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Half a day of fun and fun passed by negligently.

He was already hungry until noon, so Chen Xu took his family back to Qinghe Villa.

Although the field battle was not completed, it was also very enjoyable.

A small jar of honey was eaten by a group of young girls, and Chen Xu also roughly inspected the main locations planned in the fiefdom.

In addition to the ducks and geese raised in the pond and the bees raised in the orchard, there are also planted peppercorns, ginger, onions and garlic in several other places, and there is also a special chicken farm, which also hatches hundreds of fluffy chickens, in addition to a large herd of cattle and sheep, most of these livestock are rewarded by the emperor, and some are given to him by merchants who participated in the third chapter of the covenant from Henan, and there are quite a few of them, adding up to hundreds of heads.

Generally speaking, the planning of the fiefdom is similar to what was envisaged last year, especially with a group of students from the Agricultural College as free helpers, and in a few years, his fiefdom will become a huge comprehensive farm, with chickens, ducks, fish, meat, fruits, vegetables and grains all produced, and even Chen Xu plans to build a pigsty next to the fish pond to raise some pigs, not just grow some low-value-added food crops such as corn.

Moreover, these things are planted and cultivated, which will not only provide more income for the farmers on the fiefdom, but also provide sufficient ingredients for the Qinghe Hou Mansion and Qinghe Hotel.

Entering the Qinghe Courtyard, Chen Xu found that there were several carriages parked in the courtyard, and the housekeeper was arranging some domestic servants to carry the goods on the carts.

"Master Hou, the Marquis of Di Dao and the Marquis of Yinshan came to visit, and they also sent a few carts of gifts!" The butler greeted him and made a report.

"The two marquis are visiting, why don't you go to me!" Chen Xu frowned and said with some displeasure.

"Master Hou, it's not that the old servant doesn't want to report, it's that the two Hou Ye don't let him, saying that the Hou Ye is busy every day and rarely accompanies the two ladies to go out to play, and after drinking tea, he leaves a gift and leaves!" The housekeeper said with a wry smile.

"Well, if there is such a thing in the future, you must go to me, and you must not make decisions without permission!" Chen Xu's face was a little calmer.

"Yes, the old servant will definitely listen to the orders of the Hou Ye in the future!"

"Count and register all the gifts and send them to the warehouse, and arrange the gifts to thank you in a few days, don't be rude!"

"Yes!" The housekeeper turned around and left, and Chen Xu didn't look at these gifts, and was about to go to the backyard to wash and eat surrounded by Ying Shiyan Mengwan and a group of maids.

A servant walked in front with a sheepskin bag, and after seeing Chen Xu, he hurriedly gave way, and when he turned around, some black things spilled from the pocket.

Chen Xu squatted down curiously and picked up a few seeds, and found that it was a black seed, and his face was suddenly full of weirdness.

Li Xin and Jiang Hu are now in the limelight of the martial marquis, twice participated in the battle to wipe out the Xiongnu and Donghu, especially after the autumn of last year, the two according to Chen Xu's instructions at the time, together to kill a Xiongnu nobles entrenched in the northwest corner of the Hetao, killed more than 20,000 people, captured nearly 50,000 people, completely wiped out the last Xiongnu force that had the strength to resist the Great Qin, and placed Shuofang County, under the jurisdiction of eight counties, completely controlled the northwest bank of the Yellow River in the hands of the Great Qin.

The Northwest Victory Class Division returned to the dynasty, the first emperor was overjoyed and awarded a heavy reward again, although neither of them was promoted, but the land and real estate, slaves and horses must be very large, all kinds of gold and silver treasures, silk and jade must be countless, and the two of them are generals, and the seizures on the battlefield must be piled up, but they have made such a big fortune, and they only sent me these black seeds.

Do you think that Lao Tzu doesn't care about money and beauty?

But how is it possible, now the Qinghe Hou Mansion has a big business and needs money everywhere, and Lao Tzu is drooling for lack of money!

Chen Xu squatted on the ground and stared at the few black seeds in the palm of his hand, thinking about it, feeling that according to the temperament of Li Xin and Jiang Hu, he would not make such a move to make himself spit.

Are these seeds different?

Chen Xu asked the servant to put down the sheepskin bag and open it, the leather bag was full of this kind of black seeds, and at the moment when the pocket was opened, a strange smell that Chen Xu was quite familiar with came to his nose, some spicy fragrance, mixed with a fishy smell of sheepskin.

"Husband, what is this?" Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan both came over to watch curiously.

Chen Xu grabbed a handful and sniffed it, then looked at it carefully, and after a look at it carefully, his face showed a hint of joy and said excitedly: "I guess this should be pepper!" ”

"Husband, what is pepper?"

"We have the five most common seasonings of green onion, ginger, garlic and mustard pepper, the spicy taste can stimulate the soul and make the food more delicious, this pepper is a spice crop in the far west, the fragrance is strange, spicy and peaceful, it is an excellent food ingredient......

Chen Xu smiled and picked up a few grains and was about to stuff them into his mouth to taste them, but Ying Shiyan grabbed his arm, shook his head slightly with a serious face and said, "Husband, you haven't figured out what it is, it's better not to taste it!" ”

Chen Xu obeyed his wife's words, pointed to the servant and said, "Come and taste it, tell me what it tastes like?" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Without the slightest hesitation, the servant grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew it, the black powder fluttered and fell down, and Chen Xu's face twitched.

"Poof~~" After chewing a few bites, the servant spit it all out, stuck out his tongue and said: "Master Hou, it is really fragrant and spicy, it tastes much better than Shu pepper, and there is no feeling of numbness in the mouth!" ”

After waiting for more than a minute, seeing that the servant was still alive and well, Chen Xu threw one in his mouth, chewed it carefully and tasted it, and then he was sure that this thing was pepper, and it was black pepper, which was not much different from the pepper on the black pepper steak that he had eaten in later generations, and even tasted better.

Good stuff, good stuff!

Chen Xu finally felt the preciousness and sincerity of the gift of Li Xin and Jiang Hu.

The two of them sent this bag of black pepper very ceremoniously, they must have known that Chen Xu likes to make all kinds of delicious food, so after defeating the Huns, they specially spent a lot of effort to find it, otherwise according to a group of illiterate barbarian Qin troops, except for gold, silver, jewelry, and women, the spoils they looted would definitely not include this inconspicuous black seed.

"Looks like we're going to have a delicious new meal in the evening!" Chen Xu stood up excitedly and ordered the servant to send the bag of black pepper to the kitchen.

Pepper is said to be produced in India, is a very valuable spice, in the Tang and Song dynasties only introduced to China, and then soon became a luxury item sought after by the aristocracy, both as a cooking food, but also as an aromatherapy material, used to repel mosquitoes and aromatherapy furniture and clothing, because of the low yield, extremely precious, and in the Ming Dynasty, pepper is a luxury item, rising to the same value as ginseng and bird's nest, officials and nobles compared who has more pepper, scrambling to buy pepper caused the price of pepper to exceed gold.

Not only are Chinese extremely fond of pepper, Europeans are even more crazy about pepper.

At the beginning of the fourth century, the Goths besieged the city of Rome, in addition to asking for gold and silver coins and silk cloth, they also demanded 3,000 pounds of black pepper in compensation before they were willing to withdraw their troops, and the nobles of Rome almost hanged themselves.

But it's not over, the Goths retreated not long after, the Hun king Attila, known as the whip of God, led hundreds of thousands of Huns to sweep across Europe, first killed the Goths to avenge the Romans, and then fled all the way to Rome to seek refuge, but the Huns followed, like a group of bloodthirsty and murderous hellish legions, Thrace defeated the main force of the Eastern Roman Empire in a war, and then approached the Roman capital Constantinople, Rome was not only beaten into a disability, but also beaten heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, In order to save their lives, they signed a surrender agreement with the Xiongnu Empire, and the Huns demanded 6,000 pounds of gold and 3,000 pounds of pepper, and then 2,000 pounds of gold and 1,000 pounds of pepper every year.

Pepper became a nightmare for Europeans, and it became an item that the European nobles prayed for twenty times a night, hoping that God would reward them with a large amount of pepper to satisfy the appetite of the murderous Huns.

Although the Western Roman Empire and the Goths united to drive out the Huns, the pepper has become an indelible pain in the lives of Europeans, and they have fallen into a more fanatical pursuit of pepper.

In the Middle Ages, the Pope launched the Crusades, declaring that he was going to Arabia and India to grab gold and pepper, and as a European nobleman, if there was no reserve of pepper at home, he would be ridiculed as 'a man without pepper', which meant not only poor, but also represented no taste, and even said insignificant, the first consideration for government taxation was pepper and gold, and because of pepper, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and France had several naval wars, all of which wanted to monopolize the black pepper trafficked from India to the European marketEven the pioneers of several great voyages, including Vasco da Gama and Columbus, were in search of pepper origins.

India has pepper, through the merchants of the Western Regions to the hands of the Huns is not surprising at all, the reason why it did not reach the Central Plains, there are two possible reasons, one is that the Huns have always been feuded with the Central Plains, fighting and killing for hundreds of years, this kind of spice is more valuable than gold for the Hu people who take beef and mutton as the staple food, it is definitely the most precious gift, and it is naturally reluctant to sell it to the Central Plains people.

The second reason is that the Central Plains is rich in products and has all kinds of spices, and it is possible to look down on the so-called spices of these Hu people who can't make delicious food at all.

But in any case, the hearty victory in the Northwest War is certainly gratifying, but Chen Xu didn't care much, which was expected, so he showed no joy and no sorrow compared to Buddhism.

But now suddenly there was an extra bag of pepper, which made him excited.

The appeal of a black pepper steak is far more meaningful than conquering a scum Huns.

While washing and changing clothes, Chen Xu drooled.

At the thought of the fragrant black pepper steak cooked on a clay plate, Chen Xu felt drooling with hunger all over his body, and he couldn't stand still, which provoked Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan, who served him to wash his face and change clothes, were inexplicable.

"What's wrong with Husband, today? What a silly laugh! Seeing Chen Xu running to the kitchen while buttoning his clothes, Meng Wan followed behind and whispered to Ying Shiyan.

"Hee-hee, don't say that your husband is stupid, he must be thinking about the delicious food made with pepper!" Ying Shiyan covered her mouth and said with a smile.

"Let's also go and take a look, even my husband has to drool over the food, I don't know what kind of delicacy it should be?" Meng Wan instantly felt like she was about to drool.

In this world, there has never been a girl who can resist the temptation of food, including the gentle water with a pure heart and indifference, every time Chen Xu makes a delicious food, she will eat very happily, not to mention Meng Wan, a beautiful girl in her youth, every time the marinated duck neck and duck feet and chicken feet are breathtaking, even Xing'er, who has always been known as the first small fast mouth in the Hou Mansion, is ashamed of herself, and the speed of gnawing chicken feet can only rank second in the Hou Mansion. (https:)

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