Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 39

"Your Majesty said something that must be kept secret, but these bastards turned around and stabbed it out!"

"Now the entire Xianyang city is well known, do you know how big a crime it is? This is deceiving the emperor, this is the crime of copying and beheading, even the barbarians!"

Qiang Lu was furious, pointing at his sons with a spatula, "If the old man doesn't kill these beasts today, our whole family will die, all of us will die together, and none of us will be able to escape!"

"Ah?" Mrs. Qiang was dumbfounded, "I can't, master, what can I do, I can't kill people!"

"Master, you must find a way to save the children, but you can't let them be beheaded!"

Qiang Yan looked at his wife, crying and kneeling in front of him, suddenly became more upset, and threw the spatula in front of his sons!

"If they don't die, the whole family will die. You choose yourselves. I will go to the palace to face the saint right now. If I want to die, I will be the first to die!"

Saying that, Qiang rushed out the door angrily, Mrs. Qiang looked like she was mourning her concubine, and her sons were also downcast. No one thought that eating a locust would cause such a great disaster.

Qiang Yu entered the palace to meet the Holy Spirit. With the permission of the chamberlain, he came to Ying Zheng's meeting hall and found that Li Si and Feng Quji were also there.

"Your Majesty, I'm guilty, and I'm here to plead guilty!" Qiang Fu knelt down on the ground and kowtowed.

When Ying Zheng, Li Si and the others saw this, they couldn't help laughing, "Take a look, two prime ministers, I'm right, our big-mouthed general will come to plead guilty to me soon!"

Hearing this, Qiang Yu felt ashamed and said, "Your Majesty, I have failed to discipline you properly. A few evil beasts ruined your Majesty's affairs. However, please bear in mind that they were careless. I will bear all the faults they have committed." !”

Hearing Qiang Yu's words, Li Si and Feng Quji laughed even more happily, and Ying Zheng even waved his hands, shook his head and sighed.

"Okay, okay, get up, I told you last night, don't take the locusts back to eat, but you didn't listen, it's all right now, I messed up all the arrangements for you!"

"The minister is guilty!" Qiang Yan was even more ashamed, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, please punish me!"

Seeing that Qiang Li was getting serious, Ying Zheng waved his hands and smiled and said, "Okay, let's get up, the matter of the locust plague is something that will be made public sooner or later, since it has been leaked now, just change the strategy."

"Ah?" Qiang Yan looked surprised, "Your Majesty, is it really all right? You only need to change your strategy, and it won't spoil His Majesty's important affairs, but if it spreads at this time, it may cause the people to panic."

"How can we cause panic now? We haven't seen a single locust, so why panic?" Li Si laughed and said, "With His Majesty strategizing, how could something like that happen?"

"Okay, get up quickly." Ying Zheng waved his hand again, "It just so happens that you are here too, Li Si, Feng Quji, the rest of the matter, I will leave it to you to cooperate with Qiang Li."

"Be sure to let the people see in the shortest possible time that our Daqin officials are eating locusts!"

Li Si immediately cupped his hands, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have made arrangements. From now on, all major restaurants in Xianyang City will openly buy locusts and make locust feasts for all officials!"

Upon hearing what Li Si said, Qiang You quickly said: "Your Majesty, my wife's family is doing business in Guanzhong, so I can also help!"

Those who are officials in the court basically either have their own catering-related business, or someone in the family is doing this. It is naturally easy to pass the news as quickly as possible.

Ying Zheng nodded his head when he heard the words, and pointed at Qiang Li, "Okay, then whether you can make amends, Qiang Li, I will wait and see next, don't let me down!"

"I obey the order, thank you!" Qiang You was overjoyed when he heard what Ying Zheng said.

Soon, in the city of Xianyang, news spread that relatives of the emperor and important ministers in the court ate locust larvae.

Moreover, restaurants of all sizes in the city have started to openly buy locust larvae, and each catty of locusts can be exchanged for ten big coins!

This suddenly attracted the attention of many poor people. After all, this is a no-cost business. As long as they are willing to work hard, ordinary people can easily dig two hundred dollars a day, which is not a small amount.

This situation soon spread to the entire Guanzhong Plain, and a strange scene appeared on the Guanzhong Plain.

Countless people were frantically digging locust larvae around the fields, and such news quickly reached Zhao Yi's ears.

The news was passed by Zhang Cang to Zhao Yi.

Now Zhang Cang is in charge of the Cheqi General's Mansion, so Zhang Cang will ask Zhao Yi for instructions every other day for the information obtained by the Cheqi General's Mansion. Even if Zhao Yi completely delegates power to Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang still insists on reporting to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi was very helpless about this, but he had to listen. He heard that Qiang Yan and his son ate locusts, which caused the whole Xianyang City to start eating locusts. At the same time, the restaurants in Xianyang City began to buy locusts. Mystery.

【Okay, who came up with this idea? It shouldn't be from an old man, it's really something! 】

【How did he know that there would be a plague of locusts, and how did he know that Qiang Yan and his son were attracted to eat locusts? 】

Zhao Yi couldn't figure it out, but Zhang Cang had limited access to information, so Zhao Yi could only guess secretly in his heart.

At this time, Ying Zheng happened to arrive outside his house, heard what Zhao Yi was saying, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Zhang Cang, who do you think was the first to cause this locust-eating thing?" Zhao Yi asked Zhang Cang casually, "Didn't you take charge of growing potatoes recently? Didn't you notice it at all?"

"This subordinate is dull." Zhang Cang shook his head, "Your Majesty only knows that this matter seems to have something to do with the people around His Majesty. I heard that this person knows astronomy and geography, and His Majesty was instructed by him to create the current situation. "

Is there someone behind Ying Zheng?Zhao Yi was startled suddenly, he had never heard of such a number one person beside Ying Zheng!
[I'll go, it's no wonder that Ying Zheng can become an emperor through the ages, there are really many capable ministers and officials around him! 】

[Let me just say, with the old guy’s IQ and living in a deep palace for a long time, how could he possibly know about the coming locust plague, let alone what locusts can eat. 】

[Oh, who could this person be? He looks very powerful, and is really by the old man's side?Why has no one ever heard of it! 】

Ying Zheng had already walked into General Chaqi's mansion at this time, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard Zhao Yi's complaints.

This traitor would definitely not have thought that the strange person he was thinking about at this moment was himself!

"My lord, your majesty is coming down, and the royal driver has arrived outside the door!" The housekeeper of the general's mansion hurriedly reported, and Zhao Yi sat up straight in a jerk.

[Fuck, you really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, why is this old thing here? 】

[Oops, I really don’t want to see the old guy. Every time he comes, I’m sure something bad will happen. My poor brain cells will die by the hundreds of millions again! 】

(End of this chapter)