The King

  Facing the scattered swarm, everyone can only act separately.

   After a night of rest, the battlefield has shifted from outside the province to inside the province. In order to catch up with the swarm, Hudson had to "beat the bear" again.

  According to the information provided by the Griffin Cavalry, they ran all the way for eighty miles before intercepting a swarm of insects.

  The pitfall was that the insect king was not found inside, so Bear Stearns' eyes glowed red with anger, and he drove the gravity field, constantly interspersing among the insect swarms.

   No matter how Hudson tried to persuade him, it was useless until the swarm fled in all directions, and then he gave up.

   Looking at the dead locusts, Hudson showed no mercy at all. It's because they are short-lived, they are tossing and tossing without sleep.

  Isn’t it good to stay in Arbor County for a decisive battle?

  Even if it was a sleepless attack, Hudson recognized it.

  Anyway, if Xiong persisted, he would not be cowardly.

   The big deal is to sleep directly on the back of the bear, with the magic blessing of the guardian of the earth, the safety is still guaranteed.

  The scattered insect swarms are now flooding the southeast province, and each team is far apart.

  The distance is several miles away, and the distance is hundreds of miles, which greatly increases the difficulty of hunting.

  The most embarrassing thing is that after running a hundred and eighty miles, he caught up with the insect swarm, but he couldn't find the shadow of the insect king.

   It's a waste of time to work, and then I can only look for the next swarm.

   For this situation, Hudson was well prepared. Yesterday, more than a dozen worm kings were captured and killed, and there were very few worm kings left.

  Whether these intelligent creatures dare to enter the southeastern province is still unknown.

  Even if there is a potion to lure locusts, the attraction is no longer so fatal to a life like the insect king who has been promoted to a monster.

  Otherwise, the Governor's Mansion doesn't need to bother, just throw locust-attracting potions all over the place to lure them to their door and die.

  Just attracting ordinary locusts will not help the overall situation, and it is not economically desirable.

   After all, the scope of influence of the potion is limited, but the reproduction speed of locusts is infinite.

  Under normal circumstances, a female locust lays dozens of eggs at a time, which can hatch in just twenty days.

   But once the insect king appears, this speed can be further catalyzed. Not only has the spawning speed doubled, but even the hatching time has been shortened to two days.

   If the insect king is not killed, an army of hundreds of billions of locusts can be pulled out in a short time.

   It is estimated that the speed of trapping and killing locusts may not necessarily be able to catch up with their reproduction speed.

   After two full days of busy work, I only harvested one insect king. Such a speed is unacceptable not only for Bear Stearns, but also for Hudson.

   Fortunately, they can't stand it, not only them, but the situation of other strong people from all walks of life is not much better.

  Highly exhausted battles, but not in exchange for the desired gains, everyone's enthusiasm has been hit hard.

  Seeing that the plague of locusts has spread and spread to their own territory, everyone can no longer bear it!

  After the first representative left, the rest followed suit.

   The insect king is to be caught, but the most urgent thing is to take care of yourself first.

  If you find the trace of the insect king, you can ask for help from the nearest one. For the sake of generous rewards, everyone will not be stingy.

  Hudson was no exception, and decisively resigned from Governor Pierce.

  As for the issue of rewards, in addition to rewarding the King of Insects with gold coins to be cashed out, everyone else needs to be slowly blended in private.

   This kind of thing is not in a hurry. After the locust plague is extinguished, it will be too late to discuss slowly.

  In general, this operation exceeded expectations. For capturing eight insect kings alive, the reward on the bright side is 8,000 gold coins.

  The resources that can be exchanged secretly will only be more than this.

  Especially "catch the living" is the order of Caesar III. With this style of behavior, it is unlikely that everyone will do it for nothing.

  The specific rewards are unknown, but there must be rewards anyway. Otherwise, Caesar III's reputation in the middle and lower aristocratic circles would not be as good as it is now.

  As soon as he stepped into Wright County, Hudson noticed something was wrong. Even though it was in the southernmost part of the province, the locust plague was actually worse than other areas.

  The main force of the locust army was severely injured by the masters of the Governor's Mansion, and the scattered swarms were hunted and killed by the noble lords along the way. It stands to reason that there will be fewer people entering the rear.

   Ignoring the need to investigate the cause, one person and one bear accelerated the speed of travel. As for the locusts along the way, they were naturally disposed of by Bear Stearns.

   As an aspiring bear, Bear Stearns aspires to become a rancher.

  According to the plan, it is going to raise 10,000 sheep, 10,000 cows, and 10,000 hives of bees, and then there will be endless animal milk and honey and endless barbecue every day, and it will reach the peak of Xiongsheng from then on.

   Creatures like locusts are undoubtedly the enemy of rancher bears. If I saw it, I must have killed it wrong, and I didn't let it go.

  Under the shroud of the gravity field, not only the locusts along the way suffered, but other small insects were also kept cool.

   It would be even more perfect if some flowers and plants were not accidentally injured. Natural deworming bear, no longer have to worry about the threat of pests.

  Looking at the thick smoke rising along the road, Hudson breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, the noble lords have not yet laid down, which means that the situation has not completely collapsed.

  Unharvested grain is basically cool. But as long as the locusts are eliminated in time, the autumn plowing can be kept.

  Even though there is not much to gain this season, it is better than nothing. Until next year's spring grain harvest, they can be resurrected with full blood.

  Of course, this is just an ideal state. Anyone who has experienced locust plagues knows that this thing is "one plague for ten years".

  Even if the locusts are completely wiped out, the eggs all over the earth can still be reborn from the ashes in the coming year. It is almost impossible to kill them cleanly.

  Even if the response is timely, the locust plague will not be formed. These grasshoppers distributed in various places are also a threat to agricultural production.

   If there are no accidents, starting from next year, everyone will learn to eat grasshoppers.

  In the case of a large-scale reduction in grain production, it is imperative to take extraordinary measures.

  Taking Bear Stearns around the territory with a group, and wiped out all the large-scale locusts, Hudson returned to the Lord's Mansion.

  …

   "What's going on, why is the disaster in the territory so severe?"

  Frankly speaking, Hudson is still satisfied with the disaster prevention work in the territory. Although there were many problems, his deployment was generally completed.

  In the context of locust plagues everywhere, it is a success not to let all the crops be fed to locusts.

   "My lord, I don't know why the locusts swarmed into the two counties of Wright and Wyton. The mountain territory is remote, and the situation is still good.

   Territories in plain areas, the disaster situation is really serious. There are several unlucky lords, whose crops have been eaten up by locusts.

  Including the Baron Cayo, although he organized a massive locust extermination operation, Fallen Leaf Town was reduced to white land in the end.

   Not only the crops were eaten up, but even the vegetation suffered heavy damage. Even some wooden houses have been attacked by locusts.

  The strange thing is that the severely affected areas are all the territories of local nobles, but the damage to the territories of the northern nobles is slightly less serious.

   It is rumored that the locust plague was caused by the nobles from the North. There were even gossip reports that someone had dropped locust-attracting agents in the two counties.

  A few days ago, our patrol found someone sneaking around and found two vials containing potions. It's a pity that people ran away, otherwise..."

  After listening to Tom's explanation, Hudson wondered if he was a child of luck. Someone ran over to give medicine, but was not only encountered by the patrol, but even the medicine bottle was not broken in time.

  Looking at the two medicine bottles in front of him, Hudson didn't rush to open them, but patted the cub on the head, motioning for Bear to check it out.

  There is no way, this world has too many shady means, and Hudson doesn't want to die young.

   On the contrary, there are very few methods for the bears of Yin Yin, especially bears like Bear Stearns, who can be said to be invulnerable to five poisons.

   No matter what kind of messy food, he dares to put it in his mouth. Even during the locust extermination war, many of the scorched locusts entered the stomach of this guy.

  Toxic?

  If the Earth Bear was afraid of poison, Bear Stearns would not be alive now. I have been with Hudson for so long, and I have never seen him eat a bad stomach.

  Headache and brain fever have never happened once. This anti-virus ability is definitely one of the best in the Aslante continent.

  According to Bear Stearns, adult earth bears are immune to all toxins and negative energy, and juvenile bears are also immune to most of them.

  Bear Stearns opened the bottle cap and sniffed it with his nose. Before it could give an answer, Hudson heard the buzzing of locusts.

   Without the slightest hesitation, Hudson immediately went up and closed the lid. Immediately afterwards, he secretly thought about how to deal with these two bottles of reagents.

  Give it to the Governor's Palace?

   It seems that there are not many things that can be exchanged. Now everyone knows that someone has dropped locust-attracting potions in the southeastern province, and the identity of the other party cannot be determined. Just two bottles of potions are meaningless.

   Perhaps holding this thing, it is easier to trace the mastermind behind the scenes, but the ones who can be found must be the little people who push to the foreground.

  The big forces planning all this behind the scenes could not have left such obvious traces in a foolish way. Even the person in charge of poisoning may be an unlucky guy hired temporarily.

stay?

  It is also meaningless to Hudson. Although this thing can lure locusts to come and kill them, but with Bear Stearns in charge, Hudson feels that there is no need to do such fancy things.

   With great difficulty, he helped his bears set up a bear life plan for the big rancher. At this moment, Bear Stearns was at his peak, and if large swarms of locusts dared to come over, they would never leave alive.

  According to the agreement reached by the two parties, Hudson will then transfer 500 sheep, 200 head of cattle, and more than half of the beehives in the territory to Bear Stearns.

  In addition, it also provides breeding technology, as well as supporting industry services such as herdsmen, forestry, pasture leasing, etc.

   As for the money, of course I owe it first. The bounty of 8,000 gold coins is not enough to pay off the previous bad debt?

   But this is not a problem. With the performance in this locust plague, the subsequent rewards are still enough for Bear Stearns to pay off the debt.

   Only bears with money in their pockets have the confidence to buy properties. If he was poor and white like before, how could he have the face to speak up?

  The bear who has an industry is now very protective of his calf. Never allow anyone or any insect to affect its ration.

   As for protecting Hudson's territory, that's just incidental. After all, locusts can fly, and if they are not prevented in advance, they will easily spread.

   "Falling Leaf Town, the disaster is so serious, didn't Baron Cayo ask his family for help?"

   Hudson asked suspiciously.

  Large-scale locust plagues, for any lord, the loss is an astronomical sum.

  This year's autumn grain loss is heavy, and next year's autumn grain is also hopeless, and even the year after will have to continue to suffer.

  Many locusts have gathered into the territory. If the eggs are not eradicated together, then wait to be patronized by "grasshoppers" every year!

  Once it takes shape, it will be a new plague of locusts. It can be said that the wild fire is endless, and the "summer" wind blows and regenerates.

   "It is said that they are asking for help, but the Dalton family is too busy to take care of themselves now, and there is no time to pay attention to a town.

  The news comes from hearsay, which may not be accurate. When it comes to the Dalton family, we dare not put intelligence personnel there. "

  Andrea, who was in charge of intelligence, replied.

  Throwing the intelligence organization to an outsider who had just defected, Hudson couldn't do it.

  It is not an easy task to build an intelligence organization in a poor and blank situation.

   Don't talk about inquiring about secret information, just collecting some bright news is very difficult.

  Who keeps the population flow small?

  The status of most of the territories is: ten days and a half months, no stranger will appear.

  Any stranger approaching will attract the attention of local residents. If the ability is not good, someone will follow the clues and come to the door in minutes.

  Hudson just wants to inquire about the news, but he is not going to make enemies with his neighbors. This kind of hatred thing is absolutely unacceptable.

   Simply leave it to "outsiders" to do it. If it is really exposed, Master Hudson can still say that he doesn't know.

   He insisted that someone sent a spy to try to provoke everyone.

   If you don’t believe me, you can look it up, there are definitely problems with the origins of these guys.

   Regardless of which faction is found, he can be cleared of the suspicion of Master Hudson. Since everyone is a victim, it is natural to aim their hatred at the guy who planted the spy.

   are all experiences gained through **** life lessons. When it comes to the ability to shake the pot, Hudson is now proficient.

  As for the hidden dangers of the intelligence organization after it grows, it is purely overthinking. Under the existing conditions, Hudson's intelligence organization simply does not have the possibility of development.

  The servants used by the nobles have served the family for generations, and the children and grandchildren are bound together, and outsiders can't get in at all.

  If you want to play the trick of selling yourself as a slave, then go ahead and be a slave for several generations! Without the hard work of several generations, it is simply impossible to gain the trust of the master.

   It is difficult to guarantee the loyalty of decades of dormancy, let alone several generations of dormancy. Such a test of human nature is simply ridiculous.

  Even if there is no problem with loyalty, the protracted infiltration mode, before the spies get close to the core of power, Hudson suspects that he will grow grass first.

  Spies can't get in, and it's even harder to buy them. It is estimated that as soon as the terms were negotiated on the front foot, they were reported on the back foot.

  Decades, or even hundreds of years, of enslaving education cannot be shaken by a few words. The interests of slaves were tied to nobles early on.

  Once the power declines, the servants who follow will also be unable to please. Even if you want to betray, you have to have your master willing to accept it.

  The ultra-low population flow determines that organizations like Jinyiwei have no soil to survive in the continent of Aslant.

  Compared to buying other people's trusted servants, it is easier to buy nobles under his command. Because of the convergence of interests, these people can also betray because of interests.

  As long as the betrayal chips given are large enough, there is no need to worry about everyone not betraying.

  It's a pity that if he could afford that price, Hudson himself would have become a great nobleman. Playing the game directly is, why do you need to engage in these tricks that are not on the table?

   "Just watch from a distance, you don't have to get too close. Pay attention to the situation in the two counties and find that I always feel that someone is deliberately provoking conflicts."

   Hudson said meaningfully.

   It's not that he is supercilious, it's that the rumors about "nobility in the North being poisoned" are too magical. This is a plague of locusts, nothing else.

  Although the territories of the northern nobles were slightly damaged, that was only "slightly", and the actual loss was not small.

  There was no food harvest for a year, and the local nobles could not die of starvation, but for all the northern lands, it was a life-and-death test.

   If the response is not appropriate, starving to death is inevitable. At that time, not only the property will be lost, but also the hearts of the people in the territory.

  For the nobles of the Northlands, triggering a locust plague is a typical example of "killing eight hundred enemies and harming oneself three thousand".

   In contrast, the local nobles had a greater motivation to play like this. As local snakes, everyone can completely drag down this group of outsiders by virtue of their material advantages.

  With this strength, there are only five or six local nobles who implement this plan.

  Because of the lord's personal ability and family investment, there are even fewer ambitions and motivations to do so.

  As one of the main suspects, Hudson can exclude himself, so the man behind the scenes is likely to be another beneficiary.

  If a large-scale food shortage breaks out, there are not many families in the entire southeastern province that can provide food to help everyone tide over the crisis.

   It just so happens that the Dalton family behind the Baron Cayo has this strength.

  So many coincidences happened to collide together, it's hard not to make Hudson think too much.

   It's just a suspicion, and it involves the Dalton family. Without sufficient evidence, Hudson will not easily express his position.

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