded around the city, waiting for the locusts to appear.
Just the day before, Qingcang sent people to check, and the result was that the locust plague was really heading towards Huaxia City.
According to his calculations, they would arrive at noon today, so he gathered a large number of people here to wait for them. arrival.
Suddenly someone exclaimed.
"Has the weather changed?
Look, there are dark clouds in the west."
Following the direction the man pointed, people saw that the west was indeed completely dark and was moving rapidly towards Huaxia City.
An old man said: "It shouldn't rain at this time, and I haven't seen any reaction to my rheumatism for many years.
That cloud is not a dark cloud."
"It's not a dark cloud, what is that?"
Someone shouted immediately, with a tone full of panic.
"It's locusts" This cry immediately caused panic.
A large number of locusts were rushing towards Huaxia City.
The darkness was so dense that people were panicking.
There were at least billions of locusts in this batch.
Only then did people remember that the purpose of today was to get rid of these locusts.
Obviously, they were coming.
In less than five minutes they would reach the crop fields outside the city.
The people closest to them can vaguely hear the sound of their wings flapping, which is buzzing and makes people feel extremely upset.
At this time, people actually had some expectations for the future locusts.
"The Lord of the City said that fifty catties per person is the quota.
If you catch more, you can exchange it for money."
"I heard that locusts taste great, and now it's great, they are bringing us delicious food directly."
"No, there are many ways to eat it, and it's most delicious when fried."
"I can't help but eat it.
Come on, locusts."
"My nets are all ready, just waiting for them to come" "I even brought the basket."
People were shouting and shouting, no longer panic, replaced by excitement.
"We should be enjoying the hardships."
"This is probably the first time in my life that I can still laugh when faced with a locust plague."
Qingcang cleared his throat and said: "Residents of Huaxia City, today will be our most difficult time.
I, Qingcang, am here to ask everyone to put all the invaders into sacks.
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This year's harvest depends on all of you."
This can be regarded as cheering and at the same time it also makes people full of morale.
Ren Zhen shouted: "The good city lord has said so.
If we don't pay something, we won't be able to justify it."
At the same time, people chanted slogans in unison, and everyone shouted in unison: "Destroy the locusts" "Destroy the locusts" "Destroy the locusts" Qingcang was very satisfied with the reaction of these people.
He turned to the army and shouted: "All the armies listen to the order and help the people to clear this locust plague together."
"yes" The army of 100,000 people dispersed quickly.
At this moment, they were on the front line, trying to kill some of the locusts first.
Each person held a large net in their hands.
The net was quickly opened and pointed in the direction of the locusts.
A large number of locusts were like an army pressing down on the territory.
Facing the green crops outside Huaxia City, they seemed to speed up their flight, and their greedy nature was undoubtedly revealed.
The whole sky has been obscured by them and has lost its color.
Finally, they descended from the sky and reached the edge of the field.
Some of the locusts had already begun to eat away at the nearby plants.
At the same time, people also went out, some with nets, some with baskets, some with sacks, and some of the people in the crowd were whole families.
The first wave of locusts arrived and were quickly captured directly by people at the front.
This brief victory gave people confidence, but these captured locusts were just the tip of the iceberg.
The real army is still behind.
They suddenly dispersed in all directions, and a large number of locusts continued to fall to the ground and began to eat away at the crops on the ground.
The soldiers of the Chinese Legion began to set up a large net and aimed it at the large number of flying locusts.
A large number of locusts were trapped in the net.
At this time, specialized people brought sacks and began to collect the locusts on the net.
A sack was soon filled, and these sacks were transported to a special place to await further processing.
Only about twenty minutes have passed, and hundreds of sacks have been filled.
This is really terrifying.
The weight of billions of locusts is approximately more than 50,000 tons.
Such a huge weight, distributed, plus If there were 100,000 people in the legion, and a total of 400,000 people participated, one person would have to catch at least 250 kilograms to catch them all.
In fact, it is not possible to catch that many.
First, although these locusts gather together, they are basically separated when they land.
It is easy to catch a group, but it is difficult to catch them if they disperse.
Secondly, human physical strength is limited, and if you have to catch locusts all day long, you will be overwhelmed if you can bear up to 50 pounds per person.
The remaining four-fifths are basically impossible.
And the golden period for catching them is the moment they land.
Although I say this, we cannot give up catching because of the difficulties.
That is a reflection of negativity.
Despite the difficulties, people have no intention of stopping.
As the capture continued, sacks continued to be piled aside, eventually stacking into a shape the size of a hill.
"Report to Commander, the thousands of sacks we prepared are no longer enough."
A sack can hold hundreds of kilograms at most.
Facing 50,000 tons of locusts, there must be at least more than 200,000 locusts.
This was just the beginning, but the sack was already full.
It was obvious that Qing Cang was not expecting it.
"Come here, send people into the city to buy a large number of sacks.
Second, throw the sacks containing the locusts into the moat.
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When the locusts die, they will be dumped in one place to wait for processing."
There are only two possible ways now.
One is to add new sacks, but the quantity will definitely not increase in a short time.
The second is to empty the sacks containing locusts.
If you want to empty the sacks, you have to consider the problem of locusts.
The only way is to kill them all, and the only way to kill them seems to be flooding.
"yes" The guards immediately went down and began to lead everyone to drown the locusts in the moat
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