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Chapter 70 Locusts are equal to food?

"The matter of the restaurant is not a big deal!"

"Nowadays, the locust plague is the most important thing. You can buy locusts. How do you deal with the locusts you can buy? And is your price too high on the [-]th? Now a stone of rice is only five or six hundred dollars!"

After a moment of silence, Li Shimin spoke again.

Li Ming's actions, as the emperor, Li Shimin naturally knew a thing or two.

Such a large-scale acquisition made him a little puzzled.

"Father, locusts are not a disaster, but wealth. They can be fed to chickens, ducks, pigs and other poultry, which is better than food."

"As for the price, it is only at this price for the initial purchase, because it needs to restrain the locusts from continuing to expand. When the locusts become adults, the price will drop."

After speaking, Li Ming explained slowly.

The current price of locusts is naturally high.

But now is the critical period for locusts to hatch, and the high point is not harmful.

The purpose is to restrain the expansion of locusts.

Once the locusts become adults, the price will naturally drop.

Anyway, he is the purchaser, and the price of the goods is completely determined by him, and there will be no problems at all in this feudal society.

"Better than food?"

Listening to Li Ming's words, Li Shimin was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, the value of father's locusts is actually very high. As long as there is no locust plague, it is not only non-toxic, but also can make livestock grow rapidly. The pigs, chickens and ducks that my son feeds grow much faster."

"And locusts can also be added to military rations, which can improve the health of soldiers."

Li Ming nodded.

This point, he is not talking nonsense, but during the period of feeding locusts, the growth rate of chickens, ducks, and pigs is indeed much faster.

"Is this true?"

Li Shimin stood up instantly, and then looked directly at Li Ming, with hope and disbelief.

As a horse emperor, he knew exactly what the army represented.

Locusts can actually improve the health of soldiers. In the ancient army, the better the health of the soldiers, the stronger the combat effectiveness. This alone was enough to make him unable to hold back.

"It's true!~"

"If father doesn't believe it, you can add some locust powder into the army ration."

"But the royal father will have to pay for it."

Li Ming answered with a smile.

In past lives, locusts were eaten in large quantities and have been used as food in many African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries.

Locusts are an excellent source of protein and contain a variety of fatty acids and minerals.Although considered by many to be unpalatable, locusts are an important food source in many other countries.

As for whether it is delicious or not, who cares in this era.

"it is good!"

"You prepare some immediately, and I will ask the Ministry of Accounts to buy some. If it works, you have made great contributions!"

Li Shimin nodded directly, even if Li Ming said that he needed to buy it, he didn't pay too much attention at this time.

If it is really possible to improve the body of the soldiers, no matter how much the price is spent, it will be enough.

"Father, you can rest assured that it must be possible."

"However, it is best not to use locusts as the main food. The taste is too bad. They can be added to bean cakes and some other dry food for soldiers to eat."

Li Ming nodded with determination.

In this era when there is not enough protein supplementation, any protein supplementation is huge for soldiers' physical improvement, let alone locusts, which are high in protein.

Of course he can be sure.

"Haha, I didn't expect that locusts are still so useful!"

"Fourteen, you can buy it with all your strength. If you have any needs, you can tell me at any time, and I will definitely satisfy."

Li Shimin laughed.

Li Ming's affirmative words made him not have much doubt.

The huge role of locusts was also unexpected by Li Shimin.

He was still worried about how to deal with Li Ming's purchase of so many locusts.

If it can't be dealt with, it can only be destroyed at that time, then these millions of pens are really a waste of money.

These days it's literally turning waste into treasure.

Even at this moment, he thought of a key question.

That is why locusts can be eaten, so why can't they be used as food.

The taste is too bad.

Too bad it can be worse than bark and grass roots.

In the case of food shortages, locusts are not a staple food.

It is hard to imagine how many locusts there are. This is undoubtedly a huge amount of food.

At this moment, the original food problem seems to have been resolved.

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Ming quickly thanked him.

"It's okay!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, and the mountain that was pressing on him was instantly lighter. After all, the biggest problem for him before was the food problem.

Although the food accumulation in the nine years of Wude was quite a lot, it was barely recovered, and he was still a little panicked in the face of the catastrophe. Now that the locusts have joined, at least a large part of the problem can be solved.

"By the way, how is your road repair?"

Seemingly thinking of something, Li Shimin asked casually.

One and a half months ago, Li Ming said that he would build a Qin Zhidao.

Although there is still one and a half months before the construction period, but at this time, food is no longer considered. After the locust problem, Li Shimin still thought of this straight road.

After all, everyone wants to restore the grand scene of the first emperor.

Zhidao is undoubtedly one of the reasons why as the first emperor, he was able to create great achievements for thousands of years.

"According to Huai Dao, what Chu Liang said, the work should have been almost finished yesterday!"

Listening to Li Shimin's question, Li Ming spoke with a smile.

As the chief designer, although he has been paying attention to locust plagues and locusts recently, he is still extremely concerned about the construction of roads.

He even went over to check it out himself a few days ago.

It has to be said that Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chuliang's abilities still have a few brushes.

In one and a half months, it was almost finished at that time, and it was just a matter of finishing.

Now that another four or five days have passed, I think it should have been completed.

"Oh?"

"So fast?"

Li Shimin didn't care too much about Qin Huaidao and Cheng Chuliang going to build the road. He just used the road to train them. What he cared about was that the road was repaired so quickly this time, in less than two months, to be precise. more than a month.

Three months is already a fast pace.

Let alone more than a month.

We must know that the construction of an official road in the past often took several years, even more than ten years.

Even the construction of a small official road leading to Wannian County will take more than half a year.

But now it's so fast.

It really surprised Li Shimin.

"It should be almost there."

"When Erchen went to check a few days ago, he had already reached the final finishing touch."

Li Ming nodded and answered.

"it is good!"

"Come on, I happen to be free today, go and have a look!"

Li Shimin greeted him, feeling impatient at this moment.

(End of this chapter)