Chapter 65: Final Preparations
Chapter 65 [Final Preparations]
When they arrived in the woods, although they were in different moods, everyone was obviously eager to try. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, before starting to catch ladybugs, Li Qingshan gathered them again, and then searched for a small tree for a long time, and finally caught a larva and let them pass it on one by one.
Compared with the adults, the larvae of the seven-star ladybug are quite different in morphology, and everyone recognizes the adults, but the larvae may not.
He was worried that these people would miss out because they didn't know the larvae, and that would be a pity.
Because the larvae are more powerful than the adults, and they have not yet grown wings, they cannot escape, so they are easier to catch. It is precisely because they cannot fly away that the larvae are much higher than the adults when they are moved to the field to exterminate aphids. Theoretically, under the premise of the same number, the larvae are even more effective in killing aphids than adults in the short term.
As for the other ladybugs, in addition to the eleven-star ladybug and the twenty-eight-star ladybug are pests, the two-star ladybug, six-star ladybug, twelve-star ladybug, and thirteen-star ladybug are all beneficial insects. Considering that eleven-star ladybugs and twenty-eight-star ladybugs are not common here, Li Qingshan did not mention the difference between these ladybugs, for fear of making these ancients dizzy.
Don't catch one at that time, you have to count the stars in front of the beetle for half a day, that will greatly delay the progress, now time is pressing, every second counts.
Thinking of this, Li Qingshan simply told them that as long as it was a ladybug with black spots on its back, they would all be caught.
Wang Liu naturally had some questions about the work they were going to do today, and asked a few villagers a few words, and vaguely heard that the ultimate goal of catching these ladybugs was to use them to eliminate aphids.
It's better not to ask now, because after asking, the doubts in their hearts are even greater.
Li Qingshan is full of confidence, and the seven-star ladybug will be called a "live pesticide" in later generations, which is not unreasonable. In a normal year, there are usually 1000~7000 seven-star ladybugs in each mu of wheat field, if a ladybug eats 100 aphids a day, there will be 100,000~700,000 aphids per acre every day eaten by these seven-star ladybugs.
What a terrible number?
Even if all the villagers go into battle, they don't eat or drink for a few days and nights, but they are afraid that they will not reach this number.
At present, there are almost no seven-star ladybugs in the wheat field, and as long as this situation is manually relocated, it should soon achieve a very significant aphid killing effect.
Because of the thorough preparation in advance and the ability of the tools, the ladybug catching went very smoothly.
Although the villagers of Yellow Ant Village only came to help, but fortunately, Li Qingshan had taken this into account in advance, so he did not fall behind because of this, Wang Liu's arrival replenished the manpower in time, and the participation of that group of little children was outside his plan, which was a surprise. Although the little kids don't have much strength, they don't need much effort to catch bugs.
They have been catching fireflies at night for the past few days, and they have long accumulated rich experience in catching insects, and they are used to it when the light is unknown at night.
That group of little children usually have to be scolded for catching insects, but today they caught insects and were frequently praised, and they became more and more energetic one by one, at a young age, but they contributed to the number that cannot be underestimated.
Wang Liu, they didn't pay much attention to it at first, they all had hippie smiles, but later they saw that even those little children were more caught than them, and they kept throwing contemptuous eyes, and they were all immediately angry.
Wang Liu was strong and strong, and remembered a few methods that Li Qingshan had said before, so he threw the insect trap in his hand, stepped forward and grabbed a small tree and shook it violently. After shaking it a few times, a bunch of ladybugs pretending to be dead fell down on the ground, and Wang Liu was immediately overjoyed, picked up a porcelain urn and threw insects into it.
The others followed suit, and they also threw away the insect trap in their hands, weighing their own strength level one by one, and shook them wildly when they found a good little tree, and let out a low roar from their mouths from time to time.
Hearing the movement here, Li Qingshan, who was counting the numbers, was startled, turned his head to look over, was stunned for a moment, and sighed, "Poor little tree, hold on!" A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The subtext in my heart is: Okay, just shake it, shake it hard!
When Lao Tiezhu saw that Wang Liu and the others had moved their real character, he also threw away the insect trap in his hand, gritting his teeth and accumulating strength in secret.
Xiao Tiezhu, who didn't know what was going on, thought that his father was blushing and was holding back the tuba, and he was suddenly a little speechless, and said in his heart, Dad, you are really not the right time.
After the old iron pillar finished accumulating, he decisively stared at a big tree with a bowl mouth not far in front of him......
Thinking about it, it seems that even if the small universe explodes, this tree is still too thick, and hurriedly shouted the little iron pillar over with his throat, well, the time has finally come for the father and son to fight......
Seeing that Xiao Tiezhu was holding some small wooden branches in his hand and handed them to him, the old Tiezhu was stunned and asked, "Zhu, what is this for......
After asking clearly, Lao Tiezhu was a little speechless, and scolded in his mouth, "You don't want to be on the tuba, don't be stunned, you kid will also gather strength immediately, ......
Huang Laoxie is concerned about the insect plague, and naturally he is not willing to be the queen, speaking of which, he should be the most active one among everyone. Although his strength is not as great as theirs, Huang Lao Xie Sheng is flexible, and he dances decently with a pole of insect catcher in his hand, and he dances happily like a child after catching a ladybug.
These people, young and old, are very hard-working, and they are already sweating profusely in a short time, but they never get tired of it. Zhang Erling and Yang Daxuan were responsible for covering all the containers with cloths, and finally tied them with ropes to prevent the ladybugs from escaping.
Han Xin ordered more troops, the better, Huang Laoxie was afraid that he would not catch enough, Li Qingshan was already telling everyone to call it a day and retreat, but he was still puffing out a pair of frog eyes on the side, looking for it in the bushes.
Li Qingshan was helpless, so he had to step forward and pat him on the shoulder and tell him, the more ladybugs, the better, just enough.
Where did Huang Laoxie believe it, thinking that he was fooling himself: "Baby, it's not dark yet." Go back first, leave me a jar, catch the old man for a while, and send it to you later. ”
Li Qingshan spread his hands and said seriously: "Uncle Huang, it is not good to have too many ladybugs together, if the density is too large, once they are hungry, they will kill each other and then eat each other." I've caught a lot of them today, so you might as well keep some ladybugs and catch them tomorrow. ”
Only then did Huang Laoxie raise his head in surprise: "Huh? And this kind of thing? ”
"Nonsense, when did I lie to you? When people are hungry, they all have easy children to eat each other, let alone insects? ”
Huang Laoxie saw that Li Qingshan didn't seem to be joking, so he put away the insect trap in his hand, and then reluctantly returned to the team.
It's not too early, Wang Liu and the others saw that the task was almost completed, so they said goodbye to Li Qingshan, Huang Laoxie rushed up and thanked him again, saying that on behalf of the villagers of Yellow Ant Village, thank you, remember to thank Miss Chen on behalf of the old man.
Wang Liu didn't know what to be thankful for, a group of five big and three rough men, followed by a bunch of little kids, and an old madman, running back and forth in several forests, like a madman, all the trees in the forest were used as cash cows, this one shook that one, and messed around all afternoon, just to catch some stinky turtles who didn't know what to do.
Alas, I don't know how to report these ridiculous things to the eldest lady and the second lady after I go back, but the two young ladies have specially explained before I came, and I have to write down and report in detail what Li Gongzi asked me to do today.
As soon as Wang Liu and the others left, Huang Laoxie surrounded Li Qingshan in a hurry, asking what to do next, and when to start letting these ladybugs play a role.
Li Qingshan glanced at him calmly, thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "How can it be so fast, now let's go back to the village first, and the rest of the things will be talked about tomorrow." ”
Where is Huang Laoxi, he was already so anxious that he couldn't do it in his heart, and when he saw Li Qingshan's unhurried appearance, he became angry, and when he heard that the next step was not to go to the field to release insects, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and he chattered for a while, and finally Li Qingshan was also irritated by him.
"Uncle Huang, don't you think I'm in a hurry?"
Huang Laoxie turned his head and didn't speak, and said in his heart, are you kid in a hurry?
"Yes, I don't seem to be in a hurry, but I'm in a hurry, do I have to write it on my face if I'm in a hurry?" Li Qingshan helplessly defended himself, "I'm just not in a hurry to get the wheat in the field, am I not in a hurry to lick the bricks?" The matter of aphids has not been solved for a day, and the bricks will not be able to resume production for a day, but I have to lose money, and if I want to say urgent, I am more anxious than anyone else! ”
Huang Laoxie turned his head and said: "Baby, the old man knows that he blames you, but you asked the old man to collect the garlic for you, and the old man helped you collect it, and asked the old man to help catch the ladybug, and now the ladybug is also caught." I thought I could finally get down to business, but you said that you would go back to the village first, can you not be in a hurry? The wheat in the field, let it go on like this......"
This old man is also pitiful, for the sake of the insect plague is like burning his buttocks, Li Qingshan was originally irritable by his question, but when he saw that his head was full of white hair and there were sweat stains on his face, he suddenly softened his heart.
He said patiently: "Uncle Huang, although the principle of this thing is simple, that is, let ladybugs eat aphids, but in practice, there is still some technical content, and it needs to go according to a certain process, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort. Anyway, I've done my best to shorten the time to the shortest possible time, and if you still force me, I'll have no choice. ”
If it is in the future life, this situation only needs to buy some chemical pesticides, spray them in the ground, and it will basically be over, but where to get pesticides now?
Seeing that Huang Laoxie was still in a hurry, Li Qingshan glanced up at the sky, and then said: "That's it, Uncle Huang, I know that your old man is waiting uncomfortably, originally I told you about three days, now I will give you an exact time......
Huang Laoxi's expression perked up, and his bloodshot eyes were full of expectation.
Looking at this earnest face, Li Qingshan wanted to tell him that it was now, that is, at this moment, he could do it immediately, but reason told him that he couldn't.
"Uncle Huang, at this time tomorrow, you must release ladybugs, okay?!"
Huang Laoxie rubbed his hands, and was about to say something more, but it can be seen that although the baby's face is calm, his tone is surprisingly resolute, he lowered his head and thought about it, and he couldn't say a word.
Maybe this baby has his own reason, Huang Laoxie sighed, and then gave up.
However, he pondered and pondered, pondered for a while, and was a little unwilling, so he greeted Li Qingshan, took Lao Tiezhu and a few other villagers to the forest again, and brought a few insect traps with him when he left.
Li Qingshan saw that he had such a temperament, so he couldn't help him, it was really difficult for him to stare at him like this, there was something to do, this old man should be better.
When he saw that it was not yet dark, he thought about going to the fields again, and there were some things he needed to make sure.
Regarding this insect plague, he actually attaches more importance than anyone else, and news from all over the world keeps coming, and the scope of this insect plague is so wide that he is afraid that it will exceed his original imagination.
He knows what it means to the people of this era if he succeeds.
This is a policy for the benefit of all people, and he has to be cautious and cautious, not daring to make a mistake.
It is not difficult for ladybugs to help relocate, this method was still widely used in agriculture until the seventies, and he has learned more about it in some materials out of professional interest. Although this method has been used less and less, it has been heard from time to time because it is very environmentally friendly, the effect is good, and it can last for a long time.
However, the assistance of the future generations is only an auxiliary work at most, and the main body of insecticide and insect control is still completed with the help of some chemical means, and at present, these conditions are obviously not established, and the density of aphids is large, which makes the situation a little complicated, because this will affect the most important data of the relocation - the ratio of ladyheads to aphids.
The ladyhole ratio is the core data of the whole relocation process. In later generations, people summed up a lot of appropriate proportions according to different situations, but these proportions can obviously only be used as a reference at this time, because such a serious insect plague is basically impossible in his original era.
This requires him to obtain as much data as possible, and on the basis of detailed data, he can calculate the appropriate ladyhole feeding ratio.
Although he couldn't bear to look at the scene in the field again, this matter was very important, and he had to face the tragic situation again.
At that moment, Li Qingshan instructed Yang Daxuan and Zhang Erling to take the cart of ladybugs home first, explained some things that should be paid attention to, and went to the wheat field alone.
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No matter how hard the time was, the long night was over.
Li Qingshan got up early in the morning today, didn't know where to find a piece of black charcoal, sat at the stone table, and calculated something on the paper.
At the feet, the bottles and cans tied with black cloth, and the pots and pans covered tightly, were densely placed on the ground, so that the huge yard almost had nowhere to put their feet.
The paper in the young man's hand was written one after another.
In this case, he can only substitute some data first, and then deduce the data according to his own experience, and strive to shorten the actual operation process to the shortest.
Father Yang, who also got up early in the morning, stood behind him and peeked at it, and when he saw that there were numbers on the paper, he sighed again. In his eyes, the numbers were unintelligible figures.
Because of the sudden outbreak of the insect plague, he specially asked the eldest lady for work leave yesterday, and Chen Ruolan agreed without saying a word.
After returning home last night, Daddy Yang thought that he had gone to the wrong place, and there were some strange things all over the ground, not to mention, his basket of baby garlic was actually gone.
asked the two babies in the family, but he was also vague, which made him so depressed, how can he survive without garlic. asked them to go to the field together today to catch insects, and he was vague, but the kid in Qingshan was still ashamed, saying that he was responsible for the things in the field, so that he could rest assured that not a grain of wheat would be indispensable this year.
Young man, after all, he is not down-to-earth, Father Yang secretly complained a few words, and had to kill himself in the field.
Not long after Daddy Yang left, Huang Laoxie rushed over, and the old man's face was entangled, making people wonder if he suddenly had constipation.
Seeing him rush in suddenly, Li Qingshan hurriedly folded the paper in his hand and put it away, and the pile of Arabic numerals on it was a little indescribable for him to see.
Although Huang Laoxie is only a village head, according to what he has learned these days, this old man is an intellectual, and he is afraid that it is not easy to fool, and some things can be avoided.
"Baby, those stinky turtles - they can eat aphids!"
"Isn't that nonsense?" Li Qingshan laughed, thought for a while and felt that it was wrong, "Uncle Huang, don't tell me, you went to the field to release ladybugs?" ”
Old Huang nodded evilly: "Yes...... It's a little put. ”
He saw that Li Qingshan's face was wrong, and hurriedly said: "But don't worry, baby, the old man didn't dare to put more, only a few dozen, and then when he saw that the momentum was not right, he told them to stop." ”
Li Qingshan smiled at this time: "Did the ladybugs all run away?" ”
Huang Laoxie nodded helplessly, this baby, how can he know everything.
"I told you earlier, wait until this evening, can't you wait for a few hours?"
"Baby, it's okay to be old," Huang Laoxi's expression was like a wronged little daughter-in-law, "The villagers gave me all the garlic, but as soon as I turned around, I was all sold by your baby, I don't take out something to show the villagers, why will I mess around in the village in the future?" ”
This is also true, this old man is not easy, Li Qingshan hurriedly pulled him over and sat down.
"Okay Uncle Huang, everything is ready now, only the east wind is owed. Sit down, don't run around, just wait here. ”
"What are you waiting for?"
"Wait until it's dark!"
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