Qin asked

Li Si did not disappoint Yingzheng. On the first day he entered the court, he openly opposed Lu Buwei, and refuted Lu Buwei's new proposal of exchanging food for nobles. Waiting for reasons, Li Si said one by one, making Lu Buwei's face turn blue and white with anger.

Ying Zheng, who had always shown respect to Lu Buwei, did not take his uncle's side at this time, but clearly agreed with what Li Si said.

"Li Qing's words are justified, exchanging food for nobles is quite harmful, uncle don't mention this matter."

This was the first time that Yingzheng had challenged Lu Buwei in a real way, and the meaning was self-evident. Lu Buwei was not surprised at all, but he had a feeling that he had finally come.

Lu Buwei looked at Ying Zheng, and then at Li Si. Li Si met Lu Buwei's eyes without fear, without any fear of being kicked out of the court by Lu Buwei, and Lu Buwei really had nothing to do with him. Behind him was Ying Zheng. , although Lu Buwei is very powerful, if Ying Zheng wants to do his best to protect the next courtier, it is still possible.

"What the king said is," Lu Buwei immediately stabilized his mind after thinking about it, and he made a concession very calmly, "It's not because I didn't think carefully, this matter can be slowed down."

Ying Zheng nodded to Lu Buwei: "Uncle is also for Qin, I have to thank Uncle."

The atmosphere that was still tense suddenly eased. Some people couldn't keep up with the situation, but some people understood that it was just the calm on the surface.

Although he won a small victory against Lu Buwei, Ying Zheng was not very proud, but very naturally began to discuss the next matter with the minister.

"The King of Yan wants to make Crown Prince Dan a hostage to Qin. I don't know what the minister thinks."

Although Meng Ao didn't continue to attack Yan, he didn't return to Qin either. He just stayed in front of Zhao, and he could return to Yan in minutes by turning his head.After all, King Yan was still afraid, so Prince Dan, who had been cheated by his father all the time, would come to Qin to continue his hostage career.

Of course, King Yan still couldn't directly say that he was afraid of Qin State, he still wanted to save face, he made an excuse, saying that he liked Cai Ze, the just-in-law sent by Qin State to Yan State three years ago, so he sent himself His son came to Qin as a hostage. Although there seems to be no logical relationship between the two, it seems a bit noble, and there is a feeling that King Yan loves talents...

No matter what the reason is for King Yan, as a businessman, Lu Buwei’s instinct is to seek profit. Although King Yan doesn’t care about his prince, there are still many benefits that a proton can bring to Qin. The benefits are all there. Why?

But who to send to get it is a problem. Lu Buwei glanced around the lobby and quickly locked on a person.

"You can send Zhang Tang as an envoy to Yan to take Prince Dan back to Qin."

Of course there was a reason for Lu Buwei to choose Zhang Tang. Zhang Tang was a general who conquered a large area of ​​Zhao State. This time, he had to pass through Zhao State when he went to Yan State. Lu Buwei felt that Zhang Tang was a deterrent to Zhao State, which was relatively safe.

However, there is a saying in later generations that success is Xiao He, and failure is Xiao He.

It is true that Zhang Tang defeated Zhao Guo, so King Zhao hated him deeply, claiming that if someone kills Zhang Tang, he will be rewarded with a hundred miles of land, so Zhang Tang counseled...

In fact, he was not really cowardly, if Lu Buwei gave Zhang Tang an army to fight against Zhao, maybe he would be very happy, but this time Lu Buwei gave a guard of honor, Zhang Tang would not agree.

Zhang Tang thought about it, and finally decided to reject Lu Buwei: "I once attacked Zhao for King Qin Zhao, and everyone in Zhao State resented me. King Zhao once said: 'Whoever wins the Tang Dynasty will have a land of hundreds of miles.' Today's Yan must Jing Zhao, I am afraid that I will not be able to take on this important task."

Originally, Lu Buwei felt bad for Li Si's embarrassment, but he endured it because of Ying Zheng's face. Now even a general dares to resist him?

As a result, they broke up unhappy, and it was still under the condition of Ying Zheng's reconciliation.

Lu Buwei returned to the Lu Mansion with a bad complexion, the more he thought about it, the more angry he was, and he swept away everything on the desk.

Things rolled all over the ground, the pen holder rolled the farthest, and it rolled unsteadily to the threshold before stopping, and then was picked up by a childish hand.

"Why is Lu Gong so angry?"

Lu Buwei looked up, and saw a child standing in front of the door, who looked quite mature. Normally, Lu Buwei might be interested in talking to him, but now Lu Buwei is angry, seeing that it is A child had no patience and wanted to drive people away with a wave of his hand.

"Go, go, what do you know as a child?"

The child was not annoyed by Lu Buwei's contempt, but continued to say to Lu Buwei very seriously: "Xia Ganluo, the grandson of Gan Mao, is now a guest of Duke Lu. As a guest, he has the responsibility to share his worries for Lord Lu. Why did you drive Gan Luo away?"

Lu Buwei laughed back in anger, so he briefly explained the matter to Gan Luo, and he wanted to see what the kid could say.

After Gan Luo heard the whole story, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then said: "Please do it."

"Nonsense!" Lu Buwei exhausted the last bit of patience, "I personally let Zhang Tang go and he doesn't want to go, so what can you do?"

Gan Luo pursed his lips: "Da Xianglu was a teacher of Confucius when he was seven years old. Quyuanli in Qin State was ruled by Mo Dou when he was less than ten years old. This minister is more than 12 years old. Why don't Duke Lu try your minister and scold me instead?"

Gan Luo's unyielding performance finally caught Lu Buwei's attention, yes, he has ink fights in Yingzheng, why can't Lu Buwei have a Gan Luo?

"So, you can give it a try."

...

Mo Dou on one side doesn't know that he is good enough to let Gan Luo use him as an example, and he is worrying about one thing now.

Locust plague.

In fact, locusts are a good thing. Among the 859 species of locusts, there are two main ones that can be used as medicine for food. The Chinese rice locust is one of them. It is rich in nutrients, soft and tender, and delicious like shrimp. Active substances such as protein, carbohydrates, insect hormones, etc., and contain vitamins A, B, C and trace elements such as phosphorus, calcium, iron, zinc, manganese.

Moreover, it is also a good medicine for curing diseases. It has the effects of warming the stomach and rib yang, invigorating the spleen and eliminating food, dispelling wind and relieving cough. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that locusts can be used alone or in combination to treat a variety of diseases, such as tetanus, convulsions in children, fever, asthma, fever, cormorant plague, frostbite, tracheitis, and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.Note 1

So, how do locusts taste better?

Mo Dou had already asked Uncle Niu to catch a basket of locusts and put them in the yard. He followed Baidu's instructions and let the locusts sit for two days to let the locusts drain their feces. Then he scalded them to death with boiling water and took them out , remove the head, limbs, wings, and internal organs, put them into the pot with salt water, and then boil...

Uncle Niu said that he was used to his son's convulsions, but when Mo Dou put the locusts in the pot in the kitchen and tried to eat them, Uncle Niu couldn't help it.

"Sir, this..."

Mo Dou also waved his hand as usual, indicating that he is not crazy: "It's okay, I'm just giving it a try."

Uncle Niu felt that he had to worry about Mo Dou a hundred times every day.

Mo Dou took a deep breath and stuffed the locust into his mouth. As expected, the taste was not very good...

It may be that the quality of salt in this era is really not high, and his expectations are too high, so he doesn't feel very good, it's okay, he has another method: frying in a frying pan.

The locusts in autumn are the most plump. Put an appropriate amount of sesame oil in the pot and heat it until it is [-]% hot, then put the ingredients in it, and fry them until they are golden brown, then take them out, and sprinkle with some seasonings before eating.

Well, it tastes better...

But it's only a little bit, and it's not enough to be amazing.

Mo Dou put down the plate in his hand, sighed helplessly, maybe he has no cooking talent, in fact, the real locust plague is coming, who will remember the taste, it is lucky to eat some, even if it is just roasted and completely tasteless It doesn't matter, the reason why Mo Dou cares so much about the taste of locusts is because this is what he is planning to feed to Ying Zheng.

As the saying goes, if there is something good at the top, there will be nothing good at the bottom. As long as Yingzheng eats it, I believe it will be much more convenient for Qin to accept eating locusts.

In fact, although the taste of locusts is not good, Mo Dou believes that Ying Zheng is willing to cooperate with him, but he just wants to be frightened, but there is no way if God doesn't give him a chance, anyway, it's not a big deal.

Mo Dou wiped his mouth, turned to Uncle Niu and said, "Uncle Niu, please tell me that Dou wants to entertain the king."

Mo Dou was not surprised that Uncle Niu was Yingzheng's man, nor was Uncle Niu surprised that Mo Dou knew about this, but Uncle Niu was still a little surprised. Why did Mo Dou suddenly reveal his identity?

Mo Dou quickly told Uncle Niu the answer: "But Uncle Niu, please don't mention this."

Uncle Niu froze for a moment, the young master wanted to invite Ying Zheng to eat locusts?

Facing the trusting eyes of Shang Mo Dou, Uncle Niu paused, and said resolutely, "Okay."

I'm sorry, Your Majesty, after all, Mo Dou was also regarded as the one he grew up with, so there is no reason for him not to agree to such a small request, you shouldn't mind, right?

Uncle Niu's efficiency is still very fast, and Ying Zheng went straight to Baidu Workshop when he was in court, and he still had a Li Si...

"Hello, Mr. Mo, I'm next to Li Si. I heard that the king said that Mr. Mo has good food, so Li Si came here with the cheek."

"...Well, it's okay, you can eat as you like..."

Looking at the locust feast in front of him, Li Si felt that his smile was almost unstoppable. Who could tell him why the first meal he had when he finally became an official was locusts? !