Husband and wife are hot on the kang

It's just that this good mood didn't last long. There were two spring rains in April, and everyone hurriedly plowed the land to prepare for the May Festival.

After the May Festival as in previous years, we started farming.

Because it is to grow garlic, Yu Liangji simply enlarged the hole of the columbine car, just enough to roll the garlic cloves to plant, and the columbine car with the plow can plant the field quickly!

A few days later, Shibalipu finished planting.

Someone from Zhangjiacun came to visit secretly, and found that Shibalipu really planted a lot of spring garlic!

At the beginning of spring, everyone still thought that the Zhang family brothers were perfunctory to them. How could anyone not grow food and garlic?

But in fact, they really planted so much garlic!

While they couldn't figure it out, they felt that they made the right choice. What the Hou Fu said to the two brothers of the Zhang family was true!

But planting garlic is not the determination that ordinary people can have, but Mr. Zhang really planted garlic!

I have already agreed with Yu Liangji that his family will also be included in the sale of garlic and cabbage.

Remember, it is a family, not Zhangjiacun!

However, the people in Zhangjia Village, because they have suffered a lot, have gained experience, and they will grow whatever Mr. Zhang's family grows!

Mr. Zhang, dumbfounded, brought his wife to the Hou's mansion while the weather was fine, and told Yu Liangji about Zhangjiacun.

"I didn't expect that they really planted garlic!" The old man said sadly, "Can I meet shopkeeper Gu? Tell him about our village? They also plant a lot of garlic, and cabbage is probably as well." You have to learn from Shibalipu."

In the past, everyone who farmed the land just wanted to have a little food and clothing, but now everyone who farms the land values ​​making money!

Isn't Shibalipu just farming to make money and make a fortune!

"That's a good thing. Planting garlic can at least kill a lot of things. I'll send someone to contact shopkeeper Gu. Your two elders will stay here for two more days." Yu Liangji happily agreed.

In fact, he thought of this as early as when there were bugs in the greenhouse, but he also knew that many people would have objections to letting people grow garlic instead of food. This time they took the lead in planting garlic, which was a precedent.

The second elder lived in Hou's mansion, and went to the school to see his grandson and grandson. The shopkeeper Gu arrived at Hou's mansion soon, and said to Mr. Zhang: "As long as it is good garlic, clean, we will accept it, mainly garlic. Don’t touch the soil, the skin must be clean, and Chinese cabbage, after planting spring garlic, immediately plant autumn cabbage, and then harvest together.”

"Can you ask for so much?" The old man was a little unbelievable.

According to the old man's idea, garlic is seasoning, and cabbage can't be eaten as a meal!

"The Liaodong Prefecture transports large quantities of cabbage, garlic and peppers every year, and they are in short supply every year. There is not enough to sell." Shopkeeper Gu said with a smile: "They specialize in kimchi and use a lot of it, and they not only eat it for themselves , sell it, and make money!"

Of course, the kimchi craftsmanship is more authentic in Liaodong Mansion, even in the tribute.

"Won't it affect Shibalipu?" After all, they are all the same thing.

"No, the more the better!" Gu shopkeeper said: "There are mountains and rivers in Liaodong, and there are not many flat lands. It is hard to grow food. How can I grow cabbage, garlic and peppers!"

These three things are missing every year, and the Governor of Liaodong Mansion is also turning gray in a hurry.

"That's good, that's good." Mr. Zhang was relieved.

The next day, Yu Liangji asked Steward He to escort the elders back to Zhangjiacun.

The garlic seedlings popped up in the field, and Yu Liangji went to the field to see them. The emergence rate was very high, and there was basically no need to replant them.

And in his experimental field, all the crops he carefully selected were planted, and some were also planted in the greenhouse.

The flat peach tree is well taken care of. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the emperor's accession to the throne and his fiftieth birthday. Yu Liangji plans to offer flat peaches during the Chinese New Year.

May is sunny and sunny, the summer rain is slightly sunny, and the fields are green.

Yu Liangji inspected his own experimental field, took a small hoe and began to weed and root out, and recorded the growth of these things by the way.

Agriculture cannot be developed overnight. First of all, this kind of seeds must be optimized to promote their growth, and the soil quality must be taken care of. The soil quality here is good, not to mention the oily fertilizer, but it is almost the same. There is no need for chemical fertilizers and urea. , but in other barren places, it is said that there is a market for chemical fertilizers and urea.

At this time, Shi Hongda came over, and pulled Yu Liangji up with a serious face: "I have something to ask you, go to the study to talk."

"Oh, I'll change my shoes and wash my hands!" Yu Liangji looked at his muddy feet and hands, how could he go to the study like this?

After going, I'm afraid the family members will have to clean up afterwards.

"Hurry up!" Shi Hongda thought that he was not used to entering the study so dirty, so he didn't think much, and let someone into the bathroom to wash up.

So Liangji came out after washing, sat on a chair and wiped his hair and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"The observation station on the grassland has news that there is a pest infestation in the grassland." Shi Hongda frowned deeply: "It's locusts."

"Locusts?" Yu Liangji put down the towel: "The kind that can fly?"

"Well, but not too much." The news over there is generally rarely passed on, and after all, it is the territory of foreign races.

As for this news, it was sent back with the caravan when they went to buy woolen beef cattle and other commodities.

Since the snow disaster that year, the largest tribe of the foreign tribe fell apart, and the grassland of the foreign tribe has stopped a lot, and they are still burdened with huge debts!

War compensation and snow disaster loan after the defeat....

Let them be more afraid of the Central Plains people, and never do business with them unless necessary!

So the message is a bit difficult.

Yu Liangji frowned. Locusts were no stranger to him. Back then, there was a farmer who specialized in raising insects!

Locusts are insects of the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera.Commonly known as "grasshopper", there are many types, and there are more than [-] species in the world.

Distributed in tropical and temperate grasslands and deserts all over the world.The mouthparts are hard, the forewings are narrow and tough, covered on the hind wings, the hind wings are very thin, and the flying ability is strong, the hind limbs are well developed, and they are very good at jumping.It mainly harms gramineous plants and is the most threatening one among agricultural pests.

Because it can fly!

And it's a long-distance flight!

If they form a pile, even weeds can be eaten clean!

Otherwise, why would there be a saying that "locusts cross the border, leaving no grass behind".

According to historical records for thousands of years, locusts that cause devastating agricultural disasters are mainly migratory locusts, and it is believed that drought and migratory locusts have the greatest chance or correlation in the same year, followed by droughts in the previous year and floods followed by droughts , grasshoppers into pieces; locust disasters and floods, drought disasters often occur one after another, alternately, have been the three major natural disasters that seriously threaten agricultural production and affect people's lives.

When Yu Liangji thought of this, he thought of the snow disaster that year, and the early spring return this year, and there were only two rains in such a long time, and they were both quite small.

In this way, the eggs hatch in advance, and the adults reproduce in advance, and this thing can fly at a very fast speed!

"The small number can't be ignored, this thing is multiplying fast!" Yu Liangji thought for a while, and it's impossible to use medicine. Let's talk about the location first, it's in the foreign grassland, and his family just finished fighting with them, let them live or die!

Secondly, it is a dream to let them bring a large number of people into the country to exterminate the locusts. Even if they bring pesticides, it is estimated that the other party will be able to bring them explosives!

Moreover, this era is too backward, artificially extracted pesticides can be used in small areas, but not in large areas, the production process is too complicated, and it can be done in the laboratory, and it may take ten or eight years for mass production. I heard that the capital has already started. A pesticide factory is being built.

"Then what should we do?" Shi Hongda's expression was not good.

"Let me think about it!" Yu Liangji was also grinding in the room.

In the past, they specially bred locusts to eat, but now they don't know if they can get rid of locusts.

"What if they were arrested manually?" Yu Liangji looked at Shi Hongda.

"Catch bugs?" Shi Hongda froze.

He has caught enemies, beasts, and all kinds of things, but he has never caught worms, maybe he caught them when he was a child?

"I heard that locusts don't eat anything other than food, grass, or anything that isn't fresh, so it must taste good!" Yu Liangji rubbed his chin: "We can promote a locust feast."

Shi Hongda: "...!"

"The other thing is to feed more chickens, ducks and geese. Poultry and worms are natural enemies. Chickens, ducks and geese that eat worms will still be healthy." Yu Liangji said again.

Shi Hongda: "...!"

"Tell everyone that you are not allowed to shoot birds, not any birds. It is better if there are more birds, and more insects can be eaten!" Yu Liangji thought of another way.

"...Let's do this first!" Although it sounded off-key, this was the only person who offered useful advice, and Shi Hongda rushed to report.

Yu Liangji was rummaging through the report in the study. They only noticed the weather change at that time, why didn't they check it, and various natural disasters caused by the weather change!

Now it seems that what he thinks is right, something will happen if the weather is abnormal, maybe it is drought, maybe it is a pest disaster.

There were floods in the north as well, but at that time he thought it shouldn't be a flood.

In his era, floods in [-] were simply too rare!

Because of the locust incident, both Yu Liangji and Shi Hongda were in a heavy mood. They ate at noon and were not very stable when they took a nap.

In June, the weather was hot. Although it was not yet dry, there were definitely signs of drought.

It's time to shovel the ground for the first time.

Because garlic is planted in the field, it is very convenient to shovel the ground, and Yu Liangji's [-] mu of fertile land, which is planted with various varieties, is also shoveled in one go.

This year, only Yu Liangji's experimental field needs to be shoveled twice. The garlic seedlings planted in the field can be harvested in July, so there is no need to shovel the field twice.

After the harvest is over, the seeds are planted with Chinese cabbage immediately, and it will be harvested after the beginning of autumn.

This is a rare arrangement in the north where crops can be harvested twice.

In June and a half, bad news came.

"Grassland, locust plague!" Looking at the news in his hand, Shi Hongda felt extremely bitter.

It turned out to be a prairie locust!

The most powerful kind of locust!

"It is said that because of the locusts in the grassland, Jinbi King's Court was directly reduced from a unified royal court on the grassland to a small tribe, and went away quietly, and there has been no news of it so far." Yu Liangji thought of the record in the historical records. One tribe unified the behemoths of the grassland, but because of an outbreak of grasshopper locusts, they completely lost their traces.

A prairie locust that even a royal tribe with 10,000+ people can't compete with!

Moreover, at that time, grassland locusts entered the Central Plains, which also caused a shock in the court at that time, and finally consumed the climate of a dynasty in that era.

The two of them didn't know that the first line of defense at the border, thousands of miles away, had already welcomed the arrival of grassland locusts covering the sky and the sun!

The sound was buzzing, black and yellow like a cloud, rising from the sky of the grassland, slowly covering half of the sky!

"It's locusts!" A soldier on duty rang the gong, and did not sound the alarm directly according to the enemy's attack specifications because the opponent was a worm.

The marshal who was stationed on the first line of defense climbed onto the city wall, and what he saw was a black and yellow cloud, buzzing towards them, and only when he got closer did he realize that it was a mass of locusts connected to the ground, countless Grassland locusts fly alternately, and there is really no blade of grass anywhere they pass!

"Look for the bug net, let everyone pull up a big net, and block as much as you can!" Joining the army has already begun to direct the manpower.

As if preparing for a tough battle, everyone was ready to fight, but when the bugs arrived, they discovered a dumbfounding fact!