People lack oil in their homes, which is a common phenomenon.

Vegetable oil in this era is not cheap, and animal fats need not be mentioned.

So people go to bed early at night. One has no entertainment. It is better to go to bed early. At least the couple will have some fun for themselves.

Another reason is that you can't light candles and oil lamps.

Without oil, how can this locust be eaten?

Chen An smiled and said, "There is still a way."

The treated locusts are stir-fried in a pot.

"This is temporary. People can dry it. Now the sun will not take long to dry it into locusts. Everyone, this thing... it's good to drink wine!"

Chen An stir-fryed the locusts, then picked up one and tasted them, narrowed his eyes and said, "Well, although it is not as good as fried, it has a flavor. Everyone, there is another way to make this thing..."

"And?" After tasting the dried locusts, everyone felt the taste was strange, and few of them were willing to eat more.

"Make it into powder." Chen An said proudly: "The people can add wheat flour to make cakes or something. Isn't this meat? I just can't eat too much."

He picked up a locust, "Look at how strong the legs are and the flesh is solid."

"Bang!"

Han Qi habitually slapped his thigh, and the official behind him screamed, and then quickly covered his mouth.

This old guy was used to it in the court, so he was happy. He forgot that there was no Zeng Gongliang behind him, and he almost slapped the official with a slap.

"Secretary Han, hurry up!" Chen An said seriously.

So the locust cake was released later.

"One person, try it."

Everyone tasted it and praised the taste.

"Good stuff!" Hu Xicheng shouted: "Make more, go quickly. Let the people eat it."

This is to induce him with traction. Han Qi glanced at Hu Xicheng with an admiration in his eyes.

"It's just that people can't eat too much of this thing." Chen An didn't know whether it should be, but he consciously told him that it's best to eat less wild game. "After hunting and drying, it can be used to feed chickens and ducks, feed pigs, and gain weight quickly."

These days, pigs eat green food, so it is difficult to gain weight.

But dried locusts are good things, rich in nutritional value, and are suitable as feed additives.

“Why can’t you eat too much?”

Han Qi made another cake and it tasted delicious.

"The locust tastes great. If I dip in some hot sauce, I can eat twenty cakes in one meal."

Chen An said: "Although you can eat this thing, I don't know what will happen if you eat too much."

Han Qi swallowed the locust cake and was about to speak, an official next to him said, "Chenlongtu is overthinking. There are often disasters on Jingdong Road. At that time, the grassroots and tree bark can be eaten. After eating the grassroots and tree bark, there are also people who eat soil. Compared with these, the officials think that locusts are the supreme delicacy."

yes!

Chen An opened his mouth and finally couldn't say anything.

What do you want to say?

side effect?

But it is still rare for the people of the Song Dynasty to eat meat. Why do you still worry about eating too much and you will have problems? I will see that you have problems!

Han Qi's eyes were full of this meaning. Judging from the appearance, it was obvious that he wanted to reach out to touch Chen An's forehead to see if he was confused.

Chen An smiled bitterly and said, "I'm wrong."

Han Qi sighed, "I see you are eating too much meat in Bianliang. Forget it, I will go."

Han Qi immediately went out, and later his shout came from outside, "I ordered all parts of Yanzhou Prefecture to purchase dried locusts in the court, one stone... That, Anbei, how much is the grain now?"

This old Han!

Chen An went out with a dark face and said, "Han Xiang is so tired that he is confused. Every time he is so tired that he is so confused, he is so easy to forget things. Han Xiang, we just discussed yesterday, saying that he would have to suppress the price of grain from one stone to four hundred and seventy cents?"

You are the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, but you don’t even know the price of food. When you look back, someone will say, ‘Why not eat meat minced’.

Han Qi was stunned and nodded to Chen An, "Tell me the order to collect locusts from the court, and one stone is 460 yuan!"

Crazy!

The officials present looked at Han Qi intently.

What does it mean to use the price of food to collect dried locusts?

Only Chen An secretly admired Han Qi's thoughts. Seeing that everyone was stunned, he said, "The people who fight locusts are all the people in Yanzhou. The more severe the disaster is, the more convenient it is to fight locusts. This is to send money to provide disaster relief! Work for relief!"

Everyone suddenly realized, Han Qi put his hands behind his back and said majestic: "Go quickly!"

Chen An was obviously very proud when he saw his hand bounced slightly behind him.

Han Qi turned around and looked at him. His kind-eyed look made Chen An feel a little weak in his legs, thinking that this old man had already thrust.

"Anbei! Your brain is easy to use." Han Qi sighed: "I can immediately think of this method of labor-for-relief because I have rich experience, but you immediately think of it, which shows that it is talent.

But you always pretend to be stupid in the court and don’t say anything if you are fine. This looks like it has nothing to do with talent, it can be seen that it is cunning."

"The official is very honest!" Chen An of course would not admit that he was cunning. The key is that he was not interested in interfering with the trivial matters in the court, so he naturally had to pretend to be stupid.

"You are honest..." Han Qi smiled, "If you are honest, there will be no cunning people in this world. For nothing, it's enough for you to come up with this idea this time. I'll come here, just go and play."

I'm not a child!

"The best thing about your idea is to remind me that it depends on the people to destroy locusts. People can raising ducks to destroy locusts, and people can also slaughter for money. The key is to make them move!"

"The official gave me full authority. This matter is urgent and starts immediately. Anbei, you go around everywhere. I am worried that the people will fight for locusts." Han Qi got on the carriage and set off.

"I am Han Qi, there is an order in the court. Locusts are 460 cents per stone! How much does it cost!"

Wherever the carriage went, the people didn't believe it at first, but Han Qi simply asked someone to remove the carriage and stood on it himself.

When Chen An saw this look from afar, he somehow thought of the scene when Han Qi fought with his coffin.

There have never been many decisive and loyal people in the Song Dynasty, but they only need an environment to give them the opportunity to show off.

That's what Han Qi is like.

After Zhao Shu ascended the throne, he spared no effort to support the Prime Minister.

This is the environment.

Han Qi did not disappoint his mission, and withstood the outside world's attacks with his tough performances and implemented the new method again and again.

Such a relationship between the king and the minister is rare.

"I am Han Qi! There is an order in the court. Locusts are killed by 460 cents per stone, and they will collect as much as they can!"

The shouts gradually faded away, and Hu Xicheng suddenly asked, "Chenlongtu, just let someone go, why should Han Xiang..."

"You don't understand." Chen An said, "Do you know what you are afraid of in the disaster?"

"The people have no food and clothing."

I have to say that Hu Xicheng explained the key to this matter in one sentence.

"But there is another one, that is the rumor."

Chen An remembered the rebellions in history, "Whenever disasters persist, rumors will arise, and rumors will come together..."

Hu Xicheng murmured: "The Yellow Turban Rebellion... The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should be established. In Jiazi, the world will be very lucky."

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, don’t say that the stone man had one eye to provoke the Yellow River to rebel the world.

Jingdong Road is actually the territory of Shandong in the future, and from now on this side has been frequent famines.

Droughts, locust plagues... Every time there is a major famine, you can see the shadow of ambitious people.

For example, the White Lotus Sect.

People follow the crowd, and with many dissatisfactions, they can easily cause trouble once they are provoked and bewitched.

The news of the locusts spread to the crowd, but Han Qi could not run all over Yanzhou Prefecture, so he wrote a notice, and asked someone to copy multiple copies. He wrote a post at the back, and then sent a quick horse to all places.

The whole of Yanzhou was moving.

"One stone locust is four hundred and sixty words!"

News is spreading.

"real?"

After hearing the news in the fields, the farmers could not believe it at all.

"This locust plague has been causing trouble for generations, how can it be exchanged for money?"

The boy next to him interrupted, "Dad, you have to dry it before you can exchange it for money."

Bang!

The middle-aged man slapped his son away and asked, "Isn't it a coaxing person?"
To be continued...