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Although it is already the time of Hai, the entire Xianyang City has almost fallen into a deep sleep, except for the occasional dog barking, you can only see scattered lights, this time is placed in the later generations, that is, at eleven o'clock in the evening, but in the era of Daqin, there is no entertainment, almost everyone has fallen asleep at this time, but the restaurant in the Qinghe Hou Mansion is still brightly lit.

There was still a faint smell of hot pot wafting in the air, but the hot pot had long since been withdrawn, and a circle of people were sitting around the stove, drinking red wine and nibbling on chicken feet and duck feet.

"Refreshing~" Yu Wuya took a big sip of the refreshing Qinghe wine, and then took a bite of the marinated fragrant chicken wings, his face was full of comfort and comfort.

"Brother Yu is unpredictable, I didn't expect that you would be able to catch the chickens and ducks of the Su Nei Shi family, this full meal is enough to satisfy your hunger!"

"Yes, Brother Yu is really a food savior for me!"

"Exactly, I eat so many three or five chicken feet and duck feet every day, which is really a drop in the bucket for us, it's okay not to eat, and it's even more greedy to eat, but I can't stand it if I don't eat, it's really hard to suffer!"

"Thank you, Brother Yu......"

The atmosphere in the room was warm, and a circle of people kept patting the boundless horses while eating, while Chen Xu twitched while eating cheeks.

In order to eat a delicious meal, Yu Wuya, the second goods, actually caused all the dozens of chickens and ducks of Shi Gaoteng's family in Su Nei to be left with a crippled body.

The first time he cut off a pocket with his feet and legs, and the second time he cut off all his wings back, I don't know if Gao Teng will vomit blood in anger when he finds out tomorrow.

However, this kind of green and original chicken feet and chicken wings are really delicious, anyway, there is no locator on the wings on these feet, Gao Teng will never know that it was done by someone from the Qinghe Hou Mansion, but ...... It seems that I can send him a few tomorrow to express my apologies.

Under the concerted efforts, half an hour passed, and a large pot of braised chicken feet, duck paws and wings were all eaten cleanly, and in addition to Chen Ping, the doorman steward and other leaders of the Hou Mansion, the staff canteen of the Hou Mansion, the guards and maids, and some children from Qinghe Town, had also eaten a large pot of braised chicken legs at this time, and many people were still licking their fingers and drooling at the vegetable pot.

"Comfortable, delicious~Burp~~" Yu Wuya burped with the taste of chicken wings and red wine, slumped on the chair and hummed continuously, "Engong actually took advantage of me to go out to make such a delicious delicacy, and I had a full meal today, and I finally didn't regret it!" ”

"Brother Yu, this is wrong, although the claws and wings of the bird are delicious, but there are too many bones, they need to be chewed carefully, suitable for recreation, but if they are really used for wine, they are still the most delicious braised pig ears, the meat is firm, the crispy bones are fragrant and soft, crispy and ......refreshing," Bo Daocheng shook his head and said.

Huangfu lacked: "Definitely, I think it's still the best sheep's trotters!" ”

Sun Shujiong: "No, duck neck is the best!" ”

Chen Ping: "It's not right, the dog meat is the most fragrant ......"

"What you said is not right, or the braised rhinoceros tongue is the best!"

A hoarse voice came from the corner, the sound was like a shovel rubbing on the sand, the listener was covered with goosebumps, everyone didn't have to turn their heads to know that the person who spoke was Shi Xuan, at this time he was holding a thick pan flute sitting alone in the corner, although he usually doesn't like to talk, but when it comes to eating, he can't help but express his opinion.

Yu Wuya: ......

It turns out that all the regrets that I thought I didn't have regrets are the most regrettable, but I didn't expect that there were so many wonderful lo-mei that I hadn't eaten.

I was just out of the door, only twenty days before and after, but it was as if my life had missed out on centuries.

"Actually, you're all wrong!" Chen Xu, who had finished washing his hands and rinsing his mouth, turned his head, "The most delicious and delicious thing in the world is called spicy crayfish!" ”

"Spicy crayfish? What? ”

"Sounds delicious?" 、

"Shrimp is shrimp, where is the lobster, is it the descendant of the dragon?" Chen Ping and the others suddenly became interested, and they all looked at Chen Xu one by one.

"It's a pity, it......'s a pity," Chen Xu shook his head regretfully, "Crayfish are abundant in Dongsheng Shenzhou, 108,000 miles away from my Central Plains, and I want to use a local spice called chili pepper and stir-fry with peppercorns from my Dongtu, the taste is that...... Hiss ~ no more! ”

Chen Xu felt that his saliva flowed out instantly.

"Engong still don't have to say it, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, Dongsheng Shenzhou is still 100,000 miles away, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it in this life!" Yu Wuya stood up with a somewhat lonely expression, "It's getting late, go back to sleep first!" ”

Watching Yu Wuya walk out of the room with an iron sword in his arms, Chen Xu felt that this thing was preoccupied, but he didn't care too much, and returned to his bedroom to lie on the warm kang and fell asleep in a daze, as if he heard a few soft sounds from the window next door, and then quieted down again.

In the north wind howling, he woke up in a daze, the sky was already bright, Chen Xu washed his face and brushed his teeth and ate breakfast under the service of several little maids as before, and then took a carriage to work at the Academy of Sciences.

Yu Wuya came back, although he did not succeed in rescuing Shang Tu, but he still got the confession left by Shang Tu, and it was not in vain, and moving Zhao Gao down was not the most urgent thing at the moment, but the 10,000 sets of new horse pawn equipment, only this matter ended perfectly, and the next step to promote Daqin's reform of heavy agriculture and suppression of business can be convincing enough.

Heavy agriculture and suppression of merchants began with the Shang Dynasty reform, which has lasted for more than 100 years in the Qin State, so whether it is the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, dignitaries or ordinary people, they all deeply believe that merchants are a very lowly group of people, but in the other six countries, the status of merchants is still good, this sudden change of identity will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the merchants of the six countries, so many people secretly collude with the nobles of the six countries, always looking for an opportunity to overthrow the rule of Great Qin, and it doesn't matter whether the country is restored or not. It is important to change the status of the merchant who is discriminated against and oppressed.

Therefore, this is also a very important factor in the turmoil in Great Qin today.

The people who farmed the land had to endure extremely heavy forced labor and taxes, and the people were dissatisfied.

The merchants, on the other hand, were rich but of low status, and always wanted to restore their former dignity in accordance with their status, rather than the untouchables of poor peasants who ploughed the fields and had no food to eat, so the merchants were not satisfied.

And the nobles of the six kings and grandsons lost their former esteemed status, so they were even more dissatisfied.

In any era, when a class cannot obtain a status that is in line with its own identity, there will inevitably be contradictions, and when such contradictions accumulate more and more, the resulting consequences will be more serious.

Many businessmen for the original six countries, do not have much sense of belonging, the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States, hundreds of princes to conquer and merge slowly into seven, countless merchants were not originally from the Six Kingdoms, and many businessmen and Fangshi, constantly wandering between the seven countries, one country can not stay to run to another country, anyway, these princes in principle, are all under the king of Zhou, the whole world is not the king's land, so everyone should be the people of the king of Zhou, businessmen care about making money, just like Fan Li, who is respected as a saint of business, Born in the Chu State, but ran to the Yue State to help, and finally died in the Song State, merchants, born for profit, in the absence of the concept of national and national righteousness, they are more willing to help the party that can make their own profits.

For example, at present, Daqin suppressed merchants, resulting in merchants not being able to get the identity and status that matched them, so they were very dissatisfied, and many of them secretly colluded with the kings and nobles of the former six countries, and used a lot of money to fund and do what they liked, so that one day these people overthrew the rule of Daqin, and they would also turn over.

Although Qin Shi Huang was not satisfied with the supernatural rule of the six countries by force, he was powerless in the face of this dissatisfaction of all strata, and this dissatisfaction could not be solved by force alone, just like curing a disease, it was necessary to find the crux of the pathogen, and then treat the disease, and only when the medicine was used correctly could the disease be cured.

But in Chen Xu's view, Qin Shi Huang is an emperor with more than martial arts and insufficient politics, not a Ming monarch who governs the country, that is to say, he is not a good doctor.

Only by letting Qin Shi Huang see enough benefits can he turn these benefits into a driving force for reform, and eventually form a situation in which agriculture and commerce are developed at the same time.

And as long as the peasants and merchants, the two most widely used groups today, are satisfied, the six kings and nobles who have been waiting to move are basically rootless trees, and they can no longer make any waves.

But nothing can happen overnight, everything needs to be done slowly, and at least this time building a pawn gear is a good start.

After listening to Zhao Qing's report on the recent equipment building in the office, Chen Xu's heart became less and less worried, replaced by excitement and excitement.

From the beginning of November to the beginning of the preparation of the new horse equipment plan, to the end of December, nearly a month and a half, 10,000 sets of equipment has now been completed, nearly half of the remaining two months, as the weather gradually warms up after the beginning of spring, the smelting of steel can be faster, and the craftsmen will become more skilled, so this task will definitely be exceeded.

In other words, Chen Xu's strategy of borrowing chickens and eggs this time has been successful.

Chen Xu happily walked around the various laboratories and research institutes in the Academy of Sciences, and then went into the optical laboratory to continue developing lenses.

The optical laboratory is not large, only about 30 square meters, it was originally a utility room, after cleaning it up, a thick long wooden table was placed against the wall as a workbench, and a closed coal stove was made near the window in the innermost position, the coal stove was only about one meter high, all of which were built of refractory bricks, and the inside and outside were smoothed with clay and yellow mud, and a small iron door on the top could put a small crucible with a diameter of half a foot into it.

At this time, the fire was blazing, and a middle-aged craftsman named Tang Ting was busy in front of the stove, and there were three helpers next to him, some pulling the bellows, and some stabbing the coal in the coal stove with iron rods.