Chapter 1982: Qianqiu Festival (2)

Among them, the most widely promoted method is the edible method.

Locusts can be used as medicine and have medicinal value:

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, locusts can be used alone or in combination to treat a variety of diseases, such as tetanus, infantile convulsions, fever, asthma, sha swell, cormorant plague, frostbite, tracheitis and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Ten locusts can be boiled in water or fried and ground into powder for consumption, five per time. For frostbite, fry and grind into powder and mix with sesame oil to apply to the affected area.

Cai Wei ordered the Imperial Hospital to publicize this recipe, encouraging and calling on the people not to waste locusts, a great resource that can be eaten and used as medicine. It also encouraged local officials to call on the people to use locusts in dishes. Insects contain a lot of protein, which is very good for the human body.

However, the common people were afraid of offending the "Locust God" and were still very afraid of eating locusts. But when they heard that the Queen's barbecue restaurant actually had locusts as a dish, and it was very famous and expensive, they were not so opposed to it.

The food sold even in the Queen's house must be very good. Everyone followed the method of locusts passed down by the Queen's house, strung the captured locusts on branches, brushed them with oil, and grilled them with charcoal fire. It was really delicious!

So, in addition to poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese rushing to eat locusts, the people also began to eat this delicacy in large quantities.

The poor locusts had not had time to reproduce and proliferate in large numbers, and the people of Dajin, who were united as one, had eaten almost all of them.

Locusts are pure green food, containing a lot of protein, delicious and tasty. Whether steamed, boiled, fried or sauced, they are very delicious. Some people are addicted to eating them. Since then, locusts have developed into a delicacy like fish and shrimp. Many people living in the city go to the suburbs to catch locusts to eat in order to satisfy their own tooth.

Gradually, the people's fear of the locust god has become less and less. They no longer change color when talking about locusts, but start to drool reflexively when talking about locusts.

In such an atmosphere, the locust plague was naturally eliminated invisibly.

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In November, Nangong Yi issued an order to open the warehouses of several prefectures that had no harvest and release grain. The grain he had hoarded for two years was put to good use. Those people who had no harvest had food to eat for the winter. The people received the grain distributed by the government. Although the areas that were less affected did not receive grain, they were directly exempted from corvée and taxes, which reduced the burden on the people. The taxes in the areas that were not affected remained the same, and they were not asked to pay more corvée just because the country was affected by the disaster. For this reason, the people supported the emperor even more and admired him like a god.

This drought that had not happened in a century was finally overcome with the unremitting efforts of Nangong Yi and Caiwei. Although it cost them a lot of effort and money, seeing that the people had survived the disaster safely, no one died in the disaster, and no family left their homes, they all felt that the hard work they had put in over the past two years was not in vain, and all the efforts and hardships were worth it!

During the Chinese New Year, because the Jin Dynasty suffered a disaster this year, Nangong Yi issued an order to reduce expenses and save money, so the entire New Year celebration was much less than in previous years, and even the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was not allowed to be held.

Despite this, the people were very content. In such a disaster year, everyone could still eat well and wear warm clothes, which was not easy. As long as people are still alive, there will be plenty of time to enjoy life in the future. Why bother about this festival?

Meanwhile, the Queen Chaogui of the Xianbei Kingdom had given birth. Fortunately, she finally gave birth to a prince as she wished. The King of the Xianbei Kingdom, Helan Hao, was overjoyed. Before the child was even a month old, he issued an order to make him the crown prince. Chaogui finally got what she wanted, and she was naturally very happy.