At the beginning of the seventh year of Xingping

Cao Cao was overjoyed to learn that Guo Jia was willing to join.

Not only was there a position of military advisor sacrificial wine, but also a position in Yanzhou, in addition to the gold and silver treasures, there were continuous rewards.

Knowing that Guo Jia was good at singing and dancing, Cao Cao also specially sent ten singers to Guo Jia's house, but Guo Jia refused, and he chose two people who often danced for him in Nightingale's Square.

Regarding Cao Cao's love for Guo Jia, several generals of the Xiahou family and the Cao family were very dissatisfied.

Except for Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, the rest of the generals thought that Cao Cao overestimated Guo Jia, after all, the current Guo Jia was only in his early twenties, and he looked like a literati, and there was nothing outstanding about it.

But Cao Cao didn't listen to the words of those people at all, although he had no direct evidence, but from the analysis of his intelligence network, Guo Jia was very likely to be the one who helped Qin Hua plot to occupy the state.

And judging from Qin Hua's treatment of Guo Jia so well, Cao Cao believed that Guo Jia was a talented person.

Because so far, Qin Hua doesn't seem to have any major problems with employing people.

This time Cao Cao crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and he brought Guo Jia with him to replace Xi Zhicai, who is now sick in bed.

And Liangzhou and Bingzhou also suffered from a locust plague the next year because of the severe drought.

Although Qin Hua had already ordered people to find the locusts' spawning grounds in winter and try to eliminate them as much as possible, this move was only a drop in the bucket.

I don't know where these locusts came from, but they seemed to be flying all over the sky overnight.

Regarding the cause and countermeasures of locusts, although Qin Hua posted announcements all over the world to find a way, it was still fruitless.

There were even some county ordinances that said that some of the people had proposed not to exterminate the locusts, because this would cause the locust gods to be dissatisfied, and there would be locust plagues all the time.

For this kind of ignorant statement, Qin Hua also laughed at it.

Now is his own moment of crisis, if there is really a locust god, Qin Hua really wants to take a look at him alone.

He had just suffered a series of blows, and he actually came to patronize his territory, Qin Hua couldn't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood.

At this moment, Qin Hua suddenly remembered that locusts could be eaten.

In his previous life, when he was traveling, he saw people selling locusts, some fried and some barbecued.

So Qin Hua immediately ordered to find a bunch of locusts and let his cook start to find a way to cook.

Qin Hua told the chef several cooking methods, first he was extremely frightened, and then the cook's face showed a look of surprise.

He didn't expect that Qin Hua actually wanted to eat locusts instead of using it as a method of punishment.

March

The number of locusts began to increase rapidly, but the county guards in various places were suddenly called to Chang'an City by Qin Hua.

Zhang didn't understand why Qin Hua would summon them at such a time, knowing that most of the people present had already learned the news of the imminent locust plague, shouldn't they stay in the territory under his jurisdiction and lead the people to fight against the locusts at this time?

Now Qin Hua not only summoned all these county guards, but also held a banquet for some reason.

But when all the dishes came up, the faces of these county guards all changed.

The warehouse was full of locusts.

Seeing that no one was moving, Qin Hua took the lead in picking up a fried locust and was about to throw it into his mouth.

"My lord, no."

Seeing that Qin Hua really seemed to want to eat this thing, everyone immediately dissuaded them, although they didn't know if this thing was poisonous or not, but it didn't look like a locust could be eaten.

But Qin Hua didn't pay any attention to it, and chewed it directly, and everyone who watched it had goosebumps.

"Let's go, too, while it's hot."

Qin Hua saw that everyone didn't seem to make a move, and immediately greeted everyone enthusiastically.

"This..."

A dry man looked at the locusts in front of him but couldn't get his hands on it, can this kind of thing really be eaten?

At this time, it was Zhang Ji who took the lead in picking up the locusts that had been grilling and took a bite carefully.

"What is this, so delicious."

As he spoke, Zhang Ji directly threw the whole locust into his mouth.

The rest of the people were also surprised when they saw this.

Now the banquet looked a little weird, everyone didn't speak, only Qin Hua and Zhang were eating the dishes made by locusts, and the rest of the people were staring at each other and didn't know whether to eat these weird foods in front of them.

"Are you dissatisfied with the food I prepared?"

Although both himself and Zhang Ji showed that the locusts were very delicious, Qin Hua didn't expect these people to be so unenlightened, so he could only force them to eat them.

As soon as Qin Hua's words were spoken, several county guards picked up a locust and began to eat it.

For them, Qin Hua's order was the same as the holy decree, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they could move forward bravely, not to mention that they were just eating a few locusts now?

However, when they ate the first one with the thought of eating a bad stomach, they immediately showed a surprised expression.

This is really locusts, how can it be so delicious.

For this era of steamed and boiled vegetables, there is not even stir-fried vegetables, and after eating this "Hundred Locust Banquet" in which Qin Hua participated in the production of recipes, of course there will be a feeling of brightness.

As more and more people began to eat it, the remaining one began to wonder, could this thing really be eaten?

There were actually only two kinds of locust dishes prepared by Qin Hua, and he couldn't think of the others, after all, he hadn't been in the kitchen much in his two lives.

The first is deep frying.

First of all, the locusts are scalded to death with boiling water, the wings and thorny calves are removed, they are marinated in salt water and fried directly in oil, and then sprinkled with salt after they are out of the pot.

Another type is barbecue.

The pre-treatment is almost the same, but the barbecue does not need to be marinated, just put it on the fire and grill it, evenly smear it with cooking oil, and wait until it is golden brown and ready to eat.

Sprinkle with some cumin powder, salt, and other seasonings.

Cumin is a spice brought back by the caravan, and it is said that it was used to cook food in places such as the Sask Empire, and Qin Hua was very happy when he first tasted it, isn't this cumin?

So that night he gathered all his wives and concubines and held a barbecue meeting in the courtyard, and he hadn't barbecued food by himself for a long time.

Soon, the county guards finished eating the food in front of them, and they didn't expect that this locust could actually eat it.

And they probably already understood what Qin Hua had summoned them for.

Sure enough, after everyone stopped moving, Qin Hua began to announce his order.

The locust plague has already occurred, and we can only try to remedy it, but we have received information from many magistrates that many people are reluctant to participate in the extermination of locusts, fearing that this will anger the locust god.

That's why Qin Hua held this "Hundred Locust Banquet", the purpose of which was to let the county guards know that locusts were edible and tasted good.

When they returned, they would tell the people about it.

Let the people know that locusts are just natural disasters, there are no locust gods, and they can only be regarded as one type of food.

At the same time, Qin Hua also knew that locusts were a high-protein thing, although he didn't eat them at the beginning, but he heard a lot from the store.

Since it can supplement protein, this is also a very good thing for the people now, you must know that the people now basically have no dishes, or the dishes are very simple, and many nutrients can't keep up, protein is one of them.

Although many farmers raise poultry, they are reluctant to eat their eggs and sell them for money.

So the best way Qin Hua came up with now was to solve this locust plague by eating.

First, it can break the superstition of the people and allow more people to enter the ranks of exterminating locusts; The second is to supplement them with a little nutrition.

Locusts are not only high in protein, as a type of animal, they also have many other elements in their body that plants do not have, and they are also good for people who rarely eat meat.

This is only one of the steps, in order to further mobilize the enthusiasm of the people, Qin Hua also asked local governments to openly purchase dried locusts at a price of one catty and five cents.

This is what Qin Hua prepared for his army, and the people need to replenish their nutrition, and of course the army also needs it.

Even Qin Hua could not guarantee that his army would be able to eat big fish and meat at any time, and drying the locusts and grinding them into powder could supplement the nutrition of the army to a certain extent.

And protein helps in muscle growth, and it's always not a bad thing for military personnel to gain some muscle.

Although the price of Qin Hua's purchase of locusts is not high, it can't stand the number of locusts, and all the old and young in the family can participate in catching them, even children of three or five years old can catch a few.

Therefore, with the promulgation of Qin Hua's announcement in various places, the people were in an uproar for a while, and no one thought that locusts could be sold for money.

In addition, after the local government began to invite people to try locusts according to the recipe given by Qin Hua, a trend of eating locusts was actually set off in various places.

Rebellion is not something that only modern people have, and at that time, there were many children of the family who had rebellious personalities, such as the popular Wushisan at that time, although many said that this thing could not be eaten, but there were still many Wushisan lovers.

And locusts, a delicious and strange food, soon became popular among these people.

Driven by them, more and more people have joined the ranks.

Later, even many restaurants began to buy locusts, although the price was the same as that of the government, but they received live locusts, not dried locusts.

Qin Hua's army was also mobilized to participate in the capture of locusts.

After catching enough locusts, Qin Hua let them also experience a "Hundred Locust Feast" to let them know that locusts are something to eat.

After all, these people will get the locust powder sent by Qin Hua later, and if they don't understand that locusts can be eaten, there may be trouble later.

In this way, the locust legion, which originally belonged to the terrifying natural disaster, began to gradually decrease in the process of the people's happy capture.

Although many of the seedlings were eaten by the locusts, the people did not pay much attention to them, because they had already made a lot of money just by selling locusts.