"Haha...... It's funny, there aren't enough people to eat, and you still give chickens and ducks to eat?" a young alchemist mocked.

"......" Yang Chen said that his heart was a little tired, "how can there not be enough to eat? Can't chickens and ducks eat locusts?"

"Little friend...... Chickens and ducks can't fly, so how can they eat locusts?" said the slightly older alchemist.

Hearing this, Yang Chen didn't know what to say......

In the image of ordinary people, chickens and ducks are not tall and clumsy, and it stands to reason that they should not be able to destroy the nimble locusts.

But Yang Chen just wants to say, adults, you really underestimate poultry......

On the earth before, Yang Chen saw a news that a locust plague occurred in a country, and my country sent 100,000 chickens and ducks to quell the disaster in one fell swoop.

In the early stage, ducks, although clumsy, can often devour large numbers of locusts with their flat beaks in the face of overwhelming locusts.

In the later stages, the number of locusts decreased, and the chickens, with their nimble posture and pointed beaks that were sharper and longer than those of ducks, became a powerful force to eradicate the locust plague.

The most important thing is that chickens, ducks and other poultry can easily fatten up after eating many locusts, even if the crops will be reduced due to the locust plague, with the help of locust-fed poultry, people's lives will not be too difficult.

It's a pity that even if Yang Chen has various explanations, among the deep-rooted concepts of those alchemists, they only feel that only their potions can solve this locust plague!

Yang Chen saw that many alchemists didn't care, so he didn't want to dwell on this matter......

In the final analysis, what does it matter to him whether the victims live or die?

If it weren't for the fear of giving birth to a bigger mess and affecting his cultivation, Yang Chen wouldn't have said so much just now.

For all the alchemists, the previous argument with Yang Chen was just a means to relieve their fatigue.

Most alchemists originally had some scruples about Yang Chen's identity, but when they heard his ridiculous remark that ducks and poultry could solve the locust plague, they all looked down on Yang Chen for a while.

It's just that although many alchemists don't care, Xili takes Yang Chen's sworn remarks just now to heart.

Originally, he planned to introduce Yang Chen to many masters such as Wayne and develop cheap insecticides together, but at this moment, Ciri didn't think so......

So, Ciri took a deep look at Yang Chen, who was silent, and pretended to have something to deal with and took Yang Chen away.

Before leaving, Ciri said that once again, the government department would fully support the alchemists' research and development work, and only hoped that cheap insecticides could be developed as soon as possible......

Although Ciri was very interested in Yang Chen's idea of exterminating the locust plague with poultry just now, he was still willing to come up with a large amount of resources to supply and let the alchemists develop the potion well!

......

Ciri pulled Yang Chen out of the conference hall, and pretended to be in a hurry while asking Yang Chen in a low voice.

"As you just said, is it really possible to use poultry to exterminate locusts?"

Yang Chen didn't expect Ciri to be thinking about this seriously, so he assured in a low voice at the moment.

"It's natural, I've seen it in books...... It says that a duck can easily devour more than 200 locusts in a day!"

Because Ciri was afraid that the alchemists would notice the abnormality, even if he walked out of the conference room, he was very careful, for fear that the alchemists would be upset because of this.

After all, the alchemists refuted Yang Chen's point of view just now, but they were ruthless!

Before you can verify whether the poultry can destroy the locusts, you must first maintain the mood of the alchemists, after all, the experiments that the alchemists will carry out are the most promising at the moment!

"Let's go, go with me to Serrot, I need to ask him to ask Cirocheng immediately to see if the poultry is really that good, if it's true, I will order the Midwestern Plains to breed chickens and ducks on a large scale!"

"This ...... There may be too much time...... After all, there are only a limited number of chickens and ducks in the Midwest......" Yang Chen couldn't help but want to interrupt when he heard Ciri's plan.

"It doesn't matter, as long as it is really proved that chickens and ducks can devour locusts, and even if they can save some food, even if it is some, I don't know how long it will take ......for the Alchemy Guild to make pesticides," Ciri said in a firm tone.

Yang Chen stopped talking, he originally thought that the locust plague should not be a big deal in the magic world, but now it seems that magic or alchemy, it is only for a small number of people, and no one will take into account the suffering of ordinary people at all.

Otherwise, no matter how long the locust plague is, there will not be no relevant methods of extermination.

Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn't help but sneak a glance at Ciri, maybe even her ancestors, generations of Marquis Cecil, had not cared so much about the lives of ordinary people.

The aristocracy never cared how many commoners would die, they always only looked at their own vital interests.

Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn't help but think of the Sauron family, which was located in the east of Noonan, in order to save a little ration, he was still arguing at the meeting.

Transporting grain is never so simple, especially when it takes too long along the way, and it is often the case that ten truckloads of grain will be eaten on the way......

It stands to reason that the Saurons' proposal to redistribute food according to the distance traveled is not excessive.

But as far as Yang Chen knew, the eastern part of Nonan bordered the empire, and it itself was an impact plain across the north and south rivers of the empire, the Lekin River.

The terrain is flat, the soil is fertile, and there is no shortage of food. If it is redistributed according to the transportation route, it must also be considered reasonable to consider the fertility in one's own territory.

But the Sauron family completely ignored this and repeatedly talked about the transportation distance, which made Yang Chen have a bad impression of the Sauron family in his heart.

Thinking about it, Ciri had already taken Yang Chen back into the office of Chief Archon Serrot.

looked at Serrot, who was frowning and thinking seriously.

Yang Chen still has a good impression in his heart, it is said that Serrot is one of the few civilian consuls, and many civilian officials in the government department were picked up by him.

Moreover, through his previous speech at the meeting, Yang Chen also saw this consul's keen insight and understanding of political struggle, people's grasp of people's hearts, and the situation and strategy!

Although Yang Chen didn't listen carefully to the civilian consul's speech, he still listened carefully at the beginning.

Serrot originally wanted the nobles to help the victims, but he didn't talk about the Midwest region for a while, and turned the conversation to the Blackstone Fortress! and explained in detail that if the Blackstone Fortress did not receive food supplies, it might be deliberately targeted by the Orcs, and under the internal and external troubles, the Orcs might break through the Blackstone Fortress and drive straight in. In the end, the empire will be in trouble because of this, and in one fell swoop, Nonan will be taken into the possession of the central government!

Although there is no mention of the relationship between the locust plague and the interests of the nobles of Noonan, it is progressive, step by step, leading the thinking of each noble, so that they are willing to help the victims!

I have to say that having such an outstanding politician as Serrot is really a blessing for the entire Noonan civilian population.

Seeing Serrot handling government affairs, in normal times, Ciri would never bother him, but now is a time of crisis, and Ciri needs Serrot's cooperation!

"Serrot!" Thinking of this, Ciri directly interrupted Serrot, "I have something that needs your cooperation......

"Oh, Miss Ciri...... Anything, just tell it!" Serrot lowered his posture.

Although he is now in a high position, it can be said that he directly controls the signing of all documents and the implementation of government decrees in the entire Noonan. But he was always humble when it came to the members of the Cecil family.

Because he knows that no matter how powerful he is, if no one appreciates it, he can only rot on his body.

He knew very well who had given him the power of his present position, and he knew very well how easy it would be to take back the power from him!

Therefore, he was not at all unhappy with Ciri's interruption of his train of thought......

"I just learned a news that chickens, ducks and other poultry are very helpful in suppressing locust plagues, I hope you can contact the city of Xiluo, if it is really useful, immediately promote it in the disaster area!"

Ciri explained the cause and effect a little and hoped that Serrot could verify the authenticity of the news as soon as possible......

"Do as you order, miss, and if it really works, I'll immediately arrange for someone to raise poultry and transport it to the hard-hit area!"

Serrot is very serious about preparing to carry out the task given to him by Ciri, although he is worried that this method is really useful, but this does not mean that Serrot will not carry it out seriously.

In fact, Serrot knew more than Ciri, after Cirojo City reported to the government affairs department that locusts were poisonous and that some people wanted to eat locusts to vent their hatred, but in the end they died because of it.

In Serrot's view, if people eat locusts, animals eat locusts, and poultry such as ducks also die.

In fact, locusts are not poisonous at all when they are smaller, not only poultry, but also people.

But when the locusts gather and cover the world, they will spontaneously form a toxin, and something will happen after eating it......

Yang Chen only knew that poultry could eat locusts, but in fact, poultry such as ducks were only eating the larvae of locusts!

The terrible thing about locusts is that they are endless, and poultry can eat their larvae and eggs, so as to stop the locust plague at the source!

But even so, letting ducks and other poultry go directly to the field can greatly relieve stress, and the role of ducks and other poultry will be found to be wonderful if you are serious!

After this matter was settled, Ciri asked Yang Chen to go back first, and she herself had something to deal with......

It's just that after sending Yang Chen away, Ciri suddenly remembered the real intention of calling Yang Chen today, originally wanted Yang Chen and the alchemists to work together to develop a suitable potion to solve the locust plague, but he never thought that he would let him go back like this in the end?

The thought that he still had a lot of things to do made Ciri feel a little unbalanced for a while......

On the other hand, Yang Chen didn't feel anything wrong, in his opinion, this locust plague was just a small episode, no matter what, it would not change his trajectory. You just need to practice every day as before!