Fan Ju, who was no longer joking with King Qin, thumped his legs, and rarely joked with King Qin again: "Your Majesty, if you don't go again, I will go by myself." It's better to eat at the same table with Zheng'er, the food is more fragrant. ”

King Qin remembered Ying Xiaozheng's bulging cheeks, and coughed dryly: "Zhu Xiang said that he wants Zheng'er to lose weight?" What exactly was he thinking? ”

Fan Ju said: "No matter what he thinks, he must be good to Zheng'er." Just cut down on some snacks, and didn't go hungry for three meals a day, and Zheng'er himself agreed. ”

"Zheng'er is just too sensible." King Qin said with his hands behind his back, "As the future King of Qin, you don't need to be so sensible. ”

Fan Ju was speechless. Originally, it was not good to eat too many snacks before meals, what strange things was the king saying? What does this have to do with the future King of Qin?

King Qin muttered a few words casually, and boarded the carriage with great interest to go to Zhu Xiang's house to accept Xunzi's allegiance.

Of course, it was impossible for Xunzi to kneel in front of the King of Qin and be loyal to the King of Qin. He glanced at the old King Qin, the etiquette was sufficient, but his expression was obviously not very polite.

King Qin said arrogantly: "Xun Qing has been in Xianyang for a few days, what do you think of my Great Qin?" ”

Xun Zi said: "Zhu Xiang's craftsmanship has improved again. ”

King Qin: "......"

"That...... I picked some wild vegetables and made wild vegetable cold noodles, and you will eat a bowl of them first and then talk? Zhu Xiang said cautiously.

He was really afraid that Xunzi would offend King Qin.

Xunzi said respectfully: "King Qin, the weather is hot, rest for a while, and then I will present the documents to you." ”

King Qin snorted coldly and did not embarrass Xunzi.

"What cold noodles?" King Qin asked, "Are the noodles cold to eat?" ”

Zhu Xiang patted his chest and said, "Your Excellency, just wait to eat, the taste is absolutely good!" ”

"Hmm." King Qin said, "What about Zheng'er? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "In class, Bai Chengcheng taught Zheng'er the rivers and mountains of Qin, and asked Zheng'er to memorize the map. ”

King Qin was puzzled: "Does Zheng'er still want to be a general?" ”

Zhu Xiang said with a smile: "If you are not a general, you must also note the topography of the Qin State." If he didn't know everything about Qin, he didn't know what kind of decree would be the most effective. ”

King Qin bowed his head: "That's true, it's just that he is so young, and he is about to carry the map, alas, are you too strict with him?" ”

Zhu Xiang touched his nose and argued: "Your Majesty, it's not that I let Zheng'er learn such a difficult thing. I only set the time for Zheng'er to study and the number of homework courses, and the rest is his own choice. As long as he gets a good grade in one class, he can change to other content he wants to learn. This is what he asked for himself. ”

King Qin was surprised: "He chooses himself?" What else did he choose? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's too much. Zheng'er wants to learn everything. ”

King Qin frowned: "You can't just be greedy for learning. ”

Zhu Xiang shook his head: "If you don't complete the previous homework, Zheng'er won't choose a new homework." As long as it can be done, it's not greedy. ”

He pointed to himself proudly: "Zheng'er is like me, and I can learn anything!" "It's amazing to have a good memory!

When King Qin saw Zhu Xiang talking about Zheng'er, he began to brag about himself, he gave Zhu Xiang a look of contempt, and raised his feet to listen to Zheng'er's class.

After King Qin left, Xunzi let go of his fist and wiped the sweat from his palms on the hem of his clothes.

The old King of Qin was amazingly imposing, and his trip to Qin was related to the future of Confucianism and Xunzi's ideals, and every word Xunzi said and every expression he made was well thought out, allowing King Qin to act according to his expectations.

But a tyrant would not want to be taken away, and if the King of Qin found out that he wanted to be captured, I am afraid that it would invite trouble.

Fortunately, King Qin was obviously in a good mood, and he did not regard Xunzi as an enemy, and carefully pondered every word of Xunzi.

"Are you too rude to King Qin?" Xunzi said in a low voice.

Zhu Xiang smiled: "I am Zichu's friend, Zheng'er's uncle, and I can barely be regarded as the younger generation of the king, right?" Out of this door, I am respectful to you. When I got home, I treated my elders as if they were kings, which was rude. ”

Xunzi frowned and thought for a long time, then sighed.

He thought that Zhu Xiang simply didn't know how to get along with the king, but now it seems that Zhu Xiang is very smart and has grown a lot.

It's just that this kind of growth, Lin Xiangru probably won't be too willing to see it. Parents always look forward to the growth of their children and grandchildren, and feel sorry for the growth of their children and grandchildren.

"Go make your cold noodles, and I'll go see Zheng'er too." Xunzi said, "Don't cook too cold food." ”

The old King Qin is old, and it will not be good if he eats a bad stomach.

"Xunzi rest assured." Zhu Xiang has already prepared the hot tea, and the cold noodles with hot tea will definitely not hurt the stomach.

Some wheat was also cultivated on the Kanto Plain of the Qin State. After Zhu Xiang handed over a document asking the king of Qin to give money for dinner, the king of Qin asked people to send many tribute ingredients, including rice from Shu and Chu and wheat from Kanto.

The wheat brought by Zhu Xiang has not yet been harvested, and even if the rice and wheat of the Qin State are ground into flour and sifted many times, the taste is still not very good.

Zhu Xiang added potato starch to it, and made it into a mixed noodle that would block the takeaway merchants when the world took a bite, but at this time people were full of praise.

After picking wild vegetables from the mountains, Zhu Xiang squeezed the juice of the wild vegetables and made them into green and healthy noodles. He made ice water out of cold boiled boiled water and saltpeter, and put the cooked noodles into the ice water. After the noodles became chewy, Zhu Xiang took sesame oil and kneaded the noodles carefully.

"Uncle! It smells so good! ”

Zhu Xiang turned around, Ying Xiaozheng was like a little fat dog being walked, holding King Qin's hand and running forward, King Qin seemed to be dragged by him.

Whenever he saw this scene, Zhu Xiang had to sigh that his nephew was much more courageous than himself. Although he tried his best to show King Qin the side of ignorant civilians to treat their elders, Zheng'er really dared to be a bear child in front of King Qin.

"Go and go, even if you come up, you shouldn't skip class." Zhu Xiang waved his hand to drive Ying Xiaozheng away, "Don't come up, you stained the noodles." ”

"So that it doesn't get dirty." Ying Xiaozheng stretched his neck and looked at the basin, "Father Zeng asked me to leave class early, how can I call it skipping class?" ”

"Your Majesty," Zhu Xiang was helpless, "Don't disturb Zheng'er's class, okay?" ”

King Qin didn't pay attention to Zhu Xiang at all, he walked over slowly: "When did you get the ice from the ice cellar?" ”

He gave Zhu Xiang the power to use his ice cellar, but Zhu Xiang took ice from his ice cellar in the future. Listening to Meng Wu, Zhu Xiang's family is not short of ice, he has always been very curious, and wants to observe where Zhu Xiang got the ice, but now he has not found the reason.

I saw it again today, so he didn't bother to wait for the dark guard to investigate, so he asked directly.

"Saltpeter ice, a small skill for the transformation of matter, is the same as firewood burning." Zhu Xiang waited for King Qin to ask this, how did he know that King Qin was not curious until now, "Your Excellency is interested, I will perform a trick for your lord later." ”

King Qin was curious: "What is a trick?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "It's just conjuring flames, ice cubes and the like out of thin air, which looks amazing, but knowing the principle, it's a very ordinary performance." ”

Ying Xiaozheng's cheeks twitched.

Even if it wasn't the first time he saw Zhu Xiang conjuring tricks, he couldn't hold back in his heart.

King Qin bowed: "Okay, I'll wait to see you do tricks." You're not good yet? ”

"Okay, okay, just seasoning." Zhu Xiang introduced his seasoning to King Qin.

The two most important seasonings for cold noodles are, of course, vinegar and soy sauce.

Vinegar is already available at the moment, but the brewing process of vinegar is improving simultaneously with the brewing process of wine, and now even the technology of making spirits is still being explored, and the brewing technology of vinegar is naturally not very good.

Vinegar was a rare product during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Qin State at this moment was naturally also a rare product. King Qin likes to pour vinegar into millet porridge and eat it.

After Zhu Xiang saw the king of Qin eating like this, he couldn't help but sigh that the king of Qin had changed from the ancestor of the old Shaanxi people to the ancestor of the Shanxi people.

Look at this unique skill of vinegar rice, saying that it is not the ancestor of Shanxi people, others don't believe it.

In later generations, the techniques of making vinegar and sake brewing have been separated, and it is easier to make vinegar and vinegar is more delicious.

As a professor of agronomy and a member of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhu Xiang naturally knows how to make vinegar. After all, the Agricultural College and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences will sell handmade agricultural products to subsidize their families.

After a period of exploration, Zhu Xiang had brewed the balsamic vinegar, which was much stronger than the current taste, and was ready to give it to King Qin as a gift. Now it's time for King Qin to taste the taste and see if he likes it or not.

"In addition to vinegar, I also brew soy sauce. Soy sauce is brewed in a similar way to soybean paste. Zhu Xiang said, "If you like it, I will write the recipe to you." ”

The condiments of the pre-Qin era were mainly based on various sauces, and the predecessor of soy sauce was soybean paste, also known as clear sauce.

The sauces eaten by the aristocracy were made of various fish, lean meat, and poultry. When some nobles were reduced to commoners, they were always looking for substitutes for various meat sauces. They discovered that the taste of soybean paste was very similar to meat sauce, so they invented "clear sauce". After that, soybean paste continued to develop and became a variety of common sauces such as soy sauce, bean paste, and tempeh.

The arrival of Zhu Xiang shortened the process.

"Soybeans are used to make a delicious sauce that can be eaten by civilians." Zhu Xiangle said.

King Qin's face was strange: "You not only want the common people not to starve to death, but also want the common people to eat delicious food?" ”

Zhu Xiang said while making the seasoning: "According to common sense, it should be not starving to death first, then eat enough, and then care about nutrition and taste." But why do we have to follow this common sense? Even if you can only eat one meal a day that barely starves to death, if this meal can be a little more delicious, life will be a little hopeful. ”

King Qin said: "The common people don't want to pursue delicious food, they don't have such thoughts. ”

Zhu Xiang fried a spice oil as the base oil for cold noodles: "Yes." When the common people eat weed rice, they will pick the beautiful wildflowers on the roadside and wipe them on their heads, and they will wash their faces before going out to chat with people when they are not working...... Even if they don't have as much leisure as the nobles to make themselves happy, they will find ways to find happiness around them. That's what people are. ”

King Qin said: "How can nobles and commoners be the same? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Most of the current nobles have a very powerful self-made ancestor, and those ancestors who created the foundation of the nobility were not the commoners at that time?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the hem of Zhu Xiang's clothes: "Uncle! ”

Zhu Xiang stopped what he was doing and sighed: "Your Majesty, this is also good for the rule of the Qin State. Now that the Qin State has unified the world, it has to appoint nobles who are not loyal to the Qin State. Because you want to be an official, you have to be literate, right? Now there are so many people who can read and write, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

"If the monarch is strong, the nobility is weak; The opposite is true. Therefore, if the Qin State wants to completely make it impossible for the nobles of the Six Kingdoms to turn over, it must select more talents who do not belong to the nobles of the Six Kingdoms. Zhu Xiang looked at King Qin and said, "Nobles and commoners are all nationals of the king, except for the supremacy of the monarchy, others are not qualified to say that they are superior to others." ”

"You." King Qin sighed, "Cook your meal." ”

"Oh." Zhu Xiang continued to get busy.

Ying Xiaozheng tugged at the corner of Zhu Xiang's clothes, looked up at his uncle, and then looked at his great-grandfather.

Is Father Zeng angry? Not only did he not seem angry, but he was satisfied.

Ying Xiaozheng pondered his uncle's words, and suddenly remembered Han Fei.

When he saw Han Fei in his dream, he felt that it was a pity to kill Han Fei. But if it were him, he would probably be ......

Well, won't kill.

Han Fei is very talented, but it can be seen from Han Fei's framing of Yao Jia that Han Fei will not be loyal to the Qin State. Such a talent, if he is not loyal to himself, he will naturally be killed.

Although he regretted it later, he felt that he could persuade him again. But if you kill it, you will kill it, and I don't regret it very much.

If it's him now. What Han Fei, it doesn't matter, you just shout, senior brother, I look at you and count me as losing.

Ying Xiaozheng's nose is jetted, and his waist is forked. I have Xun Weng and my uncle, Han Fei is really nothing.

"Uncle, don't say today's words to outsiders." Ying Xiaozheng pulled Zhu Xiang's clothes and said.

Zhu Xiang said: "Am I stupid when you are an uncle?" There are no outsiders here. ”

"Oh." Ying Xiaozheng looked at King Qin.

King Qin nodded: "Yes." Cold noodles aren't good yet? ”

"Alright, alright." Zhu Xiang held a small bowl and said, "Taste it first, I'll adjust it if the taste is not suitable." ”

King Qin tasted it and said, "Not bad." The sauce is a little stronger. ”