Chapter 115: Hot Pot Dinner
Zhang Qian wandered back and forth in the guest room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Qin County's words lingered in his mind
Who doesn't want to do something, let alone do something they love!
People are luckiest to do what they like, but they can also reap fame and benefits.
Zhang Qian has been rebellious since he was a child, he thinks that people have lived in the world for decades, and the world is so big, shouldn't he go to see it?
He couldn't accept that he had stayed for dozens of miles for most of his life like his father and fellow villagers, and since he was born in this world, he had to see this world, so that he could live up to his journey to the world, and he embarked on a journey in the eyes of people's ridicule and incomprehension.
All these years have really been living the life you want.
Zhang Qian has traveled a lot of places, met a lot of people, and even went to Hexi, but as he grows older and his experience continues to be enriched, there is always a small emptiness in his heart that cannot be filled, he didn't know what this emptiness was before, and now Qin County Ling woke him up.
That's right, it's a meritorious deed.
Man's work!
People may have an innate mission, Zhang Qian is satisfied with just looking at the world? No, just looking at it is not enough, he is not willing to make a passerby, he hopes to leave some shallow footprints!
Do you want to be a businessman?
Can a smuggler be a smuggler?
This kind of thing is hard to accept for a while!
In such an environment where agriculture is valued and business is suppressed, how can businessmen achieve high status?
A rough voice called Zhang Qian's name, Zhang Qian didn't have time to make any answer, the man pushed the door and walked in, burly, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a bearded face, eyes like copper bells, and a scarlet axe on his back, "Let's go!
Li Kui!
Guards of the King of Longxi.
A first-class fierce man.
Zhang Qian has the demeanor of Zhang Yi in the old year, eloquence is excellent, good at change, knows how to see people and talk about people, only in this way can he protect himself during the journey, although he has not known Li Kui for a long time, but he has a good relationship with this dangerous man, this is Zhang Qian's excellence.
"Brother Li, where are you taking me?"
"Will Lao Tzu eat you?"
The two came to the hall with a strange large round table.
This large round table and matching chairs are undoubtedly very strange to people in the pre-Qin period.
After Zhang Qian sat down, he felt quite comfortable, easier than kneeling and sitting, could it be a private banquet of Qin County's order? But if it was a private banquet, why should he be invited to such an outsider.
He looked around at the several people sitting around him.
Among them, the Qin County Decree and the King of Longxi sat at the front, but a district and county Decree and the prince were side by side? Zhang Qian became more and more determined in this idea, but he didn't know what kind of person he was?!
The young girl with the lute on her back.
I'm afraid anyone who sees it will be shocked.
Its appearance is not an exaggeration even if it is described as a country and a city.
The second is a cold young man in white, his temperament is like a sword, and a beam of light in the dark night makes it difficult for people to ignore, and there is a beautiful woman with charm in the cold and glamorous, a thin girl wrapped in black veil, and finally a little old man in cloth, in addition to a golden fat bird.
Each one is very distinctive.
Everyone is different.
It's not easy for everyone.
Zhang Qian realized that there was probably no mediocre talent sitting there...... Except for him!
Qin County Ling said mysteriously: "This is not an ordinary private banquet, in fact, this county has recently planted small results, so I decided to show you a new crop, of course, by the way, in the research and study of food to develop some special ways to eat, when the things are brought up, please don't be too surprised!"
The grim young man's face remained unchanged.
Others were more or less dazed.
Several county officials brought various things, although they had been reminded before, but they were still surprised.
A large food tripod is placed in the center of the round table, the food tripod is engraved with a formation, as if it is burned by a fire at all times, so that the soup in the food tripod boils rapidly, the steam coming out of it is very fragrant, but there is a spicy and choking feeling, other than that, there are no other dishes, only a few plates of raw meat slices, and unknown plant rhizome slices.
Your Majesty's private banquet doesn't have to be so shabby, right?
What is in that ding, can this raw meat slice be eaten directly, and what is the matter with the strange rhizome?
"Your Majesty...... Qin Ge, are you mistaken? Diao Chan couldn't help frowning: "How to eat this thing!"
Qin Ge smiled at the corner of his mouth and waved his hand: "Open Ding!"
The two little officials moved the lid of the tripod and everyone felt surprised, the fiery red soup in the food tripod boiled and rolled, and in an instant a spicy and fragrant fragrance accompanied by a strong fragrance surged in all directions in an instant, for people who had never been exposed to chili peppers, it was a force that shocked the soul, making everyone even change their faces.
Diao Chan hurriedly covered his nose and jumped up: "Poisonous!"
That's right! It's hot pot!
The ingredients are very simple, potato chips, sweet potato chips, pork slices!
Pork is not ordinary pork, it is the horned meat of Kunwu Mountain, which was used to obtain the spoils of war by attacking the Chidi tribe. As a delicacy recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, this kind of wild boar is very rare in its tender and fatty meat, which is far from being comparable to ordinary cattle, sheep and pigs.
These potatoes and sweet potatoes are also excellent ingredients! After all, they are pregnant and aura food! The most important thing is that in this season, there are almost no vegetables to eat in Tai County, and these two foods have both vegetable and staple food attributes, so they are also very rare!
Qin Ge picked up the potatoes and put them in the food tripod to cook them.
It's just a potato, but it tastes really good!
Qin Ge spent a lot of effort on the hot pot he prepared, first boiling the bones of the horns for several hours, and then using the fat to refine the lard, and finally boiled a very delicious soup base for the horns, adding salt, ginger and other ingredients, plus spices and herbs, of course, two soul ingredients - chili pepper and pepper!
Chili peppers are grown in the vegetable garden and can be used after a little drying.
Sichuan pepper is produced in Longxi, let Diao Chan purchase some back.
In the end, Daqin's version of spicy hot pot was born!
Hot pot is not perfect, but it is at least 500 years ahead of the modern era!
Whether it was the invincible Bai Qi, the thoughtful Shangguan Wan'er, or the child baby Hua Tuo, they were all surprised by this way of eating, especially when Diao Chan saw the red pepper floating inside, he almost wondered if the second was crazy, was he sure that this thing was for people to eat, the smell was unbearable!
Qin Ge was eating alone.
The hot pot brought him back to a familiar feeling.
Although the ingredients are insufficient, the quality of the ingredients is high, so the taste is definitely not bad, at least it is ten times better than what is usually eaten, it is more than ten times and a hundred times, but everyone is slow to move the chopsticks, which makes Qin Ge feel a little embarrassed.
"Why don't you eat it?"
Bai Qi silently picked up the slices of Jiaobi meat.
Qin Ge praised him in his heart, the god of war is the god of war, and he is really different.
Bai Qi was mentally prepared, but after adapting to the intense spicy taste, he actually found that it was quite enjoyable, and lightly spit out a comment: "Not bad!"
"Let me taste it too!" Hua Tuo is old, he is a miracle doctor, can he be poisoned, he picked up a piece of potato slices late, and his face was wrinkled, "This ...... It's indescribable!"
Ziying also tried boldly: "It's really good!"
Shangguan Wan'er tasted it: "I've never tasted this kind of taste!"
Huang Yueying had eaten sliced meat, and although she was not used to spicy, she felt that it tasted very good: "Good...... Eat!"
Li Kui even shouted at the top of his voice: "My life is in vain! Why haven't I eaten this kind of thing before!"
Diao Chan saw that even Huang Yueying dared to eat it, she was not to be outdone, she ate a small piece first, her eyes suddenly widened away, and then she directly stuffed several big mouthfuls: "Is this a chili pepper? It's unbelievable! Where did this strange way of eating come from!"
"Quack! Enjoyable! Enjoyable!"
Fat Monster Bird joins in!
Zhang Qian was amazed after tasting it.
"I am very pleased that everyone likes my hot pot so much. Seeing this scene, Qin Xian Ling nodded with satisfaction: "But the main purpose of today's private banquet is to show new crops, and I believe everyone has already experienced the effect of chili peppers, but you are afraid that you have not felt the value of these potatoes and sweet potatoes." ”
These two foods are really different.
The first time I ate it, I tried it.
Is there anything more special?
"The two foods you see have many ways to eat and many ways to do them, not only can they be used as staple foods, but most importantly, they are extremely high!"
Ziying suddenly became interested: "How tall?"
Qin Ge picked up a piece of roasted sweet potato and showed it to everyone, "I'll just take the sweet potato and say it, its yield per mu can exceed 6,000 catties, about ten times that of corn!"
As soon as this statement came out
Everyone showed shocked expressions.
Even Bai Qi is no exception, Bai Qi is a general, he knows the importance of food to the army, if Qin II has such food, then will he still have to worry about military food in the future?
Qin Ge continued: "Whether it is sweet potatoes or peppers, all of them are not local foods in the Central Plains of China, but from more distant excesses, and now in our hands, it will increase the combat effectiveness of the army tenfold, it will save tens of millions of hungry people from starving to death, although China is vast and rich, but we cannot be complacent, only continuous exploration and discovery, can we become stronger." ”
Everyone was completely shocked.
Tiny potatoes, tiny sweet potatoes.
It almost has the power to subvert the princes!
What a huge advantage this will bring to the Great Qin Empire!
Qin Ge made a decision on the spot and went to Kongtong Mountain to find a suitable place, open up spiritual fields, and plant them in large quantities.
Now he has not only potatoes, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers, but also coffee and tobacco, although Qin Ge doesn't like coffee, and never smokes, but he can't deny the value of these two things, if a large number of them are processed and sold to the Western Regions in the future, it will be enough to exchange for the mountains of Golden Eagle jewelry.
This is the end of this hot pot dinner.
Zhang Qian hurriedly found Qin Ge and said: "I am willing to join the caravan and explore Hexi and the Western Regions." ”
Qin Ge showed a relieved expression, although he couldn't stretch his feet in the Western Regions for the time being, arranging Zhang Qian, the ambassador of the Western Regions, in advance, was equivalent to deploying a chess piece in advance to seize the opportunity.
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