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Fenggu Farm alone has so much fertile land, and there are 200 tenant farmers?

Wang Shouzhe looked at the fields and ditches of different sizes interlaced in them, and he also felt a little emotion in his heart, this is the family foundation inherited for a hundred years.

"Our Fenggu Farm uses the traditional winter wheat summer grain rotation, and now it is the busy season when the winter wheat is about to mature and the summer grain seedlings are cultivated. Wang Shounuo said with a little joy on his face, "This spring has abundant rain and is not flooded, and the sun is strong and not scorching, which is very beneficial to the growth of winter wheat, and it seems that it will be a bumper harvest season." ”

At this time, even Wang Shouzhe was a little happy, the difference between the bumper grain yield and the poor harvest was very large, and more grain harvest meant that the family had more development funds.

"No, no, no. Wang Luojing, who was like a little heel, pouted and said, "Third brother, you are wrong, this year's winter wheat will fail if it is not good." ”

What?

Wang Shounuo's smiling face stiffened suddenly, and he said sharply: "Luo Jing, you little girl can't talk nonsense." Even my grandfather and some veteran tenant farmers said that there would be a bumper harvest nine times out of ten this year. What do you know at such a young age? If your grandfather listens to such a curse and a bad harvest, I am afraid that he will blame you again. ”

Frightened by him like this, Wang Luojing hid behind Wang Shouzhe.

"Third brother, the fifth sister is still young, Tong Yan Wuji, what are you talking about with her?" Wang Shouzhe smiled and touched her head to appease her twice.

"Fourth brother, you don't know anything. Wang Shounuo smiled helplessly, "You don't know, our five sisters are young, but they are very eccentric." I like to play with all kinds of insects all day long, and when I was two or three years old, I could squat in the yard and watch ants for a few days. Some time ago, I went to help her catch what grass and what insect king, and if she didn't go, she cried and rolled, causing me to look for four or five days all over the mountains before I caught two ~ I was bitten by mosquitoes and was full of bags. ”

"It is the king of lacewings, which is recorded in the ancient book of insects. Wang Luojing poked out half of her head from behind Wang Shouzhe and corrected Wang Shounuo seriously, "Brother, you are too ashamed, your handsome head is empty." Although the Xuanwu family is based on martial arts, the cultural and intellectual heritage is also the foundation of a family inheritance. ”

Especially in the second half of the sentence, it is to learn from Wang Shouzhe's words to reproach them, to bury Wang Shounuo.

No, Wang Shounuo's face darkened, so he had to say, "Yes, yes, I don't know." Next time you beg me, I won't help you catch bugs. ”

"My fourth brother helps, and the fourth brother is 10,000 times more powerful than you. Wang Luojing pulled Wang Shouzhe's shirt, as if she had found a backer, full of confidence.

This made Wang Shouzhe uncontrollable, it seemed that he was really a little eccentric, but he was just restrained in front of him, and Wang Shounuo was so angry that he almost fainted.

"Okay, okay, Luo Jing, tell me, what's going on to fail this year?" Wang Shouzhe asked casually, "Don't be afraid, even if it's wrong, it doesn't matter." ”

With Wang Shouzhe's support, Wang Luojing's courage has strengthened a lot: "Last year's winter was too warm, and it only snowed lightly. ”

Wang Shounuo immediately rolled his eyes: "Although it is said that Ruixue is a good year, it is just a statement. If it doesn't snow, it will be a bad harvest this year?"

"It's not the same. Wang Luojing said very seriously, "Last year's warm winter, this spring's rain is really good." But it hasn't rained for more than ten days recently, and the weather is hot and dry. ”

"Luo Jing. Wang Shounuo said disapprerovitically, "We have opened the gate on the Fenggu tributary to release water, and there will be no shortage of water in winter wheat." And the sun is good, which helps the wheat grains to grow full. ”

"It also helps honey worms grow. Wang Luojing rolled her eyes.

Honey worms?

Wang Shounuo shivered excitedly, and said with some hesitation: "Honey worms are inevitable, and honey worms will appear every year, which is normal to cause some yield reductions...... What's more, last winter, we also put insecticide powder in the farmland. ”

However, when he said this, his confidence was a little insufficient, and honey worms were the natural enemies of winter wheat. Small outbreaks are fine, but at most they will reduce food production, and if they are large-scale, it will be a disaster.

In Wang's records, the most serious one was the honey insect plague 73 years ago, which spread throughout Longzuo County, when the winter wheat yield was reduced by eighty percent, and the price of grain soared in a short period of time, and some families could still rely on grain storage to maintain. But many free people with weak assets are miserable, and there are more people who sell their children and daughters.

What's even more terrifying is that the insect plague lasted until the third year, and even some families couldn't bear it. If it weren't for the Purple Mansion Academy, a large amount of grain would be transferred to Longzuo County, and a large number of ancient recipes would be refined. I'm afraid that the entire Longzuo County will starve for thousands of miles and be deserted.

For a while, Wang Shouzhe frowned: "Luo Jing, do you have a way to prove what you said?"

Fenggu Farm and Xingsheng Farm are the two major grain production bases of the Wang family, and if there is a real outbreak of aphids, it will be even worse for the Wang family today.

"Brother, you can check a few more ears of grain. Wang Luojing's expression was also a little solemn.

Wang Shounuo was a little apprehensive when he was said, walked to the field, grabbed an ear of wheat and flipped it over, only to see that there were some fine green spots on the ear of wheat that had just begun to be filled.

Several ears of wheat were turned in succession, some more and some less, but there was no doubt that they were all honey worms.

Wang Shouzhe is a sixth-layer high stage of the Qi Refining Realm, his physical fitness and eyesight are far from being comparable to ordinary people, at a glance, he found that those green dots are fat little insects, he was slightly stunned, this seems to be an aphid, right?

Wang Shouzhe has very little knowledge in this area, and can only barely guess that this is some kind of aphid. He is not interested in agriculture, and those apps with powerful algorithms will naturally not push this content.

"There are indeed more honey worms this year than in previous years. Wang Shounuo was suspicious and said, "But there may not be an insect plague, right? At most, it is a slight reduction in production compared to last year. ”

"Brother!" Wang Luo said after a pause, "I said that there is a big problem with the climate, and there are too many eggs left in the soil, which will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, or three or four days later, a large number of honey insects will break through the soil, and it is very likely that a second wave will break out in seven or eight days." ”

"You guys come here. Wang Shouzhe recruited several tenant farmers who were working not far away, and said, "Pull out this small piece of wheat and turn the soil open." ”

"This ...... The young master Shounuo ...... "The tenant farmers shrank their heads and looked at Wang Shounuo suspiciously, they didn't dare, and they were a little reluctant to do it. The wheat will be harvested in ten or so days, and it will be all white grain.

"Listen to the patriarch. Wang Shounuo didn't dare to offend Wang Shouzhe, so he personally stepped forward to pull out the wheat.

Several tenant farmers also carried hoes and began to turn the soil.

In a few moments, the little piece of wheat was pulled out, and the land was turned over.

"This ......" Wang Shounuo carefully examined the roots of the wheat that had been pulled out, and his face gradually became solemn to the point of shock, "How can this be, how can it be so?"

There are many white dots on those roots, which are shocking. And most of the wheat roots are found on the roots, but the number is just a few of them.

There are also those that have been turned up, and if you look closely, you will find that there are many white dots.

Wang Shounuo "chuckled" in his heart, and an ominous premonition arose: "Quick, go and call grandpa over." ”

"Tell Grandpa, and tell all the tenant farmers to soak the ashes that have accumulated quickly. Wang Shounuo studied agriculture with his grandfather for two years, and he also had some basic skills.

The tenant farmers began to get busy.

After a while, the fourth old lady Wang Xiaozhi had already come to converge, and his face was extremely embarrassed: "How can this be, how can there be so many honey worm eggs growing in the land? After the autumn harvest last year, it was clear that the heaven and earth had been deeply cultivated and sprinkled with exterminators as usual, could there be a problem with those exterminators?"

"Grandpa, last year was a warm winter,......" Wang Luojing cautiously reminded on the side.

"Little girl, grandpa has been farming all his life, can you not understand?" Wang Xiaozhi rebuked angrily as if he had been stepped on by the tail, "Ten years ago it was also a warm winter, and the climate was exactly the same as this year, and as a result, Longzuo had a bumper harvest and a full warehouse of grain! In my opinion, the problem is in the extermination powder, the damn Qian's trading house must be selling fake exterminators, and I also took advantage of the low price to stock up on a large number of exterminators!"

As they said a word, Wang Shouzhe also remembered some scattered knowledge, and couldn't help frowning: "The Qian family firm is all over Longzuo, and has always paid attention to goodwill. Is there a possibility that aphids, no, honey worms have survived in the confrontation with the exterminator again and again, and gradually formed a large area of drug resistance?"

Although Wang Shouzhe did not touch agriculture in his previous life, he also knew that whether it was bacteria, viruses or organisms, they would constantly undergo genetic mutation and evolution, which was almost irregular, but most of them would be eliminated naturally.

And it is reasonable that some honey insects that have evolved in the direction of drug resistance have survived the confrontation with the exterminator again and again, and gradually multiplied.

But Wang Xiaozhi couldn't understand what biological evolution was at all, so he just frowned and said: "Shouzhe, don't talk nonsense here, the previous extermination was fine, why didn't it work this year?"

"Grandpa, I think what the fourth brother said makes sense. Wang Luojing said, "Grandpa, you forgot, I have always heard you complain in the past few years, it seems that the insect extermination powder is becoming more and more ineffective, why are there honey worms every year?"

Wang Xiaozhi's face stiffened, and his face became more and more ugly. In recent years, especially since the bumper harvest ten years ago, there has been a gradual increase in honey worms, but because it is still within the tolerable range, it is just a bother.

Wang Shouzhe is almost certain that this is a highly resistant aphid that has multiplied and spread. The warm winter of the previous season also allowed most of the eggs to survive, and this year's climate is suitable for the growth of aphids, so this scene happened.

This wave of trouble is big, Rao is Wang Shouzhe can't help but feel numb on his scalp, he doesn't have the ability to deploy new "pesticides......

It was the house leak that happened to rain overnight! Under this disaster, Wang's life will become more and more difficult, right?

"Fourth brother. Wang Luojing pulled Wang Shouzhe aside, and she whispered, "I have a way to solve the honey worm, but I'm afraid of grandpa, so I dare not say it!"

What the?

Wang Shouzhe was stunned and looked at her in disbelief.

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