As soon as the locust plague came, the sky and the earth were full of locusts, and even every step down, a few could be trampled to death, as a result, Li Xiu felt a "crackling" sound under his feet every step he took, which sounded very disgusting, and even Li Xiu could already imagine that the soles of his feet must be full of green juice, but at this time he couldn't care about it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Li Xiu came to the Ministry of Agriculture, he found that the officials and officials here were holding big brooms one by one to drive away the locusts that flew over, after all, the Ministry of Agriculture is no different than other places, there are many experimental crops planted in it, and these things cannot be eaten by locusts.

Seeing Li Xiu coming, the officials outside saluted him one after another, Li Xiu also said hello to these people, and then walked straight into the yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture, and found that although there were locusts inside, the number was not large, and there were many people to drive away the locusts, which seemed to have no great impact on the yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture for the time being.

At that moment, Li Xiu came to Yang Nong's room, and before he went in, he heard a cough from inside, which made him frown, and walked in without knocking on the door, only to see Yang Nong lying on the desk, covering his mouth with one hand and holding a pen in the other, as if he was recording something, but his eyes were not very good when he was old, and his whole face was about to stick to the table.

"Yang Gong, didn't I give you a pair of reading glasses, why don't you wear them?" Li Xiu couldn't help but feel sad when he saw Yang Nong's appearance, but he still forced himself to smile a little.

Hearing Li Xiu's voice, Yang Nong raised his head, squinted his eyes and glanced at him, then pointed to the table with a smile and said: "Look for yourself, as soon as these locusts came today, the old man was in a hurry to command the people below to drive away the locusts, but he accidentally dropped his glasses on the ground, and the lenses were broken!" ”

Li Xiu only noticed at this time that there was a pair of reading glasses with broken lenses on the table in front of Yang Nong, since he gave Li Yuan a pair of reading glasses, this kind of glasses began to become popular among people with bad eyes, but whether it is glass or crystal, it is very valuable, so only nobles can afford to use it, Yang Nong's pair is still a birthday gift he gave to the other party last year.

"It's okay if it's broken, I still have some spare lenses there, I'll send you another pair later, but Yang Gong, what's wrong with you, I heard you coughing outside just now?" When Li Xiu said the end, he couldn't help but show a look of concern, Yang Nong was getting older and older, but he still insisted on presiding over the operation of the Ministry of Agriculture, which made Li Xiu also very worried about his body.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I couldn't sleep yesterday, so I went around the yard, and I got a little cold, I have already taken medicine just now, and I guess I will be fine soon!" Yang Nong replied again, but at the end, he looked out the window with a worried face, and then he spoke, "Don Ma, this locust plague is menacing, although we have made some preparations before, I am still a little worried!" ”

Hearing Yang Nong's words, Li Xiu also smiled bitterly and said: "Don't talk about Yang Gong, I also have no bottom in my heart now, but then again, we have already done what should be done, and then we can only look at the will of heaven!" ”

"yes, everything that needs to be done has been done!" Yang Nong also said with some emotion at this time, but when he said this, he suddenly frowned again, and then said a little tangled, "But seeing those locusts raging outside, we can't do anything, which makes people really unwilling!" ”

"Haha~, Yang Gong, your words have spoken to my heart, in fact, I am also very unwilling, when I ran through the Li family Zhuangzi just now, I also wanted to say that my tenants would capture the locusts in the field, so as to reduce the harm caused by the locusts, but they did not dare to move the locusts, saying that they were afraid of offending the locust god, I don't know if you can believe the so-called locust god?" Li Xiu laughed at first, but when he said the end, his face showed a somewhat heavy expression, and he also felt a little powerless in the face of this situation.

"Zi Bu is strange and confused, for the matter of ghosts and gods, the old man has always been respectful, but even if there is really a so-called locust god, the old man is already this age, but he is not afraid of offending him!" When Yang Nong heard Li Xiu's story, he also said with a heavy face, he had also thought about catching locusts, but the resistance of the people was too great, and even if the imperial court came forward, it was difficult to move the people to catch locusts.

"Actually, locusts are still quite delicious, if you can make everyone like to eat locusts, I'm afraid no matter how many locusts there are, you won't be afraid!" Li Xiu scratched his head at this time and said, he likes the taste of locusts, whether it is roasted or fried, the taste is quite good, but it is a pity that the people of Datang dare not eat it because they are afraid of locusts.

"Don't kid me, how can locusts be eaten?" What Li Xiu didn't expect was that Yang Nong shook his head at this time and said, and even thought that Li Xiu was joking.

"Yang Gong, I'm not joking, locusts are indeed delicious, the key is whether you dare to eat them?" Seeing that Yang Nong didn't believe it, Li Xiu hurriedly explained again.

"Do you really dare to eat locusts?" Seeing Li Xiu's serious appearance, Yang Nong couldn't help but stare at him in shock and said, locusts are almost the same as flies and mosquitoes in his eyes, how can anyone eat flies and mosquitoes?

"Why don't you dare?" Li Xiu immediately patted his chest and promised, but when he said this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way, and he couldn't help but excitedly pull Yang Nong and walked out, and said as he walked, "Yang Gong, if you don't believe it, I'll eat it for you now, and you should also taste it, it is said that locusts also have the effect of relieving asthma and cough, just enough to cure your cough!" ”

Yang Nong didn't expect Li Xiu to perform eating locusts, which made him cry and laugh a little, but he saw Li Xiu ordering someone to catch a bag of locusts with clothes, but in fact, he didn't need to catch them at all, he directly pounced on the ground with his clothes and was a bunch.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture also opened a gang, but the chef's skills were not good, and the things he made could only be said to be barely accessible, anyway, Li Xiu refused to eat it again after eating it once, and every time he was hungry, he went to the market outside to buy Hu cakes to eat.

It's almost noon now, and lunch is being prepared in the kitchen, and a fat cook is directing more than a dozen cooks to be busy, but when he saw Li Xiu, the fat cook immediately stepped forward and saluted with a flattering face: "Why are the horses and Yang Gong here, and we have to wait a little longer for lunch?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry to eat, you boil me hot water first, and then make a stove for me, I want to make some food!" Li Xiu immediately commanded.

This fat cook is the chef in the yamen, surnamed Liu, known as Chef Liu, but unfortunately his skills are too poor, but he can't be dismissed, because this guy used to be a man in the army, and he also followed Li Shimin to fight Wang Shichong, although he has not been on the battlefield, let alone made any great achievements, but he is also considered to have hard work, so he can be assigned here as a chef.

"Huh? You...... Do you want to cook yourself? Chef Liu couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Yes, don't ask about the rest, hurry up and get people ready!" Li Xiu didn't bother to explain at this time, and immediately opened his mouth and ordered, although this Chef Liu's skills are poor, his hands and feet are very clean, and he has never deducted the food supplements in the yamen, at most he is greedy for himself, so he has raised a body of fat, which is considered a good person, which is also one of the reasons why Yang Nong can tolerate his poor cooking skills.

Hearing that Li Xiu didn't let him ask, Chef Liu immediately agreed, he knew that the horse in front of him couldn't be offended, and there was already prepared hot water in the kitchen, so he quickly lifted the hot water to a stove, and Li Xiu strode over at this time and directly poured the locusts in the bag into it, and the locusts that were still alive just now were all scalded to death at once.

Seeing that it was a locust that Li Xiu threw into the pot, Chef Liu was also dumbfounded, and the other people in the kitchen also looked at Li Xiu, wondering what kind of madness this colt had made, and he wanted to scald the locusts to death with hot water, wasn't he afraid of causing the wrath of the locust god?

Li Xiu didn't care about other people's eyes at all, and then took a big fence and stirred the locusts, on the one hand, to kill the locusts, on the other hand, to clean the dirty things on the locusts, and then use the fence to scoop up and drain the locusts, and then pour out the water in the pot, pour oil after the pan is hot, and wait until the oil is hot, then pour the locusts into the oil and fry until the locusts are golden in color, then they are put out and sprinkled with salt and pepper, and a fried flying shrimp is ready.

The so-called flying shrimp is actually locusts, because the nutritional value of locusts can be compared with shrimp meat, so it has the reputation of flying shrimp.

"Okay, do you want to taste the taste of this locust?" Li Xiu smiled at this time, and then sent the locusts to Yang Nong.

......Although Yang Nong hated locusts, he had not yet reached the point of "eating their flesh", and he was a little hesitant to look at the locusts in front of him for a while, but this is not surprising, after all, if it was Li Xiu, I am afraid that he would hesitate to let him eat fried flies.

Seeing that Yang Nong didn't dare to eat it, Li Xiu smiled, took the chopsticks and pinched a golden locust, put it in his mouth and chewed it in front of everyone, and found that the locust was crispy and delicious, even more delicious than roasted, which also made him can't help but show a satisfied look.

"It tastes good, Chef Liu, do you want to try it?" Li Xiu ate three in a row, and then saw Chef Liu and they all looked at him blankly, and asked them kindly.

"This ......" Chef Liu instinctively wanted to refuse, although he was greedy, but he was not as heavy as Li Xiu, and he dared to eat anything, but his status was low, and it was usually difficult to even see Li Xiu, and now the other party invited him to eat, if he refused, would he anger this colt?

It is precisely because of the above concerns that Chef Liu did not dare to refuse in the end, and finally simply had a heart, anyway, he was just a locust, and he couldn't kill anyone if he ate one, not to mention that he even ate other people's horses, what could he not eat as a cook?