However, Qinghua Kingdom can only distribute a small amount of seeds and tissue-cultured Silver Heart Hundred Leaf Grass to each country. As for how to expand the scale, they can only rely on the efforts of their own country's research institutes.
Of course, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Qinghua Kingdom is also working hard to propagate them, but the two types of centipede grass have just flowered and have not yet produced seeds.
Having made the decision, General Lee began negotiations with other countries.
Although those countries were somewhat disappointed, obtaining the raw materials and formulas solved their immediate problem.
Moreover, a single transaction can eliminate future problems, so they don't lose out in the long run.
The truth is, these countries don't know that Qinghua Kingdom has Golden Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass. If they did, they'd probably be crying and begging for mercy.
Of course, even in Qinghua Kingdom, the Golden Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass is kept under a very high level of secrecy.
Because General 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 the Golden Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass.
This was something Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan hadn't expected, but if they could actually discover something, it would be a good thing.
Qinghua Kingdom was busy with another deal with foreign countries, receiving supplies from other countries and then sending the Silver Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass cultivated by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to various countries.
These countries were overjoyed and wept upon receiving the Silver Heart Centipede Grass. Although Qinghua Kingdom provided only a small quantity, it was their lifeline. With these plants, they would no longer have to fear the HZ virus.
As time passed, Qinghua Kingdom finally began to see more and more patients recovering, and everyone thought that the suffering was about to end. However, things did not go as planned.
While the people of Qinghua were celebrating their victory over the HZ virus, the Qinghe Alliance received a message from Yujing Kingdom that a massive locust plague had struck the southern part of Yujing Kingdom, devouring all the crops.
Moreover, Yu Jingguo said that not only their country had experienced a locust plague, but several neighboring countries had also suffered from it. However, at that time, everyone was worried about the HZ virus and had no time to care about these other things.
Li Zongmeng and a dozen other bigwigs watched the video taken by the local people in the conference room and were shocked.
In the video, the locusts, which blot out the sky, look like a whirlwind from afar, sweeping in with clouds of yellow dust.
These locusts begin to feed as soon as they land in fields or orchards.
They made a loud chattering noise, not only devouring the crops and fruits, but also clearing out all the weeds covering the hillsides.
Li Zongmeng quickly contacted other countries and had the Academy of Sciences review the satellite data.
By combining all the information, the flight path of the locusts was mapped out.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the locust swarm had actually started gathering as early as April of this year, but it had been entrenched on the border of Panna, where the land was vast and sparsely populated, so it had not been discovered.
Subsequently, influenced by the monsoon, the locust swarms migrated to the countries of Krona and Oman, with Yujing being the third country visited by the locust swarms.
Now, the locusts in Yujing Kingdom are out of control. They are migrating towards Qinghua Kingdom. As long as the southwest monsoon in the Atlantic Ocean is strong, the locust swarms risk entering Qinghua Kingdom.
Moreover, once the locust swarms enter Qinghua Kingdom, the country's fields will provide them with a large amount of food, accelerating their reproduction.
In this way, barren wastelands that yield no harvest will make the idea of farming a joke.
Even worse, without food, people would go hungry, and if they went hungry, they wouldn't survive...
What else can we do now? Of course, we have to harvest the grain! We can't wait until the locust swarms are right in front of us before we start crying and lamenting!
Moreover, they had already discussed countermeasures against the locust plague in previous meetings, but those methods were not very effective.
Therefore, it's best to harvest your grain in advance, as much as you can. Don't be careless because of the possibility that "they might not come" or "what if they don't come at all," because if a locust plague occurs, your crops might be completely devoured before you can harvest them.
In fact, swarms of locusts could prevent you from even leaving your home, let alone wresting food from their clutches.
So after this meeting, the press department prepared to issue a statement.
At 9:00 AM on August 1st, the official Weibo account of the Qinghe Alliance posted a message: "Due to a locust plague in Yujing Kingdom, the locust swarms are migrating towards Qinghua Kingdom, which is also very likely to experience a locust plague. Therefore, please prepare yourselves and harvest the crops in advance, preserving as much as possible!"
Qinghe TV also released the news at the same time and broadcast a video from Yu Jingguo. The video, showing swarms of locusts, really terrified the viewers who were watching the news.
Everyone knew they needed to harvest the grain quickly, but the swarms of mosquitoes outside made them a little hesitant.
Although there is a cure for the HZ virus, it's hard to guarantee that they won't accidentally expose their arms or legs while working. If they get infected, wouldn't they be disfigured?
But if they don't harvest the grain, won't they have worked for nothing all year when the locusts come? The food supply is getting tighter and tighter. If they don't have enough to eat from their own land, they might not be able to buy it in supermarkets or shopping malls.
Therefore, "wealth and status" still have to be sought amidst danger, after all, they don't want to go hungry.
As a result, after the news broke, more and more people went out to harvest grain wearing long sleeves and trousers, and headscarves and veils.
When they arrived at their own fields, they discovered that even without a locust plague, there were still quite a few locusts in their fields, which was rather frightening.
But what can you do if you're scared? Are locusts as scary as being hungry?
The answer is definitely no, because when there's nothing else to eat, locusts are considered a dish...
Okay, never mind them. After seeing the news, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan also went to Qingning Mountain to harvest corn.
Why harvest the corn first? Naturally, it's because the corn is ripe. Last time I came, the kernels were still a bit wet, but this time they're completely dry.
Moreover, locusts prefer to eat corn rather than sweet potatoes.
So, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan started breaking the corn cobs by hand.
Neither of them had ever done this kind of work before, and if they hadn't been wearing thick gloves, they would definitely have gotten cuts from the corn leaves.
Moreover, only the two of them were working in the field. Zhang Heping was still in the hospital and hadn't returned home yet, and Ji Kangyong was either on duty at the police station or working as a substitute at the shopping mall. No one could come over to lend a hand.
Oh well, what can you do when they're so idle? You can only accept your fate!
The two threw the broken ears of corn on the ground, and after they had piled up a small pile, they squatted down and began to peel the corn cobs.
The husks are left on the ground, while the corn cobs are put into plastic storage boxes and brought home when they are full.
There's quite a distance between the back of Qingning Mountain and Building 6, so you can imagine how tiring it must have been to transport the supplies home each time.
So, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan exchanged a glance and then reached their hands to the bottom of the storage box to secretly smuggle their belongings into the space.
However, they didn't dare to make it too obvious, so they only used three or five sticks each time, which was better than nothing.
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