"Hehe, I know", the corners of Xue Xuanjing's mouth curled, almost squinting with a smile, the current day is really good! Not to mention anything else, even grandma is becoming more and more towards them.

"It can also be fried, it is said that the fried locusts are crispy and delicious, and they are still sold in those restaurants, and they are not cheap."

"It can also be pickled, and it can be stored for a long time."

"It's just that we didn't have a lot of money before, and we didn't want to use so much oil and salt, we haven't eaten it, and we've only heard about it."

Sisters, you and I talked about the way to eat locusts, and soon the previous dull atmosphere was relieved, and the whole atmosphere became lively and cheerful.

Of course, Tang Sanniang, the old lady's sense of existence, is also very strong.

"Eat all, eat all, you can eat whatever you want, it wasn't to save money to study for your eldest brother, I wanted to raise a scholar to honor my ancestors, I didn't have that spare money, now, I have you to eat."

Just when everyone was discussing hotly, Old Fifth Xue Huanjing seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but look at Jiang Qianyue.

"Sister Qianyue, if there is really a locust plague, the number of locusts is basically incalculable, even if we can't eat it all at once, do you want to say that we sell locusts?"

It seems that this is the only way to be regarded as an opportunity.

Jiang Qianyue glanced at her approvingly, "That's right, we can buy locusts from the people and sell them as food, which is also a solution." ”

That's a good idea, but it seems a bit naïve.

Xue Kejing couldn't help but remind her, "Qianyue, the method you said has actually been used by the imperial court, but basically most of the rich people are unwilling to do it, and in the end they are forced to accept it by the imperial court." ”

"Why?"

"Because it's not cost-effective! If the harvest is cheap, the little locust money earned is more important than the grain in their fields, and the people have natural resources to keep their own one-third of an acre, and if the harvest is expensive, it is the traders who will lose. ”

"Moreover, there are so many locusts that they cannot be digested in a short time, and fresh locusts cannot be stored for a long time, so if you want to keep them for a long time, you must either pickle them or dry them in the sun.

But salt is not only expensive, but also requires a lot of salt, so we can't get so much salt! Sun-dried locusts are generally used as medicine, rarely used as food, and the amount required is small, and even if they are made, there is no market. ”

"Yes, there will certainly be a lot of people drying the locusts at that time, because when the locust plague comes, the locust swarm is often obscured from the sky and the sun, and the dense locusts are especially easy to catch.

When the people are guarding the fields, they will also catch some dried and sell them to make up for the losses in the fields, and there are so many locusts that the government organizes to catch by hand, which round will we sell!

It can be sold to the people at a low price as food, after all, there is a shortage of food now, and the bark of grass roots and trees can be eaten, not to mention the dried locusts with medicinal value, but the price must be lower than that of the people drying it themselves, otherwise who will buy it?

And the price we buy is more cost-effective than their own drying and selling, otherwise no one wants to sell, isn't this equivalent to buying high and selling low? So, how to calculate how to lose. ”

In this regard, the sisters of the Xue family, who are more familiar with locusts, have more say.

"That's it", Jiang Qianyue thought for a while, and said, "Then let's take a three-pronged approach." ”

"How do you do it all three?" Good Chinese

Jiang Qianyue said with a smile, "Don't forget, compared with others, we have a lot of advantages. ”

Everyone wondered, "What advantage?" ”

"First of all, our labor costs are very cheap, and we have not paid in vain to solve the livelihood problems of these 700,000 people, at least in exchange for their labor.

Second, before the government took action, we took the initiative to ask the county lord and even the Taishou lord for the task of purchasing locusts, so as to share the pressure and solve their worries.

The condition is that I hope they can give us some support in terms of salt, and we can also ask the Zheng family for help, and with the support of the government and Jujia, it will not be a problem for us to get enough salt.

Third, our farm now has a certain scale, and the Zheng family only needs dried meat, how much oil do we boil? own oil, which in turn can greatly reduce costs. ”

Jiang Qianyue's words made everyone fall into deep thought.

Then, Xue Shanjing, who was the first to come back to her senses, her eyes lit up, "So, are you planning to pickle, fry, or dry at the same time?" ”

"Yes, if the locusts do come to the south, the grain harvest here will also drop greatly, and in this way, it will deal another blow to the already skyrocketing food price, and raise its price again.

We can sell dried locusts to the north at the price of grain to earn the difference, so as to make up for the loss caused by the high price of locusts, even if we don't make money, we can't lose much, and we can also earn back on pickled locusts and fried locusts.

As long as we don't lose money, we will at least earn a reputation and keep our sweet potatoes. ”

Everyone thought about it, and it seemed to be the same truth

If you don't think you can do it if you don't make money, how can you solve the problem of locusts?

Seeing that everyone no longer held objections, Jiang Qianyue continued, "If it can be done, then let's let the cooks study how to cook locusts in large quantities, or extend their storage time, after all, the weather is getting hotter now, and how to preserve them is also a problem."

Moreover, it also solves the problem of where so many of our lard goes.

And Ke Jing, you still have to go out in advance to find the next home, such as those restaurants, inns, restaurants, and middlemen, I will go to Lin Chu to discuss how to deal with it, after all, this locust will have to go through her hands at that time..."

After a period of discussion, everyone preliminarily drew up a plan to build a workshop, collect locusts, and find buyers.

Of course, all of this is based on their certainty that there will really be a locust plague, otherwise, they can't do it blindly because of Zheng Linchu's words.

"Next, shouldn't we discuss how to prevent locusts?" Xue Shanjing has always been anxious about this, but she is in charge of this sweet potato field.

"Indeed, the Zheng family's shops are all over the country, and the news is naturally well-informed, and I don't know if the county government knows about it.

After all, what we ordinary people can do is limited, and to achieve overall prevention, we still have to be too vigilant and let these adults take the lead, so that the people will believe it, and it can also play a deterrent role. ”

"Then how exactly can you defend it?"

"Didn't the ancestors tell us about this defense method? Try to give full play to the role of chickens, ducks and geese, the natural enemies of locusts, and buy as many as you can while there is still time. ”

"Another is to capture, let them always carry sacks and nets when they go out, and strive to catch them as soon as the locusts come, so as to reduce the extent of crop damage."