The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 124 Food Emperor
"What the ancestors said is true. It is precisely because of the emphasis on agriculture that we need to better develop commerce, so that the common people's taxes can be reduced, and the common people will not think of rebelling when they are full." Zhao Huan Said lightly.

This is the first time Xi Ying has heard of this truth. As an ancient woman, she doesn't quite understand what Zhao Huan said, but her intuition tells her that what Zhao Huan said is correct.

The next day, Zhao Huan held a banquet in Zuixian Tower as scheduled.

The surrounding area of ​​the Zuixian Tower had already been surrounded by water. According to Zhao Huan's order, the Imperial Forest Army only imposed martial law, but did not prohibit the common people from watching. This group of Imperial Forest Army has suffered a lot. After the incident, every time Zhao Huan went out of the palace, they were worried.

At the entrance of Zuixian Tower, a huge oil pan was set up, which was filled with secret rapeseed to extract oil.

When it was about the same time, Zhang Erke came down from upstairs and shouted: "Light it up!"

The servant who had been waiting nearby immediately threw the torch into the firewood pile below. When the dry firewood met the fire, it immediately turned into a raging fire.

After the fire started, the rapeseed oil in the iron pan was heated and began to bubble out continuously.

"Oh, it smells so good!" After the oil was heated, it immediately gave off a burst of aroma, and the people watching by the side couldn't help but sucked it twice, with satisfied faces.

The wine and meat of the wealthy family stinks, and the road is frozen to death.At this time, many ordinary people had such thoughts in their hearts. The ordinary people in the Shu region were still in a state of not having enough to eat, and they were a group of officials who were so good that they actually ate and drank here.

There was quite a commotion among the crowd.

"Heh bah!" I don't know who was angry, but actually spit into the crowd through the crowd.

Fortunately, the Imperial Forest Army isolated the common people far away, so it is impossible for this man to spit into the oil pan.

But the mood of the people at this time is not very good.

Seeing this, Zhang Erke said to the crowd: "According to His Majesty's imperial decree, His Majesty ordered Zuixianlou to host a banquet here to entertain you all today, to entertain all the people. Please don't worry, the delicious food will be ready to eat soon."

"What? We still have our share?" This was the only thought in the hearts of many common people. It turned out that the emperor wanted to have fun with the people. Now, of course, the original dissatisfaction with the emperor disappeared immediately.

In fact, the common people of the Celestial Dynasty are the easiest to be satisfied with. If you treat him with kindness, he will definitely pay you back with all his might.

As the temperature rose, oil began to splash in the oil pan. Zhang Erke picked up a huge colander next to it with one hand, and poured a small half bag of locusts directly into the oil pan with the other hand.

Oil splashes everywhere!

The common people nearby looked a little silly, did the officials want everyone to eat fried locusts?Now everyone is frying the pot again.

"I said that the old emperor wouldn't be so kind. He invited us to dinner and had fun with the people. Did you see that he actually invited us to eat this thing, locusts!" One of the ordinary people said indignantly.

"That's right, they eat delicacies from mountains and seas inside, but let us eat this kind of bugs here. His Majesty the emperor really made a good plan." Another commoner said.

The temperature of the oil is very high, and the grasshopper is small, so it won’t take long to put it in and it will be cooked soon. Zhang Erke ignored the people talking next to him, took out the fried grasshopper with a colander, and put it on a tray next to it. in.

The guy next to him immediately sprinkled the spices that had been prepared on the fried locusts, and then began to serve them plate by plate in front of many onlookers.

"Let us eat this?" Everyone was stunned. Even though the locust was blown up, the appearance of the locust remained unchanged, so they still had some resistance to eating this kind of thing.

Zhao Huan appeared by the window on the top floor at this time, and he was also holding a fried locust in his hand at this time. Seeing the expressions of everyone, he knew that they didn't want to eat this thing.

"Citizens, this food is very delicious, don't you want to try it?" Zhao Huan said in a vibrating voice to the people downstairs.

No one answered him, but it was obvious that they didn't want to eat at all.

Zhao Huan not only secretly sighed, in fact, sometimes it is quite difficult for people to accept a new thing.

"I will give you a demonstration to prove that this food is edible and delicious." Zhao Huan paused, and then said: "But you can't eat too much, because the number of locusts I prepared is not many, each of you can It’s good to eat one.”

As Zhao Huan said, he put the locust in his hand into his mouth.

Seeing that Zhao Huan actually ate the locusts, everyone became hesitant.

At this time, there are always bold people. After all, the emperor has already eaten, so what are they afraid of, so resisting the psychological discomfort, they picked up a locust and put it in their mouths.

"Huh? It's crispy and delicious, oily but not greasy. It's really what Zhao Huan said. This fried locust is really a rare delicacy!" This is the only thing in the heart of the first person who ate locusts. idea.

"Well, you just said you don't want to eat it, right? Then I ate yours for you!" The man said to the man next to him.

The person next to him was not stupid, he immediately knew that the locust must be very delicious, seeing that this person wanted to take his locust away, he quickly reached out and took the locust that belonged to him, saying: " When did I say no to eating, I want to eat!"

After finishing speaking, he put it in his mouth. This locust is too small, it is not enough to eat by himself. This is the only thought in everyone's mind.

Seeing that everyone has accepted the delicious locust, Zhao Huan smiled, returned to his seat, and said to the ministers: "Okay, let's start eating too, this food is very delicious."

What else could the courtiers say, although there was some resistance in their hearts, the emperor had already eaten, so how could they be more hypocritical than the emperor.

But after eating, the officials realized that they were wrong. Didn't the emperor force him to eat the locusts? The locusts were really delicious.

So, after tasting the delicacy of this locust, all the courtiers didn't need Zhao Huan's persuasion, and they all started to feast on it. In fact, this locust was not necessarily delicious, but everyone ate it for the first time, but felt that it was the same as before. The food is different, so I feel that it is extra delicious psychologically.

"Report, hurry up for eight hundred miles, report..." At this moment, there was a sudden rush of horseshoes from a distance, and the voice of an orderly came from afar.

(End of this chapter)