Chapter 313: King Qi who eats locusts

Zhu Wuliu is leading the young man in the village to pour the concrete roads in West City.
A young man suddenly stopped by his side.
The sun was blocked, Zhu Wuliu, who was squatting on the ground to level the concrete floor, raised his head and saw the young man's face. He suddenly laughed and said, "Reporter Jiang, why are you here?"
The person in front of Zhu Wuliu was a newspaper reporter who often went to Zhu’s village to read newspapers. Seeing Zhu Wuliu smiling, reporter Jiang said:
You can still laugh. Today’s newspaper published the signs of locust and drought in the six states. "His Royal Highness personally published the measures to prevent the locust plague, and I don’t want to go back and think about which one I can do."
"Huh? The locust plague!" Zhu Wuliu was immediately stunned, "What the is going on?"
Reporter Jiang explained the contents of the newspaper, and Zhu Wuliu gradually understood that now that spring plowing has just begun, according to the newspaper, there are ways to prevent it.
"I'm going to buy ducks now." Zhu Wuliu stopped working, got up and ran.
Other youths followed suit and ran to the East Market because there are often people selling ducks in the East Market.
Reporter Jiang looked at Zhu Wuliu's figure, and sighed. With so many people in Qingzhou, how can the ducks in Dongshi?
At the same time, the news of preventing locust plagues gradually spread among the people under the impetus of the government.
For a while, there was a situation in Qingzhou that a duck was hard to find. When the foreign merchants in Qingzhou saw that ducks became a hot commodity in Qingzhou, they immediately paid attention, but soon a law prohibiting the sale of ducks at high prices eliminated their plans to price chickens and ducks. Raise the idea ten times.
However, the law also gave them some profit margins, and many merchants decided to buy ducks from other places and sell them to Qingzhou.
"His Royal Highness, even if Li Kaiyuan purchases a large number of chickens and ducks, so many people in Liuzhou will not help. Since they all eat, the next official suggested that they should not eat as humans. Now we should emphasize that the people should catch locust larvae and eat, which is much faster than chickens and ducks. Up."
After Xiao Ming said that the locusts could eat, Pang Yukun immediately organized officials to go down to the field to catch some locust larvae.
At this time, looking at the cooked locusts in the clay pot, a cold sweat formed behind Xiao Ming.
He said, "How do you feel now?"
"It has been two hours since Xiaguan ate it, everything is normal, but the taste is a bit weird." Pang Yukun licked his lips and recalled the smell of locusts.
Xiao Ming has a black line. It seems that his work is not in place this time. He said: "In fact, locusts are better fried, crunchy and crispy, and have a chicken flavor."
"Eat it while deep-fried?" Pang Yukun's face turned green, and he wondered why not say it earlier.
Xiao Ming nodded. The newspaper had just been released. This was just to inform the people in advance, but the people must have doubts that the locusts can eat at this time.
He said: "It's deep-fried and eaten. In this way, you can gather people to go to the field and catch some locusts. The more the better, the king will set up a frying pan to wait for you in Dongshi to ensure that you are more comfortable than eating meat."
Pang Yukun shook his head. He was completely defeated by King Qi. He didn't speak, he directly organized people to catch locusts.
Xiao Ming was not idle either. This plague of locusts was a terrible thing. He didn't dare to joke. He couldn't control Jizhou, but he could keep the harvest of his fief if he could keep it. Now he can't come to the end of Ming Dynasty. Robbed.
Asking the palace's Pao Ding to move all the iron pots in the palace to the East City, and bring the oil and salt, Xiao Ming opened a posture in the East City, preparing to give a lesson to the people of his fief, telling them that locusts are also edible.
In order to prevent the locust plague, eat less and eat more locusts.
There was such a big noise in the East City, and many people came to watch. Pang Yukun brought a bag of locusts in the afternoon.
"His Royal Highness, the locusts are here." There is still mud on Pang Yukun's body, and it is estimated that he went down to the field to catch it.
Xiao Ming patted the dust on his body, "Thanks for your hard work, this king will personally fry the locusts for you to eat."
Pang Yukun smiled and said, "In this case, the next official will wait."
Xiao Ming opened the bag at this time, and there were a lot of lively locusts in it. He poured all the locusts into the water and drowned them. After washing them, he fished them out.
Then, he poured oil in the pan, and when the pan was hot, he put the locusts in, and suddenly "cracked" a smell of meat, and then Xiao Ming added salt.
When the locusts were brittle, he fished them out.
"Pang Changshi, try another bite this time." Xiao Ming held the locust and handed it to Pang Yukun.
The thick scent floated from the locust, Pang Yukun swallowed, then he picked up a locust and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.
Immediately, his eyes lit up and he nodded frequently, "His Royal Highness, this locust smells really good."
Xiao Ming also picked up one and ate it. It tasted better than the locusts he caught when he was a child. After all, the locusts here are pure and natural, without any pollution.
The surrounding people were all dumbfounded. With the crowd watching, King Qi and Pang Changshi actually ate the locusts in this way.
"His Royal Highness, leave this plate to the next official." Pang Yukun became addicted to eating, picked up a plate and started to eat, muttering: "Oh, I have food to go back this evening."
Xiao Ming laughed when he heard the words, he said to the people around him: "This king has already published things that can be eaten by locusts, but many people definitely don't believe it. Now this king and Pang Changshi are trying to eat them. Try it."
As soon as his words fell, the people standing in the front row immediately squeezed over, picked up the locusts and ate them.
Some businessmen from other places couldn't help fighting for food.
"Oh, it's delicious."
"It's better than chicken. I'll let the whole family come out to catch it when I go back."
"I have never eaten something so delicious."
"..."
Fighting, many people shouted happily.
Fan Zeng is standing on one side ~EbookFREE.me~ He is copying the picture at this time with a pen. He wants to draw and publish the picture of Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun leading the people to prevent and control the locust plague.
A bag of locusts all entered the stomachs of the people in the afternoon.
The people who ate the locusts were all elated. After they returned, everyone preached the delicacy of the locusts in the village.
In order to further stimulate the people's desire to catch locusts, Xiao Ming asked Li Kaiyuan to purchase locusts in Dongshi, and use these locusts to feed the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army.
He didn't believe that the stomachs of the people in these six states could not eat the locusts.
While Xiao Ming was busy controlling the locusts, the production of this flintlock gun was not pulled down. After 500 craftsmen arrived at the Department of Equipment, the production of this knife could be much faster.
Within a few days, the 200 drilling machines were all equipped with drill bits. At this time, the hydraulic drilling machine was fully activated. After half a month, the military workshop sent Xiao Ming the first batch of 500 flintlocks.
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