A Romantic Story of a Girl from the Qin Dynasty

"Quick! Irrelevant personnel should retreat immediately! These locusts can eat flesh! If they attack, their bites will definitely tear open the flesh!"

The local officials were quite experienced and only left some people to pull the nets. These people were all wearing armor and their faces were covered with nets made of bamboo strips. No skin was exposed on their bodies. They were fully prepared. !

"Empress... let's leave quickly! If you let these damn insects get to you, then the sin of this humble minister will be huge!!"

"Wang Jian! You must make good arrangements when you stay! After all these bugs are wiped out, wait for me to come and discuss it again!"

Now Wang Jian also wore a mask and joined the battle. He stood on the ridge of the field and nodded, responding to Shimi's words.

The people who had witnessed the locust plagues several times were so frightened that they fled when they saw these insects coming again. For a while, there was a roar of people, crying and shouting.

"Let's go...go quickly...there is a farmhouse not far away, let's go and take shelter for now!"

Shi Yi pulled Shimi and saw "dark clouds" closing in on the situation, and the two of them left in a hurry with the flow of people.

The group of people hurriedly hid in the farmhouse. The man covered the door while the woman stood back and watched what happened.

"Where is your Majesty? Your Majesty has not yet come!"

Shimi was afraid that Yingzheng would be attacked on the way, so he wanted to push through the crowd and go out to look for him.

"Don't go! Your Majesty is protected by others, so you will not be in danger. Now the sound of locusts outside the house is getting closer and closer. If you go out, you will definitely encounter them!"

Li Si grabbed Shimiya, and as soon as he finished speaking, he felt the roof begin to shake, and the sound that followed was like the roar of a plane flying over the roof, making the hut tremble!

"I'm coming……"

Several people hugged each other, their eyes filled with fear.

"The number coming this time is huge! I wonder if the few people on the ridge can survive it!"

"I don't know what's the use of leaving them there? These locusts are unstoppable, how can we, the people, destroy them!"

Several people were too panicked and began to whisper in low voices, speaking openly!

"It's useless to catch locusts. These are ferocious and can't be tamed or eaten. What's the use of them?!"

When Shi Yi heard the complaints from the people, he rolled his eyes and wanted to scold him, but Shimi stopped him!

"You and I have not had any significant results since we came here. They must have been dissatisfied for several months after the disaster. Just pretend that you and I didn't hear it."

The locusts came and went as fast as they came. They roared past and were gone in a short time.

"Can you go out?"

Shikiya asked softly.

"The queen will go out later. If they are infected by locusts, they will definitely send someone to report it."

Li Si lay on the wooden door and listened to the noise outside.

"It seems... there are footsteps..."

Everyone in the house held their breath and listened to the sounds outside. After a moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.

"Open the door quickly, it's me!"

"It's Li Xin!!"

Li Si looked surprised and hurriedly opened the door, only to see Li Xin standing at the door panting. The mask covering his face was bitten with a layer of fluff.

"How's it going? Did you catch it?"

Shikiya asked hurriedly as he squeezed through the crowd.

"Caught, caught! Although we didn't catch them all, we still killed and injured most of them!"

When Li Xin took off his mask and took off his gloves to wipe his sweat, everyone discovered that the thick gloves had several holes chewed through them.

"good very good!"

The originally tense mood finally relaxed for a moment. Shimiya smiled and was very satisfied.

"Go ask someone to bring a big pot (the cooking utensils in this period are not called pots, I forgot what they were called...)"

"What are you going to do, ma'am?"

Li Si supported Shimi and they walked outside the house.

"Go and borrow some oil from the official's home. (There was no such thing as edible vegetable oil in the pre-Qin period. Vegetable oil seemed to be available only in the Song Dynasty, and cooking was only available after that.)"

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine the queen in front of them was selling in the gourd. Out of curiosity, they followed her one after another.

The rounded up locusts quickly developed a stress reaction. When the cauldron was set up in the field and the oil was boiling and smoke began to appear, Ying Zheng came.

"You don't really want to eat these bugs in front of everyone, do you?"

Ying Zheng knew Shimi well and knew that as a queen, she would not be able to convince the people if she was not the first to try something new.

"Yes...don't panic..."

Shimi looked at the fat locusts struggling in the net, and was naturally a little frightened. He had never eaten the silkworm chrysalis that people were accustomed to on the dining table, let alone these ferocious-looking locusts!

"Your Majesty... I have ordered people to sort out the locusts, leaving behind those tender green ones and the yellowed and old ones. They have all been crushed to make way for fertile soil."

Seeing the posture in front of him, Wang Jian naturally guessed what Shimi was going to do, but he really couldn't believe that the aloof queen could do this for the people of Qin! If the proponents of converting locust plague into delicacies were not the first ones to stand up and eat it, who would dare to put locusts in their mouths?

"Pour the bugs into the boiling oil."

Following Shimi's order, the bag of locusts dropped into the oil pan like a flood, and within a few seconds, oil splashed violently.

"What on earth is the queen going to do? Are you going to blow up these locusts in revenge? That's too childish."

"Is it possible that... the queen wants to eat these bugs?"

As soon as these words came out, the people watching snickered and watched what Shimiya was going to do with a theatrical attitude.

But after a while, an alluring aroma came from the oil pan, the smell of protein wrapped in oil.

The common people originally had the attitude of watching the show and joining in the fun, but now they became confused when they smelled this aroma.

"After the locusts are deep-fried, why... they still taste quite fragrant?"

"I've never smelled such a fragrance! It's so mouth-watering!"

Wang Jian took the fried locusts out of the oil pan. While there was still heat, Shimi picked one up and was about to put it into his mouth, but Ying Zheng and Shi Yi quickly stopped him.

"Wait...do you really want to eat this?"

Ying Zheng pressed Shimi's hand and said again

"Will eating this affect the baby in my belly?"

"No...just relax..."

Shimi pushed Ying Zheng's hand away and said to the people

"Everyone... today I am the first person to eat locusts. Don't be alarmed. Although this insect is scary when it is alive, it is just a dish after death, and it is also a dish with high nutritional value. If you are feeling... If you are interested, you can come forward and have a try!”

Although the queen said it, who dares to taste it? Facing the ferocious pests, the common people are only afraid. How could they ever think of putting them on the table? !

Seeing that no one dared to step forward, Shimi wanted to put the locust into her mouth, but Ying Zheng stopped her again.

"Let me do it! If you can eat it, then I have enjoyed the delicious food. If there are any problems after eating it, you won't suffer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Zheng picked up the fried locusts beside him and put them in his mouth