Knowing that the green manure recipe worked, Lu Yun's heart that had been hanging was completely relaxed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the number of locusts has been gradually increasing in the past two days, it has not yet formed a scale.

Therefore, as long as we pay close attention to the harvest and send those grains to the granary as soon as possible, the people of Cangzhou Mansion will have no worries.

Lu Yun summoned all the officials who had returned from errands in the study in the front yard and began to inquire about the situation in each county.

"I've worked hard for the past two days, I don't know how this green manure is being used everywhere? How many villagers in each county don't follow the regulations to sow green manure?" Lu Yun asked in a solemn voice as he sat behind his desk.

All the officials stood up first and said no hardship.

When Lu Yun waved his hand to sit down, only then did the little official open his mouth to answer this question.

"My lord, I went to Dongguang County and Haixing County. At first, there was some resistance, but later those villagers heard that this green manure had the effect of increasing production, and it was the Lord Zhizhou personally ordered all counties to use it, but they all rushed to get up, so except for some thorns, most of the people used this green manure. ”

Several others said the same thing.

When Lu Yun heard this, he nodded, and then asked, "Have you ever seen the effect of that green manure with your own eyes, is it really that useful?"

A middle-aged official with a goatee said happily: "Yes, the green manure has been sprinkled, and after one night, the grain will be much fuller, and when we come back, it will only take a day or two to harvest the grain of many families!"

When Lu Yun heard this, he knew it.

Time was urgent, he did not delay, handed over the agricultural harvest arrangements prepared yesterday to them, and said: "I don't know when the locust plague will come, this is a decree to the counties, you work hard, now return the same way, urge those villagers to recover the grain as soon as possible, and minimize the losses before the disaster." ”

The officials knew that the matter was important, and they didn't say much, so they took the decree and bowed and left, and set off non-stop.

Things are developing step by step towards the expected direction, Lu Yun couldn't help but smile, looking at the sun rising outside the window, and hope was burning in his heart.

Time flies quickly, and in a flash, it's unitary time.

When night fell, the silver-white moonlight sprinkled on the ground, illuminating the entire Lu Mansion as bright as day.

The garden is full of osmanthus flowers, and the fragrance fills the air, weaving a sweet net that envelops all the scenes. At night, every grass and tree looks blurry, and there is a dreamlike feeling.

The east garden is full of sheep's horn jade hook cloud pattern palace lamps, which illuminate this place brightly, and the banquet is placed in the open space near the water in the garden.

Yuan was not there, and Lu Yun specially invited Tao to preside over the overall situation. Due to the large number of people invited, Tao discussed with Yuan's mother and turned the banquet into a banquet and put it on the lily of the valley table.

On the high ground facing the lake, there is a black and ebony depicted golden begonia, and on both sides are some small square tables of the same texture, because they look down and look down on the lily of the valley, so they get their name.

This arrangement is the earliest form of banquet, ancient style and ancient rhyme. It can not only be hidden with the surrounding flowers and trees, which looks delicate and elegant, but also saves the embarrassment caused by pushing the cup and changing the lamp, so that the participants will not do anything immoral, which is both grand and grand.

At this time, the feast is about to begin, but only tea sets are placed on each table.

The crowd came one after another, because this night banquet was held to discuss political affairs, and all the people who came were adult men, so as soon as everyone arrived, the people who served were all replaced by mother-in-law and small servants.

The sound of the sheng flute was played on the octagonal pavilion on the lake, the dancers shook their water sleeves, and Shi Shiran came to the stage and performed a fan dance.

The white shirts and colorful fans are elegant, and the dancers sometimes raise their wrists and lower their eyebrows, sometimes lightly relax their hands, and fold the fans in their hands and hold them together, and the jade sleeves are windy.

The dancing skills are so good, and everyone who is sitting at the table according to their seats is stunned for a while.

At this moment, Lu Yun and Old Lady Tang appeared in front of everyone.

Lu Yun invited Mrs. Tang to sit on the main seat of the high platform, and he himself sat at the top of the right side.

Most of the people didn't know the identity of Old Lady Tang, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that Lu Yun, who had the highest official position here, let a white-haired old man sit down on the main seat, and he himself was subordinate.

I don't know what kind of identity this old man is, but he can make Lu Zhizhou so respectful!

Seeing everyone's puzzled eyes, Lu Yun stood up and introduced: "Everyone, the official will introduce you first, this old man who sits on the top is the first emperor and the emperor, Tang Sili Tang Old Lady, the old lady Tang has been living in seclusion on Yuluo Mountain, this time in order to cure locusts, the official specially invited his old man to come down the mountain. ”

When everyone heard that this old man was the old lady Tang who had gone through three dynasties, they gasped, and their eyes were a little incredulous.

They all stood up and saluted Donald.

Mrs. Tang, a person who even praised the first emperor.

Now several powerful ministers of the official residence of the Great Qi Dynasty were once his protégés!

I don't know how Lu Zhizhou invited him.

It's just that before they could ask, Lu Yun had already continued.

"As you all know, the locusts have been raging lately, and the official has found a way to ripen the crops, and now the results are beginning to be seen, but if you want the crops to be successfully received in the granary, you still need your help. ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't care about asking about Mrs. Tang.

The locust plague can be said to be the hottest topic in Cangzhou recently, and people sitting next to each other gathered together and whispered.

An old man with gray hair opened his mouth and said: "The control of locusts is related to the entire Cangzhou, if Lord Zhizhou can use us anywhere, just open your mouth, you don't need to be polite." ”

When everyone heard this, they all echoed it and agreed.

In the past two years in Cangzhou, Lu Yun has made good political achievements and has an excellent reputation in Cangzhou Shilin.

In addition, Lu Yun did not deliberately conceal his plans and actions, so everyone respected Lu Yun even more.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Lu Yun did not continue to speak, but ordered his subordinates to remove the tea set and serve the locust dishes prepared in advance.

A total of 200 dishes were made this time, and only 20 dishes were served at each table each time, and it took 10 rounds until the end of the night banquet.

Everyone didn't answer when they saw Lu Yun, they just let the food be served, and they didn't know what it meant for a while.

When the dishes were finished, everyone found that these dishes were all unseen before, and they were full of color, flavor, and appearance, which made people's appetites move.

"Everyone, wait. Lu Yun saw that some people were already a little eager to try when they saw the dishes on the table. Although I was happy in my heart, I still opened my mouth to stop it.

There were also some Sven people here, and when they heard Lu Yun stop him, they thought he was going to make a request, so they stopped their chopsticks one after another.

Lu Yun opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, please look at the dishes in front of you, you can't hide it, these are all made of locusts that caused disaster. ”

After listening to this, everyone put down their chopsticks as if reflexively.

They were all a little surprised, but most of them sat steadily, except for a few young ones, who could not be able to show joy and anger, and their faces showed a distorted look.

"Throughout the ages, after the locust plague, most of the industries withered. Although I have a good recipe that allows the grain to be harvested more than ten days in advance, so that the common people do not have to harvest any grains, I can't help but feel unbearable when I think that when a large area of locusts comes, trees, houses, etc., will be damaged in a large area, and the people's lives will become more difficult. ”

Lu Yun didn't seem to see the faces of those people, and said.

Regardless of whether you are sincere or not, everyone here sincerely praises Lu Yun for being a good official who works diligently for the people.

After they exchanged words for a while, Lu Yun waved his hand and continued: "This official has come into contact with some villagers, and when he saw that they usually catch some locusts to eat, he thought, why not catch these rampant locusts and make them into food and sell them? In this way, the locusts will decrease quickly, and the people will also have some income. ”

When Lu Yun said this, he stopped.

A Confucian scholar with long hair cautiously opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Zhizhou, everything that comes into your mouth is very important. This locust is really disgusting to look at, can it really be eaten?"

When Mrs. Tang, who had never spoken, heard this, she smiled and said: "Locusts are not only edible, but they are also a good thing! Old man, I lived to be ninety-seven years old, but I have never eaten less locusts." ”

Everyone looked at Old Lady Tang's face, and they really couldn't tell that he was a ninety-seven-year-old person, and they couldn't help but turn from disgust to curiosity about this locust.

"This locust not only tastes delicious and delicious, but also very nourishing, comparable to Cordyceps sinensis, you see the old man I can live so long, this locust's credit is not small!"

Although this locust is indeed very nutritious, Uncle Tang is a little exaggerated, and he is talking nonsense with his eyes open!

Everyone was naturally convinced by the highly respected Old Lady Tang, and seeing that he still had a ruddy complexion and bright ears and eyes after living at such an advanced age, they couldn't help but have a lot of changes in their view of this locust.

"What's more, this locust has been dried, and it is still a medicinal herb! This locust has a pungent and warm taste, can open and close the trick, cure children's slow convulsions, whooping cough, and can also warm the stomach and help yang, strengthen the spleen and carry food, which is very beneficial to people!"

It's still a medicinal herb!

I have to say that these benefits given by Mrs. Tang really tickled some people's itches.

The eyes of the people present couldn't help but soften when they looked at the dishes on the table.

These dishes are not the same as they were, if it weren't for Lu Yun saying that these were locusts, they really wouldn't have been able to see it.

So after listening to the advantages listed by Mrs. Tang, a few people carefully raised their chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it in their mouths.

With the person who ate the crab first, the rest of the crowd stared at their reaction.

"Well, that's good!" the few who had eaten praised one after another, and after saying this, the chopsticks in their hands kept moving, and they stretched out to the plate in front of them.

Obviously, it tastes superb!

When the rest of the people saw their reaction, their curiosity was also hooked, but just now they hesitated and didn't move their chopsticks, and now they are embarrassed to pick up the vegetables.

Lu Yun saw their embarrassment, and persuaded him: "What Mrs. Tang said is all good words, if you don't dislike it, just use chopsticks to taste it!"

Everyone was not blind, so they went down the steps given by Lu Yun, and they all came to the sound and raised their chopsticks to eat.

It's delicious!

These well-dressed Confucian scholars nodded in their hearts when they tasted it.