Chapter 227 The Locust Plague is Coming
However, Qinghua can only distribute a little bit of seeds and tissue cultured silver heart clover to each country. As for how to expand the scale, it depends on the efforts of their own country's scientific research institutes.
Of course, Qinghua Country’s Academy of Agricultural Sciences is also working hard on breeding, but the two types of clover have just bloomed and have not yet produced seeds.
Now that the decision had been made, General Li began to negotiate with other countries.
Although those countries were somewhat disappointed, obtaining the raw materials and formulas helped solve their urgent needs.
What's more, one transaction can eliminate all future troubles, so they don't lose out.
In fact, these countries just don’t know that Qinghua Country also has Golden Heart Hundred Leaf Clover. If they knew, they would probably cry for their parents again.
Of course, even in Qinghua Country, the confidentiality level of the Golden Heart Clover is very high.
Because Chief Alliance Officer Li and the two deans felt that this plant might have hidden functions, the two deans gathered a group of outstanding talents to secretly study Golden Heart Centifolia.
This was something that Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan had not thought of, but if they could really figure out something, it would be a good thing.
Qinghua Country, which has once again reached a deal with a foreign country, is very busy. It is busy receiving supplies from other countries, and then sending the silver heart clover cultivated by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to various countries.
These countries cried with joy after receiving the Silver Heart Hundred Leaf Grass. Although the quantity given by Qinghua Country was very small, these were their life-saving herbs. As long as they had these plants, they would no longer have to fear the HZ virus in the future.
As time went by, patients in Qinghua Country finally began to recover, and the number increased. Everyone thought that the suffering would soon be over, but things did not go as planned.
When the citizens of Qinghua were celebrating their victory over the HZ virus, the Qinghe Alliance received a message from Yujing Country, saying that the southern part of Yujing Country had suffered a super-large locust plague, which had eaten up all the crops.
Yu Jingguo also said that the locust plague occurred not only in their country, but also in several neighboring countries. However, at that time everyone was worried about the HZ virus and had no time to care about these things.
Chief Alliance Officer Li and a dozen bigwigs were watching the videos shot by local people in the conference room and they couldn't help but feel shocked.
In the video, the locusts that covered the sky looked like a gust of wind from a distance, sweeping up the yellow earth and rushing towards them.
As soon as these locusts land on fields or orchards, they begin to eat.
They made loud chirping noises and not only ate up all the crops and fruits, but also ate up all the weeds in the mountains.
General Li immediately contacted other countries and asked the Academy of Sciences to check the satellite data.
Once all the information is combined, the flight trajectory of the locusts can be drawn.
It was discovered that the locust swarms had actually started gathering in April this year, but they had been entrenched on the border of Banai before, which was sparsely populated and had not been discovered.
Afterwards, affected by the monsoon, the locust swarms migrated to the countries of Kelang and Oman, and Yujing was the third country visited by the locust swarms.
Now, the locusts in Yujing Country are out of control. They are migrating towards Qinghua Country. As long as the southwest monsoon in the Pacific Ocean becomes stronger, there is a risk that the locust swarms will enter Qinghua Country.
Moreover, once the locust swarms enter Qinghua, the fields in Qinghua will provide them with plenty of food, accelerating their reproduction.
In this way, the barren wilderness will make farming a joke for everyone.
What's more terrifying is that without food, you will be hungry, and if you are hungry, you will not be able to survive...
What else can we do now? Of course we should harvest the crops. We can’t just wait until the locusts arrive and then cry and wail!
Moreover, they had discussed countermeasures to the locust plague in previous meetings, but those methods were of little use.
Therefore, it is better to harvest the grain in advance, and harvest as much as you can. Don’t be careless because of the possibility that “it may not come” or “what if there is nothing”, because once a locust plague occurs, the grain in your fields may be eaten up before you can get it home.
Even the locusts swarming all over the sky may prevent you from even leaving your home, let alone stealing your food.
So after the meeting, the news department was ready to publish a message. At 9 am on the 1st, the Qinghe Alliance official microblog released a message, "Due to the locust plague in Yujing Country, the locust swarm is migrating towards Qinghua Country. Qinghua Country is likely to also be hit by a locust plague. Therefore, please prepare, harvest the food in the fields in advance, and save as much as you can!"
Qinghe TV also released this news at the same time and played a video from Yu Jingguo. The overwhelming locusts in the video really scared the audience who were watching the news.
Everyone knew that they had to hurry and harvest the crops, but the dense swarms of mosquitoes outside made them a little timid.
Although there is a cure for the HZ virus, there is no guarantee that their arms and legs will not be exposed while they are working. If they are infected, won’t they be disfigured?
But if they don't harvest the crops, when the locusts come, all their work for a year will have been in vain. The food supply is becoming increasingly tight, and if they don't have food to eat in their own fields, they may not be able to buy food in shopping malls or supermarkets.
Therefore, they still have to seek "wealth and honor" in danger. After all, they don't want to starve.
So, after the news, more and more people wore long sleeves, long pants, and headscarves to go out and harvest crops.
When they arrived at their own fields, they found that even though there was no locust plague, there were still quite a few locusts in their fields. It was really scary to see.
But no matter how scared you are, can locusts be as scary as being hungry?
The answer is absolutely no, because when there is nothing to eat, locusts are also a dish...
Well, never mind them, after seeing the news, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan also went to Qingning Mountain to harvest corn.
Why do we have to harvest the corn first? Of course, it’s because the corn is ripe. The last time I checked it, the corn kernels were still a little wet, but this time they are completely dry.
Moreover, compared to sweet potatoes, locusts prefer to eat corn and the like.
So, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan broke the sticks manually.
They had never done this job before, and if they hadn't been wearing thick gloves, they would have definitely been cut by the corn leaves.
Moreover, they were the only two working in the fields. Zhang Heping had not returned home from the hospital yet, and Ji Kangyong was either on duty at the police station or on substitute shift at the shopping mall. No one could come and help.
Forget it, it’s their own fault for having so much free time, I can only accept my fate!
The two men threw the broken corn cobs on the ground, and after they had piled them up in a small pile, they squatted there and began to peel the corn cobs.
The husks are left in the field, while the cobs are put into plastic storage boxes and taken home when they are full.
There is still a certain distance between the back hill of Qingning Mountain and Building No. 6. You can imagine how tiring it is to transport the goods home time and time again.
So, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan looked at each other, then reached their hands to the bottom of the storage box and quietly sneaked into the space.
However, they didn't dare to do it too obviously, just three or five each time, which was better than nothing.
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