In the face of the scattered insect swarm, everyone can only act separately.

After a night's rest, the battlefield has shifted from outside the province to the province. In order to catch up with the swarm, Hudson had to "race the bear" again.

According to the information provided by the griffin cavalry, they traveled all the way for eighty miles to intercept a swarm.

The pit dad didn't find the insect king inside, so angry that Bear Stearns' eyes were red, and he opened the gravity field, constantly interspersing among the insect swarm.

No matter how much Hudson tried to persuade him, he didn't give up until the swarm scattered and fled.

Looking at the dead locusts, Hudson showed no pity at all. They should have a short life, and they tossed endlessly.

Isn't it good to stay in the decisive battle of Arbor County?

Even if it was an all-night-sleeper attack, Hudson confessed.

Anyway, if the bear insists on it, he won't be cowardly.

It's a big deal to sleep directly on the bear's back, with the magic blessing of the earth guard, the safety is still guaranteed.

Now scattered swarms of insects filled the southeastern provinces, and each team was far apart.

The distance between them is several miles, and the distance is hundreds of miles, which greatly increases the difficulty of pursuit.

The most pitiful thing is that I ran for 180 miles and caught up with the insect swarm, but I couldn't find the shadow of the insect king.

After a busy day, the next thing can only be to find the next swarm.

Hudson was prepared for this situation. Yesterday, more than a dozen insect kings were captured and killed, and there were very few insect kings left.

Whether these intelligent creatures dare to enter the southeastern province is unknown.

Even if there is a potion to lure locusts, the attraction is no longer so fatal to a life like the Worm King, who has been promoted to a demonic beast.

Otherwise, the governor's palace did not need to toss, and just put locust trapping agents on the spot, and lured them to their own doors.

Attracting just ordinary locusts is not good for the bigger picture and is not economically advisable.

After all, the scope of influence of an elixir is limited, and the rate at which locusts can reproduce is infinite.

Under normal circumstances, a female locust lays dozens of eggs at a time, and it can hatch in just about 20 days.

But once the insect king appears, this speed can be further catalyzed. Not only has the rate of egg laying doubled, but even the incubation time has been reduced to two days.

If you don't kill the insect king, you can pull out an army of hundreds of billions of locusts in a short time.

Estimating the speed at which locusts are hunted may not be able to keep up with their reproduction.

After two full days of busyness, only one insect king was harvested. Such a speed is not only unacceptable to Bear Stearns, but even Hudson is unbearable.

Fortunately, it was not only them who couldn't stand it, but the situation of other powerhouses was not much better.

The highly exhausting battle, but not in exchange for the desired gains, everyone's enthusiasm has been greatly hit.

Seeing the locust plague spread and spread to their own territory, everyone couldn't bear it anymore!

After the first representative took his leave, the rest followed suit.

The insect king is to be caught, but the top priority is to take care of himself first.

If you find the trace of the insect king, you can ask for help nearby, and for the sake of the rich rewards, everyone will not be stingy.

Hudson was no exception, decisively asking Governor Pierce to resign.

As for the reward, in addition to the reward of the insect king's gold coins, the others need to be slowly exchanged in private.

There is no rush for this kind of thing. After the locust plague has been extinguished, it will be too late to deliberate.

Overall, the operation exceeded expectations. Capture eight insect kings alive, and the reward on the bright side is 8,000 gold coins.

The resources that can be exchanged secretly will only be more than that.

In particular, "catching alive" is the order of Caesar III, and with this person's style of acting, it is unlikely that everyone will do it in vain.

The specific reward is unknown, but it will definitely pay off anyway. Otherwise, Caesar III's reputation in the circle of middle and lower nobility would not be as good as it is now.

As soon as he stepped into Lytte County, Hudson noticed that something was wrong. Obviously, in the southernmost part of the province, the locust plague is even more serious than in other regions.

The main force of the locust army was severely damaged by the experts of the Governor's Palace, and the scattered swarms were hunted and killed by the noble lords along the way, and it stands to reason that they will only enter the rear even less.

Ignoring the reason, one person and one bear accelerated their march. As for the locusts along the way, they were naturally disposed of by Bear Stearns.

As an aspiring bear, Bear Stearns aspires to become a rancher.

According to the plan, it is ready to raise 10,000 sheep, 10,000 cows, 10,000 boxes of bees, and then every day there will be endless animal milk and honey, endless barbecue, and it will be at the peak of its life.

Locusts are undoubtedly the great enemies of the rancher's bear. When I saw it, I must have made a mistake and didn't let it go.

Under the shroud of gravity, not only the locusts along the way suffered, but other small insects followed suit.

If you don't accidentally hurt some flowers and plants, it will be more perfect. Natural pest killer bears, no longer have to worry about the threat of insect pests.

Hudson breathed a sigh of relief as the smoke continued to rise along the way. Obviously, the noble lords have not yet laid down, which means that the situation has not completely collapsed.

The unharvested grain is basically cool. But as long as the locusts are eradicated in time, the autumn ploughing can still be saved.

Even though there was not much harvest this season, it was better than nothing. When the spring grain is harvested next year, it can be resurrected with full blood.

Of course, this is only ideal. Anyone who has experienced the locust plague knows that this thing is "a plague for ten years".

Even if the locusts are killed, the eggs that are all over the earth can still be reborn in the coming year. It's almost impossible to kill them cleanly.

Even if it is a timely response, it will not allow the formation of a locust plague. These grasshoppers, which are distributed everywhere, are also a threat to agricultural production.

If nothing else, starting next year, everyone will have to learn to eat grasshoppers.

In the case of a large-scale reduction in grain production, it is also a last resort to adopt extraordinary measures to deal with emergencies.

After taking Bear Stearns around the territory and destroying all the locusts in size, Hudson returned to the Lord's House.

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"What's going on, why is the disaster in the territory so serious?"

Frankly speaking, Hudson was satisfied with the disaster prevention work in the territory. Although there were many problems, his deployment was generally completed.

In the context of a plague of locusts, not having all the crops fed to the locusts is a success.

"Sir, I don't know why locusts are frantically pouring into the counties of Latt and Wyton. The mountain territory is in the middle of nowhere, and the situation is quite good.

In the territory of the plains, the damage is really serious. There were several unlucky lords, and the crops in their realms were eaten by locusts.

Including the Baron Cayo, although he organized a huge operation to exterminate locusts, in the end the town of Fallen Leaves was reduced to white land.

Not only are the crops being eaten, but even the vegetation is being devastated. Even some wooden houses were attacked by locusts.

Strangely, the areas that were severely affected were the territories of the local nobles, but the territories of the northern nobles were slightly less damaged.

It is rumored that this locust plague was caused by the nobles of the Northlands. There was even gossip that someone had placed locust traps in the two counties.

The other day, our patrol spotted someone sneaking around and found two vials containing potions. It's a pity that people ran away, otherwise ......"

After listening to Tom's explanation, Hudson was a little skeptical that he was the son of luck. Someone ran over to give medicine, but not only was they touched by the patrol, but they didn't even have time to break the medicine bottle.

Looking at the two medicine bottles in front of him, Hudson did not rush to open them, but patted the bear cub's head and motioned for Bellsdam to go and check it.

There is no way, there are too many means for the yin people in this world, and Hudson doesn't want to die young.

On the contrary, there are very few means to be able to shade the earth bear, especially an alternative bear like Bear Stearns, which can be called invincible to five poisons.

No matter what messy food, dare to put it in your mouth. Even during the locust extermination war, many locusts burned to the brittle, and many of them entered the stomach of this goods.

Poisonous?

If the Earth Bear had been afraid of poison, Bear Stearns would not have survived at all. I've been with Hudson for so long, and I've never seen him eat badly.

The small problem of headache and brain fever has never happened once. This anti-virus ability is definitely one of the best in the Continent of Aslante.

According to Bear Stearns, adult Earth Bears are immune to all toxins and negative energies, and juvenile bears are immune to most of them.

Bear Stearns opened the cap and sniffed it, and before it could reply, Hudson heard the buzzing of locusts.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hudson immediately went up and put the lid on. Then I secretly thought to myself what to do with these two bottles of reagents.

Handed over to the Doge's Palace?

It seems that there is not much to change, and now everyone knows that someone has put locust trapping medicine in the southeast province, and the identity of the other party cannot be determined, and there is no meaning in just two bottles of medicine.

Maybe with this thing, it's easier to track down the mastermind behind it, but what can be found is definitely the little person who pushed to the forefront.

The big forces behind the scenes who planned all this could not have left such obvious traces stupidly. Even the person responsible for poisoning may be a hapless person hired temporarily.

Stay?

It didn't make sense to Hudson either, as it could lure locusts over and kill them, but with Bear Stearns in charge, Hudson didn't feel the need for such bells and whistles.

Finally, he helped his bear erect a big rancher's bear life plan, and at this moment, Bear Stearns' heart was at its highest, and a large number of locusts dared to come over and wanted to leave alive.

According to the agreement, Hudson was to transfer 500 sheep, 200 cattle, and more than half of the hives to Bear Stearns.

In addition, it is also necessary to provide breeding technology, as well as supporting industrial services such as herdsmen, mountain forests, and grassland leasing.

As for the money, it is naturally owed first. The bounty of 8,000 gold coins is not enough to pay off the previous bad debts?

However, this is not a problem, with the performance in this locust plague, the follow-up reward is still enough for Bear Stearns to pay off his debts.

Only bears with money in their pockets have the confidence to buy an industry. If you are poor and white like before, where will you have the face to speak?

With the industrial bear, it is now very calf-friendly. No one, no worm, should be allowed to affect its rations.

As for protecting Hudson's territory, that's just incidental. After all, locusts can fly, and if you don't prevent them in advance, they can easily spread and spread.

"Fallen Leaf Town, the disaster is so serious, didn't Baron Cayo ask the family for help?"

Hudson asked, confused.

A large-scale locust plague would be an astronomical loss for any lord.

This year's autumn grain has suffered heavy losses, and next year's autumn grain is not expected, and even the year after next will continue to suffer.

If you don't eradicate the eggs together, then wait for the "grasshoppers" to patronize them every year!

Once it is on a large scale, it will immediately be a new locust plague. It can be said that the wildfires are inexhaustible, and the "summer" wind blows and grows.

"It's said to be a call for help, but the Dalton family is too busy to take care of a town now.

The information is hearsay and may not be accurate. When it comes to the Dalton family, we don't dare to put intelligence agents in the past. ”

Andrea, who was in charge of intelligence, replied.

Throwing the intelligence organization to an outsider who had just defected, Hudson had no choice but to do it.

It is by no means an easy task to build an intelligence organization in the situation of being poor and white.

Not to mention inquiring about hidden information, it is difficult to just collect some overt information.

Who keeps the population moving small?

The state of most territories is: ten days and half a month, and there will not be a stranger.

Any stranger approaching will attract the attention of the local population. If you don't have the ability, you will be approached by someone in a few minutes.

Hudson just wanted to find out the news, but he wasn't prepared to make a feud with his neighbors. This kind of hateful thing must never be done.

simply leave it to the "outsiders" to do it, in case it is really exposed, Master Hudson can still say that he does not know.

One bite is sure that someone has planted a spy to provoke everyone's relationship.

If you don't believe it, you can check it, there is definitely something wrong with the origin of these guys.

No matter which force is found, he can clear his suspicion of Master Hudson. Since everyone is a victim, it is natural to target the hatred against the guy who planted the spy.

It's all an experience that has been exchanged for bloody life lessons. When it comes to the ability to shake the pot, Hudson is now perfect.

As for the hidden dangers after the development and growth of the intelligence organization, it is purely to think too much. Under the existing conditions, Hudson's intelligence organization simply did not have the possibility of development.

The slaves used by the nobles are all generations of servants for the family, and the children and grandchildren are bound together, and outsiders cannot mix in at all.

If you want to play the trick of selling yourself into slavery, then go in and become a slave for generations! Without the efforts of several generations, it is simply impossible to gain the trust of the owner.

Loyalty that has been dormant for decades is hard to guarantee, let alone for several generations. It's just funny to test human nature like this.

Even if loyalty is not in question, the protracted infiltration pattern does not wait for the spy to get close to the core of power, and Hudson suspects that he will be the first to grow grass.

Spies can't get in, and it's even harder to buy them. It is estimated that the front foot has just negotiated the conditions, and the back foot has been reported.

Decades, or even hundreds of years of enslavement education, can not be shaken in a few words. The interests of the slaves were tied to the nobility early on.

Once the power is in decline, the slaves who follow it will not please either. Even if you want to betray, you have to have a master who is willing to accept it.

The ultra-low population flow determines that organizations like Jinyiwei have no soil to survive in the Aslant continent at all.

It is easier to buy off the nobles under your command than to buy off other people's cronies. These people can also betray because of the convergence of interests.

As long as the betrayal chips given are big enough, there is no need to worry about everyone not betraying.

It's a pity that if he could afford that price, Hudson himself would have become a big nobleman long ago. Gambling directly, why do you need to engage in these tricks that are not on the table?

"Just stare at it from a distance, you don't have to get too close. Paying attention to the situation in the two counties, I always feel that someone is deliberately stirring up conflicts. ”

Hudson said meaningfully.

It's not that he's too careful, it's really the rumored "poisoning of the nobles of the Northland" is too magical. It's a plague of locusts, nothing else.

Although the damage to the territory of the nobles of the Northland was slightly lighter, it was only "slightly", and the actual loss was also not small.

The grain harvest is out in a year, and the local nobles can't starve to death, but for the northlands, it is a test of life and death.

If the response is not done properly, it is inevitable that people will starve to death. When the time comes, it will not only be the goods that will be lost, but also the hearts and minds of the people in the territory.

For the nobles of the Northland, causing a locust plague is a typical "killing 800 enemies and losing 3,000 yourself".

In contrast, the local aristocracy had a greater incentive to play like this. As the head snake of the land, everyone can rely on the advantage of materials to drag down this group of outsiders.

With this strength, there are only five or six local nobles who implement this plan.

Because of the relationship between the lord's personal ability and the family's dedication, there are ambitions and motivations to do so, and there are even fewer of them.

As one of the main suspects, Hudson can rule himself out, so the person behind the scenes is likely to be another beneficiary.

If there is really a large-scale food shortage, there are only a few families in the entire southeastern province who can come up with food and help everyone tide over the crisis.

It just so happens that the Dalton family behind Baron Cayo has this strength.

With so many coincidences happening together, it's hard not to make Hudson think about it.

It's just that suspicion is suspicion, involving the Dalton family, and Hudson will not easily express his position without full evidence.

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