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Chapter 211 Epoch-making pesticide 【Subscription】

To be honest, the style of painting at this time is a bit strange.

They are running an experiment.

Test whether the medicine they have prepared can kill the locusts.

Soon, the medicine was sprinkled into the glass and touched the surface of a lively locust.

After a while, the locust stopped jumping.

A locust that was alive and well, after being sprayed with the liquid medicine, instantly withered.

Only the occasional twitch of the legs and feet remained.

"Quick! Cut a slice and get it under a microscope. The old man wants to observe the specific condition of the cells!"

Immediately afterwards, Chao Yuanfang shouted hastily.

Sun Simiao hurriedly put on his gloves, sliced ​​the dead locust, and put it under the eyepiece of the microscope.

The three heads... came together again.

Observed carefully.

And Xu Mu watched from the sidelines.

In the past few days, the three of them have tried several times. Although the first few times were able to kill the locusts, but...

The speed is still too slow.

The pesticide effect is much worse than what Xu Mu imagined.

That's right, with Chao Yuanfang, the master of pharmacology and medicine king Sun Simiao, with the help of a microscope, Xu Mu set up a subject for Chao Yuanfang a few months ago.

Research how to kill insects.

That is pesticides.

According to the normal historical development, the real pesticides would have to be developed in the Ming Dynasty.

But in fact, since medicine can be useful to people, it can also be useful to locusts.

It's just because of the limitations of ancient people's thinking, although medicine is developing, it has never been used in locust control!
Needless to say, this is extremely unfortunate.

Pesticides... a weapon that can effectively prevent pests and diseases were not developed until the Ming Dynasty.

"Hopefully this time it works!"

Looking at this scene, Xu Mu was also a little excited.

Locusts in this era have no so-called drug resistance.

As long as he develops an effective and powerful pesticide, the locusts will almost die at the touch of a finger, and the plague of locusts will be won without a fight!

At this moment, Chao Yuanfang had been staring at the microscope, and the seventy-year-old man couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's done!"

"Success!"

Under the magnification, he looked more carefully.

Witness the decay process of locust cells with your own eyes.

"My lord, it's done! This medicine... well, pesticide, has been successfully developed! And the medicinal materials are not rare, and can be produced in large quantities!"

After success, Chao Yuanfang took the unknown liquid in the glass and handed it to Xu Mu.

Wearing gloves, Xu Mu took...the world's first batch of pesticides.

Also very excited.

"Okay! If you can exterminate the locusts this time, your medical department will be doing a great job!" Xu Mu said, he has enough confidence to deal with this locust plague.

After a pause, Xu Mu continued, "In the next few days, you will make batches of medicines, and Wanmin City needs a lot of pesticides!"

Chao Yuanfang clasped his fists together and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the medical department has already trained many doctors who can participate in this medicine! I just don't know... How much does your Majesty want?"

Chao Yuanfang was fine if he didn't ask, but when he asked, he was frightened on the spot.

"Three thousand catties!" Xu Mu waved his hand.

Just kidding, his medicine will cover both inside and outside of Wanmin City.

He will cover the crops of the mountains.

"So it's up to you whether Wanmin City can survive the locust plague this time!" Xu Mu patted on Chao Yuan's side.

And then slipped away.

Next, the epoch-making pesticide appeared, and he needed to find Fang Xuanling.

Let Fang Xuanling send a small official to prepare to spray pesticides on the people.

After Xu Mu left, Chao Yuanfang and the three looked at each other.

They smiled wryly at each other.

"This locust plague is coming, and the people are short of these things. In the past few days, I won't be going back, and I will work with you to make pesticides!" Sun Simiao said in a deep voice, the most enlightened.

Chao Yuanfang also nodded and said: "That's the reason. Fortunately, the Lord predicted the locust plague in advance, otherwise..."

Three months ago, Xu Mu found him.

Tell him to let him develop medicines that can target pests and diseases such as locusts.

At that time Xu Mu had not explained the reason.

Only now did Chao Yuan really understand the Lord's foresight.

"Three months ago?" Sun Simiao's eyes flickered, showing surprise.

……

Under the overtime work of Chao Yuanfang, Sun Simiao and others, the first batch of pesticides was quickly sent to the Lord's Mansion.

After Fang Xuanling received the pesticide, he immediately led the small officials, took the lead, and went to the outside of the city to help the people's crops to be sprayed and protected.

This scene naturally aroused the onlookers of the people.

The crops in the farmland have withered and turned yellow due to lack of water.

To be honest, because of the drought, most people have given up on themselves.

If those crops are not dried up, they will also be eaten by locusts.

They have no thought of tending the farmland at all.

Just after they all gave up their own crops, under the leadership of Fang Xuanling, the small officials of the Lord's Mansion stood in the terraced fields on the west mountain for the first time to spray under the scorching sun.

Xishan is the closest to Wanmin City.

The dryness of farmland here is also the most serious.

Now the water in the mountain stream... can only sustain human drinking.

Not at all adequate to support irrigation.

"Director Fang, this amount of water is not enough. These crops are hopeless, so don't waste water." Seeing Fang Xuanling and others spraying pesticides on the crops, the onlookers thought they were irrigating and couldn't help but joked.

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, and said to them: "This thing is called pesticide, it can cure locusts."

After finishing speaking, I didn't explain so much.

His task today is relatively heavy. After spraying the west mountain in the morning, he will go to another mountain in the afternoon.

These pesticides came from the medical department. After watering them, they were all sprayed on the leaves of the crops.

But the people mistakenly thought it was watering.

In this way, under the watchful eyes of the people in Xishan, Fang Xuanling led hundreds of small officials and spent the whole morning spraying all the crops in Xishan.

Before leaving, he also told the master bus agent: "These crops have been sprayed with pesticides, so they cannot be eaten in the near future. They must be washed before eating. Everyone must pay attention!"

The people all laughed and said, "Don't worry, Director Fang, these crops are not yet ripe!"

Although they didn't know what a pesticide was, they gradually knew that it was a drug developed by the Medical Department under Fang Xuanling's publicity.

It is said that it can control locusts.

Although they don't have much hope for it.

……

On the same day, Fang Xuanling led the small officials over the mountains and ridges, and began to spray pesticides on the people.

But...there are too many mountains.

And with the passage of time, many scattered locusts have appeared outside Wanmin City.

Foretells that the plague of locusts is coming.

Time was running out, and as a last resort, Xu Mu began to mobilize the troops stationed in the city to enter the mountains and spray pesticides!

With the help of the army, after five days, all the farmlands outside Wanmin City were sprayed with pesticides.

Fang Xuanling and the petty officials from the General Affairs Department returned to their respective homes exhausted.

Xu Mu gave them three days off at a time.

But this time, facing the homeless Fang Xuanling, Mrs. Fang was rarely angry.

He also helped Fang Xuanling hold his shoulders very virtuously.

Fang Xuanling couldn't get used to it.

Mrs. Fang also knew that her husband was busy with the locust plague that was coming.

Looking at the increasingly hot weather, I couldn't help muttering: "Is the medicine developed by the medical department useful?"

Fang Xuanling was resting at home, and when he heard Madam's question, he naturally nodded and said, "Of course it's useful! Last time, the heavy rain and the epidemic, wasn't it because of the lord's wonderful hand holding the sky, that Wanmin City was safe and sound?"

Only then did Mrs. Fang nodded slightly, and turned to look at Fang Yizhi who was concentrating on painting.

That's right, now my son...

Very diligent.

Every day I follow Cui Ji to learn all kinds of map drawing, customs and customs. Speaking of which, this time my husband led the small officials to spray pesticides, and the maps were provided by Cui Ji and Fang Yizhi.

Although Fang Yizhi was not under the command of the Lord's Mansion, he seemed to be a non-staff member.

Coincidentally, Fang Yizhi finished a map, walked over, handed it to Fang Xuanling, and said: "Father, here is the exact map that Director He wanted, I drew it, please give it to him for me. "

"Zhi'er has also grown up and is no longer naughty. It is a blessing to be able to make a difference!" Seeing this, Fang Xuanling was slightly taken aback. As an old father, his nose felt a little sore.

He remembered that when he first entered Wanmin City, Fang Yizhi at that time was still treated like a playboy by his wife.

I don't like reading all day.

It's all right now, the Lord's Mansion now needs his blueprints for many things.

I don't know when it started...

By the way, it seems that after the lord talked with Zhi'er, Zhi'er became interested in map drawing?

Thinking of this, he was even more grateful to Xu Mu.

If it wasn't for the lord, his son would probably be useless if his wife continued to spoil him.

"The plague of locusts is coming!"

While Fang Xuanling was feeling emotional, he suddenly heard the shouts of the people outside the door.

He couldn't help but stood up from the bed and walked out of the house.

He had just returned home after spraying pesticides, and before he had rested for a long time, the plague of locusts arrived.

As soon as he went out, Fang Xuanling saw that the sky was dark and dense, covered with dense locusts like dark clouds.

There is a tendency of dark clouds to overwhelm the city.

Xu Mu stood on the third floor, also in front of the window, watching the scene outside the window.

As a traveler, this was the first time he saw a plague of locusts.

After all, in the 21st century, locust plagues are almost invisible.

But when he was on the scene, Xu Mu truly realized the horror of the locust plague.

Densely packed, overwhelming, boundless!

Wherever they pass, not a blade of grass grows.

And most like to eat crops.

It is almost the natural enemy of the common people in this era!
Accompanied by drought, every time it occurs, countless people will starve to death.

He believes that at the same time, the major prefectures and counties in Henan, the major prefectures and counties in Jingzhao, and the major prefectures and counties in Shandong are all suffering from the same scene at this time.

I just don't know how they will respond.

"It's a pity that this time, you chose the wrong partner..."

The corners of Xu Mu's mouth curled up. The pesticides that crossed the era are almost devastating to these locusts that have no antibodies!

(End of this chapter)