Da Song Private Investigator

Because Bao Zheng refused to organize the people to carry out the great cause of locust extermination, Hua Lang had to find a way to get those people to do it.

But how can those people dare to attack the locusts?

These people's fear of locusts has been passed down thousands of years ago, and it has basically penetrated into the depths of their hearts. It is not something that can be achieved overnight if they want them to eliminate locusts.

Therefore, without the support of the imperial court, it is really difficult to eliminate the locusts.

Hwarang thought about it all night, but he didn't think of any good solution. It wasn't until Wen Meng brought the rice the next morning that he suddenly realized a very important solution.

Since he came to Huainan, he ate rice for almost three meals a day. The rice he had already eaten was almost nauseating, but because there was too little rice, he still had to eat it. Thinking about it carefully, he hadn’t eaten meat for many days up.

And the method he thought of was related to eating.

In Hwarang's memory, he remembered Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" saying that locusts are a kind of medicinal material that can cure many diseases, and besides curing diseases, locusts also have rich nutritional value. The meat is soft and tender. , Delicious as shrimp, it is a rare delicacy. Hwarang remembers that he once ate a dish called locust tengda in a restaurant in his previous life. It really looks no different from prawns.

Thinking of this, Hwarang suddenly became excited, so he quickly said to Wen Meng and the others: "After eating rice for so many days, are you tired of it?"

Although Wen Meng was born in the south and grew up eating rice, she has been to so many places with Hwarang and eaten so many kinds of delicacies, and now she is getting tired of letting him eat rice every day , Now that Hwarang asked this question, based on nearly ten years of getting along with each other, she knew that Hwarang must have come up with some new coup, otherwise he would not have asked this question.

So at this time, Wen Meng said quickly: "I'm tired of looking for food, do you have anything else for us to eat?"

Hwarang smiled: "Yes, and there are many more?"

"What is it?"

"Locusts!"

"Locusts?" Wen Meng was a little surprised. Like other people in this era, she believed that locusts were natural disasters, and they were brought by God to punish the people. She couldn't eat them at all. Now that Hua Lang suddenly said that she wanted to eat locusts, she again How not to be surprised?

At this time, Hwarang nodded: "Yes, eating locusts, why, Miss Wen dare not eat them?"

As a son and daughter of the Jianghu, Wen Meng did not insist that locusts should not be eaten like others. Now that she heard Hualang say this, she knew that she was provoking herself, but she still couldn't help but want to show a little pride, saying: "If there's anything I dare not eat, I'm afraid that you won't be able to make something delicious, which will make me lose my appetite."

Hwarang smiled: "You can rest assured about this. In the entire Song Dynasty, I dare say that my cooking skills are the best in the world, and no one can match them."

It’s not that Hwarang is bragging, he knows more cooking skills than people in this era, and Wen Meng and the others believe it very much. After all, when they were in Chang’an, they ate so much. Food they had never eaten before.

Now hearing what Hualang said, Wen Meng snorted coldly and said, "Okay, I want to see how you make delicious food."

After saying this, Wen Meng and Yin Wucuo Wenfeng and the others went outside to catch locusts. At this time, there were a lot of locusts outside. When the incense was burning, each of them caught a full five catties of locusts, and carrying so many locusts back home made everyone on the street so curious.

After returning to the Huainan government office, Bao Zheng was surprised when he saw that Wen Meng and others had caught so many locusts. What's the use, I think it's better to forget it, when winter comes, these locusts will naturally disappear."

Wen Meng shrugged and said: "Brother Yi, we are not trying to eliminate locusts, but we are tired of eating rice these days, Hwarang said he would use locusts to cook for us, so we caught them, look Let's see what good meals he can make, Yixiong has also heard that he is a great cook, why don't you come and try it?"

According to Bao Zheng's previous personality, he would not talk about eating locusts, but at this time he was very curious about Hwarang's cooking skills, so he took Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Gongsun Curator Zhao and others to go. I went to the kitchen of the Huainan government office. This is more like the Huainan government office, so the kitchen is still full of condiments. Seeing that Wen Meng and others had already caught the locusts, Hwa Lang asked them to put the locusts in salt water. After cleaning it and draining it, he casually threw it into the frying pan and fried it. After frying, he brought it out. It was browned and tender, and he looked appetizing and wanted to take a bite.

But because this is a locust, although everyone wants to eat it after smelling the aroma, no one is willing to put down their chopsticks first.

Faced with this situation, Hwarang smiled calmly, picked up a locust and put it in his mouth, and ate it with relish, everyone saw that Hwarang ate it, so they quickly followed to eat, so that after eating, he felt like a prawn The taste is very similar to that of prawns, and it is even more fragrant than prawns. In this way, a plate of migratory locust tengda was swept away by everyone.

After eating, they pestered Hwarang to continue frying, so Hwarang fried several more dishes, and they didn't stop until everyone was full.

After eating like this, Bao Zheng couldn't help sighing, and said: "I really didn't expect this fried locust to be so delicious, and it also has such a good name, Flying Locust Tengda, not bad, not bad!"

Hearing what Bao Zheng said, Hua Lang knew that his goal had been achieved, so he said with a smile: "Brother Bao, now we only have enough food left to distribute porridge canopies for a few days, and we can eat locusts, why not Let the people catch the locusts, and then fry them up to eat, so that we can have a lot of rations left over, and it will also buy us time to get more food."

If it was before, Bao Zheng would definitely not agree, but now that he ate the locusts fried by Hua Lang, he has changed his mind, and he thinks what Hua Lang said is correct, now they do not have much food left, and how They haven't figured out a way to deal with the profiteers who sell rice here. Maybe the locusts can really be used for a few days.

After thinking about it, Bao Zheng nodded and said: "Brother Hua is right, I will order the people to catch locusts and eat them. If they can survive for a while, the locusts will be considered a meritorious service." .”