Chapter 740: Heart Treasure is Omnipotent

Xinbao's eyes opened wide and the hairs on his body stood on end.

It seemed as if many, many bees were flying towards her eyes...

When I got closer, I realized they were all locusts.

These usually inconspicuous little bugs are like a terrifying army, covering the sky and the sun, and leaving no grass wherever they pass.

"On the 15th day of the seventh month, a great storm swept across Guanzhong, from Guanzhong to Qingzhou, sweeping all the way to the capital, leaving a thousand miles of barren land, withered grass and trees..."

Mid-July, now it is the end of March!! Emperor Mingpei and Yan Shirong's faces changed drastically at the same time! Guanzhong has been suffering from drought for three years now. As the old saying goes, "long droughts will inevitably bring locusts". Every three or four years, Dayan will have a locust plague, and each time it will cause great damage to the bones.

Locusts not only eat plants and food, clothes and books, they also eat people... "The migratory locusts in Henan eat children among the people. Every time they come, they are like a heavy rain of poisonous arrows, hugging people and devouring them. In an instant, all their skin and flesh are gone."

Emperor Mingpei said quickly: "Summon Yuan Xiang's cabinet, summon the Minister of Revenue, and summon me to the throne!!"

He pointed at Yan Shirong and said, "You go and ask Chang'er to go as well."

He paused, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Ask your sixth uncle to go with you!"

He decided to give his son a chance.

The Sixth Prince is now of age to get married. If he doesn't do his job, it will be difficult to give him a title, and it will not look good when he gets married.

Yan Shirong didn't say much and agreed directly.

It was now almost evening, and several people quickly left the palace to summon him. Emperor Mingpei touched his granddaughter's head, told Yuan Shenjue to take care of her, and left in a hurry.

Xinbao looked at Yeye's back anxiously, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Wife, are there any books that teach people how to treat locusts?"

Yuan Shenjue was stunned. He said, "There is no special one. Some agricultural books mentioned it."

Xinbao said, "Hurry up, hurry up, Xinbao said, you write."

Even in modern society, locust plagues have never disappeared. Because it is closely related to farming, Xinbao knows many methods to control locusts.

For example, you can burn them with fire, bury them, or dig up and burn the locust eggs.

Oh, and there are biological methods to treat locusts! ! Use birds that eat locusts to treat locusts!

This is not difficult for Little Phoenix at all! ! Xinbao asked: "When will Daddy come back?"

Yuan Shenjue said: "I should be able to return in late May or early June."

Xinbao patted his little head as usual, and accidentally used his little pig's trotter, causing him to cry out in pain.

Yuan Shenjue quickly put down his pen, took it and blew on it.

Xinbao also blew some air himself and talked about the biological method of controlling locusts.

Yuan Shenjue said: "This is mentioned in the Book of Tang. Is Little Phoenix okay?"

Xinbao nodded firmly: "Of course! Of course I can!"

Yuan Shenjue said: "Then you can write a letter to your aunt and ask her to collect the birds in Jiangnan first, and then you can use them when the time comes."

Xinbao nodded, looked at what he had written, and added: "Xinbao can also be used to make local pesticides! Mix more Xinbao, add water and spray it on the soil. It will not harm crops, but it can kill locust eggs! It can also kill many insects in the soil!!"

Yuan Shenjue said: "But there is a severe drought there, so it may be difficult to get water."

Xinbao was stunned and thought about it seriously.

You can also make some insecticide and put it in the fire to kill the locusts with the smell.

Locusts can reproduce up to four or five generations a year, and hatching takes about twenty days to a month. Therefore, some locusts at this time may very well be the ancestors of those locusts in the locust plague.

However, due to the drought, locust eggs will go into dormancy and can survive in the soil for several years. The outside of the locust egg mass is protected by a foamy sac wall that keeps warm and moist. Other insects may die but the locust eggs are still alive and can hatch. This is why locusts appear during extreme droughts, so the locust eggs in the soil must also be dealt with.

As Xinbao was thinking, he felt weak. His little body couldn't support his little head and it kept tilting to one side.

Yuan Shenjue stood up, held her tilted head with his hand, and asked, "Xinbao, do you want to apply the medicine on your hand again? In addition to that pill, do you have any other pills?"

Xinbao tried to open his eyes, but they were misty and lifeless. "You can apply it again, once every hour. Let Dabai make some more Baihuang Jiedu Pills. Xinbao can take them. If they have a high fever, they can also take one pill. Send it to them."

Yuan Shenjue responded.

Xinbao closed his eyes and continued to communicate with Yan Ji in the space through his consciousness.

It is easy to handle the things in the space. Xinbao's original intention was to refine all the herbs into the Wenwen Pill, which is easy to transport. After all, one pill thrown in can have the effect of half a cart of herbs.

But at the same time, a large cart of herbs can only be used to refine a few pills. With so many herbs, I don’t know how many furnaces it will take to refine them, and I don’t know how long it will take.

The little girl was in a daze from the fever, and she was mumbling to Yan Ji in her mind. Yan Ji was very surprised... He said, "Aren't there many alchemy furnaces in the space? Can't you just refine it in the space? Why do you have to take it out?"

Xinbao: “……???”

Under Yan Ji's guidance, she immediately found many alchemy furnaces in the space, and then found the largest one, which was as big as a house, and put piles of medicine into it.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Although it was my first time, I seemed to be quite skilled at it. It felt as if... I was omnipotent in my mind! ! Xinbao refined two furnaces and then fell asleep unknowingly.

Fortunately, she fell asleep and did not delay Yan Ji's work, so when Xinbao woke up in a daze, there were already a lot of pills in the space.

Before Xinbao opened his eyes, he felt a hand on his forehead, and Mingpeidi's voice said, "Xinbao?"

Xinbao wanted to tell Yeye the good news quickly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt something was wrong.

My face felt numb, and it seemed as if my lips weren't listening to me. After struggling for a long time, I finally uttered an unclear sound: "Yeah yeah."

Emperor Mingpei picked her up and asked, "Xinbao, are you okay? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Xinbao was stunned for a while, then suddenly realized and reached out to touch his face: "Xinbao's face!!"

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Mingpeidi understood very well and quickly comforted her: “It’s not swollen badly, Yeye drove your wife away a long time ago, he didn’t see it.”

Xinbao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mirror, mirror!!"

Emperor Mingpei quickly asked someone to bring her a mirror. Xinbao nervously went over and looked at herself.

Fortunately, it was much milder than she had imagined. At least her eyes were not swollen into slits like that man. Only her face was a little red, and her lower lip was swollen, round and red, looking like she was pouting, which was quite cute.

Xinbao breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have you applied the snake medicine pill?"

"I have applied it," Emperor Mingpei said, "apply it once every hour. I have dissolved the detoxification pill in water and fed it to you. I also fed you the honeysuckle pill this morning."

Xinbao nodded halfway when he suddenly realized something was wrong: "What do you mean this morning?"

Emperor Mingpei said helplessly: "You slept for a day and a night."

Xinbao was shocked, then holding on to a glimmer of hope, he asked, "Then, what about my brother?"

Emperor Mingpei said, "My brothers left early in the morning."

Xinbao was stunned and murmured, "But, but Xinbao's medicine has not been given to brother yet!"

Emperor Mingpei coaxed her softly, "Don't worry, Xinbao. Once the medicine is ready, I will send someone to deliver it."

But, but before his brother left, Xinbao didn't kiss him, hug him, or tell them to be careful! Tuanzi felt sadder and choked up, saying, "Why didn't Yeye wake up Xinbao? Xinbao wanted to send his brother away..."

Mingpeidi patted her on the back and said, "He will be back in a few months. Before he left, he hugged Xinbao and said goodbye to her. But Xinbao didn't know."

If you don't know, that means you don't know! Tuanzi leaned on his shoulder in frustration.

(End of this chapter)