Chapter 333: A Plague of Locusts

The shopkeeper didn't listen to the movements of his hands, and sneered: "What? Leftovers? Oh my God, you guys go out and have a look, don't talk about any leftovers, they lick the plates clean, and it will be easy to clean them later! ”

So edible?

Several chefs looked at each other, all in disbelief.

"And said there are no more materials! What is this, a pot full of meat! ”

The shopkeeper was a little proud when he turned over something, but the chefs naturally knew it, and said with a smile: "That's tomorrow to prepare fried meat slices, so marinate them tonight." ”

"What pickles or doesn't pickle ......"

The shopkeeper swallowed and said, "So much meat, let's roast and eat it tonight!" ”

The shopkeeper wants to eat, and the chefs naturally have no opinion, after all, they haven't eaten either.

And this kind of cured meat itself has some flavor, and if you roast it on the fire, it will definitely not be bad.

Just do it!

The shopkeeper volunteered to set up a grill at the door, and at the same time picked up some freshly red-hot charcoal and stuffed it into the stove, while the investors on the other side had already skillfully threaded the meat slices on the branches.

The shopkeeper went back to get chili noodles and other seasonings before he officially started baking.

Originally, all of the people in Hojo were leaning on chairs, but now the aroma of barbecue permeated the entire dining hall.

So one by one, the islanders sniffed their noses and sat up straight.

This...... Is it a barbecue?

In their island country, the price of charcoal is also extremely expensive, so some poor families eat simple dishes such as sashimi that do not need fire.

And in this era, there are many fish, and the price is naturally much cheaper.

However, hot dishes are naturally better than cold food, and they have great advantages in smell and taste.

So soon, the people of the island countries appreciated the charm of the Song Dynasty food.

It's so delicious!

But when the smell of barbecue came, they seemed to have lost the smell of life, and they woke up one by one, staggering, and some of them were leaning against the wall, all approaching the oven.

"It's so fragrant, can we taste it?"

"Still eating?"

Xiao Er opened his mouth wide in surprise and said, "Don't give it, this is our dinner!" ”

"I have money, I have a lot of money! It's okay, you make an offer as soon as possible! ”

Of course, Goji Hojo doesn't care about money, and he wants barbecue with pride.

Xiao Er scoffed at this, anyway, who he loves is given to whom, and he hasn't eaten yet.

"Little two! How do you speak! ”

At this time, the shopkeeper came out from behind, also holding a large handful of meat skewers in his hands.

"You dare to offend a guest just to eat? It's just too unusual. ”

Then the shopkeeper turned his head and asked Hojo how much they wanted.

Hojo Goji thought for a moment and said, "Two for each person!" ”

The shopkeeper felt uncomfortable when he heard it, there are more than sixty of them now, what else are they eating?

Fortunately, many people in the island team ate too much, and they all said that they couldn't eat it, and only a few people said that they wanted a bunch of them.

This is acceptable, and in the end, Hojo Wuji paid a lot of money to buy twenty skewers and brought them to the dinner table with great anticipation.

As soon as these barbecued meats are served, the fragrant smell of meat is already stirring everyone's nerves.

Pick up a string and carefully put it in your mouth, Hojo Goji's eyes lit up!

"Baga, it's so delicious! I decided not to eat anything else in the future and to eat barbecue exclusively! ”

Zhao Rui After a few days, he didn't see the island people coming to see the fabrics and the like, he was a little curious, and he happened to go out and see those island people in the dining hall of the restaurant that day.

It happened that Hojo Aso was also there, and Zhao Rui walked into the restaurant.

The shopkeeper Xiao Er recognized Zhao Rui and kowtowed one after another.

Zhao Rui nodded and walked towards the archipelago people, only to see the barbecue on their table.

"Ah, it's the prince who is here!"

The people of the island country all stood up and saluted respectfully, and Hojo Aso seemed to be indulging in the food, and said embarrassedly at the moment: "Lord Wang, I'm really embarrassed, we were thinking about when we had enough to eat and when to leave, but it's so delicious, we really can't leave!" ”

I'll drop a day!

That's all the islanders are talking about?

Zhao Rui didn't miss the bit of fabric anyway, and said with a faint smile: "It's okay, you can eat, when you have eaten enough!" However, you have to pay attention to the barbecue on fire. ”

Because Zhao Rui saw that each of them had pimples on their faces, which was an external manifestation of an overheated stomach.

Everyone listened honestly and sent Zhao Rui out.

After a few more days, these islanders finally came to see Zhao Rui, but their money was spent and they hadn't eaten enough barbecue, and now they didn't even have the money to buy goods.

In the end, they exchanged the gold jewelry on Hojo Wuji for food and water for them to go back, during which they visited the fabric, and they were deeply impressed by the fineness and low price of the fabric on Zhao Rui's side, so they said that they would wait until they went back and prepared the silver.

Zhao Rui just casually told them something that they didn't have, and some people who focused and ate, what big things could they do. Wait for the next time they come back, don't eat up the money again.

The islanders had just left, just in time for the autumn harvest.

Coincidentally, a locust plague broke out directly, and this locust plague came suddenly, with a wide range and serious impact, which was very unacceptable.

At this time, it can be said that Zhao Rui, the Yuan Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty were all made out of temper by the locust plague, and most areas were not harvested for a while.

At this time, the people were simply sad to death, and in some places they still had to pay taxes, but there was no yield in the fields, so what could they take to pay rent and pay taxes?

Moreover, some places were seriously affected, although taxes were exempted, but after all, it was the people who wanted to eat, so in various places, rebel rebellions were even more common.

And this phenomenon did not occur in Zhao Rui's territory, precisely because there was a large amount of rice in both Cochin and Champang, and the cloth trade between Qin and the Angkor Dynasty was later exchanged for grain because of their lack of gold and silver.

Therefore, Zhao Rui has a large amount of grain in the rear, not to mention the locust plague for one year, even two years is no problem, there is not much of anything, just a lot of rice.

As a result, the people on Zhao Rui's side did not experience the change in the price of rice at all, and the price of rice outside had already risen, and the price was one day a day.

Zhao Rui has seen the information every day to understand the situation in various places.

Today's section is particularly interesting, about a small county town in the south, where a family can't afford to pay taxes, so they want to use his son's labor to pay it.

But the son of this family is a member of the White Lotus Society, how can he swallow this breath at the moment, entangle many sect members, and kill all the officers and soldiers who came to find trouble.

After killing, I know that I can't run, because now there is a famine everywhere, and if I run, I will starve to death, and it is said that the county master has a lot of food in stock, so it is better to fight for luck with a few brothers.

Several young artists were bold, and they really went to the county government with weapons, and it was not that there were no obstacles on the way, but they said that they were from the White Lotus Society, and those officers and soldiers naturally did not dare to care.

So these people went to the mansion and killed the county magistrate, and then all the ladies and relatives were blasted out, and then began to search for family wealth.

Now the one who remains here is the wife of the county lord, who is in her forties, trembling with fright, basically whatever they ask, she will answer truthfully.

So the teenagers found a house that was uninhabited, and when it was opened, it was full of rice!

Oh, my God!

I don't know where the county magistrate got so much food, and I don't know if it was the person who donated the food, whether it was the persecution in the first place!

So these people opened the granary and distributed the grain to the people in the county, and they could finally barely survive the crisis, and there would not be such a tragic scene of people eating people.

Later, naturally, more people joined the White Lotus Society, so the development of the White Lotus Society, because of the locust plague, developed and grew even more.

Something like this is happening everywhere every day, every moment.

He is an effort made by the people to survive, and even if it fails, there are countless successors waiting for it.

At this time, unlike what they were called slaves later, they are all hired now, so some people naturally have no scruples about rebelling.

Well, maybe when I had something to eat before, life was just so improvised.

But now it's not going to work, I can't eat, and what else is there to think about?

At this time, let alone having money, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food, and the grain is hidden in the homes of various big landlords.

The feudal ruling class was weak and strong, and some overthrew him easily, while others had already secretly accumulated strength and wanted to survive in the troubled times.

There is a place in it where the White Lotus Society led by Du Wanyi will always be unable to defeat no matter how it is beaten.

It is close to the lake, rich in water and grass, fertile land, and an excellent place for animal husbandry and cultivation, but now it has been occupied.

It is a territory called the Li family.

Although it is a family, the patriarch of the younger generation is particularly famous in the rivers and lakes, which is 35-year-old Li Duzheng this year.

This person likes to make friends with customers, he has acquaintances with martial arts masters on the rivers and lakes, and he is bold, he is generously received when people come, and he has never fooled anyone.

In the long run, Li Duzheng has really become a famous person.

Although he spends a lot, they also have a lot of food!

What salted fish bacon, lake salty rice, you name it.

I heard that their food reserves have long exceeded their population, but the family has been stockpiling up food.

If anyone can occupy their Li family's granary, it is really no problem to let a city eat for two or three years, if it is without considering mold and deterioration.

Du Wanyi has never asked Zhao Rui for help, and this time he hurriedly sent someone to deliver the letter, which is extremely tricky, and Zhao Rui also attaches great importance to it.

After seeing the new construction, it is more and more the location of Dingzhou, which is close to Dongting Lake, which is a rich and good place.

It just so happened that Zhao Rui had been a little panicked recently, so it was better to go out for a walk.

So he handed over Zhao Gong, with 200 soldiers, all with automatic rifles, waiting to go to Dingzhou to see the situation, generally speaking, if it is just a local force, bringing 200 automatic riflemen is simply too exalting them.

But because of Zhao Rui's identity now, there are still many people who are concerned, those officials said that this is for Zhao Rui to calculate, the most safe and reliable number of troops, Zhao Rui doesn't know how they calculated, some are not in accordance with the books are civil science, but Zhao Rui does not stop this, civil science is also very good, it can also increase the curiosity of technology in society, so as to attract more people with brains to join.

was about to leave, and suddenly a Zhao Rui and the person he missed came.