Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 127 The Value of Locusts
Asthma is hereditary. If both parents have asthma, the chance of passing it on to the child is as high as 80.00%. Even if only one of the parents has asthma, there is a 30.00% to 50.00% chance of passing it on to the child.

Gao Ming felt very lucky, because Empress Changsun was an asthmatic, but Gao Ming didn't feel any discomfort. It can be seen that Empress Changsun did not inherit this difficult disease to him.

However, Li Lizhi and Li Mingda were not so lucky. Both of them suffered from mild asthma, and they both had shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing symptoms, and most of the attacks occurred at night or early in the morning. According to Gao Ming's guess, their Symptoms should be bronchial asthma.

And this kind of disease, there is no effective treatment method in the Tang Dynasty, even the imperial doctors in the palace only take recuperation methods.

To put it bluntly, it is to let Li Mingda and Li Lizhi take some medicines to nourish the body, and then let them use their own resistance and asthma to fight hard. Of course it is best to resist it. If they can't resist it, there is no other way.

Empress Changsun has carried it for 35 years, but she didn't carry it over in the end, and neither did Li Lizhi and Li Mingda in history.

However, after Gao Ming appeared, Li Lizhi and Li Mingda no longer took the "Golden Elixir" composed entirely of heavy metals, so their bodies naturally improved gradually, and their resistance increased as their bodies recovered. , the possibility of carrying asthma will naturally increase.

Li Shimin knew very well that since Li Mingda went to the East Palace to eat and live with Gao Ming, his physical condition was obviously much better than before, so even if many people told Li Shimin that it was not polite, Li Shimin refused to go back on the grounds that Li Mingda was young.

After all, in Li Shimin's opinion, compared with the so-called "etiquette", his daughter is more important. If it weren't for Li Lizhi's marriage to the eldest grandson's family, Li Shimin would have wanted her to go to the East Palace to learn how to take care of her body with Gao Ming .

Li Shimin cared about his daughter, and Changsun Wuji naturally cared about his niece, so when they heard Gao Ming say that the locust could cure Qi diseases, their joy was beyond words.

Especially Changsun Wuji, couldn't help asking Gao Ming how to make locusts in the court hall. Of course Gao Ming would not hide his secrets, and patiently and meticulously told him how to fry locusts.

"First of all, the locusts must be fresh. After getting the locusts, they should be scalded with boiling water for 2 minutes, then the heads and tails should be cut off, and the contents of the belly should be removed. After washing, put them in a frying pan..."

Following Gao Ming's narration, the expression on Changsun Wuji's face also became serious, and it could be seen that he was remembering it very carefully, and not only Changsun Wuji, but almost all the ministers in the court all pricked up their ears. Seriously learning how to cook this delicious fried locust.

Datang’s food is not only boiled but also baked. Although the taste is not bad, but if you eat too much, you will always want to change the taste. The appearance of fried locusts can be said to enrich everyone’s dining table. At this time, some people have already thought of using it. wine.

And according to what Gao Ming said just now, eating this food is good for your health, as the saying goes, if you have a disease, you can cure it, and if you don’t, you can strengthen your body. Most importantly, locusts are so easy to find, basically you don’t need to spend any money, just go out of the city to catch them!
As a result, the entire court hall fell silent in an instant, and everyone was concentrating on memorizing Gao Ming's words.

"...When you see that the color of the locusts in the oil pan has turned yellow and clear, you can take them out, sprinkle some salt on them, and eat them. However, if you want to use them as medicine, you can't fry them in oil. They are live insects. Boil it in boiling water for 3 to [-] minutes, and when it changes color, take it out and clean it, then dry it and grind it into powder, then take it with water every day.”

When Gao Ming's voice fell, Changsun Wuji immediately bowed to him with a serious expression.

"The old minister thanked His Royal Highness for the prescription. I wonder how much the locust should be eaten every day after it is ground into powder?"

Looking at the serious looking Changsun Wuji, Gao Ming smiled and waved his hands.

"Lizhi is also my younger sister. My eldest grandson doesn't need to be too polite. As for the locust powder, as I said before, those who are sick can be cured, and those who are healthy can be strengthened, so feel free."

Gao Ming’s meaning is very simple, eat more if you have it, eat less if you don’t have it, it’s up to you to figure it out.

The court is full of smart people, so everyone immediately understood Gao Ming's meaning, and everyone's minds immediately became active.

Datang is not like later generations, there are people who specialize in breeding locusts. In Datang, locusts were either overwhelming the sky when locust plagues were discovered, or there were no locust plagues. To find locusts, you can only go to the rice fields to catch them.

Everyone understood this, so after the court, many officials sent servants to catch locusts outside the city, and when they received the news that the servants reported back, they were completely dumbfounded.

"What? No more locusts?"

The dumbfounded people also included Changsun Wuji, who was going to use locusts as medicine to treat his daughter-in-law's illness. Now that he heard that there were no more locusts, he became anxious.

"There are hundreds of acres of land outside the city. How could there be no locusts? Did you not search hard?"

Faced with the master's suspicion, the servant immediately showed a look of grievance.

"Master blamed me wrongly. There are really no more locusts in the fields. When the villain went, he saw many people rummaging in the fields, but they found nothing. Only the common people and the roadside hawked for ten locusts for a penny. So the villain Te ran back and asked the master."

Hearing what he said, Changsun Wuji immediately burst out laughing.

"Haha, so that's how it is. Ten for a penny is ten for a penny. This is consistent money. Hurry up and buy [-] and come back!"

"Yes!"

The servant took the money and ran away. After his figure disappeared outside the door, Changsun Wuji shook his head with emotion.

"I didn't expect that locusts can be sold for money like chickens and ducks. The world is really changing!"

When Changsun Wuji was deeply moved, the people outside Chang'an City all laughed.

Their hard work last night was not in vain. Before noon, many people came to look for locusts. If they couldn't find them, they would buy them without any counter-price.

And as long as they are live locusts, they can take as many as they have. The least family of them has earned tens of pennies. Now some people in the local area have made this into a nursery rhyme.

"The locusts in the field have sharp legs. If you catch ten, you will get money."

It can be seen that the locust business in Chang'an is very hot now.

There are no advertisements in Datang, and the reason why the locust business in Chang'an City is so popular is because of those four words - follow the example!
The emperor is the role model for all the officials, and the officials are the role models for the people. Both the emperor and the officials have started to eat fried locusts. Of course, the people will try it, and the fried locusts themselves are very delicious, so it is so popular now. The degree is not surprising.

In just a few days, due to the panic-buying by officials and big households, the price of locusts, which cost ten cents a penny, increased again to fifteen locusts that cost two pennies, an increase of as much as 50.00%!

More importantly, as time goes on, the price may rise further.

Many businessmen also sensed business opportunities. They prepared their bags and horses, and then went to the states and counties around Chang'an to buy locusts and prepared to sell them in Chang'an.

In the wine shops in Chang'an City, some people have started to sell fried locusts. A plate of ten locusts is priced at two yuan. They don't make much money, but fortunately, they make small profits and sell quickly.

And those who plan to use locusts as medicine have already sent servants to farther states and counties. Anyway, at that time, they only need to make locusts into locust powder and bring them back. Live locusts are not needed.

In just a few days, the locusts vaguely took shape of the industrial chain.

But these are not Gao Ming's concern, now he is busy teaching Li Mingda to exercise.

"Little Si, take care, you can do what Big Brother does, you understand?"

"understood!"

The little girl has always been so well-behaved, Gao Ming immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Okay, then we will start, the eighth generation of radio gymnastics - the times are calling, start, hey hey hey hey... the first section, stretching, one two three four, two two three four..."

That’s right, Gao Ming is teaching Li Mingda radio gymnastics at this time, because Gao Ming thinks it is very suitable for children like Li Mingda to use this to exercise, otherwise the education department of our country will not list this radio gymnastics for primary and middle school students in the country. .

This set of radio gymnastics can be said to have accompanied Gao Ming's schooling career for several years, and it is naturally very familiar to do it, even Su Wan'er and others next to him are amazed.

"Hey, I didn't expect His Royal Highness to know kung fu, but it seems that this kung fu has no offensive power..."

Before Su Wan'er and the others finished their discussion, Gao Ming stopped and waved at them.

"You guys also come over and do it together. From now on, this set of radio gymnastics will become a must-do exercise in our East Palace. Everyone, regardless of gender, age or age, must be able to do it, and we must gather everyone to do it together. This is the rule I set, Shi Jian, this matter I'll leave it to you."

"Yes, His Royal Highness!"

After receiving the task, Shi Jian suddenly became energetic, while Shi Shu showed a puzzled face.

"His Royal Highness, what is radio gymnastics?"

"Uh...uh..."

Shi Shu's question really hit the point, but it's a pity that Gao Ming couldn't explain it. After "uh" for a long time, he couldn't "uh" why, so Gao Ming suddenly became angry and slapped her on the buttocks .

"As long as you talk too much, I call it radio gymnastics, so I call it radio gymnastics. If you dare to talk too much, you will immediately drag it into the room to have sex!"

"..."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Shi Shu blushed and stopped talking, and Su Wan'er didn't dare to say anything, and both of them also lowered their heads when they were blushing.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction, and then continued to teach them radio gymnastics.

"Next is the second section, chest expansion exercise, one two three four, two two three four..."

(End of this chapter)