Youzhou, Yuan Xu has never been to it once, at least after coming to this era, he has never been there.

Leaving Tian Feng's official mansion, he summoned Wei Qi to Yuan's house.

Wei Qi saluted: "Son, has something to order?" ”

"Have you ever been to Youzhou? Yuan Xu asked him.

"I've been." Wei Qi replied: "Youzhou is okay this season, but it is a bitter cold place in winter. ”

"The more miserable the people live, the more all kinds of things will cause trouble." Yuan Xu said: "Recently, there has been a locust plague there. ”

Wei Qi was surprised: "Locusts are everywhere, not a single grass grows, and the locust plague is more terrible than the flood." ”

"Pack up and come with me." Yuan Xu instructed: "There is a good opportunity to make money there." ”

Youzhou was suffering from a locust plague, but Yuan Xu said that there was an opportunity to make money, and Wei Qi looked confused.

He asked Yuan Xu: "Isn't Gongzi going for disaster relief?" ”

"Of course, we want to provide disaster relief, and at the same time, we must also give the people of Youzhou the opportunity to make a fortune." Yuan Xu replied: "I can't afford to delay this matter, it's too late, let alone making money, there won't be a grain left." ”

"When is Childe going to leave?" Wei Qi asked.

"You go back and get ready for packing first, and then you'll leave in the afternoon." Yuan Xu commanded.

Wei Qi left, and Yuan Xu ordered the guards to invite Zhen Yan.

"I'm going to Youzhou." Seeing Zhen Yan, Yuan Xu said: "There is a locust plague there. ”

Zhen Yan was also taken aback: "The locust plague is fierce, isn't there no harvest in Youzhou this year?" ”

"If you go in time, you won't be able to." Yuan Xu said: "There is something I want to leave to you." ”

"Childe, please." Zhen Yan replied.

"Here's a barbecue cookbook with how to cook locusts." Yuan Xu handed him a book: "You let the cook study hard, catch some locusts, and launch it at auction." Word of mouth was created, and the price was raised to sky-high prices. ”

"Locusts can be eaten, too?" Zhen Yan looked stunned: "I've never seen anyone eat ......"

"I haven't seen it, it's not that I can't eat it." Yuan Xu said: "Locusts are not only edible, they are properly cooked, crispy and refreshing, and they are a rare delicacy." ”

Zhen Yan licked her lips and swallowed: "I will tell the cook to learn by heart." ”

"After word of mouth starts, then spread the cooking method."

"The method of cooking has been spread, how can you make money from locusts?" Zhen Yan reminded.

"The locust plague matters. How much can you sell just by selling it? I want to make locusts a delicacy that the world recognizes. ”

"Childe cooks with locusts, we can try it." Zhen Yan asked, "But how much does this have to do with the locust plague?" ”

"As long as it is something that people can eat, once it becomes a delicacy recognized by the world, what do you think has a chance to become a disaster?" Yuan Xu said: "The locust plague is nothing more than too few natural enemies of locusts. What is the greatest natural enemy of any living creature? It's people! Indiscriminate hunting and killing, even if the locusts cover the sky and the sun, they can't afford it. The method of cooking has spread, and from now on, there will be no locust plague. ”

Zhen Yan seems to understand whether he understands or not.

Living in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he had never experienced a certain creature being sent to the dinner table, and soon became endangered, of course, he didn't understand what Yuan Xu meant.

"Go ahead and do it, everyone in Youzhou is waiting." Yuan Xu instructed: "Try to spread the news before I get there." ”

"I'll do it." Zhen Yan retired and left.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Xu led Wei Qi and Deng Zhan to leave Yecheng and rush to Youzhou.

The locust plague was raging, the people of Youzhou were complaining, and Yuan Xi organized manpower to hunt and kill, but the results were not great.

A few days later, Yuan Xu entered Youzhou.

Wherever he passed, the fields were barren, and the crops had been gnawed and not even the roots were left.

Many Youzhou farmers sat on the ridges, looking helplessly at the place where the locusts had wreaked.

Knowing that Yuan Xu was coming, Yuan Xi went out of the city to greet him.

After seeing Yuan Xu, Yuan Xi said helplessly: "The lord is here." ”

"There is a locust plague in Youzhou, how can I not come?" Yuan Xu asked, "What is the situation now?" ”

"There is no grass in the southern part of Youzhou, and the bark of the trees has been gnawed clean by locusts." Yuan Xi replied: "I don't know where these locusts came from, could it be that I was not good as an official and angered the heavens." ”

"It's obviously a benefit sent by God, but when it comes to the second brother's mouth, why is it related to being an official?" Yuan Xu asked.

Yuan Xi looked at him in astonishment: "The locust plague is raging, and the lord still says it's a benefit?" ”

"The second brother issued a document ordering the people to catch locusts, and if they were alive, they would be one copper coin for every fifty pieces, and if they were dead, they would be one copper coin for every hundred." Yuan Xu explained: "If it is broken, it will not be accepted." ”

Yuan Xi looked confused: "What did the lord do when he bought locusts?" Although the price is not high, after the people hand it over, the expenditure will not be less. ”

"Second brother, just believe me." Yuan Xu said: "It won't be long before the price of locusts will be raised to one copper coin for every five. While the price has not been coaxed up, the Youzhou government can make a lot of money. ”

He said a lot of strange things that people couldn't understand, but they were fulfilled one by one, although Yuan Xi was puzzled, he still responded: "If you explain it, I will convey it immediately." ”

Yuan Xi gave an order, and the people of Youzhou heard that the locusts could be sent to the government for money, and men, women, and children went into battle to pounce on the raging locust swarm.

If the locusts had thoughts, they would have been confused in the face of sudden catches.

It was still raging triumphantly, but suddenly it became the target of hunting.

Before the swarms of locusts hit the ground, someone would immediately pounce on them with cloth bags.

Not only the villagers in the countryside, but also the people living in the cities rushed to the fields to catch locusts.

Wei Qi is the deputy commander of the accumulation of wealth, and of course the matter of purchasing locusts is entrusted to him.

The government announced that locusts could be exchanged for copper coins, and although the people of Youzhou caught it at first, they did not use all their strength.

Someone really cashed the money, and the people knew that the opportunity to make a fortune by taking advantage of the natural disaster had come.

More people participated in the capture process, and in just two or three days, the damage of the locust plague was greatly reduced.

Yuan Xi's residence, he and Yuan Xu sat in the study.

There were only two brothers in the house, and Yuan Xi changed his title outside: "What is the use of the fourth brother buying so many locusts, and living is more valuable?" ”

"The second brother will know in a few days." Yuan Xu replied: "The Youzhou Government will definitely make a lot of money. ”

"I still don't understand what benefits locusts can call." Yuan Xi was at a loss.

Yuan Xu instructed outside the door: "Set up a fire in the courtyard, get some spices I brought, and sharpen some fine bamboo sticks." ”

Explaining the guards to prepare, he said to Yuan Xi: "Second brother will know later why locusts can be exchanged for money. ”

It was just a fire and a bamboo stick, and Yuan Xi couldn't guess what he was going to do.

He said that he also wanted seasoning, and Yuan Xi suddenly understood: "Does the lord want to eat locusts?" ”

"Locusts are delicious." Yuan Xu replied: "The second brother knows when he takes a bite, this thing should only be in the sky, how many times can I taste it in the world?" ”

Yuan Xi looked embarrassed, why did he come to Youzhou for disaster relief, he simply came here to taste the delicious food.

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