Chen Xu washed up and changed clothes and came to the balcony on the third floor of the hotel again.

Cool mats have been laid on the wooden floor, and a circle of low desks have been set up, on which are placed with drinks, bowls and chopsticks, as well as snails, river shrimp, crabs, fried rice, etc.

The four concubines of spring, summer, autumn and winter knelt on either side of the chairman.

Shui Gentle, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan, Yu Ji, Chen Xi and others all knelt on the right side of the chairman, each with a desk.

Guangling County, Ling County, Wei County, Cheng and several elders and the owner of the garden, Shen Qian, also had a desk per person.

The length and width of the balcony are five zhang each, and there are bamboo curtains that can be rolled around it, which is the most common wooden building pattern in the southeast, because the southeast summer is hot, many people like to sleep on the balcony, including the Wuhu Garden in Wuzhong, the same is true for the restaurant, there is not only a balcony on the restaurant, but also a large circle of corridors for sightseeing, and the northwest will not have this open architectural pattern, because the houses that are ventilated everywhere in the northwest are not conducive to keeping warm in winter.

Seeing Chen Xu wearing a refreshing pair of shorts and short sleeves, everyone stood up to greet him, only Chen Xi buried his head in the rice bowl, like a little pig eating fried rice, no matter how Ying Shiyan reminded him, he didn't want to look up.

"It's okay, let Xi'er eat it!" Chen Xu sat down cross-legged in the main seat, picked up a snail casually and said with a smile, "Since the wine and food are ready, don't be polite when you eat and drink, hurry up and taste the skills of Benhou's stir-frying?" ”

Seeing Chen Xu's uninhibited relaxed demeanor, Guangling County Ling and the others all looked relaxed, and they each saluted each other and sat down to eat, and for a while toothpicks danced wildly, sucking soup and adding hands to the sound of one after another.

"Hmm, it's delicious, I've eaten snails before, but compared to what Hou Ye made, it's almost the same as sand and gravel!" The county man praised again and again while adding his hand, and at the same time impatiently grabbed a snail again.

"The dried river shrimp is equally delicious, Xia Guan has never eaten such delicious river shrimp!"

"This fried rice is also eye-opening, fragrant and delicious......"

The county magistrate and the rest of the group of old men were all excited, rolled up their sleeves and started work left and right, and the fried rice with river shrimp, snails, crabs, and eels, did not refuse, and the eyebrows were flying and the soup was splashing.

Compared with a group of soil buns in Guangling County, the eating appearance of the water is too gentle, and the snail river shrimp is a shallow taste, but everyone has a soft spot for a bowl of fragrant golden rice mixed with green beans and red shrimp, all of them are chewing and tasting slowly, and from time to time they will get together to discuss and evaluate this Chen Xu's latest invention of the delicacy.

When Chen Xu and the others started eating, Xiao Chen Xi had already eaten the second bowl, obviously the egg fried rice made by her father was very appetizing to her, and even Yu Ji, who was usually very restrained about eating, was also very happy, and from time to time she would secretly look up at Chen Xu, with a little daughter to have a shy mind.

Traveling thousands of miles along the way, Chen Xu took care of them, and all kinds of ingredients in various places were almost made in different ways, such as snail and river shrimp, which were almost daily snacks, and I didn't know how much I ate all kinds of mountain delicacies.

Therefore, this trip to the mountains and rivers is an inspection for Chen Xu, and a trip to eat, drink and have fun for a group of women.

In Gangneung, I have eaten a large river pig that is more than a long time.

I have eaten a big hairy crab with crab roe paste in Dongting.

I have eaten pythons in Changsha, swans in Poyang, tigers in Jiangxi, and Jinluan in Qingyang.

Dragon and tiger fight, Buddha jumping over the wall, pheasant stewed mushrooms.

It is called flower chicken, boiled fish, and soft-shelled turtle in mushroom soup.

In this wild era, in this era when there are more wild animals than people, Chen Xu does not refuse, these high-quality ingredients will be less and less in the future, and if you don't eat them at this time, you are destined to regret it for life.

Because with the domination of the world by Daqin, the economic take-off and the increase in grain production, coupled with the imperial court's demand for population to vigorously encourage childbirth, the population will inevitably usher in decades of explosive growth, at present, the population of Daqin has exceeded 30 million, and a large number of children born after the unification of the six countries reach the age of marriage and childbearing, at most within ten years Daqin will usher in an explosive growth of population, under the calculation of the Academy of Sciences, the total population of Daqin will exceed 50 million after ten years, and it will break 100 million in 20 years.

Daqin's territory is now large enough and occupies enough land, although agriculture has not yet gotten rid of the low-level cultivation mode, it is still more than enough to feed tens of millions of people.

However, with the increase of population and the gradual expansion of the scope of reproduction, people and wild animals will also begin to enter a situation of advancing and retreating, and the intensification of human activities will greatly compress the space for wild animals to inhabit and live, and a large number of animals will be hunted and driven to the deep mountains and wilderness.

In order to protect flora and fauna, Chen Xu decided to introduce a decree on the protection of wild animals and plants and natural environment in a few years, prohibiting the hunting of giant pandas, bison, elephants, rhinoceros and other large wild animals, and prohibiting a large number of trees and excessive reclamation on the headwaters of rivers and the Loess Plateau.

Caring for the environment and protecting nature, so that human beings and nature can live in harmony, not because of the excessive growth of the population and demand caused by a large number of animal and plant extinction and soil erosion, and in a few years, Chen Xu will propose the abolition of the law encouraging fertility, so that the population can reproduce according to the laws of nature, so as not to repeat the mistakes of later generations of China.

After all, the theory of the power of many people is not bad, but people and machines are different, they are born to eat, drink and Lazar, and they will inevitably consume more natural resources.

Historically, many uprisings actually appeared in the chaotic years of famine in the imperial court, and the people could still endure hunger without knowing why, but if someone secretly bewitched them, it would inevitably cause chaos.

The Yellow Turban Army is like this, Li Zicheng is like this, and so is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

As the ruling class and vested interests, what Chen Xu needs is to maintain the stability of the entire Great Qin, this is not selfishness, but justice and morality, human beings have the law of human development, and all actions that destroy the law and the balance of nature will eventually be counterattacked.

Daqin's current level of agriculture and industry is not yet able to withstand the unrestrained and blind growth of the population, and it is necessary to encourage childbirth in moderation, because according to the scientific speculation and calculations of later generations, the most suitable population in China should not exceed 300 million, so that the per capita proportion of resources can ensure that everyone can live a happy and contented life, and it is not a dream for every family to live in spacious villas and small western-style buildings, and it can also protect rivers, lakes, forests, grasslands and wild animals and plants to the greatest extent, and ensure that human beings have more ecological barriers and natural space.

Therefore, it is necessary to plan ahead for the control of the population and the protection of the ecology.

If the population of Great Qin can grow to 300 million within 30 years, then it is necessary to curb the momentum of population growth 20 years in advance, and delay the peak of the population as much as possible.

This is a new question that Chen Xu has been thinking about along the way based on what he has seen on the road.

There are too many children, no matter the villages and towns, you can see groups of children everywhere, all of these children are not naturalized, and within ten years, these children will become the main force in the construction of Daqin, and when this group of people get married and have children, the population will increase exponentially.

People who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries.

If the country has no plan, there will be chaos.

The five-year plan and ten-year plan constantly rely on the experience accumulated by later generations to revise the development direction of Daqin, as long as the carriage does not deviate from the correct direction, the future of China will be brilliant and bright.

"Master Hou, this fried rice is really delicious, you have worked hard all day, eat some too!"

The four concubines of spring, summer, autumn and winter knelt beside Chen Xu to serve, and while eating by themselves, they did not forget to pour wine and vegetables for Chen Xu, and Qiu Xiang picked up some fried rice with a spoon and fed it to Chen Xu's mouth.

"Mmmm, it's the first time to make this kind of fried rice, it's really good, you don't have to worry about me, just eat and drink by yourself!" Chen Xu chewed and swallowed a mouthful of fried rice slowly, then wiped his hand clean, raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Tang County Order, Master Shen, everyone, come, let's drink together!" ”

"I am grateful to Master Hou for personally cooking such a delicacy, and I am grateful for today's hospitality, Lord Hou, please everyone~"

"Please~"

Everyone quickly wiped their mouths and hands, and held their wine glasses in both hands.

A unique flavor of mulberry wine into the throat, the wine banquet is more relaxed and lively, a group of people talk about the world and the north and the south at the same time, but also do not forget to toast to the water gentle Ying Shi Yan Mengwan and others, in the staggered, the sunset slowly sets, in the fields, rivers and lakes, with the faint mist slowly rising, the sky is southeast, a round and a half moon also quietly appeared, the hot breath also rises with the moon, in the evening breeze becomes refreshing.

Full of wine and food, the banquet was withdrawn, under the arrangement of Shen Qian, a group of dancers wearing light gauze skirts danced under the accompaniment of musical instruments, the restaurant was brightly lit and the warblers sang and danced, and the lively sound resounded throughout the small city of Guangling, and countless people in the city stopped to watch and listen in the streets and alleys.

This is the grand occasion of Qinghehou drinking and having fun in the restaurant and the county honorable, and soon there are well-informed people who began to spread, Qinghehou not only cooked a peerless delicacy for those weavers in the silk factory today, but also personally cooked a delicious egg fried rice in the back kitchen of Shen Yuan.

"Egg fried rice?!"

Everyone who heard it was surprised, although it was said that Qinghehou was the originator of gourmet cuisine, but egg fried rice should not be considered delicious.

Because since the iron pot was introduced, coupled with the habit of eating more rice in the south, someone soon invented the simple and delicious food of egg fried rice.

It's delicious just because there's an egg in it.

But even if there are eggs, this delicacy is just a home-cooked meal, and it is definitely not on the table, let alone used to entertain the county and a group of celebrities and sages.

"Hey, what do you know? Hou Ye's egg fried rice is golden in grain, there are not only eggs in it, but also bacon and shrimp and green bean sauce, after it is fried, it is green and red and golden in color, and the whole Shen Yuan is fragrant, is it the egg fried rice you think? Those in the know couldn't help but pout.

"Hiss~" The person who heard it couldn't help but suck hard, and felt that his soul trembled a little.

Nima put so many ingredients, this egg fried rice is not delicious.

Bacon, which can only be eaten by the wealthy.