Under Xu Fenglei's deliberate organization, the people were divided into two groups.

Most people choose to go out to pick up locusts, especially those lively and active children, who fly to the fields as if they don't pick up a locust, they are like a treasure!

Pick up a few at will, it's enough for the family to eat for a day!

And some of the clever ones have already shifted their positions and chased in the direction where the locusts have fled.

So many people pick it up? How many can you pick up? The rolls are all dead!

It's better to find the source of locusts, catch it is a sack, and make a fortune today!

It was also from this day that the people of Chang'an became fond of catching locusts, and in this land, they almost wiped out grasshoppers!

At the same time, black smoke billowed from the city gates.

More than a dozen iron pots of different shapes were propped up, and the rapeseed oil was boiling with a clatter.

Li Chengqian took the lead alone, stirred the hot oil, and splashed the washed locusts into it.

Whew!

Snort!

As the hot oil rolled, the surface of the locusts became more and more golden and translucent, and several dark-skinned babies stared intently at the oil pot, and Harazi flowed all over the ground.

"Out of the pot!"

He shouted, tied the locusts with a bamboo stick, sprinkled a few grains of salt, and handed them out.

"Here, while it's hot!"

The children's eyes lit up, and they didn't care whether they were hot or not, and they reached out and grabbed the fried crispy locusts in their hands.

"Quack!"

"Give it to me, give it to me! Quack! ”

"You're going to die! I didn't even have to eat such a big bite......"

"Let's buy it after eating, anyway, let's pick up a basket, pick up three and eat one, and ...... it."

"Don't be greedy, I still want to subsidize my mother's family......"

The children quarreled, although there was a quarrel, but more laughter and the satisfaction of eating food.

Seeing them laughing, Li Chengqian also smiled.

The sun is warm and it's lively.

He likes this atmosphere very much, this kind of fireworks in the world can't be felt in the inner garden of the deep palace for a lifetime.

Like him, Li Ke and Li Tai also set up a pot alone to fry delicious food for the diners, while Li Qingquan and Li Lizhi helped collect firewood and clean locusts.

In Master's words, this is called social practice!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Baskets and baskets of locusts were brought back by the people, and the diners who tried the fashion were not only the emperor and ministers, but also all kinds of people in Chang'an City.

"Give me a bunch too!"

"I want it too, it's shiny, it looks delicious!"

"Let's bring a bunch of ...... to the baby at home"

The sound of tinkling copper coins is endless!

A simple "market" just works on its own.

In the next period of time, the fried stall at the gate of Chang'an City will surely become a beautiful landscape.

"Your Majesty, look at how lively this is, it's like visiting a temple fair."

The eldest grandson Wuji pointed to the flow of people coming and going, and said with a smile,

"The people were happy."

Li Shimin gently stroked his beard, which was also gratifying.

"Yes, yes, all I want is for them to be happy! The appearance of thousands of people kneeling down and 10,000 people asking for help just now, I don't want to experience it again. ”

He sighed,

"As soon as the people are happy, it will be easy for us to govern the country!"

"In the past, the flood was raging, Dayu dredged the world's waterways, turned disasters into good things, and benefited the people of the world!"

"Listening to this trick, it is also to turn decay into magic, reverse the disaster, and Dayu has a bit of the same work to control the water, it should be recorded in history, a model for future generations!"

When the ministers heard this, they were shocked and convinced.

Although the emperor's praise was a little too praised, he actually compared Xu Fenglei with Dayu!

But there are some commonalities between the two......

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, why don't you set a festival today, and call it the Locust Eradication Festival?"

Du Ruhui suggested,

"Every year today, the people can come out to play, or catch locusts, or blow locusts and eat locusts, lively and lively!"

"In this way, if this locust becomes a delicacy and a profitable thing, everyone will definitely rush to catch it, and perhaps to a certain extent, it can also alleviate the plague of locusts."

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes lit up.

"It makes sense."

Xu Fenglei interjected,

"Insects such as locusts, zhili, cicada pupae and other insects are all fried good, and they taste crunchy and fragrant! And its nutritional value is also very rich, seven times that of beef and mutton! ”

"Just one locust may be a little thin, add all these insects and make him an insect feast, maybe it can really become a feature of Chang'an after thousands of years!"

"And people's large-scale consumption will inevitably reduce the number of grasshoppers in the field, and the plague of locusts will never happen again, which is definitely the fundamental means of prevention and control!"

He understands the Tang people too well.

As long as something is on our recipe, let alone locusts, even if it is an invasive species, it will be eaten for you to be extinct!

No joke roar!

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Li Shimin laughed and waved his hand,

"Accurate!"

"If there is no grand event in the hot summer, we will set a locust extermination festival and make a locust eating conference!"

"Every year from now on, I will attend to rejoice with the people and exterminate locusts and eat locusts together!"

Since then, Datang has had a bizarre festival.

Every year today, the emperor and the people have fun, rattling and eating all kinds of strange insects......

"Such a magnificent scene, it should be a painting!"

Yan Liben looked at the people coming and going in front of him, and he could clearly feel their high interest.

It's a world of difference from what he looked like just now!

And this magical change was brought about by Xu Gong.

He felt that he could not only paint for the emperor, but also for Xu Fenglei!

"Huh?"

Li Shimin's ears moved slightly, and he noticed the two people on the corner of the city wall.

Seeing the drawing board standing in front of them and holding a brush in their hands, I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows.

"Yan Lide? Yan Liben? ”

He stepped forward slowly and asked,

"Here you two are...... Paint? ”

The two brothers were shocked and hurriedly went out to salute.

"Meet Your Majesty."

The two spoke in unison, and then Yan Lide responded respectfully,

"It is a pity that Your Majesty did not record the heroic posture of the locusts and be praised by future generations."

"Therefore, the minister and the younger brother, on the orders of the minister and the prince of Xu, are here to paint for His Majesty."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth rose slightly.

"Oh?"

He turned his head to look at Xu Fenglei, and said with some surprise and surprise,

"Listen, you arranged it?"

Xu Fenglei nodded.

"It's important to do practical things, but you can't leave behind in publicity, otherwise you have done thousands of good things, but no one knows about it, what's the use?"

He laughed,

"The two of them ordered to paint, which is to record His Majesty's demeanor, whether it is propaganda in the future, or to be observed and admired by future generations, it is a beautiful talk."

Li Shimin's mouth was even bigger, and his smile was incomparably bright.

Good boy, it's the way!

This wave of sycophants is really comfortable, but it's not beautiful!

The previous chapter was wrong, it should be 340, and this chapter is 341

(End of chapter)