Volume 18 Chapter 66 The Whisperer of the Wind, the Legend of the Celestial Empire (Part II)
In later generations, there was an Indian museum director who said: The bison is a refrigerator with hooves, which shows the weight of the bison in the life of the Indians.
Bison, before being hunted by continental European colonists and American soldiers, were the main source of supplies for the Indians, and Indian tribes could use various parts of the bison's body to make their food, clothing, shields, weapons, and even glue.
The Indian warriors had already reached the point of perfection in dismantling the bison, and soon they had broken the bison into pieces, and the bones and fur had been broken into clumps, and everyone was divided, and soon returned to the horses.
There was no river here, so there was no way to cook, but after running forward for a while, they soon saw a small river, and there was a small forest next to it.
The sky is about to get dark, and it seems that they can only live here today, Zhao Mingfeng gave an order, and everyone quickly rode to the junction of the grove and the river.
When they came, everyone turned over and dismounted, and the warriors of the Seattle tribe and the masters of the brocade guard were busy together, preparing to make a sumptuous buffalo feast.
Seattle tribal warriors prepare to make roast beef, which is a delicacy they often make in field camps.
The so-called roast beef is naturally not the thin beef skewers on the night snack stalls in later generations, and there is no such thing as an iron skewer at this time.
They have a clear division of labor, and some people take beef and beef bones and wait for them to be washed in the river;
Some people sit on the grass and process the cleaned beef, which roughly cuts the most tender beef on the thigh into thin long strips about three finger width and half a finger thickness;
Others went into the woods to collect dry firewood and cut branches, and they were very busy.
Soon, the slices of meat were cut, and the dry wood and branches were piled up, and they gathered together to skewer the beef on the peeled and sharpened branches.
After the meat slices are dressed, someone starts to make a fire, which is originally very time-consuming, because there is no fire in the wild, and they have to drill wood to make a fire.
It's not so troublesome now, they have the latest kerosene lighters on them, and they can come out by scraping the flames wherever they go, which is very convenient.
As soon as the branches were lit, many people held handfuls of meat skewers and roasted them over the fire, while others took out salt grains and sprinkled dry powder like cumin or black pepper on the skewers, and soon the makeshift camp was filled with the mouth-watering smell of barbecued meat.
The accompanying Jinyiwei made beef bone broth, and they specially brought two cauldrons weighing more than ten pounds and tied them to the horseback, one to make samples for the tribes to visit, and also to make soup on the road.
This soup is much simpler than barbecue, four people carry two pots in the river to wash, and then scoop a pot of clean water, the soup is ready.
The two of them here find some big rocks to build casually, and this temporary stove can be regarded as built.
Then he brought two bundles of firewood directly from the Seattle soldiers, put the pot on the stove, and burned it a little below, and the soup was almost done.
In the end, the meat bones left over from the barbecue are cut from the bone joints, thrown into the pot, and then add some spices, salt and soup materials transported by Daming to the pot, and it is almost over.
Next, just add some firewood from time to time and keep cooking.
As the sun sets, the whole camp is filled with the aroma of roast beef and beef bone broth, and hundreds of people gather in a large circle, surrounding two cauldrons in the middle, ready to start dinner.
Seattle tribal warriors began to distribute roast beef, each with four or five skewers, and that skewer was at least about a pound.
Jin Yiwei directly put a few iron spoons into the pot, and then gave each person a sea bowl, and then took out the wine in the cowhide bag, and poured a large bowl for each person.
Zhao Mingfeng waited for the sea bowl in everyone's hands to pour wine, then raised the bowl in his hand and shouted: "Dry." “
Then I took a sip of wine, a bite of barbecue, and ate it deliciously.
This is a custom with the Ming way, and after getting along for so long, the warriors of the Seattle tribe have long been used to it.
They followed Zhao Mingfeng to lift the bowl and shouted: "Dry." “
Then it was also a sip of wine, a bite of barbecue, and a delicious meal.
The Indians are famous for their love of drinking, and according to legend, the main body of the Indians is the Yin people who migrated over during the Yin Shang period, so their greeting is: Indian.
And this "Indian" is actually a Western transliteration, which should actually be read as "Yin Di'an", and their greeting actually represents nostalgia for their homeland.
Perhaps, their habit of drinking was brought from the Yin Shang period, you know, the people of the Yin Shang period were also famous for their love of drinking, and the famous Shang king once built a wine pond meat forest, which shows the degree of obsession with wine at that time.
Of course, these are just legends, and the authenticity has yet to be verified, but it is true that the Indians love to drink, and after a few sips of good wine, their faces are flushed with excitement.
After eating the barbecue and drinking the perfect wine, scoop a bowl of fragrant beef bone soup on the wine bowl, not to mention how beautiful it is.
This dinner lasted for a long time, after eating the meat, drinking the wine, and then a bowl of beef soup, the uneaten picked up the bone and meat sticks in the pot and gnawed hard, and the full ones danced wildly around the bonfire.
Of course, this is just the thoughts of those young warriors of the Seattle tribe, and Zhao Mingfeng is not the same as them.
Looking at the young man dancing wildly in front of him, he smiled and beat with the others, but in his mind he lamented the fate of these people.
It can be seen from his interactions with these people that they are hospitable, kind-hearted, and love nature, and pursue a simple and free life.
However, they were doomed to say goodbye to such a life, because their weapons were too backward.
As far as the spear and hunting bow are concerned, there is not even a broadsword, such a weapon, let alone in front of the Ming Empire, even in front of the European continental powers, there is not the slightest resistance.
Even if they were not ruled by the Ming Empire, they would face the end of being enslaved and even slaughtered by the European powers.
They should really be grateful to the emperor, if the emperor had not thought of coming to the North American continent to stifle the development of the anti-Habsburg powers, perhaps in a few decades, they would have faced the danger of extinction.
The European powers were not as merciful as the Ming Empire, they only came for plunder, plundered land, plundered resources, and the Indians were irreconcilable with them, only one side was expelled or destroyed.
The Ming Empire is different, the Ming Dynasty does not lack land, nor does it lack resources, and there is no need to plunder as viciously as the European powers.
As the Heavenly Empire, Da Ming is here to save them, this is not false at all, Da Ming really wants to turn them into people.
The young men had been crazy for a while, and finally they were tired, so they took out the blankets from their backpacks, wrapped them around their bodies, lay down around the fire, and fell asleep.
Of course, this cloth blanket was also provided by Daming, if they didn't have this thing, it is estimated that they would be able to sleep directly on the grass.
Zhao Mingfeng smiled and shook his head, although there are no enemies in this place, there are many beasts, and these people are too careless.
He glanced at his surroundings slightly, then called the accompanying brocade guards over, arranged for them to take turns on duty, and then wrapped themselves in a cloth blanket and fell asleep.