Everything was going smoothly originally.

Under the continuous rush of work in the increasingly expanding [Tiangongmen] four shifts and three shifts.

A large number of steam engine versions of large-scale agricultural machinery were produced and put into large-scale agricultural production.

The first to be put into spring plowing was the land under Bai Yuqi's name.

The population of the surrounding counties of Lantian County has been absorbed into the industries under [Wuji Sect] in large numbers.

Therefore, the agricultural population has decreased significantly and it is no longer enough to support agricultural production. However, after a series of acquisitions, mergers or leases by [Financial Gate].

All the small fields and land in the hands of the common people were collected under the name of [Wuji Sect], and agricultural production brigades were organized to carry out unified farming. This actually improved the efficiency of farming... A few steam agricultural machinery can work for one day, which is enough for these things.

The people on the land have been working for months!

From plowing, tilling the soil, fertilizing, sowing... all the processes are completed in an integrated manner. You only see rows of black smoke-emitting steel monsters roaring past, and you can see the endless fields that are ready to be planted!

No one even needs to worry about watering. The disciples of [Shennongmen] were not idle in the winter. They dug wells and canals and even buried diamond bamboo drainage pipes in the fields for drip irrigation, just to prepare for the drought in the second year of Zhenguan.

Get ready.

As a result, neither locust plagues nor droughts have affected farming in Lantian counties under the Zhongnan Mountains.

Since the land cultivation under the name of [Wuji Sect] was completed on schedule, after the biological locust exterminator army controlled the locust plague, the steam agricultural machinery brigade under the name of [Shennong Sect] began to go out.

Because they have already negotiated the land lease with the nobles who have a cooperative relationship with [Wuji Sect], and handed over all the fields under their names to [Shennong Sect] to be responsible for farming.

They do not need to contribute any manpower or material resources. They only need to contract their land to [Shennongmen] for farming. During the autumn harvest, they will be paid 60% of previous years' harvest as contracted land rent.

Don't think that 60% is a bit of a loss. Without the need for them to invest any manpower, material resources, or seeds, they can still receive a harvest of 60% based on a good year.

You must know that in the past, even in a good year, one acre of land could only produce six or seven buckets of grain (80 kilograms per mu), but now they can collect four buckets of grain (48 kilograms) per acre of land for rent. Those famous

The nobles who generally have thousands or tens of thousands of acres of land are laughing their heads off, okay?

There is no need to buy better seeds, no need to hire tenants, just wait and see. During the autumn harvest, you can get 4,000 shi of grain (based on 10,000 acres). How many things have been saved and how much advantage has been gained in the process?

However, due to the limited output of steam agricultural machinery and the incomplete maintenance, fuel and other supporting facilities, it is temporarily unable to be promoted throughout Datang.

Therefore, various small and improved agricultural tools were sent to various roads in the Tang Dynasty for sale or rent along with the large number of livestock plundered from the Turkic grasslands.

Taking advantage of the fact that many people could not afford large livestock and new farm tools, the accompanying [Shen Nongmen] disciples also came up with an "agricultural cooperative" system, allowing people to use their fields and their own labor as shares, and use new farm tools and large livestock such as cattle and horses for free.

, solve the problem of people's lack of productivity as much as possible.

As new farm tools, new systems, and new seeds spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, there will be a huge harvest that shocks the Tang Dynasty and everyone during the autumn harvest!

Everything is being executed step by step according to Bai Yuqi's plan.

But after the second and third generation locust tides were suppressed by the biological locust army.

Starting from the fourth generation of locust tides, the biological locust extermination army began to feel somewhat overwhelmed and had to ask for help from Emperor Wuji who was in the Qinling Mountains.

Because those locusts have also begun to appear "arrogant"!

Originally, when locusts were infected by [Arcana Particles], they became gigantic, and they could grow to about 10 centimeters as adults.

However, it may be that they were wiped out too hard by the Thunderstorm Chariot, Bird Brigade, and Poultry Army, which stimulated the survival instinct of these locusts, and they began to evolve rapidly.

Although the second-generation locust tide is not larger than the first-generation locust tide, some individuals can actually grow to about 20 centimeters.

Although the size of the third generation locust tide has begun to decline, it generally grows to more than 20 centimeters, and there are even individuals of 30 centimeters, which is one foot long!

What is the concept of a foot-long locust?

Ten of them can weigh a pound, enough to stir-fry a plate of vegetables!

Although the "locust sweeping" effect of the Thunderstorm Chariot and the Biological Locust Exterminator Corps is still significant.

But it's obviously not as easy as before, because these giant locusts are starting to become aggressive!

The serrated teeth on the legs of these large locusts are like small sickles when flying at high speed. When they are cut, it feels like being chopped with a knife.

Many [Wuji Sect] disciples began to get injured during the process of sweeping away locusts, and had to urgently make protective equipment to protect themselves.

But the problem is that Wuji Sect disciples can protect themselves with sophisticated anti-locust equipment, but the people in the Guanzhong Gyeonggi area do not have this condition!

In addition, once these giant locusts fly up, it will be a scene that blocks out the sky and the sun. Anyone who is unlucky enough to happen to be in their flight path will be cut into a bloody skeleton alive when the locust tide passes by!

This has seriously affected people's work and life, and they no longer dare to go out even in broad daylight.

Even if I have to go out, I will wrap myself up tightly. When I see a swarm of locusts flying over, I will learn to lie down on my own to protect myself.

The [Tiangong Sect] disciples who controlled the Thunderstorm Chariot knew that the situation was getting serious after discovering that although the Thunderstorm Chariot's [Lightning Tremor] Rune Array could still shoot down the locusts, it was generally unable to kill them completely. A message for help had to be sent through the communication board.

By the time the information asking for help was passed on layer by layer and transferred to Bai Yuqi's hands, the fifth generation of locusts was already plundering.

These giant locusts, each half a meter long, will even launch a collective counterattack when attacked. Some birds in the bird brigade and poultry legion have suffered casualties.

Although the scale of each generation of locust waves is smaller than the previous generation, they are getting larger and larger each generation, and the replacement speed is getting faster and faster!

So far, one generation can be replaced in ten days, so when Bai Yuqi rushed down the mountain, what he saw was the sixth generation of locusts!

A giant locust with a body length of 70 to 80 centimeters and a wingspan of about 1.5 meters when flying. It looks like a green eagle, with its ferocious jaws and mouthparts like a serrated sickle. The hind legs, they look so scary!
Chapter completed!