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Zhang Cheng asked Fengqing to send this "mutating" seedling to Chashan Island as soon as possible, and Pan Sheng temporarily replaced Jiaolong Village as the guard, and it happened that Pan Sheng also needed time to familiarize himself with the affairs of the territory, and then transferred to Lingshi Fort to replace Xie Shichen.

The flowers on the seedlings can only be pinched off for the time being, you must know that there is a big treasure hidden in Jiaolong Lake, if you let Fengqing, the unlucky bastard, bump into it, he will definitely have no way to survive this time. Anyway, it only takes three or five smallpox to rebloom, and with the addition of the fifth-level aura environment, the process will only be shorter.

Zhang Cheng didn't think about using this somewhat evil spirit plant seedling to "fish" out the dragon, but this seedling only grew in the special spiritual soil that was deployed, there was no spiritual energy environment, and it had not withered until now, it was already a miracle, he didn't want to take risks, if such a strange spirit plant was tossed to death in his hands, it would really be a big loss.

As long as it can take root and sprout in the spiritual land, there will be more opportunities in the future! However, in this way, Qin Liangyu can't be transferred back for the time being, this seedling is very dangerous, and with Zhang Cheng's vision, he can't predict what will happen to it in the process of mutation, so it's better to be cautious.

The 30,000 spirit stones that were traded with the Gilded Group at the beginning have also arrived, although they are far from enough to fill the huge gap in the territory, but at least they can greatly improve the efficiency of the current spiritual field transformation. As soon as this batch of spirit stones was unloaded, Zhang Cheng directly sent them all to the spirit stone fort, and all of them were used for the investment in the transformation of the spirit field in the mulberry forest area.

During this time, after several rounds of cuttings, there were already more than 1,000 Lingmu with quality 6, and Zhang Cheng's focus on Shuiyun Mulberry also inserted three plants.

This is far from enough to raise silkworms, but there are no ready-made silkworm seeds in the territory, so it is just during this period that the new silkworm farmers began to cultivate the first generation of silkworms.

The expeditionary caravan was temporarily placed in the original expeditionary barracks, and after being busy with the distribution of a lot of materials, Zhang Cheng came to the door with a generous gift.

"General Zeng, I will let the caravan of the territory go back with you to settle the final payment of this transaction."

After the previous transaction with Yin Wentai, there are no materials suitable for settling the balance of this order in the warehouse of the territory, but Zhang Cheng still holds six rebel leaders' heads in his hands, and in addition to meritorious deeds, he can also exchange more than 7,000 gold coins, and this final payment is up to 4,000 gold coins.

This time, Zhang Cheng didn't plan to trade to the Gilded Regiment anymore, and this business would come back after he brushed up on the minimum title to apply for the city.

Originally, the caravan's guard general was Yan Guo, because she needed to go to Zhenyuan City [White Tiger Shensha University Campus] every once in a while to study, but now that the hidden danger of the Jiaolong in the territory has not been lifted, Zhang Cheng does not dare to let Yan Guo, the main combat force that can contain the Jiaolong, leave the territory for a long time.

The expeditionary caravan will only rest with him for three days before returning, and this time the general of the guard will have to pick people again. I'm afraid that General Mu will also be a little dissatisfied with this matter, after all, he has high hopes for Yan Guo's future, and Zhang Cheng is now holding people down, which is tantamount to making Yan Guo's already low chance of entering the divine cultivation even lower.

"No problem, with the relationship between the lord and the higher-ups, naturally you don't have to do everything according to the regulations." Zeng Li looked at the gift brought by Zhang Cheng, the smile on his face became a little bigger, and he silently calculated in his heart what he could share.

"By the way, which general is here to guard the outpost this time? Anyway, it's a neighbor, understand it, and visit it when you have time. "This new outpost is far away from Jiaolong Village than Chashan Island, so we have time to get closer to each other, and we can take care of each other if there is any emergency.

"It's Fang Yuzhen, a fool who would rather bend than bend, and has no political acumen at all." Speaking of this, Zeng Li showed a self-deprecating smile on his face, as if he remembered his younger self.

"How's the ability?" Hearing Zeng Li say this, Zhang Cheng suddenly became interested and asked.

"Who knows, there are no battles in Zhenyuan City, and when there is a chance to perform, it is not the turn of marginal characters like us, just like the previous Abyss Riot."

Zhang Cheng nodded, expressing understanding, thinking about Ren Changsheng, who was mixed in the battlefield at the beginning, and the gilded regiment in charge of "logistics" in his territory, the current Nine Kingdoms have already passed the period when they can get ahead by relying on their ability alone.

After chatting with Zeng Li about some inconsequential gossip, Zhang Cheng rushed back to Jiaolong Village, and he needed to determine the relevant personnel of the caravan.

The caravan escort army was 3,000, 1,005 white pole soldiers, 500 heavy infantry, 500 strong archers, plus 500 military guards to suppress the formation, and let Jia Daoxuan arrange two Taoist priests who could handle them to deal with some complicated situations.

In the words of the general, Zhang Cheng finally hit Lu Ling after repeatedly studying the general's file in his hand.

This Lu Ling, like Kang Yu, who he sent Chashan Island as the general of the garrison, is a rebel general who was incorporated in the previous war, and his ability is similar, they are all pure fighting generals, the problem is that his bravery on the battlefield is far from the level of capturing the flag, and the space to show his ability is limited.

It's just that guarding the section of Jiaolong Village to Zhenyuan City doesn't need famous generals, it's enough to have bravery, like Zeng Li who came this time, it's almost the same category, and Ren Changsheng's ability to lead troops is also limited.

The so-called "generals" in the so-called thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and the "generals" in the difficult to find generals do not refer to them!

Finally, add 1,000 slaves to transport it, and the caravan will be formed.

If you really want to talk about it, the kind of caravan he is forming now, as well as the expeditionary force caravan, are not qualified caravans, they belong to the products of a special environment, because the caravan itself is not responsible for price related, and there is no room for commercial operations, what to buy and sell, what price has already been set, there is no need for any business acumen, the caravan is just a tool for picking up goods.

If it is a caravan formed to the Great Liang Kingdom, such a configuration is far from enough, at least a caravan steward with sufficient commercial experience is needed, and it is impossible for the main general of the escort army to be in charge of all affairs as now.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the caravan of Jiaolong Village set foot on the trade route for the first time, without bringing any goods, and there was no market for low-end items in Zhenyuan City, the main task of the caravan this time was to familiarize themselves with the road, and by the way, they would purchase materials with huge gaps in some territories, such as spirit stones.

With the addition of various instruments and musical scores, the training of musicians has finally entered the right track, but because of the lack of singers and dancers, Yuefu Palace still cannot play the maximum effect.

Looking at the urgent express sent by Chu Zhang from Lingshi Fort in his hand, Zhang Cheng originally planned to go to Chashan Island in the next two days to see the development, but now he had to transfer to Lingshi Fort first.

"Insect plague...... It's really troublesome! ”

Canglin Mountain Range is rich in water and gas, there will be almost no drought, Jiaolong Village and Lingshi Fort are located in the latitude, generally there will be no snow disaster, the most natural disaster is the mountain flood in the rainy season, insect plague depends on the situation.

Locust plagues generally occur during the summer months...... It must have been influenced by the "wrath of nature" again.

"How's it going?" Zhang Chen, who hurried to Lingshi Fort, asked Chu Zhang for details as soon as possible, and when he came, he also asked Zhuang Ye to increase the patrol around Jiaolong Village.

Insect plagues can also be terrifying!

"At first, it was discovered in the process of clearing the wasteland, dense insects came out of the soil, and Master Meng An also went out to investigate many times, and only Master Meng An knew the specific situation best, and he also asked his subordinates to send a report to the adult."

"What about others? Still out investigating? ”

Meng An returned from Chashan Island with him, and then he returned to Lingshibao to continue raising insects, especially the airbag worm, although the third generation of gluttonous insects can absorb special gases and crystallize, but the absorption range is too small, not suitable for the first step of collection, the absorption range of the airbag worm is large, and the use is simple, so the first step of collection still needs to use the airbag worm.

"Yes, but I'm coming back soon, he knows that the adults will come over as soon as possible, and he will definitely pay attention to the time." In this matter, Chu Zhang also asked Xie Shichen to send troops to help, but obviously Meng An is more professional, and this guy is now like a master insect keeper.

"Then wait." Since the insect plague has not completely broken out, as long as a way to deal with it is found, this disaster will not affect the development of the territory.

Sure enough, as Chu Zhang said, after a short time, Meng An ran over out of breath.

"Take a breath and speak slowly."

"My lord, the situation is not optimistic." Meng An poured a sip of tea and said, running over this way, making him tired a lot.

"Is it so serious? How could so many bugs suddenly and inexplicably appear around the territory? Zhang Cheng's brows tightened, he had seen the insect plague in "Journey to the Empire" many times in his previous life, if it was only a small-scale insect plague, it would not be difficult to deal with it, but if it was a large-scale insect plague, it would be far more terrifying than the beast plague.

"The breeding ability of insects is very terrifying, some special insects may lay thousands of eggs at a time, or even tens of thousands, as long as the environment is suitable, the incubation time is also short, as long as there are enough resources, they can quickly pass the larval stage."

"So, you found a lot of eggs in the surrounding soil? If it's just eggs, then it's good to mix a potion to kill them, which is not difficult for you, right? "Zhang Cheng does not cover the sky and the sun, that means that this insect plague has not really broken out, it should not be difficult to deal with at this stage, not only Meng An, a poisoner who is good at raising insects, but even farmers can also mix some insecticidal liquids, and even some fertilizers themselves have insecticidal effects.

"Yes, yes, but it's not enough." If it was just like that, then he wouldn't have asked Chu Zhang to send an urgent report to Jiaolong Village.

"What do you mean?"

"According to my investigation in the past few days, there are a lot of insects and eggs hidden deep in the soil, the liquid medicine can not penetrate, if you dig it, the manpower is far from enough, and with the recent heating, some eggs have begun to hatch one after another. If that's all there is, it's not a big deal, but I suspect it's probably not just the one north of the mulberry forest, and the larger area of soil has countless eggs buried in it, and it's no longer a hurry to clean it up now. ”

"And what about your opinion?" Poultry against insect plague, this trick is useless, insects are not just vegetarian, as long as the scale comes up, poultry is to deliver vegetables.

That's really a gift from nature!

"There is no clue for the time being, and adults also know that insects will mutate due to the external environment, and the original small probability event will become inevitable after the number is enlarged."

"This scale of insect plague is obviously abnormal, coupled with the recent frequent mutation of plants in the mountains, it is likely that there are insects eating some kind of mutated plants, or a variety of mutated plants, anyway, a large number of mutations have evolved." Although Meng An has made a lot of achievements in insect cultivation recently, after all, he has not reached the height of the grandmaster, and under the premise that the known conditions are not enough, he can only guess to a certain extent.

"Is there no way?" Zhang Cheng's heart sank, if he couldn't hold down this insect plague, it would not only be this mulberry forest that would be ruined, but the planting industry of the entire territory! The surrounding mountains and forests may also be eaten away, and the people of the territory will fall through the floor, and food shortages will follow.

The prospect is gone in a blink of an eye, even if Chashan Island can be spared, but what is the point?

Zhang Cheng's mind is flying, but there is no good way, once the insect swarm reaches a certain scale, conventional means are not easy to use, although as long as there is no suppression of the power of the army, Meng will mobilize the aura to achieve a wide range of AOE effects, but how long can it last? The same is true of the power of the army, and the bugs do not flinch from death like humans.

"This ...... If there are enough gluttonous insects, this is not a problem. Meng An whispered, even a dewormer can't do anything about this kind of scene.

"But the question is, can you breed a lot of gluttonous worms quickly?" Zhang Cheng sighed, with the characteristics of gluttonous insects, as long as the number comes up, let alone the insect plague, it is a rather terrifying force on the battlefield, and even the tactics of corpse mountains and bones can be directly gnawed away. But the problem is that Meng'an's current gluttonous insect breeding technology is far from perfect, and there are still defects in breeding.

It seems that Qin Liangyu must be transferred back from Chashan Island first, no matter what, even if it can't be consumed, at least it must withstand the first wave.

"Try to mix the venom against the insect swarm, preferably a poison gas bomb, anyway, take out all the means that can deal with the insects." What is most needed now is weapons of large-scale destruction, whether it is fire attack or poison, all be prepared, and then we will take one step at a time.

"But...... Adults, this is easy to induce continuous mutation of insects, and some spirit insects that are difficult to deal with appear. Meng An hesitated for a moment and said, and too strong poison would harm the crops planted, such as the mulberry forest.

Zhang Cheng was silent, this is the fundamental reason for the catastrophe of large insects to deal with, the means to kill them with the ability, and at the same time, it will also become a condition for their mutation, think about how the gluttonous insects came about!

"Prepare, you can't wait to die." Zhang Cheng is not afraid of elite individuals now, as long as the number of insect swarms can be reduced, even if elite individuals are mutated because of this, it is relatively easy to deal with, and it will take time to develop a new insect swarm after mutation.

"Yes!"