A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

It is a common phenomenon that people are short of oil in their homes.

Vegetable oils in this era were not cheap, not to mention animal fats.

Therefore, people go to bed early in the evening. One of them has no entertainment, so it is better to go to bed early so that the couple can find some fun for themselves.

Another reason is that we cannot afford to light candles and oil lamps.

How can the locusts eat without oil?

Shen An smiled and said, "There is still a way."

Stir-fry the treated locusts in the pot.

"This is temporary. People can dry it in the sun. The current sun will dry the locusts into dried locusts in a short time. Everyone, this thing... is not bad for drinking!"

Shen An stir-fried the locusts until they were dry, then picked up one and tasted it, squinting and saying, "Well, although it's not as good as the fried ones, it still has a different flavor. Everyone, there's another way to make this..."

"What else?" After everyone tasted the dried locusts, they felt it tasted weird and few were willing to eat more.

"Make it into flour." Shen An said proudly: "People can add it to wheat flour to make cakes or other things. Doesn't this make meat? But you can't eat too much."

He picked up a locust and said, "Look at how strong these legs are and how solid the meat is."

"Snapped!"

Han Qi slapped his thigh out of habit, and the official behind him howled miserably, then quickly covered his mouth.

This old guy was used to being in the court, so he was so happy that he forgot that Zeng Gongliang was not behind him, and slapped the official almost to the point of a fight.

"Prime Minister Han, hurry up!" Shen An said seriously.

So the locust cake was baked later.

"One for each person, have a taste."

Everyone tasted it and praised the taste.

"Good stuff!" Hu Xicheng shouted: "Get more, go quickly. Let the people eat later."

This was an inducement. Han Qi glanced at Hu Xicheng with admiration in his eyes.

"It's just that people can't eat too much of this stuff." Shen An didn't know whether he should, but consciously told him that it's best to eat less of this kind of game. "After killing it and drying it, it can be used to feed chickens, ducks, and pigs. It will make them fatter." quick."

These days, pigs eat all green food, so it is very difficult for them to gain fat.

Dried locusts are good stuff, rich in nutritional value, and are suitable as feed additives.

"Why can't you eat too much?"

Han Qi made another piece of cake, which was delicious.

"These locusts taste great. If you add some hot sauce to dip them in, I can eat twenty cakes in one meal."

Shen An said: "Although this food is edible, I don't know what will happen if I eat too much."

Han Qi swallowed the locust cake and was about to speak when an official beside him said: "Shen Longtu is overthinking. There are often disasters on Jingdong Road. At that time, you can eat grass roots and bark. After eating the grass roots and bark, you can still eat it." There are those who eat dirt. Compared with these, I think locusts are the most delicious food."

yes!

Shen An opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

What do you want to say?

side effect?

But it was still rare for people in the Song Dynasty to eat meat. Why are you worried that something will happen if you eat too much? I think there is something wrong with you!

Han Qi's eyes were full of this meaning. Looking at it, he clearly wanted to reach out and touch Shen An's forehead to see if he was burning.

Shen An smiled bitterly and said, "Someone is wrong."

Han Qi sighed: "I think you ate too much meat in Bianliang, that's all. I'll leave this matter."

Han Qi went out immediately, and later his voice came from outside, "Send orders to all parts of Yanzhou Prefecture and the Central Government to purchase dried locusts for one stone... Well, Anbei, how much is the food for one stone now?"

This old Han!

Shen An went out with a dark look on his face and said: "Prime Minister Han is tired and confused. Every time he is tired and confused, he forgets things easily. Prime Minister Han, we just discussed it yesterday and said that we would increase the price of grain from four hundred and seventy cents per stone." Press to 460 yuan?"

You, the great Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, don't even know the price of food. When you look back, people will say, "Why don't you eat minced meat?"

Han Qi was startled, then nodded to Shen An, "Send an order to collect the dried locusts from the court, at a price of four hundred and sixty yuan per stone!"

crazy!

All the officials present looked at Han Qi intently.

What does it mean to use the price of grain to collect dried locusts?

Only Shen An secretly admired Han Qi's thinking. Seeing everyone's sluggishness, he said: "Those who fight locusts are the people of Yanzhou. Wherever the disaster is more serious, it will be easier to fight locusts. This is to send money for disaster relief! Relief with work!"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Han Qi put his hands behind his back and said majestically: "Go quickly!"

Shen An saw his hand moving slightly behind his back, obviously very proud.

Han Qi turned around and looked at him, his kind-hearted look made Shen An feel a little weak in the legs, thinking that the old man might have had a seizure.

"Anbei! Your brain is so easy to use." Han Qi sighed: "I can immediately think of such a work-for-relief method because I have rich experience, but you thought of it immediately, which shows that you are talented.

It's just that you always pretend to be stupid in court and don't say anything when nothing happens. But this seems to have nothing to do with talent, which shows that you are cunning. "

"This official is very honest!" Of course Shen An would not admit that he was cunning. The key is that he has no interest in getting involved in the trivial matters in the court, so naturally he has to pretend to be stupid.

"Honestly..." Han Qi smiled, "Honestly, there are no cunning people in this world. That's all. Your idea this time is enough. I'll take care of the next thing. Just go and have fun."

I'm not a child!

"The best thing about your idea is that it reminds me that it depends on the people to eliminate locusts. People can eliminate locusts by raising ducks, and people can eliminate locusts for money. The key is to get them to take action!"

"The officials have given me full power, so we can start this matter without delay. Anbei, you go around everywhere, I'm worried that the people will fight over the locusts." Han Qi got on the carriage and set off in a hurry.

"I, Han Qi, have an order from the court that the locusts are worth four hundred and sixty cents per stone! Take as much as you can!"

Wherever the carriage went, the people didn't believe it at first. Han Qi simply had the carriage dismantled and he stood on it.

Shen An saw this shape from a distance, and somehow it reminded him of the scene where Han Qi fought with the coffin.

This Song Dynasty has no shortage of courageous and loyal people, it just needs an environment to give them a chance to show off.

That's the case with Han Qi.

After Zhao Shu ascended the throne, he spared no effort in supporting the prime minister.

This is the environment.

And Han Qi fulfilled his mission, withstood the attacks from the outside world with his tough performance time and time again, and implemented the new law again and again.

This kind of relationship between king and minister is rare.

"I'm Han Qi! There is an order from the court that the locusts are worth four hundred and sixty cents per stone. You can take whatever you get!"

The shouting gradually faded away, and Hu Xicheng suddenly asked: "Shen Longtu, just let people go. Why should Prime Minister Han..."

"You don't understand." Shen An said: "Do you know what the big disaster is about?"

"The people have no food or clothing."

It has to be said that Hu Xicheng revealed the key to this matter in one sentence.

"But there's one more thing, and that's the rumor."

Shen An thought of the rebellions in history, "Whenever disaster continues, rumors will inevitably arise, and rumors will come together..."

Hu Xicheng murmured: "The Yellow Turban Rebellion... Cang Tian is dead, Huang Tian should stand up. If you are born in Jiazi, the world will be prosperous."

And later in the late Yuan Dynasty, Mo Dao Shiren's one eye provoked rebellion in the Yellow River world.

Jingdong Road is actually the boundary of Shandong in the future. From now on, this area will be a place where famines frequently occur.

Drought, locust plague... Every time there is a major famine, you can see the shadow of careerists.

For example, the White Lotus Sect.

People's hearts follow the crowd, and there is a lot of dissatisfaction building up. Once someone is provoked and bewitched, trouble will easily happen.

The news about collecting dried locusts spread quickly, but Han Qi couldn't travel all over Yanzhou, so he wrote a notice and had many copies copied. Go everywhere.

The whole Yanzhou was in motion.

"One stone of locust costs four hundred and sixty coins!"

Word is spreading.

"real?"

When the farmers heard the news in the fields, they couldn't believe it.

"This locust plague has been caused by our ancestors for generations, how can we actually exchange money?"

The boy next to him interjected: "Dad, you have to dry it in the sun before you can exchange it for money."

Snapped!

The middle-aged man slapped his son away and asked, "Are you trying to trick someone?"

"The people sent by Han Xianggong have just passed through the county. The people from the county are coming down soon. Someone heard it when passing by, so he came to tell you the news first. Get started earlier and make money earlier!"

The man who came to deliver the news turned around and ran away. He was seen shouting to several farmers in the distance: "Second uncle...Second uncle...get locusts!"

"Is it true?"

Then the county officials came on horseback, bringing authoritative news.

"Four hundred and sixty cents, a lot of money, open to acquisition!"

"What are you waiting for?"

Countless farmers went crazy.

"Erlang, I went home and got a basket and a sack. Madam, don't stay here and go home. If we get locusts later, just dry them at home with me."

"What a lot of people!"

The news spread, and everyone who could move came out.

Some people think that the old man is here to cause trouble, UU Reading www. uukanｓｈhu.net But they asked their grandson to get a sack, and then asked their daughter-in-law to get gauze and sew it on the bamboo pole, and a net bag was ready.

The child waved the net bag, and the locusts fell into the net one after another. The old man held the sack behind him, shook the net bag inside a few times, and the locusts fell into the bag.

"There's a bag!"

"Send it back!"

The fields were full of hard-working farmers. When the news reached the city, the people in the city couldn't sit still.

"One stone costs four hundred and sixty cents... The locusts are easy to catch, so why don't you give money as a gift? Go, go, all the family will go!"

So the people in the city also took action.

The entire land of Yanzhou is full of people.

Xianyuan.

"Mr. Lang!"

The man with thick eyebrows is drinking tea.

"What's the noise about?"

He frowned slightly, and a servant came in from outside, "Lang Jun, the people in the county said that now one stone of locust stems can be exchanged for 460 pence."

Um?

The man with thick eyebrows was stunned when his brother came in from outside.

"Brother, this news is conclusive. Someone just went to report that Xianyuan has become an empty city."

"What do you mean?" the thick-browed man asked.

"They all ran away and went outside to catch locusts."

The thick-browed man lost consciousness for a moment.

"Whose decision was it?" His brows became stern, "I only hear about people harvesting locusts, but how can anyone harvest locusts? Ridiculous!"

The man said: "It is said to be the decision of the DPRK. Mr. Han said it himself, and there is even a document signed by him."

"Han Qi... where is Shen An?" the thick-browed man asked.

"It was said that Shen An used locusts to cook dishes. Han Xianggong and others ate them and praised them full of praise, so they ordered the locusts to be harvested and dried."