At the beginning of June, envoys and caravans came to Xianyang from Yueshi, in addition to transporting many special products from the Western Regions, Liang Wang Yinggao also personally sent his own Zuo Prime Minister to explain the process of conquering Wusun to the Great Qin Emperor in detail, and asked the Great Qin Emperor to provide a large amount of currency to the Liang State, and even requested the opening of mutual markets at the border pass and the opening of branches of Huaxia Qian Zhuang in Yueshi and Wusun and other places, so as to facilitate the settlement of trade between the two places.

Because of this matter, the emperor personally asked Chen Xu's opinion in the court, Chen Xu naturally could not refuse, although the Yue's Wusun and even the Western Regions countries are far away from the Central Plains, and it is very difficult to come and go, but after all, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed in the Western Regions, and Yue's Wusun has also conquered and a large number of caravans have begun to come and go, and the development of commerce and trade will inevitably bring many advanced civilizations in the Central Plains to the Western Regions, which will also lay a good foundation for the rule of Great Qin in the future.

The feudal princes ruling the Western Regions is just an expedient measure at the moment, and when the population of the Central Plains expands rapidly after ten or twenty years, there will inevitably be more manpower to strengthen the management of the Western Regions, and the Chinese territory must include the Western Regions, although these places are barren, but they contain a large amount of oil resources, and also have an extremely important strategic position, will be a huge buffer zone between the Central Plains and Central Asia and West Asia, and the reason why China in later generations is not as chaotic as Europe, It is because of the natural barrier of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

As for King Yinggao of Liang, when the time comes, it can be divided into Central Asia and even West Asia again, and the emperor of Great Qin issued an edict, and the princes dare not shirk it, because after the princes are equipped with stirrups and saddle steel weapons, if their confidence swells and wants to win the Central Plains, Chen Xu's firearms will make them sober up, and if the firearms spread again, Chen Xu estimates that he has also developed more fierce muskets, artillery and even steel warships.

The Central Plains' manpower and material resources, decades of scientific and technological reserves, strong mobilization capacity, and industrial base are definitely not comparable to these poor and small countries in the Eastern Hu, Xiongnu, and Western Regions, which want nothing.

The only thing is to see whether Daqin can maintain a state of long-term stability, and this is also the focus of Chen Xu's future reform.

There are huge hidden dangers in the dynastic empire of the king's family, and there are also huge drawbacks in the system of official appointments in the court and counties, and being an official in a place or a certain position for a lifetime is the most important factor that breeds corruption and collusion of power, and the harm to the country is extremely great.

However, these are not the issues that Chen Xu urgently needs to consider at the moment.

The people take food as the sky, let the people be fed and clothed, and let Daqin get rich first is the primary goal.

It is naturally very difficult to go to the Western Regions to open a money village, because the distance is far away, it will take at least three or five months to come and go, which requires strong military protection, so Chen Xu wrote to the emperor after discussing with Fan Caiying, asking for an edict to inform Meng Tian and King Liang that soldiers must be sent to protect the safety of the chariot and horse caravan that transports money in Qian Zhuang and the safety of Qian Zhuang's operation, and the emperor agreed to this matter without the slightest hesitation.

Soon after King Liang's envoys and caravans arrived in Xianyang, the news of Li Xin and Jiang Hu's conquest of more than 40 countries in the Western Regions also came back one after another, followed by a large number of caravans composed of camels and horses, a large number of gold, silver, jade and rare leather goods worshiped by the countries of the Western Regions, as well as special products from the Western Regions, were continuously sent to Xianyang, and among them, Chen Xu was most pleased with the seeds of various plants, and the most happy thing for Chen Xu was a few large bags of cumin.

"Wahahahaha~"

After Chen Xu got the seeds of several carts of melons, fruits and vegetables from the Western Regions that the emperor sent him, Chen Xu hugged a few of the sheepskin pockets and left tears of excitement.

In particular, you only need chili noodles to make authentic curry powder.

Chen Xu happily carried a bag of cumin and went straight to the kitchen.

"Why is my husband so excited?"

Ying Shiyan and Shui Qingrou came out of the backyard with little Chen Xi, Chen Xu ran over from a group of people with a smile and a pocket, and even Chen Xi shouted a few times in a milky voice, and the two women looked at each other.

"Daddy~~" Chen Xi was still yelling at Chen Xu's back.

"My husband went to the kitchen, I'm afraid I'm going to make some delicious food!" Shui gently picked up Chen Xi and said.

"Then let's go and have a look!" Ying Shiyan's beautiful eyes lit up instantly.

In order to eat Chen Xulu's chicken feet and duck wings, she pulled down the princess's face and went to the Hou Mansion to ask for delicious food, and now lo-mei has taken a back seat from a pastime snack to a dispensable food, but it has not been a long time since I saw Chen Xu cooking so excitedly.

"Quick, bring me the mortar, help me get this cumin powder into powder!" Chen Xu handed a bag to a cook.

"Master Hou, what is this cumin?" Several cooks and cooks gathered around to watch the strange seed-like seed.

"Haha, this is a good thing that I don't have in the Central Plains, and it is also a spice from the Western Regions, called cumin, which belongs to a kind of fennel, and it is a perfect match for making barbecue...... Quick, don't grind, let people go to the farm to catch a black sheep and come back to peel it, today Ben Hou let you wait to taste a peerless barbecue, guaranteed to eat a bite and never forget. ”

"Well, I also need to prepare a barbecue grill and charcoal bamboo sticks, go quickly!"

"Shallots, go to the vegetable garden to pick a handful of tender shallots......"

"Pepper and mustard powder should also be prepared, and the full set of barbecue equipment of Benhou should be brought out......"

Under Chen Xu's impatient series of orders, a group of cooks dispersed and hurriedly went to prepare the things needed for the barbecue.

"Husband~"

Ying Shiyan and Shui gently hugged Chen Xi and came to the kitchen accompanied by a group of maids.

"Hey, the two ladies came just in time, I found an excellent barbecue seasoning today, and I'll make it for you later!" Chen Xu commanded the two cooks to get all the barbecue tools out to clean and prepare all kinds of barbecue seasonings, and when he saw Shui Shui and others coming in, he suddenly smiled from ear to ear.

"This is the barbecue seasoning that my husband said?" Shui gently put down Chen Xi and squatted down to look at the leather bag, Xiao Chen Xi has now grown several teeth, and inherited the attributes of his father and mother, he has a natural hobby of eating, he reached out and grabbed a handful and naturally fed it in his mouth, but immediately spit it out and began to cry.

Chen Xu hurriedly ordered the maid who followed her to take her daughter to drink water and rinse her mouth, cumin is a unique barbecue seasoning, but it must not taste very good when eaten raw.

After being busy in the kitchen for nearly an hour, Chen Xu finally put the developed mutton skewers on the barbecue grill, skillfully roasted and brushed with oil, and soon a strong barbecue fragrance spread in the kitchen.

Chen Xu was excited, since the first barbecue of wild boar meat in Xiaohe Village, Chen Xu was thinking about cumin, a magical barbecue seasoning, and after waiting for nearly six years, he can finally eat it today.

Pepper flour, Sichuan pepper flour, mustard, cumin powder, salt, ......

Seeing that the skewers had begun to drip oil, Chen Xu skillfully shook all kinds of barbecue ingredients next to each other, especially the moment when the cumin powder was shaken, accompanied by sesame oil and mutton fat dripping into the charcoal fire, a strong and strange fragrance emanated, and a group of onlookers of cooks and maids and maids all began to swallow saliva in an instant, and even the water was gentle and Ying Shiyan couldn't help but stand beside Chen Xu and began to add her mouth, and the ladylike demeanor was swept away.

"Husband, I don't want chopped green onions!" Ying Shiyan brought a face full of surprise and coquettish reminders.

"Okay, it's yours, don't chop green onions!" Chen Xu stuffed a few on the grill into Ying Shiyan's hands, and then regardless of whether his hands were dirty or not, he grabbed a handful of green onions and sprinkled them on the remaining seven or eight skewers, handed more than half of them to the water gently, and he couldn't wait to stuff them into his mouth.

"Hiss~" Chen Xu's eyes widened and he took a sharp breath, chewing while sighing, "Fragrant, it's so fragrant, it's delicious!" ”

"It's delicious, I've never had such a unique barbecue!" Shui gently bit a piece of mutton, and praised it again and again with the same eyebrows and smiles.

"The kebabs made by the husband are different, this must be the most delicious barbecue in the world!" Ying Shiyan nodded, but the speed was not slow at all, and she ate one in an instant.

"Here, I've got the grill over to you, bake more!" Chen Xu didn't care about the group of chefs and maids who were drooling next to him, and they gave way while eating with skewers, and the two chefs who were already waiting rolled up their sleeves and immediately grabbed a large handful of skewers and put them on the grill, and told the kitchen workers to fan the wind quickly.

Soon this strange and strong barbecue smell emanated from the kitchen, and the whole yard smelled the fragrance, and a group of guards and stewards also poured in, draining the water around the small barbecue grill, looking at the few or so skewers of mutton placed on the barbecue grill, licking their mouths and swallowing saliva one by one, as if their throats were about to stretch out their claws.

Everyone has eaten barbecue, but this strange fragrance has never been smelled, it is estimated that Hou Ye has found some strange barbecue spices.

"There are also a few barbecue grills in the storeroom, you can get them yourself!" Chen Xu was horrified by a few drooling stewards and guards, and waved his hand to hide beside his two beautiful wives.

"Huh~~" A group of guards instantly cheered and dispersed, and they all ran to the warehouse to rummage through the barbecue grill.

"Master Hou, there's a lot of noise here, we'll send you to the back garden after we're done!" The kitchen steward watched Chen Xu and the two concubines being surrounded by a group of people in the middle, and felt that the dignity and humility of the Hou Mansion were completely chaotic.

"Well, it's okay, if you don't have enough meat, kill a sheep and try to make everyone eat a bunch!" After Chen Xu nodded and gave an order, he slowly ate the skewers and took his two wives to the backyard.

Ten minutes later, a servant brought a large plate of skewers, and Chen Xu instructed a few maids in spring, summer, autumn and winter to bring a bottle of Qinghe wine and a few bottles of fruit vinegar, and the water was gentle Ying Shiyan sat under the gazebo in the back garden and ate and drank, looking very comfortable.

A barbecue without cumin is soulless.

With the addition of this small spice, the quality of the skewers has been greatly enhanced.

Chen Xu slightly regretted that there was no chili powder, and the mustard and pepper certainly had a spicy taste, but they were not as pure as the chili pepper.

However, the pepper is still growing in the Americas, it is estimated that it is not easy to eat it, and it is still unknown whether it can be eaten in this life, from Daqin to the Americas, not only must have strong navigation ability, but also need to have skilled sailors and accurate charts, and now Daqin's navigation has just begun.