Chapter 1392 Locust feast and seeds(1/2)
It is impossible to check who made the locusts the world descended to the sky and punished the emperor for his unethical morality.
But it is obvious that this is a theory proposed to limit imperial power.
Take advantage of the ignorance of the people and benefit yourself by harming others.
Now, in order to eliminate this matter, Wang Xiao has to spend his energy to deal with it.
Thousands of desk seats were placed on the largest imperial guards in Chang'an City.
The noble ministers, relatives, monks, Taoists, and people from both sides were invited to come here to attend the locust banquet.
A large number of locusts captured from various parts of Guanzhong were transported here in a concentrated manner, and the chefs pinched their heads and tails and covered them with flour and fryed them.
Just sprinkle salt and eat it directly, but Wang Xiao still spent a lot of money to buy spices from the black-clothed food merchants and sprinkle them on it.
It is necessary to make the guests consider it delicious so that they can promote it everywhere and break the potential perception of not daring to eat locusts.
In fact, when people are hungry, they dare to eat Guanyin soil. Not to mention the locusts, even if the heavens come in person, they have to face the hungry people who show their tiger teeth.
"Don't be polite, eat openly, and you will have as much as you want."
Wang Xiao, wearing a thick dragon robe, picked up a fried locust, dipped it in a plate containing fine salt in front of him, and then threw it directly into his mouth.
"Crispy, chicken flavor. It would be even better if there was chili powder."
"Yes, I can fly with peppers, tomatoes, corn and sweet potatoes!"
Wang Xiao patted his forehead with some annoyance. He could fly and easily go to the new world to get the seeds of these good things back.
New crops have enriched the people's dining tables and increased the food supply. This is bound to be a great thing to keep in history!
"His Majesty."
Gao Lishi, who was standing beside him, asked with some concern, "But is there any physical discomfort?"
Wang Xiao raised his head and realized that everyone's eyes were looking at him.
He ate a locust before and then slapped his head. This made everyone subconsciously think there was something wrong.
“Hahahaha~”
Wang Xiao immediately understood, and the heroic prime minister smiled immediately.
"Discomfortable? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
He stood up and waved his hands and shouted, "It tastes good, everyone let go and eat!"
It is indeed possible to eat it with ease. The locusts sent from various places in Guanzhong this time were all delivered by big trucks.
Catching locusts is not as difficult as imagined.
When locusts land in the field, a group of people stepped forward and pulled the big net, ran from one end to the other, and soon a large net could be found.
Of course, the mesh must be tighter.
Wang Xiao was not the emperors who could be deposed at will in the late Tang Dynasty. He had a very high reputation in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and many people chose to believe him.
Soon, a series of crackling sounds sounded in the large school grounds.
Wang Xiao ate several plates, and it was probably more than one pound.
It doesn’t matter what else, it’s just that it’s too much salt.
Wang Xiao, who had a glass of water, walked into the school grounds and began to patrol.
"The great monk, why don't you eat?"
Compared to the other people's mouths of oil, these monks were chanting Buddhist scriptures without moving their chopsticks.
"Your Majesty, monks do not eat meat."
Wang Xiao laughed loudly, "That's because you have not achieved your cultivation level. If you truly practice, you can achieve the state that wine and meat pass through the intestines and leave in the Buddha's heart."
"Besides, this is not a meaty fish, it is a pest that endangers the livelihoods of thousands of people! Don't monks pay attention to compassion and save the world and the people? These pests eat the people's food and crops, which is to cut off the people's life. You still
Don’t you quickly angrily, subdue demons and demons?”
The monks just couldn't say that Wang Xiao was, after all, they were just eloquent work.
So what can I do if I just said Wang Xiao? It’s useless.
So the monks simply closed their eyes and recited scriptures, and used silent means to reject Wang Xiao.
"I really don't understand what else can you do."
Wang Xiao despised them and took a step to the hometown fellows.
Buddhism has a very strong relationship with Wang Xiao now.
All temples in Guanzhong have been checked almost all, and countless fields have been taken away.
How could a Buddhist sect, which has lost its greatest source of wealth, still have a good face?
I was here today, but I was threatened to investigate carefully about their distribution of high-interest.
The locust banquet was held very successfully. When the people saw that the emperor and royal ministers took the lead in eating locusts, they quickly broke the fear in their hearts and began to destroy locusts on a large scale.
When the locust swarm comes, take out the woven large net and catch a large number of locusts from the field in one net.
Then set up a pan on the side, pinch the head and tail on the spot and fry it directly into the pan.
However, although the locust killing progressed smoothly, there were still a large number of fields that were still damaged and eaten up.
After all, the locusts are extremely destructive, and they can destroy a piece of fields in just a few days.
Now that spring plowing has ended, the land that has suffered from locust plague is basically abandoned.
In order to deal with this situation, Wang Xiao went into seclusion again in the name of praying for blessings by the people, and then drove his own flying sword through mountains and rivers to the distant new continent.
Wang Xiao still has a friendly attitude towards the Yin people on the New World.
Moreover, the local Yin people were in awe of Wang Xiao who fell from the sky.
So the collection of seeds was progressing very smoothly. With the help of the local Yin people, Wang Xiao quickly collected several large bags of seeds of various crops.
This is not a wild crop, but a seed that can be planted directly after many generations of cultivation by the local Yin people.
Seeds do not mean that they can be planted directly after being taken. They have to be selected and bred first.
Any kind of crop has evolved from countless generations of choice and has evolved from generation to generation.
Just like wheat, something that was originally just like dogtail grass, was bred into a staple food.
"It's considered back."
Wang Xiao, who returned to Chang'an City, still placed the big bags hanging under the flying sword on the ground. He first put the purity mantra and thoroughly cleaned up the possible bacteria and other diseases, and then he yawned out of the retreat.
"Your Majesty~"
Gao Lishi, who was dragging the long voice, saw Wang Xiao finally coming out of the retreat, and immediately came forward to salute with tears.
Looking at Gao Lishi who looked haggard and seemed to have not slept for several days, Wang Xiao was a little surprised, "What's wrong with you? Why do you feel like you met a team of strong men who robbed the road?"
When he asked this, Gao Lishi wanted to roll his eyes.
The little yellow door, who has delivered water and food to the retreat place these days, said that these things have never been moved.
This really scared Gao Lishi.
After all, it’s okay to not eat, but how many days can I withstand without drinking water?
But Wang Xiao had strict orders before, so he didn't dare to break in. He could only be anxious like a locust on a hot pot, guarding the door endlessly.
At this time, when he saw Wang Xiao coming out in high spirits, Gao Lishi was relieved of his hanging heart.
Looking at Gao Lishi with a grievance, Wang Xiao smiled and patted his shoulder, "Okay, I'll give you a holiday. Go back and have a good meal and have a good sleep."
"By the way, go and call the Grand Master Farm here first."
The so-called Grand Secretary Agriculture actually refers to the Minister of Revenue.
During the Sui Dynasty, the system of three provinces and six ministries was established, replacing the three dukes and nine ministers of the Han Dynasty, and then continued to use the complete destruction of the feudal dynasty.
Out of habits and honorary titles, when you call the Six Ministers in private, you will still use the old name as an alias.
In addition to the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Works is also called Dasikong, the Minister of Rites is also called Dazibo, the Minister of Justice is also called Dasikou, and the Minister of War is also called Dasikang.
In the early Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue was actually called the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
When Li Zhi came to power, in order to avoid Li Shimin's name, he changed it to the Ministry of Revenue, and since then he has been using the demise of the Qing Dynasty.
The current Minister of Revenue is Bi Gou, who is also a capable minister with outstanding abilities and good character.
Speaking of which, in the early stage of Kaiyuan, a large number of famous officials emerged, and even compared with the famous officials in Zhenguan in the early Tang Dynasty, they were not much inclined to give in.
The Kaiyuan prosperous era was largely due to their hands.
Unfortunately, when Yang Guozhong came to power, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty was completely cut off. From then on, he fell from the peak and fell into the endless abyss.
When Bi Gou arrived at the palace, he learned that Wang Xiao was farming in the imperial garden.
There is nothing strange about this. When the emperor advises farming and sericulture, he will go to the ground in person.
When he arrived at the Imperial Garden again, he saw Wang Xiao commanding a group of secretary-in-chief's secretaries to pull out the strange flowers and plants in the garden and carefully planting seeds into the ground.
To be continued...