What should I do if I am beheaded by the First Emperor at the beginning?

The smell of barbecue echoed in the air, and for a while, several people were a little dazed.

Especially Li Xin.

He watched Chen Ke busy brushing something on the barbecue, and the smell exploded with the seasoning.

In an instant, the air was full of fragrance.

"Governor Chen, this, this, is this still barbecue?"

Chen Ke just smiled dismissively, and then said, "What kind of barbecue is that?"

While he was busy with the things in his hand, he said with a smile: "This authentic barbecue needs seasoning."

"Like what I just brushed, it's honey."

"When grilling meat, the oil and water of the meat will be continuously forced out by the fire. At this time, brushing a layer of honey on the oil and meat fat will make people feel richer when eating."

"Furthermore, this meat is not ordinary meat."

Chen Ke pointed to the ordinary looking meat in the distance and said: "This meat was marinated overnight in advance, and a lot of seasoning was added during marinating."

He casually said a few names, which shocked Wang Ben and Li Xin from ear to ear.

Wang Ben smacked his lips: "Now Brother Chen said that this barbecue is a rare and rare thing, so I believe it."

"After all, so many rare spices are used."

Chen Ke glanced at Wang Ben, and sneered, "Spices that are rare for a thousand gold? It's just because of the incompatibility with the Western Regions."

He said with emotion: "I don't know when Feng Shiling will return from the Western Regions. If he brings back the seeds of spices, they can be planted in the land of China."

"At that time, we Qin people can't grow anything?"

"And as long as we can grow one, we can grow a bunch. As long as this thing is profitable, then someone will plant it."

"When that day comes, even ordinary people will be able to afford this spice."

But Wang Ben said: "Even if that day comes, some people will stop the spread of this thing, right?"

"After all, spices have always been a symbol of nobles."

Chen Ke shook his head and said, "When that day comes, whether there will be any nobles who can dominate is another matter."

"What's more, as long as His Majesty orders, what can they do?"

Chen Ke's face was covered with cold frost, he looked at Li Xin, and seemed to be looking at Wang Ben.

"Spices are meant to be eaten."

"In the future, even if it is really impossible to eradicate the influence of those nobles, you can still come up with something more suitable as a "spice". "

"If something wants to represent the status of nobility, all it needs is the promotion from the top."

"For Daqin, this is very simple."

Chen Ke pointed to himself, then pointed to Fusu beside him and said, "If your majesty, the eldest son, or even the crown prince, the prime minister, the head of the nine ministers, or the general use something else."

"Then this kind of thing will become the new aristocratic status symbol."

"It has always been people who decide things. How could things decide people one day?"

"A day like that is too bizarre."

Wang Ben shook his head and chuckled: "Governor Chen is right. People always determine the role of objects, and objects cannot determine what kind of person and identity they are."

Li Xin on the side also said with emotion: "After listening to the governor's words today, I always feel that I have seen through many truths."

"But after all, I am not Governor Chen, nor General Wang Ben. It can only be a big dream."

Chen Ke just glanced at Li Xin, then shook her head slightly: "Stop talking about that, the meat is roasted, let's eat."

Li Xin picked up a skewer of barbecued meat from the plate beside him, took a bite, and felt very hot.

Chen Ke said in a timely manner: "Don't be so anxious, you can't eat hot barbecue in a hurry."

Li Xin just took a bite, and regardless of the temperature in his mouth, he just endured the burning and said, "Some things, if you don't cut the mess quickly, how can you finish it?"

"Governing a big country is like cooking small fish, but when cooking small fish, there is a big fire and a small fire."

"Sometimes it's good for big fires, and sometimes it's good for small fires."

"Governor Chen thinks, what kind of fire does Penglaizhou need today?"

Chen Ke just glanced at Li Xin, picked up the skewers on the side, and added firewood to the fire with the other hand.

"I see, we need slow fire and strong fire."

"Your Majesty's purpose is not clear to you. Now the forces in the Qin clan are too complicated, and the local forces are too complicated."

"It has only been a few years since Xin'an in the world, and most of the places still have some criticisms from the period when the six kingdoms were enfeoffed."

"If your Majesty wants to get rid of these things, you must first get rid of the poison on your body."

"Only in this way can a new Great Qin stand up."

"But His Majesty is also a human being. He is cruel to the Six Nations, but not so cruel to his own relatives, so he wants to give these people a chance."

"So we need a slow fire."

"But these people have already changed. They are not the clans that His Majesty remembers in his heart and mind."

"Slow fire is not painful to them—or they have become dead pigs, and dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water."

"It needs to be stir-fried."

Chen Ke put down the barbecue in his hand, and Fu Su took the things from Chen Ke's hand.

"The game has already been laid out. Whether the two brothers, Winning and Winning, will join the game, and whether those who are still watching will join the game, is also a new theory."

"What we need now is the world."

"As time goes by, we will eventually be able to find the most suitable method for Daqin today."

After hearing this, Li Xin and Wang Ben were a little silent. They sighed, and then said: "Governor Chen is right."

"Left and right we've already come, what else are we thinking about??"

"Just listen to the governor."

Inside Xianyang City
Zhangtai Palace

Feng Jie sat across from Ying Zheng with a dignified expression.

After he entered Xianyang City, he simply took a bath and changed his clothes, and then met the people from the Black Ice Terrace who had been secretly dispatched.

Then the people from Heibingtai came to Zhangtai Palace to meet His Majesty.

Before seeing civil and military officials, of course, you must see the emperor first.

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Jie, who looked much darker and thinner in front of him, and it seemed that the fair Feng Jie from more than a year ago appeared in front of him again.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said with emotion: "You have worked hard."

Feng Jie lowered his head, hiding the wetness and redness in his eyes.

More than a year, more than 360 days, all the way to the Western Regions, everything in the yellow sand seems to be able to completely bury people.

Along the way, not only the countries of the Western Regions, but also the Huns who would go to the Western Regions from time to time.

Incomprehensible language, yellow and sandy environment, lack of water source, and bandits appearing on the road from time to time.

Even if he brought a regular army and the most tyrannical old Qin people, he would still be close to death.

For more than a year, he missed his homeland all the time.

Now he has finally returned to Xianyang City, and the emperor has not forgotten his achievements along the way.

Just this sentence of "you have worked hard" is enough to offset the pain and suffering he has suffered for more than a year.

"I am Your Majesty, and I will never give up even if I die, so what's the hard work?"

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Jie who was full of emotions, and his mind was full of thoughts for a while.

After squeezing out all the thoughts in his mind, he looked at Feng Jie and asked, "Feng Jie, how are the countries in the Western Regions?"

Feng Jie calmed down his sad emotions just now, and after sorting out his thoughts in his mind, he looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, most of the countries in the Western Regions are barbarians, and there is no basis for it."

"It's just that I heard that there seems to be a very powerful country further west to the west,"

"Although this country is not as good as the Xiongnu, it is almost the same."

"As for the more distant places, because I found something, I didn't dare to take that risk, so I didn't go."

"For the affairs of the other countries in the Western Regions, I brought back some guides."

"These people may know more about the countries of the Western Regions."

Ying Zheng was not surprised, he just nodded and said, "That's fine."

He asked expectantly: "Chen Ke always said that the Western Regions are full of gold and novel crops. What did you bring back?"

Speaking of the things he brought back, Feng Jie's expression became a little more serious.

He took out a catalog from his sleeve. The things he brought back from the Western Regions were not just those things, but the important things.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

"The minister brought back a lot of melons, fruits, vegetables and the like. These things have seeds and can be planted in my Daqin."

"Of course, these are not the most important."

"The more important ones are the seeds of some spices."

Feng Jie had a proud look on his face: "On the way, I encountered a small country in the Western Regions, and a rebellion broke out in that small country."

"When the lord of this country saw my Daqin army, he was able to say the name of our Daqin army."

"And he can speak my Daqin official dialect."

"He made it clear that he is willing to respect my Great Qin as the suzerain and be my vassal for generations, so I brought the soldiers to help him."

"After helping him wipe out the traitors, the lord of this small country asked the minister to bring some things to Xianyang City and dedicate them to His Majesty."

"These things are the most important gains from this minister's trip to the Western Regions."

The most important takeaway?
Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face showed a little interest.

"What harvest?"

Feng Jie looked at Ying Zheng and said softly, "The things that the ruler of that small country brought in are some very precious spices."

"and"

"He handed in the seeds and cultivation methods of these spices."

"If it can be properly cultivated, my Daqin will not be short of these spices in the future."

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't have any special emotions about it.

Such things as spices, no matter how cherished they are, are often used by an emperor like him.

But what he is interested in is that this thing can actually be used as seasoning.
Ying Zheng rubbed his chin: "It means that kid Chen Ke is not here, otherwise I'm afraid I'd be so happy to hear so many spice seeds."

"That guy is a person who pays attention to the desire of the tongue."

Ying Zheng shook his head, looked at Feng Jie and said, "Except for these spices?"

Feng Jie looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, do you remember something Governor Chen once said?"

"Its fruit is as white as snow and shaped like catkins, but it can keep warm and cold. If you can sew this thing in the cracks of your clothes, can winter be like spring?"

Hearing Feng Jie's description and tone, Ying Zheng looked at Feng Jie in surprise and said, "You mean 'cotton'? "

He was a little unbelievable: "Cotton, Chen Ke didn't mean it was in a distant country by the river?"

"How can I find it in the Western Regions?"

Feng Jie smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, this is also found in that small country."

"It seems that there are also merchants from the country by the river, and what they carry is "cotton". "

"I originally wanted to exchange with them, but they were not willing to sell this item. Even if they were to sell it, they would need too many things, and their value would not be equal at all."

"Also, they only sell cotton, they don't want to sell cotton seeds."

"After the lord of the small country heard that His Majesty wanted this item, he led people to ambush at the place where the caravan must pass overnight, turned into bandits and wiped them all out."

"Later, a lot of cotton seeds were found from their caravan."

"That's why I know that the cotton seeds are so rare."

"After I got this thing, I hurriedly led the team back, for fear that something might go wrong on the way."

"This plant was planted in March. This year may not be able to catch up, but next year it will allow our leaders and soldiers to live a warm winter."

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Jie with some emotion: "Feng Jie, I will definitely reward you for your great achievements this time!"

"Go back and rest first. As for the reward, you will know when that day comes."

Feng Jie kowtowed: "My lord, thank you Your Majesty."

After Feng Jie left, Ying Zheng glanced at Han Tan who was beside him. Han Tan immediately understood and walked outside the hall.

Then the entire Zhangtai Palace was silent.

After a while, Ying Zheng said: "I hurried to Penglaizhou in eight hundred miles, and told Chen Ke that Feng Jie returned to Beijing and brought back a lot of things."

"Let him return to Xianyang City before this year's "Sunset". "

Feng Jie brought back too many things from the Western Regions, and they were too important, so important that Ying Zheng needed Chen Ke to come back at the end of the year.

It has only been a few months for Chen Ke to go to Penglaizhou now, and I am afraid that he has not fully started the reform of the local area.

Calling him back at this time is not the best strategy.

But it is the only way.

After the first lunar month is over, let Chen Ke return to Penglaizhou.

What's more, there is another advantage to doing this.

Leave a loophole for people with malicious intentions to see it deliberately, and then those people will be fooled if they are not determined.

Chen Ke has been staying in Penglaizhou, which may make those people have no chance to take advantage of it if they want to do it.

Ying Zheng really didn't want to do anything to those people, but he really couldn't stand what they did.

Daqin is the Daqin he won the government, so what does it have to do with those so-called clans?

There are always some people who like to rely on the old to sell the old.

Kill!

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