After Li Mengyue offered to buy locusts at the price of 100 coins per pound, all the villagers went crazy catching locusts.
The ducks were also stimulated by this and ate the locusts faster.
The number of locusts eaten by more than 10,000 ducks is absolutely terrifying.
Even if we assume that there are 200 ducks for every duck, then more than 10,000 ducks are equivalent to killing at least 10 million locusts in such a short period of time.
So under the joint siege of the people and the ducks, the locusts that could never be caught gradually retreated.
"Hey, why are there fewer locusts?"
"I thought it was an illusion. Just a moment ago, I could catch half a net with one cast, but now I can only catch dozens."
"Fuck! Why are you retreating? I still need to exchange you for money."
"Yes, don't go, don't go."
"Come back, come back to me,"
For a moment, there were many people waving tools and running after the locusts.
However, most villagers have already started using the locusts they caught themselves.
The arrival of a locust plague would have plunged people into despair, and many people would have cried bitterly.
At this moment, the opposite scene appeared at the city gate. No one was crying, and everyone had a smile on their face.
And it wasn't a forced smile, it was a smile that came from the heart.
Looking at the locusts they caught, some people calculated in their minds how much they could be sold for.
However, Li Mengyue was not so relaxed. Although there was no extremely large swarm of locusts, Wuning County did not need to worry.
The grain harvest in the county has almost been completed, so even if there is a swarm of locusts, it will not cause much harm.
But this is just one county. According to the information received from Tong, the locust plague has covered the entire Qingshan Prefecture.
Mengchuan County has already experienced the power of the vanguard army, and other counties are unlikely to be spared.
Wuning County suffered relatively little loss from this locust plague because of its unique conditions.
You should know that Yang Zhijin took precautions in advance and had people raise a lot of ducks two months ago, which became the backbone of the locust control.
The rice was also harvested ahead of schedule, which helped to avoid excessive losses.
Seeing thousands of villagers packing locusts and lining up to sell them, it was likely that Li alone would not be able to finish the job even in two days and two nights.
Just as she was thinking of finding more people to help collect locusts, Yang Zhijin came over with a county magistrate.
"Miss Li, this time it's all thanks to you. Otherwise, I can't imagine how serious the consequences would be."
"Yang County Magistrate, the successful capture of the first wave of locusts was achieved through the joint efforts of everyone. I dare not bow to you."
Yang Zhijin was about to say something when someone suddenly pulled her aside.
"who?"
He turned around and saw Sun Biao, the magistrate of Mengchuan County.
"Master Sun, you..."
"Oh! Sir Yang, I'm sorry, I have something to do with Miss Li."
As he said this, he looked at Li Mengyue.
Li Mengyue's impression of Sun Biao is that he is a stubborn official who cares about the people.
A few days ago, she went to Mengchuan County Office to see Sun Biao and told him about the locusts coming.
Sun Biao severely reprimanded her for talking nonsense and had her kicked out, asking why she was looking for him now.
Looking at the locusts everywhere on the ground, I thought it must be related to the locusts.
Sure enough, Sun Biao was talking about the same thing, but his sudden action scared everyone.
Sun Biao ignored the thousands of people present and knelt down without saying a word.
Li Mengyue realized what Sun Biao was going to do and reached out her hand in time to stop Sun Biao from kneeling down.
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