Tian Songzi noticed Chen Pi's slowly gloomy face, and asked with anxiety: "Senior, is there anything wrong with the secret recipe, or is there something wrong with Qingshi." Zhao Qingshi immediately stopped saying a word, and looked at Chen Pi with both eyes.

Chen Pi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I'm not worried that there is anything wrong with the secret recipe, it's not that you said something wrong, I'm just thinking, I'm afraid that the few licorice resources in my country will be devastating this time, I don't know if I should put people first, or leave this life-saving species for future generations as much as possible." ”

"Senior, what do you say?" Tian Songzi asked in surprise, "I remember that licorice was all over the country back then, especially in the northwest region, where there were rich licorice resources, how could it come to this point?" ”

Chen Pi sneered twice and said, "Because licorice is a well-known and commonly used Chinese herbal medicine and industrial raw material in China, the domestic and international market demand is very large, it can not only be used in medicine, but also has a very good effect on many diseases, licorice is also widely used in food, beverage, tobacco, chemical, brewing, national defense and other industries. Glycyrrhizic acid is used in beer production to increase foam, color, consistency and fragrance, and can also be used to make shoe polish, ink, dyes, etc., licorice stain extract can be used as a stabilizer for oil drilling fluid, foam stabilizer excipients for fire extinguishers, licorice stems and leaves are high-quality feed, it can be said that licorice is a treasure. ”

Chen Pi let out a long sigh, and then continued: "It is precisely because of this that licorice has brought itself the danger of extinction. ”

"China's licorice commodities mainly come from the wild resources of the three northern provinces and grassland areas, in the last 30 years of the last century, the purchase and sales of licorice have been on an upward trend, the purchase volume has more than tripled in 30 years, due to the increase in domestic and foreign demand, the market is popular, all parties are scrambling to buy, the price is rising again and again, with the further deepening of reform and opening up, China's licorice sales in the international market are also increasing year by year."

"The lucrative profits of licorice have led to massive mining of wild licorice, causing serious damage to wild resources? What are some of the main licorice producing areas where the area of wild resources has declined sharply? Such as the grassland, the area of 18 million mu in the 50s? By the 80s, the area was less than a quarter of its original size. Ningyuan is rich in licorice resources? Due to years of predatory mining, the reserves have been greatly reduced? In particular, in the licorice war of April 1993, more than 20 million kilograms of licorice were dug up? Seriously damaged the local ecological environment and grassland vegetation? Causing a large area of desertification in the grassland. ”

"On May 5 of the same year, there was also a devastating sandstorm there, and according to the relevant authorities, the wild resources at that time were nearly two-thirds less than in the 50s. Super-intensive mining has overwhelmed the scarce licorice resources. ”

"And what about today?" Ye Fanghua asked with an uneasy face? There was no longer a smile on his face, "Can other countries provide it?" ”

"As far as I know, although other countries also produce licorice, the production is not high, and the shortage of licorice has become a worldwide problem? The situation is slightly better in the union republics, where they established a protective policy of strict prohibition on the harvesting and export of licorice in order to protect their ecological environment? Would you rather import at a high price than tap into your own resources? But even so, the reserves are not optimistic. ”

Chen Pi replied helplessly? "As for us? Licorice resources have never recovered? Ignoring the serious degradation of the grasslands, the greedy people frantically excavated the already small amount of licorice, and by the way, the kind of licorice that Qingshi mentioned just now has a better curative effect called Guangguo licorice, and now its reserves are even more minimal. ”

Tian Songzi and the three of them couldn't help but look at each other, the joy at the beginning had become gone, although there was a cure that gave everyone hope, but it was just as useless to have a prescription without a cure.

"Then we immediately carry out artificial planting, grass plants, as long as the sunshine and water are sufficient, with modern planting technology, it can not grow in a short time." Ye Fanghua slapped her face and said excitedly.

"It's useless, licorice must be grown for 3 to 5 years before it can have medicinal effects, and if you want to make it quickly, it's useless." Tian Songzi's faint words completely shattered Ye Fanghua's only hope.

"If we say that licorice is completely extinct in order to treat the current human race, I don't know if our children and grandchildren will hate us for the rest of our lives." Chen Pi looked up at the ceiling and said helplessly, "None of us can guarantee that there will be new diseases in the future, and licorice may be their lifesaver." ”

Everyone fell silent.

Chen Pi, who had sent away Tian Songzi and his party, sat sullenly on the balcony of the villa, and below the balcony was a large swimming pool large enough to accommodate a hundred people.

It's the height of summer.

The clear water of that pool, under the scorching sun, gives people an infinitely cool feeling, but now the sky above the pool is set up by Xue Ji a small barrier to shield the eyes of outsiders, and Xue Ji and Youlu are enjoying the wonderful feeling of being soaked in the cold pool water.

"Sister, your skin is really white and delicate, I envy my sister, those stars who do cosmetics advertising on TV can compare to you, if a man sees it, he will definitely pursue you like crazy, tell my sister that I am so white and tender, there is no secret." Youlu asked with a grin.

"What a secret can there be, we snow demon clan are born like this." Xue Ji, who was a little shy and was teased by Youlu, lowered her head and said, "But what's so good about white skin like me, I envy my sister's healthy skin." ”

"You don't know this, there is an old saying that white covers a hundred ugliness, and Chen Pi likes white-skinned girls very much." Xue Ji sighed in her ear with a smile, and lowered her voice, "Just like my sister, Chen Pi can't take his eyes off it, don't believe it, you look up." Xue Ji couldn't help but look up, only to realize that she couldn't see herself at all from the position where Chen Pi was sitting.

Another brigade covered her cherry lips and laughed, Xue Ji realized that she had been deceived by another brigade, she was ashamed and annoyed and immediately pounced, and another brigade plunged into the bottom of the water with a fierce son, and easily avoided Xue Ji, Xue Ji was not discouraged, and also plunged into the water, following behind her, like two mermaids chasing each other in the big pool.

The two women were playing in the pool, the bumpy devil figure with the sexy swimsuit, coupled with the angelic beauty, constituted a fatal temptation to men, especially Xue Ji's dazzling skin white in the sun, which was enough to make any normal man crazy, but unfortunately Chen Pi was in no mood to appreciate all this now, and his mind was still on the conversation just now.

The final result of the discussion was that Zhao Qingshi continued his research work to determine how much licorice could cure the plague, and Tian Songzi and Ye Fanghua conducted a survey of domestic licorice resources through their own secret channels to determine the limit of licorice that could be provided.

However, Chen Pi is not optimistic about this, in his opinion, even if the world's licorice is concentrated, I am afraid it will be difficult to meet the needs of all countries in the world, more than 10 billion people, the demand for licorice will also be an astronomical amount.

Environmental pollution, the large-scale reduction of forests, the acceleration of land desertification, the thinning of the atmosphere, the rapid depletion of non-renewable resources, and the extinction of living beings, all of which are closely related to it, and it can even be said that it is precisely because the number of human beings is so large that it exceeds the speed of natural regeneration, which has caused these serious consequences today.

Chen Pi has always believed that the fastest and most effective way to restore the world's ecological balance is to quickly reduce the number of the world's population, so that the annual consumption of the world's resources is lower than the natural recovery rate, so that even if human beings do nothing but control the population, the world's ecology will turn into balance in a few decades.

But this idea, it's okay to think about it, he is not cold-blooded enough to want to implement this plan in person, however, this time the inaction of the fairy world makes him feel that I am afraid that those immortals also have such thoughts, as for the demon clan from the demon world, if they really have no intention of occupying the land of the human world, ninety percent is also based on this idea.

As long as the number of human beings is reduced to a certain level, and the range of human activities is greatly reduced, those oppressed creatures will naturally have enough places to live, and he can't help but shudder a little when he thinks of this.

In fact, he concealed a very important news from tangerine peel, that is, there is still a large licorice producing area in China, and it is located in the last oasis that tangerine peel has at this time, so that the morning tea is laid out in advance.

But Chen Pi he knows very well, these oases have only been formed for many years, the area is not very large, and the foundation is still quite unstable, if all the licorice is dug out now, I am afraid that a big sandstorm will hit, and his plan will be in vain, this result is absolutely unwilling for him to bear, and even if he adds the production of these licorice, it is difficult to meet the needs of human beings, and now he can only hope for Zhao Qingshi, hoping that he can find a suitable alternative medicine.

Just when his thoughts were fluctuating, another brigade in the swimming pool laughed, jumped onto the balcony from the edge of the pool, stretched his beautiful figure, and looked at the sad Chen Pi and said funny: "What are you thinking about here, why are you sitting here like an elm pimple, and you don't go down to accompany me and Sister Xue Ji, this is the Yanfu that others dream of, after being in retreat for so long, how can you not be close to Sister Xue Ji." ”

"Sister." From below, there was a shy and uncontrollable cry from Xue Ji.

"Ahem, ahem." Chen Pi, who was caught off guard by another brigade's unexpected words, had to hide his embarrassment with a series of coughs, and seeing that he was going to say more, Chen Pi quickly diverted the topic and said: "I've been troubled by this damn plague here, so don't make fun of me anymore, okay." ”

You Lu pursed his lips and chuckled a few times, jumped down from the stone railing of the balcony, walked to Chen Pi's body, stretched out his slender ten fingers, gently massaged his shoulders for Chen Pi, and said softly: "What's the matter, what's a new problem, look at your brows are about to be twisted together, Sister Xue Ji will definitely be heartbroken when she sees it." ”

"Sister, big brother has something on his mind, don't talk nonsense!" Xue Ji, who had been repeatedly used by Youlu to tease Chen Pi, also ascended to the balcony from the pool water, and said to Youlu with a coquettish face, Chen Pi only felt that his eyes were bright, and a peerless beauty stood in front of him, and the dazzling white light emanated from her skin like fine mutton fat and white jade, which was difficult to look at.

Lust is human nature, and Chen Pi is not an old-fashioned master, so beautiful at the moment, if it is not tempted at all, it must be nonsense, but he quickly recovered, took his eyes off Xue Ji in a sexy swimsuit, and just smiled and said: "Xue Ji is still empathetic, and I know that I am a big brother who is going to be annoyed to death, unlike you, who is still messing around at this time, and I don't look like a sister." ”

Youlu spit out his tongue and grinned: "Sister, he praised you so well-behaved, why don't you come over to help him massage it and let him relax." Xue Ji looked at Chen Pi hesitantly and asked, "Sister, where do you ask me to massage him?" "As the patriarch of the Snow Demon, only the members of the clan massage her, and she really hasn't helped anyone else massage her.

"You stand in front of him and massage his temples, I help him loosen his shoulders, and he relaxes in a while." Youlu said casually, "As long as he relaxes, no matter how troublesome things are, he will have a decision, so that we don't have to see him frowning and affect his mood." ”

"No need, Yukihime, just let the brigade help me loosen my shoulders." Chen Pi hurriedly shook his hand and said, what are you kidding, standing in front of yourself and massaging your temples, but she is sitting on a chair, if Xue Ji wants to massage herself, she must stand very close to herself, and she is also wearing a swimsuit, so isn't it unobstructed to see her whole body, which is too fragrant.

Xue Ji's cheeks were flushed with two seductive blushes, obviously thinking that it was too tempting to help Chen Pi massage her temples like this, she bit her red lips lightly, and looked at the two of them with hesitation, but she quickly made a decision, walked quickly to Chen Pi's side, raised her round and jade arms, and her slender fingers fell on Chen Pi's head.

Chen Pi instinctively wanted to get up and dodge, and with a force of his hands behind him, he pressed him back into the chair: "Chen Pi, the two of us massage you at the same time to relieve your fatigue, don't you still look down on it?" After a moment's hesitation, Yukihime's hands had already landed on his head.

A slightly chilly fragrance emanated from Xue Ji's body, which was refreshing and refreshing, and the slender five fingers gently rubbed on his temples, and a stream of coolness emanated from between the five fingers, which was extremely refreshing.

Although Xue Ji's movements were still a little out of place, a little jerky, but under the guidance of Youlu, she quickly became proficient, and Chen Pi simply came to peace at this time, closed her eyes, and wholeheartedly enjoyed the service of the two women.

"Okay, how are you feeling now?" Lu Jiao smiled and patted Chen Pi's shoulder and said, "Isn't your spirit much better?" ”

"It's much better, Yukihime, you can rest." Chen Pi still closed his eyes and said, "Let me be alone for a while." ”

"Let's go, sister, let's continue to play in the water!" I only heard Youlujiao laughing and Xue Ji said, and then there was the sound of two girls jumping into the water.

Chen Pi put his hands behind his head, and the massage that the two women gave him made his whole body relax, and his originally somewhat chaotic mind became clear, and Chen Pi slowly filtered the whole thing in his mind again, and made a decision in his heart.

Chen Pi, who has made up his mind, can't help but play with his heart, scream, jumped directly from the balcony to the pool, the whole person was slapped flat in a large shape, in the exclamation of the two women, the pool set off a lot of waves, after a long time, Chen Pi came out of the water, leaned on the edge of the pool and looked at the two women with a smile.

"It's settled?" Youlu asked with a grin, "Now let's talk about it." As soon as she saw Chen Pi's appearance, she knew that Chen Pi had made up her mind in her heart.