The people in the carriage lifted the curtain, and Li Shishi recognized this person as their local governor, so she hurriedly got down from the ox cart, knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "The people have seen adults." ”

The governor waved his hand and said, "Get up, just now the official passed by, and I smelled the fragrance of the things in your hand, I don't know what this lady holds, can you let the official take a look?" ”

"This is a skewer made by the husband of the people's daughter, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance."

Li Shishi opened the packet, and the golden grasshopper skewers were sprinkled with red spices, exuding an enticing fragrance.

The subordinate took a bunch and handed it to the governor, who sniffed it and tried to eat one, and a strange fragrance spread in his mouth, and at the same time, a peculiar smell of meat spread in his mouth.

"This lady, what the hell is this? Why has this official never eaten it? ”

"Lord Hui, this is my husband's ...... The barbecue made with grasshoppers was plagued by insects in the village, and there was nothing to eat at home, so my husband tried to roast the grasshoppers to eat, and we all ate them yesterday. ”

"Bold, dare to eat grasshoppers for adults."

The subordinates immediately came up and grabbed Li Shishi's collar, but they were directly reprimanded by the state official and retreated.

Li Shishi was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground, not daring to say more.

The governor took Li Shishi's small bag and took a closer look and found that it was actually a barbecue made of grasshoppers.

The state official's name is Chen Cheng, who once served in the household department, and in the past three years, he has served in the past three years, naturally in order to accumulate political achievements, and now when he sees this grasshopper string, he doesn't think of how disgusting this thing is, because he tasted it with his own mouth just now, if this thing can really be eaten, it will solve a big problem for the imperial court.

If the method of eating grasshoppers is popularized, then not only will the large cadres save a large amount of money in the state treasury, but the current incidents of displaced people caused by famine in various localities will also be easily resolved.

"You don't have to be nervous, get up."

Chen Cheng waved his hand, returned the grasshopper string to Li Shishi, and continued: "This official wants to see your husband, I don't know if this lady can easily lead the way?" ”

"It's convenient, the folk girl lives in Mujia Village, Xiawan Township, please come with me."

Li Shishi nodded in fear, and got on the ox cart to lead the way.

……

Mu Shaoyou is grinding fennel cress at home, this thing is called cumin in later generations, but now no one knows that this is an indispensable seasoning for barbecue, in order to let Li Shishi go back to Li's house in the morning to show his face, he got up early to pick a lot of fennel celery back.

"Husband, I'm back."

Li Shishi came in with a man in official uniform, Mu Shaoyou looked up and was stunned, Li Shishi was just about to introduce, and the man who followed up said coldly: "My adult wants to see you, why don't you go to the door to kneel and greet you?" ”

Mu Shaoyou asked, "Your lord, who is it?" ”

"Bastard, my family is expensive, is it difficult that you still need to report your name and surname?"

"Oh, the grass people didn't break the law, they didn't cause trouble, and I'm still a child, if your family doesn't even dare to reveal their names, I think you should go out, our family temple is small, and we can't accommodate people who hide their heads and tails."

"You're bold."

As he spoke, the man pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife.

"You are bold, I am a serious boy who passed the county examination and the government examination, and it is recorded in Lancheng, you are just an official service, and if you dare to spread wild in me, you are not afraid that I will sue the county government and let you receive twenty boards."

Mu Shaoyou looked at the man coldly, the latter really didn't dare to make a move, just pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, and was in a dilemma for a while.

"Enough, shameful things, give the official a retreat."

Chen Cheng walked in from outside, and the man hurriedly bowed to him, and then hurriedly retreated.

"Mu Shaoyou Mu Tongsheng, I heard Wang Yuanwai mention you."

Chen Cheng looked at Mu Shaoyou, who quickly looked for the memory of the person in front of him in his mind, and he suddenly remembered that once at the banquet at Wang Yuanwai's house, this person was sitting on the first seat, and his name was Chen Cheng.

"It turned out to be Lord Chen in person, but I was clumsy and didn't recognize the adult at the first time."

Mu Shaoyou hurriedly surrendered his hand, he was in Daqian, this is a place with a strict class system, and if he is not careful, there may be a danger of his head falling to the ground.

"You really know me. Okay, just now I saw that your speech and demeanor are in a measured manner, and you are not humble or silent, it seems that their evaluation of you outside the king is still a little incomplete. ”

Mu Shaoyou didn't answer, judging from the words, it seems that they didn't say anything good about the original body outside the king before.

"This official came here this time, in fact, because he met Mrs. Mu on the road and found the grasshopper skewers you made, Mu Shaoyou, do you know that the insect plague is raging in various parts of Daqian now, if you can promote the production method of grasshoppers, it will be a blessing for the court."

"It turns out that Lord Chen is here for this matter, and this is just a gesture. I'll write it down for adults. ”

After listening to the other party's intentions, Mu Shaoyou did not mention any conditions, but directly wrote down the processing method and cooking method of the grasshopper.

Chen Cheng took it and looked at it carefully, and said with satisfaction: "Okay, if this method can be promoted, I will definitely go to the court and ask for credit for Mu Tongsheng." ”

"I don't dare, it's just a meager contribution to the benefit of the country and the people."

"It's just that the official has something unclear, Mu Tongsheng, the seasoning you wrote here, Dogwood, I know, what is fennel celery? Also, why doesn't the salt you use feel like rust, can Mu Tongsheng help me with my doubts? ”

"My lord, these seasonings are all homemade by me, please look at them."

As he spoke, Mu Shaoyou took the fine salt, the dogwood powder and fennel parsley powder that he had re-grinded.

Chen Cheng looked at it, and his eyes suddenly straightened.

He trembled and stretched out his hand, twisted a pinch of fine salt and put it in the palm of his hand, and after rubbing it carefully a few times, he dipped a little and put it in his mouth, and was immediately surprised.

"This ...... Where did you get this salt? It's even more elaborate than the one used in the Imperial Palace? ”

"Back to my lord, the countryside is poor, and the coarse salt used by ordinary people not only tastes impurities, but also tastes bad, so after many attempts, this kind of snowflake salt is made, I don't know what adults think?"

"Snowflake salt, snowflake salt, good name, but what is this impurity?"

Mu Shaoyou didn't know how to answer, so he could only stubbornly say, "...... Adults can understand it as the dirt contained in salt. ”

"I see, would you like to contribute this method of salt making?"

"Damn, you don't want to do it, do you?"

Mu Shaoyou scolded in his heart, but he didn't show it, and replied respectfully: "Lord Hui, this method of making salt is still in the exploration stage, this small jar of snowflake salt is made of twenty catties of coarse salt, this method is still inappropriate, please give me some time in the next time, it must be able to greatly reduce the loss." ”

Li Shishi on the side covered her mouth in surprise, her husband really dared to say that she saw it when her husband made salt yesterday, obviously half a catty of coarse salt can make two taels of snowflake salt, but she wisely did not speak.

"I see, then the official is waiting for your good news."

Chen Cheng didn't ask about the formula, and after thinking about it, he said: "That's it, Mu Tongsheng, you have these spices, the official bought them for fifty taels of silver, I don't know what you think?" ”