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Chapter 33 Eating Locusts

"I have a golden mouth, how can I deceive you!" Li Shimin turned his head, and Li Junxian and others had set up a frying pan according to Li Shimin's previous explanation, lit the boiling oil, and lit a redundant fire at the same time.

"Okay, all of you, please step back and don't let anyone get close!" Li Shimin ordered Li Junxian, and Li Junxian immediately dispersed with Baiqi.

Behind them scattered, Li Junxian turned his head three times at a step, not understanding what Li Shimin was trying to do?
Could it be that the dukes did something wrong, His Majesty is going to deep fry the dukes today!But I haven't heard of any mistakes made by the dukes recently!

When Baiqi was far away, Li Shimin picked up the locust cubs himself, and cleaned up the locust cubs in front of a group of princes.

But looking at the white and greasy locust cubs, the princes felt even more disgusted.

But Li Shimin did it himself, and the princes were embarrassed to watch, so they could only suppress their nausea and reached out to help. Soon a group of princes helped the emperor sort out a large pot of locust cubs.

"It's all ready!" Li Shimin prepared everything. When the oil pan was hot, he poured the locust cubs into the oil pan.

"Stinging—" There was only a crisp sound, and the young locusts poured into the oil pan instantly turned golden.

After a few simple fryings, Li Shimin picked up the young locusts. Surprisingly, the young locusts that were fished out to control the oil actually exuded a refreshing meaty smell.

Hiss... Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin are both big foodies. They couldn't bear to smell this fragrance and immediately raised their noses.

Li Shimin directly reached out to grab a few fried locust cubs, and was about to put them in his mouth. Seeing this, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling hurried forward to stop them.

"Your Majesty, don't eat it by mistake. I don't know if the locusts are poisonous. You are a body of gold, how can you do this?"

Li Shimin chose to trust Li Fu completely from the moment he saw the locust cubs. Therefore, he didn't pay attention to the nervousness of Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji. He just threw a few locust cubs into his mouth and chewed them up.

After all, it was the first time to eat locusts. Li Shimin was lying if he said he was not nervous, but after chewing a few mouthfuls, the rich aroma instantly filled the whole taste buds, making Li Shimin's eyes widen.

Li Fu really didn't lie. These locusts are really edible, and they are absolutely delicious. If spices are added, they can even be used as tributes!Li Shimin felt ecstatic in his heart.

"Come, come, let's eat together, Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, come here, I have prepared a good appetizer for you!" Li Shimin ate again, watching all the princes with eyes. All straight.

Seeing that Li Shimin ate so deliciously, and said it was a good appetizer, Yuchi Jingde, who had long been fascinated by the smell of meat, bravely went up and tasted one.

"Yeah, it's fragrant! Crispy!" Yuchi Jingde's eyes lit up, "Zhijie, come here quickly. This is really delicious. It's probably even better when served with wine. You won't get tired of it no matter how much you eat!"

Hearing what Yuchi Jingde said, Cheng Yaojin couldn't wait to come up and ate a handful, and then together with Yuchi Jingde, he was so addicted that he hooked all the other princes over and tasted the locusts one after another.

You really don’t know if you don’t eat it. After you actually eat it, these princes realize that they are really short-sighted. If they had known that locusts were so delicious, why would they worry about a locust plague?
More and more locusts fell into the pot, and the strong smell of meat drifted farther and farther away, and soon Baiqi and the guards were aroused with strong curiosity.

"Hey, tell me, what are your majesty and the dukes doing? Barbecue? Why does it smell so good?"

"That's right, I swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, this is too delicious, what kind of meat!"

The guards were all fascinated by the smell of fried locusts, but they never imagined that the strong smell of meat was actually emitted by locusts.

After eating for a while, Fang Xuanling didn't feel any discomfort, and was suddenly overjoyed, "It turns out that locusts can really be used as food, so the plague of locusts is really not worth mentioning."

"That's true!" Xiao Yu nodded repeatedly, "The Imperial Master is really powerful. With this, we don't have to worry about no matter how terrible the locust plague is!"

"My lords!" Changsun Wuji raised a serious question at this time, "There is something that must be considered in advance. How can we let the people eat locusts? These things are considered filthy among the people!"

Li Shimin and the other princes' faces darkened when they heard the words. Changsun Wuji's words were correct. People have always believed that locusts are filthy things since ancient times, and there are special ghosts and gods talking about them.

Therefore, even if the common people died of starvation, they never thought about eating locusts. This difficult problem before Li Shimin and the princes suddenly made everyone frown.

But Li Shimin soon came up with a solution. He threw locusts into his mouth and asked with a smile: "I am the Son of Heaven, and there are so many princes eating locusts with me. You say that the common people know about it, so why not?" Dare to eat it?"

Um?When the princes heard this, they all believed that someone should take the lead in eating locusts.

The emperor and so many princes took the lead in eating locusts, how could the people still believe that locusts are not edible?
"That's right!" Fang Xuanling nodded again and again, "Your Majesty can also make a decree to let the civil and military officials in the court and the states and counties take the lead in eating locusts. Under this kind of drive, the people will definitely have doubts in their hearts, and there will be more Many people started eating locusts."

All the princes nodded their heads when they heard the words. In this way, the problem of locust plagues that has plagued countless people since ancient times can be properly resolved, and the moods of all the princes instantly became excited.

Ever since, all the princes of the state complimented Li Shimin one after another, but Li Shimin waved his hands with a smile and said: "You don't need to praise me, this is all thanks to the emperor's teacher!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, all the princes looked strange. In fact, everyone knew very well that whether the imperial master Li Shimin mentioned really existed or not was a big question mark.

But what is certain is that after His Majesty the Emperor in front of him is behind, there may be another expert to help him.

In this way, the princes of the state became more interested in the master behind Li Shimin.

But there are still some people who are not interested in this, Cheng Yaojin smiled, and winked at Yuchi Jingde on purpose, "Oh, if there is good wine at this time, my old Cheng alone can kill all the locusts in this field." Get rid of it!"

Yuchi Jingde immediately followed suit and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that you brought all the fine wines that the Western Regions paid tribute to recently..."

These two drunks!Li Shimin rolled his eyes, but still beckoned to Li Junxian, Li Junxian immediately approached with fine wine, but when he got closer, seeing what the emperor and the princes were eating, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock...

(End of this chapter)