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After Li Mengyue offered to buy locusts at the price of five cents per pound, all the villagers went crazy catching locusts.

The ducks were also stimulated by this and ate the locusts faster.

The number of locusts eaten by more than 50,000 ducks is absolutely terrifying.

Even if we assume that there are 200 locusts for every duck, then more than 50,000 ducks are equivalent to killing at least 10 million locusts in a short period of time.

So under the joint siege of the people and the ducks, the locusts that could never be caught gradually retreated.

"Hey, why are there fewer locusts?"

"I thought it was an illusion. A moment ago, I could catch half a net with one cast, but now I can only catch dozens of them."

"Fuck! Why are you retreating? I still want to exchange you for money."

"Yes, don't go, don't go."

"Come back, come back to me,"

Suddenly there were many people wielding tools and running after the locusts.

However, most villagers have already started using the locusts they caught themselves.

The arrival of a locust plague would have plunged people into despair, and many people would have cried bitterly.

At this moment, the opposite scene appeared at the city gate. No one was crying and everyone had a smile on their face.

And it wasn't a forced smile, but a smile that came from the heart.

Looking at the locusts they caught, some people calculated in their minds how much they could be sold for.

However, Li Mengyue was not so relaxed. Although there was no huge swarm of locusts, Wuning County did not need to worry.

The county’s grain harvest has almost been completed, so even if there is a swarm of locusts, it will not cause much harm.

But this is just one county. According to the information received from the system, the locust plague has covered the entire Qingshan Prefecture.

Mengchuan County has already experienced the power of the vanguard army, and the other five counties are unlikely to be spared.

Wuning County suffered relatively little loss from this locust plague because of its unique conditions.

You should know that Yang Zhijin took precautions in advance and had people raise a lot of ducks two months ago, which became the backbone of the locust control.

The rice was also harvested in advance, which helped to avoid excessive losses.

Seeing thousands of villagers packing locusts and lining up to sell them, it was probably impossible for Li to finish the job even in two days and two nights relying on himself.

Just as she was thinking about finding more people to help collect locusts, Yang Zhijin came over with five county magistrates.

"Miss Li, this time it's all thanks to you, otherwise I can't imagine how serious the consequences would be."

"Magistrate Yang, the successful capture of the first wave of locusts was brought about by everyone's joint efforts. I dare not bow to you."

Yang Zhijin wanted to say something when suddenly someone pulled her aside.

"Who?"

He turned around and saw Sun Biao, the magistrate of Mengchuan County.

"Lord Sun, you..."

"Oh! Sir Yang, I'm sorry, I have something to talk to Miss Li about."

As he said this, he looked at Li Mengyue.

Li Mengyue's impression of Sun Biao is that he is a stubborn but good official who cares about the people.

Before, she went to Mengchuan County Government Office to meet Sun Biao and told him about the coming of locusts, but she had just said a few words.

Sun Biao severely reprimanded her for talking nonsense and had her kicked out. Why was she looking for him now?

Looking at the locusts everywhere on the ground, I thought it must be related to the locusts.

Sure enough, what Sun Biao was talking about was this matter, but his sudden action scared everyone.

Sun Biao ignored the thousands of people present and knelt down without saying a word.

Li Mengyue realized what Sun Biao was going to do and reached out her hand in time to stop Sun Biao from kneeling down.

"Dad, Lord Sun is exhausted from catching locusts. Hurry and bring a stool."

Although Li An was also catching locusts, he was always by his daughter's side, always worried that the locusts would harm his daughter.

As soon as Li Mengyue called out, Li An heard it immediately and went to move a stool.

"Okay, Dad will go right away."

When Sun Biao heard this, he immediately realized that his previous action was a bit abrupt, and he was very satisfied with Li Mengyue's approach.

After Li An brought a stool, Sun Biao also sat down.

Li Mengyue was right, he was indeed very tired.

He was so angry at the locusts in his own county that he vomited blood, and then he went to Wuning County without stopping.

As a result, we had to catch locusts as soon as we arrived. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this day was thrilling.

After finally dealing with this wave of locusts, he realized that he didn't even have the strength to stand.

After Sun Biao sat down, Li An moved six more stools over.

Then Yang Zhijin, the four county magistrates and Li Mengyue also sat down.

In the past, in the eyes of several county magistrates, Li Mengyue was not qualified to be on equal footing with them.

However, everyone can see clearly that the person who contributed the most to this locust plague is Li Mengyue.

If Li Mengyue had not informed them to harvest in advance, after the locusts arrived, they would have brought an army of ducks and then offered to buy the locusts at five cents per pound.

Then Wuning County would definitely suffer heavy losses from the locust plague, causing countless families to be torn apart and unable to survive.

Although harvesting crops early will result in a significant reduction in production, everyone knows that this is already considered good.

At least it’s better than getting nothing!

Thinking of this, except for Yang Zhijin, the other five county magistrates were very polite to Li Mengyue.

Before Li Mengyue sat down, she went to talk to Yang Zhijin.

"County Magistrate Yang, may I trouble you for something?"

"Miss Li, please speak."

"As you can see, harvesting locusts with only a few people is too slow. I would like to ask you to find a few more people who are good at arithmetic to help."

"It's a small matter. I'll find someone to do it right away." Yang Zhijin agreed readily.

"Yang Run, call all the educated people in the county government to help Miss Li collect locusts."

"Yes, Master."

Seeing that Yang Zhijin was so straightforward, Li Mengyue also offered to treat him to a meal.

"Thanks, I'll treat everyone to dinner afterwards."

"Then I have to thank Miss Li on behalf of everyone."

After exchanging greetings, the two sat down.

"Miss Li, to be honest, I'm attracted by your army of ducks. Can we go to Mengchuan County?"

"Hey, Brother Sun, this is really unkind of you. We should all come together. We can't go to your county first."

"Yes, Wujiang County also needs an army of ducks to kill locusts."

"You're talking as if no one needs it. In my opinion, Huangyao County is relatively poor, and food is extremely important to the people. It's better to go to Huangyao County first."

"Tsk, Shuimo County also needs a duck army."

As soon as Sun Biao brought up the matter of the duck army, before Li Mengyue could answer, several county magistrates started scrambling for it.

Every county magistrate wanted the duck army to go to his own territory first to prevent the locust swarm from causing huge losses to the county.

However, at this time, the magistrate of Gugang County did not mention the army of ducks, but asked whether they wanted to collect the locusts in their county.

The magistrate of Gugang County pretended to be gentle and said, "Miss Li, I don't know what you are going to do with the locusts, but I can guarantee that all the locusts caught in Gugang County can be sold to you. So, are you interested in going to Gugang County? Of course, it would be even better if you can bring the cute ducks with you."