The next day, Gao Yang sent someone to send several pigs that had been slaughtered to the mansion in Ningbei.

Fortunately, these villagers who sent pigs didn't know about the haunting of the Ningbei Mansion, otherwise they might not have sent them to the mansion!

The ancient people feared the ghosts and gods the most, especially the villagers.

This may be foolish now, but in the Tang Dynasty, it is a normal thing.

Even the Son of Heaven fears ghosts and gods, so what's wrong with the villagers fearing ghosts and gods?

Ningda, who got the pork, was overjoyed and immediately began to decompose the pork.

The reason why he wanted this pork was to get lard so that he could make soap!

One of the civilian goods he wants to sell is soap and soap!

Moreover, the pigs raised in the Tang Dynasty were all black pigs, with rough and hard fur, although they looked very unsightly, but they could actually be used to make brushes.

Although it is certainly not as good as wolf hair and sheep hair, it is also better than the current brush made of rabbit fur.

These are the small details that improve the happiness of scholars!

As for the pork with the most on the black pig, Ningbei didn't plan to throw it away.

Although this black pig has not been castrated, the meat is fishy and smelly, and it is difficult for people to swallow, but it can actually be eaten.

As a diligent and thrifty young man, Ningbei will naturally not throw away these pork.

It's just that you put more condiments!

It is then cooked over high heat to mask the fishy smell.

In fact, the people of the Tang Dynasty also understood that the fishy smell of any ingredient could be removed with condiments, which was the meaning of their use of condiments.

But the problem is that because of the inconvenience of transportation, the price of removing the fishy condiment to the inland has also become very expensive!

Except for the aristocracy, most of the common people could not afford to use condiments.

The only spice they can afford is probably salt.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people, using very expensive condiments to remove the smell of pork is more or less putting the cart before the horse.

And the aristocracy does not eat pork at all, even if the pork is delicious, they are disgusting and will not eat it.

However, this is not a problem for Ningbei.

He has eaten a lot of modern ruthlessness and technology, but the Tang Dynasty did not have so much technology, and the pork was all real and ate the leftovers that people ate.

Such pork may be dirty in the eyes of the aristocracy.

But for Ningbei, it's already very good.

As for the problem of condiments, Ningbei is not worried.

Because among the business he negotiated was a rich merchant who wholesaled seasonings!

Therefore, Ningbei can use the cost price to squander the condiments at will!

As long as there are more condiments, he is the first Su Dongpo!

At that time, Dongpo Meat may have to change its name to North Meat!

As for pork bones, that's good stuff!

Pork that hasn't been castrated is fishy, but pork bones aren't!

Therefore, he can hang the broth with pork bones, which is very fresh!

It's just that not many people in the Tang Dynasty know about this matter, they don't even eat pork, how could they think that pork bones can be used as broth!

If they had known about it, there might have been a scene of buying plants and returning beads using bones after slaughtering pigs.

However, although the idea is very good, there is one thing that Ningbei has to say.

This pork without castration is really fishy!

Even if he smelled it, he couldn't stand it!

But!

For the sake of money, Ningbei fought hard!

After that, several other wealthy businessmen also sent people to send raw materials to their mansions in Ningbei.

……

Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty.

As the imperial capital, Chang'an was the most prosperous city of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a poem as proof:

Nine days to open the palace, all the nations to worship the crown.

Chang'an looked back at the pile of embroidery, and the top of the mountain opened a thousand doors.

However, this verse describes Chang'an a few decades later, and the current Chang'an should have been prosperous.

But because of a rare plague of locusts, Chang'an has become a different scene.

Countless displaced refugees turned into beggars, begging for food in Chang'an City.

Although it is not as terrible as the human purgatory, it is also shocking!

Because the homeless people begged for food, the officials passing by did not even dare to open their eyes to them!

You can only hurry up and get over as fast as you can.

At this moment, although the time of the early dynasty has passed, the civil and military officials are still there, and their expressions are more serious than the other.

The reason is also very simple, Li Shimin, who was diligent and pro-virtuous in the past, did not come to the early dynasty today!

It stands to reason that this matter can be big or small.

To put it mildly, it means that the emperor dragon is unwell and has a day off.

To put it mildly, this is going to be the hat of the faint king!

But throughout the entire court, no one dared to speak loudly, not even whispering.

The silence in the court is terrifying, and the pin drop can be heard!

Because as early as half an hour ago, Tang Taizong's personal eunuch told Baiguan what Tang Taizong was doing now.

Minutes and seconds passed, and in the blink of an eye, another quarter of an hour passed.

Just when some obese officials were already unstable, Tang Taizong's personal eunuch hurriedly came to the court, and his sharp voice reverberated in the court.

"The emperor has an order, please move to the royal vegetable garden."

As he spoke, the chief eunuch made a gesture of invitation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please."

"Yes!"

Several guards opened the way in front, and the officials followed in an orderly manner.

When the official walked to the royal vegetable garden, he was greeted by a man in yellow who was not tall and not burly.

Although this man looks unremarkable, he is even a little weak.

But at the first sight of him, all the officials knelt on the ground and shouted:

"Weichen greets Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed with Jin'an!"

(I didn't find the word to meet, everyone made do with it, and long live long live long live was invented by Wu Zetian!) ）

"Zhongqing is flat."

A dull and muffled voice came from front of them, and the officials got up one after another.

Seeing that they lowered their heads one after another, Tang Taizong couldn't help but speak:

"Zhong Aiqing can look up and see what is in my hand?"

Officials responded one after another.

Although it was a holy decree to raise their heads, the officials did not dare to raise them too high, but only let their eyes reach the level where they could see what was in Tang Taizong's hands.

At this time, they discovered that Tang Taizong had two locusts in his hands.

"Your Majesty, this is a locust!"

"Yes, it's locusts!"

Facing the indifferent gaze of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the officials replied one after another.

Tang Taizong nodded and said softly, "I also know that this is a locust. ”

Tang Taizong looked at the locust in his hand, and although his voice was flat, it was a little indifferent.

"The people regard food as their life, and if you eat it, it will be harmful to the people."

Indifference gradually turned into determination, and Tang Taizong said in a deep voice:

"If the people are guilty, then blame them on me! If you really have a spirit, eat my heart, and don't harm the people anymore. ”

Saying that, Tang Taizong was about to spit out the locusts!

"Your Majesty doesn't! You'll get sick if you eat it! ”

"Don't eat it, the doctor said that locusts can't be eaten!"

"Your Majesty, don't eat locusts!"

"Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, you can't be like this!"

“……”

It happened so suddenly that some officials even forgot to kneel down and request, but walked directly to Tang Taizong.

In just an instant, Tang Taizong was surrounded by officials begging him not to eat locusts.

In this regard, Taizong said very sadly: "I really hope that it will transfer the disaster to the people to me alone!" ”

"If the locust god eats my heart, it will end this disaster, and I will not hesitate to contribute my heart!"

Tang Taizong was not joking, and the officials were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

They all said that they couldn't bear these repetitive words.

Wei Zheng even knelt down directly, and persuaded bitterly: "Your Majesty, this locust is really uneatable!" ”

"If you have to eat locusts, please let your majesty let your ministers try them first!"

“……”

Just when everyone was deadlocked, a eunuch hurriedly came from a distance, knelt on the ground and said:

"Your Majesty, Zhengzhou Assassin Shi Ning Fang Ming said that there is an urgent matter."

"Zhengzhou Thorn Shi Ning Fang Ming? What did he come to do? ”

Although the assassin is a second-class official, he is a magistrate after all, and they will not come all the way to Chang'an City for no reason.

This also leads to the fact that some remote states and counties have been difficult to see the emperor for several years or even more than ten years.

As if thinking of something, Tang Taizong's tone suddenly cooled down.

"Is it because the locust plague in Zhengzhou is serious, and they came to me to ask for food?"