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Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

The Marquis of Qinghe and his family came to Guangling, and just two days later, they left quietly in the early morning.

In the mist of the early morning, I said goodbye to a group of Guangling officials and gentlemen who knew that they had come to see him off.

Waving his hand does not take away a single cloud, leaving only two popular dishes.

One is called Yangzhou fried rice, and the other is called crispy spring cocoon.

The recipe for fried rice soon spread, and the recipe for the crispy spring cocoon was still a mystery a few days after Qinghehou left, but the hard work paid off, and under the continuous excavation of well-informed people, the recipe for the crispy spring cocoon finally came out, and the noodle sauce was wrapped in silkworm chrysalis.

Nima, silkworm chrysalis, there is not much else in the southeast, this thing is simply flooded every year, at the turn of spring and summer, the roadside ponds in rural towns are dumped and discarded everywhere, although chickens and ducks will produce more eggs after eating, but after all, free-range chickens and ducks are limited and can not digest a huge number at all, so a large number of ** stinky breed snakes, rats and mosquitoes, and in the summer there is a faint smell in the air inside and outside Guangling, so silkworm chrysalis is simply the most headache problem for all mulberry silkworm producing areas in the southeast counties, In some cases, local officials had to order it to be burned with fire.

But I never expected that it was such a disaster-like little thing, looking at the disgusting silkworm chrysalis, it was simply cooked by Qinghehou and became a peerless delicacy, fragrant and crispy, and those who have eaten it will never forget it.

The moment I learned the formula, there were people who were very happy and ran to tell each other, there were people who scratched their hearts and lungs with hazy tears, and some people couldn't wait to collect silkworm chrysalis with baskets.

After these news spread, they were soon written as news by local celebrities and sent to the Daqin Metropolis Daily reporter station in the county town, and these manuscripts were soon sent to Xianyang by the reporters stationed at the station as the most important news arrangement.

One is that the Marquis of Qinghe inspected the Guangling Silk Factory and personally cooked to make food for the weavers of the silk factory.

The other is that the Marquis of Qinghe made two new delicacies in Guangling in just two days, one is Yangzhou fried rice, the other is crispy spring cocoon, and the recipe is also published in detail, so far the silkworm chrysalis is edible and is also a peerless delicious news with the newspaper soon spread all over the world.

And this delicacy has also solved the problem of the long-standing flooding of silkworm pupae for the southeast counties, and the people quickly used these silkworm pupae as a kind of food for storage, and developed many different ways to eat, boiled and eaten, stewed, roasted, fried and so on.

But that's all for another time.

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"Husband, how did you make that crispy spring cocoon, why didn't you let us eat it?"

Chen Xu left Guangling, crossed the river and went straight to Gusu, and a group of wives and concubines kept asking this question along the way.

When he left the silk factory, Chen Xu really wanted to bring some back to a group of wives and concubines to taste, but after he went back, he was worried that they would not be able to stand the truth after eating, so he threw the pot in the canteen.

The so-called dead and poor Taoist friends do not die.

I'm worried that my wife will vomit after knowing the truth, but it doesn't matter if these bearded old men are unkempt, anyway, who cares if they vomit when they pat their butts and leave.

However, when he ate, he didn't cover it up, but he was still seen by Chen Xi, and soon everyone who was shouting knew about it.

The next morning, everyone left Guangling, Chen Xu never cooked again, along the way either not in the restaurant dining room, or followed by the kitchen workers and servants to make, this mysterious food has never been seen, under the inquiry of everyone Chen Xu only shirked that fried food should not be eaten more to prevaricate, but how can this kind of words avoid a few extremely intelligent wives.

"Okay, okay, don't ask, this dish is easy to make, if you want to eat it, I'll make it for you to eat when you get to Wuzhong, but say okay, don't blame me if you know the ingredients when you spit out!" Chen Xu had no choice but to let go when he was asked.

Several women looked at each other, looking surprised and disbelieving at the same time.

"Husband, don't prevaricate us, how can you eat such a delicacy, this time all the way here, we dare to eat the big snake......" Ying Shiyan, who loves all kinds of food the most, was the first to express her doubts about Chen Xu's words.

"The big snake is much better looking than this kind of food......" Chen Xu shook his head with a strange face.

"Husband, just tell us, we have to be really scared, and we won't eat it in the future!" Meng Wan hugged Chen Xu's arm and began to be coquettish.

"Do you really want to know?"

"Think~" In the rocking and bumpy carriage, a group of women, including their daughter Chen Xi, nodded together.

It's all a bunch of curious babies!

Chen Xu shook his head with a wry smile helplessly, and then said with a serious face: "Actually, the crispy spring cocoon is a fried batter wrapped in silkworm pupae......"

"Grope~~" Ying Shiyan's pretty face turned white in an instant, and she turned her head out of the window.

"Wow, Brother Xiaoxu is so bad, I want to vomit ......" Yu Ji's little face was also pale and leaned her head out of the car window.

"Isn't it just a silkworm chrysalis, there is even a big deal...... ...... "Meng Wan pretended to be relaxed, and threw herself to the window without finishing a word.

"Look, I have to say, gentleness is much better than you!" Chen Xu stretched out his hand to hold the water with a calm and indifferent face, and said with a soft smile.

Shui's soft and beautiful cheeks turned white in an instant, and he suddenly reached out to cover his mouth and said, "Husband, don't say it, I want to vomit too!" ”

Chen Xu gently helped Shui gently stroke his back and said, "Fortunately, I didn't give it to you to eat, otherwise you wouldn't have really vomited,"

"Who said I didn't eat it, my mother, aunt and aunt have all eaten it!" Chen Xu retorted softly, and asked with a blank face, "Daddy, what is a silkworm chrysalis, why do you have to vomit after eating, Xi'er only thinks it is delicious, and she doesn't want to vomit!" ”

Chen Xu looked at his daughter with a cute look, and asked curiously: "Where did your mother, aunt and aunt eat it, I didn't take it out?" ”

"Daddy, Xi'er secretly told you that when you went to the kitchen to cook, your aunt took it from the guest hall to the veranda, and everyone ate it, Xi'er ate the most, eating five ......" Chen Xi leaned into his father's ear and secretly informed.

Chen Xu: ......

Well, it is difficult to prevent thieves in front of you, and you are sneaking around by yourself, but I didn't expect to be eaten by a group of people, so it's understandable that I want to vomit now.

But right now, facing such a group of wives who are eager to vomit, Chen Xu feels very helpless and can't cry or laugh at the same time, so he has to comfort them one by one, and then use stories to distract them.

From Guangling to Wuzhong, the distance is only four hundred miles, but the environment in the south and north is very different, there are rivers and lakes everywhere, if there is only Chen Xu and a group of guards, many small rivers will be crossed on horseback, but now more than 20 cars and a large group of female dependents, the river can only slowly rise upside down, all the way to the boat and car transfer took six days to reach Wuzhong.

And in the past few days, Shui Qing, Ying Shi, Meng Wan, Yu Ji and others have not completely recovered from the food of stealing crispy spring cocoons, and when they heard that they were going to eat, they suddenly turned a little pretty and pale, and only Chen Xi, who knew nothing, was in good spirits, and he could eat everything deliciously.

Chen Xu still arranged for the guards to come to Wuzhong in advance to greet Jiang Heng, the county guard, so when Chen Xu's convoy arrived, Jiang Heng secretly brought Chen Xu into the city with a few subordinates.

Because there was no Taishi honor guard and no flag planted in the Qinghe Marquis' Mansion, a large group of people entered the bustling county town, although there were a large number of ordinary people watching, but they didn't guess that it was Qinghe Marquis Chen Xu who came to Wuzhong again.

Under Jiang Heng's arrangement, Chen Xu and others stayed in Wuhu Park in a low-key manner, and Chen Xu's sudden arrival also made several partners of Wuhu Park overjoyed, and hurriedly closed the garden and hung up a sign that the guest room was full, concentrating on receiving Chen Xu, the left minister and master of Daqin who is currently covering the sky with one hand.

Last time, Chen Xu came secretly, in order to hide people's eyes and live in Wuhu Park, but at that time, Chen Xu only had the name and marquis status of a disciple of the immortal family, although the people were widely praised but only famous.

But now that five years have passed, Chen Xu's identity is no longer the same, and his words can almost be heard as a saint in the whole world.

Because above the court, Chen Xu sat on the top of the eight-story imperial steps, only one step away from the dragon chair of the first emperor, this is no longer the courtesy of the Taishi, but the power of the fake son of heaven, looking down on the three princes and nine kings in the court, no one in the world dares to resist his will.

Jiang Heng, Qu Hai and others think so, Chen Xu's identity has changed greatly now, and he can only worship, and in Chen Xu's opinion, Wu Zhong is also changing with each passing day.

When I came five years ago, the city of Wuzhong was in tatters, several places had collapsed, and the so-called city was just a look full of holes, but this time, many collapsed city walls have been repaired, and several abandoned city gates have also been re-rested, the most important thing is that the traffic arteries inside and outside the city have been paved with cement, and many small rivers and ditches with dense flow have also been erected with concrete bridges, which makes the traffic in the surrounding counties much more convenient, and there is no need to exchange cars, horses, boats and boats for the trouble.

In addition to transportation and infrastructure, the biggest change is that the commercial atmosphere inside and outside the city is at least ten times stronger, both sides of the street are almost densely packed with food houses and shops, Quyuan foot house, post station, money village and even bookstores, etc., grain, cloth, porcelain, tea, steel, knives, farm tools, furniture, all kinds of commodities are dazzling, a large number of houses have been renovated, two-story and three-story buildings can be seen everywhere, and even when entering the city, Chen Xu also saw a construction site on the side of the road, Judging from the scaffolding erected and the crane boom installed, it is at least a five-story reinforced concrete building covering an area of 100 acres.

With such a huge change in Wuzhong, the population is also much more than five years ago, and there are pedestrians carrying baskets to drive cattle and horses and wagons everywhere, and what makes Chen Xu sigh is that he did not see the group of tattooed teenagers carrying knives, guns and sticks on the street this time.

The Xiang family, who used to be arrogant and domineering in Wuzhong, has now disappeared.

And the old boy who used to follow Xiang Yu to fight all day long on the street has almost all disappeared now.

Jiang Heng and Cao Yuan, the newly transferred county lieutenant from Xianyang, performed the thunderbolt technique, arranged thousands of police officers to surround Wuzhong, combed back and forth several times like a grate, and did not let go of all the rangers, gentlemen, ruffians, and even teenagers who had dealings with the Xiang family on weekdays, and captured more than 3,000 people one after another, and once the people who participated in the Xiang rebellion were found out, the whole family was beaten into slavery, involving more than 20,000 people.

And it was after this thunderstorm-like rectification that Wuzhong's atmosphere was clear, and the petty thieves on the street in the past few years were almost invisible, which really cut off everyone's bad intentions.

The great change in the atmosphere of Wuzhong has brought about the peace and tranquility of the people, a large number of businesses have not been exploited and occupied by the gentry, and have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and in just a few years, it has developed into the premier metropolis in the southeast, and the current population has exceeded 400,000, which is comparable to Luoyang, Daliang and Handan in the Central Plains, and much more prosperous than Wancheng, Shouchun and Jiangling.