Chapter 84 How Can a Crab Farmer Have No Crabs to Eat?

The first batch of crabs was fished out in large numbers, so Zhuangzi began to eat crabs.

One per person, steamed and dipped in ginger vinegar with soy sauce to eat.

Other crabs have been transported to the heaven and earth in Chang'an East City. Rich people can't grab a spot, so they can order takeout at a low price.

The crabs belong to the relatively large crabs purchased from Li Yi's Zhuangzi in Heaven and Earth.

A crab costs 500 yuan, the market price.

People who eat it will choose to mash the orange pulp into a puree, add salt to it, and eat the crab meat with it.

In the Jiangnan area, ordinary people can still catch and eat them.

In Chang'an, the number of wild crabs that are already rare is limited and must be sold if caught in the water.

Now use honey to preserve crabs. If you don’t have honey, add sugar.

Honey and sugar can prevent the speed of putrefaction. Microorganisms will dehydrate and die when they encounter sugar.

Neither honey nor sugar is cheap, but they are used to preserve crabs, which shows their price.

Farmers are reluctant to eat crabs. They start with the small claws, pick them out bit by bit, and then chew the shells of the claws into pieces.

The family members of the students who came over looked at the steamed crabs in a daze.

"Mr. Chen, I feel guilty in Zhuangzi." The wife of student Chen Xu stared at the crabs and swallowed her saliva, and said to Chen Xu nervously.

A four-year-old girl in the house next to her had drool all over her, but she didn't dare to reach out.

"Eat, you have suffered in the past. Dongzhu Li is a very human being, but he has great ambitions. In the future, his husband will do more things with Zhuangzi."

Chen Xu was heartbroken and went to Chang'an to take the exam, but failed. For two years in a row, he was unwilling to go back, leaving his wife and children struggling to survive there.

When I couldn't live any longer, I sold my things, paid off my debts, lived frugally and found Chang'an.

Now that things are finally settled, it is Dongzhu Li who comes to the rescue.

If I hadn't seen what the dealers were eating and drinking, I wouldn't have dared to accept such benefits.

"Mom, mom, don't cry." When the little girl saw her mother crying, she quickly stood up and stretched out her hands to wipe her tears.

"If you don't cry, mother won't cry." The woman wiped her tears and smiled again: "Alang, don't let Dongzhu Li feel cold."

"My husband knows, I know. Come, eat crabs." Chen Xu said and gave the biggest crab to his wife.

The wife gave it to her daughter, and the daughter shouted to give it to her father.

So the family slowly and seriously tasted the taste of crabs.

Li Yike didn't care what others thought, he took the palace maids and eunuchs to feast.

The whole restaurant smells of toilet water, which is used by eunuchs and maids.

Li Yi's simple sanitary napkins made of cotton are equally versatile.

Gao Lishi also gave a lot of gifts, including toilet water in porcelain bottles.

He hasn't burned the glass yet, so busy.

I was busy harvesting green crops and harvesting dried vegetables at the same time, especially dried radishes.

Like a squirrel, he is always worried that something is missing in the winter.

When the cabbage is harvested, put it in the vegetable cellar together with the green onions, yams and radishes, all of which are long-term preservation foods.

"Proprietor, do we use molasses to preserve our crabs? In winter, they are even more precious." Eunuch Brown Yan took a bite of crab meat and said.

Li Yi paused and smiled: "Speaking of crab preservation, have you ever eaten drunken crabs?"

The four people shook their heads together, having never heard of it.

"Since I don't know, let's make it first at Zhuangzi and seal it. It can last for half a year and tastes better than honey." Li Yi introduced and decided to do it.

Reduce the supply to heaven and earth and preserve it as drunken crabs.

In winter or spring, if others don’t have crabs to eat, is it expensive to sell them for 2,000 yuan each? How about three thousand?

Anyway, people who have no money can still not afford it even if it is as low as 500 yuan.

The maid and eunuch looked happy.

According to Dongzhu Li's usual practice, he can enjoy the good things by taking his turn.

"I have to tell my brother to harvest the crabs and make them into drunken crabs. Then I will eat half of them and sell half of them, and still make a profit."

Li Yi thought of his eldest brother and third brother whom he hadn't seen for many days.

Early the next morning, before he could send people to look for Liuli Village, Li Chengqi, Li Longji and Queen Wang arrived without hesitation.

Seeing that Li Longji was in a good mood, he came over and picked up Li Yi and spun him around five times.

"Brother Yi, I heard that crab roe has arrived in your village. Your sister-in-law and I came to taste it."

Li Longji patted Li Yi's shoulder, who was stunned by him, and said cheerfully.

Li Yi slowly looked at Queen Wang and shook his head: "Sister-in-law can't eat crabs, so I'll make sauced chicken liver for my sister-in-law."

"I won't eat." Queen Wang didn't even ask why. She refused to eat if she wasn't allowed. It must have something to do with the child.

Li Chengqi looked annoyed and said: "If I had known that crabs in paddy fields were so good, Third Brother, we should also raise some in Liuli Village."

"Next year, wait for next year." Li Longji was not very interested in crabs today. He was still immersed in the joy of yesterday's military parade.

Especially the complicated expressions of the ministers, Yao Chong still wants to order my private army, hum!

Those are my soldiers, they only listen to my words.

I can pull up a strong army at any time, one by one. If anyone thinks about something that shouldn't be done, let alone me being merciless.

This is what Li Longji thinks. There is an absolutely reliable army, and anyone who disobeys will be dealt with.

Money is not wasted.

He looked at Li Yi so much that he liked him. He wished he could go directly to the political hall and sit in the position of first prime minister.

Li Yi didn't know what Li Longji was thinking, he was telling Li Chengqi.

"Brother, I will raise crabs next year. This year, I have a way to store crabs for half a year, and they taste even better when eaten."

Then Li Yi explained about the drunken crab: "You have to choose the crab..."

"Brother Yi, don't tell me, Zhuangzi, do it yourself." Li Chengqi interrupted Li Yi, not wanting to learn and not wanting to know.

Queen Wang followed and said: "We can buy a large amount of crab roe from other places and send it to uncle here, and he will make it."

"Exactly." Li Longji nodded.

He knew how valuable a method of preserving crabs for a long time was. If it was not managed properly and spread, Yi Di would lose money, what should he do?

Li Yi thought about it and felt that it made sense. Whether or not to eat crabs would not have much impact on people's livelihood.

Unless there is a relatively complete crab farming plan to promote crab farming, more paddy fields can be used, but what does the drunk crab have to do with it?

A few people were talking and entering the village. Queen Wang insisted on going to the dining hall to have a look.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, we saw crabs, winter melon and crab soup.

Even though she already knew that Li Yi was good to the farmers, she still felt emotional when she knew the price of crabs.

Crabs are different from soy sauce. Soy sauce can be made at any time, while crabs can only grow so much in a year.

"Brother Yi, you are so willing." Li Longji also sighed.

"The earth in front of the door is covered with pottery, and there is not a single tile on the house. Ten fingers are not stained with mud, and the scales live in the building." Li Yi copied a poem.

He is using this to make sense, but it is actually not true. Otherwise, would it be so difficult to build an airplane that everyone would have one?

Li Longji and others couldn't think of anything about the plane. After hearing this, they also thought that people's livelihood was not easy.

"Brother Yi must have copied this poem again, right?" Li Chengqi suddenly asked.

"Ah!" Li Yi nodded, which means you are right.

"Why don't you copy another song? Now, now." Li Longji asked you to ask a difficult question, "Come on, improvise."

"I entered the city yesterday and came back with tears streaming down my face. Those who are covered in silken clothes are not silkworm farmers." Li Yi followed Shan Ruliu and copied it.

Li Longji and three others: "..."

"How many people have you killed and buried, uncle?" After a while, Queen Wang suddenly joked.