Zhang Feng wandered aimlessly around Chang 'an Street. Most of the things he saw were brown, green, and brownish-yellow locusts.
The sky was filled with locusts. In the end, there were so many locusts that people couldn't even move.
Zhang Feng, with his head full of locusts, returned to the tavern resentfully.
Damn it, it seemed like he couldn't afford to eat vegetables this year!
Zhang Feng muttered as he kicked a stone and slowly walked forward.
When he finally saw his own tavern, he saw a person sticking his butt out and peeking through the crack in the door.
The person was wearing a purple robe. Who else could it be other than Lao Li?
"Hey! Lao Li, is there something wrong with your eyes? I've already locked the door. Why are you still peeping? "
Zhang Feng appeared silently behind Li Shimin. His voice scared Li Shimin so much that he almost passed out on the spot. When he turned around and saw that it was Zhang Feng, he patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief.
"I say, kid, can't you make a sound when you walk? You scared me so much … "
Li Shimin muttered as he urged Zhang Feng to open the door.
As soon as they entered, the locusts that filled the sky were blocked outside. Li Shimin said with a worried face, "Brother, you saw the locusts that filled the sky. This … Didn't you say that this thing has been prevented? And last time, didn't you say that the locust plague would only break out next year? This … this … Look at this … What should we do? "
The locusts that filled the sky even affected Li Shimin's back garden, the imperial garden, and the imperial plantation. How could Li Shimin not be worried? And the imperial city was not spared either. The locusts that filled the sky and covered the earth were even present in the Political Announcement Hall.
This caused the people from the Imperial Astronomer to swindle them again during the morning assembly. The entire assembly was filled with cries and cries.
There were all sorts of things, such as calamities descending from the heavens and whatnot.
Li Shimin was about to explode from anger.
Only then did he come to find Zhang Feng to drink to relieve his boredom.
"Lao Li! Don't be anxious! Why don't you take a look and see if my prediction is accurate? "
"What's there to approve?"
Li Shimin spread out his hands and glared, "This thing is about to eat people. If it continues like this, we'll have to deal with it! What do you think we should do now that the food supply has been affected? "
"Alas!"
Zhang Feng slowly patted Li Shimin's shoulder.
"Lao Li! Don't rush! Drink a mouthful of wine first to calm your nerves. Look at the emperor, he's not in a hurry. You're just a commoner, why are you in a hurry? "
"With that little industry of yours, I don't think it's as good as your salt-making skills. What business with Zhenla? Or the cooperative? Just one of them is already your total income for the past year, right?"
"What's the hurry?"
"If the industry of Longyou Road is gone, then it's gone. What's money? Money is a bastard. If it's gone, can't we just earn it again? Also, Lao Li, let me tell you a secret! "
Zhang Feng's casual expression made Li Shimin gnash his teeth. He wanted to punch this guy's face into mush.
But he held it in and said speechlessly, "What time is it now? Do you still have money? If this continues, it'll be over sooner or later! "
"You don't know! The price of food has doubled now! Even if you said there would be a locust plague, the food you asked me to store won't be enough to last until this time next year. This is not a solution, right? "
"We'll starve to death sooner or later!"
Li Shimin poured out his grievances.
Zhang Feng was alone. This disaster was nothing to him, but Li Shimin was different!
He had a big family business. The entire Tang Dynasty belonged to his family. Now that this was happening, how could he not be anxious? Millions of people were waiting for him to feed them!
Zhang Feng patted Li Shimin's shoulder and whispered, "Lao Li, this is the time for us to get rich! Let me tell you first, if you want to do it, we'll do it together. If you don't want to, Lao Tzu will do it alone! When the time comes, don't be jealous! "
Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned.
He knew Zhang Feng's temper very well. As long as he was being mean, he would definitely say something important. However, as soon as he said something serious, you had to be careful.
But now …
Could it be that this guy was not bluffing, but pretending?
Li Shimin couldn't help but ask, "You … tell me about it?"
Zhang Feng leisurely took out a few plums from his bosom. As he ate, he said, "Actually, this method is exactly the same as the one we came up with to control the locusts!"
“？？？ What? "
"The same?"
"I'm afraid you don't know the current situation? At that time, the locusts were still eggs. Everything was easy. Just get a hoe and dig. And with your bluffing skills, you did make a lot of money. But it's different now! With locusts all over the sky, even if you want to bluff, you have to be able to bluff! "
"Look, at that time, the eggs were yellow and shiny. After frying them and biting into them, they were all meat and oil. After coating them with flour, even if people knew, they could still eat them! But who hasn't seen these locusts before? "
"These things have been pests since ancient times! Tell me, if I made these things for you to eat, would you eat them? "
Li Shimin was speechless.
But Zhang Feng mysteriously came out of the kitchen with a dustpan full of fried yellow locusts. He waved his hand at Li Shimin and said,
"Lao Li, look, what is this?"
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