Everyone was stunned when they saw the baskets of copper coins and the people sitting behind the eight tables.
Although it was the county magistrate who informed them that someone was collecting locusts, they felt it was true and were very excited.
But it was far less impactful than what he saw with his own eyes, so much so that the people who were preparing to keep accounts and weigh the goods were waiting for people to come and sell locusts, but in the end no one came forward and the situation came to a standstill for a while.
Zheng Shao saw that everyone was standing still, and he knew what they were worried about. He didn't get angry at all, but gave Zhong Sen a look.
Zhong Sen immediately shouted to the crowd, "Why are you still standing there? Don't you think money is valuable? Don't you think it's precious?"
Suddenly someone responded loudly.
"Fragrant, rare."
Then the crowd began to move, all running forward in a swarm, fearing that they would fall behind and not be able to sell their locusts.
As the crowd surged forward, many people couldn't even move.
Seeing people waiting to collect locusts not far away, their faces were full of anxiety and impatience.
Suddenly, exclamations, screams and curses were heard from the crowd. Some people accidentally fell, while others were stepped on.
"Ah, my foot, who stepped on my foot."
"Get out of the way, don't squeeze me, I'm clearly in front."
"Take mine first. I squeezed in first."
"Mine, this is mine. My wife still has a lot. Wait for me."
"Ah! Don't take my locusts; they are mine."
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Everyone was crowding towards the back, so no one could squeeze through.
Zhong Sen saw the crowd going crazy and was actually frightened for a moment.
However, the sound of someone crying out in pain distracted him and he spoke directly and sharply.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Line up, one by one."
But the temptation to buy locusts was too great. Not to mention Zhong Sen, even if Zheng Shao scolded them personally, it would be hard for people not to squeeze forward.
Zheng Shao also knew that he had to control the current situation as soon as possible, so he asked the yamen runners to step forward to maintain order.
"Anyone who disobeys will be disqualified from selling locusts."
The crowd, who had been trying to push forward, retreated awkwardly after hearing this.
They just wanted to sell the locusts they caught, but they didn't want to be disqualified, otherwise they would not be able to sell them and would have no place to cry.
So in less than a quarter of an hour, the crowd, who had disregarded everything else, lined up obediently under the command of the yamen runners.
Li Mengyue and a county magistrate stood nearby and witnessed the chaos caused by the locust selling.
Li Mengyue didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but the county magistrate was deeply inspired by it.
The county they are from will sooner or later be hit by a locust plague. Miss Li brought a large army of ducks to help buy the locusts. They couldn't let it be a mess like Lanlong County, so they all wanted to make arrangements first.
But before they could say goodbye, Li Mengyue said in a clear voice: "I'm coming!"
"What?"
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