Chapter Eighty-Four: Life in the Mountains

Don't think that like the Li family, hiding in the mountains to form a country of their own, how easy they will be, they also need all kinds of living materials, such as the simplest salt. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the invention of agriculture more than 10,000 years ago, people's lifestyles have gradually changed from hunting to farming, and there is a lack of salt in food.

By adding salt to food, it is most natural to consume a small amount of salt every day, so most food consumption is accompanied by salt consumption.

In the ancient self-sufficient agricultural society, most of a person's needs for food and clothing could be solved by himself, but salt alone was difficult to solve by himself, and he had to rely on outsiders for supply.

Don't think that everyone can't eat much salt every day, that's a big mistake.

In addition to cooking, the two most important uses of salt in ancient times were to feed livestock (in fact, there is much more salt sold to livestock than to people in China today).

The other is pickled food - after all, there were not many preservation methods in ancient times, and long-term storage or long-distance transportation of food inevitably relied on salt to sterilize and dehydrate. So in fact, the amount of salt used at that time was extremely staggering.

Not only salt, but also other such as cloth, tea, porcelain, grain, etc., the Zhang family has been in business and trade for many years, and these things are not short of supply, it can be said that there are as many as they want, and the cooperation between the two is very suitable.

Now that the words are clear, it is time to test the quantity and quality of the iron tools that the Li family can provide. Both sides were very eager for cooperation, so just a short rest, Li Cheng personally took Zhang Taiji to the warehouse.

The barn was hollowed out of a hill, and as soon as you entered, you saw iron ingots piled up haphazardly, and there were swords that were made and placed on wooden shelves, but some of them were rusty due to poor maintenance.

Zhang Taiji knew at a glance that the Li family's ironware was not selling well! Otherwise, you can't let these things rust like that.

Turning around at will, there are thousands of swords and spearheads here, and there are 10,000 catties of iron ingots, if they are all shipped out, except for their own use, the rest can be sold to make a fortune.

After looking at the inventory, Zhang Taiji proposed to see the whole process of iron smelting. Li Cheng suddenly showed hesitation, but Li Yi was straightforward and said frankly:

"Sect Leader Zhang also saw it just now, our warehouse here is already full, besides, the weather is still hot now, and it is not suitable to open the furnace to make iron."

Is iron smelting still seasonal? Zhang Taiji heard of it for the first time, but if you think about it carefully, you can't say for sure, there is no equipment to cool the human body in this era, and it is already hot in summer, and it will indeed be unbearable to face thousands of degrees of molten iron.

Zhang Taiji was only silent for a while, and Li Cheng's hurriedly said: "If Sect Leader Zhang wants to see it, it's not impossible, but it will take some time and make some preparations before the furnace can be opened." ”

"That's not necessary, I just said casually, since this time is not the right time, let's wait for another chance."

Zhang Taiji didn't want to delay here for too long, so he said casually.

When he returned to the living room again, the tables and chairs had been arranged in the living room, and Li Cheng held a banquet to entertain Zhang Taiji and his party.

Zhang Taiji went to Licheng, often in and out of Jinan Mansion, is also a person who has eaten and seen, to be honest, the Li family's wine and food are very ordinary, the types of dishes are very sufficient, beef and mutton, pheasant and wild boar, all kinds of mountain and wild vegetables are very fresh, but the taste is bland, obviously less oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to enhance the taste.

Not to mention the wine, it is completely home-brewed rice wine, not to mention the sour taste, and the lees can be seen at the bottom of the bowl from time to time.

Seeing the old man eating and drinking with relish, Zhang Taiji couldn't help but think, it seems that this "paradise" has a hard time! The heads of the family and the elders are like this, and you can imagine what the life of those ordinary people is like.

There is no good wine in wine, and there is no good feast in the feast. Of course, this is what Zhang Taiji thinks in his heart, but the more others drink, the more energetic they become, you come and I push the cup and change the cup to drink, and I am very happy!

Zhang Taiji was forced to drink a little wine by a few old men, he didn't want to drink it, but there was no way, several old men held wine in their hands and knelt directly on the ground, Zhang Taiji didn't drink, and the old man didn't get up.

Maybe it's a local custom, right? Mu Lun, this kid was directly poured down, and Shen Tugai was also drunk with red ears and hazy eyes. Several other people drank more or less, but only Zhang Fei, a kid, poked in the corner like a mud tire, avoiding the old man's drinking.

When the wine was hot, Li Yi suddenly stood up, walked to the weapon rack, picked up a spear, held the gun with both hands and shook it vigorously, and the tip of the spear trembled.

"Sect Leader Zhang, how about a foolish brother playing a set of marksmanship for you to help you drink?"

Zhang Taiji said don't be "Xiang Zhuang dancing sword is intended for Pei Gong"! Although he thought like this in his heart, he was also busy agreeing: "I can't ask for it, please come and dance, so that the little brother can gain knowledge." ”

"Please keep an eye on it!"

Li Yi snorted violently, the spear shook, and he practiced one move at a time.

"Its advance sharpness, its retreat; Its potential is dangerous, and its section is short; It is not moving like a mountain, and it is moving like thunder."

Zhang Taiji is basically a layman for the use of weapons, and can only roughly understand that Li Yi's marksmanship is mainly piercing, stabbing, tart, slashing, winding, ringing, blocking, taking, pounced, pointing, dialing, dancing flowers, etc.

Shen Tu Gai on the side, when he saw Li Yi dancing with a gun, he immediately stared at it, it seemed that he had woken up most of the time, Li Yi danced to the wonderful place, and Shen Tu Gai couldn't help but applaud loudly.

"Twenty pear flower guns, invincible in the world. Rika marksmanship is really exquisite! ”

Hearing what Shen Tu Gai said about pear flower marksmanship, Zhang Taiji couldn't help but be curious, and asked Shen Tu Gai in a low voice.