Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 408 The plague of locusts is a plague of locusts.

Soon, the sky gradually darkened.

The people have dug fire pits in their own fields, and the firewood in the fire pits has also been prepared.

"ignition!"

Following Li Mu's order, everyone in Niu's Village started to light their fire pits one after another. For a moment, the entire world of Niu's Village was lit up with flames.

"Be careful, everyone, don't let the fire ignite the crops!" the old village head of Niujia Village shouted.

"Village chief, don't worry, be careful!"

"Our fire pit is so deep that we can't get an open flame!"

The people of Niujia Village responded one after another.

It is necessary to be very careful when lighting a fire in the field to attract locusts, because if one is not good, it is likely to ignite the crops.

As the fires in the fields of each household were lit, the temperature in this field was obviously much higher than that in other places, and the field was very bright.

These locusts just like warm and bright environments.After seeing the bright light at night, the locusts will subconsciously gather towards the bright light.

This seems to be the same as moths rushing to a flame, but all insects will inevitably come together after seeing the lights at night.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

"Buzz, buzz, buzz."

Not long after, there were bursts of ear-piercing "buzzing" sounds, which were exactly the sound of locusts flapping their wings.

Looking up and looking up, there was a dense blackness in front of it. When the locusts had already arrived, they had a swarm effect, and then rushed towards the place where the fire was shining.

These locusts then divided into many small groups, and then each moved towards a pile of fire.

Not long after, all the fire pits were covered with densely packed locusts. As for the current scene, anyone with trypophobia would have to pee in fright if they saw it.

However, the common people in this era are not so hypocritical, and naturally they don't have any intensive phobia.

Whenever they have any symptoms, it is also a symptom of fear of not having meat to eat.

Now, these locusts seem to be an innumerable amount of meat in the eyes of ordinary people.

Locusts were lying around the fire pit, and it was full of locusts.Even many fires were already full of locusts before, and some locusts settled down countless times, so they could only dance continuously above the fire pits.

The villagers in Niujiazhuang waited for a while and found no signs of locusts converging here, indicating that there should not be many locusts around.

At this time, the locusts around Niujiazhuang were basically gathered. Seeing that there were no locusts gathering, the villagers of Niujiazhuang picked up the net spoon and started to catch these locusts wantonly.

These strong men with quick eyesight and quick hands are responsible for catching locusts with net spoons, while women and children hold their pockets and wait to put the caught locusts into their pockets.

It didn't take long, about an hour or two.

The villagers in Niujiazhuang had almost caught the locusts around them. There should have been swarms of locusts overwhelming the sky, but now there were only a few locusts left in twos and threes.

However, Shanshan didn't let go of any of them in pairs.

As the saying goes, eliminate all evil, and this locust is the biggest evil in the field, so naturally no one can be left behind.

At this time, the locusts were about to cry.Now this situation is really too tragic.

Those who just gathered in groups, not to mention harming the crops elsewhere, even the crops of the Niujiazhuang were all captured before they finished harming the crops.

For the locusts, the most important thing is that they didn't eat the crops, but now it seems that these villagers want to eat them!

Locust God!
Didn't you say it was the Locust God?Why all of a sudden, this situation changed.

After learning that locusts can be eaten, the villagers of Niujia Village were overjoyed when faced with the huge amount of meat given by God.

As long as there is meat to eat, what kind of shit locust god is not a locust god.

The common people can't control so much, and the common people only care about their stomachs.

The locusts feel that this is really bullying the locusts. In the past, they ate human food, but this year it became human beings to use them as food.

This, is it possible that this is just going out to mess around, and sooner or later you have to pay it back?
At this time, the villagers in Niujiazhuang had packed all the locusts they had caught into sacks.

The harvest of these villagers is not small. Each of their households has captured hundreds of catties of locusts.Even if these locusts are dried and stored, they can serve as meat for a long time.
"Folks, locusts are afraid of water. Soak the locusts in the water for a while when you get home, and the locusts will be soaked to death!" an official from the household department reminded.

"Yes, soak it in water, just in time to wash it, and then marinate it with salt. You won't be able to finish it in a while, so keep it for later."

"Yes, smoked or air-dried can also be stored for a long time, we will have meat for the next half a year!"

The villagers of Niujiazhuang, you are discussing each other sentence by sentence, the joy in the words is self-evident.

Admittedly, these locusts don't taste too good.The taste is a bit like a mixture of chicken and beef, but the taste is very woody and has an earthy smell.

Therefore, to deal with these locusts, it must be made with heavy salt and heavy oil to be delicious.

Of course, this was just Li Mu's idea. Li Mu was the majestic half-king of the Sui Dynasty, the general, and he had never tasted such naive seafood.

Li Mu felt that the taste of the locusts was only average, but in the eyes of the common people, the taste of these locusts was quite good.

For ordinary people, it is very good to be able to eat meat, so it doesn't matter whether the quality of the meat is good or bad.

The people carried the locusts in their own sacks home, and greeted each other on the way. In the words, they all asked each other how many bags of locusts they got.

If anyone gets more, everyone will be quite envious, and if someone gets less, they can't help but feel depressed.

From this locust plague, the common people have gained tangible benefits. This is the first trick, and the common people have benefited from the locust plague.

In previous years, it was not that there were no locust plagues, but no one ever thought that locusts were still a delicacy.

"How did the general find out that locusts can be eaten?" The people wondered in their hearts.

If Li Mu knew what the people were thinking, he would definitely tell them, that's because there are no night market food stalls in this world.

Deep-fried big grasshoppers, this thing was a hard dish in the night market stalls in the previous life, but this dish is worth at least tens of dollars.

The villagers of Niujiazhuang have benefited from the locust plague, so naturally they will work harder to control the locust disaster.

Moreover, these common people didn't dare to underestimate Li Mu anymore, and they couldn't help but feel that the general of our Great Sui Dynasty was really an all-around talent.

The people in Niujia Village tried their best not to say anything, but became very obedient. Whatever Li Mu asked them to do, they would do it right away.

(End of this chapter)