Chapter 14 Biological Legion

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Nine Star Insect King!

The corner of Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched a few times. This fifth sister was usually not showy, but in private she was a little... numb.

"Buzz!"

The fist-sized Nine-Star Insect King's carapace opened, and its membrane wings flapped rapidly in response to her.

At the same time, Wang Luojing took out a small green bamboo flute from her waist, brought it to her lips and played it. It was a unique rhythm, with a sharp and high-pitched sound, which was quite harsh in the ears.

But the Nine-Star Insect King was very familiar with that sound. When its wings vibrated, it made a continuous buzzing sound. The other small Nine-Star Insects in the box spread their wings and took flight, surrounding the Nine-Star Insect King like an unpredictable cloud.

Following Wang Luojing's command, the Nine-Star Insect King took the lead in killing the wheat field, followed by a swarm of thousands of insects that followed like a gust of wind. Although they are both ladybugs, the ladybugs in this Xuanwu world are obviously more fierce.

They landed on some shriveled wheat ears, caught an aphid and began to feast on it. Their fighting power was far beyond that of lacewing larvae. In just half a quarter of an hour, each nine-star insect killed at least five or six aphids. aphid.

Once such a biological army emerges, it is truly invincible.

"Luo Jing, good job, good job." Wang Shouzhe praised happily, "With your ability, our Wang family's food can be saved."

"Fourth brother, it's not enough." Wang Luojing shook her head and said, "It only takes more than ten days from the wheat filling stage to maturity. The longer the time is delayed, the easier it will be to reduce production."

Her grandfather, Wang Xiaozhi, specialized in farming all his life, and she has been familiar with this industry since she was a child. Without saying a word, he took out two large insects as thick as arms and withered bodies from the lacewing box.

"Fourth brother, these two lacewing kings have produced too many eggs, and I'm afraid they won't live for more than a month." Wang Luojing said with some distress and guilt, "I hope they will make one last effort for the family in their last moments. .”

As she spoke, she played the green bamboo flute again. This time the sound was completely different from when she was conducting the Nine Star Insect King. The sound was very deep. Two haggard lacewing kings suddenly woke up, flapped their wings and flew away.

Their speed is extremely fast, and they disappear without a trace in a few breaths. When they fly, their mouthparts are still vibrating and making low-frequency sounds.

"Fourth brother, the lacewing king has the ability to summon partners." Wang Luojing said, "I hope they can recruit more partners. Now there are fewer and fewer lacewings in the wild, and there are only some in the mountains."

Wang Shouzhe also thought about this. This was most likely caused by the insect killer powder launched by Zifu Academy. The large reduction in aphids also led to the reduction of the lacewing population.

Nowadays, there are signs of an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant aphids, but the lacewing swarms cannot take root. I am afraid something big is going to happen this time.

An hour later, one of the lacewing kings had returned, bringing back thousands of troops. They were flying in the wheat field, feeding on aphids crazily. What was even more frightening was that as they ate, they began to attack the wheat ears. Eggs are laid on the leaves.

When it got dark, another lacewing king returned, bringing more of its kind. The dense army of lacewings made Wang Shouzhe doubt whether there were enough aphids in the thousands of acres of wheat fields to eat them.

Moreover, the large number of eggs they lay can break out of the shell in just a few days, and the small larvae should not be underestimated.

Such a spectacular scene gradually attracted the attention of the tenant farmers, and then reported it to Wang Xiaozhi. When Wang Xiaozhi arrived later, he learned that it was his granddaughter Wang Luojing who had done the good deed. He was so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

In an instant, he burst into tears and kept mumbling: "This time our Wang family can be saved, we can be saved."

"Fourth Grandpa, our other two farms also have a lot of crops." Wang Shouzhe said, "I will not be involved in the specific matters. Fourth Grandpa, you can discuss it with Luo Jing yourself." Although the silkworm farm mainly focuses on sericulture, but A lot of wheat was also planted.

"This..." When Wang Xiaozhi heard that he was going to discuss it with his granddaughter, who was still the youngest, his face suddenly fell.

"Fourth Grandpa, if you think Luo Jing is unnecessary, I can take her back so that she won't get in the way here." Wang Shouzhe said with a smile.

"It's not unnecessary, it's not in the way." Wang Xiaozhi hurriedly shook his head, his old face twisted, and he seemed to show a flattering smile to Wang Luojing, "Luojing, we still have to find a way to save the other two farms. What do you want? Just let grandpa do it."

Wang Shouzhe smiled. Although the old man Wang Xiaozhi was stubborn and patriarchal, there was no problem with his loyalty and sense of belonging to the family. As long as his concept could be reversed, he would still be the pillar of the family.

Seeing that Wang Xiaozhi changed his attitude, Wang Shouzhe pulled him aside again and said with a solemn expression: "Fourth Grandpa, it seems that the insect plague this time is not caused by our Wang family. I dare not say Longzuo, but around Changning Wei, in general, I’m afraid we have to cut production by at least 40% to 50%.”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Wang Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, then said with a "silly smile", "Other families have reduced production, but our family has a high production..."

"In this world, there are often no absolutes between good and bad things." Wang Shouzhe said coldly, "Sometimes things that seem good often turn out to be bad."

Wang Xiaozhi was stunned and immediately reacted: "Shouzhe, do you mean that other families will be jealous of us?"

"If it's just jealousy, that's it." Wang Shouzhe's expression was very solemn. "As the saying goes, you don't worry about scarcity but inequality. It's natural that everyone will suffer together. If our Wang family has a good harvest, let alone those hostile families. Even families with good connections may feel resentful. If I make a careless move, I, the Ping An Wang family, may become the target of public criticism."

"What should we do? Now my Wang family is in dire straits. If it happens again..." Wang Xiaozhi suddenly became anxious. After all, he was just an elder who had been farming for a long time and knew too little about this.

"Fourth Grandpa, don't be anxious, sometimes bad things often turn into good things." Wang Shouzhe smiled confidently, "It depends on how to operate this matter and steer the situation to our advantage. Let's figure it out, first of all, the Xu family of Changning, The three clans, the Gongsun clan of Shanyang and the Liu clan of Shanyin, have been intermarrying with our Ping An Wang clan for a long time, and they are naturally close to each other, so naturally we have to find ways to help them."

In fact, among the three clans, Wang Shouzhe had the best impression of the Gongsun clan of Shanyang. This was not only because his current aunt was from the Gongsun clan, but also because the Gongsun clan's clan style was more generous and hearty, even for the relatively poor King Ping An. Shi didn't dislike it either.

Of course, this is also related to the previous marriages between direct lineages. Wang Lingdie, the grandmother of Gongsun Mo, the current patriarch of the Gongsun family, is the fourth generation direct lineage from the Wang family.

The Changning Xu family itself is a very powerful Xuanwu family, no less than the Ping'an Wang family when it was most powerful. At that time, both sides of the line were intermarrying with each other and were close to each other.

It's a pity that later...

Wang Xiaozhi nodded with a complicated expression and said, "Yes, these three families are deeply connected to our Wang family. It's just a pity for sister Zhenmei..."

Wang Shouzhe knew what he was talking about. After the drastic changes in the Wang family at that time, in order to consolidate the relationship with the Xu family in Changning. Under the operation of Longyan Ancestor, Aunt Zhenmei, the fifth generation Queen of the Wang family, married the eldest son of the Xu family.

And Wang Zhenmei lived up to her mission. A few years later, she became pregnant with her direct blood, and the relationship between the two families reached the closest state. Unfortunately, Aunt Wang Zhenmei died of inexplicable dystocia, resulting in a tragic ending of one dead and two dead.

At that time, the Wang family was in inexplicable grief, and all the brothers of the Xiao generation went to the Xu family in Changning to make a big fuss. Even the ancestor Longyan was alerted and went to the scene to conduct an autopsy. He gave up after finding nothing suspicious or strange.

Since then, the close relationship between the Wang family and the Xu family has cracked, and the intermarriage between each other has only stayed in the direct lineage, and no longer involves the direct lineage.

Similarly, the relationship between the Liu family and the Wang family in Shanyin is also somewhat complicated and difficult to describe in one sentence.

It's just that it's complicated, but the blood relationship between them cannot be erased, and they have to help each other at critical moments.

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