"Uncle, I also want half a catty, take it back to my family to taste, this taste is simply amazing, we can be regarded as people who have eaten a lot of locusts, this is really the first time to be fried.

More oil is different, salt is enough, the thief is strong enough, tsk, if you don't have any money on you, you really want to take a pound back to drink. ”

The man sighed with emotion in his mouth, and the movements in his hands were not slow, so he directly grabbed a fried locust and threw it into his mouth, "Eat it first, eat a few, and then take it out after weighing." ”

"How can it, just one or two, it should be regarded as an old and decrepit guest officer."

The old man weighed him half a catty, but did not remove the two that he had eaten.

If you want to do a good business, you can't be careful about your customers.

The old man naturally understands this truth.

"Then thank you", the man took the 'purse', said hello to him, and ate all the way away.

The two people who tried it all paid for it, and one more than the other.

Could it be that this fried locust is really delicious enough to be this portion?

The appearance of the two eating with relish made the onlookers also want to move, and they want to taste the fried food to see how delicious they are.

Xu saw everyone's intentions, and the old man grabbed another fried locust and broke two petals.

However, just as he was about to hand it to his most optimistic person, he was directly snatched and eaten by two fast-handed onlookers.

Seeing this situation, a light suddenly flashed in the old man's eyes, and instead of scolding them, he continued to take out the fried locusts with a smile and distribute them to everyone.

As for the result, needless to say, with the previous two starts, this time it was robbed again.

And he smiled even more kindly and continued to send.

In this way, the old man sent more than a dozen in a row before stopping.

And then...

Then, the fried locusts in the leaky basket were directly sold.

Moreover, the next pot that is about to come out of the pot has been booked a lot.

Scenes like this continue to appear on the streets and alleys.

It also made fried locusts the most popular delicacy in the entire Ning'an Mansion in a short period of time.

Another street delicacy that's not much worse than fried locusts is roasted locusts.

Compared with frying, baking is naturally much cheaper because it uses less oil.

People can not only buy it, but also bake it themselves.

It's just that the ingredients for self-baking are not so sufficient, the taste is lighter, the heat of the roasting is difficult to grasp, and the taste is naturally insufficient.

But then again, even if all kinds of locust food are popular throughout Ning'an Province, they can't consume all locusts.

The extra was made into easy-to-preserve foods such as pickled locusts and locust sauce by the Xue family, and sold to all parts of Dachu through the Zheng family's huge trading network.

Of course, this sales channel is made by cooperating with the Zheng family, and part of the proceeds naturally belong to them, and the share given to them is not small, because...

This time, almost the whole people of Ning'an Province were dispatched to catch locusts, and there were also 6.7 million displaced people who were ready to be dispatched at any time.

With the concerted efforts of so many people, Ning'an Mansion really prevented the locust plague.

It can be said that as many as they come, they will be destroyed, so that they will not return.

As a result, the crops in the province were far less than expected, and even if the loss was not small, the loss was enough to be recovered by catching locusts.

And even more.

Several surrounding prefectures that were also affected by the disaster heard that some people in Ning'an Mansion were collecting locusts on a large scale and that the price they gave was not low, so they paid attention to Ning'an Mansion.

Nanshui Prefecture Yanai.

"Good news, good news, good news, good news, good news."

There was a middle-aged man with a face full of joy who ran into the house from the outside in small steps, and reported the good news to the inside as he ran.

Hearing this, the old man put down the pen that was reviewing the official document in his hand, turned his head and asked the middle-aged man who walked to his side, "Master, what's the good news?" Look at your smile on your face, but you have come up with a way to defend against the locust plague? ”

It is obviously not a trivial matter to make the master so happy.

The master leaned into his ear and replied, "My lord, my subordinates heard that there is a wealthy Xue family in Ning'an Mansion next door who is buying locusts on a large scale. ”

"Oh? But the acquisition in the entire Ning'an Mansion? The old man asked him with interest.

"Yes, and in unlimited quantities."

Unlimited?

Just these three words made the old man can't help but exclaim, "How much is there to collect?" ”

This locust plague is almost rare for decades in their south, and you can imagine how many locusts have gathered here.

And listen to the master's words, so many locusts are still purchased by one family, how much money does it cost!

"Yes, and it's still four catties a penny, if you collect it unlimitedly, this price is not cheap, and therefore, the enthusiasm of the people of Ning'an Mansion for catching locusts is unprecedentedly high.

In addition, Ning'an Mansion also received 700,000 northern refugees, and now these refugees have become their main force to catch locusts, and in the end, the locusts that we can't do with them are not enough for them to rob! ”

Not enough to grab?

This, this is simply...

Taishou couldn't help but stand up, and then sat down slowly, muttering to himself, "It is said that the Taishou who has just been replaced in Ning'an Mansion is a young man, it seems that this person is very courageous, and before the imperial court gave an order, he forced Shangjia to buy locusts, but unfortunately the official is old and has never been able to make this decision!" ”

At the end, Taishou sighed deeply.

"Your Excellency, you are too worried, this rich man did not buy the locusts because he was too forced, but they collected them voluntarily."

"Voluntary?"

Are there still locust traders in this world who volunteer to collect locusts? This must not be a loss to them! Taishou was a little unconvinced.

"Yes, and they took the initiative to ask for help", when they first got the news, the master himself was also shocked.

"But with so many locusts coming through, how are they going to do it?"

"My lord, listen to me, it's..."

Subsequently, the master told him the news he had found out one by one, and at the end he also emphasized that the Xue family cooperated with the Zheng family, the imperial merchant, to solve the follow-up sales problem.

"There is enough oil and salt, and it can persuade the Zheng family to provide convenience for it, it seems that the Xue family's ability is really not small!

In terms of salt, the official can provide convenience for the merchants, but this market is not easy to say, except for grain, fruits and vegetables, the Zheng family basically does not want to get involved, for fear of catching pigtails on the top, and it is difficult for the official to convince them. ”

I don't know how this little Xue family persuaded the Zheng family, a behemoth.

The master made a suggestion, "Why don't you send someone to persuade Zheng Zheliang and Zheng to shopkeeper?" Isn't the Zheng family's branch in Ning'an Mansion convinced?

Moreover, this dried locust is also food, now that the locust plague has broken out, the price of food has skyrocketed, and the Zheng family is worried about food, maybe they will agree, and then we will learn from Ning'an Mansion, give salt to the merchants, and also open up sales channels for them. ”

Before the master could finish speaking, the old lady's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea." ”