In the middle of summer, the weather is getting hotter day by day, and spring wheat and peppers are growing and developing at a high speed.

Queen Gao held her belly for 7 months, so hot that she was covered in sweat, and this baby was estimated to be born in the hottest weather.

After Xia Hongdi asked the imperial doctor, Queen Gao was not allowed to use ice, and it was all up to the palace maids to fan the heat, and for the sake of the child in her belly, Queen Gao decided to endure it.

Heiwa's Dongcheng construction site, dozens of pots of heatstroke soup have to be burned every day, the house has been repaired for more than half, and the two eldest brothers are tanned darker than him, and one person can't wait to break it into eight petals to use.

I thought that this year was supposed to be a good harvest year, but news of locust plagues came from the south one after another.

This kind of pest, which reproduces quickly and is extremely destructive to farming, is really discolored, as the old saying goes: locusts cross the border, and not a single grass grows, which is not an exaggeration at all.

The fast horse of the post station ran into the capital from the south, but no matter how fast the information was, it couldn't compare to this winged guy.

A few days after the arrival of the locusts from the south, the locusts had quickly crossed the river and were coming north.

In the great court, the emperor asked the courtiers to come up with countermeasures. Looking through the past records, what countermeasures are there such as beating, smoking, burning, burying, and larvae extermination.

However, these methods could not catch up with the ability of the locusts to reproduce, and by the time the croppers reacted, the crops would have been gnawed bald.

provoked the emperor to scold the ministers, at the critical moment, these guys are useless!

Heiwa and his family didn't have any good ideas, Cuihua thought about it for a few days before she came up with a method that was not a way: arrest it manually.

Her reason is that if you can turn locusts into food, even people who don't grow crops at home can catch them, and if you can change them to copper plates, your enthusiasm will be doubled!

Locusts have been artificially bred in modern times, and they have become a dish on the plate, and the protein is quite high, and the price is not cheap.

There are quite a few recipes for locusts.

Such as: dry drying locusts, fried locusts, barbecue locusts, and the simplest, is to scald the locusts to death with hot water, dried into dried locusts, and then fried or fried and then processed when eating.

The natural enemies of locusts, in addition to humans, chickens and ducks can also go into battle! This locust is eaten as fodder, and the eggs laid are super large.

Looking at the locust extermination plan sent by Zhong Qinbo, Xia Hongdi's brows loosened a little.

Although this method is labor-intensive and requires a lot of chickens and ducks, it is better than not being able to do anything and waiting.

Tens of thousands of copies of the locust recipes provided by Mrs. Zhongqinbo were copied and posted in various villages.

Along with the recipes posted on these posters, there are also a number of techniques for encircling locusts.

After the villagers on the outskirts of Beijing got the information, they were so nervous that they couldn't sleep, this wheat is heading, don't be harmed.

The nobles and landlords are also worried, who doesn't have hundreds or thousands of acres of Zhuangzi, but now, they may have no harvest.

Steward Li was so worried that his hair turned a lot whiter, and the pepper seedlings were blooming! Cuihua told him not to worry about money, hire people, and mobilize the enthusiasm of the villagers.

In their family's three villages, 20 copper coins a day are given to catch locusts, and dolls over the age of six are counted, and the locusts caught belong to them.

Half-grown or adult chickens and ducks are given 2 copper plates a day, which can be put into wheat fields and pepper fields to eat locusts.

Not only did they give money, but they also distributed a lot of gauze to make mosquito nets to the villagers in the three villages, which were used to make nets, and everyone was ready to wait for the locusts to come.

People who raise a lot of chickens and ducks will be fragrant, and they can't wait for the locusts to come.

The locusts did not disappoint the owners of the chickens and ducks, and came faster than they thought.

In broad daylight, like dark clouds covering the sun, the villagers sounded their horns to warn, and the villagers went out with their whole families, wearing hats and covering their faces, grabbed large fishing nets and sacks and rushed out.

This is meat, meat that doesn't need money! can still make money, anyway, most of them are renting the land of the master's family, which will definitely keep the master's Zhuangzi first.

The crazy capture of net after net, in the field, the dense crowd, the chickens and ducks ate so happily

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Compared with pests, it is a time and manpower, and people with dense phobia can get goosebumps when they see these locusts.

Everyone worked tirelessly until they couldn't fit the sack and returned home, and that night, the smell of locust meat wafted over every house.

No one thought that the dried locusts were so fragrant, and the people didn't have much oil at home, so most of them chose to dry them in hot water and dry them directly over low heat.

Watching the children stuff them into their mouths one by one, chewing fragrantly, the adults who were tired and half dead felt that they could do it again.

Thanks to the fact that this locust is active during the day, it can give everyone a breather.

On the first day, the villagers on the outskirts of the capital showed strong combat effectiveness, arresting more than 100,000 catties of locusts and exterminating the locusts that took the lead.

After receiving this information, Xia Hongdi's anxious mood eased a little, and when he heard that every household was eating locusts, he asked Queen Gao with a smile if there was a royal dining room, and he also wanted to taste it.

Empress Gao was speechless, who would dare to make locusts for the emperor to eat!

On the second day, when the sky was bright, many poor people who lived in the capital and had no land poured into the suburbs, and they heard yesterday that the locusts were delicious and smelled of meat, and they were going to catch them.

Cuihua asked Steward Li to arrange the people who catch locusts, but don't just go to catch locusts, and spoil a crop, isn't that putting the cart before the horse.

The boys in the house couldn't bear it anymore, and they all raised their little fists, and they also wanted to catch locusts.

Xiao Liu huffed: "Mother, that's the beans we planted, catch bad insects!"

Xiao Wu squeezed his little fist and nodded, indicating that he also wanted to make a big move.

Heiwa looked at them funny, these little boys, who had done sowing once, were addicted, and he planned to take a few days off to take the little children back to the village to catch pests.

has a heart-to-heart with the children, as well as the Yuan Wenjie brothers who are companions in the palace.

They brought the heels and farts together, gathered a group of six, and went to catch locusts together.

Cai Hanwen and Gao Qianli and Gao Wanli brothers have grown so big, but they haven't seen what locusts look like, so they are so excited that they don't want to.

After taking the locust extermination equipment prepared by Zhongqin Bofu, he ran to the field with a roar.

When Qin Ke left, he said, "Auntie, when I catch the locusts and come back, you have to make us something to eat!"

Cuihua laughed, "Go, go, you catch as many as you come back, I will make you as much as you want!"

Perhaps the locusts never imagined how mad humans could be in the face of the temptation of food, and even three-year-old dolls would not let them go.

The child is small, short, and has good eyes.

Xiao Wu's little meat hand, one pinch, one pinch, one burst, only so ferocious.

This stinky boy thinks it's too fun to pinch locusts, and there is not a single worm left wherever he passes.

The army of locusts was already unfavorable yesterday, and they wanted to rest for one night and then turn highs and lows, but they didn't expect that there were more people who caught them on the second day than on the first day.

The kind of guy who came with a sack was conquered by the smell of locusts last night, and he couldn't wait to eat locusts as food, which was extremely hateful!

These boys from Yuan's mansion finally brought it back, and they only had a total of ten catties, but their skills were still not good, and Cuihua was not good at damaging everyone's enthusiasm, so they bought a hundred catties from the villagers.

For these locusts, cut off the head, limbs and wings, leaving a fat belly, fry them in a small oil pan, and sprinkle some salt and pepper before coming out of the pot, which is called a crispy fragrance.

While Cuihua was frying, the children kept coming into the stove to catch it, and the speed of eating was faster than her.

"Wow, this locust is too fragrant, I bet this thing is not too sought-after for drinking!" Qin Ke was the first to express his opinion, and this kid was full of oil, and nodded vigorously.

"Mm-hmm, my grandfather must like it, Auntie, can I bring some back to my grandfather?" Cai Hanwen was still a little embarrassed, but it was really hard to resist this kind of wine artifact, and he felt that his face must have thickened.

"Yes

, yes, you can eat it, if it's not enough, just buy some for the villagers, this method is so simple, I will let the cook keep frying in the afternoon, and bring you all a little more!"

The atmospheric Aunt Cuihua said: What is this? Isn't it just a matter of gas!

Before Cuihua and his family came to Daxia, there were no locusts that the people didn't know, but no matter how poor the family was, they had heard of who ate this thing!

No one expected that from the beginning of this locust extermination, these two people would add such a strange ingredient to Great Xia.

After the news spread that the people of the capital were eating locusts, officials in various places who had not yet been affected by locusts also drew scoops on gourds to encourage the people to catch insects and eat them.

Slowly, in this information, there was actually a rumor, and some masters revealed that the reason why the people of Great Xia suffered from this unwarranted disaster was because of the disaster from heaven.

Locust Emperor, this is the prince of the Calamity Star who is about to be born.

Not to mention, there are still a lot of people who believe in it, and everyone is talking in private, this disaster star has not been born before it is born, and it will disturb the people to cause famine, if it is born, can it still be repaid?

Many ignorant village women still beg God and worship Buddha everywhere, hoping that God will take this disaster back to the sky and don't let him come out to harm the world.

Xia Hongdi's intelligence organization soon learned of these rumors and was so frightened that they hurriedly sent information to the emperor.

Xia Hongdi jumped like thunder, and a cold voice came from between his teeth, "Check it out for me, find out who passed it on, and punish him for the nine clans!"

His poor second son, who was not born yet, actually received such a great malice, he didn't believe this bullshit rumor, Disaster Star, can give birth to his family and be his son, can this still be the fate of Disaster Star?

Thinking that the prince was not too young, Xia Hongdi asked the prince to be called, told him this information, and said:

"What I'm most worried about is your queen mother, you should spend more time with her during this time, don't let people take advantage of the loophole and spread these vicious rumors to the ears of the queen mother."

The prince was so angry that his eyes were red: "Father, you have to make the decision for the queen mother, this royal brother has not been born yet, these people are too vicious, how can they talk and slander an unborn baby with empty mouths and white teeth!"

"You still have to say it! When I find out, I can't spare him!"

The father and son agreed on it, concealed it, completely concealed it, it has been more than seven months, but they dare not be sloppy.

Next, the locusts flew in a few waves, and the poor ones flew hard for more than half a month, and when they arrived in the capital, they were divided before they could bite anything.

The people have eaten the sweetness, people eat, chickens and ducks eat, chickens and ducks lay eggs for people to eat, so happy.

Finally arrived in Fuyue, it is the hottest season of the year, Queen Gao has been having nightmares every night recently, dreaming that she has a difficult birth, she has always been strong, and she also asked Xia Hongdi for a decree, wanting her mother to enter the palace to accompany the birth.

Xia Hongdi was not happy, Mrs. Gao entered the palace on the second day, looking at her daughter's haggard face, the old lady was distressed and worried.

She is a person who knows that rumors are causing trouble, and the scope of spread is too wide, and it will be a moment and a half, but it is not difficult to check!