1253.Insects Fly All Over the Sky (4/5)
Plans to turn farms into tourism began, new farms began to be opened, and houses were built in Sunset Town. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
This time, Wang Bo adopted the Maori thatched house style, which can give tourists a sense of novelty, the cost and speed of building it is low, and the third is more in line with the natural style of the farm.
After returning to Sunset Town for several days, he could not forget the calm and peaceful mood he felt when he stood at the top of the farmland that morning, and he wanted visitors to experience this feeling, as long as he could create a similar environment, he believed that it would not be difficult.
On Monday of the new week, Bowen sorted out a document and handed it to Wang Bo, saying: "This is the information we have spent half a week sorting out about the townships and areas that are about to be withdrawn, and I think you will be interested." ”
Wang Bo took a look at it and asked, "Wanderer Town?" ”
Bowen nodded and said: "Yes, Wanderer Town, since the old Line 8 gradually fell into the cold, many families in the town have moved, and now Wanderer Town is like a ghost town, and there are not many households left." ”
Wang Bo had studied it carefully in order to deal with Wanderer Town.
The town has a long history, it has been around for a century and a half, there were many artists and craftsmen who lived there, and some of the buildings associated with them are still left in the town.
For example, Captain Bally's House, the Summer Banquet, the Easter Celebration Market and the Labor Day Market are all intangible cultural heritage, and although they have not been declared, they are of the same nature.
In addition to these buildings, Bowen has a more complete collection of information, as well as the ruins of old shops such as the London stables, the Cooper firm, the Belfest firm, and the Joley Grain Company.
After reading these materials, Wang Bo became more and more interested, and asked, "Can we get our hands on them?" ”
Bowen shrugged, "It's definitely difficult, but who knows how it will turn out?" Maybe it's man-made, we can relocate all these buildings. ”
Sunset Town lacks a historical and cultural atmosphere, and if these buildings arrive, it will definitely multiply the quaint atmosphere and make the town more flavorful.
Wang Bo took the issue to the government owners and asked them to find a way to relocate the buildings, and if anyone had the resources to do so, he would reward them.
In two days, he wrote a long article to be submitted to the Wellington government, in the name of preserving the history and culture of Tahiti Town, and wanted to take over some of the buildings inside.
Carefully wrote out this application, Wang Bo looked for Na Qingyang, who probably glanced at it, and said: "Since you want to apply to the government, it will definitely be difficult for you to apply for the acceptance of valuable buildings and cultural heritage." ”
Wang Bodao: "It's man-made, maybe it will pass?" I'm also a key member of the Green Party. ”
Na Qingyang shook his head and said: "I don't think this is appropriate, it is better for us to apply for the merger of Tahiti Town and let Tahiti Town and Sunset Town merge, but before doing so, we must first go to Tahiti Town for assessment and see their situation." ”
Wang Bo was stunned, he hadn't considered this idea, because the biggest conflict between Sunset Town and Tahiti Town was to merge towns.
Four years ago, Mayor Robert came to abandon this solution, and at that time, Wang Bo refused for fear of being occupied by the dove, but he didn't expect it to be today, but he wanted to merge the town.
Thinking so, he sighed a little: "Feng Shui takes turns, four years, so soon, it's more than four years." ”
Na Qingyang asked him what he felt, and he told him what happened in the past.
Hearing his words, Na Qingyang laughed and said, "Did you leave him a word at that time: Don't bully the poor young man." ”
Wang Bo shook his head and said, "Why did you leave this sentence?" ”
Na Qingyang said: "Don't you read novels?" This phrase is very popular in novels now. ”
Wang Bo closed the application and said, "Solve Tahiti Town first, and then read the novel." ”
As a result, before he could take people to investigate the current situation in the town of Tahiti, an agricultural disaster suddenly struck.
Locusts!
Starting in the northern half of the Southern Alps, locusts suddenly appeared and struck the farms around Christchurch with lightning speed.
It's harvest season, and the locust plague is so devastating to crops that they eat the leaves, fruits, and even stems of crops and plants, and several farms around Christchurch have gone bankrupt in a short period of time!
Wang Bo was the first to learn of the locust plague, which had not yet appeared on the Internet, and the quinoa association had already begun to pass on relevant information.
The association demanded that farms everywhere quickly harvest grain, and at the same time negotiated with the government to temporarily relax environmental laws and regulations and allow farmers to burn dry grain.
Then related news began to appear on the Internet, Wang Bo turned on the computer, and what he saw were terrifying photos: locusts in the sky, locusts in the farmland, locusts on the car, and even locusts on people!
The locust plague broke out quickly and violently, and the number of locusts on the pictures was as large as Wang Bo had never seen before, and he felt that if anyone had a dense phobia, he would probably spit it out at a glance at these pictures.
Locusts tend to be water-pleasing and low-loving, locust plagues are often accompanied by severe drought, and they move from arid places to low-lying and flood-prone places in groups, so in ancient China there was the so-called "locusts in extreme drought" and "locusts must have locusts in a long drought".
New Zealand's drought has lasted for three or four years, but the country's history has been smooth except for more earthquakes, and such disasters rarely occur, so the early warning and response capabilities are poor.
However, the relevant experts reacted quickly to the incident, first explaining the reason.
The main reason is that the arid environment has many benefits for locust reproduction, growth and survival, because locusts lay their eggs in the soil, which is relatively solid in drought conditions, and locusts have a high hatching rate and are not easily preyed upon by predators.
The drought caused the locusts to multiply and grow rapidly, and a programme began to report that evening, with the team sampling and observing the foothills of the Southern Alps.
Then they found that the number of eggs laid by locusts in these areas increased dramatically, sometimes up to 4,000 to 5,000 eggs per square meter of soil, with 50 to 80 eggs per mass, or 200,000 to 400,000 eggs per square meter.
Looking at the dense insect eggs on TV, Wang Bo couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Fortunately, the white cherry harvest has ended, and he does not have much grain to grow now, so Motac has packed it all up last week, whether it is wheat or green corn, and has stockpiled it.
But locusts don't just attack farms, they attack green plants, Wang Bo still has pastures in his hands, pastures will be more attractive to locusts, and he is not sure that the heart of pastures can drive away locusts.
(To be continued.) )