Taijia's face was a little ugly, the family couldn't make ends meet, and the sauce made by his mother with the only materials had to be shared with this old man every time, and he couldn't refuse!

The official level crushes people to death! What's more, it has been pressed several levels!

Farewell to Gong Changqiu, Taijia stopped wandering, and slowly walked into an ordinary board house in the northeast corner of the tribe; Because it was only the beginning of Shen Shi, the room was quite bright in the sunlight. It is said that ordinary people in the pre-Qin period had two meals a day, and dinner was eaten at four o'clock in the afternoon, so it was time to cook.

"Coming back? What did you get today? ”

In the darkness of the corner, a voice came out leisurely, and a thin man walked out with something in the shape of a bronze jar. His eyes were a little gloomy, but when he saw the Thai armor, he seemed a little more relieved.

seemed to suddenly see the unhappiness on Taijia's face, so he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What kind of Taijia, who provoked you?" ”

"It's not Gong Changqiu's old guy, and he asked my family for sauce again!" Tygar didn't hesitate to say the name of the elder, his face full of dissatisfaction.

He often heard his son complaining to the elders, although this is a big taboo, but as long as outsiders don't hear it, let him complain!

"There's no way, the sauce made by your mother is famous far and wide, and it's a good thing that the elders like it! In a few days, I will ask your mother to make more and send it, you don't have to worry! ”

"But I don't have enough salt at home!" Thinking of his often empty salt shaker, Taijia couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Gengwu's eyes seemed to dim for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, he laughed: "The old father has his own way, don't worry about the child!" ”

How could the Thai armor not know his father's ability? It's just big talk! Looking at the small bronze gui in his hand, Taijia suddenly asked, "Father, did you buy salt today?" ”

Gengwu looked at Taijia's hopeful but somewhat worried eyes, then looked at the bronze gui in his hand, sighed helplessly, and gently opened the lid.

There was only a pitiful yellow lump in the bronze skull, which, if ground and spread out, might not even be able to completely conceal its base, which was less than two square centimeters.

This is the most important seasoning of salt in the pre-Qin period. In the Sichuan Basin, where well salt has not yet been developed, the preciousness of salt is far greater than that of the Central Plains; Merchants obtained the cheapest salt from the Central Plains in exchange for Shu silk, a million profits. But even though countless merchants came here, the salt in Shu was still not enough to distribute.

Moreover, the salt that these merchants came to sell was this yellow and white lumpy object, although it had a salty taste, but it failed to remove many inedible minerals and toxins, which was one of the reasons why the pre-Qin people had a short life.

Originally, each tribe had a salt distribution prescribed by the Enlightened State, and this salt distribution was managed by the salt officials directly under the Enlightened King; But political corruption was true even more than 2,000 years ago. When the salt of the CD was delivered to the Ridge, nine out of ten of the salt was taken by the chiefs and slave owners; When it came to the hands of ordinary people like the Taijia Gengwu, sometimes there were only a pitiful few, and they couldn't taste it in the soup.

This is also one of the reasons why Taijia wants to become a warrior of the country, in addition to building a garden, it is also his wish to make the life of his family better. If it is said that building a river is great love, then making the life of the family better is the small love in one's heart.

As for the founding of the country that the elder just mentioned, is that something very important? Even if the country is founded, will it be the turn of the country to become the king himself?

Let me do my best, you guys have fun, it's beautiful to think!

Although Taijia relied on the elders, he was not stupid and used all the words of the elders as life mottos.

In the face of Taijia, it would not be a problem to ask the elders to order salt; But Taijia is a dignified man, and his arrogance cannot be stopped by him bowing his head at will.

Whenever there was no salt, Geng Wu could only take out the things in his house and go to other tribes to exchange for salt. This time, he took the silk fabric he made at home. During the Xia Wei period, there was a king named silkworm cong in Shu, who taught the people of Shu how to raise silkworms, so most families in Shu will raise silkworms to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages by texture. But because of this, every household raises silkworms, and silk fabrics are not worth it.

Because of the popularization of silkworm raising technology in Shuzhong, even ordinary people like Taijia can wear the more precious silk in the Central Plains.

From this point of view, Shu embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China, and there are historical reasons.

There is also a small board house next to the Thai family, which is used to raise silkworms, but the silkworms of the Thai family are very small, and the silk spit out is not only small, but the quality is not good.

"That's it?" Taijia lowered his head in disappointment, "It's still early to put salt next time, just a little salt, how can you eat enough?" ”

"It's like you'll be able to eat enough salt next time......" He smiled bitterly, and actually made a joke: "Taijia, why don't you go to that tribe and tear up the slave owner's house, and I will take the opportunity to go to the house to grab salt?" ”

"You old thing, you don't teach Thai armor well for a day, but let him do these things; Could it be that you let Taijia be sent to the land of the Southern Barbarians, so that I, an old woman, will die alone? ”

Yiyue appeared behind Taijia at some point, and although she said this, she still had a smile like a spring breeze on her face, and her hands were the clothes that had been washed and the pheasant that had just been plucked.

Gengwu looked at his wife, scratched his head and smiled: "Sister-in-law, our silk is too worthless, and I will exchange this bit of salt money, how will I live in the future?" ”

"It's okay, I make all this salt into sauce, as long as there is rice millet at home, I am not afraid of hunger! Besides, don't we still have Aiko? ”

In the pre-Qin period, there were no woks, and most of the dishes were made in bronze vessels; And the practices of that era were also extremely simple, one was boiled, the other was steamed, at most it was roasted, and occasionally fried in lard. Even flour and other things have not yet been developed into noodles and steamed buns, but are used as raw materials for steaming and frying confectionery.

Not only that, but there are very few dishes, and most of them are wild vegetables from the mountains, except for meat, and it is hard to imagine that dandelion was the main dish at that time. In this day and age, many of the dishes of that time have been eliminated. You roughly count the vegetables you eat now, remove the vegetables with the words "Hu, Xi, Fan", and then remove the dishes that arose in the Tang and Song dynasties, as well as potatoes, chili peppers, which were introduced in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even tofu are all products of the Han Dynasty, and then you can know how single the dishes in the pre-Qin period were.

Also, the meat that can be eaten is also quite limited, and the "Book of Rites" says: The princes do not kill cattle for no reason, the doctors do not kill sheep for no reason, the scholars do not kill dogs and pigs for no reason, and the people do not eat treasures for no reason. Therefore, sauce became the favorite food of the pre-Qin people.

Meat, seafood, and even ants and insects can be dried, chopped, and marinated for 100 days, and they can become "sauce", just like the current "old godmother" and "rice swept away".

But now people go to eat those, and they may only regurgitate.

Let's talk about Aizi, it's Dogwood. There are three main types of this thing, Evodia, Dogwood and Dogwood. Before the introduction of chili peppers to China, dogwood was the main source of spiciness. With dogwood and grains, you can eat sweetly even if you don't have vegetables and meat.

"The maid's sauce is a must for our tribe! No wonder the elders think about it every day! Thinking of the deliciousness of Yiyue sauce, he sighed approvingly, "Fortunately, I married you in the first place, what a gift from the spirit of nature!" ”

As he spoke, he hugged Yiyue, Yiyue shyly snorted, but also threw herself into her arms.

"Don't get it, the kid is still watching!"

"Haha, I forgot!"

But Taijia seemed to be quite precocious, looking at the two with a "I understand, I understand" expression, which caused the two to be shy at first, and then laugh.

"Don't laugh, don't laugh, my husband, quickly tear the pheasant in half, it's usually eaten tonight, and the other half is salted and dried, and I'll use it to make sauce in a few days!"

"Okay! …… By the way, the elder said he also ordered sauce. ”

“…… Why isn't this old guy dead? ”

As time passed, curling smoke rose outside the tribe's homes; In ancient Shu, there were no stoves, and most people used bronze 第 (li) and bronze 甗 (yan) to cook food, and slave owners and other high-class people could use high-end utensils such as ding. Naturally, the Taijia family doesn't have that ability, and the bronze mustache they use is still used by others.

There were also many seasonings in the pre-Qin period, but the ability of the Taijia family was limited, and even the salt could only be deducted and thrown into the chicken soup, and a little sauce made of mugwort was lived. Fortunately, the stewed chicken soup has a creamy fragrance, otherwise just those two salts and a little spicy, how can the whole pot of chicken taste be raised? They can't even put the oil on the chicken soup!

Looking at this dish, Tyjia secretly vowed to create a new way to cook.

After the chicken was cooked, Yiyue scooped up the chicken with two large bronze spoons and slipped it on a stone slab. Confucius said: "Don't get tired of eating, don't get tired of fine", cut the meat thinly, and then dip it in the sauce to taste good, it can be seen that Confucius is also a foodie!

After loading the chicken with a bronze bowl, Yiyue placed the chicken on the large stone slab in the center of the room; Three bronze bowls of different sizes were taken out to hold the steamed grains. The Shu people do not grow rice alone, so it is common to have all the grains in a meal, and they can't die anyway.

Of course, the sand and mud will not be less.

Everything was ready, and the Thai armor rubbed his hands together, waiting for the final heavyweight guest to appear. I saw Yiyue take out a bronze jar from a secret hole in the ground, and when she opened the lid, it turned out to be half a jar of black sauce; I don't know what Yiyue added, as soon as the lid was opened, this sauce was so fragrant that it made people salivate and splash.

After tasting it, the mouth is refreshingly spicy, which is an excellent delicacy for people who often live in wetlands; After entering the throat, there is a burst of minced flesh and bones, rubbing the throat, but not piercing the throat, tasting back and forth for a while, there is an indescribable pleasure!

"Fast food, fast food!"

I can't wait for a long time, you must know that Yiyue's sauce is extremely famous in the entire tribe, and it is a luxurious treat to be able to eat it every day.

Yiyue smiled and said to Taijia: "Wu'er, you can eat it quickly!" ”

But the Thai armor refused to get off the basket.

"What? Do you still think that Ru Amu sauce is not delicious? Hehe, then I'm done with it! ”

But Taijia saw the stewed chicken but fell into deep thought, he still has three spring and autumn seasons from adulthood, and the days of daily tasteless food made him very uncomfortable, coupled with his low status, so that Taijia couldn't help but think about it - how to make his own family have a better life?

This is also what he was thinking about in the elder family before, what can he do in the past three years?

Looking at today's dinner, Thaica understood that he had to give his family a better life, and the sooner the better; How to live a better life? Taijia thinks that there must be a lot of salt, otherwise there will be no taste in eating!

After having salt, you can also renovate your house, buy a few slaves, and then open a few acres of land on the mountains to plant rice, so that the status of your family has also risen by two notches, and you have become a real slave owner!

By the way, didn't the immortal teach me the method of animal husbandry? After you have salt, you can go to the market to exchange for a few pigs and a few sheep to raise, and if you are lucky, you can buy an old cattle and raise it for two or three years.

Even among the slave owners, he will become a man of speech!

Taijia thought that if he became a slave owner before he became an adult, would he have a better chance of becoming a warrior of the country? Is there a better chance that an enlightened king will take his word for it?

Thaika has a direction, but first, he has to get a lot of salt back! In this bartering tribe, salt is the only real hard currency.

The first thing he thought of was buying and selling, but because of Emperor Silkworm Cong, everyone in Shu would raise silkworms, so silk was not unusual, and it was difficult to exchange for items.

"Do you want to consult the Shang Dynasty?"

As soon as this plan flashed through his mind, he was directly vetoed by the Thai armor. The Shang Dynasty was the wealthiest of the four tribes of the Shang Dynasty, as they were good at trade, but the Taijia didn't think they would tell them the secrets of their trade.

Therefore, Taijia can only start with the things that are bought and sold, after all, this is the easiest way to trade.

Seeing Yiyue's sauce, Taijia suddenly thought about it.

There is no shortage of silk in Shudi, only look at the texture; However, the Thai family does not have a special method of raising silkworms, so there is no advantage. But his family's sauce is different, because each family has a different way of doing it, and with his mother's method of making sauce, he will definitely be favored by others.

If you find a way to sell your mother's sauce...... Will it be possible to exchange more salt? This is his most naïve idea, because he is not a businessman, so he can only take it for granted that what he thinks is correct.

Plus a little bit of publicity......

Taijia put away his smile and said in a rare and serious manner: "Father, Mother, I want to make salt money!" ”