I saw this Indian woman in her forties smile slightly at her husband, and then she turned around, looked at their oriental faces, and said to them: "This is the authentic tofu brain that came from your Tang Kingdom, otherwise how could we write it in three Chinese characters." ”

It's been more than half a year. They were already tired of eating these five Indian delicacies, so these people did not care to be the first to reach the palace at this moment, and when they saw the mission of this Lyraja, they decided to have a bowl of hot tofu brain on the street first, so as to relieve the pain of homesickness.

So, seeing this Wang Xuance, he hurriedly happily said to the two of them: "Bring us a bowl and taste it first" and sat down directly at the table next to the stall. After he sat down, he hurriedly politely asked the general guarding the door and said: "Come on, little general, you come quickly, I will also invite you to eat a bowl of our Datang's tofu brain."

Although the gatekeeper often patrolled the streets, he did not pay attention to the storefront. Therefore, with this smile on his face, he accepted their invitation.

"Little General, have you ever eaten this" Chen Maocai also asked the gatekeeper with joy.

"No, if you hadn't taken the initiative to stay here today, I wouldn't have noticed this storefront," the gatekeeper replied with a smile.

"This thing, in my Tang Dynasty, is a delicacy that people often eat, and the taste is called beautiful." Zhou Zeng hung one leg on the bench and said lazily to the gatekeeper general.

With bowls and bowls, tofu brains sprinkled with brown sugar were served hot in front of them. All the people of the Datang Mission with green eyes didn't care about any elegant eating, so they devoured it like this...... After a while, a bowl was already in the stomach.

"Boss, it tastes really good, bring me another bowl" Zhou Zeng said to the couple while licking the tofu brain left over from the bowl.

"Okay," the proprietress also agreed quite happily. Of course, not only Zhou Zeng, but everyone, wanted this second bowl. I saw the gatekeeper general, gently pinched the spoon, looked at the white thing, followed their appearance, took a small spoonful, and put it in the mouth, originally ready to chew it, but never thought that this would melt in the mouth, a faint sweetness surged into the mouth, poured into the throat, and flowed into the stomach. Although these five Indians often use this soup, this is the first time he has eaten such a delicious food, so he is also praised again and again.

"Sister-in-law, how long has your shop been open, I don't think the business is too good" Wang Xuance glanced at the store, and found that just these diners, they had not seen these five Indian people come to eat.

"To tell you the truth, we are also in trial operation, and it has been open for less than ten days." The proprietress also wiped the tofu brain that spilled next to the pot stove while returning to them.

"Where did you learn this trade? It's exactly the same as our Datang's," Chen Maocai returned with their words.

"My family and I often traveled back and forth between Datang and our Qunu City in those years to do some cloth selling business, but as we grew older, sometimes we couldn't run, and this road was far away, and it would take a year to go there. When I arrived at your Datang, I found this tofu brain, which tasted very good. So I consulted a master in your Datang and learned how to make this tofu brain, thinking that in our place, there is no skill in making tofu brain for the time being, so we will open a shop and give it a try, so that there is less labor along the way. The proprietress also said kindly......

Hearing his words, Wang Xuance and the others immediately understood that this tofu brain was also introduced to the Five India along the Tang Fan Road that had been opened over the years. Although this is just the beginning, a spark is enough to start a prairie fire.

"This bean, if boiled and used, is not only difficult to digest; Eating too much can cause stomach pain. The production method of this tofu brain has a history of seven or eight hundred years in my Datang, and it was also discovered by chance at that time, after the beans are milled through a stone mill, the juice comes out, and the gypsum is added, and it will solidify. At the beginning, it was this tofu brain, and if it was placed again, it would become this tofu after being crushed. When used in this way, it is not only delicious, but also has no stomach distension and is not easy to digest. Wang Xuance explained to the gatekeeper general and the proprietress like this......

"Yes, in the past, our family also had a bad stomach, and it was not easy to digest food, but since we learned this production method, his spirit has improved a lot these days." The proprietress said happily......

At this time, I saw his husband, and he also looked at them happily from the Tang Dynasty, and when he heard this, he hurriedly gave a salute: "I never thought that as soon as our store opened, we would welcome so many distinguished guests who know about you, which is really a blessing." ”

So, the group of people greeted each other in joy. Of course, the proprietress also insisted on not collecting money, but Wang Xuance and others still left their due food money, after all, they are also operating from this small capital......

This is the change brought about by the extension of the Tangfan Ancient Road to these five Indias. Chinese often say that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Indeed, it is only when the road is opened that many exchanges between the two places can be facilitated. No matter where he is, as long as there are people who survive and can survive, then there is a reasonable reason for his existence, and there is this unique thought, unique method, and unique way of living.

Between the barriers of the majestic Himalayas, before the Tang Dynasty, if the five Indians wanted to travel back and forth with the land of China, they could only go through the road taken by Wang Xuance and others on the second envoy to the five Indias, through the Western Regions, through present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and to India. It is precisely because this road is so long that although there are some exchanges, after all, it restricts more development.

Since the Tang Fan Road passed through the Himalayas, it extended through present-day Nepal to the city of Qunu. Not only is the road closer, but there are fewer countries passing through, and the natural safety factor has become higher, so this trade route has become more prosperous......

Although this tofu has now become a common food we see, in the underdeveloped era at that time, this kind of exchange was transmitted here through hundreds of years, and this is only a microcosm of the exchanges between the two countries in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. Because through this official ancient road, the number of monks traveling between the two countries is also increasing. And because of the development of this road, the technology of sugar production, through the improvement of the craftsmen of the two parties, it was not long before another delicacy was invented...... Sugar. Keep in mind that white sugar appeared in the Tang Gaozong period precisely because of the many improvements made by the people of the two sides after Wang Xuance brought back the sugar-making technology......

Editor's note: Tangfan Road is the Silk Road to the Five Indias, and this trade route has made a great contribution to the exchanges between the two countries......

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