As soon as the chickens and ducks were released, the number of locusts began to decrease rapidly.
And some of the swarms of locusts seemed to be frightened and fled to the side.
Isn't it true? No matter how powerful the locusts are, they will eventually die. When they encounter chickens and ducks that love to eat insects, they will just encounter their natural enemies. There is no reason for them to be so arrogant.
The consequence of being stubborn is that you will become a meal for chickens and ducks.
Seeing the chickens and ducks eating the locusts quickly, Sun Biao said excitedly, "It works, it works!"
He regretted again the ten thousand little ducks he had pushed out. Those were ten thousand little ducks.
If Mengchuan had ten thousand ducks, things wouldn't be so miserable.
The little ducks and chicks caused a sensation as they quickly eliminated the locusts.
The hesitant city dwellers rushed out of their homes to help kill the locusts.
They live in the county town, and most of them run small businesses to support their family expenses, rather than relying on crops from the fields.
Therefore, whether a locust plague comes or not does not have a big impact on them.
When Yang Xianyu told them that someone was buying locusts at the price of two cents per pound, their first reaction was, who is so stupid? They didn't believe it at all.
And when the locust army arrived, they all left their homes, closed the doors and windows, and waited for the locusts to fly away.
But they are unwilling to give up this rare opportunity to make money. Although they don’t have to farm when living in the county, many families live a very hard life.
I work so hard every day but I don’t earn much money, just enough to make a living. How can I have spare money to improve my quality of life, buy snacks, or buy new clothes?
Now, locusts can be sold for money.
In previous years, let alone five cents per catty, even two cents would be impossible, and it would be impossible to sell it even if you wanted to.
Because there are too few locusts in the fields, even if you work all day, you can't catch many. It's better to go to the dock and carry sacks to earn more money.
This year, there was a locust plague.
When the emperor came to Yang County, he sent people to spread the news that there was a locust plague, and everyone was scared.
There is nothing to be afraid of now. The county officials are working hard to catch locusts and sell them for money, so why are they still being so pretentious?
It's time to act quickly and go outside with your tools to catch locusts. They cost two cents per pound. If you go too late, you will earn less.
So they released chickens and ducks, and just when the locust swarm, which was as unstoppable as a bamboo, was slightly curbed, the chickens and ducks, which were about to eat to the point of vomiting, gradually slowed down.
As one grows, the other shrinks, and chickens and ducks gradually become less useful.
Thousands of locusts fluttered their wings and flew around, making a buzzing sound that was very disturbing.
Just when Yang Zhijin and the five county magistrates were in despair, a large number of people rushed out of the city.
Everyone brought their tools and joined the locust-killing team one after another.
They all want to make money, so they are very enthusiastic about catching locusts.
But there were too many locusts. Even though the number of people catching locusts increased, it was still a drop in the bucket and could not change anything.
Yang Zhijin went downstairs and ordered people to light a fire and throw all the caught locusts into the fire.
So in addition to the smell of locust juice, there was also the smell of burning and barbecue in the air. The three smelled mixed together in the air, and the smell was so intoxicating.
It’s too addictive!
Some people felt very sad when they saw the locusts being burned. In their eyes, the locusts were just money.
Burning locusts = burning money!
What a spendthrift!
But now no one dares to say, "Stop burning the locusts." They all know that selling them for money is secondary, and killing the locusts is the most important thing at the moment.
What's more, there were so many locusts that someone saw a pit more than one meter deep not far away, which was filled up in just a few breaths.
It can be seen how many locusts there are.
After Yang Zhijin's initial anger subsided, his rationality slowly returned and he began to give orders in an orderly manner.
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