Take the department store back to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 669

Under Yuan Tan's call.

The soldiers of the Shence Army united tightly around him, and launched a vigorous and vigorous rodent eradication campaign.

All over the barracks are soldiers with weapons to exterminate rats.

But the efficiency of such rodent control is too low.

Rats have gradually learned to be smart and only come out at night, which greatly exacerbates the difficulty of eradicating rats.

Based on the area, Yuan Tan estimated the number of rats, probably in the millions.

The plague of locusts counted in the billions and the plague of rats in the millions have always been the great enemy of human civilization.

He didn't just wait for the result after giving an order.

Instead, he went to a department store to learn about rodent control.

However, most of them are not suitable for the Three Kingdoms era.

Fortunately, many mousetraps are available in this day and age.

So Yuan Tan vigorously taught, what is a return mousetrap, a mousetrap.

What he is most optimistic about is a wooden barrel mouse trap, that is, a stick is placed on the wooden barrel with delicious food in the middle.Put some oil on the stick, and as soon as the mouse left, it fell into the barrel.The walls of the wooden barrel are also smooth and cannot be climbed up.

However, the effect of these mousetraps is not so obvious, which really makes Yuan Tan unbelievable.

The third day after the plague of rats spread.

Grain camp.

High security.

There are mousetraps everywhere, and the mice that occasionally come out during the day are also being hunted down by many soldiers.

A grain store official brought people to a grain store.

Grain hoards, that is, the kind of grain hoards that Lu Su presented to Sun Ce in history, with a hoard of three thousand shi.

It is a huge cylinder surrounded by woven mats that can keep out wind and rain, and a mushroom hat on top.This building can ensure that the food will not go moldy.

"Hong Hai?" The food store officer shouted.

Immediately, a corps leader ran over, and their corps was responsible for protecting the grain stockpile.

"Use your grain today." The grain store official said.

"Here." Hong Hai yelled: "Ren Xiaoliu, immediately lead someone to open a warehouse to release food!"

"Here!"

Immediately, the whole army was dispatched, and they worked together to open the barn door.

"My God!" Ren Xiaoliu was sitting on the ground at that time.

The food store officer looked inside and was furious, "Hong Hai, you have no protection against rats!"

Hong Hai was terrified, "My lord, let it go, it will definitely be guarded. It is still strictly guarded, and there are three shifts, and not a single mouse has entered."

"So you are stealing food?"

"No, my lord. This is even more unfair. All of us have military merits, and we can't finish the food at home. Why steal food?"

The grain storage officer frowned, took out the bookkeeper, turned the page, and pointed out: "This grain storage is full, why is there only one third left now, what do you say?"

"This." Of course Hong Hai knew that he was guarding a full warehouse, and he couldn't deny that.

He was also a witty person, and immediately ordered: "Remove, dismantle all the food stores."

In a short while, the food store was completely disassembled and thrown aside, it can still be assembled next time.

Hong Hai saw that there was only one-third of the food left, walked over, and picked it up with his hands.

After a few strokes, the top of the entire grain pile was like a fountain, and piles of mice poured out.

Everyone's face changed greatly.

Unexpectedly, thousands of mice gathered in the huge grain storage, and they had almost eaten the grain from the inside.

The food storage officer said in horror: "Quickly, send a message, open and check all the food storage, and tell the military division the news..."

……

Chinese army tent.

Yuan Tan read the report of the rat attack on the grain and grass camp with a sullen expression.

Unexpectedly, he was surprised by the mouse before he thought of a way to surprise Cao Cao.

The food deficit is very serious.

Guo Jia said cautiously: "My lord, these rats are hard to guard against. The food and grass are piled there, and they cannot be moved easily. The rats get in from the bottom and eat like crazy..."

"..." Yuan Tan.

Jia Xu stroked his beard, "My lord, after the news spread, the morale of the army was quite shaken. These defenders neglected their duties and killed a few to make an example."

"..." Yuan Tan.Still didn't say anything.

But he will not learn from Cao Cao to kill the grain officials and throw the pot away.

"Hahahaha..." Yuan Tan laughed.

Everyone could clearly see that it was a wry smile.

Yuan Tan said: "It's no wonder that the number of rats on the surface has dropped sharply during this period of time. It turned out that they were all moved underground, and there were even little rats...."

What's more, she came with a pregnancy.

"Their main direction of attack is still the food and grass camp. Although it has been strictly guarded against, the rats will dig holes and break through from the inside. We must continue to hunt rats."

Jia Xu said: "But my lord, these mice have food to eat, and they are not interested in mousetrap at all."

"This... I'll come up with a solution." Yuan Tan pondered.

on the other hand.

Inside Tongguan.

Cao Cao's civil and military conference wants to convey a good news.

After everyone arrives.

Sima Yi came out with joy on his face, "There is definite news that there is a rat plague in Hongnong City, and it has spread to the Shence Army's camp outside the pass two days ago."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Very good. At this moment, Yuan Xiansi's food and grass must be supplied to the army, the disaster victims, and the rats. It won't last long."

Cao Hong came out, very energetic, "The reproductive ability of mice is amazing, even more amazing than rabbits. There is a saying, one male plus one female, three hundred and five a year. A mouse can conceive after 40 days, three hundred How many children can five have? Yuan Tan must be under a lot of pressure."

"Hohohoho..." Xiahou Dun and the others were still very serious in front of Cao Cao, and never smiled unless they couldn't help it.

On the contrary, Xun Yu, the military advisor, was very cautious. He was the most far-reaching strategist Cao Cao had seen.

Cao Cao nodded, "Wen Ruo is my evening drum and morning bell. You are right in reminding me, but there is no need to worry too much."

He also said: "Guanzhong is rich in land, and rat plagues have always occurred frequently, and the city wall of Tongguan has always been the boundary line of rat plagues in Guanzhong."

"Immediately send my order to dig a zhang-deep trench before the pass and fill it with water from the Yellow River. This will not only resist Yuan Tan's attack, but also prevent rats."

Shortly after.

Cao Cao appeared at the head of the majestic Tongguan City, looking at the land of Guanzhong, the loess and the blue sky.

The densely packed Shence barracks were no longer a serious concern to him.

It was as if he had already seen Yuan Tan's majestic figure chasing the mouse.

Can't help laughing, "Hehe, my dear brother, you will definitely lose this time, this is destiny."

……

Another day passed.

With dawn comes.

The Shence barracks became lively, and the first thing the soldiers did when they woke up was to see how many mice had been caught by their own mousetraps.

The barrel trap was the one that caught the most mice, but there were only two or three small shrimps, and most of the other traps were empty.

Those hair cakes and other baits have dried up, and they seem to be very depressed that they have no effect.

Chinese army tent.

Zhao Yun and the others came one after another, seeing each other as if they didn't think about food or tea.

"Military division, why don't we transfer it." Xu Huang said.

Jia Xu said: "General Xu Huang, none of this is of any use, the rats will follow us."

At this time Yuan Tan came out from the back tent.

Everyone was silent and saluted.

Yuan Tan sat in front of the table with a solemn expression, and put a plate of spicy noodles on the table.

When everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, he also took out more things.

Broken instant noodles, crispy rice and other small snacks.

Dozens of kinds, full of cases.

"???"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay again. At this time of crisis, they did not expect that the eldest son would have such a good appetite.

(End of this chapter)