Chapter 42

"The county magistrate's words are reasonable. In the past, whenever locust plague occurred in the Great Sui area, people were hunted and burned in the countryside. However, they never thought that they could cook such delicious food that was saliva."

The officials agreed and nodded repeatedly. Indeed, such a delicious delicacy turned into a treasure. After they returned home, they also asked the servants to collect a few kilograms of locusts and cook according to the recipe.

Thinking of this, a pair of expectant eyes fell on the prescription in Wang Wei's hand.

How could Wang Wei not guess the psychology of these people?

"Since the magistrate of Xu County is in charge, our county also thinks this is a good strategy. People will copy this prescription and distribute it to our Xingyang County counties. It is necessary to let them all follow the strategies of Xingze County."

"As for County Chief Liu, I'm afraid that this matter will be entrusted to you to represent the county to show up at the incense insect banquet."

"Don't worry, the county magistrate, please follow Xu County Chief to Xingyang..." Liu Juncheng stood up and smiled, stroking his long and white beard.

"Xiaguan thinks that the worm sauce I taste today is one of the rare delicacies on earth. I really can't wait for the other worms that make them."

After all the officials in the hall said goodbye, Wang Wei returned to the Houya, found a housekeeper and asked him to take a prescription to the kitchen to taste it.

Although the housekeeper was surprised, he still took the order and sent several servants out of the city to catch several kilograms of locusts and cook according to law.

When the manager tried hard to swallow his saliva, he fryed a plate of fragrant insects, a plate of fragrant insect sauce, and fragrant insect buns...

He took a chop of fried fragrant insects with the strongest fragrance and threw them into his mouth. Wang Wei's frown, which had originally been explored, suddenly stretched out.

It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fresh and delicious. This taste is more suitable for you than the insect sauce, especially...

"But, go and boil a pot of wine for me."

Soon, a pot of fine wine was brought in, a bite of fried fragrant insects, and a bite of fine wine, which made Wang Wei, the prefect of Xingyang who ate all kinds of delicacies, danced in a lot of joy.

After a full meal, Wang Wei came to the study room and pulled out the original copy of the prescription from his sleeve. His eyes narrowed and he pondered for a long time before he sighed.

"Forget it, since Yang Qian's reputation has reached His Majesty's ears, then I can be regarded as the icing on the cake if I do this..."

After talking to himself in a low voice, Wang Wei picked up the brush placed on the desk and started writing.

Soon, two fast horses rushed out of Xingyang, one heading towards Xingze County, and the other heading straight towards the Eastern Capital...

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In order to hold the incense and insect banquet, the Junzi Liqu Restaurant had to close for one day because there were so many people coming, whether it was the officials of the county, as well as the lizheng, the seniors and gentry from the townships of the county, one after another.

Above more than a dozen tables, delicious dishes made of locusts were placed for these people to taste. In addition, Yang Qian also asked Hu Wei to help and produced hundreds of booklets, and each of the attendees got one.

Not only are there recipes made from locusts, but there are also praises and praises for the nutritional value of locusts.

The people who came to the scene had already learned the news that the locust plague was coming. Today, at this incense insect feast, I tasted these delicacies made of locusts.

In addition, the county magistrate, county magistrate, and even county magistrates came forward to announce the news that the government had invested in the acquisition of locusts, and asked all the old gentry in the county to make more publicity.

After tasting the delicacies made of locusts, the government is willing to spend money to purchase them. Moreover, if any merchant is willing to purchase locusts from the government, the government can transfer them at a fair price. In this way, those merchants will also benefit from this locust plague.

Now, everyone was frightened by the news of the locust plague from the beginning, and at the end, they were very impatient and wanted to rush back earlier and start hunting and killing locusts as soon as possible...

Yang Qian became the protagonist of this incense insect banquet. All officials such as Liu Juncheng, Xu County Magistrate and others praised Yang Qian and showed goodwill.

Yang Qian’s deeds over the past period have been widely publicized, which has attracted many people with low news to be amazed.

A messenger from Xingyang, riding a fast horse, quietly found Liu Juncheng, who was surrounded by officials and gentry in the noisy room, and handed the letter to him.

After receiving the letter in surprise, Juncheng Liu took the letter quietly, left the crowd quietly, went to the side to open the letter and read it, showing a meaningful smile.

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Back at the lively hall, after a whisper in County Magistrate Xu's ear, County Magistrate Xu showed an unconcealed look of surprise. After receiving a positive answer from County Magistrate Liu's gaze, County Magistrate Xu slapped and shouted.

"Everyone, you all calm down, where is Mr. Yang?"

Yang Qian, who was communicating with several businessmen engaged in catering, crossed the crowd and headed towards County Magistrate Xu.

"Young Master Yang, there is another great joy. I was busy tasting this incense and insect delicacy before, but I forgot about it..." Liu Juncheng cleared his throat and glanced at the gentry and officials who looked at him sideways.

"This summer, floods pass by, and thousands of miles of land are filled with land. The people have no food and clothing. The Yang family of Daze, Xingze County, this county is also seriously affected, but they are willing to donate generously to the disaster-stricken people around them..."

Yang Qian looked at the Prince Liu who was talking and talking, and his mouth was full of beautiful words that praised him. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Could it be that the county magistrate Wang Wei also wanted to give him some benefits?

After proclaiming all Yang Qian's deeds, Liujun County nodded slightly to Yang Qian. "So, I would like to recommend Yang Qian as one of the three tribute scholars in this county..."

As soon as this was said, the originally quiet gentleman leek restaurant could be heard first, and then a noise broke out again, and a group of officials and gentry congratulated Yang Qian one after another.

Yang Qian was a little confused, Gongshi, what is that thing?

"Young master, why don't you reply to the gift?..." Next to him, his eyes were red with excitement. Uncle Song, the butler who was crying, wiped the corners of his eyes and urged Yang Qian, who was confused, to say.

Just as the incense and insect feast became noisy, the ships slowly traveling south and north in the Yellow River. Whether it was the boatmen or the travelers on the boat, they all heard the strange buzzing sound from the north.

When they all turned to the north, the originally clear sky suddenly became a little dark. The tide of locusts, like dark clouds, was covering the sky and facing the Yellow River, and then heading towards Xingyang in the southeast...

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