A Miaowei Building located on the east side is located in a town called Zhongguan.

Zhongguan Town is located in the throat of the traffic area, fifteen miles away from the capital, and is the only way to the capital to the east.

Therefore, it has always been very prosperous, with a lot of shops for eating, drinking and having fun, and even at night, it is brightly lit.

Early in the morning, a fire rose at the entrance of Miaowei Tower, and the fragrance of rice and wheat spread throughout the town.

As soon as the hour of Mao began, the first round of rice porridge and steamed buns were already out of the oven, and thousands of people were already waiting in front of them with pots and basins.

Most of them are farmers around the town. You can buy half a kilogram of thick rice porridge and five large steamed buns with just two copper coins, which is a rare opportunity for them to get a bargain.

On the contrary, many people in the town are unwilling to buy it.

First of all, it is because they are queuing for too long, and it usually takes an hour to buy it, so they don’t have that time to spare.

Secondly, it feels like hiding here is a shame. Unless there are old ladies at home, men are rarely willing to come out to queue up to buy.

After all, Zhongguan Town is located on a major transportation road and its business is booming all day long. All the shops here can basically make a fortune, and they are not too sensitive to the mere grain price increase.

Ren Xing, the shopkeeper, is 35 years old this year. He also gave birth to a son from Princess Yu's family and came with Princess Yu's dowry.

Before soap and flower essential oil were made, Miaoweilou was the largest commercial source of Prince Yu’s house, and the one with the most profit was the one in Beijing, accounting for 30%.

Zhongguan Town is closely behind, accounting for 20%. Ren Xing is very capable.

Although the restaurant business is not even considered a sesame for Prince Yu’s Mansion, he is used to this business and can continue to do it, so Princess Yu decided to do it like this.

However, Ren Xing also heard that because there are too many things in the soap workshop and the essential oil workshop, the princess intends to transfer these elderly people back to take charge of more important work.

This is also good. After working in Miaoweilou for so many years, I am a little tired. If you change to a new environment, you may be more motivated.

Recalling the rewards given out a few days ago, Ren Xing felt a little hot again.

Unexpectedly, the prince is really a god-like man in his mansion now!

Even though he has recently made Miaoweilou in a loss stage every day, Ren Xing doesn't think so.

After surviving the locust plague, with soap and flower essential oil, the losses can be replenished in the blink of an eye.

I was thinking about it beautifully here, suddenly there was a noise in the crowd lined up at the door.

Ren Xing looked up and saw two teenagers walking towards Miaowei Tower with four baskets on a shoulder pole.

While walking, Ren Xing could still hear familiar voices.

locust!

Ren Xing realized that someone was laughing at the door there.

"Oh, someone is really collecting it for sale?"

"Can't it? Prince Yu's mansion said that he would collect locusts and eggs."

"Look at how many they brought, it's not a hundred kilograms?"

"Tsk tsk, I'm afraid it's not stopping."

Amid the discussion, Ren Xing stepped out of the building and just met the two boys.

"Stand the shopkeeper!"

A farmer boy about fifteen or sixteen years old put down the basket of a shoulder pole and said breathlessly: "You said you want to collect a liter of locusts for ten cents. Do you keep your word?"

"certainly!"

Ren Xing nodded.

He was very confused about His Royal Highness's decision, but His Royal Highness is the master, and the mansion cannot make decisions based on money and interests, so Ren Xing can only implement them resolutely.

The two farm boys were overjoyed when they heard this, "Please put on the scale and weigh it. There should be more than 150 liters here."

"good!"

Ren Xing called his subordinates over and poured out the locusts and weighed them in a hurry, totaling 165 liters.

Looking at the look of the two of them, Ren Xing raised his voice a little: "Don't be nervous, can Prince Yu's Mansion break its trust? You are indispensable!"

While speaking, he called the accountant, snatched a twelve or five cents of silver, and gave another 150 cents of copper coins, and placed them in the hands of the two.

The two peasant boys were overjoyed, holding silver and copper coins, and didn't know what to say.

The people watching the fun were also a little stunned.

Most of them are surrounding farmers. They rely on arable land to grow vegetables, raise various poultry, and sell them to shops in the town to make money.

Although the business is pretty good, more than one tael of silver is worth their income in ten days!

Why can two boys make so much money by getting some locusts?

Ren Xing was also a little curious. When the waiters carried the locusts inside, they asked: "Brother, why did you two get so many locusts?"

"Where did we make it?" said the younger farmer boy: "This is what the three of us have accumulated after working hard for a whole day yesterday."

"But this is a big profit." An aunt not far away from her eyes were shining. "The three families can earn more than five cents of silver a day. How much does it take in a month?"

"Hahaha, locusts won't stay for a month! We are not a place with countless fertile fields, and they will fly away in at most three to five days." A person who knows how to do it was laughing at her.

But more people's eyes are shining.

Some people even stopped queuing up and ran home quickly.

The food of these 2 articles does not end in one or two days, and it will last for many days.

But the locusts only stay for a few days. Once they run away, they won’t make any money!

With someone taking the lead, more people stopped queuing, and the anxious look of running desperately made people stunned.

The two farm boys got the money and hurriedly carried the shoulder pole and the basket home.

Their families are still catching locusts while waiting for their news.

Once they can really sell money, they will work harder to catch locusts.

Ren Xing watched the people in line reduce at a speed visible to the naked eye. After shaking his head and smiling, he signaled that the guys would burn three big pots next to him.

The pot was heated quickly, and the guy took out several pots of white grease from it and poured it into it.

Immediately, a smell of smell came to my nose.

However, the customers were not pretentious and just stared at the three pots.

After all, they are all rural people. Who has never eaten pork and who has never smelled a more stinky smell?

Immediately, a friend brought out several huge dustpans from it, filled with black things, and placed them next to the oil pan.

Recently, people were startled, "Shopkeeper Ren, how much grudge do you have with the locusts? You actually paid for it and wanted to blow them up?"

Ren Xing smiled without saying a word, thinking that there will be something that will surprise you even more later.

The oil temperature continued to rise, and the guys threw the locusts that had cleaned the soil into the oil pan one by one.

The collision of water and oil triggered a "crackling" sound and attracted more people's attention.

Fried food will definitely smell.

Now that the locusts are blown up, they naturally emit a meaty and a slight burnt fragrance.

But people are not concerned about this, but are discussing why Prince Yu's Mansion wants to do this.

Could it be that the money is crazy?

Soon, the guy used a colander to scoop a batch of fried locusts and put them in a new basket.

Ren Xing cheered himself up in his heart, then walked over, and in full view of everyone, he picked up a locust and put it in his mouth.

"ah……"

Several aunts took a step back as if they had seen some monster.

Many people also began to look at Ren Xing with inexplicable eyes, thinking that this guy was crazy?

The locusts ate into their mouths, Ren Xing chewed them a few times before passing his psychological barrier.

Once he felt no resistance, he felt that the crispy and crispy locusts tasted pretty good.

It cannot be said that it is like eating meat, but it is not much different from eating some snacks.

Then Ren Xing took another one up, dipped it in a bowl with salted and salted dogwood seasoning next to it, and put it into his mouth the second time.

Um!!

This feels better. Compared to fried pork, the meat taste is definitely not enough, but it is very chewy and can also taste a little meaty taste, and there is no smell.

Considering that locusts are not normal food, it is quite rare.

Ren Xing felt that it would be more perfect if he had a pot of wine.

It is definitely more like a dish to serve than stir-frying beans.

The people next to him felt even more weird as Ren Xing ate with relish.

But there are also bold people.

A man in his thirties came forward and shouted: "Shopkeeper Ren, can this locust be eaten?"
To be continued...