Lu Bu's strongest strategy

Chapter 115 Locusts
This time the three of them discussed, but there was no result.

Lu Bu felt irritable, so he changed into casual clothes with Zhang Hu and others and decided to go out for a walk.

A group of people came outside the city, greeted and asked cautiously, "Wenhou, where are we going?"

Lu Bu thought for a moment, "Let's go see the refugees."

Since the refugees came to Puyang, although they all called Lu Bu a great benefactor, the benefactor they said had never been to the place where the refugees reclaimed the land.

The group of people rode towards the west of Puyang. An hour later, the scenery on the roadside changed.

The original green vegetation has been reversed by the refugees and has become fertile land.

Lu Bu got off his horse and stood on the official road, looking at the newly reclaimed land on both sides, his mood suddenly brightened.

A large area of ​​cultivated land spreads into the distance, with almost no boundaries visible.

On this reclaimed land, there are still many old people and children holding baskets in one hand, picking up things in the field non-stop.

Lu Bu was taken aback, "What are they doing?"

Zhang Hu looked at it and said, "They are picking out those weeds that are edible."

Having said this, Zhang Hu suddenly pointed his finger at the ground and said, "Marquis Wen, look, those are locusts."

Lu Bu lowered his head to look, and sure enough there were a few little green things jumping around on the grass beside the field.

At this moment, a few children suddenly ran over from the side, and just when Lu Bu was about to speak, the children jumped to the ground deftly.

"Look, I got it."

A four or five-year-old child raised his hand from the ground, holding a green locust in one hand.

"I caught it too, more, two."

A seven or eight-year-old child put locusts in the hands of several children on a branch.

"The little stone is very good. I'll eat one more for you later."

Uh!
Hearing what the children said, Lu Bu was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt sick when he saw the green locusts in the hands of the children.

Zhang Hu said with a smile, "Little guy, so you dare to eat locusts."

The older kid immediately took a step back, hiding the spoils behind him, "You are not allowed to rob us."

Zhang Hu snorted coldly with disdain, "When I ate locusts, I might not have you."

Hearing this, Lu Bu's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Zhang Hu in disbelief, as if he didn't know him.

In his perception, locusts are not just pests, but locust gods.

The reason why the locust plague appeared in the world was that the heaven deliberately sent down the disaster in order to punish the world.

Even in his heart, ordinary people cannot eat or even kill locusts, but can only drive them away as much as possible.

As long as people's hearts become better, the locusts will naturally disappear.

However, Zhang Hu dared to eat locusts, which was simply unforgivable.

Lu Bu snorted coldly, "Zhang Hu, you dare to eat locusts, don't you want to kill yourself?"

Zhang Hu was stunned, recalling the past, and said slowly, "I remember when I was young, there was a plague of locusts in my hometown, and my father caught some behind others' backs, and let our whole family eat them."

Hearing this, Lu Bu was taken aback immediately, "Your whole family ate it, have you ever been born?"

Zhang Hu shook his head, "There was a locust plague that year, and food was in short supply everywhere. Many people starved to death because there was no food to eat, but my father caught a lot of locusts for our family to eat.

Although I was hungry enough every day, but with these locusts, I survived for a while. "

Lu Bu coughed lightly and asked tentatively, "Did nothing bad happen?"

Zhang Hu shook his head, "It's okay to eat locusts, but the Yellow Turbans are in turmoil, my parents, alas!"

Lu Bu was about to ask again, when suddenly he smelled a strange smell.

In the burnt smell, there is even a hint of aroma that hits the nostrils.

Lu Bu hurriedly raised his head, only to find that there was a small campfire not far away, and the children just now were grilling the locusts they had caught.

And the smell that Lu Bu smelled was the smell of locusts when they were roasted.

"smell good!"

"You can only eat one, and you catch the least."

"Please, it's so delicious, give me another one."

"Well, I'll give you another one, but it will be deducted from the locusts you catch next time."

Lu Bu smelled the fragrance in the air and heard the words of admiration from the children, his heart suddenly moved, he turned his head to look at Zhang Hu, and asked tentatively.

"Zhang Hu, are locusts delicious?"

Zhang Hu nodded immediately, "It's delicious, very fragrant, and very resistant to hunger."

Having said that, Zhang Hu turned his head to look at the bonfire not far away, swallowed quietly, and had an urge to think about it and keep going.

Lu Bu saw the swelling in Zhang Hu's throat and couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Hu, do you want to eat?"

Zhang Hu hurriedly cupped his hands, "I don't want to."

Lu Bu looked around and said slowly, "Zhang Hu, even if you want to eat, don't go snatching those children, you go catch some now."

Hearing this, Zhang Hu was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly cupped his hands to catch the locusts.

A man with agility could catch a few locusts with ease. In a short time, Zhang Hu caught more than a dozen locusts, and found a branch to wear them.

"Marquis Wen, go down and bake."

Lu Bu nodded, expressing his acquiescence.

Zhang Hu excitedly ran to the fire and started grilling the locusts.

Not long after, the familiar scent entered Lu Bu's nose again, and he subconsciously took a deep breath, muttering in his heart.

It's really fragrant!

Zhang Hu is a well-behaved person. When the locusts were roasted golden in color, burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, he hurried back and offered them with both hands.

"Marquis Wen, please."

Although the locusts were roasted and turned yellow, Lu Bu still felt a little sick when he thought of the green appearance just now, so he shook his head.

"You still eat it."

Zhang Hu was overjoyed immediately, grabbed a locust and began to feast on it.

Lu Bu couldn't help asking, seeing Zhang Hu's mouth full of oil and his expression of enjoyment.

"Zhang Hu, is it really delicious?"

Zhang Hu nodded again and again, "It's been a long time since I ate, I didn't expect it to be so delicious."

Zhang Hu ate too loudly, and Li Gu who was beside him also kept swallowing his saliva.

Lu Bu heard Li Gu swallowing his saliva, and asked with a smile, "Li Gu, you want to eat too."

Li Gu scratched his head in embarrassment, "This subordinate obeys Marquis Wen's orders."

Lu Bu nodded, "Since you want to eat, go for it."

Li Gu had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and immediately shouted, "Zhang Hu, save some for me."

Seeing the two wolfing down their food, Lu Bu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed when he thought of the locusts that would cover the sky and the sun.

What if locusts were really edible?
The locusts are no longer a disaster, they are simply here to deliver food.

However, this is not a trivial matter, and it must be treated with caution?

What if the locusts were poisonous and everyone in Puyang ate them, wouldn’t it be all over?

For the sake of the experiment, Lu Bu didn't care about Zhang Hu and the others, letting them enjoy themselves while he sat aside and watched them eat.

(End of this chapter)