Yun Mo suddenly thought of Lin Yinan's treasure space and her efficient handling of the Lu family's granary in Nanzhou Prefecture.
He looked at her suspiciously, "Anan, did you collect the silver and treasures we didn't finish moving in Luochu City?"
Lin Yinan didn't answer, not even raising her head, as if she hadn't heard and was focused on taking notes.
Yun Mo withdrew his gaze, stroking his chin nonchalantly, and said, "Even if we go back now, there's probably nothing left. What a pity. That golden throne must have been made of pure gold."
"No rush, let's establish a foothold in Longtan first," Lin Yinan said.
"Yes, we learned from our previous investigation in Yongqing City that there are many bandit dens of all sizes in the south."
When the topic of bandit hideouts came up, Yun Mo's eyes lit up with excitement.
In the past, in Yanmen Pass, leading troops to raid bandit dens was the fastest way to make money.
Lin Yinan smiled, for Yun Mo's thoughts coincided perfectly with hers.
After the meeting that night, everyone except the guards responsible for security patrols and the young children went to the fields.
With the clan chief and Lin Shuo keeping an eye on things, Lin Yinan felt reassured and didn't go to the fields again.
That morning, Lin Yinan, who woke up late, was having breakfast in the courtyard in front of the dining hall when she heard a group of people noisily walking in from outside the county government office.
"Dr. Lü, Dr. Lin, come out and take a look!" a villager shouted as he walked.
"The people working in the fields were bitten by leeches, and their legs were bleeding profusely."
His tone was full of panic.
Lin Yinan finished her food in two bites, stood up, and saw that several villagers had rolled up their trouser legs, and blood was gushing out from several cuts.
"How did you get bitten so badly?"
A villager raised his hand to show her, blood flowing from between his fingers and on the back of his hand. "The plot of land we planted this morning looks like it's been disturbed by leeches. There were leeches swimming all over it, and as soon as we went down there, several leeches stuck to our legs."
"That's terrifying! We've never seen anything like it in our fields before." Another villager wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"That's right, this thing has two suction cups. When you pull it, it sticks even tighter. Luckily, Ding Gui and Chen San were there. They used fire to burn them off."
Dr. Lü came out carrying his medicine kit and helped them treat the leech bites.
"We need to clean the wound first," Dr. Lü said, frowning.
As some villagers were about to go to the well to fetch water, Lin Yinan hurriedly said, "We need to clean the wound with alcohol to prevent infection."
The villagers turned and went to the warehouse to get the wine.
Just as Doctor Lü finished applying medicine to the group, the clan chief walked in with six villagers.
"Anan, do you have any way to deal with those bloodsucking creatures in the fields?" the chieftain asked, pointing to the six people beside him. "Look at their legs, they've been bitten all over."
The six people who returned were covered in blood from leech bites on their legs and hands, just like the others before them.
"Did you ask Ding Gui and Chen San how they were handled before?" Lin Yinan asked.
The clan chief frowned and said, "They said to tuck in your trousers and put on shoes and socks before going to the fields."
Everyone was wearing coarse linen clothes, and even with the leeches' powerful suckers, they probably wouldn't be of much use.
"I'll go back and look through some books." Lin Yinan looked at Doctor Lü and then asked, "Doctor Lü, do you have any methods to get rid of the parasites?"
Doctor Lü continued working, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "We do have some, but we need too many medicinal herbs, and we don't have them here."
"Chief, once they've finished planting the washed rice seedlings, don't pull them up yet. I'll go back and see if there's any other way."
After finishing her sentence, Lin Yinan walked towards the backyard with her pregnant belly.
Back in her room, Lin Yinan sat down at her desk and took out several books on modern agricultural planting techniques from her spatial storage to read.
Before Qianxia could even enter the room, she heard Lin Yinan slam her hand on the table. Thinking something had happened, she hurriedly stepped into the room.
"Girl, it's time to eat."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yinan suddenly stood up from her chair, turned around and gesticulated excitedly as she said to Qianxia, "Qianxia, I've found a way!"
"What method?" Qianxia asked as she took the food out of the lunchbox.
"lime."
When she saw the book mentioning the use of lime, a memory flashed through her mind: when it was almost time to transplant rice seedlings, her uncle would always sprinkle lime into the fields, and after he did, many earthworms as thick as a finger would float up.
She also found several other methods, such as applying mentholatum or garlic juice to her legs, which were effective in repelling leeches.
However, the methods for making medicated oil and cooling balm are complicated, and they cannot make them in the short term.
Garlic juice is also impractical, firstly because it requires a large amount, and secondly because its effects are limited.
Chika handed her the bowl of chicken soup. "Will the lime work? Won't it damage the seedlings?"
"No, spraying with lime water will cause leeches and other insects to die quickly because the lime water disrupts the pH balance of their bodies. At the same time, lime water can also sterilize and whiten the fields."
"Moreover, spreading lime in paddy fields can effectively regulate soil pH, improve soil fertility, and promote rice growth."
After Lin Yinan said so much, Qianxia only understood that lime could kill leeches that suck human blood. As for fertilizer and such, she only had a vague understanding.
This was truly a win-win solution. Having found a solution, Lin Yinan was in a great mood and drank the soup in her bowl in one gulp.
"Huh, why did they kill a chicken?" She only realized it was chicken soup after she finished drinking it.
Qianxia covered her mouth and chuckled, then picked up the external radio next to her and started working. "There are a few chickens at the farm that refuse to eat. Madam was worried that they would lose weight, so she simply killed them and made a pot of chicken soup for the weak people in the village to nourish themselves."
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