Xiangzhou.

"Cui Zhongcheng, as far as the officials know, many people from surrounding prefectures and counties have come to us to buy locusts recently."

A man in official uniform reported to Cui Jieren.

Cui Jieren was slightly stunned and said, "Buy locusts? Why?"

The official nodded and said, "The main ones are poultry merchants from Luoyang. They come here to buy locusts and go back as feed. In addition, there is also Xiaopang Group. They buy locusts and develop new dishes. In addition, there are many news from outside that the locusts are like chickens. As long as they are properly handled, it is beneficial to the body to eat them. Many people have made a living by this and caught locusts everywhere. Now the locusts in our state are decreasing sharply."

Cui Jieren was stunned for a while, smiled and said, "Our Shangshu Ling is really amazing. No matter what happens to him, he can have a relationship with money. As long as he has a relationship with money, there will naturally be many people willing to catch locusts."

The official said, "Yes! We were ordered to buy locusts, but the Secretary-General did not allow us to burn locusts. I didn't know how to deal with so many locusts, but I didn't expect that the locusts could still be sold for money."

Cui Jieren nodded and smiled, "If this happens, the locust plague can basically be controlled. As long as it is profitable, those locusts are not opponents."

Speaking of the latter, he breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the locust plague is stabilized, the most difficult level is to conquer them, so that they can have a place to use it. If they do not eliminate the locust plague, any policy will appear pale and powerless.

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Weizhou Prefecture!

"Well...it's really delicious!"

Han Yi deeply smelled the locust skewers in his hand, with a look of enjoyment. He secretly glanced at Wu Meiniang beside him, and suddenly stretched the skewers to Wu Meiniang and said, "Do you want to taste them?"

Wu Meiniang subconsciously avoided it, and Daimei frowned and said, "Take off your disgusting thing."

Han Yi said: "This is not disgusting. Tell you, this is made from an adult sauce I bought from a family. It is much better than those outside."

Wu Meiniang refused decisively and said, "No matter how delicious it is, I don't care."

Han Yi sighed and said, "This locust can add a halo to you, Queen, but it's a pity that you don't cherish it!"

Wu Meiniang was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you say this?"

Han Yi said: "Queen, what is this?"

"locust."

"wrong."

Han Yi said: "This is a thief, this is a robber, this is the initiator of the people of the Tang Dynasty who are deeply trapped in famine. Queen, should you cherish your people so much, eat your flesh and sleep with your skin, just like me?"

As he said that, he bit off a locust, his face full of hatred, and said, "If the people see this scene, wow! That will definitely be very touched. They will definitely think that Queen, you really regard them as your people. Unfortunately, Queen, you did not seize the opportunity."

This mouth is really... Wu Meiniang didn't know how to describe Han Yi, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "I can't even eat it if you can say it."

Han Yi shrugged and said, "That's all."

As he said that, he ate and drank wine, "It's so delicious!"

Wu Meiniang rolled her eyes a little, and said, "It turns out that you bought locusts, and there was such a move behind you." She was impressed. She really didn't expect that Han Yi was doing that just to let everyone catch locusts, but she never thought that there was another move behind this move that could actually use locusts to produce economic effects.

I have to say that Han Yi used a large number of locusts to make dishes, which to a certain extent reduced the burden of disaster. People had nothing to eat. Putting the locusts into the rice can also reduce the appetite. After all, locusts have a lot of protein.

In addition, Han Yi had previously secretly contacted the poultry breeder in Luoyang and told them that locusts are very good feed and the price is cheap.

As long as locusts have benefits, the people's enthusiasm for hunting and killing locusts will become higher and higher. There is no need to organize them. Many people will catch locusts day and night and sell them to surrounding merchants.

This move is really wonderful.

Han Yi said: "This is the true nature of a businessman. Turning waste into treasure can only generate profits. Everyone knows that gold is valuable and everyone will grab it, but the profit may not be as high as this locust."

"Then you must have the ability to let the people accept this locust."

"This is the best place. The victims have nothing to eat, and they will eat grass roots. Besides, I make locusts so delicious. What else can they pick? The merchants who arrived at this time saw that everyone was eating locusts and eating so deliciously would definitely not be able to bear it. As long as they eat, the money would come."

"You're really smart!"

Wu Meiniang was a little discouraged when she said this.

"Aren't these all forced out?" Han Yi said with a wry smile.

Wu Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Although many wells have been dug out now, if it doesn't rain, the disaster will worsen further, and businessmen will not be able to survive here."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Hebei has a large population, but has little food. However, in some places, there is a large population, but has little population."

Wu Meiniang frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean is to ask the merchants to hire the people here to go to Lingnan, or even those islands?"

"That's true." Han Yi nodded and said, "In normal times, how are the people willing to leave their hometown easily? But as long as there is a natural disaster, the people will migrate on a large scale. It just so happens that Lingnan needs manpower, and merchants are eager to put more manpower there. As long as the court provides policy support, merchants will definitely recruit people to Lingnan on a large scale, and in this way, they can also support the expansion proposal proposed by the queen."

Wu Meiniang's eyes flashed a few times and said with a smile: "What you are most awesome is to link two seemingly unattached things together, which is often unpredictable."

"Look, I can't help but help the queen, and also exposed my advantages. Are you eating one? I'm just trying to make a little more sense!"

Han Yi extended his locust skewers to Wu Meiniang again.

Wu Meiniang looked at Han Yi with a squinted look, and suddenly reached out to take it, saying, "Eat it, I really think I'm afraid."

In fact, she is also brave in her bones. If she doesn't dare to do anything, she dares to do it.

She first took off a locust, looked at it, and broke her head first.

"So cruel!"

Han Yi said.

Wu Meiniang glared at him and said, "It eats the food of my people. I have not considered Lingchi as kind."

Han Yi laughed and said, "The queen really loves the people as much as her son!"

Wu Meiniang pursed her lips, then opened her red lips lightly, her eyes still felt a little nervous, but then she closed her beautiful eyes and put half of the locust into her mouth. Before she could even bite her, her charming and beautiful face gradually twisted.

Han Yi said: "The queen's mood is like those foolish people at this time. When you don't bite, you only have fear in your heart."

Wu Meiniang opened her beautiful eyes, gave Han Yi a blank look, and then bit her. Sure enough, after biting her, she felt less disgusting and said, "It's not as delicious as you said."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Of course, who would like to eat mutton? But for those who have never eaten it, there is always a freshness, and it is still no problem to sell some money."

After Wu Meiniang swallowed it, she quickly took a sip of the wine. As soon as she sipped the wine, she suddenly felt that the aftertaste was really good, and she was no longer afraid of eating the locusts, but she had no intention of continuing to eat it. She handed the skewers back to Han Yi.

Han Yi took it and bite another one. He ate it while drinking wine, enjoying his face.

Just then, someone suddenly said outside: "Qi Bi, Governor Han is back."

Wu Meiniang was stunned and muttered, "I almost forgot him." She said to the outsider again, "Let you wait outside, I'll come over later."

"Here."

After the guard left, Wu Meiniang suddenly glanced at Han Yi and asked, "What do you think?"

"What do you think?"

"How should I deal with this Han Fu?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "As far as I know, the governor of Han is pretty good, but he is just getting stubborn in this matter. If the queen dismisses him and investigates him, the officials he will be added in the future will not be the one who will be the queen."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "It's reasonable."

Han Yi looked at Wu Meiniang in a little surprised and said, "It turns out that Queen, you have already made plans."

Wu Meiniang just smiled without saying a word, then stood up and walked outside.

Han Yi quickly finished the skewers in his hand, took another sip of wine in, wiped his mouth, and chased him out.

When I arrived at the lobby, I saw a middle-aged man in forties standing in the hall, wearing official uniforms, gentle and elegant, and handsome, and could be regarded as a handsome talent, but his expression was indeed very lonely, which made him look a little old.

This person is the governor of Weizhou and Han Fu.

"The humble minister Han Fu meets the queen."

When Han Fu saw Wu Meiniang coming, he bowed.

Wu Meiniang turned a blind eye and walked straight to the main seat to sit down. She glanced at Han Fu and said with a smile: "Where is the sacrifice of the governor Han?"

When Han Fu heard this, he looked ashamed and immediately knelt down and said, "I have committed a serious crime, so please punish the queen."

Most of the people who can be a governor here are from nobles. At this point, he already knew that he had made a big mistake and felt very guilty. He came here to receive punishment.

Bang!

Wu Meiniang suddenly slapped the table, stood up, pointed at Han Fu and shouted, "Okay, Han Fu, as the governor of Weizhou, you are as ignorant as ordinary people. If you organized the people to fight against the disaster earlier, how could the people today be invincible? What's hateful is that not only did you not organize the people to fight against the disaster, but you are against me everywhere. You are really a minister. Do you know that it is precisely because of your obsession and stubbornness that almost pushed the millions of people in Weizhou into the abyss. I think it would be an exaggeration to execute you even if you were killed."

Oh! It seems that her acting skills have improved a lot! Han Yi, who was sitting next to her, had a smile in her eyes.

Han Fu suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "The Queen said, I have committed a heinous crime and the crime is unforgivable. Even if the Queen wants to execute the empress, I will have no complaints."

There was a hint of sob in his tone.

In the previous ten years, he managed Weizhou in an orderly manner, but his mistake made all his previous efforts seem insignificant.

Wu Meiniang snorted, sat back, and said, "It is no exaggeration to kill you, but this is not a good thing for the people of Weizhou."

Han Fu raised his head and looked at Wu Meiniang in surprise.

Wu Meiniang sighed and said, "I believe that no one in this world can better understand the harm caused by locust plague and superstition than you. If I dismiss you, I will investigate and investigate you, if a governor is as ignorant as you, it will not be worth the loss. Although I hate you very much, I also know that you will not make the same mistake again. For the sake of the people here, I will advise the court to ask for forgiveness. I also hope that you can know your mistakes and correct them, and spend the rest of your life to make up for the mistakes you have made and benefit the local people."

Han Fu was stunned for a while, tears shone in his eyes, and suddenly he bumped his forehead against the floor, "Thank you, Queen, thank you Queen."

The reason why he left here was because he thought Wu Meiniang was an unknown woman, but he also left his government affairs behind his back and responded negatively. Then Wu Meiniang ignored past grudges for the people and even asked for pleading for him. This was to conquer others with virtue. He was moved and regretful in his heart!

"You should take care of yourself."

After Wu Meiniang finished speaking, she went out.

After Wu Meiniang left, Han Yi saw that Han Fu was still self-harm, so she walked up and patted him on the shoulder.

Han Fu looked up at Han Yi.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Hello, I am Han Yi in Meicun. I heard that your surname is Han, so I don't know which village you are from?"
Chapter completed!