The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Carefully folded it into the right size and put it in the wooden box.

Li Shimin's personal eunuch personally went to tidy up the low table next to him. After tidying up, Li Shimin placed the box in front of him on the small low table. It looked just right.

Li Shimin looked at the wooden box with admiration.

"Today is a rush. Let's ask the craftsman supervisor to make a new box tomorrow. It should be more exquisite." Li Shimin said.

"Yes, I remember. Tomorrow morning, I will send a message to the craftsman supervisor and ask the people there to start making it. I will definitely make a box that will satisfy your majesty." The eunuch smiled and responded.

When Li Shimin heard this, he said, "I just want a special box, nothing else, and I don't want to be extravagant.

That's right, I just want to put some ordinary letters in it, no need for special ones."

"The letters from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Your Majesty are royal family letters. Your Majesty wants to keep them well, which is reasonable." The eunuch smiled and responded.

"Even if it's not, it's not a family letter from Cheng Qian to me, I will keep it well." Li Shimin retorted.

The eunuch smiled but said nothing, thinking in his heart that he must ask the craftsman supervisor to make a special box that can hold more letters, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's homework and letters to His Majesty can be well preserved in the future. Even if His Majesty only looks at it a few times every day, he will be happy.

Look at His Majesty today, he still doesn't admit it, he obviously received the letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he looks very happy.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Shimin's tone was a little unnatural.

"Your Majesty, I didn't smile."

"Nonsense, you smiled, I saw it."

"Your Majesty, my face is naturally like this." The eunuch's eyebrows were curved, and he still looked a little calm and smiling.

"You are lying." Li Shimin retorted.

"Your Majesty, I am happy to serve you, because serving you is my blessing. For me, it is a reward and a happy event, so I am naturally happy every day." The eunuch argued.

"Humph."

Li Shimin snorted and ignored the eunuch beside him.

At the same time, Zhangsun Wuji and other people who were dealing with the locust plague outside the city also received Li Chengqian's letter late at night.

When Changsun Wuji saw that his nephew actually asked him to eat locusts as an example, his whole face was twitching. He continued to read and saw the cooking method of locusts and that the emperor ate cooked locusts on the city wall that day. Then he suddenly realized.

The nephew was not making fun of his uncle, but this method was indeed useful, letting the people know that locusts can be cured and even eaten.

In the village of Jingyang County, they have already begun to promote the consumption of locusts.

Do you want to try it here?

Changsun Wuji is not the only one who has such doubts.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also hesitant about this issue after receiving the letter.

Only Xiao Yu, after reading Li Chengqian's letter, showed a helpless smile on his face.

This method may not be thought of by the prince. When the emperor ate locusts on the tower of Zhuque Gate that day, the prince was watching beside him, but he did not eat locusts in front of all the people and officials.

Besides, that thing is so scary.

Xiao Yu couldn't think of anyone else who could come up with the idea of ​​making people eat locusts, except for His Royal Highness the King of Jingyang.

His Royal Highness the King of Jingyang really had no fear for these things.

However, Xiao Yu chose to believe the letter sent by Li Chengqian, and also chose to believe Li Fu. .

Now the prince is on the farm, next to the King of Jingyang. The prince can write such a letter, and the King of Jingyang must know it...

So, this letter is aimless, and the content of this letter is credible and can be tried.

Xiao Yu immediately sent someone to catch some fresh locusts and told the kitchen staff to heat the oil in the pot.

When the locusts were caught, it had been dark for a while.

It was Xiao Yu's men who worked diligently and rushed back at full speed.

It is much easier to catch locusts now. There are three or four locusts on the leaves of crops.

It won't take long to catch the locusts Xiao Yu asked for.

Then Xiao Yu ordered the guards to bring the locusts to the people in the kitchen and let them control the heat and roast them.

Xiao Yu couldn't understand why Li Fu's kitchen had so many cooking tricks.

And now, facing the fried locusts mentioned in the letter, where can I get the oil?

Where can I get a suitable pot?

So after thinking about it, Xiao Yu came up with a good idea, roasting with fire..

Let's see what the situation is.

The locusts were sent to the cook. According to Xiao Yu's instructions, the heads, feet and wings were removed and they were cleaned up...

In the end, the roasted locusts did not look very good.

"Is it possible to only fry them?" Xiao Yu sighed helplessly.

"Mr. Xiao, what frying?" The guard asked in confusion.

"Oh, forget it, it's none of your business, go get busy." Xiao Yu said.

If I had known that I would need it now, I should have asked Li Fu how the oil was made.

Xiao Yu picked up a roasted locust from the plate, closed his eyes, and put it into his mouth.

After chewing it a few times, he swallowed it.

It seems to be really edible!

Xiao Yu couldn't believe it, and endured the discomfort and took one. This time he didn't chew it whole, but tasted it a little bit.

Finally, he concluded that this thing is really edible.

And it tastes pretty good.

No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote a letter in person, saying that he wanted to do this. It turned out that he had already tried it and planned it.

Good! Very good!!

Then Xiao Yu ordered his soldiers to continue to catch fresh, live locusts and send them to the kitchen.

Xiao Yu also told the kitchen to let people know that locusts should be served as a dish in the future!

It's better to let everyone know that locusts are actually delicious.

In this way, the people can catch locusts more unscrupulously.

Even if they don't eat it at home, they can sell it to restaurants and teahouses at double the price. Some people still like this stuff.

After reading the letter, although Changsun Wuji was skeptical, he at least had to take action to verify whether what his nephew said was true.

Like Xiao Yu, Changsun Wuji asked people to catch fresh locusts and planned to try it himself.

The main thing was that the scene of His Majesty eating locusts at the Suzaku Gate was too shocking, so shocking that no one could imagine that it was intentional.

The locust was a piece of fried meat.