Daming Military Empire

Chapter 684 Wind Whisperer, Legend of the Celestial Dynasty

In later generations, a curator of an Indian museum said: bison is a refrigerator with hooves, which shows the importance of bison in Indian life.

Bison, before being hunted by European colonists and the U.S. Army, was the main source of living materials for Indians. Indian tribes can use various parts of bison to make their food, clothing, shields, weapons, and even glue.

The dismantling of the bison by the Indian warriors has naturally reached the point of proficiency. Soon, they dismantled the bison into pieces, and the bones and fur were also disassembled into balls. Everyone divided and soon returned to the on horseback.

There is no river here, so of course there is no way to cook. However, they ran forward for a while, and soon saw a small river, and there was a large forest beside the small river.

The sky was getting dark, and it seemed that they could only stay here today. Zhao Mingfeng gave the order, and the crowd quickly galloped to the junction of the small forest and the small river.

When they came here, everyone got off their horses one after another. The warriors of the Seattle tribe and the masters of Jin Yiwei got busy together, preparing to cook a sumptuous bison feast.

The warriors of the Seattle tribe prepare roast beef, which is a delicacy they often cook when they are out camping.

The so-called roast beef is naturally not the kind of thin beef skewers at the night snack stalls of later generations, and there is no such thing as an iron stick at the moment.

They have a clear division of labor, and some of them take beef and beef bones to the river to wash them;

Some people sat on the grass and processed the cleaned beef, roughly cutting the most tender beef from the thigh into thin strips about three fingers wide and half finger thick;

Some people went into the woods to collect dry firewood and cut branches, very busy.

Soon, the meat slices were cut, and there was a pile of dry wood and branches. They gathered together and skewered the beef on the peeled and sharpened branches.

After the meat was finished, someone started to light the fire. Originally, this link was very time-consuming, because there was no fire in the wild, and they had to drill wood to make fire.

Now it's not so troublesome, they carry Daming's latest kerosene lighters on them, just scratch anywhere and the flame will come out, very convenient.

After the branches were lit, many people held handfuls of meat skewers and roasted them on the fire, and some took out salt and dry powder like cumin or black pepper and sprinkled them on the meat skewers. Soon, the temporary camp was Filled with the aroma of grilled meat, mouth watering.

The accompanying Jin Yiwei made beef bone soup. They specially brought two large cauldrons weighing about ten kilograms and tied them to their horses. One was to give samples to the tribes they visited, and it was also for the convenience of cooking soup on the road.

Making soup is much easier than roasting meat. Four people carried two pots and washed them in the river water, and then scooped up a pot of clean water. The soup was ready.

The two people here found some big rocks to build casually, and the temporary stove was set up.

Then he brought two bundles of firewood directly from the Seattle soldiers, put the pot on the stove, set the fire on the bottom, and the cooking of the soup was almost completed.

The last thing is to cut the meat and bones left over from the barbecue at the joints, throw it into the pot, and then add some spices, salt and soup from Daming to the pot, and it's almost done.

Next, just add some firewood from time to time and keep cooking.

As the sun set, the entire camp was filled with the aroma of roast beef and beef bone soup. Hundreds of people formed a big circle with two large pots in the middle, ready to start dinner.

The warriors of the Seattle tribe began to distribute roast beef, each with four or five skewers, and each skewer weighed at least one catty.

Jin Yiwei directly put a few iron spoons into the pot, then distributed a sea bowl to each person, took out the fine wine in the leather bag, and poured a large bowl for each person.

Zhao Mingfeng waited for the sea bowls in everyone's hands to be filled with fine wine, then raised the bowls in his hands and shouted: "Damn."

Afterwards, he took a sip of fine wine, a sip of barbecue, and ate happily.

This is a custom of the Ming Dynasty. After getting along for so long, the warriors of the Seattle tribe have long been used to it.

They all followed Zhao Mingfeng and raised the bowl, shouting: "Damn."

Then there was a sip of fine wine, a sip of barbecue, and I ate it happily.

Indians are notoriously fond of drinking. According to legend, the main body of Indians are Yin people who migrated from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, so their greeting is: Indian.

And this "Indian" is actually a Western transliteration, and it should actually be read as "Yin Di'an". Their greetings actually represent the nostalgia for their homeland.

Perhaps, their habit of drinking was brought over from the Yin and Shang Dynasties. You must know that people in the Yin and Shang Dynasties were also famously fond of drinking. The famous King Zhou of Shang once built wine pools and meat forests. people's obsession with alcohol.

Of course, these are just legends, and the authenticity has yet to be verified, but it is true that Indians love to drink. After a few sips of fine wine, their faces flush with excitement.

After eating the barbecue, drink the perfect wine, and scoop up a bowl of fragrant beef bone soup in the wine bowl. The taste is not to mention how delicious it is.

This dinner lasted for a long time. After eating the meat and drinking the wine, I had a bowl of beef soup. Those who were not full picked up the fleshy sticks in the pot and gnawed hard, and those who were full danced wildly around the bonfire. Beat the gods.

Of course, this is just the thinking of the young warriors of the Seattle tribe, Zhao Mingfeng is not the same as their thinking.

Looking at the young man dancing wildly in front of him, he smiled and beat the beat with the others, but he lamented the fate of these people in his mind.

It can be seen from his interactions with these people that they are hospitable, kind-hearted, and love nature, and they pursue a simple and free life.

However, they are destined to bid farewell to this kind of life, because their weapons are too backward.

Just a spear and a hunting bow, not even a broadsword. Such a weapon, not to mention the Ming Empire, has no resistance even in front of the European powers.

Even if they were not ruled by the Ming Empire, they would still face the end of being enslaved or even massacred by the European powers.

They should really thank the emperor. If the emperor hadn't thought of coming to the North American continent to curb the development of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers, perhaps in a few decades, they would face the danger of being extinct.

The European powers were not as benevolent as the Ming Empire. They only came here to plunder, plunder land, and plunder resources. The conflict between the Indians and them was irreconcilable, and only one side was expelled or perished.

The Ming Empire was different. Ming had no shortage of land or resources, and there was absolutely no need to plunder like the European powers.

As the kingdom of heaven, Da Ming came to save them, this is not false at all, Da Ming really wanted to turn them into people.

These young people went crazy for a while, and finally got tired. They took out the cloth blankets in their backpacks and wrapped them around their bodies, lying around the fire, and just fell asleep.

Of course, this cloth blanket was also provided by Daming. If they didn't have this thing, they probably could have just gone to the grass and fell asleep.

Zhao Mingfeng smiled and shook his head. Although there are no enemies in this place, there are a lot of wild beasts. These people are too careless.

He glanced slightly at the surrounding environment, then called the accompanying Jin Yiwei over, arranged to take turns to be on duty, and then wrapped himself in a blanket and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)