The yak meat produced by Tuyuhun is very good, and it takes a long time for this kind of cattle to grow from a calf to a big cow.

Therefore, Yun Chu likes to eat this beef that has been cooked for a long time and is strong, and using this thing to make beef soup can be called the best taste in the world.

How to cook a pot of bright beef soup, this is difficult to Yun Chu.

In the morning, when he was dealing with the matter of Guangfu Fang, he began to cook beef soup for Naha, and today is the child's birthday.

Naha also knew that it was her birthday, but her mother couldn't remember it, or that all Serb women couldn't remember her child's birthday.

To be precise, they can't even remember who the father of the child is, let alone every child's birthday.

Naha was born on the fourth day of the fifth month, Yun Chu remembers it very well, his perception of time surpasses many people, almost can be said to surpass everyone, even Li Chunfeng, who talks about Zi Chouyin all day long, is not as good as him.

As long as he can understand the names and names of the sun, moon and stars in ancient times, the astronomical calendar that he has studied with Liu Kai for more than two years, plus his own knowledge of the stars, there is no secret to him about astronomy within the scope that the Tang people can understand.

Ten years ago, May was one of the most critical months in the 19th year of Zhenguan.

It was in this month of May that an extremely powerful and rare blood lunar eclipse came, the opening of the Pleiades portal.

It was in this May that the army led by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to conquer Goguryeo captured two large cities of Gaimu and Liaodong in the Northeast Plain and Changbai Mountains respectively, and another seven cities surrendered.

On May 26, the Battle of Garrison Mountain basically defeated the last Goguryeo army, about 150,000 rescue troops, and killed countless enemies, so that Baekgetsu was also dyed red by the powerful blood from Garrison Mountain.

It was also on that day that Selema excused Naha's dislike of drinking her milk and asked Yun Chu to find another way.

Looking at Naha, who was crying and refusing to drink goat's milk, Yun Chu had no choice but to use himself as bait to attract a huge pack of wolves and raid a Hui tribe that specialized in raising cattle for the Khan.

When the wolves and the tribal warriors were inextricably separated and the cattle were scattered, he quietly stole a cow that was producing milk. It was this cow that allowed Naha to survive the first year with the highest mortality rate.

When Naha was ready to eat meat, her first meal of meat was beef, not the meat of the cow, but the meat of a cow that had fallen to its death, and the cow had only been in Yun Chu's hands for nine months before it was taken away by the tribal leader at that time.

Of course, the cow that was eaten meat was also brought to the edge of the cliff by Yun Chu before he fell to his death.

Since then, whenever it's Naha's birthday, Yun Chu will always get her a delicious beef meal.

After soaking for a day and a night, the dark red beef tendon was placed on the table, and Yun Chu gently beat it with a wooden stick, and when the fibers of the beef were hammered apart, he wrapped it tightly in linen, which was Naha's favorite part.

The brisket, which is full of pale yellow grease, is cut into large pieces by Yunchu, and pressed in water with a clean green brick to continue soaking until it is necessary to take it out when it is time to put it out of the pot, and the green bricks will effectively absorb the bad taste in the brisket.

Throw large pieces of ginger and whole green onions into a pot of cold water, add a lot of rice wine, pour the wrapped beef shank and the drenched beef brisket into the pot, boil over high heat, and after half an hour, take out the meat, dry it, pour out the original soup, and reheat the boiled beef.

Every time it was Naha's birthday, the child seemed very inactive, even when Yun Chu was cooking beef soup, the child still hugged Yun Chu's waist, put his face on his back, and refused to let go.

Yun Chu wrapped some medicinal herbs into a sackcloth and threw them into the pot, and then removed some of the fire from the stove, so that the soup in the pot was bubbling slightly.

"I like beef." Naha behind Yun Chu whispered.

"I know you like beef." Yun Chu's answer was not nutritious at all.

"I don't really like Selema at all."

"No, you're actually very fond of Selema."

"Brother, do you think she's still alive?"

"It's hard to say, she could die of illness, she might have been mauled to death by a wolf while herding sheep, or she might have been killed, or she might have been snatched and sold far away, in short, Karma was a fool, and he was incapable of protecting Selema."

"Yes, yes, Karma is so stupid, he's not even as smart as Marmots, and not as smart as the two of us."

"It's natural."

"Tell you a secret, Mama Cui has never let me tell me."

When Yun Chu heard Naha's words, he immediately shuddered and said, "Since it's a secret, don't tell it." ”

"Mama Cui's smashing is bigger than Selema, it used to be not as big as Selema, and then for some reason it was bigger than Selema, mine is very small, only a little bit."

Yun Chu stiffened and didn't say a word.

"Why didn't Naha let me into the kitchen?" Yu Xiurong asked Cui.

"Every year on Naha's birthday, the two siblings cook a delicious meal and don't let anyone else in."

"Why is this so, so many people are waiting to celebrate Naha's birthday."

"This is different, don't look at Lang Jun and Naha's little lady, they giggle all day long, as if they have no heart and lungs, but the old body thinks that Lang Jun and Naha are not doing well in the Western Regions.

It's just that Lang Jun is too strong and protects Naha well, but it's not easy, it's just not good, there will always be a lot of shortcomings. ”

Yu Xiurong looked at the kitchen and said, "I'll go in and take a look, whether it's good or bad, there should be my share." ”

After speaking, Yu Xiurong stepped into the kitchen, and soon, the kitchen became lively.

Cui Shi thought about it and went into the kitchen.

After the two of them came in, the atmosphere became joyful and the topic changed a lot.

"There are a lot of cattle from Tuyuhun, and a strong cow is only 4,000 yuan, which is the same as the price of a scalper calf."

Cui Shi is the most sensitive to prices, smelling the aroma of boiled beef in the pot, and immediately quoted the price of cattle.

"The price of adult cattle is still 12,000 yuan, which is basically the same as the price of an acre of land.

Lang Jun, is there a way for Tuyuhun's long-haired cattle to be trained to plough the land, in that case, they can make a lot of money. ”

"Don't think about it, long-haired cows can only stay in cold places, and now, when they come to Guanzhong, if they don't shave their long-haired hair, those cows won't live for a few days.

The reason why the ox can plow the land is because you learned from the old ox, and you want the yak to help you plow the land, which is impossible, because it can't plow the land itself. ”

"So, how did the first ox learn to plow the field?"

Yun Chu looked at Yu Xiurong, who was asking, and said with a smile: "Ox, buffalo has changed from a bison to a cow that can plough the field, and it took at least thousands of years for the ancestors to teach the ox to plow the field.

Nowadays, people no longer have the patience to spend so much time plowing the fields, and they always feel that they have worked hard, but they can't enjoy the results, and they are panicking. ”

"If everyone feels like they're losing money, what if there will be good things coming out there in the future?"

"That's right, that's why the word "people's hearts are not ancient" appeared."

"Brother, let's get some more yaks back, they don't plow the fields, but their meat is delicious."

"Okay, then get some more yaks back, I'll make you some yak jerky to eat, that's a good thing to grind your teeth in your spare time."

So, before the whole family ate beef noodles, they had already decided to buy a hundred yaks back and make them all into jerky.

Naha got a large bowl of beef noodles, which was a long noodle pulled from a single noodle, and a lot of sliced beef tendon meat was placed on it, and after sprinkling the coriander, Naha lay on the table and sucked the noodle, in the middle, she didn't mean to bite off.

Liu Yi was wearing a light cyan flowing silk shirt, but the two big characters "green salt" were embroidered on the back of the silk shirt, which completely destroyed the elegant feeling.

Green salt is a special product of Tuyuhun people, it is said that there is a very big saltwater lake in the people's house, every time the sun is fierce, the Tuyuhun people will take the sheepskin bag to the edge of the lake to pick up the green salt.

This salt is formed by natural condensation, and the color is equivalent to the color of the large lake, hence the name green salt.

However, this thing is not salt to eat, because ordinary people can't afford to eat it at all, and luxury people use green salt to gargle, and over time, this salt has become a sanitary product rather than an edible product because of the price.

It can be seen from the long gown that Liu Yi is wearing that this kind of salt is really expensive.

The silk shirt on his body is a Tuyuhun businessman, thanking him for introducing Chang Yunchu in Jinchangfang for his meeting gift.

One hundred cows, four hundred big business, these Tuyuhun people do not pay attention to it.

The Tuyuhun people did not wear leather jackets, and there was no unacceptable smell on their bodies, on the contrary, they were seriously Tang, not only speaking fluent Chang'an dialect, but also their clothes and etiquette were no different from those of the Tang people.

"I heard that you Tuyuhun people have been fighting against the Tubo people all these years, how is the battle going, and have you won?"

"Respected lieutenant, the Tuyuhun warriors can fight well, how can they be compared with those wild captives who come down from the high mountains, every year, we Tuyuhun people will harvest a lot of wild captives' heads, and make the skulls of the wild captives into wine vessels, now, such wine vessels, in my Tuyuhun country is very popular.

If the young satom also likes the sake bowl made from the skull of the wild captive, he will bring it to the satoto when he returns. ”

Yun Chu smiled and stroked his chest to thank him, and instructed Cui's to serve tea to the guests.

The three Tuyuhun people tasted the Yun family's tea, and exchanged glances, and one of the elderly Tuyuhun businessmen said: "Is there a lot of such tea in the house?" ”

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "Because it's too precious, it's not much." ”

"If you exchange it for green salt, is it feasible to exchange a pound for a pound?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "It's not feasible, in addition, my Datang implements the "Salt Law", if you want to sell salt, you must enter from the government, and selling salt privately will be imprisoned for four years. ”

"So, what about the cattle in exchange?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Are you satisfied with the price of a pound of tea and a cow?" ”

The Tuyuhun merchant was not annoyed, but shook his head and said, "Not satisfied." ”

Yun Chu sighed and said, "Your army has been losing ground one by one, so you have to pull these yaks raised on the plateau to Chang'an to sell.

At this time, why do you still have to hold on, the scorching sun in Chang'an has been scorching these days, and those yaks that can't stand this hot and humid weather should have died a lot, right? ”

(End of chapter)