"The minister didn't know that His Majesty was coming, and he was late to greet him, so please forgive me!"

Just when Qin Shi Huang was boring feeding the pandas, a rush of footsteps came, and Chen Xu came out of the courtyard gate with a slight sweat on his forehead.

"It's okay, it's sunny today, I'm bored in my spare time, take Concubine Yun out to play, and come to Aiqing's mansion by the way!" Qin Shi Huang turned around and said with a smile.

"Spring is blooming, warblers are flying and grass grow, it is indeed a good time to step into spring, the scenery outside the city is different from the city, Your Majesty should also go out to play!" Chen Xu smiled and arched his hand.

"You all disperse, I have something to say to the young master!" Qin Shi Huang nodded and waved his hand.

"Oh~" A group of Xuanwu guards dispersed violently, and several servants who were responsible for taking care of the giant pandas also hurriedly left, and in an instant, only Chen Xu and the emperor were left in the panda park.

Neither of them spoke, but stood by the fence together and watched the two giant pandas sitting inside eating bamboo.

"I'm very confused now......" It took seven or eight minutes for Qin Shi Huang to speak.

"Chen is actually very confused...... Chen Xu spoke after being silent for a long time.

Then the two fell into a long silence again.

"Why is Aiqing confused?"

After the two giant pandas finished eating the bamboo shoots, they squeezed in front of the two again, stood up and stretched out their fat palms to hum and chirp, Qin Shi Huang bent down and picked up two bamboo shoots, handed one to Chen Xu, and the two of them fed the giant pandas at the same time.

"The minister is confused because he doesn't know what he is doing right now?"

"It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, just like Aiqing said in the court, as long as you have a clear conscience, in fact, Aiqing has done a very good job, I have Aiqing's help, Daqin will definitely be prosperous and rich in the future."

"This is the minister's long-cherished wish!" Chen Xu nodded.

"This is also my long-cherished wish, but before I met Aiqing, I was restless day and night, the old and young of the six countries were dormant, and the lives of hundreds of families were bustling all day long, until Aiqing came to Xianyang, to help me resolve these troubles one by one, but now I am terrified, what is the world we live in? If we live on top of a big ball, where does that big ball hang? The sun revolves around the earth without beginning or end, and those ancient legends are true or false? If it is true, heaven and earth are definitely not what we imagined, and if they are false, where did those ancient legends come from......"

Qin Shi Huang looked very puzzled, his eyes were also very empty, and his mood was just like what he said, as if he was confused to the extreme.

"Your Majesty, the minister is just a mountain village wild man, before he got the Taiyi Immortal Zun Dream of the Book of Heaven, he has never been far away, and he doesn't know what this world is like, he works every day just to get a meal, but after reading the Book of Heaven, he knows that this world is different from what anyone imagines, the minister was confused for a long time, and even a little at a loss, but looking at the crumbling thatched house at home, looking at the mother and little sister who work all day but are still hungry and clothed, and then slowly figured it out, No matter what the world looks like, first of all, we have to solve the problem of survival such as food, clothing, and accommodation, people must have near-term worries, and the minister slowly solved the near-term worries such as food, clothing, and accommodation, and naturally began to think about the future, because the world is like my family, and the people who are not full of food, clothing, warmth, and nowhere to support the elderly are everywhere, and the so-called poor are good for themselves, and they are good for the world, so they slowly woke up from the confusion, and the immortal gave me the book of heaven, not to let me watch those unbelievable items and covet enjoyment, It is to help all the hungry people in the world, Your Majesty is the co-lord of the world, only by assisting Your Majesty, I can complete the entrustment of Xianzun, but since I came to Xianyang, many things are not the same as the ministers think, the disciples of the hundred schools are bustling, and the court is also disturbed, from the court to the people, no one seems to be able to see the grim form of Daqin, and there is no way to find any solution, or they are fighting for their own interests, and they have never paid attention to the life and death of the people in the world, and they are still continuing the strategy of a hundred years ago day after day, Foolish people think it is profitable, isn't it to hide their ears and steal the bell, today's Daqin, need drastic changes, reform the old and the new can really prosper, reform is naturally not easy, the minister is also psychologically prepared, but what kind of change is needed to achieve the immortal venerable's entrustment to me, the minister is very confused......"

The two fell silent again.

And this time there was a longer silence.

Because what Chen Xu said was completely wrong with what Qin Shi Huang wanted to know.

"Your Majesty wants to know what the world is really like? Maybe I still want to know if there are gods in this world, but in fact, these are not of much significance to Your Majesty or even to the ministers, because no matter what the world is like, Your Majesty, as the emperor who rules China, needs to keep the people fed and clothed, and strive to pass on my Chinese civilization, which is the responsibility of the emperor. And what the minister has to do now is to continue to look for content that can help His Majesty from the three volumes of heavenly books, and assist His Majesty to build my Huaxia into a prosperous and rich country, and not let my Chinese people become slaves of Western countries. The whole world will be displayed in front of His Majesty's eyes, and when my Great Qin Dragon Banner checks every piece of land on the globe, Your Majesty's confusion may be solved! ”

"What Aiqing said is extremely true, it seems that I still don't see the long-term enough!"

Qin Shi Huang finally let out a long breath.

"Your Majesty, the minister made a delicacy a few days ago, and today I can just invite Your Majesty to taste it, it is important to govern the world, but what the minister actually wants to do is to taste the delicious food all over the world, and the spices that make this delicious dish are actually from the West!"

Chen Xu saw that Qin Shi Huang seemed to have realized something, so Hua Touyi changed the topic to a relaxed topic.

"Could it be that black pepper steak?" Qin Shi Huang's eyes lit up.

"Hehe, exactly, the thing used to make this delicacy is called black pepper, which was obtained by Jiang Hu and Li Xin from the hands of the Xiongnu nobles, because they learned that the minister was collecting all kinds of melons, fruits and grains for cultivation, so they specially sent it, but I didn't expect it to be an extremely precious spice recorded in the Book of Heaven, and the minister arranged for someone to open up a piece of farmland for trial planting, and the rest of the steak was verified, but I didn't expect it to be delicious, but the amount of black pepper was too small, so it was not specially sent to the palace for the imperial kitchen to cook for His Majesty, Today, the minister personally cooked for His Majesty to make a meal, and after tasting, you can also learn about the difference between Western products and my Central Plains products, Your Majesty, please~"

"Haha, okay, I have heard that Aiqing has a reputation for eating recently, and today I want to taste the Western delicacies made by Daqin Food~" Qin Shi Huang took Chen Xu's hand and laughed heartily, and the confusion accumulated in three days seemed to be swept away in an instant.

An hour later, Chen Xu took Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan to send Qin Shihuang and Concubine Yun out of the Qinghe Courtyard, watching thousands of forbidden troops and Xuanwu guards escort the emperor's car away, and after the hunting banner disappeared on the edge of the Wei River a few miles away, he breathed a long sigh of relief and led the two wives, one big and one small, to turn around.

The deliciousness of the black pepper steak is undeniable.

Chen Xu personally cooked, and after tasting it, the emperor was naturally full of praise, and ate two pieces in one go, Concubine Yun also ate one piece, and Chen Xu took Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan to accompany him and also ate one piece each.

After eating, looking at the emperor with an unsatisfied look, Chen Xu had no choice but to take out the remaining pepper evenly, and also wrote in detail how to make this black pepper steak and sent it to the emperor to take back to the palace.

Pepper is not produced in the Western Regions, and you can only go to India to get it, even if there are Hu merchants who come and go to India in the Western Regions, it is impossible to buy it in large quantities.

Because this thing is wild in India, and the yield is not high, not to mention that India is now more barbaric and barbaric than Daqin, tigers, lions, elephants, poisonous snakes are all over the mountains, even if the nobles want to enjoy it, they are exchanged for human lives, and the price is comparable to gold, so even if they arrange for merchants to go to the Western Regions, they may not be able to buy gold if they have it, not to mention that the caravan may not be able to go back with meat buns and dogs, and the countries of the Western Regions are all Qiangrong and barbarians, and they are all Xia Shang ancestors who were driven out by the Central Plains countries before, and they are full of hatred and hostility towards the people of the Central Plains. And just like the Huns, they have always been eyeing the Central Plains, but they don't dare to attack blatantly because of the strength of Great Qin, but killing a few merchants will not have any psychological burden at all.

But after eating this black pepper steak, Qin Shi Huang will be more interested in Western things.

What's more, a few days ago, Chen Xu invited more than ten people to open a steak party together, and in recent days, this black pepper steak has become a mysterious synonym in the banquet of the prince and prince of Xianyang.

There are already many people in Xianyang who are looking for black pepper with a lot of money, especially in the market where some Hu merchants come and go, no matter who can get black pepper, it can be exchanged with gold at the same price, so this news has stimulated many businessmen to scream, and in private it is even more hyped and touted black pepper to the point of immortal goods.

Because this pepper was discovered by Chen Xu, and very few people can eat it, and I heard that the emperor has not eaten it.

And Qin Shi Huang knew about black pepper steak, and naturally he also knew it from Li Xin, Jiang Hu and others.

After tasting it in the Qinghe Courtyard that day, Li Xin, Jiang Hu and others had been completely conquered by this delicacy to the bones, not only triumphantly propagandizing in the court, but even sending servants to the northwest military camp with their own letters to rummage through the Hun booty to see if they could find one or two bags.

It's just a delicacy, Qin Shi Huang doesn't particularly care, he is not an emperor who covets appetite, Chen Xu doesn't give it to him to eat, and he won't blame, because Chen Xu's invention of various delicacies has given the imperial chef of the palace enough opportunities to display his talents.

But since he tasted it, this unstoppable delicacy still made him unable to let go, so he looked at Chen Xu with affection after eating, and Chen Xu could only give the emperor a pound with heartache.

It's not that the minister doesn't love Your Majesty, but this thing is indeed too little,

Eat a little less, this thing is hard to find before the conquest of the countries of the Western Regions.

You can't instigate the emperor to arrange tens of thousands of troops to fight with the Yue clan for a few catties of pepper.

You must know that the Yue clan does not produce this thing, and the labor division mobilizes tens of thousands of troops to fight to the death, and I don't know how many Great Qin soldiers have died on the battlefield, not only do the gains outweigh the losses, but also lose their character.

You must know that every grain of pepper you eat now is stained with the blood of the Huns and the Great Qin soldiers.

It was bought at the cost of tens of thousands of lives.

At present, Chen Xu's status among the people of Xianyang is very special.

He is not the prime minister, but he already has the name of the prime minister, and the emperor specially gave him a purple ribbon, which is indeed the level of the secretary, and even more respected than the status of the three ministers such as Li Si, and he is loaded with the halo of a young master, and he can also wear a sword to discuss politics, it can be said that the emperor's favor to him has never been seen before or after.

And Chen Xu loves food, and also specializes in food production, all kinds of food he makes have begun to spread all over the world, and a few days ago Li Xin loaded Chen Xu with a name for eating appearance, in just a few days, this title has been a household name in Xianyang, and has begun to spread with the business travel from the south to the north, it is estimated that it will not be long before the title of Daqin eating phase will spread all over the world.

Although it doesn't sound good, it lives up to its name, although it is just a ridiculous title, neither serious nor formal, but this title makes the pressure on him a lot less, and it is easy to reveal a message, that is, he does not intend to be in the court, and he will not compete with Li Sifeng for power and profit. (https:)

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