Faced with Li Xiu's kindness, Chef Liu, who was cautious by nature, was embarrassed to refuse. Finally, he came forward with a fake smile and pinched a fried locust, and threw it into his mouth. He originally planned to swallow it without chewing it, and then just praise it a few more words, but as soon as the locust entered his mouth, he felt the burnt fragrance of his mouth. He couldn't help but chewing it twice, but found that the more he chewed it, the more fragrant it became.

"Huh? This... the locust tastes pretty good!" Chef Liu nodded and exclaimed while chewing the locust. As he said that, he couldn't help but catch a few more and threw them into his mouth, and he felt like he couldn't stop.

Seeing that Chef Liu was eating so delicious, the other chefs were also very curious. A few brave ones also came forward to taste it, and they all praised it. This made the rest of them finally pluck up the courage and came forward to taste it. In the blink of an eye, the fried locusts in Li Xiu's hand were half less.

Yang Nong couldn't help but look curious when he saw everyone's performance. He didn't expect that the disgusting locusts actually made Chef Liu and others praise the deliciousness, which made his curiosity feel a little a little too much. Finally, he came over and picked up a locust and tasted it. He found that the taste was really good, and after the locust was fried, it didn't look so unacceptable.

"I didn't expect the locusts to be really eaten!" Yang Nong chewed the whole locust and said in shock. The taste of this locust is indeed good, and it can even be called delicious. Of course, such a luxurious way of frying is also one of the reasons why the locusts are delicious.

"Mr. Yang, if everyone in our Tang Dynasty likes to eat locusts, then this locust plague would probably not be so terrible!" Li Xiu said with a smile at this time. He knew very well how powerful the Chinese people were. For example, the famous crayfish in later generations were originally an invasive species, but they were eaten by the Chinese to become a species that could only survive by breeding.

"The prince-consort means..." Yang Nong was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words, then seemed to understand something, but he was a little blurred, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

"Hehe, what I mean is actually very simple. There are so many locusts outside now, and in my eyes, they are all delicious. I can't finish them alone, so why not let everyone taste them!" When he said this, the smile on Li Xiu's face became a little malicious, and he immediately ordered Chef Liu, "Chef Liu, go and have someone catch more locusts, and then cook more according to what I just made, and add a dish to our Ministry of Agriculture officials!"

When Chef Liu was also shocked when he heard that Li Xiu actually asked him to catch locusts and cook. Although he was concerned about Li Xiu's identity, he still whispered in a dilemma: "Son-in-law, this locust plague was descended by the locust god. It's okay to eat a few occasionally, but if you eat too much, what if you anger the locust god, what should you do if you will cause a bigger locust plague in the future?"

"Chef Liu, you are wrong to think so. There are countless locusts in the locust plague. Even if we don't eat them, many locusts were accidentally injured. And you see that the chickens, ducks and birds eat locusts, and they didn't see the locust god punishing them. So in my opinion, the locust god will definitely not be the life or death of locusts. After all, why can't we eat chickens and ducks? Is it so difficult for us to be as good as chickens and ducks?" Li Xiu said sophist at this time.

"This..." Chef Liu was just a rough man who had never read a book, so he naturally could not defeat Li Xiu's words. He even thought that Li Xiu's words made sense. After all, he was a famous talent in the world and must have more knowledge than himself. So although Chef Liu hesitated for a moment, he nodded and agreed, and then took the two of them to catch locusts in person.

By lunch, the officials who had been busy all morning were hungry, so as soon as the meal started, everyone rushed into the canteen. Although the status of the Ministry of Agriculture is not as important as that of the Six Ministry, it is very important. The court was very generous to the Ministry of Agriculture. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture not only has a canteen, but also a special restaurant. This restaurant was designed by Li Xiu, which is similar to the restaurant in later schools.

Yang Nong is old and Li Xiu is not in charge. With the training of the two of them, the real second-in-command in the yamen is actually Yang Dui, the nephew of Yang Nong. Compared with the elderly Yang Nong, Yang Dui is in his prime. Today, he led the officials in the yamen to drive away the locusts. However, even so, some crops planted in the yamen still suffered some losses.

Yang Dui was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground all morning, and he didn't even eat breakfast. It was finally noon. At this time, he felt his stomach was empty, so he asked his subordinates to stop and then brought them to the restaurant to eat something to continue to drive away the locusts. According to his experience, locusts would only stay in one place for a few days. When the locusts almost ate the plants on the surface, they would fly away immediately. It is precisely for this reason that raising chickens and ducks to eliminate locusts is simply bullshit!

However, when Yang Dui and others dragged their tired bodies to the restaurant, they found that Li Xiu and Yang Nong were both in the restaurant, which made them stunned. It was okay for Yang Nong. Li Xiu seemed to never eat in the yamen. After all, they all knew that the prince consort was very clever and the food in the yamen was never to his taste.

"Uncle, prince consort, are you..." Yang Dui immediately stepped forward and saluted, then looked at them with a puzzled look on his face. After all, it was a bit abnormal to appear in the restaurant together with Li Xiu and Yang Nong.

"It's nothing, don't care about us. And we've been busy all morning today. Everyone must be hungry. Let's have dinner quickly!" Li Xiu said with a smile, and then asked Yang Dui to take the lead in making food. This made Yang Dui feel very strange, but he didn't dare to ask more questions.

Today is quite busy, so the meal prepared by Chef Liu is also quite rich. The large chunks of pork and cool cucumber beans are well matched with meat and vegetables, which makes people have no appetite. However, Yang Dui and the others are also hungry, so they pick up chopsticks and prepare to eat them.

But at this moment, Chef Liu suddenly walked out, followed by two chefs, carrying a large wooden barrel, filled with vegetables. At first glance, it looked golden and had a strange fragrance, which caused people to drool. However, when they saw the things in the barrel, Yang Dui and others couldn't help but feel nauseous, because the dishes in the barrel were actually locusts.

"Chef Liu, why did you bring the locusts up? Take them out quickly!" Yang Dui couldn't help but speak when he saw the locusts in the bucket, and his tone was not very good. After all, they had "fighted" with the locusts all morning today, and now they were full of anger when they saw the locusts, but Chef Liu still used the locusts to make things difficult for them. How could he not get angry?
Chapter completed!