The Summoning World of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 1188 The Arrival of the Locust Plague
After Fusu saw the memorial, he thought in his heart that he could send envoys directly to Maiqiu, where the locust disaster was the worst, but then he thought, people in this era are very superstitious.

In the memorial submitted to Fusu, it was said that the local officials were worshiping the locust god, saying that this was the anger of the locust god, so it was like this. will disappear.

"Summon! Conscript [-] Qin troops, and I will go south with me tomorrow, and bring some more chili noodles from the treasury!" Fusu put down the memorial, stood up and said.

Zhou Shi responded immediately, and Fusu went to the harem.

This is to find Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang looked at the emperor in a hurry, and couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, what's going on with you?"

"A locust plague has hit thousands of miles around Maiqiu City in Gaotang County. I'm going to the south for an appetizer. Why don't you go with me?" Fusu said with a smile.

Wu Meiniang put down the embroidery in her hand, and beamed with joy: "It's really a personal blessing for me to be able to accompany the royal driver all the time, but the queen has never traveled with the emperor since she had a little princess. Moreover, the emperor's trip south this time is to relieve disasters and save the people, if the empress can go with her majesty, it will be justifiable."

Fusu brought up the teacup and put it on the case table: "We also need someone to sit in the capital here. I have already sent someone to tell the queen that you should prepare here and leave tomorrow. I will come here to take a lunch break and wait There will still be some matters to discuss with Fazheng."

After saying this, Fusu yawned, and Wu Meiniang hurriedly sent someone to fetch hot water to wash the emperor's feet.

In the early morning of the next day, the [-] troops were already waiting for the emperor in the tower of the court outside the south gate.

Zhou Shi led the carriage and pulled hundreds of carts of chili powder. He couldn't understand why the emperor did this, but he felt very strange. It's a hot day, and even if he was marching, he didn't need chili powder to drive the horses. Cold is.

At least in Zhou Shi's thinking, the role of chili is still to drive away the cold, other than that, it seems to have no other effect.

This is also the illusion that Fusu used chili as a strategic material at the beginning, but in the palace, chili is still used as a condiment for practical use.

Fusu went south this time, because locust plagues are not only not terrible, but also rich in protein, which can be eaten raw or fried with chili peppers, and then sprinkled with chili peppers. They were already looking forward to it.

If the people in Maiqiu City smelled the fragrance, would they still think that the locusts were soldiers and horses released after the God of Locusts was enraged?

Thinking of this, Fusu couldn't help laughing out loud.

In essence, the walking speed of the army is very slow, but there is still no shortage of horses and mules in the Qin army. Compared with the general army, the speed is not known how much faster, but Fusu still feels that the speed is too fast. Slow down, when the army arrives at Maiqiu City in the south, I'm afraid all the millet will be eaten up!

After walking less than [-] miles, the emperor pulled out two thousand cavalry, took a few carts of chili noodles and went ahead. After running wildly, in less than three days, they had crossed the river and entered the boundary of Maiqiu.

Fusu saw that there were jumping grasshoppers everywhere in the grass by the roadside, so he turned to the warriors behind him and said, "Pass down the order, everyone will go down to catch the grasshoppers, and use the dog's tail grass to pierce the grasshoppers' heads." , this is a string; after finishing it, I will enter the Shiyi Township ahead, and there will be a lot of rewards!"

After hearing this, everyone didn't understand what the emperor meant, but they got off their horses one after another, walked into the grass and started catching grasshoppers.

Fusu himself also rolled up his sleeves to catch grasshoppers. There were too many grasshoppers, but during the tea time, he had already made more than ten bunches of grasshoppers!
Fusu held it in his hand, glanced at the warriors around him, and shouted loudly: "My sons, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I still have five or six catties in my hand!" A school captain took off his cloak and used it to wrap the grasshopper.

"Your Majesty, the last general also has three or two catties in his hand!"

A bearded man was talking, and the grasshopper jumped onto his black bearded face, and jumped away again with a kick.

Fusu laughed loudly: "Okay! In front is Shiyi Township. As long as you pass Shiyi Township, you will have reached the hardest hit area of ​​locusts. I am going to fry the grasshoppers in oil tonight, and then sprinkle them with chili peppers to feast on them. You guys can enjoy it." Dare to eat?"

These warriors in the army, not to mention grasshoppers, sometimes get stuck on the battlefield and have nothing to eat, even dead human flesh!What is a mere grasshopper?
"The emperor said you can eat it!" A school captain laughed, grabbed a handful of grasshoppers, threw them into his mouth, chewed them, and found that the taste was not as bad as he imagined. The sweetness, couldn't help but said: "The taste is not bad."

"Haha..." Fusu kicked a bunch of grasshoppers in his hands, and laughed loudly: "Everything is born to support people. Locusts are a delicacy in themselves, but they are exaggerated by people as ghosts and gods to confuse ignorant people. Eat it for you to see."

As he said that, Fusu also grabbed three or four grasshoppers and threw them into his mouth, and began to chew them. Seeing this, the other warriors, even if they were a little hesitant before, now ignored so many grasshoppers and followed the emperor. Learn from others.

The county magistrate of Shiyi Township had already traveled 20 miles, and had already seen the emperor's vanguard arriving, but he couldn't see anything behind him, so he felt very strange and sent people to walk along the official road for more than [-] miles. , but did not see the emperor, but saw a group of warriors leading horses to catch grasshoppers on the grass, the meritorious Cao said loudly:

"Military masters, why don't you see the emperor?"

As soon as Gongcao's words fell, a heroic man wearing a dragon-patterned golden armor appeared in the crowd, with a smug smile in his eyes, looking at the Gongcao of the Clan's Yixiang.

"Your Majesty has no eyes, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

"You are..." Fusu took a look at the official mantle that this man was wearing, then nodded and said, "Are you the meritorious officer of the Yi Township?"

"It's the villain! The villain Bi Benshu pays homage to my emperor!" Gongcao said tremblingly, no emperor would catch grasshoppers with a group of warriors in the grass nest.

Fu Su patted the grass on his body and walked to the side of the road. Zhou Shijie came to the official road leading his horse, and other warriors who were enjoying their catch also lined up.

Fusu got on his horse, threw a bunch of grasshoppers to Bi Benshu, and said with a smile, "Do you dare to eat it?"

"Ah?" Bi Benshu naturally didn't have the guts to do so. He had never heard of anyone eating grasshoppers before.

"Bold! The emperor is asking you something, how dare you hesitate so much!" Zhou Shi shouted sharply!
Gongcao faltered and stuffed the grasshopper into his mouth, swallowed it whole, and lowered his head, not daring to speak.

(End of this chapter)