"I said, Manager Chen, what are you doing? The locusts are not a good thing, and you still charge two cents a pound." A diner who was queuing couldn't help but ask.
"Haha..." Manager Chen chuckled and glanced at these short-sighted people. He wanted to directly express his son's benevolent heart.
But then I thought about it, the locust plague has not yet come, so publicizing it like this seems to be sensationalizing.
So, Manager Chen said half-jokingly, "My young master has given instructions to buy locusts and make them into delicacies for sale."
"What?!" All the diners couldn't help but be stunned.
"How about using locusts as delicacies? I said, Manager Chen, please stop joking with us."
"As for bugs, I have never seen any bugs with fragrance. Most of them are smelly and dirty. Mr. Yang actually said that he wants to use them as food?"
Although Manager Chen agreed with the words of those diners, he still subconsciously stood on his own side to maintain the prestige of the young master.
"Not to mention whether the insects can be made into delicacies, but since my young master dares to say this and let us buy it, he has his reasons. How can a layman like me guess it?"
"So, if you are willing to believe it, please trouble me. No matter what method you use, as long as we get the locusts, we, the Gentleman's Leek Restaurant, will buy them for two cents per catty..."
After saying this, Manager Chen ignored the diners who gathered around him and went straight back into the restaurant.
As word of mouth spread among the diners who came to Junzijiu Restaurant in Dongshi, Xingze City was not a big place, and soon the news spread throughout Xingze County.
Junzili's boss, Young Master Yang, who wiped out the typhoid epidemic in Xingyang County, spent money to buy locusts and said he would use the locusts to make delicacies...
The news soon reached the Yingze County Yamen. They had just finished discussing the countermeasures and asked the other officials to disperse. Magistrate Xu, who was about to discuss the matter privately with Xu County Magistrate, couldn't help but couldn't help but listen to the words of the officer who hurriedly came to report.
His face was full of astonishment.
"Okay, you go down first..." County Magistrate Xu reacted first and signaled the officer to leave first, then he came to Magistrate Xu's side and whispered.
"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, Mr. Yang may have already known about the coming locust plague..."
"You mean, the reason why Yang Qian did this was to encourage the people of Yingze to catch locusts?" Magistrate Xu lightly patted his forehead, as if he had some realization.
"This is exactly the reason. Given Young Master Yang's behavior, if he knew about the locust plague but did nothing about it, it would be inconsistent with his behavior these days."
"Yes... it's a pity. It would be great if this county could have a few more humble gentlemen like Yang Qian who care about the people." Magistrate Xu nodded in agreement.
"Since he, Yang Qian, is willing to do things for the people of Xingze, as officials of this county, we should praise him and not depress my heart as a good scholar in Xingze."
"What the county magistrate said is absolutely correct. It's just up to the county magistrate to decide how to commend it." Xu County Magistrate agreed, and his eyes fell on Magistrate Xu.
Seeing that Magistrate Xu was in deep thought, Magistrate Xu thought of something, and his heart moved. He raised his head and hesitated to speak. Magistrate Xu, who was thinking hard and had nothing to do, caught the eye of Magistrate Xu.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
Xu Xian Cheng no longer hesitated and said directly, "Daze Village has suffered a lot from this year's floods. And the Yang Mansion is the first household in Daze, and its losses have also been heavy.
But then the officials heard that the Yang Mansion not only exempted its tenants from paying land rent, but also provided a large amount of money and grain to the people."
"Then, the typhoid fever epidemic raged in the Daze Village area, and the Yang Mansion also purchased medicinal materials to treat the people for free..."
"Although the court has rewarded Mr. Yang Ningyang, who serves in the Ministry of Industry, and given him property, this locust plague is not a trivial matter. With the power of the Yang family, I am afraid..."
"Therefore, the lower official thought that the county minister should come in person. Firstly, it would show the county minister's praise for Mr. Yang's actions. Secondly, if he had any difficulties, the county minister would come forward and it would be easier to solve...
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"It makes sense. If that's the case, how about you and I going together? It will also let the gentry in this county see that Mr. Xu will not treat poorly those good men who share the country's worries." Magistrate Xu already understood it.
He stood up happily and said.
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In the afternoon, Yang Qian, who was refreshed and refreshed after a good sleep, also came to Junzili Restaurant and saw the notice posted outside the door.
Although the notice had been posted for a long time, only a few children caught about two kilograms of locusts in the fields outside the city, exchanged them for four cents, and then bought two leek boxes and ate them happily.
"Don't worry, it has just been posted. Besides, it will take a day or two for us in Xingze to live without those things."
Yang Qian was not in a hurry to bring down the people. He turned around and comforted the worried Manager Chen.
Turning around, he saw the locusts that were flapping in the linen bag. Yang Qian reached out and picked them up and picked them up. "Zhili, where are the spices I bought? Come on, sir. I will personally show you how to deal with locusts."
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The corners of Manager Chen's eyes immediately stood up. "Sir, you don't really want to fry bugs to eat, do you?"
Yang Qian smiled calmly. "Does Uncle Chen think Qian is joking with you?"
Carrying the locusts, he came to the back kitchen. Under the watchful eyes of the two chefs and several handymen, Yang Qianrang placed a pot on the stove, poured hot water and put in a few pieces of ginger.
After the water boils, pour the entire bag of locusts into it and blanch it, then start processing, remove the hard wings, remove the internal organs, add oil, and then start to stir-fry over low heat.
As the locust slowly changed color, people in the kitchen smelled a scent.
"Sir, are these really locusts? Why are they so fragrant..." Zhili, who was standing aside, kept sniffing and looking at the locusts on the pot with bright eyes.
As he was talking, he heard a commotion coming from outside the shop. Manager Chen, who was smelling the scent of fried locusts, swallowed his saliva and hurried to the front yard. However, several officers were guarding a car, heading towards him.
Come this way.
And those sitting in the car were actually the county magistrate Xu and the county magistrate Xu.
Not long after, the car stopped outside Yang Qian's Junzi Chive Restaurant, and the people who had been queuing up to buy chive boxes also got out of the way.
"I didn't know that the county magistrate and the county magistrate are coming here. I'm sorry for not being able to welcome you from afar." Yang Qian, who left the follow-up work to the restaurant cook, stepped out of the restaurant and respectfully walked towards the person who had already left the restaurant.
Xu and Xu, who were driving the car, saluted each other.
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