During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin State did not easily enter the Kwantung region, so it expanded to the west to fight against the backward Qiang people.

In the area of Gansu in Longxi, "build dozens of cities, call themselves kings", the Qiang tribes that have entered the state of semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural have been destroyed by the Qin State one after another, and the Qin State has expanded its land for thousands of miles, and set up five counties such as Longxi and Beidi, which will also become the rear of the Qin State to dominate the world in the future.

In the early Warring States period, the part of the Qiang people living in the Hehuang area was still in a relatively backward stage, living in impermanence, relying on water and grass, and having little land and grains; The clan is indefinite, or the father's name and mother's surname are used as the caste; These tribes did not have kings and ministers, and the elders and children were disorderly, and the strong ones assigned their sons and nephews to open up new tribes, and the weak tribes depended on other powerful tribes.

The Qiang tribes, like all grassland peoples, attack and kill each other, and take strength as the hero; There is no other legal order other than killing for life; The Qiang people regard death in battle as auspicious, and the end of illness is ominous.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang people began to multiply and develop in the Qinghai area of Gansu Province on a large scale, and the central government of the Han Dynasty also set up a school captain in Jincheng to deal with the affairs of the Qiang people.

However, due to the different lifestyles of the Qiang people and the Han people, the contradictions were quite acute, and when the ruling situation of the Han Dynasty was unstable, there were rebellions and rebellions, and there were many large-scale Qiang uprisings, and even Jincheng County was once forced to move to Guanzhong because it could not defend against the attacks of the Qiang people.

Later, in the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Qiang people immigrated to Guanzhong and even Kandong in large numbers with the great migration of ethnic groups, and the Qiang Yao Chang once established the Yao Qin Empire that dominated Guanzhong Henan, and was established for decades, and was later the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty, was destroyed. But Guanzhong, especially in the Longxi area. It is still a place where a large number of Qiang people and Han people live together, and the folk customs are fierce.

Jincheng is a typical town where Han and Qiang live together, and there is no bustling city here, with clean and neat streets, and tall and majestic buildings.

Standing at the head of the city, looking into the distance, a vast sky. The wind chimes hanging on the eaves of the corner towers at the head of the city kept shaking, but the sound was drowned out in the howling wind.

The whole city is basically a low loess rammed bungalow, the walls are full of the vicissitudes of the years that have been blown by the wind and rain, the streets are very wide, can accommodate three or four horses galloping side by side, the city is not big, standing on a high place, but half of it is shrouded in the long yellow dust brought up by the wind blowing or the galloping horse.

The winter nights came sooner than usual, and it was already dark at about two o'clock (six o'clock in the evening). In the Ma Kee Restaurant at the head of the East Market, he was wearing a sheepskin jacket. Wang Huaqiang, who was wearing a fur hat, and Mai Tiezhu were drinking mutton soup and stuffing sticks and noodles into their mouths.

This restaurant was directly bumped into by the two of them when they first entered the city, and as soon as they sat down, a Qiang man who spoke half-baked Chinese asked them what they wanted to eat.

Wang Huaqiang wanted to drink, but Mai Tiezhu said that he had eaten the sand all the way and wanted to drink a bowl of hot soup and then find a store to stay, so the guy directly served two bowls of mutton soup and sent a plate of steaming stick noodles steamed buns.

Mai Tiezhu is also the first time to come to this northwest place, at first glance to see this triangular steamed bun, take a bite, but feel quite bitten, there is a different flavor, Wang Huaqiang also followed a bite, but feel different from the general steamed bun, faintly there is a smell of meat, all of a sudden index finger moved, even ate several.

Seeing that the two of them were eating vigorously, the Qiang man smiled and said, "This triangular steamed bun is our ancestral craft, and it can only be eaten in restaurants in this golden city." ”

"Two Langjun, please see, this is a good stick noodles, dressed into rice and into the dough, and then add mutton soup to this dough, the most lull and into the steamed bun, when it is steamed out, it is yellow and white, known as gold and silver, with our ancestral beef soup, that is the first delicacy in this golden city!"

Wang Huaqiang returned to the dress of a Hu businessman, and while gobbling up the steamed bun, he said: "The steamed buns in the Guanzhong area are made into flatbreads, and they are baked, but your steamed buns are steamed, and they look like cooking cakes in the Kanto region, but why are they made so pointy?" ”

As soon as the guy heard this, he came to the end, his face was full of pride, and he began to brag endlessly: "Lang Jun doesn't know, this is the craft passed down by our Qiang ancestors, we Qiang people live by nomadism, often a horse is a whole day, in the field can not bury the pot to make rice, so every day when you go out of the river is to bring this kind of sharp bun in your arms, along the way hungry to eat, we call this a sharp tip." ”

Mai Tiezhu suddenly realized, and then smiled: "It turns out that this is how the sharpening came about." As he spoke, he grabbed a few buns and nibbled on a few more bites.

Wang Huaqiang's belly was a little full, and he took this opportunity to observe this small noodle restaurant, there was heavy snow outside the store, there were few customers in the store, the sign at the door said Majia Noodle Restaurant four big characters, under the sign was a stove, a large pot of mutton soup was boiling on it, the aroma was tangy, and the two were attracted here by this aroma.

A shirtless, sturdy Master Hu Ren with only a leather apron around his chest was stirring the pot of mutton soup, and was muttering words that Wang Huaqiang couldn't understand.

Behind this man, another medium-sized, dark and thin Qiang master was mixing noodles, stirring a bucket of fragrant mutton soup with a large wooden spoon while mixing noodles, and pouring a spoonful of dough into it from time to time.

Wang Huaqiang nodded secretly, presumably this is the master who made this sharp bun, I saw that after he kneaded the dough, he kneaded the dough into long strips, which looked like a stick, and then twisted the small dough from the stick piece by piece, and gently rubbed it in his hand, it became the pointed triangular shape that the two were eating, and put it into a steaming drawer behind him.

After the Qiang man finished greeting Wang Huaqiang and Mai Tiezhu, he helped the black and thin pastry chef to carry the drawer of sharp buns on the stove together, and there was another smell of noodles mixed with the aroma of mutton in the whole restaurant.

At this time, there were not many people in the store, and after the Qiang master put the steamer on the stove, he had nothing to do for the time being, and saw that Wang Huaqiang was not dressed like a local, so he took the initiative to sit down and smiled at Wang Huaqiang, and the wrinkles on his black face bloomed, revealing a mouthful of yellow and clear teeth: "Are the two Langjun here to do business?" It doesn't look like a local. ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled: "My surname is Li, this is my companion, I first came to your place, I want to see what business can be done, and I travel by the way." This Jincheng is the seat of Jincheng County, and I heard that the people have always been rough and very different from the mainland, and I would like to come and see it. ”

Qiang master Ha Luha smiled: "Lang Jun, it's really right for you to come to our Lanzhou Jincheng, the folk customs here are simple, the customs are completely different from the mainland, if you want to see the scenery or travel, you really found the right place here." I don't think the two of you are ordinary people, and I invited you to this meal today. ”

Wang Huaqiang had never seen such a bold boss all the way, so he was stunned for a moment and said, "You are the boss of this restaurant?" ”

The boss nodded: "Yes, my surname is Ma, and my ancestors are said to have been the personal guards of the general Ma Teng during the Three Kingdoms, so I gave the surname Ma, and lived in this golden city for generations, and this craft was also passed down from my ancestors." ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart moved, he took out a string of big money from his arms, and threw it on the table: "The boss invites us to dinner, then I will invite Boss Ma to drink, if there is any local delicious wine, please feel free to serve." ”

This string of money is enough for two hundred, and it is enough to buy ten jars of good wine, the boss was surprised and delighted, and laughed loudly: "The guest officer is really not an ordinary person, egg baby, go and get the strongest smacking wine in the altar." ”

The little two ran to the back hall at a trot, and soon took a wine jar that looked to have been there for some years, and the big red seal on it read, "Kaihuang three-year seal".

Boss Ma said with a smile: "This wine is still the wine that the emperor's fathers and villagers in Jincheng have hidden to celebrate the peace of the world after the emperor repelled the Turks, and it has been more than ten years since today, if it weren't for the distinguished guests, I would not be willing to drink it." ”

Wang Huaqiang said with a smile: "At first glance, you can know that it is good wine, then Li is not welcome." As he spoke, he was about to open the seal. (To be continued......)

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