Upon hearing this, General Manager Li immediately thought of the Silver Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass that he had seen that morning.
If the environment can be altered to prevent locusts from hatching, silver heart grass can be planted on a large scale.
Its growth cycle is short, and if the land needs to be cultivated again, you only need to wait for the silver heart centipede to wither and then turn the soil.
As he pondered, General Li remembered Shen Yanming, whom Qiu Man had mentioned. Shen Yanming raised a flock of chickens in his own field. With these chickens, the locusts in the field should be eaten, thus saving the harvest, right?
It seems they still need to explore new farming models.
As for spraying pesticides, it's still unknown whether it will affect those plants. Moreover, the locusts are not concentrated at present, so the spraying effect is hard to guarantee.
For example, they also tried spraying mosquito repellent from airplanes recently, but the effect was minimal.
Therefore, General Li issued instructions to the bigwigs to closely monitor overseas developments, both through official statements and information from the public.
Furthermore, chicken and duck farms in various regions should increase their breeding scale and, based on local conditions and while ensuring their own safety, release the chickens and ducks to eat locusts in nearby farmland as much as possible.
Li Zongmengguan also mentioned that Shen Yanming was raising chickens and geese on his own land.
Of course, he concealed Shen Yanming's city and name, only saying that he saw it online and asked the agricultural department to take a look, and then study a more reasonable agricultural and pastoral plan based on the current situation of Qinghua Kingdom, so as to strive to enable the people of Qinghua Kingdom to achieve self-sufficiency.
Although the information was concealed to ensure Shen Yanming's safety, Li Zongmengguan was not wrong; there are indeed many families raising chickens, pigs, and fish.
Many of these designs integrate chicken coops and pigsties with the home's living or farming environment, making them suitable for the current environment and offering valuable lessons.
As for encouraging people to actively kill locusts, it's best to forget about it given the current environment with so many mosquitoes. It would be a real loss if people stayed home all day and then went out for a stroll and ended up getting infected with the HZ virus.
After finalizing the arrangements with everyone, General Manager Li called his secretary in.
The secretary came in with a coffee pot and a dozen paper cups, and then poured coffee for each of the big shots.
Because there weren't enough to go around, the secretary could only pour a tiny amount into each cup so everyone could have a taste.
General Manager Li took his cup, took a sip, and said, "You've worked hard today. I know you might not be in the mood for coffee after the meeting, but what are we working so hard for? Isn't it so that we can enjoy life during our free time?"
Although I didn't brew this coffee myself, I used only the finest coffee beans. I wanted everyone to try it, hoping it would help lift their spirits and give them a stronger resolve to face the challenges ahead.
Infected by General Li, everyone drank it down as if it were wine, only realizing afterward that they had forgotten to savor the aroma of the coffee.
The big shots shook their heads and sighed, the lingering taste on their tongues clearly telling them that this was a good thing. Unfortunately, they were fooled by the boss and drank it down without even tasting it properly.
So, apart from a few big shots who left first to arrange their work, the rest of them kept pestering General Li to tell them where they bought it, because they wanted to do a group purchase!
General Manager Li sighed and rubbed his forehead, "What am I supposed to say about this?"
Three days passed quickly, and Dean Xu finally came out of the laboratory. He excitedly rushed to General Manager Li's office with the report in his hand.
Dean Xu thought he would shout with excitement, but the moment he saw Chief Alliance Officer Li, his eyes reddened, and he went straight up to hug Chief Alliance Officer Li and cried, not caring whether there were other people around.
"Boss, we found it! We found it!"
General Li gestured for the bigwigs to leave first, then pulled Dean Xu off him, saying, "Take a moment, let's talk slowly."
Dean Xu sat on the sofa, crying like a child. He could finally make a contribution to Qinghua Country. He had finally found something to fight the HZ virus. He was no longer going to eat white hair.
Dean Xu seemed to be venting all the pressure and grievances he had been under recently, and he wouldn't listen to any advice until more than ten minutes later when he finally calmed down.
Thinking of the reason for his visit today, Dean Xu said with a choked voice, "The tea you gave me is very good. It contains a substance that should be able to kill the HZ virus!"
Li Zongmengguan paused in his tea-pouring motion, nearly spilling boiling water on his leg. "What I gave you can only kill mosquitoes, can it?"
"ah?"
After being reminded by General Manager Li, Dean Xu remembered that he originally intended to test the mosquito-repelling plant's effectiveness against mosquitoes. During the experiment, he had a sudden inspiration and dripped the essence extracted from the plant's leaves into blood containing the HZ virus.
Then, Dean Xu began to observe and record the changes in the HZ virus in his blood, which shocked him.
Because the HZ virus quickly loses its activity when dropped into the blood sample containing the extract.
Dean Xu didn't care about the mosquitoes anymore. He quickly extracted the essence from the remaining silver heart centipede and dripped it into the blood of the patients who had been brought to the hospital that day.
As a result, only half of the viruses in the blood lost their activity, while the other half only experienced a reduction in activity.
Dean Xu immediately checked the labels. Those that were inactivated were patients who had been infected with the unknown virus 1, while those with reduced activity were ordinary patients who had only been infected with the HZ virus.
Having reached this conclusion, Dean Xu didn't dare delay and went straight to see General Manager Li.
Although it wasn't a complete success, it was still a partial victory; at least some people were confirmed to have been rescued.
Perhaps this is what the ancient saying means: "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise, and a blessing may be a misfortune in disguise."
The painful expressions on the faces of those infected with the unknown first patient are still vivid in our minds, but in the blink of an eye, that tormented experience has become their protective shield.
At least, with the HZ virus raging today, and with Dean Xu discovering the effects of the Silver Heart Hundred Leaf Grass essence, they no longer have to worry about dying from the virus one day.
However, General Manager Li was still quite cautious. He looked through the report and said to Dean Xu, "Old Xu, you only saw that the mosquito repellent plant is useful for blood samples, but it's hard to say whether it has any effect on the human body, or how effective it is."
Moreover, in what form will you use it on the patient?
Should it be taken directly, decocted into a soup, or injected intravenously?
Should the extracted essence be used alone, or should it be supplemented with other medications?
This is just the beginning; there's still a lot of work to be done!
Dean Xu slapped his forehead, "Yes, there aren't many of those grasses left. I'll have to ask the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to help me propagate some more."
Also, I need to turn that essence into a medicine so that it can work to its fullest potential, and then I need to find some volunteers to test the medicine.
Thinking about it this way, there's so much to do!
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