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The Earth Peace Palace was dead silent!
Not only was Zhu Yuanzhang stunned, Empress Ma, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Xi were also stunned, and their minds went blank.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang broke the silence in the Palace of Earth Tranquility."
"Are you crazy?"
"What does eating locusts have to do with Big Ming?”
The corner of Zhu Rong's mouth curled up. He asked instead of answering,"
"Before that, I have to ask you a question.”
"Are locusts delicious?"
Without any hesitation, Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands and smiled.
"Nonsense, how can locusts be good…"
"Tell me the truth!"
Zhu Xiong said indifferently.
"We…we are telling the truth!”
Zhu Yuanzhang stammered.
Zhu Rong turned to Empress Ma and said,"
"Mother, do you believe me?"
Empress Ma frowned and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang blushed. Although he was facing Empress Ma, he did not dare to look her in the eye.
"Eh ~"
After so many years as husband and wife, no one understood Zhu Yuanzhang better than Empress Ma. Therefore, she immediately took a step back and sized up Zhu Yuanzhang with a new gaze.
"Chongba, when did your taste become so heavy?”
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he would be seen through by Empress Ma, so he just wanted to take a gamble. He didn't expect that his unfilial son would be so insidious. He could only look at Empress Ma helplessly and say,
"Sister, you really can't blame us for this. When we ate it, we didn't know it was locusts!”
The corner of Zhu Rong's mouth curled up, and he immediately said,"
"Alright, Dad, don't explain anymore. I don't even want to describe the way you ate the locusts, but in short, the taste of the locusts is still acceptable.”
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and stared at Zhu Rong,"
"What are you trying to say?"
Zhu Rong stood with his hands behind his back and said,"
"Father, have you forgotten that because of the locust plague in Bei Zhi Li, there is currently no food. The people are hungry and urgently need a bite to eat.”
"At this time, if locusts can be used as food, all the problems can be solved!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened in anger. When he heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said,
"Nonsense. In all the dynasties, who has ever used locusts as food to help the victims?”
"You unfilial son, what are you thinking?”
Zhu Rong's expression was normal. He didn't care about Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and slowly said,
"Father, for those victims who have no food to eat, a drop of water is dew!”
"At this time, as long as I can eat and keep my life, it's more important than anything else.”
"What are locusts? As the ruler of the Ming Dynasty, since you can eat it, why can't those disaster victims eat it?”
"Besides, even if we open the granaries to provide food, can you guarantee that all the disaster victims in Bei Zhi Li will get a bite?”
"There are millions of people waiting for food there. Even if we send all the grain stored in Yingtian Prefecture over, it will be difficult to guarantee their daily food and clothing.”
At this point, Zhu Rong stepped forward and looked straight into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes. He cupped his hands again and said,
"But locusts are different. Not counting the ones that died in Yingtian City, there are hundreds of millions of them on the surface of the West River.”
"There should be more in Bei Zhi Li. At this time, if we treat locusts as food, the quantity will definitely be enough.”
"Moreover, you have personally witnessed my son's locust killing spirit. It is indeed effective in killing locusts.”
"Father, if you agree, I will immediately prepare ten thousand bottles for you. After sending them to Bei Zhi Li, I will distribute them to the disaster victims and let them kill the locusts themselves. Then, they will use them as food to fill their stomachs.”
"Of course, Father, if you don't agree, then just pretend that I didn't say anything.”
After saying that, Zhu Rong turned around and sat on the guest seat. He picked up a cup of tea and slowly drank it.
Zhu Xiong's eyes lit up as he watched this. His admiration for his second brother soared once again.
Zhu Biao looked at Empress Ma with a smile. It was said that his second brother had turned over a new leaf.
"Chongba, Pin 'er's words are not without reason!”
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Rong in shock and hurriedly said to Zhu Yuanzhang,"
"At the very least, we can give it a try."
"This…"
Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Rong while thinking,"
"Just now, Li Shan Chang even vomited bile after eating the locusts. What if we use your unfilial son's method and the people of Bei Zhi Li vomit like Li Shan Chang after eating the locusts?”
"It won't happen."
Zhu Xiong shook his head without hesitation.
"The locusts that Lee Shan Chang ate were killed by beating them to death. In addition, they were eaten raw, which contained eggs and poison. Of course, he vomited endlessly.”
"But my son's locust killing spirit can remove the poison in the locust's body. It's fine even if it's eaten raw.”
"Of course, if you can fry the locusts in a pot with oil and sprinkle more salt, these so-called locusts can be preserved for a long time. Let alone Northern Zhili, even Shuntian Prefecture can be transported over.”
"At that time, not only can this grain save lives, but it can also be used as food reserves.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up. The words " stored food " deeply moved him. He hurriedly looked at Zhu Rong and said,
"Second brother, is this true?"
"If I didn't take it seriously, how would I dare to feed you locusts?”
Zhu Rong held his teacup and smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang."
"Everything is for Big Ming!”
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