My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 622 The arrogance of the locust idea
Liu Mingzhi picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip, before shouting in the lobby that his voice was hoarse.

"Master Ge, is it true that you can't borrow any food?"

"Lord Liu, it's not that the lower officials don't want to borrow grain. If they really have surplus grain, the lower officials won't watch the people in the neighboring houses suffer. Your lord also knows that the lower officials don't dare to transfer the food in the treasury easily. There is indeed no surplus food for those under the administration."

Seeing that Ge Changjun's expression did not seem to be fake, Liu Mingzhi could only nod silently and sigh: "Since there is really no other way, we can only find another way!"

"Please forgive me, my lord. If I have nothing else to do, I will go back to Dingzhou. If you pass by Dingzhou on the way back to Beijing, please have a cup of tea if you have time to spare!"

"Of course, thank you Lord Ge for coming all the way to send me the Qingzhou Prefecture transit record, so I won't send it!"

After Ge Changjun left, Liu Mingzhi kept wandering around the house with his hands behind his back. The treasury had hundreds of thousands of dans of food enough for the people of Qingzhou Prefecture to eat for two or three years. Jurisdiction, even if the Minister of the Ministry of Households does not dare to make decisions on the disposal of the treasury's grain without the emperor's will.

"What method should I use to complete the funeral affairs of Qingzhou Prefecture? These officials of Qingzhou Prefecture are really hateful. They deceive the top and the bottom, and even falsified the food in the treasury. If..."

Liu Mingzhi, who was talking to himself, his eyes lit up, and he looked around. Only his back hall took out the booklet in his arms and carefully looked through it.

After pondering for a while, he took out the writing brush on the table and lightly changed the accounts of the treasuries of various places, and then put away the booklet with a guilty conscience.

"You guys are going to die anyway, so let's use some of the remaining heat, and it will count as accumulating some virtue for you!"

Liu Mingzhi's mood improved after the food issue for the common people was settled.

Humming a ditty, he walked towards the backyard. Now the backyard of Gu Zhiheng's Governor's Mansion has completely become a workshop for making locust powder. Various large altars and small jars of locust powder have piled up the backyard to the brim.

In addition to locust powder and cans of fried locusts, all kinds of methods to preserve locusts for a long time have been used.

Now Liu Mingzhi can really ask others, why don't the common people eat meat if they can't afford food?
The whole body of locusts is full of protein, and it tastes great no matter how you eat it, but Liu Mingzhi is a little hesitant about how to let the people accept the food made by locusts.

Letting them catch locusts has already wasted a lot of energy, and it is really difficult to eat locusts.

Slowly walked into the backyard and watched Jiu Niu's huge body pushing the stone mill effortlessly, and from time to time grabbed a handful of fried locusts and stuffed them into his mouth.

"Jiu Niu, Jiu Niu, you kid really didn't do it for nothing!"

"Hey, big brother, you're here!"

"Where is Han Peng?"

"Command inside, you go in!"

"Okay, don't keep doing it, you should take a break or take a break, you know?"

"Do not worry!"

"Han Peng, how many locusts are left that have not been disposed of?"

A young man who was holding a jar immediately put down the jar in his hand: "Han Peng, the commander of Longwu Wei, sees your lord!"

"Don't be too polite, how many locusts are left?"

Han Peng flipped through his brochures and sighed: "It will probably take about ten days. As long as there are not enough pots and pans, people have to buy them and burn them to delay the time!"

"Don't worry, the locust meat has to be in the hands of the common people as soon as possible. It's basically not a problem to mix the food with minced meat!"

Han Peng looked at Liu Mingzhi with a tangled expression, "My lord, at the end I have an idea that I want to share with my lord!"

"Tell me!"

"Long Wuwei is willing to offer food in exchange for these locusts. I don't know what your opinion is. If you don't agree, just let it go!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at Han Peng with his head down in surprise: After thinking for a while, locusts are all meat, and it is definitely the best thing to use as military rations. High protein and high nutrition can quickly replenish the blood of Longwuwei soldiers after training. fatigue.

The main reason is that this stuff is delicious. No one dared to eat it before, but now more than 1000 Longwuwei soldiers who make canned locusts don’t eat some fried locusts every day, and they always feel empty in their hearts.

"Is this your idea or what Cheng Kai meant?"

Han Peng blushed and looked towards the corner subconsciously. Liu Mingzhi didn't know what Cheng Kai meant when he saw this.

"Cheng Kai, you are not an unmarried girl. If you have anything to hide, get out!"

Cheng Kai scratched his head in embarrassment and came out with a smile, and glared at Han Peng angrily: "You are a worthless bastard, you have exposed the position of the general without saying that you are going back to the camp. you!"

"General, subordinate"

Cheng Kai glanced blankly: "Okay, don't play tricks on me. It's no problem for you Longwuwei to want these locusts. As long as the soldiers of Longwuwei can accept it? If you can accept it, I will naturally be willing to do it." If you can’t accept a favorable favor, forget it, it’s okay to take it from the people and use it to the people!”

"Yes, yes, it is simply too capable. My lord, please read this is the reply letter from the general. He has personally tasted the taste of fried locusts. At the end of the order, the general must take these locusts back in the pot!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at the handwriting handed over by Cheng Kai with a strange expression, and the crazy handwriting and the general's seal couldn't be faked on it.

"When was the letter issued to the Huguo Hou? Why doesn't this official know?"

Cheng Kai sneered a few times: "My lord ordered the last general to fry the locusts the next day, and the next day I ordered this batch of locusts. They are delicious and nutritious, and the whole body is full of meat. Where can I get such military rations? Sealed and stored for a long time, it is simply an indispensable thing for marching and fighting.”

"Tsk tsk tsk, okay, you, Cheng Kai, Cheng Kai, you played the game for me!"

"A fair and equitable exchange. Now Longwuwei has escorted the grain to the boundary of Hengzhou, and it will arrive in Qingzhou in ten days. It is fair to exchange [-] shi of grain for these locusts!"

"Fair, grandma, these locusts are all meat. How dare you say it's fair when you trade equivalent grain for equivalent meat!"

"My lord is not happy, go tell the general, it's his idea!"

Knowing that Liu Mingzhi was not angry, Cheng Kai also smiled playfully.Getting along these days, Cheng Kai knew that this imperial envoy was always easy-going and never put on airs as long as it didn't involve issues of principle.

It has won unanimous praise from all the soldiers of Longwuwei. Few civil officials can treat these warriors so equally, and there are even fewer nobles who are higher than them.

So, to be a human being, you must treat your heart with your heart, you will reap what you sow, and you will reap what you sow for others.

"Like respect!"

"Okay, I agree, you fucking eat less, but if you don't have enough to protect the country, I will trouble you and I will have to ask you for compensation!"

"Yes!"

In the spacious room, the laughter of the soldiers of Longwuwei came to mind one after another.

"My lord, Mr. Gu Qingquan is begging to see you in the back hall!"

Jiang Lei walked in unhurriedly, looked at Liu Mingzhi who was eating fried locusts as a snack, and swallowed his saliva involuntarily.

"Gu Qingquan? If you know about me, go now!"

(End of this chapter)