Throughout modern society, perhaps only Chinese can transform food into a thousand ways; At the same time, eating is also a top priority. What's more, there are foreign historians who classify Chinese culture as a culture of eating, and Western culture as a culture of love. As early as the sixth century B.C., Confucius, the founder of our Confucian sect, put forward such an argument: "Eating and drinking men and women, the great desire of people to survive." "So these two Chinese culture has long been there.

Although around the sixth century B.C., the history of food processing in China had just begun; The ingredients, cooking techniques and tastes are all monotonous. But with the progress of culture, the political stability; Through a series of accidental and inevitable factors, the envoys who carved out the Western Regions and pioneered the Western Regions brought ingredients from all over the world to China and took root, so that today's Chinese cuisine is broad and profound.

Throughout the history of food evolution in China, eight or nine thousand years ago, our ancestors domesticated millet (millet), millet (yellow rice), and rice. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, our ancestors domesticated wheat, and since then China's basic ingredients have been revealed. In any case, cereals gave people a safe place to hunt and a stable source of food.

With the improvement of cooking techniques, various boils, various barbecues, and various stills were invented. Although rice has long been available, it was not until the end of the Southern Dynasty that the planting area of rice expanded, as well as the improvement of agricultural tools and farming methods. It was only in the Sui Dynasty that rice replaced millet and millet as the major food crops after wheat.

Although basic food ingredients are available, vegetables are relatively scarce. In the long history, the person who has contributed the most to the enrichment of the table culture of the Chinese is Zhang Qian, who hollowed out the Western Regions. It was he who brought back along the Silk Roads: alfalfa, beans, shallots, garlic, coriander (coriander) and other crops. And this second great change is what this Devhara nation is attacking today......

As the audience of this Sharma was over, Li Shimin looked at the envoy of the Nibora country, Germain. Seeing Li Shimin looking at himself, he boldly said: "Envoy of the Ni Bora Kingdom, Germain to meet Your Majesty, King Narendra Deva of the Ni Bora Kingdom greets Your Majesty and begs Your Majesty for a long life and good health!" ”

"Take me to thank you king, I bow to you"

Immediately afterwards, this Germain said again: "I, the country of Ni Boluo, since the last time your country sent an envoy Wang Xuance to send an envoy, I have been deeply moved by the Tianwei of the Tang Dynasty; I can be more pleased that His Majesty's envoys uphold justice; Therefore, on the one hand, the purpose of sending foreign ministers is to thank your country for your help. On the other hand, in view of Princess Wencheng's harmony with foreign lands, it has led to earth-shaking changes in Tibet over the years. My king is especially grateful for the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty, so he specially sent foreign ministers, in order to send some of his children to the Tang Dynasty to learn the knowledge of culture, architecture, science and other aspects of the Tang Dynasty, and hope that His Majesty can be fulfilled! ”

It has been nearly six years since this parting, and when he heard about the changes caused by Princess Wencheng in Tibet, Li Shimin was not interested in sending envoys to study, but about the recent situation of Princess Wencheng. So he said very bluntly: "There is no problem with the things you send to study, after you return to China, you only need to select the right children and come to my Tang Taixue to study, this matter mainly has Honglu Temple and you docking!" ”

Then Li Shimin took the initiative to smell it again: "Nibora and Tubo are very close to each other, can you tell me more about this princess Wencheng?" ”

I heard that Li Shimin cared for Princess Wencheng's fist, although he didn't know much about it, but after all, he had heard the king mention something, so he said without concealment: "After Princess Wencheng married Tubo, she not only suggested that Tubo create a text, but also changed the customs and style of the Tubo people. In addition, I heard that after the introduction of many crops from your country, the structure of the food ingredients of this Tibet has also undergone great changes, and it is even more common for men to cultivate and weave women! ”

Hearing him say this, not only Li Shimin was quite pleased. Wang Xuance was also very excited, and the snow goose had finally completed its due mission, which was very relieved, very relieved.

After Li Daozong heard these words, he was also happy to have such a talented and beautiful girl, she had the ambition of advocating Princess Pingyang since she was a child, but she didn't expect to show her ambitions in Tubo.

As his words came out, the court was also filled with this sense of joy; With such a subtle episode, Germain's embarrassment and nervousness were relieved a little. So, he then reported again: "I am a country of mud Borneo, located in a remote area, although the climate is mild, but the territory is mountainous, and the products are not abundant. Therefore, we have the ambition to learn from the heavenly kingdom, although we cannot have such a luxurious tribute as the country of Kamo, but the products we pay tribute can also talk about the sincerity of my king Narendra Deva. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, and he had never seen this tribute, he thought that this mud brahma had never paid tribute, so he smiled and showed the mind of a great country: "The difference in this word, the tribute thing, is not in luxury, but in the heart; As long as you are attentive and show sincerity, it is enough. Moreover, the counties and counties of the Tang Dynasty have both states and counties with abundant products and county governments with poor properties; The same is true of the whole world, and the same is true of the nation. Therefore, the envoy does not need to be too outside. Since ancient times, China has been noble, and I have no distinction between high and low, poor, and I love as one. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words of such concern, it really moved this Germa very much. He never expected that His Majesty the Tang Emperor would be so humble and so family. Therefore, he casually signaled to his attendants and presented the attack.

I saw that this tribute was neither gold, silver and jade, nor exquisite cultural toys; Rather, three ordinary cloth bags. When opened, the inside is black particles; Because they had never seen it, all the ministers talked about it, and they did not understand its meaning.

Looking at the ministers who were talking, Li Shimin also asked suspiciously: "I don't know what your country is paying tribute to?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the seed"

I heard the word seed. Some ministers already have a feeling of contempt, what kind of gift is this, can my Datang lack these objects? And some of the remaining ministers had never seen such a seed, so they wanted to know what kind of seed it was......

But justice is justice, and different opinions are different opinions. When Li Shimin heard that the tribute was a seed, he immediately took a look at it and found that there were no of these seeds, so he asked curiously: "I don't know what kind of seed this is?" ”

The editor said: The crops attacked by this mud Bora have always influenced the food culture of the Chinese for more than a thousand years, so it will be written in detail in this place. Two thousand words will be over ^_^

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