The borer is also known as the borer. The borer plague that broke out in the south at this time was later called the three-letter borer.

The adult borer is a small moth with long triangular forewings, pale yellowish white in color, with an obvious small black spot in the center and seven small black spots on the outer edge.

Trichosanthes borer is a monophagous pest, and its damage targets only planted rice or wild rice. Its larvae penetrate into the rice stems and cause damage. When the host is tillering, dead seedlings will appear. During the booting and heading stages, they will form "withered booting" or "withered booting".

'White Sui'.

The borer begins to flourish in summer and can reproduce for four generations in a year. The mature larvae transfer to healthy plants and bite an emergence hole in the stem or on the stem wall, leaving only a layer of epidermis and then pupate. After emergence, they rupture and drill out.

Borer borers can reproduce all year round in the tropics, but when the humidity is insufficient in the dry season, the last instar larvae often lie dormant in the roots of rice. They cannot reproduce all year round in temperate zones. In the low temperature season, the last instar larvae overwinter.

This pest is extremely harmful to rice, ranging from severe yield reduction to no harvest.

In anticipation of insect infestation, Lantian asked counties to promptly plow their fields and dispose of rice stubble as required after harvesting in the first half of the year, intending to eliminate the source of insects from the root.

This insect plague has affected the entire south, and there is no guarantee that everything will be safe.

Agricultural researchers from Quanling School are stationed in the main rice-producing areas of the four counties in Jingnan to observe and report any abnormalities quickly.

In early July, Lantian personally inspected several rice fields and ordered agricultural researchers from various places to record the intensity of insect infestations. He planned to determine the amount and frequency of pesticide spraying based on the affected areas.

The disaster situation in various counties in Jingnan was reported to the Lingling Prefecture one after another. Lantian asked Jiang Wan to dispatch personnel from the newspaper office to make statistics, and then distributed pesticides in stock according to usage. He also ordered Gao Shun to send troops to cooperate with the pest control.

Without the support of industrial equipment, pesticide production relies entirely on manual cooking, and the output efficiency is relatively low.

Lantian was worried about the waste of time in pesticide transportation, so he transferred students from Quanling Academy and Medical School to build temporary pesticide workshops in various counties.

In addition, Lantian also ordered various places to increase top dressing to ensure the strong growth of rice plants, shorten the heading period to reduce insect damage, and ordered a ban on hunting borers, frogs and other natural enemies.

Because this was the first time to actively intervene against pests, Lantian had no experience, and neither did the implementers. The counties in Jingnan were busy from top to bottom, as if a large-scale war had broken out.

In mid-July, summer cicadas chirp crazily.

In the pavilion in the back garden of the Quanling Prefecture, Lantian leaned back in his chair and snored. On the table were the manuscripts of the fifth issue of the Changjiang Newspaper and a plate of newly picked grapes.

Lu Lingqi sat quietly next to him, gently shaking her fan to cool him down, like a nymphomaniac looking at her sweetheart.

Lantian had become thinner recently, which made Lu Lingqi feel a little distressed, so she took over what the maid had done.

Just when Lu Lingqi was reminiscing about the past, she heard heavy and rapid footsteps outside the garden, and turned around to find that Gao Yuan had stood under the corridor.

Lu Lingqi walked over quickly and said, "Is something wrong?"

Gao Yuan nodded, looked at Lan Tian in the pavilion, and asked, "Sir, are you asleep?"

"Well, I just fell asleep for a while. Ziyu has been too tired recently. Let him sleep a little longer." Lu Lingqi said.

"Uh... General Guan sent Guan Tanzhi to ask for a meeting with Sir. It seems there is some urgent military situation..." Gao Yuan whispered.

Lu Lingqi frowned. Guan Yu's personality was different from Zhang Fei's. Although he had a good relationship with Lan Tian, ​​they were not that close. Could it be that Guan Ping came here because of some important military information?

"Is there any war going on in Jiangxia? Could it be that Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou?" Lu Lingqi asked again.

Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Probably not. I've been going to the Press Office a lot recently. There's information from all over the place. It seems that Cao Cao wants to attack Sun Quan..."

"Then it's okay. You give Tanzhi some fruits to quench his thirst, and then let Ziyu come over when he wakes up." Lu Lingqi disagreed.

"Wei." Gao Yuan was startled for a moment, then answered loudly with his fists clasped.

"Shh..." Lu Lingqi put her finger in the middle of her lips to indicate not to speak so loudly.

After leaving the plateau, Lu Lingqi returned to the pavilion. At this time, Lantian looked like she had finished a sauna, and her forehead was almost covered with sweat.

Lu Lingqi fanned him with her left hand and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief in her right hand. Lantian opened his eyes in a daze and found two big mountains in front of him...

Lan Tian deliberately teased Lu Lingqi. He hugged Lu Lingqi's waist with both hands, and then hugged Lu Lingqi hard to make her sit on his lap.

"Ah...are you awake?" Mr. Lu Lingqi panicked, and then her cheeks turned red with joy.

Lan Tian rarely does this kind of intimacy. Is it because the weather is so hot now? Or is he giving him supplements too frequently?

Lan Tian picked up the Yangtze River Newspaper with one hand across from Lu Lingqi, and said with a smile: "Jiang Gongyan really has the potential to be the editor-in-chief. The first three issues were quite satisfactory, and the fourth issue actually added the column 'Yangtze River Review'. This guy taught me how to innovate."

Ah, but Cao Cao followed Han law when he killed Ma Teng, and the nobles and common people in the world would not sympathize..."

"How many cities has Cao Cao massacred? How many innocent people have died? He doesn't care about reputation at all. Writing a few lines of words will have no impact on him, right?" Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully.

Lan Tian smiled and said: "Xiaojun, don't underestimate the power of words. Sometimes it is more powerful than thousands of troops. Although Jiang Gongyan's subject was not chosen well, the idea of ​​the review column is good. I want to give him a try."

Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully: "Husband, do you really want to make it a monthly review? Do you plan to use this Yangtze River newspaper to cultivate celebrities?"

"No, there are only two people who comment on the Yuedan Commentary: Xu Shao and Xu Jing. Without them, the Yuedan Commentary cannot continue.

Jiang Gongyan is engaged in the Yangtze River Commentary in the Yangtze River Newspaper. We can involve more people and use celebrities to increase the reputation of the Yangtze River Newspaper.

Gradually, the role of celebrities will be weakened. Although celebrities are not always around, the Yangtze River Newspaper is like the endless Yangtze River..." Lan Tian said meaningfully.

"Husband, you are so bad..." Lu Lingqi patted her hand gently. She found that what she just said was very consistent with her current sitting posture.

A domineering woman is also a woman. As a woman, she will be considerate and gentle, and as a woman, she will welcome you in return. Lan Tian's ambiguous behavior made Lu Lingqi shy.

Lan Tian noticed Lu Lingqi's strange behavior, smiled and changed the topic and asked: "When I was taking a nap just now, I seemed to hear someone coming?"

"Oh... Guan Tanzhi is here. I asked Gao Yuan to accompany him to talk in the front hall..." Lu Lingqi replied, stroking the hair beside her ears.

Lan Tian hurriedly carried Lu Lingqi down to the ground, and then said seriously: "General Guan must have something important to ask. Xiaojun, please ask someone to prepare some pastries and cooked food. Maybe he won't stay in Quanling for a long time."

"Oh...husband, you won't be too late to deal with government affairs today, right?" Lu Lingqi asked.

"I don't know yet, why is something wrong?" Lan Tian looked confused.

"My husband has been working too hard recently, so I asked the kitchen to prepare some refreshing side dishes. I will accompany you to have a drink with you in the evening and relax for a while. There is nothing left to do..." Lu Lingqi murmured in a low voice.
Chapter completed!