Chapter 205: Loess

Three days later, two horses pulled a carriage out of the capital.

Before setting out, the king planned a route that ran along the southwest as a whole, covering many famous temples.

As for those small temples with a lot of cow hair, he didn't think about it, but there was not much time left for moon cakes.

I have only heard of the living Buddha in the big temple, but I have rarely heard of the Bodhisattva in the small temple.

Whether it's a gimmick or a rumor, everyone has no choice.

Therefore, the kingship still set its sights on the larger temples that were more likely.

He calculated that if he wanted to get to the Jokhang Temple in the southwest, it would take at least two months just to travel, and this was still going well.

If you encounter conditions such as torrential rain and mudslides on the way, it is a different matter.

But if you're lucky, you'll be able to find the right temple halfway, and maybe you won't even need two months, everything can only depend on the little girl's creation.

The first stop of this trip is Baojian Mansion, which is known as the "Jiancheng".

Baojian Mansion was built in the middle of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which was established during the heyday of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and its purpose was to protect the Beijing Division.

However, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which was unpopular with the people, even though it had the Baojian Mansion, which was known for sticking to the first, still ended up in ruin under the repeated offensives of the three forces.

Although Baojian City was finally broken, its unique geographical advantages and unbreakable city walls still left a deep impression on King Mu, Taizu, who participated in the siege at that time.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, Taizu ordered to strengthen the city of Baojian and increase the number of troops. After several years of reconstruction, Baojian Mansion has become a well-deserved "strong city".

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After more than a day of hurrying, everyone soon arrived at Baojian Mansion.

As a necessary place for the northbound division to go to Beijing, the inventory of Baojian Mansion is even stricter than that of the capital, and in and out of here, in addition to the need for road guidance, it is also necessary to hand over weapons.

Although Park Wen was extremely valuable to his long knife, he had to follow the customs of the locals and hand it over.

The king's authority demanded a lot of chicken thieves, and hid Frost and Cold in an unexpected place, thus avoiding interrogation.

It was getting late, and after everyone entered the city, they found an inn to stay.

When they go out, they are most afraid of exposing their belongings, so they found an inn that is not big or small, not because they are afraid of causing trouble, but they are not afraid of thieves stealing, but they are afraid of thieves.

Even if there are twenty or thirty path-cutting thieves in one go, a few people will not be afraid. It's just that the time for this trip is urgent, and there is really no need to cause some unnecessary trouble.

"How many masters, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

Seeing several people in the king's authority, a junior came forward to greet him.

"Three upper rooms, you have four or five specialties here."

"Okay, wait a minute."

The four of them sat in the lobby on the first floor and sat down by the window.

As a military powerhouse, Baojian Mansion has the most officers and soldiers, and at this time, several teams of people have come and gone.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Park Wen couldn't help but sigh:

"The Central Plains is really very different from our Northern Turkistan."

"Oh? How is it different? The king took a sip of tea.

"Northern Turkistan is still martial, even if it is a major place in Beijing, you can see warriors with swords and guns everywhere."

"You Great Khan are not afraid of being assassinated?" Wang Quanquan asked.

The little girl on the side, Moon Cake, pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "My father practiced martial arts in his early years, and looking at the entire Northern Turkistan, there are only a few people who can beat him, and these people will either serve the imperial court or be strictly monitored, and if they make a slight move, they will be killed on the spot." ”

"Oh? Then I have a chance to go to your royal capital and see if I can kill your Great Khan. Wang Quan pretended to be serious.

"You dare!"

The little girl believed it, her eyebrows furrowed, and it seemed that she didn't agree with each other and had a desperate posture.

"Hahaha, just kidding, look at you scared."

Seeing the appearance of the little girl, Wang Quanquan was in a great mood for no reason, no wonder Pu asked that guy to always like to tease her.

Perhaps knowing that she had been deceived, the little girl puffed out her cheeks and glared angrily at the guy across the table, but she couldn't do anything.

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Meals were quickly served one by one.

Baojian Mansion is only a day's journey from Jingshi, so the taste of the food is not much different, but the flower chicken here is a must.

This method of calling flower chicken is no different from other places, it is wrapped in lotus leaves and roasted with yellow mud.

The only difference is the yellow mud, which is a unique kind of yellow mud in the local mountains, and the roasted flower chicken with it does not have the slightest earthy smell.

Smelling the fragrant roast chicken, a few people who had been on the road for a day didn't care about saying anything, and they all lowered their heads and ate it.

After a storm, all four of them held their stomachs and enjoyed the comfort after the meal.

"Senior brother, do you want to go out for a walk, although the scenery of this Baojian Mansion is not as good as the capital, there are still some scenery worth seeing."

Park asked Wenyan and immediately came to his senses, "I wonder if there is such a scenery?" ”

Wang Quanquan couldn't help but roll his eyes, can't this guy have other hobbies besides visiting the kiln?

The little girl on the side seemed to be dissatisfied with Park Wen's behavior for a long time, and said coldly:

"Pu Baiyan, don't forget the purpose of this trip, if you are always like this, be careful I go back and tell Daddy, there is just a shortage of eunuchs in our Wan'an Palace."

Wan'an Palace is the imperial palace of Northern Turkistan.

Although the little girl's threat did not have much deterrent effect, Park Wen still restrained a little, and said:

"Well, it's important to get down to business, let's go out and enjoy the scenery."

Immediately took the lead in getting up and walked out, Wang Quanquan and Yan Rongrong looked at each other and smiled, and then walked out as well.

The night ban in Baojian Mansion is extremely strict, but before the night ban it is particularly lively.

Not far from their inn is a night market street lined with lanterns and lined with vendors.

Wang Quanquan walked to a stall, bought a few things that looked like loess blocks, and handed them to several people.

"What is this, it looks like mud?"

It was Park who asked, he thought he still had a certain understanding of the Central Plains culture, but this was the first time he had seen this kind of thing.

"This is a clod of soil, but not a normal clod, but a clod of soil that can be eaten."

"Edible clods of earth?"

Several people were clearly not convinced.

Wang Quanquan smiled slightly, took a bite of the thing in his hand, and then told them the reason.

It is said that in the later period of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, natural disasters broke out, and the people were struggling to make a living, and many people had to dig grass roots and gnaw tree bark when they were hungry.

Later, the grass roots and bark were not eaten, so they began to eat Guanyin soil.

Guanyin soil is divided into red soil, black soil, and loess, although the Guanyin soil is different in different places, but the result of eating it is the same.

Because Guanyin soil is difficult to digest, eating Guanyin soil is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst, but it is just a matter of dying early and dying late.

There are exceptions to everything, and the people of Baojian City found that the soil on the mountains here seems to be digested normally, and there will be no eating of the dead.

So in that era of rough clothes and food, Baojian City was one of the few places where there was no hunger.

Thanks to this magical loess, Baojian City survived the ten years of war.

After the establishment of the dynasty, although there is no habit of eating loess to satisfy hunger, there will still be various snacks made of loess, and the flower chicken just now is one of them.

And now the clods in the hands of everyone are not complete clods, but are made of soybean flour mixed with a small amount of loess and some sugar.

When everyone heard this, they understood, and tentatively took a bite of the "clod of soil" in their hands, not to mention, it was quite delicious.

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