Yipin County Magistrate: Start with invincibility

Chapter 127 The Locust Control Rewards Are Real and Effective
"Li Houzi, go back and continue to control the locusts. If your method is really effective, the county will send you the reward money that should be given as soon as possible."

Qin Feng glanced at Li Houzi, and patted him on the shoulder: "Hahahaha, you look like a simple and honest person, but you are the first one to offer advice. Go back, and I hope you can continue to offer good advice. !"

"Ah? This... If you offer another plan..."

"Of course I got an extra reward!"

When Li Houzi heard this, his brows were filled with joy, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, expressing his gratitude.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord! The villain must think about it day and night when he goes back! Try to think of more ways to control locusts!"

Their conversation was in the field, and many farmers around heard it. While envious of Li Houzi, they also extended their hands to encourage Qin Feng's words.

"No, I have to think about it, how can I kill locusts more efficiently!"

A strong man next to him said in a low voice.

Looking at his wife beside him, she patted him angrily: "Go ahead and drive your duck away. Li Houzi is already smart, so it's not surprising that he can figure out a way. How about you?"

"Listen to your name, Zhao Tieniu, it sounds stupid, but you look like a cow. With your elm head, what can you think of?"

The neighbors stopped, and couldn't help bursting into laughter.

Now Zhao Tieniu's wife blushed, pushed Zhao Tieniu up, and said, "You'd better kill more locusts honestly, try to get a ranking, and ask the children to catch more locusts and sell them to the yamen... Hurry up! "

Hearing his wife's reprimand, Zhao Tieniu immediately smiled honestly, scratched his head, and said, "Hehe...that's right, my lady is right, I'm going to catch the duck!"

"We have to work harder! Although this Zhao Tieniu is simple and honest, he has strong endurance. He just went back last night. If things go on like this, he will take away the first reward!"

"Yes, work harder! Our lord Qin has thought of such a good way, even if we risk our lives, we must cure these locust plagues, so that they don't let them eat up the food!"

"Let's go! Chase the ducks!"

The people were excited and busy.

Qin Feng smiled gratifiedly, and continued to patrol, and returned to the Yamen after patrolling for a long time.

In the evening, when the wives and children of farmers come to the Yamen to sell locusts, the county government has set up a special area for buying locusts.

Since the notice was posted, it has been full of people every day.

When Qin Feng came to check, the team of farmers was more than ten meters long.

At the purchase office, the cashier exchanged a large basket of copper coins and put them at his feet. After weighing, he gave the money on the spot.

"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, one catty, here is your ten pennies."

"Thank you sir!"

Auntie Zhang gratefully accepted the money. Although ten cents is not much, a fly is still meat no matter how small it is. The life of this poor peasant family is accumulated bit by bit.

"Little Brother Liu, you're pretty good at catching, three catties! Come on, here's your thirty coins."

"Thank you sir! Oh, let's go buy buns."

Little brother Liu took a large amount of money, held it up and down, and ran away humming a tune. His family had already ordered him to buy buns with the money from selling the locusts. go home.

In this way, he worked hard to catch [-] catties of locusts by himself.

"Mr. accountant, come and weigh me, let's see how many catties our house weighs..."

A female voice came, and then, two huge bags were thrown in front of the accountant. The bags were bulging and full.

The accountant was amazed, and Qin Feng was also very surprised. The number of locusts caught by this peasant woman was several times more than that of other houses!
Taking a closer look, this peasant woman, whom Qin Feng still recognizes, is the one at Zhao Tieniu's house during the day.

The accountant was taken aback, quickly weighed the bag, and shouted excitedly: "Oh, this bag weighs almost fifty catties! Two bags of one hundred catties are exactly one tael of silver. Come! Zhao's daughter-in-law, Take your money!"

The women on the side are envious!
This is a tael of silver, enough to buy a few shi of grain and a lot of meat to eat.

Women have always been talkative creatures from ancient times to the present, and they immediately began to chatter.

"How did she catch so many?"

"Hey, he can give birth. Tieniu is a strong man. The two of them have raised the first five and a half children in the family in the past few years. The youngest, Xiao Douding, is also six years old. How can we compare with others?"

"Even if you have five dolls, you can't catch so many... twenty catties for one person?"

"It's...it's true."

Several women discussed it to no avail, so they simply went to ask Zhao Tieniu's daughter-in-law.

"Daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, how did you catch so many locusts? Teach us, there are them all over the sky, and you can't catch them all anyway."

"That's right, such a good thing, you have to tell everyone, so that we can all make some money."

"I know you are smart, you must have come up with this idea, please share it with everyone."

Zhao's daughter-in-law smiled shyly, and said embarrassedly: "I didn't think of it. It's our family's stupid cow. His ancestors were fishermen on the seashore, and he went out to sea with his elders when he was young."

"Today he said that the fields are locusts, but they are similar to fish in the sea. It is more convenient to catch them with fishing nets."

"I just took a few pieces of air-leaking rotten cloth that I made myself. My cloth was not well woven, but it looked like a denser white net. Two children dragged it around in the field. I caught so many without realizing it..."

When everyone heard it, their eyes lit up.

It turns out that this method is so simple!
"Daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, do you still have that style of cloth at home? I'll buy you a few feet!"

"Give me some too!"

The crowd immediately surrounded Zhao's daughter-in-law.

She was overwhelmed by the flattery. She never expected that the rags she wove would be bought by others. She was very happy: "Yes, yes! Everyone, come with me!"

Zhao's daughter-in-law left, and those who lined up behind stepped forward one by one.

An old man hunched over and sold the three catties of locusts he had caught. Seeing Qin Feng in front of him, he asked curiously, "Master Qin, please forgive me for talking too much. Locusts? Could it be that Lord Qin is also useful for these locusts?"

"Hahahaha... that's natural! You don't know, although this plague of locusts is not good for crops, but the locusts themselves are actually... a delicacy!"

Qin Feng's words shocked everyone.

tasty?Can locusts be eaten?

Locusts have been a delicacy since ancient times, but locusts in groups cannot be eaten, as they release a large amount of hydrocyanic acid in their bodies, which can be fatal if thrown.

However, hydrocyanic acid is only found in mature migratory locusts, and locust larvae that have not changed color can be eaten, but they must be cooked.

"Why, don't believe me?"

Qin Feng looked at the puzzled faces of the crowd, chuckled, clapped his hands and ordered the servants behind him: "Call me the cook!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the cook came, and Qin Feng ordered: "You go and pick up two catties of locust larvae, the ones that haven't changed color, put them in hot water, sprinkle some salt and wine to marinate for a while, put them in the oil pan and fry them, and the fried ones are ready. Bring it to me."

The cook was stunned for a moment: "Fried...fried locusts?"

(End of this chapter)