In fact, at first, she also wanted to eat locusts slowly and elegantly, but later, she ate locusts one by one and looked at the black locusts.

She already felt disgusting and couldn't be more disgusting, so she didn't want to look at these locusts anymore, so she just swallowed the dates.

Li Jicai ate locusts for five days in a row.

The locusts ate the most food in the first three days, and when the people around her believed that she recognized her and stopped her from eating too many locusts, Li Jicai did not continue to eat.

Otherwise, she felt that if she ate it for two more days, she would really die, not poisoned but disgusted, and she ate the same food at once, and she couldn't stand it for five days in a row.

Hu Ze's actions soon spread through word of mouth among Cheng Cheng's well-intentioned people and subordinates.

When many people who suffered from famine heard that the locusts could be eaten, some of them did not run away, and began to compete for the food, grass and trees that were snatched from the locusts' mouths.

That is to say, when they faced the locust plague, they no longer decided to leave their homes and run away, although they could not eat enough, but the clear soup porridge sparsely supplied by the official government yamen could still live for a few days, and the locusts could be eaten, or the big officials ate with their heads, and the big officials did not die, so what are they afraid of?

It was under this encouragement that some people began to take the initiative to counterattack the locusts.

When Cheng Cheng reported to Li Jicai and reported to the imperial court, he emphasized that the people began to have a sense of autonomy to face the locust plague.

And Li Jicai's eating of locusts has gradually spread all over the country.

The method of frying locusts, Li Jicai explained to Biyu and Biluo, and asked them to copy it on paper, or let those subordinates pass it on.

In short, it is a desperate attempt to expand and eat the influence of locusts.

To create such an impression in the minds of the people, first of all, locusts are edible.

When people are hungry, there is a word called hunger does not choose food, no matter what is unpalatable, they can eat, I heard that in extreme cases, there are people who eat dirt, dung, and stones, and small locusts can't eat them?

Secondly, locusts can be eaten, and if they are eaten, they will not die. There is a big official in the capital, blatantly fry the locusts in the oil pan, and the fried locusts made are delicious and fragrant, which is praiseworthy, and many people even want to try the craftsmanship made by this big official, and this big official himself took the lead in eating for five days, and he is safe and sound until now, and he has not heard of any discomfort or problem.

Finally, the officer gave the order. Actively enthusiastic, the people who catch locusts will give a certain food reward, and the grain of the imperial court is already being transported, and it is all new rice this year.

That is, those who are suffering from famine only need to survive a little longer to usher in spring.

Although the emperor is far away, it is not that he can't control it, His Majesty is still very concerned about the life and death of the people of Li, at least since Emperor Gaode took power, he has treated the people very well, and the rescue and rescue that he said must be implemented in a real way.

The people believed in the imperial court, the people believed in the officials, and the people believed that locusts could be eaten.

So what's there to worry about when it comes to exterminating locusts? It's just a matter of time, everything is going in a good direction.

Li Jicai saw that the plan was going as she envisioned, and she couldn't help but be extremely excited, thanking God, thanking modern televisions, thanking teachers, and thanking all kinds of people, I didn't expect that she would be able to really t in ancient times under such a coincidence

d and he put over a plague of locusts.

Of course, this credit does not belong to him alone, in addition to preaching that locusts are harmless and edible, in this matter, she also proposed some methods to exterminate locusts, but the people who really carried it out were not her, they were all those officers and soldiers and those subordinates.

As for the method of exterminating locusts, it has been practiced for thousands of years and has been exchanged for painful lessons.

Li Jicai has also thought about the follow-up treatment of locusts, and she will propose that the officials here raise more ducks and the like, and eat locust animals, they are the natural enemies of locusts, and with them stocking some pests in the fields from time to time, there can be much less.

Of course, this is a later matter, and it is not up to her to decide what direction it will develop in the future, and who will handle it.

In general, Li Jicai provided ideas for controlling locusts, reversed people's understanding of the horror of locusts, and then gradually brought back the scope of the locust plague, so that the people would no longer be displaced.

Li Jicai set up his base camp in Huze, and then he followed the team of exterminating locusts, and wherever he went, he set up a pan of oil and began to fry the locusts, and at night he also used or smoked the locusts, and then dug pits and filled them.

The white and black work and rest made the manpower arranged to exterminate the locusts adopt a two-shift system, which was proposed by Li Jicai, with a group of people resting, a group of people working, a group of people working, and a group of people resting.

In this exchange, everyone's energy can also be effectively replenished, and they will not be exhausted because of this, and fall on the road to exterminate insects.

Although Li Jicai already felt miserable on this road of extermination.

Soon, the news of fried locusts eating locusts flew to the court like wings, and all the ministers, including the emperor, were shocked by the news.

And the three locust exterminators finally arrived as scheduled.

"You're saying it's a woman?!! Was it the fried locusts that she brought up? And she also has a contribution to the matter of mountain bandits? Is that the one you're talking about? ”

Emperor Gao Dedi's mood can no longer be described as stunned at this moment, he also wants to say who is so brave and fearless, he dares to take the lead in eating locusts, but he didn't expect it to be a woman.

Emperor Gao Dedi himself thought about eating locusts, but as the Son of Heaven, if he took the lead in eating locusts, he would inevitably be laughed at by people from other countries, and those imperial doctors also tried their best to exaggerate to him how harmful locusts were.

But isn't it good to look at what people eat, but to watch what people eat?

Jiang Xihu was the first to report in the court, he couldn't stop seeing this matter, and he would have to say it sooner or later, so he took the lead in telling the matter as it was, pouring beans into a bamboo tube and telling it in detail.

Of course, in the matter of the mountain bandits, he also deliberately exaggerated it, at least the credit he paid in it is indelible, and if it wasn't for him to absorb talents, he wouldn't have received someone like Li Jicai, right?

It's not just Emperor Gao De who feels shocked and incredible, but the other ministers are also looking at me, and I looking at you. It's as if I've heard something fantastical.

"Fourth Highness, are you serious?" An old minister took the initiative to stand up and take a step forward and ask Jiang Xihu out of his own curiosity.

Jiang Xihu smiled bitterly: "I just received this news not long ago, I never thought that she would think of such a strategy, this person is indeed extraordinary." ”

Jiang Xihu is telling the truth, the news that Cheng Cheng reported to him and the news reported to the court are only less than two days apart, and if there is a slight delay, in fact, the time Jiang Xihu knows is not much different from the time they know.

Of course, if it weren't for Li Jicai being too presumptuous, the people in the court would not have had a chance to hear such news, and he Jiang Xihu would have covered it up a long time ago or changed his identity, and put this credit on Cheng Cheng's body.

It's a pity that Li Jicai is a woman, and because the influence of eating locusts is too great, it is now well known in Hu Ze's place.

If he wants to lie here, it will be disgraced if he is exposed in the future, rather than this, Jiang Xihu might as well say it directly.

Among all the people, the most shocked words are not Emperor Gao De, nor Jiang Xihu.

Rather, Qi Qingchu.

Qi Qingchu never dreamed that Li Jicai would go to Kuayi to help Jiang Xihu pacify the mountain bandits and control the locust plague.

She just changed from a maid to a beggar, to a vegetable vendor, and finally to a small boss who lived with her fate.

Li Jicai has never shown her talent in other aspects, and there have been good poems written by Li Jicai before, but the boasting between things is not credible. Or maybe Li Jicai plagiarized someone's work.

Qi Qingchu naturally didn't take it to heart.

All the people in the court were silent for a while, and Emperor Gao Dedi did not speak.

Qi Qingchu couldn't help but cautiously said, "The Fourth Highness thinks this matter is true and credible? It's not that I suspect the talents of His Highness's subordinates, but I heard earlier that this one is the small owner of a restaurant in the capital, how could he become the right-hand man of the Fourth Highness? ”

Qi Qingchu has never been idle about things, so even he raised such a question, and the ministers present also felt that the authenticity of this matter was still to be discussed.

"Lord Qi is suspicious of me? Based on what you know about Li Jicai, don't you think she is not a person who would do such a thing? Jiang Xihu retorted without hesitation, and now, Li Jicai's identity can't be hidden, beyond his control, fortunately, he tries to win the situation to his advantage.

Emperor Gao Dedi sat on the high seat, frowning slightly, listening to them, Li Jicai? He seems to have heard of this name.

Li Jicai?

Li Jicai?

Li Jiye?!

Isn't that the third prince of the Yan Kingdom, who has now inherited the crown prince and is known as Li Jiye in the Chu State?

Emperor Gao De's sharp eyes fell on Qi Qingchu's body, and after Qi Qingchu noticed it, he tilted his head slightly unnaturally, and his eyelids drooped.

"Oh? It seems that this woman is really not simple, my son, how did you know this woman in the first place? Emperor Gao Dedi asked with an interesting look.

Jiang Xihu secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, he shouldn't impulsively expose some plausible relationship between Li Jicai and him and Qi Qingchu, so that he set himself on fire.

"It wasn't Erchen who found it at the beginning, but Erchen's subordinates passed by, and a courtyard happened to hear someone calling for help, so he saved the person......" There is no need to go into more detail about the follow-up things, Jiang Xihu is just fooled around.

"In that case, I will bring this heroine over so that I can take a good look, after all, this hand of fried locusts has shocked the government and the opposition."

Because the influence of Li Jicai's matter is not small, even Emperor Gao De said this, Jiang Xihu was shocked when he heard it, he didn't expect his father to see Li Jicai directly.

Isn't this just a smashing pot? If his father investigates this matter, it will inevitably dig out something, Jiang Xihu never thought about letting Li Jicai enter the eyes of the courtiers, and it is even more impossible to satisfy her wish to be an official.

Jiang Xihu, who was in a hurry, immediately thought of an idea and said: "Yes, I will definitely bring this person to my father, but this son has suffered a lot of injuries because he sneaked into the cottage before, so the son did not bring her back from the Kua chair, but temporarily left her there to recuperate, and when the time is ripe, he will bring her to his father." ”

Jiang Xihu said that the time is ripe, which is equivalent to vagueness, when is the time ripe?

Then I don't know, it's still a question whether my father will remember Li Jicai in the future.

Presumably, after this period of time, he will not think about Li Jicai.

But Jiang Xihu still thought that it was too simple, because there was a layer of Qi Qingchu mixed in it, Jiang Xihu felt that his temperament should not tell Emperor Gao De about Li Jicai, because Li Jicai was just Li Jiye's sister, and had no other relationship.

When Qi Qing first heard Emperor Gao De say this, there was no turmoil on his face, but his heart was like turning over the river and the sea.

No wonder, no wonder she was in that place, no wonder he was lying in bed when he found her.

It turned out that she was also involved in the affairs of the mountain bandits, and now she is even involved in the eradication of the locust plague.

So what is her reason for doing so? Qi Qingchu's lips pursed into a straight line, concentrating on thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing, constantly recalling that day she saw Li Jicai, her appearance. Why on earth is this happening?

Qi Qing's initial thinking was extremely focused, and Xi Zien, who stood not far from him and looked at him, the look on his face was also unfathomable.

Qi Qingchu ran to the Kua chair to find Li Jicai like crazy, and Xi Zien felt very inexplicable.

But what's going on now?

Xi Zien felt that he couldn't see clearly.

This Jiang Xihu is set in a set, this majesty is also strange, and this Qi Qingchu is even more unusual.

No, when he goes down later, he must carefully interrogate and interrogate, what the hell is going on? Why was he so confused, and no one told him what was going on?