Chapter 304: How She Should Explain It to Xiao Moting

Therefore, in the Farm at night, she was the only one there.

A large expanse of bamboo birdcages was set out in the Farm's courtyard.

These birds all hunt during the day and sleep at night; at this moment, almost all the birds in the cages had stopped chirping and were staying quietly in their cages.

Once the truck drove away, Bai Wei immediately wrote a note to Xiao Moting.

"Xiao Moting, hurry to the hills or woods outside the city; I am sending you some insect-killing experts."

Besides the pigeons, wild ducks, and wild geese bought from the breeding farm, there were over a hundred more cages in the courtyard, filled with small birds she had bought from the bird and flower market.

If it weren't for the fact that no one was selling swallows, she would have wanted to buy a batch of them to send to Xiao Moting.

……

Daliang Kingdom.

The hills outside the city.

Xiao Moting was waiting anxiously in the night with several dozen soldiers.

He distributed the insecticide and had the soldiers spray it everywhere.

The insecticide was indeed effective and killed quite a few locusts.

However, the surrounding area was truly too vast, and the various villages were spread far apart; the insecticide could not cover everything, and there were still many scattered swarms of small locusts flying about.

Locusts have a fast reproductive capacity; if they are not completely wiped out, I fear it won't be long before the locust plague returns.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse; the mountains were high and the trees were far away.

Xiao Moting looked up and around, then wrote a note to Bai Wei.

"Bai, I have arrived."

Just after sending it, he received a note from Bai Wei.

"Good, I will Teleport them over immediately."

Qin Zhan and Han Guiying were also standing to the side; they had only arrived with the troops this evening.

After arriving, they learned that the weapons in the soldiers' hands were almost useless against the locusts.

Suddenly, a large expanse of cages appeared out of thin air before their eyes.

Immediately following, a burst of chirping bird sounds reached everyone's ears.

Han Guiying was stunned, "Birds? Is Shennü Daren sending us birds?"

Xiao Moting, however, came back to his senses, his expression tinged with a hint of a smile.

"Bai is right; these are indeed insect-killing experts."

"The cages contain wild geese, pigeons, wild ducks... and some small birds; they can all prey on locusts."

"These birds are much more useful than insecticide or bonfires; they can eliminate the locusts."

At this moment, Bai Wei's next note also arrived.

"Xiao Moting, take advantage of the middle of the night to release all these birds in areas where there are many locusts."

"Let them acclimate tonight; tomorrow morning, when they are hungry, they will catch bugs to eat."

Xiao Moting lowered his head to look at the note and immediately followed the instructions.

He gave the order, "Qin Zhan, take these birdcages to the soldiers and have them take them to areas with severe locust plagues to release the birds."

"Yes." Qin Zhan cupped his hands in a salute and immediately called for the soldiers behind him to come up and move the cages, "Handle them with care; these are birds from the world of the gods, do not injure them."

Upon hearing they were "birds of the gods," the soldiers' movements became cautious, fearing they might damage even half a feather.

Xiao Moting divided the birdcages into four batches and had the soldiers take them to the east, south, west, and north directions to release them.

He thought for a moment, then gave an order in a deep voice.

"Issue a command to the nearby villagers: within half a year, it is strictly forbidden to capture birds privately. Those who violate the regulation will be taken to the government office, fined, imprisoned, and dealt with severely."

"Those who report bird-catchers will be rewarded with fifteen catties of rice!"

Yannan had been suffering from drought for a long time, and the villagers were short on food; he was afraid some villagers would secretly catch birds to fill their stomachs.

The soldiers tied the birdcages to their horses and had the steeds slow their pace, moving forward in small steps.

At this time, Bai Wei sent another note.

"Xiao Moting, letting the birds kill the locusts—what do you think of my idea?"

Xiao Moting immediately replied.

"Bai, your idea is excellent. Insecticide and open flames can only control the locusts for a moment, not for the long term."

"Once these birds are released into the woods, they can continuously exterminate locusts, and they will search for bugs everywhere; it saves time and effort, and also saves fuel."

"You are truly clever; I believe it won't be long before the locust plague is completely wiped out by us."

Bai Wei received Xiao Moting's reply, her eyes curving into crescents.

Who said ancient people were rigid? Look at this rainbow-farting from Xiao Moting; his praise really put her in a good mood.

Pleased, she turned around, took a large bag of small bread rolls from the room, and Teleported them over.

"Xiao Moting, here is some for you to eat."

Dahuang wagged his tail and ran in from outside the door.

As soon as he entered the Farm, he smelled the scent of birds and immediately sniffed anxiously, smelling around everywhere.

He also kept scratching the ground with his paws.

"Woof woof!" — Where are the birds?

Bai Wei took a Ham Sausage and threw it over.

"The birds have already been sent away; this is for you."

Dahuang was just about to pounce over.

Suddenly, Cang Yun flapped his wings and flew over from outside the wall.

Seeing the Ham Sausage, it lunged forward, grabbed the Ham Sausage firmly with its claws, and landed on a nearby tree.

"Awoo!" Dahuang protested immediately, running to the base of the tree to bark, while letting out low growls.

It was very unhappy!

Ever since this bird arrived at the Farm, it had been snatching food from it all day long, even stealing the dog food from its bowl.

Bai Wei hurriedly threw another Ham Sausage.

Only then did Dahuang give up, happily eating it.

Bai Wei looked up at the now-plump Cangyun, and could not help but feel worried.

This Gyrfalcon was Xiao Moting's war eagle, and it had been with her for less than a month.

Originally, it had a robust figure and swift movements, a standard hunting eagle.

But now, eating and drinking well here every day, and even eating dog food with Dahuang, its size had increased by three times; it had completely fattened into a ball, and because it was too heavy, it even struggled to fly.

With this physique, how could it go into battle to kill enemies in the future?

Bai Wei frowned in distress.

"Cangyun, oh Cangyun, if you keep getting this fat, how am I supposed to answer to your master, Xiao Moting?"

On the mountain outside the suburbs of Yannan City.

Xiao Moting reached out and caught a large bag of small bread falling from the air.

On the transparent bag, the words "French-style Small Bread" were written.

He was startled, and then a hint of a smile flashed in his eyes.

Bai was feeding him again.

Qin Zhan saw the small bread in his hand and shamelessly crowded over.

"Prince, what is this? It smells quite fragrant."

Han Guiying also squeezed over, "Can we have a taste?"

Xiao Moting glanced at the two of them, "Has Xiao Dabao's gluttony spread to you?"

The two winked at each other, "It's a good thing given by the Goddess; we also want to share in the blessings of the divine."

Although they were master and servants with Xiao Moting, they had grown up together since childhood and were much less restrained than others.

Xiao Moting felt helpless and had no choice but to tear open the packaging, take out two pieces of small bread, and toss them to the two.

"Only for you two, just to taste the flavor; there won't be any more if you ask."

He was reluctant to eat anything given by Bai.

If it weren't for the fact that these two were so familiar with him, Xiao Moting wouldn't have wanted to give them any.

Xiao Moting also tore open a piece of small bread and took a small bite.

It was the rich fragrance of wheat, sweet as honey.

As he ate the small bread, his longing for her in his heart grew twofold.