The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

However, within a few days, reports from counties around Chang'an City were sent to the palace, saying that many locusts were found in the fields.

Locust plague, happened.

Li Shimin's brows were not relaxed for a moment when he saw the reports piled on the table.

He pursed his lips tightly. Even though he had expected it in advance and was mentally prepared, it was still worrying when this moment really came.

Zongzheng Temple has prepared the corresponding ceremony of worshiping the locust god, and the date has been set long ago, tomorrow.

Now that the report has been sent, the worship of the locust god will begin tomorrow, which is really connected.

Changsun Wuji and others are also in Liangyi Hall.

It was also because of this matter that they were summoned by Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, we will worship the locust god tomorrow. The news has spread outside the palace. I think the people in Chang'an City have already known it. Your Majesty does not need to worry too much about people's hearts." Changsun Wuji said with a bow.

"If it were just that simple, I wouldn't be bothered by it. Fu Ji, are there any rumors outside the palace?" Li Shimin asked.

After deciding on the method to deal with the locust plague, his heart calmed down. Even if the locust plague really came now, he would just do it according to what was discussed at the beginning.

But there are always things that cannot be controlled.

The real powerful thing is not that the locusts destroyed the grain in the fields.

If the grain is gone, the court can provide relief. As long as the court is stable, people's lives will be difficult, but they can always get through it.

But if the wind direction of the court is unstable, it will cause greater chaos.

"I haven't heard any comments yet." Changsun Wuji said: "Because of the preparations made in advance, now the court is stable, and no one outside the court is talking about it."

As for what people said in private when they went back, there is no way to know.

"Then we will worship the locust god tomorrow." Li Shimin said, "After the worship, I will go to the palace gate to see the people of Chang'an City."

"Yes." Changsun Wuji responded.

Li Shimin only said this, and the rest will be up to Changsun Wuji.

After the worship is finished tomorrow, they will leave Chang'an City and lead the people to kill locusts.

Now the locusts are not covering the sky and the sun, so the sooner we do this, the better.

When the locust plague occurs, more locusts will join the group along the way, and the number will increase. We should try not to let them gather together, and kill as many as we can.

Xiao Yu and others will go out of the city to take the lead in person. In order to be on the safe side, Li Shimin also assigned a team of people to each of the four of them.

Apart from other things, the safety of these four important officials should be taken seriously, and there is a team of people waiting for their dispatch at any time. When they arrive at the place, they will inevitably need to use people, and even use certain means to force officials and even the people to follow them to kill locusts and carry on with this matter.

Otherwise, the four of them will go out with a few people. Even if they are officials of the court, they may not be able to mobilize the local villagers when they arrive in the village.

As for Li Fu's manor, Li Shimin also wanted to assign people to him, but was rejected by Li Fu.

The most abundant thing in the manor is people.

Not to mention how high Li Fu's prestige is in the manor, there are enough guards in the house, more than 20 people, plus Lao Yan and others, even if there is no fighting, they can make up the number.

Li Fu has been operating in the manor for so long, and the people in the manor have received his favor. Even if he orders them to do something that will lose their lives, they will do it.

So there was no need for the palace guards to scare people with their armor and weapons.

Too much is as bad as too little.

Li Fu was lying in the corridor of the house in the sun.

In Chang'an City, he really had nothing to do.

At most, he would look at the account book of the tea shop. The accountant had calculated it several times, so he just took a quick look.

He didn't have to worry about the accountant under him fooling him.

The accountant of the tea shop would go through this book for the first time. After all, there had to be a record of how much goods were shipped to Chang'an.

After arriving in Chang'an, when the goods were counted, the accountant of the tea shop would check it once. After the goods were sold, another accountant would check the accounts. When the goods were delivered to Li Fu, the accountant in the house would also check it once.

These four times were calculated by different people. They definitely couldn't get together to fool people.

Old Zhao brought a kettle to add water to the teapot on the small table next to Li Fu.

"My dear, the doorman just reported that the palace sent a message that the emperor will worship the locust god tomorrow and ask you to attend." Lao Zhao said.

"Yes, I will go. I will definitely go." Li Fu said, "Have the people I sent out of the city to catch locusts returned?"

"Not yet." Lao Zhao said, "My dear, you have to go.Why do people catch locusts? "

"Nothing." Li Fu looked at the scenery in the yard and said quietly: "I remembered a dish I saw on the table when I came back from outside last year."

That's right, it was the fried cucumber strips made by Liu Niang, who likes innovation.

"Find some fresh ingredients for Liu Niang and encourage her to continue to innovate. "Li Fu said.

There are no locusts in large groups now. Catch some, remove the heads, fry them, sprinkle with salt, and eat them.

Bear Grylls said it, in fact, it can be eaten raw, remove its head and internal organs and you can eat it...

But who is Li Fu? He is a prince, why should he eat raw.

Even if it is cooked, he can't eat it because of the appearance.

Li Fu is quite picky about food. No matter how delicious the food is, as long as it looks ugly, he can't eat it.

In the summer in the north, catch cicada monkeys, the kind before molting, marinate them in salt water, heat oil in a pan, and fry them directly. They are very fragrant, especially fragrant.

The smell makes people feel very appetizing.

But when the smell comes, In the kitchen, when Li Fu found that the fried food on the plate was this thing, he lost his appetite.

It was nothing, it didn't look good.

The cicada monkey looked better than the locust.

Locust? Li Fu would not eat it, even if Liu Niang made it, no matter how delicious it was, he would not eat it.

If he didn't eat it, someone would definitely want to eat it!

There were so many people in the house. Since Li Fu knew that this was edible and delicious, he could just order others to eat it.

He was also showing off his power as a prince!

Half an hour later, the person who was sent out came back with a cloth bag in his hand, which was full of captured locusts, still alive.

Li Fu got up directly from the recliner.

"My dear, I caught what you wanted." The servant was holding a cloth bag and wanted to give it to Li Fu.

Li Fu looked disgusted.

"Don't give it to me, you carry it." Li Fu said, "Let's go to the kitchen yard."

"Oh oh. "The servant responded quickly, carrying the bag and following Li Fu to the kitchen.