Fifty-fourth: Ancient tofu
"Alright, Commander, wait and eat the elephant's head, you can't finish eating so much meat!" Menes said angrily.
"I don't embarrass you, Heron can come along, and I'll give you another hundred soldiers!" said Dzose.
"No need! I use my own people and my own family. Menes said angrily.
"Okay, a word is a certainty, the military order is like a mountain, if you can't complete it, come back to the military law to deal with it, the military stick is thirty, you have to remember it!" Zuo Sai said with a smile.
Menes dropped the food and said, "Okay, it's a deal!"
It is said that Perfect Nice got up and left, this commander deliberately wanted to kill Menes's prestige, it was too hateful, who would support him in the future? No wonder the Nine God Legion was so poor, everyone didn't want to deal with him, he deserved it!
Menes came out of the cafeteria, and Jett followed behind and said, "My lord, why did you agree?
Menes was also a little remorseful when she went out, she shouldn't have agreed to him so impulsively, it wasn't difficult to hunt, but in a short time, where to find so many prey?
Menes scratched his head and said, "Forget it, what if you have already agreed? You have to find a way, do we have animals over there? Can't we let Nacht also help find animals in the territory?"
Menes was wiping her brain.
"Where can you find people in the valley, and there are livestock, but where can you find prey?" replied Jett.
The two found Bata and returned to the barracks with Rasim.
Everyone sat in the Odori shop to discuss countermeasures.
The southwest oasis is actually not big, the distance is still close, it is only two days to walk normally, it is the main drinking place for the surrounding animals, but it is absolutely impossible to have such a large number, so it is necessary to go to a farther place, the water and grass in the south are abundant, and basically unmanned, belonging to the primitive ecology, there are many animals, but the distance is relatively far, and it takes at least five days to walk through a desert.
"Either way, we have to go further to get it done. Menes was the first to speak.
"Well, we can divide into several groups, the first group will stay in the oasis to hunt, and the rest will go south to try their luck. Bata said.
"If you ride a camel, you can save two days at full speed, we have enough camels. Rasim interjected.
Camels must be carried, whether for hunting or packing, but the biggest problem is how to find the fauna, preferably large animals, such as elephants, giraffes, etc.
It's a problem, and Menes rubs her temples, it's nerve-wracking.
The old man who had healed Izu had woken up and was sitting on the ground eating, crumbs covered in his beard.
"Great Elder, don't you have spiritism, can you tell me where I can find my prey?" Menes suddenly thought of the old man's special abilities.
The old man glanced up at Menes, bowed his head and said, "All things have spirits, and it is not advisable to kill!"
"Huh, don't you eat meat?" Menes asked.
"I only eat vegetarian food, not meat. The old man replied.
No wonder he is so thin, eating a vegetarian diet alone, and intaking too little protein and fat.
"Haha...... You just woke up, and I haven't asked you what to call it?"
"Goa!"
"What?"
"Goa, my name!"
Menes laughed, isn't that a duck called? What a strange name!
"Mr. Gua, do you want to help, I have to complete the task, or Dzose will trouble me. Menes felt that the old man must be able to find the fauna, and if he helped, he would be able to accomplish it.
Menes smiled and approached Gu A, took the bread and said, "How about eating bread, get some ale, get some vegetables, and eat an egg." After that, he arranged for someone to go to the street to buy food.
Gu Ah laughed, "My lord, I don't eat eggs, that's the egg of life, I can't help you slaughter living beings!"
"Don't say that, this is not slaughtering living beings, this is called hunting, you see this world is the weak and the strong, the creatures have their own ecological chain, sheep eat grass, wolves eat sheep, we fight wolves, if wolves don't eat sheep, then sheep will destroy the grassland, and eventually starve to death, if we don't fight wolves, wolves will eat sheep desperately, sheep are dead, wolves can't live." ”
"This is what I call the theory of ecological balance, the so-called natural selection of the fittest!"
Menes continued to talk about the whole theory of evolution and ecological balance, trying to convince the old man, but the old man remained unmoved.
Menes said angrily, "Okay, if you don't help me, I will die in the future, the army will have nothing to eat, I can't beat the foreign beasts, they are all eaten by the foreign beasts, I see why you don't kill, you are the biggest executioner!"
Gu A sighed and said, "My lord, all living beings have their own rules of survival, you are right, but I can't help you, the ability of the demigods surpasses mortals, we can't use this means to break the balance, you can find prey on your own, but you can't use extraordinary abilities to slaughter beasts, I can't bear you to be punished, it seems that I better leave!"
After saying that, Gu A got up and was about to leave, how can this be done, Menes will never allow the old man to leave, this old gentleman is a treasure now.
Menes hurriedly smiled cheekily and said, "Don't be angry, old man, I'll just say, if you don't want to, don't go, your people still need you, isn't it that you haven't woken up yet, you stay, I won't embarrass you!"
It's true that Isu hasn't woken up yet, and still needs the old man's treatment.
"Well, I'll stay for the time being, and I'll leave when he recovers!" said the old man.
"Okay, you stay first, and we'll see the situation!"
Menes could not convince the old man, so he had to prepare first, bring all kinds of supplies, and set off in three days.
At the end of the day, he excused himself that it was not safe for Isu to stay here alone, and the treatment also needed Jet's assistance, so he insisted on carrying the wounded and set off, so that Gu A had to follow.
The party marched south, and soon entered the oasis that Dzose said, where there were indeed some animals, but it was absolutely impossible to hunt so many, Menes left more than twenty men here to hunt and led the team on.
On the way, Menes brainwashed Gu A every day, and if she wants to be a monk, she can't stop people from eating meat!
"Old gentleman, look, even if you don't kill, there will always be people who want to kill, there will always be people who want to eat meat, you can't stop it, right?"
"You know why people eat meat? Because we have to eat protein, otherwise people will get sick and unhealthy, you see you are so thin, if everyone is like you, then we are not sick men?
"This won't work, I have a good way to make people not eat meat, but also to stay healthy and strong, and reduce the amount of meat consumed by humans, so that you can reduce the number of killings, as long as you are willing to help me!"
Gua ate the bread and asked, "What is the protein?"
"This ......" Menes didn't know how to explain it, but it was a substance in animal flesh.
"I can't explain it clearly, in short, I have a delicious food that can replace meat, and if it is popularized in the future, it will save sentient beings, Pudu animals, do you believe it?"
The old man shook his head.
"Hi...... If you don't believe it, I'll make it for you, and you will definitely be satisfied after eating it!"
Menes fooled the old man, not so much to use tofu to purify sentient beings, but to satisfy the appetite of the old man, Menes found that this old man actually loves to eat, that is, he can't eat fat, and his teeth are basically gone, and he can't eat ordinary meat, he must have eaten meat when he was young, and now it is not necessarily a matter of killing if he does not eat it.
It's been four days since he came out, and he still can't find a large group of prey, and it will definitely not work if he goes on like this, so Menes has no choice but to complain to Gua every day.
The production of tofu is actually very simple, Menes has beans in the food supply, you can make tofu yourself first, you must convince the old man.
Menes said to do it, and began to soak beans at night, and the team had plaster, which was used by Jett to cast magic, and now Menes was going to use it to cast food magic, and the divine punishment mummy arranged to make a stone mill on the spot, and he got up in the morning to grind beans, and the assistance of the mummy was much faster.
Grind the beans, filter and squeeze them directly with linen, put them in a pot to cook, and finally use gypsum to marinate, and actually make tofu smoothly.
The team members in the camp were also stunned, what kind of magic is this? Can this thing be eaten?
Menes personally cooked and served it to the old man.
"Old gentleman, come and try it? This is what I said about tofu, this thing is delicious in the far east, there is also a group of people who don't eat meat and don't kill people like you, they live by eating this, don't lie to you, because this local ordinary people also eat less animals, absolutely universal sentient beings, if you taste it, if you are satisfied, I will tell you how to make it, and promise to go back and popularize this food, which can save the lives of many animals in the future!"
A piece of tofu is said by Menes to be like a god who purifies all beings and saves people's lives.
Gua didn't care whether Menes said that this food could be used as a substitute for meat, but it was still necessary to taste it.
The soft glutinous tofu is put in the mouth, the gums have not collided and melted, the fragrance is delicious and slid into the stomach without chewing, the old man's eyes lit up after taking a bite, it was really delicious, suitable for the old man without teeth.
Gu Ah lowered his head and grabbed a big bite with his hand, which attracted the surrounding team members to want to taste it.
"Get out of here, it's not your share, there's something superfluous to talk about in the future. Menes chased away all the delicious guys.
"How are you doing well, can you help me?" said Menis with a smile as she held the bowl.
"Well, it's delicious, but what does this have to do with substitute animals? It's not meat!" said Gua, refusing Menes' request as he ate.
"You...... Tell you, this thing can also make all kinds of delicacies, I lack the materials now, otherwise I can make dried tofu, tofu skin, vermicelli, as well as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck, vegetarian meat, isn't that a substitute for meat?"
"Can vegetarian chicken make it taste like chicken?" Gu A was a little curious.
"Of course you can, it's just that I lack the materials, go back and make it for you to eat, you help me, I will help you, how about I promote your vegetarianism in the territory in the future?" Menes put the fate of the entire people of the territory on the line for his hunting plan.
Gu Ah nodded and said, "Then let me think about it, I need to communicate with the gods and the creatures of the world to see if they are willing." ”
Hunting depends on whether the prey agrees, and how generous and merciful the prey is!