Chen Xi's scalp felt numb when he heard this, and then he quickly remembered what happened last year.
Chen Xi had also heard of the East African locusts and knew how powerful this super locust plague was, but Chen Xi really never thought that he would encounter such an outrageous thing in the third century. But after reading the image data handed over by Gan Bao,
Chen Xi had a feeling that Zhongya might have to risk his life this year.
"When did you find out?" Chen Xi took a deep breath and said.
"We have information on locust prevention and information on what environment is suitable for the development of locusts. East Africa under Roman rule is itself suitable for locust growth. In addition, the climate in East Africa was abnormal last year. First there was a severe drought, and then it started to go crazy again in December.
Rainfall happens to be the time when locusts over there emerge from their eggs. Rain plus environmental issues will cause locusts to grow crazily." Gan Bao said helplessly.
"Can this one reach our Han Dynasty?" Chen Xi said with a serious face. This is no joke. If a locust plague breaks out in East Africa, it will not be one wave, but several waves in a year.
When the biggest wave breaks out in May and June, it may be hundreds of billions in size.
Locust plagues in the Han Dynasty generally reached tens of billions in scale and were considered super locust plagues. As for hundreds of billions of locusts, they were things that had never been experienced at all.
"It is possible that because of the current environment in Africa, the newly born locusts are very strong. We have discovered small-scale locusts flying from Africa in the Persian Gulf. Based on the current reproduction number, we estimate that when the number of locusts exceeds one billion,
, will fly across the Red Sea and rush towards Central Asia." Gan Bao looked depressed. They had nothing to do when the locust plague took shape. The best they could do was to prevent it. The problem was that the locust plague occurred in Africa, and they really had nothing to do.
Chen Xi's face turned greener. Normal locusts can fly across the Red Sea in groups, and then fly all the way, plundering Iran, flying to Pakistan, India, and even entering Xinjiang, China. This is not even the enhanced version of Super Invincible.
In this version of African Migratory Locust, Chen Xi's whole body feels numb.
"We estimate that this locust plague in Africa is very likely to be the largest locust plague in our history. It is estimated that the scale of locusts will exceed 50 billion." Shi Tao looked desperate. He saw it in his historical materials.
Shi Tao could not imagine the situation of large-scale locusts crossing the border, but what 50 billion locusts would eat everything to.
"Let me ask, do you think the 50 billion is the largest batch, or the number from the beginning to the end of the locust plague?" Chen Xi asked tentatively.
"Of course all the locusts!" Shi Tao said decisively.
"Well, what if there are so many in the biggest wave?" Chen Xi asked cautiously.
"Then you must notify Rome now and let Rome mobilize its army and do everything possible to start the encirclement and suppression, otherwise it will be too late!" Gan Bao said, glaring at Chen Xi.
If this was said by other people, Gan Bao would take action now. Locusts are really too deadly. Fifty billion locusts is the limit that Gan Bao can imagine, and a maximum batch of five
Tens of billions, that is really something I have never even thought about.
One hundred million locusts would consume enough food in one day to be equivalent to 40,000 people, and 50 billion locusts would be equivalent to 20 million people. This is a terrible disaster that can even bring down a great empire!
Why did the most powerful locust plague in later generations cause 70 million people in Africa to starve? The grain-producing areas of Pakistan and India were hit. To put it bluntly, it was because the scale of the last wave of locusts directly reached 400 billion, which were consumed every day.
The amount of food is equivalent to the food of 160 million people. What kind of thing can withstand this kind of crazy rampage for two months?
"Do you think it can really be encircled and suppressed?" Chen Xi asked with a sigh. To be honest, it was too late. Even in the industrial age of later generations, there were all kinds of things specially designed to lure locusts and eliminate them. However, after realizing that locusts have become common in East Africa,
After the disaster, it was too late, let alone now in the third century.
As long as any gadget reaches tens of millions or billions, it is not easy to deal with it. What's more, in Chen Xi's impression, the largest batch of locusts in East Africa reached 400 billion, directly from East Africa.
My breath went to Pakistan, India and other places.
Now Gan Bao and Shi Tao say that locusts have been discovered in East Africa, and even small-scale locusts flying over in Central Asia have been discovered. The locusts in East Africa should have taken shape, and have even begun their first wave of impact.
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To be honest, from Chen Xi's point of view, it's too late, and it's basically equivalent to waiting for death silently. This thing is different from other things, and you don't even know how to solve it.
"Can you use the Blazing Sky Ring to burn it?" Shi Tao suddenly suggested. He was not just talking nonsense, but a suggestion made after careful consideration.
There is no way, the locust plague has already taken shape, and based on the understanding of Chen Xi by the Gan and Shi families, this person is a typical person with a clear goal. He said that there is only one batch of 50 billion, so the final scale will definitely reach this level. The problem is 50 billion
Shi Tao has never seen a locust plague caused by a single locust in his own internal information. Just thinking about it in his head makes him tremble. This is not a joke. This is something that can really bring down a big empire.
Son!
I’m not bragging. According to the normal locust plague, there are three batches. The last wave has a scale of 50 billion. If all of them hit Rome, at least several million people in Rome will die due to famine this year. Even if they are unlucky, they will suffer from famine after the locust plague.
The civil war that broke out and the subsequent civil strife caused by the collapse of social organization could not effectively deal with the plague that broke out among the corpses. It was not an accident that tens of millions of people died in Rome.
Even if the Parthian Empire was destroyed with the size of Rome, so many people would not die, but a locust plague would really kill so many people.
In particular, the locust plague broke out in East Africa, which basically destined Egypt, Rome's largest grain-producing area this year, as well as the eastern grain-producing provinces, the lower reaches of the Mesopotamia and other places to be completely destroyed. The Roman Empire's losses this year may not be greater than those in the years of war with Parthia.
The total is still greater.
Shi Tao, as a group of people who seemed to have a low rank but were actually at the top, generally knew the real situation in Rome, so after thinking for a long time, he felt that he could discuss it with Rome instead of directly using the Blazing Sky Ring to destroy the entire East Africa.
Forget it.
It would be better to lose this place than to have the whole world take a bite out of it.
If the number of locusts is smaller, Shi Tao still thinks that these little things cannot reach the Han Dynasty, but if the last batch can really reach 50 billion, then it is basically safe to rush to the Han Dynasty. Use this record to study the disaster
A family that controls the climate and the agricultural calendar would be damned if they didn't know the mobility of locusts. They are truly heaven-defying creatures.
Chen Xi was silent for a while. He was also considering whether to let Rome use the Blazing Sky Ring to blow up East Africa. After all, 50 billion locusts was just a conservative idea. If anything, the climate and environment in East Africa were suitable.
Next, it is possible that hundreds of billions of locusts will emerge in the final round. However, given the current environment, if hundreds of billions of locusts really emerge, conventional methods will not be able to solve it.
From a certain perspective, the Blazing Sky Ring is indeed a way to solve the problem, but this way of solving the problem is too extreme.
If we really analyze it from the perspective of ocean currents and climate, the reason for this year's super locust plague is actually that the three empires joined forces to bomb South America with the Blazing Sky Ring last year, which caused climate anomalies.
Now if he continues to use the Blazing Sky Ring and blows up East Africa, Chen Xi is worried that it will further affect the climate. The locust plague in East Africa has been resolved, and then the climate in the Han Dynasty will become further abnormal. If he is unlucky, there will be a warm winter and spring water in the northern prairie.
, it is not impossible for tens of billions of locusts to rush directly from the north.
After all, the scale of locusts in the Central Plains is not too outrageous, but the tens of billions of locusts rushing down from the northern grasslands really happened. Considering the reality that all the grain-producing areas of the Han Dynasty are in the north, being bombarded like this
Chen Xi couldn't withstand the wave. He couldn't blow up the northern grasslands when the time came.
"Chen Hou, what are you still thinking about?" Shi Tao frowned at Chen Xi's thoughtful expression.
In Shi Tao's opinion, this is already the best plan. After all, in this situation, there is actually no good choice anymore, because if we delay it any longer, when the locust army really takes shape, it will be difficult to kill Blazing Sky Ring.
It's easy. Unlike the immovable trash like the Lord of All Spirits, the locust army can fly around. It's better to blow it up while the main force of the locusts is still in East Africa.
"What would you think if I said that this year's abnormal climate was caused by the aftermath of the Blazing Sky Ring?" Chen Xi said helplessly.
Gan Bao and Shi Tao took a breath of air-conditioning after hearing this. This year is the year without summer. They have determined before that due to climate problems, global production has dropped by nearly 10%. This is not because of any messy reasons, but simply
Lighting and temperature are real problems that all living things in the world have to face at the same time.
According to the calculations of the Gan family and the Shi family, this wave of climate problems is estimated to last for five or six years. However, after this year, the subsequent problems will not be as serious as this year. Taking next year as an example, the impact of light and temperature problems will be
It dropped by 50% and then returned to normal levels year by year.
As a result, they heard something now. This thing was actually caused by this group of people using the Blazing Sky Ring last year.
There was no way, that meeting was quite urgent, and the Gan family and Shi family had no time to participate. However, after receiving a notice from the Han Dynasty, Chen Xi ordered the Gan family and Shi family to re-analyze the climate situation in the next three years.
At that time, the Gan family and the Shi family were still a little strange, but it was normal to eat the country's food and do the country's work, so they collected the hydrological data from various places and spent several months to make a new one.
The results are quite different from the previous ones.
The Gan family and the Shi family were both stunned. They deliberately re-compared and found that the climate had changed greatly. There would be no summer next year and the temperature dropped overall. They quickly issued a disastrous climate forecast.
After Chen Xi received the report, he quickly distributed it. However, the Gan family and the Shi family did not realize why the climate had changed so much until today. They just thought that there was something unpredictable.
As a result, we now know that the reason why the climate changed so much before was entirely because the three empires used the planetary weapon Blazing Sky Ring when they were fighting against the Lord of All Spirits, which caused the climate of the entire world to be affected.
Together with the Blazing Sky Ring, this thing is not a world-saving weapon, but a proper world-destroying weapon!
"So don't count on the Blazing Sky Ring. I don't even dare to use it. It's not that I can't blow up East Africa, but I just don't dare to do it. When I used it for the first time, no one thought it would be so powerful." Chen Xiyi
He said to the two of them helplessly.
If I had known that the Blazing Sky Ring was so powerful, even though I would still use it given the situation at the time, I would never have used it so unscrupulously. At least I would have made more preparations before doing it...
Oh, it seems that we can’t make too many preparations. The Lord of All Spirits really can’t delay it. After the Blazing Sky Ring is hung in the sky, it’s time to send the Lord of All Spirits on the way. As for the power, it seems that it can’t be too small.
Looks like...
Chen Xi's thoughts turned around in his mind, and then he threw this thing out of his mind. It seemed that it had to be like this no matter what. The way the Lord of All Spirits would die was either to die from the world-destroying flames of the Blazing Sky Ring, or to die.
The gravitational distortion weapon of the Han Dynasty.
The former will inevitably lead to climate problems, and the latter will inevitably lead to plate turbulence at the planetary level, which in turn will trigger earthquakes.
Considering the impact, the climate problem is relatively easy to solve.
"Then we can only inform Rome and let Rome think of a solution. We may encounter a super locust plague coming from Africa, but Rome is definitely going to encounter a locust plague." Gan Bao thought for a moment, but there was no good solution.
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"Actually, it's not just Rome, the aristocratic families in Central Asia..." Shi Tao whispered beside him. Locusts have already landed in the Persian Gulf. When the locust plague in East Africa takes shape, Central Asia will definitely be hit.
"No, there is also Kushan. Believe me, Kushan will also be severely affected by locusts this year." Chen Xi added from the side.
As Chen Xi, who knew how outrageous the locust plague was in East Africa, after realizing how large-scale the thing that was now taking shape in East Africa would be, he understood that the Kushan area in South Asia must be severely dealt with.
To be honest, if it were not blocked by the Himalayas, those swarms of things would definitely be able to rush to the Central Plains. After all, compared to the size of East Asian locusts, the size of African desert locusts is at least double the size of things, and their combat effectiveness in all aspects is much higher.
The kind worth pulling, a fighter among locusts!
After each of the three people finished speaking, they all sat quietly on their chairs, not knowing what to say. Then the three people looked at each other, okay, there are only three empires in the world, and all three empires have to be hammered. The world crisis is
Bar!
"The Central Asian family must not give up, but if there are tens of billions of locusts, even if a detachment is separated, the Central Asian family will be finished this year. It has already experienced a reduction in production due to climate change, and if there is a wave of locusts..."
Gan Bao looked at Chen Xi, hoping that Chen Xi could make up his mind. The Gan and Shi families couldn't bear this kind of news!
In the past, Gan and Shi would also release some annual climate anomalies, or short-term catastrophic climate forecasts and other climate forecasts related to agriculture. They also reported some field surveys after warm winter droughts and issued locust plague warnings. As for
How to deal with it depends on the ability of each place. Anyway, I issued the warning, and the rest is none of my business.
We, the Gan family and the Shi family, are just fooling around and sending you notices, which is enough to prove their worth.
This is why before the previous snow disaster, the Gan family and the Shi family had to risk their lives to inform various places, because as long as they informed in advance, it would have nothing to do with them. They were still the noble Taishi order, and they had done everything they should do, even if the snow disaster was freezing
No one can blame them for the death. Their mission is to make arrangements and prevention in advance, and the executive level has nothing to do with them.
But now that the locust plague has appeared, they have discovered why they are raising you.
The dynasty fell, but the Gan and Shi families did not fall. The Spring and Autumn period changed, and the Warring States period began. The Gan and Shi families should still do what they should do. The Star Book has been written, and the astronomy has also been written. I have raised you from generation to generation, isn't it just for you?
When the celestial phenomena change, the weather is abnormal, and the fields cannot be planted, call a few times in advance to let people prepare in advance.
As a result, now that the locust plague has occurred, we are notified, rnm, to refund the money and the money that I have paid for more than a thousand years!
If calling for a refund was a joke before, it is no longer a joke this time.
After all, even if it was a mistake in the past and the disaster was not notified until it happened, it was not so serious. This year's situation, if it is true that the last wave of desert locusts that Chen Xi said is more than 50 billion, then the Central Asia family will
Gotta be eaten by locusts!
This is not the previous situation where going late and going early is just a big loss, but a truly fatal situation. The current situation of major aristocratic families is really desperate, and it will be life-threatening.
"Inform the Central Asia family to reserve grain and grass in advance. This is the only way, and then we will start stocking up on grain and grass in the direction of Xinzhou." Chen Xi sighed and said, this kind of food can be adjusted.
Fortunately, since last year, Chen Xi has transferred grain and grass from various places to Chang'an and Hanzhong to prepare for the war. Otherwise, if he really had to transfer grain from the five major grain-producing areas to Central Asia as before, the loss alone would be enough.
People are desperate.
"At present, this is the most appropriate plan." Shi Tao and Gan Bao looked at each other and said with some dejection. They had never encountered this kind of situation before. Besides, members of their family only monitor local people.
The climate and disasters are bad enough, and there simply aren't enough people to monitor the rest of the world.
"Notify the major families, let them prepare, and then ring the bell for Rome." Chen Xi breathed out and said, "Ask Rome to do more, I don't believe Rome doesn't know what the locust plague means to them now."
Even if it had the Mediterranean Sea at its back and could eat fish, it would still be enough to cause a thunderstorm in Rome if most of the food-producing areas were wiped out.