"Because it's delicious." Ye Tan's answer made Li Chengqian not know how to answer. There are many delicious things in this world, why are they locusts?

Although locusts are very inconspicuous, in the long history of ancient China, people have been protected by gods, which should be called the Locust God. Anyway, there is such a god. This god should be the boss of locusts, which is somewhat similar to other gods in China.

Gods, these gods usually have nothing to do and cannot be seen at ordinary times. However, if something happens to the locust, it will be brought out to talk about it. What can I say? The person who bullies the locust will definitely be condemned by God and die in the end.

Lose.

The more foolish a person is, the more he is afraid of death, and the more he is afraid of others, the more he will die.

"Can this be delicious?" Li Chengqian doubted Ye Tan's judgment for the first time. Could it be that this brother had more contact with the prairie people in Songzhou and had mutated? I heard that those savages were all

He likes to eat grass.

"Yeah, it's delicious." It's a high-protein thing, and it's movable, so it can't be delicious. However, this needs further publicity.

"You can tell by your look that you don't believe it. I'll make it for you later." Ye Tan did not continue to explain, but took Li Chengqian to look around the surrounding environment, and finally found a place with not much vegetation.

He set up an earth stove at a certain place, then found an iron plate, washed it and placed it on it. He took out a bamboo tube with some yellow-white paste in it. He took it out with his small hands and placed it on the iron plate, and then slowly spread it out.

Ping, soon there was a strong aroma wafting over. Although the guards were still on guard, their eyes saw this, and their eyes showed desire. To be honest, the prince and I often come to Ye Tan's place these days.

, after eating several times, I hit my wife several times when I got home. There is no way to compare the food at home with the food here.

Feeling that the temperature had reached, Ye Tan took out a piece of sausage from the side, then slowly cut it, and placed it piece by piece. Then he walked into the weeds on the side, passed his hands in the air a few times, and saw his hands.

There were a lot of locusts in it, so I took it directly and took out the dirt inside, washed it in water, then walked back and turned the sausage over, one side was already browned, it looked like it should taste good.

Just seeing a few locusts on the iron sheet made Li Chengqian and his guards a little nauseous.

Putting the locusts that were not completely dead, they quickly changed from green to yellow. At the same time, a strange fragrance came out, and the taste was first-class. Li Chengqian felt that he had thought wrong, but he still wouldn't think about eating it.

Yes.

After all these things were done, Ye Tan had to put them aside to cool down, and then went to the jungle. When he came out, he picked a lot of oyster mushrooms and washed them in water before starting to put them in.

It was boiling slowly in the pot that was brought.

"Come on, you eat meat. I'll eat this for you to see." After Ye Tan said that, he picked one out with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. Although it was not coated with egg flour, the stuff inside was very big and the taste was really delicious.

Well, the strong aroma stimulates my taste buds, it feels so good.

Li Chengqian and the guard took a piece of sausage and put it in their mouths. They felt that it was really delicious. The guard mainly wanted to test the poison. After eating a piece, he went to eat steamed buns next to it. However, Ye Tan still

I put a few pieces in the steamed buns for them, and they tasted even better.

When he was almost finished eating, Ye Tan's ears twitched slightly, then he smiled, looked at the iron plate in front of him and said, "Cheng Qian, do you know why I brought you here today?"

"Brother, as long as you don't eat locusts, you can do whatever you want." After Li Chengqian ate the sausage, he felt good, and when he heard him mention this, he said directly.

"Actually, if you observe carefully, you will find that many chickens also eat these things, right?" Ye Tan said, pointing to some birds not far away.

"Brother, that one is called a tiger-headed phoenix, not the chicken in the family." Li Chengqian raised his head and saw it, looking at Ye Tan with a black line on his face, how stupid I am.

"It's all the same. Chickens were originally domesticated from wild chickens outside, so they are the same. And even if the ones outside are different from those at home, so what? Why can't we eat what they eat?"

Ye Tan asked rhetorically.

"Because they have..." Li Chengqian really couldn't think of anything that could protect these other things for a while, but then he thought of something and said, "They will die soon, they will all be poisoned."

of."

"I..." Ye Tan found that he was speechless, because birds in the wild generally don't live very long, and it's really hard to say. "Well, if you don't have anything in front of you now,

If the only thing to eat is grass and locusts, will you eat them?"

"Um..." Li Chengqian really didn't know how to choose, because this is a dilemma, eating grass? How can people eat grass, but if they don't eat grass, are they eating locusts? This choice is enough

disgusting.

"When something becomes food, you will find that it is just that." After Ye Tan finished speaking, he handed over the locust in his hand and said, "Here, have a taste."

Li Chengqian's face was pale, why did he want to eat this thing? However, he was bold and did not say anything further. He just reached out and picked up the locust, then closed his eyes and put it into his mouth as if he was eating something unpalatable.

He swallowed it directly but heard Ye Tan's words, "Don't do this, you have to chew."

"Ah, oh." Li Chengqian had never found eating to be such a painful thing, but as he chewed, the expression on his face gradually changed from nervousness to softness, and in the end he seemed reluctant to swallow it, very seriously

It looked like I had eaten a lot.

"Brother, you really didn't lie to me." After speaking, Li Chengqian picked up another one with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He quickly put another one in and quickly ate it all. Then he looked at the turf around him and couldn't help laughing.

He said, "Since then, the Tang Dynasty has no worries."

"Sometimes, actually, there is no shortage of food, it's just that we need too many things, and some things fall into that situation. Even if I can't get them, I can't give them to you. At this time, you

What should we do?" Ye Tan continued to ask, and at the same time asked the guards to catch more locusts, asking for big ones.

"Then just eat less." This may be a variant of the so-called light corvee.

"What about the others?" Ye Tan didn't like this answer.

"What else? Punish corrupt officials?" Li Chengqian's thinking has been limited to a small area, so it is not easy to open up his thinking.

"Since ancient times, the saying has been to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. If you have reduced expenditure, why don't you think about how to increase revenue?" Ye Tan continued to ask, this kind of thing has not been done since ancient times. This is not slander, it is true.

"Open source?" Li Chengqian's mind immediately started to frantically filter out the things he had read in the book before. Finally, he thought of a few points, but found that it was difficult to say these words because they were too big.

"Is it more taxes or more food?" Ye Tan knew what was going on without even looking. One sentence woke him up. How did he know?

Ye Tan didn't look at him, but said to himself, "These methods are all ways to subjugate the country. Why haven't they thought of it after so many years?"

"Brother, besides this method, is there no other way?" The education Li Chengqian received was generally just some words that he often heard, such as Emperor Shunzhi's saying that he would never increase taxes. It's not that they didn't think about other things.

But I don’t even want to because I’m tired.

"Of course." Ye Tan sighed, feeling that his mouth and tongue were a little dry. Seeing the moving figure not far away, he couldn't help but smile, "Since you have fruit, why don't you give me one? Listen.

It’s taken so long to give me some benefit, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the little girl felt like she was hit in the head by something. She looked down and saw that it was a fruit. When she looked up, she found that she was hiding under a fruit tree. She didn't wait until she said

What, the two guards came to him and brought this dirty little beggar to Ye Tan. Li Chengqian was curious, but Ye Tan didn't seem surprised at all.

"You just listened to a lot of what we said. Tell me, what do you think?" Ye Tan could tell from the little girl's neck that she was not poor at all, but there were other reasons why she was like this.

I'm sorry, it's not appropriate if I don't force you.

"Me?" The little girl pointed at her nose with her slender fingers and asked in disbelief, and Li Chengqian also felt that this question was too difficult to ask her.

"Yes, whether you say it or not, if you do, all the delicious food here will be yours." Ye Tan touched the iron plate and a lot of meat appeared. I don't know how he put it there.

Some, Li Chengqian only ate them very rarely.

The strong aroma became stronger as the temperature increased, and the little girl's previous hunger was aroused again. The desire to eat filled her eyes. She wanted to reach out, but she still didn't move, just looked at it.

Ye Tan asked, "Is this true?"

"Every spittle brings a nail." Ye Tan took the locusts from the pile of food and asked, "Do you dare to eat them?"

"What is there to be afraid of when a person is hungry?" She grabbed it and bit it vigorously. Her mouth was not big, but she ate very quickly. She finished the food quickly and even licked her lips and said, "

tasty."

"It's delicious, I should tell you about it." Ye Tan did not forget this and asked directly.

"To increase revenue and reduce expenditure, to reduce expenditure is to save money, to increase expenditure is to make money." The little girl's voice was very clear, which could arouse others' favor, but her eyes were too clear, "There is no way to save money, so

Just find a way to make money."

"Not bad, continue." Ye Tan did not continue to say anything else, but just said this.

"The only way to make money is through taxes and the like. These are all regulated by regulations and there is no way to change them. However, if the scope of collecting taxes is increased, then the income can be increased." After the little girl said,

Ye Tan handed her a nice pastry and asked her to eat it seriously.

"How to expand the scope, is it still through expropriation of people?" Li Chengqian was not actually smart, he was just like this because he got more resources than others.

"Not necessarily." The little girl was not big and had a big appetite. After finishing her meal, she continued, "For example, if the city tax was originally paid to 100 people a day, each person would get a penny, which is 100 yuan, but if

If the number of people in a day increases to a thousand, wouldn’t it mean a thousand coins?”

"Yes, in this case, it is the same as what my brother said about increasing grain production." Li Chengqian seemed to have found a good idea and said with a smile.

"Is there more?" Ye Tan ignored his joy and continued to ask the little girl.

"I don't know about the rest." The little girl continued to lick her tongue after seeing that the barbecue was ready. After thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure it out.

"Come, eat, let me talk." Ye Tan gave her one portion of the barbecue and one portion to Li Chengqian, and continued, "For example, commercial tax, if there are a hundred shops now, then we can collect tax

One hundred. However, if we invent new things, such as furniture, chairs and the like, which did not exist before, we will build new shops, and more people will be taxed.

For example, rice and wheat were just eaten casually in the past, but if we want to turn wheat into flour, we need stone mills, cattle and horses, and carpenter workshops. These things all need to be provided.

In the future, more businesses will be added. Because these businesses make people rich, they start to spend money. Because they have money, some people begin to think about how to spend better. In this way, it will become

New businesses need to emerge, and if you keep doing this over and over again, you will eventually find that you get more."

"Generally, as people's desires become stronger, they want more and more things, and then the court has more and more things to manage, and in the end, they naturally get more and more things." Ye Tan did not dare to continue.

I said it, because if I continue to say it, I will collect money from the big family members.

However, these things are enough.

They stayed in the grass for a long time. When they left, Ye Tan asked her where she wanted to go.

But the little girl didn't seem to want to leave the two of them, and said directly, "I have no home. If you are willing to take me in, I will go with you. If you are not willing to take me in, I will go out and wander."

It was obviously Ye Tan who helped her, but she made her say that if Ye Tan didn't do this, he would be sorry for her.

It was definitely not allowed in Li Chengqian's place. Who would dare to bring a stranger into the palace? That would be to seek death, but Ye Tan didn't care and took her back.
Chapter completed!