Ever since a subordinate reported the appearance of a large number of locust eggs near Chang 'an, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and several other important officials were extremely impressed and convinced by Yang Qian's prophecy.
After all, Yang Qian's words had allowed the Great Tang Imperial Court to respond to the disaster more than a month in advance, saving many lives.
The meaning behind it was hard to estimate.
Previously, Li Shimin felt that Yang Qian had already made a great contribution, but he had not had the time to honor the reward.
This time, after Li Shimin saw Yang Qian's idea about the locust snack theme store from the flyer, he was even more shocked!
Purchasing locusts could allow the victims to catch locusts and reduce the number of pests. At the same time, it could form the effect of providing work as relief, allowing the victims to have a source of income and not starve to death.
Selling locust snacks could allow the people in the city who were less affected by the locust plague to taste something new. It could allow money to flow into the disaster relief channels and even form a new industry.
The most important thing was that they had also spread the idea that locusts were edible to the people, so that the people would take the initiative to kill the locusts and form the idea of controlling locusts for all.
This was a wonderful method to deal with the locust plague!
It should be known that many pedantic officials and commoners were deeply affected by Dong Zhongshu's " Heaven's Punishment Theory " of the Han Dynasty. They believed that natural disasters like locust plagues were a warning from the heavens and that they could not kill locusts casually. Even if countless people starved to death, they could only wait for the locusts to slowly disappear, and then the emperor would issue an edict to reflect on their mistakes...
Even such a ridiculous statement would be believed by people, and it was even popular.
In comparison, he understood why Li Er was so excited about the birth of Yang Qian's locust-themed snack shop!
Especially since Li Er himself was the kind of emperor who had a lot of black spots and had an improper position.
At this time, Li Shimin looked at the three officials who were still a little confused and said with a smile," If you want to know what happened, you may follow me to the west of the city."”
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West of Chang 'an City, Virtue Square, Tengda Flagship Store.
Yang Qian did not expect the Chang 'an people to accept the flyer advertisements so well. The printed 5,000 flyers were all distributed in less than two hours.
Moreover, every citizen who received the flyers happily shared the information on them with others. They did not treat the flyers as trash at all, which made him feel very gratified.
The advertising effect of these 5,000 flyers was worth at least tens of thousands of strings!
It was precisely because the publicity effect was so popular that Yang Qian's shop quickly welcomed the first batch of customers.
They were not customers who came to try the locust snack, but farmers and merchants who brought live locusts to sell.
Many people didn't believe that Yang Qian's shop would buy locusts at the price of one penny per catty, so they only caught a small number of locusts and tried it out.
Most importantly, there weren't many locusts in the field, so it wasn't easy to catch them.
But even so, Yang Qian's shop still received nearly 10 catties of live locusts in just an hour.
10 pounds of locusts were placed in three gauze bags. The inside was stacked and densely packed. For people who were afraid of insects, this scene was extremely terrifying.
"Young Master, how, how should I do this?”Although Luo Yanran wasn't afraid of locusts, she still felt scared when she saw the dense scene.
Not only Luo Yanran, but even the few chefs that Yang Qian had paid to hire were also worried.
This was not a common ingredient for them. It was very challenging to make it!
Yang Qian was rendered speechless by these guys 'cowardly behavior.
All of them were too timid!
"I'll only demonstrate once.”
Yang Qian directly picked up a bag of locusts and drowned them with clean water. Then, he washed a portion of them, plucked off their wings, and placed them on a sieve to control the moisture.
Then, he asked a chef to heat up the pot, pour in oil, put in the processed locusts, and slowly fry them over low heat, flipping them back and forth.
Soon, the locusts in the pot released a strange fragrance, making everyone present except Yang Qian change their expressions.
Such a strange ingredient could actually emit such a strange fragrance?
Immediately after, Yang Qian placed the fried locusts into the pot and sprinkled snow salt and a little cumin powder.
A plate of golden and fragrant fried locusts was completed!
"Have you learned it?"
Yang Qian asked. Then, he picked up one of the locusts with his chopsticks and threw it into his mouth.
With a crunching sound, he bit down. The texture was crisp and the fragrance assailed his nostrils. The child next door was about to cry from the craving.
Luo Yanran was frightened. Although the fried locusts looked good, she didn't dare to taste them.
Those chefs were all boorish people. Seeing that Yang Qian was eating happily, they were eager to try.
Yang Qian didn't care about the chef's thoughts. He picked up another fried locust and handed it to Luo Yanran." Here, try it."”
" No…" Luo Yanran was so scared that her face turned pale.
A few chefs were watching the commotion with a smile. In their opinion, the young shop owner and this beautiful female manager were a perfect match. They must be a couple.
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