The entire Zhengxing brigade, all 8 production teams.

Groups of chickens and ducks were scattered all over the hillsides.

Taking advantage of the fact that the locusts are still small, these chickens and ducks are killing the locusts with amazing efficiency.

In addition, adults, children, old, weak, sick, and disabled people in the production team, as long as they can move, all participated in the army of exterminators.

Suddenly, the mountains and plains were filled with commune members wielding big bamboo brooms.

What everyone gives priority to is the pest control work in those high-quality fields with high grain yields.

Close to the ground, there are chickens and ducks searching for small locusts.

Slightly raised 2 or 3 feet away, large numbers of frightened little locusts were flapping their wings, trying to escape from this land of right and wrong.

Every time at this time, the members would round up the big brooms in their hands and then sweep them over hard!

Go down with a broom,

There were at least 3,50 locusts, which were immediately beaten into pieces and turned into a puddle of green mud...

Everyone saw that the elimination effect was very good, and everyone couldn't help but show a smile of relief on their faces...

But Luo Xuan knew: things are probably far from that simple.

Now locust larvae cannot fly 2 meters away, nor can they crawl fast.

The efficiency of pest control is of course very high.

But people get tired all the time, and there are times when chickens and ducks are full and can’t eat anymore.

By that time, the locusts had not stopped emerging from the ground, and their growth and development had not stopped.

Just take a break for half an hour, everyone.

On average, thousands, or even tens of thousands, of locust larvae emerge from each acre of land...

It is said that

Some data show that when a locust plague is severe, there will be more than 50,000 small locusts emerging from each acre of land on average!

Faced with the terrifying hatching efficiency of locusts and their astonishing development speed.

Just rely on the efforts of more than 10,000 chickens and ducks in a production team and about 200 members.

How can we protect it, including deserted beaches, wastelands, swamps, woods...

Including cultivated land, the total area is nearly 10,000 acres?

It is an impossible task to completely eliminate this group of locusts.

Unless the state comes forward and sends people to use aircraft to carry out aerial seeding operations and spray pesticides to eliminate pests.

But during this period.

Not to mention the highly toxic pesticides "Dichlorvos" and "66 Powder", how much harm will be caused to the human body if aerial sowing is used?

It is said that the entire country may not be able to produce so many pesticides to carry out such large-scale pest control work.

so,

It is impossible to expect Red Star Commune to obtain national-level resources to support locust extermination work.

Our country is so big.

Once a locust plague breaks out in places like the East China Plain and North China Plain, its spread speed and severity will far exceed those in mountainous areas like Bashu Province.

therefore,

Even if the country has the resources, it will prioritize pest control and disaster reduction in these major grain-producing provinces and grain-producing areas.

No matter from which aspect you look at it.

this time,

When a locust plague breaks out in Rongwei County, most of the time we can only rely on local organizations to organize manpower and material resources to reduce the disaster and save themselves.

"Uncle Zhang, please send someone to call the team leader Peng Zhikun back. Just say that I have important matters and I want to discuss it with him."

Wait until the members are settled and what they should do.

Luo Xuan asked Uncle Zhang to find someone to call Peng Zhikun back.

Now Peng Zhikun is in charge of all aspects of the entire Zhengxing brigade. If anything happens, you can only discuss it with him.

Finish settling these.

Luo Xuan asked Zhou Laosan to set off quickly and go to Xiaolaojun's production team to tell Zhou Laosan some methods to eliminate locusts and reduce disaster losses.

Let him go to the Xiaolaojun production team and find the brigade cadres there to implement these methods as soon as possible.

The climate at Xiaolaojun's production team is slightly colder.

According to Luo Xuan's speculation, the locust plague outbreak in the Xiaolaojun production team area should be delayed by a few days.

However, locusts grow quickly and are migratory.

Once they eat up the vegetation in one place, they will quickly move to another place and continue to harm crops elsewhere.

However, Xiaolaojun's production team has a vast area, sparsely populated areas, and numerous barren mountains and forests.

Once a large number of locust swarms flood in there, the difficulty of resisting the disaster will be much higher than that of the production team outside the mountain.

However, there is no other way. We can only do our best and listen to fate.

It would be great if we can take measures in advance as much as possible to save a little more crops.

Finish all this.

Exhausted, Luo Xuan returned to his small courtyard.

Not long after,

I could only hear the sound of tractors coming from the trail.

It turned out that it was Yi Yang and Dai Hongmei, together with Tuo Shizhan and his grandson, who came back with 7 or 8 barrels of diesel.

Because before departure, Luo Xuan warned Tuo Shizhan and his grandson: Try not to show your face in front of others.

therefore,

Tuo Haili and her grandfather always covered their heads and faces with a big straw hat every time they rode their bicycles with Luo Xuan.

Including this time, when they went to the gas station to "move" diesel, Tuo Haili and her two grandsons.

They also used a big straw hat to cover their heads and faces, and also wore a thin scarf around their necks to completely cover their faces.

"Luo Xuan, now that the diesel has been moved back, what do you think we should do next?"

Dai Hongmei jumped out of the car,

He asked full of hesitation, "If you tell me, I don't think this diesel fuel can be placed in your home.

Otherwise, if the superiors investigate, it will be a big trouble."

Luo Xuan nodded: "Sister Hongmei, you are right. Let's go to the sand quarry and call a few young men.

Then take all the diesel fuel to the brigade headquarters and put it in the warehouse of the Zhengxing brigade."

He asked Takumi and his two grandsons to knock out the employees at the gas station, and then pull back all the diesel from the gas station.

But if all this diesel fuel is placed in the brigade headquarters, this is a collective behavior.

When the superiors investigate, the characterization will definitely not be that serious.

In addition, this batch of diesel oil is not used by anyone for private use. It is used to fight earthquakes and reduce disasters, and to eliminate large numbers of locusts.

Thus,

Luo Xuan probably won't embarrass himself when his superiors come to arrest him...right?

However, this matter is a bit unclear.

But when things come to an end, we can only talk about it at that time. We can’t worry about so much now.

After listening to Luo Xuan's instructions, Yi Yang and his wife immediately turned the tractor and pulled the diesel to the warehouse of the brigade headquarters.

Tuo Haili and Tuo Shizhan, who had their heads and faces tightly wrapped, followed Luo Xuan back to the small courtyard.

Close the courtyard door.

Tuo Shizhan pulled off the scarf on his face and the straw hat on his head.

He opened his mouth and said to Luo Xuan: "Luo Xuan, although I say I can't guess, how do you plan to eliminate the sulfur after you get so much diesel oil?"

"But I know that I moved all the diesel out of the gas station without permission from my superiors. I'm afraid the nature of this matter is a bit bad."

Tuo Shizhan said: "I just want to tell you one thing so that you can understand.

That is, if your superiors track you down and come to arrest you, you can blame me and ask me to go to jail for you."

Luo Xuan asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of going in? I'm afraid it won't be a good place for retirement."

"Don't be afraid!"

Tuo Shizhan chuckled: "In our place, today Zhang San went in and Wang Mazi came out. Tomorrow Li Si went in again and Zhang San came out again.

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"This kind of thing is as common as the village members taking turns to go to the market. No one will take it too seriously."
To be continued...