"Young Master Xu, why are you catching so many lake crabs? This thing is unpalatable and there are too many shell claws. Later, I will send a few big fish to the county magistrate!" During the chat, Xiao He pointed to the crawling crabs placed under the shade of the tree and said with a smile.

"Master Xiao is such a big mistake!" Jiang Chuxing shook his head like a rattle. "My sister-in-law learned a secret method to cook lake crabs from Qinghehou in Xianyang. The dried spicy crabs made were extremely delicious. I ate them once last night and still savor them now!"

"Qinghe Marquis?!" Xiao He, Liu Bang, Cao Shen and others exclaimed at Chen Xu almost at the same time.

"Yes, I am familiar with Qinghe Hou in Xianyang. Everyone knows that Qinghe Hou is good at making delicious food and is a master in the food industry. Therefore, I also learned a lot of scales and half of my head. I happened to meet the plump river crab on the road yesterday, so I couldn't help but buy some. The deliciousness it made..." Chen Xu began to fool these rural gangsters again, which made Jiang Chuyue turn around and glance at him gently.

She didn't know why Chen Xu was pretending to come to Pei County, and was the Marquis of Shuangjue and the son-in-law of the emperor, but she traveled thousands of miles to chat with several minor officials in remote areas like Pei County, and was also preparing to eat meat and drink wine in such a dirty and messy environment.

She didn't even look down on the slightest officials like Liu Bang and Xiao He.

Given the Jiang family's current status in the Qin Dynasty, it can be said that they are already among the top wealthy families. Even in Xianyang, those who traveled to and from the mansion every day were at least at the level of scholars and officials, and ordinary minor officials Jiang family would not take it seriously at all.

However, the times have changed. The young man in the mountains, who had worn-out clothes, had now become a top nobleman who was almost unbearable to Jiang's family. His status is no longer comparable. For various reasons, the two of them have gradually become strangers and basically no longer have the possibility of being together.

This time, it may be the last time to meet him.

From now on, I will never see him again!

Thinking of this, Jiang Chuyue felt as if she was cut by a sharp knife. Her delicate body trembled in pain, and instantly, two lines of clear tears fell down her fair cheeks.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Chen Xu listened to the slightly choked sound, and turned around and saw Jiang Chuyue's body trembling slightly.

"Thank you for your concern. Maybe it was because the lake breeze was blowing on the lake and bask in the sun just now. I was really uncomfortable!" Jiang Chuyue quickly wiped away her tears and nodded softly.

"Is it because of heatstroke? The environment here is not very good. I'll ask the guards to take you back to the house to rest!" Chen Xu waved to call two guards, and after a few instructions, the two guards escorted Jiang Chuyue away.

"I have only heard of the delicious food made by Qinghehou, and I'm afraid I won't have the chance to taste it in my life!" After Jiang Chuyue left, Xiao He continued to sigh at the topic just now.

"Haha, why not eat the delicious food made by Qinghe Marquis himself? If you go to Xianyang, I will definitely recommend Qinghe Marquis to eat meat, drink and have fun together!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"We want to go to Xianyang to see you, but unfortunately we can't get out of the errands, alas!" Xiao He and Cao Shen and Liu Bang shook their heads slightly.

"What's the difficulty of going to Xianyang? A real man should have ambitions in the world and all directions. You are all people with great ambitions. How can you be confined to this small Pei County to repay your debts? If you want to go to Xianyang, you can make arrangements. If you go there, you will definitely be able to plan a bigger future. It is unknown if you are in the court in the future!"

Xiao He, Cao, Liu Bang and the other two looked at each other, wondering why Mr. Xu valued them so much. Although Pei County is not a barren mountain, it is not a big place at all. Compared with Xianyang, one in the sky and one in the ground, and they all know themselves. Xianyang is the capital, where kings and princes are all walking around, and there are many officials and ministers, and a hundred disciples gathered. Just throwing a brick can hit the famous scholars of several counties. With these hooligans, they are just joking.

However... it is not impossible to get to Qinghe Hou.

Thinking of this, a light began to flash in the eyes of the three of them, and an uncontrollable ambition began to churn in their hearts.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, even peddlers could shout slogans that kings, princes, generals and ministers could be yelled, which shows that the people in this era were very brave and open-minded. Moreover, the people in the Qin Dynasty now ranked above the court were almost all guest officials who defected from the six countries, assisting the First Emperor to sweep the six countries to achieve their current unparalleled merits, and thus they have the honorary status of kings, princes, generals and ministers today.

There is no hope of resigning to the emperor now.

Although the court implemented the restructuring of three provinces and six ministries and the assessment and promotion of the ninth rank official positions, no one recommended him to be an official. Therefore, relying on kings, princes, ministers, and ministers as disciples became the only way for ordinary scholars to successfully advance to show their ambitions in the future.

Just like Xiao He and Liu Bang, although they have the ability, they can only be a minor official. The official is not an official and is not in a ninth-rank official position and cannot pass the assessment and promotion. Even if they work diligently and work hard, they will work for the most of their lives until they retire. Then the local government rewards dozens of acres of land to go home to support their elderly care according to the laws of the officials, that's all.

But Xianyang is different. The Daqin Metropolis Daily has spread all over the world now, and scholars in many places have already understood the changes in Xianyang. Xianyang has health centers, engineering schools, agriculture schools, science schools, and literature schools. As long as you can enter these offices, you will definitely be able to make a name for yourself in the future. If you can join the kings, princes and ministers as a disciple, and someone recommends it, you will inevitably have greater opportunities and opportunities to make a fortune.

"Mr. Xu, I want to go to Xianyang with you, but I am afraid that I will lose my power and then will lose your face. Moreover, the county master is not easy to adapt to." Although Xiao He was excited about this, he was still quite hesitant.

"These master Xiao can rest assured. As long as you want to go, this matter will definitely help you with everything. As for your ability, don't be too inferior. Many ministers, princes and princes of the Qin Dynasty all started at the end of the cold. The left prime minister Li Si was just a minor official in Shangcai. Could it be that you are willing to stay in Pei County for the rest of your life? Isn't it a shame for you to have all your knowledge? I heard from the county lord yesterday that Liu Jue had a vast relationship and a famous reputation in Pei County. He also went to Wei State to join the disciples of Xinling Jun. Since he had such great ambitions, how could he be buried in the countryside!" Chen Xu waved his hand with a smile.

Liu Bang shivered slightly, bowed carefully and said, "It was Ji young and energetic at the beginning, but now there is no Wei Kingdom anymore, Ji has already cut off this mind!"

"Haha, why should Liu Jue belittle himself? The affairs of the six countries are not unspeakable. You may also often read the Daqin Metropolis Daily. You should know that the emperor is not a narrow-minded king. At present, there are a hundred disciples in Xianyang, and all kinds of theories are allowed to be discussed freely. A few days ago, he came from the Eastern Road and heard that Your Majesty climbed Mount Tai and issued an order to carve the hundreds of classics and classics on Mount Tai so that the scholars in the world can admire them..."

"Is this actually happening?" A burst of exclamations and commotion rang out in the yard.

"This matter is absolutely true. It is said by the postmaster who passed the court order. So you have great potential when you go to Xianyang. However, you have decided whether you will go or not. If you want to go, you must arrange everything for you. If you don't go, you won't force it. You will stay in Peixian for three or five days. Just tell me after you have thought about it!"

Liu Bang, Xiao He and others quickly nodded together. Next, a group of people changed the topic and talked about some news published in newspapers. Chen Xu also talked a lot about what happened in Xianyang. He chatted for about an hour. The man who was busy in the kitchen came out of the kitchen with sweat on his face and greeted Liu Bang: "Brother, help me put the seats, the dog meat is almost cooked!"

So Xiao He and others stood up and moved the seats in the inner hall, brought the dishes and chopsticks, and soon set up a dining table under the mulberry tree.

After a while, the man brought out a large pot of cooked dog meat from the kitchen and placed it on the dining table. Then he turned around and went to the inner hall to bring out a jar of wine to greet Chen Xu and others. After a while, the young woman also brought out a dustpan made of reed rods from the kitchen, with dozens of vegetable balls and rice cakes placed in it for the guards and boys sitting under the pergola, and also brought a bucket of dog meat soup for them to share.

Chen Xu nodded slightly. It seemed that Fan Kuai and his wife were indeed good at Liu Bang. There were so many people who came to eat and drink. Although the young woman seemed a little dissatisfied, she still took care of her very carefully.

Smelling the fragrant dog meat, Chen Xu also felt so hungry. He had been swimming in the lake for more than an hour, which was indeed very exhausting, so he was not polite, and he was invited by Liu Bang, Xiao He and others.

"Young Master Xu, don't laugh at me. Our remote areas are not Xianyang. Everything is extremely simple. However, Brother Fan's dog meat is a unique feature in Pei County. The secret stewing method he passed down from ancestors is often brought to taste it!" Xiao He said with a smile.

"It smells so strong, so I'm not polite!" Chen Xu reached out and picked up a rib and chewed it. He chewed it a few times in his mouth and nodded repeatedly: "It's not bad, it's really strong, soft and unique in flavor. Brother Fan can also deserve the title of dog meat master!"

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your praise!" Fan Kuai breathed a sigh of relief with respect, and then sat down and chatted with Chen Xu's greeting.

A big dog had at least thirty pounds, but under the attack of a group of big men, it was like a wind storm in the wind. Soon a large pot of dog meat was found to the bottom, and a jar of wine was also drunk.

"Dog meat is good, this wine is also good!" Chen Xu finally ate seven or eight minutes full, and was in the mood to pick up the crude pottery cup to watch the wine in the cup.

This wine is different from the turbid wine brewed by ordinary folks. Chen Xu used to drink Daqin wine, which was brewed with mixed grains. He did not have the professional brewing method of wineries in later generations. He did not have steamed wine. The alcohol content was very low and turbid, and the taste was also sour and astringent. Sometimes he wanted to vomit when drinking it.

Although the wine in front of me is also light and sour, it has the fragrance of mulberry fruit, the color is dark red and turbid, and looks a bit similar to wine.

"Brother Fan's wine is made of mulberries?" Chen Xu asked curiously.

"Mr. Xu's eyes are as bright as a torch. This wine is indeed made of mulberries. It tastes much better than the turbid wine in the past. And the government does not prohibit it. Now we all drink this wine, and it is easy to make some wine koji and mulberries in the jar for fermentation. It can be drunk in seven or eight days. However, it is still far worse than the wines of Fan's Winery, and it cannot be put on the table..." Liu Bang said with a smile.

"Where did you learn this brewing method?" Chen Xu became even more curious.

Liu Bang shook his head, "This method did not start from our Pei County, but came from elsewhere!"

"I heard that it was invented by a wine merchant in Kuaiji County. The custom of planting mulberry and silkworms in Wuzhong Wuhu area has been longer. There are mulberry fields everywhere. A local wine merchant was inspired by wine and developed this mulberry wine, and the production method spread! "Xiao He added next to him.

"So that's it!" Chen Xu nodded slightly.

It is no secret that the wine is brewed now.

When Chen Xu gave the wine brewing method to Fan's joint stock to run a winery, Chen Xu could still get 40% of the dividend every year. Although this money is not much, it is calculated by millions of dollars every year. The main reason is that the wine production is very limited and the sales are very limited. With the wild mountain grapes alone, a winemaking workshop can make more than a thousand kilograms every autumn. The maximum red wine bottle of Fan's wine is more than one hundred yuan. Compared with the price of a black P-eye wine like Qinghe wine, it is completely small. Therefore, Fan's wine seems to have good sales, but in fact the benefits are not as good as Chen Xu's Qinghe wine.

But no matter what, it is very considerable for Fan to make a small fruit wine into a big business with annual income of millions.

However, since Fan began to involve steel smelting, cement and Oriental Road, the winery has become a small business of the family. Fan has handed over the winery's business to a side branch of the family to manage, but Chen Xu's dividend ratio has not changed at all, and it has become more and more than one year.

Just like Chen Xu's guess at the beginning, brewing red wine is extremely simple. As long as someone knows that wild grapes can make wine, even if they don't know the craftsmanship, there will inevitably be merchants or craftsmen involved in the wine business to start experimenting, and the possibility of successful experiments is almost 100%.

After all, winemaking has lasted for thousands of years in China, and there is no problem with the technology. The problem is just a few more experiments.

The mulberry wine in front of you is the best example of the people's courage to explore and innovate.

The Chinese people have no need to dig hard to study their food and drink.

Chen Xu has never drunk the red wine made from pure mulberries, but he feels that if it is well brewed, it may have a greater prospect than wine, and the yield will be higher. Because the grapes are now wild mountain grapes, with small grains and uneven maturity time, and unstable traits. Some are sour and some are sweet. Therefore, the taste of the wines made is very different, and the sweetness and sourness are difficult to control, but mulberries are different. The mulberries in the Yuhang area of ​​Suyang, southern China have long been planted on a large scale. The annual mulberry output is hundreds or thousands of tons. As long as you master the mature winemaking method, the output of this red wine will inevitably be very large, which will definitely exceed that of wine and become a huge red wine industry.

It seems that this time I went to Kuaiji to inquire about Xiang Yu, and I can also arrange this industry well. The farmers are poor, and adding some extra income to local mulberry and silkworm farmers is also a way to get rich.

After eating a pot of dog meat, a jar of mulberry wine was also drunk. Except for Chen Xu, everyone was a little drunk. In the afternoon, Xiao He, Liu Bang, Cao Shen and others had to go to the county government office to work, so Chen Xu and others followed him and prepared to leave.

"Brother Fan's stewed dog meat is awesome. I wonder if I want to follow someone to develop in Xianyang?" Before leaving, Chen Xu said to Fan Kuai, who was bearded and had thick breasts with thick breasts.

Fan Kuai touched the back of his head and was stunned for a long time before turning to look at Liu Bang.

"You don't rush to answer this matter. I will go to Kuaiji County in a few days. If you want to go to Xianyang, you will welcome me at any time. If I am not here, go to Liuxiangyuan, Xianyang, to find Meng Yun, the eldest son of the Censor. He will be in good faith. Liuxiangyuan is opposite Qingheyuan, opened by Qinghehou. At that time, I can recommend you to be a chef in Qingheyuan and specialize in making dog meat. It will definitely be very popular in Xianyang!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Brother, why don't you thank Mr. Xu!" Liu Bang pulled Fan Kuai excitedly.

"Let's thank you Mr. Xu for your kindness..." Fan Kuai quickly bowed and thanked her, and the young woman holding the baby next to her suddenly brightened her eyes.
Chapter completed!