Zhu Wuliu is leading the young people in the village to pour the cement road in the West Market. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A young man suddenly stopped beside him.

The sun was blocked, and Zhu Wuliu, who was squatting on the ground to level the cement floor, raised his head, and when he saw the young man's face, he suddenly laughed and said, "Reporter Jiang, why are you here?" ”

Seeing Zhu Wuliu's smiling face, reporter Jiang said: "You can still laugh, today's newspaper published the precursors of locust plague and drought in six prefectures, and His Royal Highness personally published the methods to prevent locust plagues. ”

"What? Locusts! Zhu Wuliu was stunned, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Reporter Jiang then explained the contents of the newspaper, and Zhu Wuliu gradually became clear that now that spring plowing had just begun, there were still ways to prevent it according to the newspaper.

"I'm going to buy ducks." Zhu Wuliu stopped doing any more work, and ran when he got up.

Other youths followed suit and ran to the East Market, where ducks were often sold.

Reporter Jiang looked at Zhu Wuliu's figure and sighed, there are so many people in Qingzhou, how can those ducks in Dongshi be?

At the same time, the news of locust prevention gradually spread among the people under the impetus of the government.

For a time, there was a scene in Qingzhou where a duck was hard to find, and the foreign merchants in Qingzhou saw that ducks had become a sought-after commodity in Qingzhou and immediately paid attention, but soon a law prohibiting the sale of ducks at high prices and huge profits dispelled the idea that they were ready to raise the price of chickens and ducks by more than 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.

"Your Royal Highness, even if Li Kaiyuan buys a large number of chickens and ducks, so many people in Liuzhou will not help, since they are all eaten, the lower officials suggest that it is better to eat them, and now it should be emphasized that the people should catch locust larvae and eat them, which is much faster than chickens and ducks."

After Xiao Ming said that locusts could be eaten, 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, Xiao Ming broke out in a cold sweat.

He said, "How are you feeling now?" ”

"It's been two hours since Xiaguan ate it, and everything is normal, but it tastes a little weird." Pang Yukun licked his lips, recalling the smell of locusts.

Xiao Ming had a black line, this time his work didn't seem to be in place, he said: "Actually, locust fried is more delicious, crunchy, chicken flavor." ”

"Deep-fried and eaten?" Pang Yukun's face turned green, and he thought to himself why he didn't say it earlier.

Xiao Ming nodded, this newspaper has just been sent out, this is just to inform the people of the news in advance, but the people must also have doubts about the locusts being able to eat at this time.

He said: "It is fried and eaten, so you can gather people to go to the field and catch some locusts, the more the better, and this king will set up an oil pot in the East Market and wait for you, and I will ensure that you are more comfortable than eating meat." ”

Pang Yukun shook his head, he was completely defeated by the King of Qi, and he didn't speak, he directly organized people to catch locusts.

Xiao Ming is not idle, this locust plague is a fatal thing, he doesn't dare to joke, he can't manage Jizhou, but the harvest of his fiefdom can be saved, and now he can't come to the kind of rebellion inside and robbery outside at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Let the king's kitchen move all the iron pots of the palace to Dongshi, and bring oil and salt, Xiao Ming opened a posture in Dongshi to prepare to teach a lesson to the people of his fiefdom, telling them that locusts can also be eaten.

In order to prevent and control the locust plague, eat less and eat more locusts.

There was such a big movement in the East Market, many people came to watch, and in the afternoon, Pang Yukun brought a bag of locusts.

"Your Highness, the locusts have arrived." Pang Yukun still has dirt on his body, and it is estimated that he went down to the field to catch it.

Xiao Ming patted the dust on his body, "It's hard work, this king personally fried the locusts for you to eat." ”

Pang Yukun said with a smile: "Since this is the case, the lower official will wait." ”

Xiao Ming opened the bag at this time, and it contained a lot of live locusts, he poured all the locusts into the water and drowned them, washed them and fished them out.

Then, he poured oil into the pot, and after the oil pot was hot, he put the locusts in, and suddenly "crackled" and burst out with a meaty aroma, and then Xiao Ming added salt.

When the locusts were brittle, he fished them out.

"Pang Changshi, you can try it again this time." Xiao Ming took the locust and handed it to Pang Yukun.

The thick fragrance wafted from the locust's body, Pang Yukun swallowed his saliva, and then he picked up a locust and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.

When he landed, his eyes lit up, and he nodded frequently, "Your Highness, this locust tastes really good." ”

Xiao Ming also picked one up 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, and there is no pollution at all.

The surrounding people were dumbfounded, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, King Qi and Pang Changshi actually ate the locusts like this.

"Your Highness, I'll leave this plate to the lower officials." Pang Yukun was addicted to eating, picked up a plate and couldn't stop eating, and muttered: "Oh, I have some snacks when I go back this night." ”

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard this, and he said to the people around him: "This newspaper has already published the fact that locusts can be eaten, but many people definitely don't believe it, and now this king and Pang Changshi try it personally, you might as well try these." ”

As soon as his words fell, the people standing in the front row immediately crowded over and picked up the locusts and ate them.

Some businessmen from other places couldn't help but scramble to eat.

"Oops, it's delicious."

"It's better than chicken, I'll let the whole family come out and catch it when I go back."

"I've never eaten anything so good."

“……”

Rushing to the top, many people shouted happily.

Fan Zeng stood on one side, he was copying the picture at this time with a pen, and he wanted to draw the picture of Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun leading the people to prevent and control the locust plague and publish it in the newspaper.

Bags of locusts entered the stomachs of the people in the afternoon.

The people who had eaten the locusts were all overjoyed, and when they returned, everyone went around the village to proclaim the delicacies of the locusts.

In order to further stimulate the people's desire to catch locusts, Xiao Ming asked Li Kaiyuan to buy locusts in Dongshi and use these locusts to feed the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army.

He did not believe that the stomachs of the people of these six states could not eat the locusts.

When Xiao Ming was busy controlling locusts, the production of this flintlock pistol was not pulled down, and after five hundred craftsmen arrived at the equipment department, the production of this knife was much faster.

The two hundred drilling machines were all loaded with drill bits in a few days, and at this time, the hydraulic drilling machine was in full swing, and half a month later, the military workshop sent Xiao Ming the first batch of 500 flintlock guns.

(To be continued.) )