The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Chen Xu was awakened by the noisy sound outside in a daze, called the guards to ask, and immediately got up with a wry smile to wash, the water was soft, and Ying Shiyan Meng Wan Yu Ji had already gotten up and was grooming up.

"My husband is tired all day long, why don't you sleep a little longer?" The three wives personally served to wash, and the water was gentle, and they helped him wring the face towel and asked gently.

"I'm afraid that the whole Guangling knows that we are coming, how can we sleep? Today I have to go to the silk factory to guide, you will rest in the restaurant or play in the city, and I will accompany you to have a good time in Wuzhong for a few days! ”

"What's so fun about Guangling County being so small, there are few shops in Quyuan, and the restaurant is not fun, we also want to follow Fujun to the silk factory to see how Fujun makes delicious food for those weavers!" Meng Wan said next to him.

"You have eaten yesterday's canteen meals, it is indeed difficult to swallow, I am afraid that I am not in the mood to weave cloth after eating this kind of meal for a long time every day, but how to make a big pot of rice will not be too delicious, if you go to see it, you may not be able to eat, although Guangling is not big, but there are many rivers and lakes here, if you are not willing to play in the city, you can let the guards escort you to the rivers and lakes outside the city to row and play, and when I come back in the evening, I will make you a simple and delicious food!" Chen Xu said with a smile while wiping his face.

"Daddy, what delicious food, Xi'er wants to eat it~"

Just as Chen Xu was speaking, a group of maids who served several daughters also washed and dressed up and came over to say goodbye, Chen Xi ran in wearing a gauze skirt, and heard the words delicious food, so he pulled Chen Xu's clothes and shook them vigorously.

"Daddy is going to the silk factory to make food, do you want to go?" Chen Xu jokingly turned around and squatted down and said with a smile.

"Daddy lied to me, Xi'er didn't go, the food in the cafeteria was not delicious, I wanted to eat fried river shrimp and big crabs!" Chen Xi immediately let go and hid behind Ying Shiyan and shook his head like a rattle.

"Hehe, don't lie to Xi'er, there are a lot of gentry and celebrities in Guangling outside the hotel and hundreds of people, when you finish the meeting, I'm afraid the lunch of the silk factory will not be able to catch up!" Ying Shiyan smiled and helped Chen Xu sort out his clothes.

Yesterday, Chen Xu secretly came to Guangling with his family, and after inspecting the silk factory, he went home with hundreds of workers from work, and soon the news that the Marquis of Qinghe had arrived in Guangling with three concubines and three daughters spread throughout the city like a tornado, and even soon expanded to nearby towns, so before dawn today, a large number of people and gentry and celebrities flocked to gather outside the hotel where they stayed to wait to watch and visit the legendary Marquis of Qinghe.

Chen Xu traveled all the way to more than 100 counties in the south, this kind of thing is no longer strange, although it will block the travel itinerary and the interest of playing, but in this way you can intuitively understand the local customs and development.

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, most of the newspapers and court documents are good news and not bad news, Daqin has just entered the fast lane of development, while the economy is booming, there must be a lot of problems, and it is impossible to understand all aspects of the people's suffering, not to mention that the people of Daqin inherited the barbaric and martial habits left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fights and brawls are commonplace, and there are many ruffians and idlers, with the development of all walks of life, bullying and dominating the market is naturally inevitable, Chen Xu has heard a lot along the way, Officials in various localities were also strictly ordered to intensify punishment.

But in any case, these dark sides are not the mainstream, and they cannot stop the rapid development of Great Qin, not to mention that after a strike hard and the Xiang rebellion were suppressed, the folk atmosphere in the southeastern counties can be said to have shown earth-shaking changes, and blatant robbery and looting have hardly been heard of.

Before Chen Xu got up, a group of high-ranking officials such as Guangling County Ling and County Wei County Cheng were already waiting in the lobby of the hotel, followed by a group of middle-aged and elderly men of different ages, with different costumes, there were monks wearing Taoist robes, Confucian scholars with goose crowns and wide robes, as well as warlocks in sackcloth and shoes, as well as big-bellied businessmen and handsome nobles in gorgeous clothes, these people are all celebrities in Guangling, and they are famous people in all classes, after learning that the Marquis of Qinghe has secretly arrived in Guangling, Immediately, I couldn't help but follow the county order and the county lieutenant to visit the hotel, open my eyes, and mix my face.

If they were in Xianyang, their identity would definitely not be on the table, and it would be more difficult to visit the Marquis of Qinghe than to ascend to the sky.

But today, in Guangling, a small county town in the poor countryside, they are definitely a group of high-level existences, and they are considered to be people with heads and faces.

After Chen Xu accompanied the family to have a simple breakfast in the hotel restaurant, he brought a few guards to the lobby of the restaurant to meet these local celebrities.

After a recommendation and greetings, everyone carefully accompanied Chen Xu to drink tea and chat, the content is everywhere, a group of celebrities said that it is naturally Guangling changes and folk new and old anecdotes, Chen Xu is well-informed, knows two thousand years and knows two thousand years, and is also a disciple of Taiyi Xianzun, he has to teach three volumes of heavenly books in his dream, so the words are profound and funny, chatting for almost an hour Chen Xu served tea to send guests, and after a group of celebrities retired, Chen Xu walked out of the hotel, at this time the street outside the door was already crowded, Guangling County, including nearby towns, had 20,000 or 30,000 people come to watch.

In the face of this situation, Chen Xu naturally had to be close to the people, and some people asked about the changes and needs in terms of food, clothing, and housing, and also specially met with a few white-haired old people to congratulate him on his high birthday, and also gave some small gifts such as enamel tableware and teacups brought from Xianyang, showing the love of fish and water with the people of Daqin, and the people who came also had countless farmers and fishermen and couples with chickens, ducks, fish, turtles, dried fruits, and syrup to worship. The common reason is that yesterday I heard that the little master was crying unpalatable when he was eating in the canteen of the silk factory, and these were given to the little master as snacks.

As a native of Guangling, this face is a bit embarrassing.

In addition to angrily cursing a group of officials in the silk factory, many people wanted to send some food and ingredients that they could get their hands on to express their hearts, so as not to spread the news when the news spread, and the people of Guangling could not raise their heads in the entire Great Qin from now on.

In the face of these enthusiastic people, Chen Xu tried his best to thank him, but there were still some people who couldn't refuse, so he could only smile bitterly and call the hotel's steward to put them into the back kitchen to make other arrangements.

"Let's go, go to the silk factory!" Chen Xu was also a little anxious, and promised to make a delicious meal for Zhiniang yesterday, as the world-famous Zuo Xiang, he categorically couldn't break his word and get fat, otherwise his character would be downgraded.

When Chen Xu rode directly to the silk factory under the escort of a group of guards, a group of executives were already drying outside the factory gate under the scorching sun.

"Xiaguan meets Master Hou!" A crowd of people rushed up to salute and greet them.

"No courtesy, go to the cafeteria first, have you prepared the ingredients that Ben Hou asked for yesterday......" Chen Xu dismounted and threw the reins to the guards, and he didn't have time to greet him and took the lead towards the canteen.

"Hou Ye rest assured, 100 catties of fresh river shrimp, 200 catties of clean silkworm pupae, and onions, ginger, garlic and mustard flour are all ready......"

"That's good, tell all the canteen staff to keep it secret for the time being, so as not to scare those weavers later!"

"Hehe, the lower officials have already told me in advance, and the canteen staff will never talk nonsense......" The canteen steward smiled dryly and nodded quickly.

"What are you doing gloating, you have to be the first to taste it after a while......," Chen Xu said as he walked.

"Huh?!" The canteen steward's face was distorted like a bitter gourd in an instant.

Accompanied by a group of high-ranking officials, Chen Xu hurried to the canteen, and then went straight to the back kitchen, at this time all kinds of ingredients in the canteen were ready, the corn rice had been steamed, the big bone lotus root soup had also been stewed, the whole kitchen was steaming, and sweat beads came out of the pores of the whole body when Chen Xu walked in.

More than 20 chefs and helping cooks all lined up in neat chef uniforms and hats to greet them, the pots and pans in the kitchen, the cutting board utensils were all neatly arranged, and the knives were polished and polished and hung on the desk knife holders.

"Meet Master Hou!" Seeing Chen Xu come in, all the chefs, cooks, and cooks all saluted in unison.

"Excuse me, hurry up and bring the chef's coat and hat to help me put it on!"

Chen Xu didn't have time to say hello, so he took off the sweaty brocade robe and threw it to a guard, and then with the help of the two cooks, he quickly put on a brand new overcoat and put on a white hat, and then washed his hands and looked at the ingredients for the preparation number, and then instructed all the chefs and kitchen workers to prepare for the start.

River shrimp is easy to say, is the kind of transparent shrimp that is not full of inches, this kind of shrimp grows in rivers and lakes where aquatic plants are abundant, feeding on plankton, in this era of almost no industrial pollution and domestic wastewater pollution, these river shrimp are very clean, one by one looks crystal clear, fishing up from the water is still alive, hungry and eating raw is not much of a problem.

Yesterday, Chen Xu in order to make up for the eldest daughter and a group of wives and concubines ate an unpalatable canteen meal, specially took them to a nearby small lake for a picnic, this transparent small river shrimp is fried and then added to the green onion, pepper, salt and other seasonings are simply mixed to be extremely delicious, not only can be used as a dish, but also as a snack to eat and play, the color is red and the taste is crispy, it is indeed a rare delicacy.

The most important thing is that this kind of shrimp is very cheap, the locals basically don't eat it, because the dry fish and shrimp need to use meat oil and vegetable oil, although the grain production of Daqin is more and more day by day, and the supply of pigs, sheep and beef on the market is also a lot, but in general it is still unable to meet the demand, although sesame has been promoted on a large scale across the country, and it is planted in the southeast and northwest, but the yield per mu is too low, and it is not guaranteed that every household can eat it at present, so this river shrimp is delicious in Chen Xu's view, However, the locals use shrimp pots and bamboo nets to catch some on weekdays, mainly sold to restaurants in the city for wine, without oil, salt, sauce and vinegar cooking, river shrimp is not as delicious as steamed buns.

"Drain these river shrimp and stir-fry them in the pot, and after they turn red, clean up the snails and debris in the pot and set aside......

"These silkworm pupae are also washed and drained with warm water......"

"Take 30 catties of flour, add chopped green onions, pepper powder, mustard, and salt to make a large vat of noodle sauce for later use......"

"Ten pounds of lard into a pot to heat ......"

"Prepare twenty catties of vegetable oil, and several cauldrons are ready to be fired......

Under Chen Xu's series of instructions, the whole kitchen was suddenly busy, fried shrimp fried shrimp, fried noodles, poured oil poured oil, ping-pong jingle, the whole kitchen became even hotter, like a sauna, a group of silk factory officials who followed were all sweating and standing at the kitchen door one by one.