Ever since he took Li Er and the others to eat the locusts that day, there was a wave in Chang 'an.
To be able to form such a trend in just a day, of course, it was brought up by someone with intentions. This person was naturally Li Er.
He sent people to spread the news that after the emperor ate the locusts, he felt that they were as delicious as prawns. They were really the best in the world, so he specially gave them the name of "Flying Prawns".
If the emperor had eaten it, then should the emperor's lackeys be eaten?
Thus, Li Er specially hosted a banquet to entertain those who had made great contributions to the Great Tang. Ordinary people were not qualified to eat.
The feast this time was dedicated to the dish of locusts-fried flying prawns, and this dish was placed in the most eye-catching position.
Li Er told the ministers that he had accidentally discovered a delicacy called Flying Shrimp. He remembered everyone's contribution to the Great Tang and specially shared it with everyone.
What Flying Shrimp? They were clearly locusts.
The ministers 'faces were turning green.
Therefore, the old man got up and started the rhythm, saying that this thing was really delicious. After eating it, he thought about it day and night and thanked His Majesty.
For such banquets, the emperor usually moved his chopsticks first before the ministers could eat.
Li Er ate the "flying prawn" first, and he strongly recommended this dish. Therefore, the minister could only bite the bullet and pick up the "flying prawn", but he looked at the others.
Only when he saw Foolish Yuchi, Old Qin, and the cunning old man eating with relish did he take the first bite as if he was eating poison.
Then, he couldn't stop at all.
This was how things were. They didn't dare to eat it at first glance, but once they started eating it, they didn't feel that scary anymore.
Moreover, the taste of this "flying prawn" was really as delicious as prawns.
The ministers were able to accept it very quickly. Looking at the golden fried " flying prawns ", their appetite soared and they swept the delicacies on their plates clean.
In the end, Li Er asked," Everyone, are these flying shrimps delicious?”
Everyone said it was delicious, and we were grateful.
These people had been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so their mental fortitude was very strong.
After the emperor treated his ministers to "flying prawns", they all said that they were the best in the world. This trend spread.
Then, someone bought the "flying prawns". Of course, the businessman who bought the flying prawns was sent by the cunning old man under the instruction of Li Er.
The price was also very good. It was five wen per catty. The commoners were free, so they naturally went to catch some to subsidize their families.
After all, Guanzhong was dry and the grain harvest was poor. It was also good to have another way to earn money.
Ignoring the superstitions of the common people, after starving to the extreme, they would even exchange their children for food. Catching some locusts in exchange for food was nothing.
Not only were there people buying it, but there were also hawkers selling it on the street stalls.
In the beginning, these hawkers were all disguised by Li Er's people. However, with the appearance of the first civilian who ate the "flying shrimp", it spread like a pyramid scheme.
Gradually, more and more people started to eat, and the real hawkers also appeared.
The ministers who were treated by Li Er also sent people to buy "flying prawns" every day. It was unknown whether they really liked to eat them or buried them directly.
However, this was not important. The common people saw that the emperor and the dignitaries had begun to eat "flying prawns", so they naturally followed suit.
Moreover, the godly doctor Sun Simiao had said that the Flying Shrimp was a good thing. It could strengthen the body and cure night blindness.
Don't you know what night blindness is?
It was just that she ate less meat and could not see clearly at night.
As a result, this trend grew stronger and stronger, spreading from Chang 'an to the entire Guanzhong.
Because Li Er had spent five wens to buy live locusts, Qin Mo, who had spent five wens to buy locust powder, only received a few catties at the beginning. Later on, no one came to sell them at all. It could be said that there were no customers. He could only raise the price to 20 copper coins per catty.
Qin Mo didn't reject anyone and took as many as he could, giving the outside world the impression that locusts had become a rarity.
After purchasing the locust powder, Qin Mo urged Li Er to send the locust powder to Cheng Yaojin as military rations. When he cooked, he would infuse it into the soldiers to improve their physical fitness.
At the beginning, these talented killers were extremely unhappy. However, later on, if there was no locust powder in the rice, they would throw a tantrum and not eat, complaining to Old Cheng.
At this time, it had been ten days since Qin Mo had instigated Li Er to eat the " Flying Shrimp."
In these ten days, Qin Mo was in Prince Qin's Mansion, directing the craftsmen to build the fort.
The fort only took half a day to complete. The rest was mainly for maintenance. In order to achieve a shocking effect, Qin Mo specially added steel bars inside.
Of course, the Great Tang lacked iron, so Qin Mo had bought this steel bar from Taobao.
Li Main Hall.
Empress Zhangsun was looking at the delicacy in front of her with a pale face-"Flying Shrimp".
"Second brother, do I really want to eat these locusts?”
It wasn't that she was a coward. Empress Zhangsun was able to remain calm during the incident at Xuanwu Gate and Xue Wanche attacked Prince Qin's residence. It was just that women had a natural fear of insects.
Of course, not all women were like this. The seven-year-old Li Lizhi ate happily. Li Chengqian and Li Tai also ate with her.
"Liu, why did you let Lizhi and the others eat this?”Empress Zhangsun rebuked.
"This has nothing to do with Imperial Father. It was Qin Mo who brought us to eat. The taste of these flying prawns is extremely good.”Li Lizhi handed a flying shrimp to Empress Zhangsun.
Empress Zhangsun gnashed her teeth and said," Little Qin Mo, it's not enough to encourage His Majesty to eat locusts. Now, you're even encouraging my children to eat locusts. How abominable.”
Li Er said," Guanyin Maid, don't say that. Qin Mo is also sharing the burden for the monarch. Where can you find such a considerate official?"”
Li Lizhi also said," Mother, Qin Mo is also sharing your worries. Don't blame him."”
Li Chengqian and Li Tai also nodded repeatedly.
Empress Zhangsun said," BenGong also knows that he has good intentions, but these locusts look really disgusting.”
Li Er said," Guanyin Maid, these flying shrimps taste like prawns. You'll know when you eat one."”
Therefore, with the encouragement of Li Er and his three children, Empress Zhangsun began to eat the first "flying shrimp".
As a model for the harem, Empress Zhangsun had already eaten, so the other concubines and palace people naturally began to eat as well.
As a result, the trend of eating "flying prawns" became more and more intense. For a time,"a prawn" was hard to come by.
After all, it was not the locust plague period yet, and the number of locusts was still limited.
As a result, the price of the Flying Shrimp rose.
Just like in the future, locusts had been eaten to the point where they needed to be raised. This was the first time such a situation had occurred in the Great Tang.
This was the first time that the power of a nation of gluttons was revealed.
In history, during the locust plague in June of the second year of Zhenguan, Li Er also issued an edict to encourage the common people to eat locusts as food. It could fill their stomachs and prevent the loss of crops.
However, the atmosphere of eating locusts was not as enthusiastic as it was now.
Perhaps half of the locust plague next year would be eaten just like that, and the rest should be finished.
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