Chapter 717: Astronomy and Geography (continued)
That's the level of food in these years.
Li Yunze, who comes from a future generation full of delicious food, is naturally hands-on.
First, I set up the grill directly, and then I handled the lamb myself.
Then he dropped the knife like the wind, and went straight to the mutton on the cutting board.
Changpingjun, who was holding the hilt of the sword on the side, was sweating profusely.
He really regretted it, how could he lose his heart and provoke such a madman.
Especially when Li Yunze brandished the kitchen knife, he even raised his heart to his throat.
If Li Yunze really backhanded a kitchen knife to Yingzheng, who was watching from the sidelines, then he Changpingjun would be considered to have lived to the end.
The most terrible thing about the Great Qin Law is not those tortures, but Zhulian!
It was he Changping Jun who brought Li Yunze into Xianyang Palace, which is equivalent to a guarantor, and once something goes wrong, it will naturally make him, the guarantor, unlucky.
He waited in a trance for a while, until a pungent fragrance came and made him recover from his panic.
"It's so fragrant~~~"
If it's just barbecue, at most it's only a little meaty.
That is, if there is more oil, the taste will be better.
But when you sprinkle it with spices, it's different, it's a real fragrance.
Holding a brush and smearing it with a layer of oil, the fire suddenly sizzled under the swaying light.
took out the chili powder that was absolutely not available in this era and sprinkled it, and the slightly spicy taste suddenly made everyone in front of the hall sniffle involuntarily.
Considering that none of these people had tasted the power of chili powder, Li Yunze didn't sprinkle much.
After a short time, a plate of barbecue meat was served on a clay plate with sizzling oil flowers.
A white-faced and beardless eunuch stepped forward, and with an expressionless face, he reached out and picked up a piece of roast mutton with chopsticks.
This is a position in the royal palace that is responsible for tasting poison, and it seems that it can eat delicious food, but in fact it lives in fear of being poisoned at any time all day.
Pick up a piece of barbecue meat and stuff it directly into your mouth, and the spicy taste directly stimulates your taste buds in an instant, making the eunuch cover his neck with one hand and his mouth with the other, and cough violently.
The cough was so fierce, his face was red, his ears were red, and he leaned back and back, looking like he would turn his back at any moment.
The Changge of the palace guards of the Qin army around them all pointed at Li Yunze, and Changping Jun exclaimed in surprise, "The toxicity is so strong?!" ”
The poisons of these years are mainly based on the extraction of animal and plant toxic components, such as the venom of poisonous snakes, the refining of highly poisonous flowers and plants, and so on.
There is no doubt that the toxicity of these animals and plants is very strong, but no matter how strong it is, it is impossible to start directly at the mouth, which is the effect of chemical synthesis.
Ying Zheng, who was guarded by the palace guards, looked at Li Yunze puzzled, shouldn't it, if you really want to assassinate, why wait until this time?
Not far away, Li Si, who was originally watching the excitement and even thinking about whether he could mix two mouthfuls of mutton to eat, was already directly paralyzed to the ground.
He originally saw that Li Yunze and himself were from his own family (with the same surname), and he thought about thinking of him as a brother, but he didn't expect that this was really a pit~~~
In the midst of tension and chaos, Li Yunze, who had no change in expression, first raised his hand and picked up a piece of mutton, threw it straight into his mouth, and nodded with satisfaction after a few bites.
After that, he wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth and said slowly, "Give him a glass of water." ”
After a short time, a little eunuch ran over with a clay pot.
The eunuch who tasted the poison was like seeing a savior, snatching the clay pot and pouring it directly into his mouth.
Most of the pot of water was poured down, and the spicy and pungent breath in his mouth finally dissipated most of it.
Seeing that the eunuchs were gradually recovering, Ying Zheng simply walked behind the palace guards and asked curiously, "Why is this?" ”
"I wanted you to try it." Li Yunze responded very simply, "I didn't expect people who have never eaten chili powder to react so violently." ”
"Paprika?" Ying Zheng came up and sniffed on the roast mutton, which was indeed spicy, "This is also a spice?" ”
"That's right." Li Yunze did not hesitate to classify the chili pepper into the spices, and said unashamedly, "This is a special spice, and it tastes excellent when eating barbecue." ”
Unlike the imagined scarcity of food, the supply of meat during the Warring States period was actually far more than later generations imagined.
The reason is simple, most of the land in this era has not been developed.
It is not mountains or lakes or lakes, and the owners of these places are the birds and beasts, and the fish swimming in the water.
In this martial era, a group of men carried swords, guns, bows and arrows into the mountains, forests and lakes, and it was not difficult to get some meat.
The real difficulty lies in the lack of cooking techniques, as well as enough ingredients to improve the taste.
Even the most basic salt is scarce.
The Guan Zhong of Qi State relies on Haiyan and his sister. Ahem, let the financial strength of the Qi State grow by leaps and bounds and become the hegemon.
Salt is a mineral, and in this era of low productivity, it is indeed a scarce commodity.
But in the industrial age, it's as much as you want, and it's hard to imagine that you still need to snap it up.
Friends who have eaten wild meat know that the meat of wild meat is very woody, and there is not enough fat seasoning and cooking means, and it tastes really like chewing wax.
Even if the sheep are specially raised in captivity and provided to the nobles of the royal palace to enjoy, under the premise of lack of assistance, there is no such thing as deliciousness.
So Li Yunze thought about adding some ingredients and letting these turtles taste what is delicious, but he didn't expect that people in this era had never been in contact with it, and they collapsed as soon as they came up.
Li Yunze looked at the eunuch who was wiping his tears and asked, "How does it taste?" ”
"Spicy and pungent." The eunuch thought for a moment and said, "But after the spicy taste is removed, it is full of fragrance." ”
It's okay, I know that telling the truth is no nonsense.
Ying Zheng is also interested, it has been a long time since he had dinner in the afternoon, and he is also a little hungry.
After hearing this, regardless of Changping Jun's opposition and obstruction, he simply reached out and picked up a piece of mutton and took a bite carefully.
'Hmm~~~'
Fortunately, I didn't dare to eat it, but I endured it for a while and waited until the momentum passed, and the feeling was immediately different.
The smooth and greasy taste, coupled with the gain of many spices, violently stimulates the taste buds, making Yingzheng, who has only enjoyed salt and sauce in the past, cry out for deliciousness.
After eating a few pieces in one go, he finally couldn't bear the spicy taste, so he hurriedly poured the remaining small half pot of water directly.
Ying Zheng drank all the water and breathed a sigh of relief, "Today, I know that there is such a delicious taste in the world!" ”
Li Yunze motioned to the cook, who was already dumbfounded, "According to my previous process, you can continue to do it yourself." If you're cheap, this set of barbecue skills will be passed on to you. ”
The cook was so excited that he thanked Li Yunze again and again, and said that he wanted to apprentice.
In these years, the abilities of each family are hidden, and no one can think of it except for the disciples.
is as generous as Li Yunze, perhaps only Confucianism who shouts that there is no class in teaching, but Confucianism also has to get started, and then there will be education without class.
Li Yunze waved his hand, and walked back to the hall with Ying Zheng with a pottery plate, "This thing is most suitable with wine, and Daqin's wine is very good." ”
Daqin also has a ban on alcohol, after all, food is never enough to eat in an era of lack of productivity.
It's just that when it comes to the noble class, the prohibition naturally has no effect.
The liquor of this era was rice wine made from grain, which not only had a lot of impurities, but also had a green color and a very low degree, similar to beer.
Eating barbecue with rice wine is also suitable.
As a king, Ying Zheng naturally has no shortage of drinks.
By the time the two of them sat down on either side of the table again, the drinks had already been placed on the table.
Ying Zheng, who had been attracted by Li Yunze's description, took the initiative to pour him a bowl of wine, "Please Mr. to solve the doubts for the government, how did the remnants of Yin Shang cross the vast ocean of tens of thousands of miles?" ”
"They're not walking the waterway."
Li Yunze's finger fell on the northeast direction, and he drew an arc along the wooden ball, "They walked all the way along the seashore from here." ”
Ying Zheng's gaze followed Li Yunze's finger and looked all the way, and he was suddenly surprised, "Can you actually walk over?" Then I, Daqin, can also walk over? ”
"Time."
Li Yunze shook his head, "Along the way, they have walked for at least hundreds of years, and there was a continental ice bridge to cross here at that time." If Daqin is in the words, can the king arrange people to go through hundreds of years, generation after generation? ”
Yingzheng, who was a little anxious, immediately shook his head.
If it takes hundreds of years to pass, then it is better to build a big ship and cross the vast sea directly.
Ying Zheng's gaze once again fell on the long strip that almost crossed the north and south of America from north to south.
"The land here is fertile and producing." Li Yunze understood what he meant, "And the local Yin Shang remnants are still in the primitive tribal period, and they use stones as their main weapons. ”
"Stones?!"
Ying Zheng was shocked, and after being confirmed by Li Yunze, he laughed.
If this is the case, as long as the Great Qin Tigers and Wolves can pass, then this place will be the world of Great Qin from now on.
Seeing that Yingzheng was interested, Li Yunze was still adding bricks and tiles, "King, please look, here here, the rivers are dense and there is black soil everywhere, the fertility of the land is beyond imagination, as long as you sow seeds, you can grow food"
There is only one reason for such encouragement of Yingzheng.
When watching videos in later generations, some people always said that if Zulong knew the vastness of heaven and earth, he would inevitably shout, 'Forehead drops, all forehead drops!' Then he will penetrate the world and be the captain of the ball.
Li Yunze wanted to try whether it was possible for Zu Long to be a ball leader.
Cooked land, fertile soil, grain.
These are the things that people in this era can't listen to the most.
Staying in an environment where there is not enough food to eat all the year round, and the desire for food is unimaginable for those who have sufficient supplies in later generations.
If Li Yunze is attracted by rich minerals, sufficient oil reserves, and even various novel crops, then the attraction to Ying Zheng is definitely not as important as high-yield land.
After all, in addition to gold, silver and copper, the demand for minerals is actually very small, and the land of Middle-earth is enough to meet it, and it is even very rich.
As for oil or something, I've never heard of it, and if I get it, I can't use it.
And the novelty of crops or something, there is not much interest, after all, the current crops in Middle-earth are actually enough for a long time.
Even if you get a new one, before the industrial age, it was just the icing on the cake.
Only fertile soil is truly attractive.
What Li Yunze didn't say was that although it was indeed fertile soil, at this time, like the other two large areas of black soil, it was basically in the barbaric era.
The land is full of forests, rivers, lakes and swamps, which require a lot of manpower and material resources to cultivate.
Black soil is the foundation of a strong country, and the three countries with black soil are naturally the three most powerful countries in the world.
Ying Zheng, who stared at the wooden ball for a long time, exhaled and said slowly, "Mr. has already said the north, the south, and the east." How about solving the confusion of the widow in the west, sir? ”
Li Yunze nodded with a smile and stretched out his hand to turn the wooden ball around for half a circle.
"Yes."