Chapter 166: Ding Mu
The next day, it was still dark outside.
Ning Ze set off early, ordered people to arrange the scene in advance, and at the same time instructed thousands of military kitchens to cook locusts by different means according to their own requirements.
Roasted locusts, braised locusts, crispy fried locusts, fried locusts...... As long as Ning Ze could think of it, it was all on the table.
The scene was full of fragrance, although the military chef in charge of cooking felt that the cooked locusts were still strange and scary, and felt that eating insects was unacceptable, but the tangy fragrance made their mouths water.
The soldiers of the whole city were mobilized, and the open-air banquet venue was quickly arranged, and it was selected in the widest and most prosperous place in the center of Huajun.
Before dawn, officials were already rushing over one after another.
At the same time, countless people from Huajun gathered to grab a good position.
Ning Ze asked people to divide the banquet venue into two layers, one in the middle, which was protected by soldiers and covered by a canopy, as a place for officials to enjoy the banquet. On the other floor, outside, there are a large number of wooden tables and planks on which locusts made in different cooking methods are placed for interested people to try.
At the same time, a wide platform was erected inside, and tables and chairs were specially set up on the second floor as a gathering place for the top officials.
The high platform faces the banquet scene and can speak to civil and military officials and the people.
At the moment, there are only Ning Ze and Song Gao who is following him.
With the light of the torches, Song Gao glanced at the scene that was already crowded, turned to Ning Ze and said, "It seems that the people are looking forward to the flying shrimp feast!"
Ning Ze said with a smile: "The people just like to join in the fun, and it is estimated that many people still don't know what the flying shrimp feast is." As long as today's flying shrimp feast is successfully held, and then according to this model, the officials of all counties, counties and even villages in Jinzhou will handle it accordingly, and with the information and propaganda of our intelligence officers, the people in the territory will soon be able to take the initiative to exterminate locusts. ”
"The military advisor is really resourceful!" Song Gao turned his head to look at the crispy golden and fragrant locusts on the table, and hesitated for a long time, "This tastes quite fragrant, do you want to try one?"
"Okay!" Ning Ze said, "Try it." ”
"Eh!" Song Gao pretended to be bold and walked to the table, carefully pinching a locust with chopsticks. Following Ning Ze's side, he naturally wants to be trusted. Now Ning Ze wants to promote the way of eating locusts and encourage the people to eat insects and exterminate locusts.
Thinking so, he just raised the locust in front of him, opened his mouth a few times, and the courage he had just mustered disappeared again.
Even if it's fried, and it smells good, it's still a locust. To eat insects, Song Gao really didn't know how to put his mouth down, staring at the locust on the chopsticks, as if its eyes had been staring at him.
brought the locust to his mouth, and then resistantly moved away, back and forth many times, extremely entangled.
Ning Ze looked funny on the side, and patted Song Gao on the shoulder: "Don't force yourself! ”
"Yes, you can eat it!" it just needs to be brewed," Song Gao replied embarrassedly, "Xiaguan will eat ......."
As he spoke, he was still extremely entangled.
Ning Ze shook his head with a smile and said to him, "I'll go over there to see the progress, come on!"
"Okay! I'll do it!" Song Gao nodded vigorously, deciding to fight the locusts on his chopsticks.
It's just that after Ning Ze left, he still didn't have the courage to speak, and he was completely at a loss.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a noise in my ears, and there seemed to be someone arguing in the circle of people outside.
Song Gao was relieved, left the high platform with locusts in his hand, and ran all the way over to check the situation: "What's going on? What's going on!"
A soldier reported: "The Flying Shrimp Feast has not yet begun, and some people among the people have to eat it now, so there is a dispute." ”
"Huh?" Song Gao's expression was strange, "What kind of person is in a hurry to eat locusts?"
"Whoa!"
So the soldier led Song Gao through the crowd and came to the noisy place.
When he came over, a big man with a tiger's back and a scar on his forehead turned around in displeasure, muttering in his mouth: "I said that I would set up a banquet and not let me eat, what does this mean?!"
"The Flying Shrimp Feast hasn't started yet, so I'm telling you to wait for a while!" said the soldier in charge of security next to him.
"Can't you taste it?"
"It's all said that the flying shrimp feast hasn't started yet......"
"Hmph!" the big man looked unhappy, and turned around to leave.
"What's going on?" Song Gao hurriedly stepped forward and quietly put the chopsticks holding the locusts on the table.
The soldier knew Song Gao and hurriedly came over to say: "The flying shrimp feast has not started yet, and this person is in a hurry to eat." Tell him to stay a little longer, and he will be unhappy. ”
"I'm hungry, I heard that you can eat for free at a banquet here, so come here!" Dahan turned around and said dissatisfiedly, "Who would have thought that you would have to wait here, when will this wait?"
Song Gao saw that this big man was burly and quite imposing, and said in his heart that he was definitely not an ordinary person, so he stepped forward and grabbed his hand: "Don't worry, the strong man! This official is the person next to the Ning military division, and the military division is patrolling inside." It's better to wait for a while, and the officer will ask the military advisor to see if he can prepare for the strong man...... Oh! This is what this official wants to try, it is better for the strong man to eat first to see if it suits his appetite. If it doesn't suit your appetite, it's full of locusts, and the strong man can't eat it. ”
Song Gao picked up the locust that was placed on the table with chopsticks and handed it to the big man.
I thought that the big man would hesitate, but who expected that the other party would not blink his eyes, and took the locust and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
Not only Song Gao, but the surrounding soldiers and people all stared at Dahan, watching him stuff the locusts into his mouth and chew them continuously, and then swallow them, revealing curious eyes one by one.
"How's that?" Song Gao didn't expect Dahan to be so fierce, a locust ate it in a few seconds.
The big man smashed it and smashed his mouth: "The little flying insect has such a taste, and the flying shrimp feast really lives up to its name." It's just not enough to eat!"
Song Gao admired it very much, and said to the big man: "Wait a minute, the strong man, this official will ask the military advisor!"
"Hurry up," the big man patted his stomach, "I'm hungry!"
Song Gao quickly found Ning Ze and informed the big man of the situation.
Ning Ze was overjoyed when he heard this, and was thinking about how to persuade the civil and military officials and the people of Huajun to eat the locusts, and those who were willing to take the initiative to try it certainly couldn't refuse, but had to cooperate with it, and immediately said to Song Gao: "Don't care if the banquet has started, let him eat if someone wants to eat!"
"Whew!" After receiving Ning Ze's reply, Song Gao immediately ran over, ordered the soldiers to give way, and said to the big man, "The military advisor said, don't wait for the banquet to start, everyone can eat if they want!"
Dahan's face looked better, and he walked to the front unceremoniously, picked up a plate of braised locusts and stuffed it into his mouth, not even bothering to use chopsticks. This guy ate quite deliciously, and the people around him were dumbfounded.
A few people smelled the fragrance, looked at the eating appearance of the big man, and also wanted to give it a try. However, when they got closer, they all flinched when they saw the locusts.
It is not easy to break through this psychological defense.
The big man didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and quickly finished eating a pot, and then turned to the fried locusts next to him.
Song Gao's eyes were about to pop out, as if what the big man was eating was not locusts, but delicacies.
He was the only one in the audience, and he was gobbling it up, and his appearance was extremely exaggerated, as if he was reincarnated as a starving ghost.
Seeing that the second pot of locusts was eaten, Song Gao couldn't help but ask, "The strong man has already eaten two pots in a row, do you want to continue to eat?"
"Can you only eat two pots?" the big man asked, frowning slightly.
"That's not it, the military advisor said to eat it casually. Song Gao swallowed.
The big man nodded, lowered his head and continued to eat.
This situation was too scary, and Song Gao hurriedly reported to Ning Ze.
Ning Ze came when he heard the news and was a little surprised when he saw this big man.
【Military General】Ding Mu, male, 22 years old
[Affiliation] Opposition [Loyalty] ——
[Stamina] 00 [Brawn] 9
[Intelligence] 40 [Politics] 32
[Command] 6 [Benevolence] 70
【Class】Heavy Infantry S
[Stunt] Hold on to Lv and fight Lv 6
Song Gao is really a lucky general, if he hadn't stopped this person, it is estimated that he would have left at that time.
This guy has 9 force points, and he has S-level hidden class adaptability, super awesome!
Level 6 of perseverance, level 6 of fighting, plus the ability to build a team of heavy infantry, must be won!
So he immediately stepped forward and said to the big man who was eating non-stop: "This official is the military advisor under the account of Princess Yuanxi, and Ning Ze, the lieutenant general of the Dacheng Dian Army! It's better to follow this official to the high platform inside, and there are more locust dishes, let Your Excellency taste them!"
"Really?" Ding Mu asked, his mouth stuffed with a large number of locusts, and his voice was a little slurred.
"My military advisor is full of words!" Song Gao said.
"That being the case, then it's bothering!" Ding Mu stretched out his hand and grabbed another handful of locusts, and followed Ning Ze inside while eating.
All the way to the high platform, Ning Ze asked him to sit at the outermost table: "The strong man let go of eating, you don't have to be polite!"
"Thank you!" Ding Mu really let go of his stomach and continued to gobble up.
The corners of Song Gao's mouth twitched, and he secretly said to Ning Ze: "Military Master, this person is too good to eat!"
"It's good to be able to eat!" Ning Ze turned his head to look at the gradually brightening environment, as well as the people who could see the high platform below, and said in a low voice, "Let him do live advertising here, the effect must be good!"
"What is advertising?"
"Spread the word that locusts can be eaten!"
"Oh~ I see. Song Gao suddenly realized.
"You go and accompany him, and find out through small talk, if you can persuade this person to join our army, it will be a great achievement!" Ning Ze said in a low voice, "Even if you can't persuade him, you can't let him go easily, notify me in time!"
"Rest assured, the subordinate will be able to complete the task!" Song Gao swore and patted his chest to assure.
When Ning Ze went back to get busy, Song Gao immediately sat down next to Ding Mu and chatted with him without a word.
However, Ding Mu only cared about eating, and the answers were all "well, ah, eh", and he didn't pay attention to it at all.
Song Gao was hungry from the sidelines, so he fought against the locusts again.
Ning Ze's trick was quite effective, and Ding Mu was displayed on a high platform, so that the officials and soldiers below, as well as the onlookers in the front row, could see it. Seeing that Ding Mu ate so deliciously, sure enough, some people couldn't resist the temptation and mustered up the courage to try. There are two in one, there are two in nature, there are three, the peripheral people gradually appear bold to try, and after eating, they all showed surprise, and quickly recommended it to the people around them.