Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 40 Wheat Porridge

"Thanks to the little childish slave!"

Qin Wangzheng cheerfully held the little childish slave in his palm.

The case didn't go so smoothly at first.

If Xiao Zhinu hadn't reminded him, Wei Ting might not have been able to solve the case.

The height of a person is about seven times that of shoes. This news will soon spread to all counties and become the basis for the government to handle the case.

Perhaps, it can help many people get rid of their suspicions and capture many criminals who fled in fear of crime.

Of course, nothing can be absolute.

This clue may also be misleading.

But anyway, something is better than nothing.

The little childish slave made another great achievement.
In the past few days, the little childish slave has indeed worked very hard.

When the little child slave arrived, he was attacked by the giant python.

The next day, he was impeached by civil and military officials.

A few days ago, Xiao Zhinu was framed by someone.

If the young slave had not been given strength-increasing pills and speed-increasing pills in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Looking at the little child's haggard face, Qin Wangzheng ordered: "Come here, prepare meals for the little child!"

In the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, there are all kinds of dishes in front of the little childish slave.

These are in the palace, only Qin Wangzheng can eat them!

But today, it appeared on a frog's dining table.

But the eunuchs were not surprised, because they all knew that Xiaozhinu was a mythical beast.

The little childish slave does not eat like a voracious person, nor does he have a sense of ritual before eating like a Confucianist.

He just picks up the food with chopsticks and puts it into his mouth.

The staple food is naturally fragrant rice.

Ordinary frogs are reluctant to eat, but the little child slave is not ordinary and swallows a bowl in one go.

In addition to meat, non-staple food also includes wheat rice.

A meal made from ears of wheat, similar to rice.

It's just that the wheat has not been ground into powder, and the mouth is very hoarse after eating.

After the little childish slave ate it, he coughed a few times and felt his throat was a little strained.

After Qin Wangzheng saw this, he was furious: "Let Taiguan Ling and Taiguan Cheng come to see me on their knees!"

Taiguan Ling and Taiguancheng quickly came to the palace and knelt down on the ground.

Qin Wangzheng's eyes were fixed, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes, and he scolded: "Why can't the little child stop coughing when he was eating just now?"

Taiguan ordered the hairs on his back to stand up, kowtowed and said: "I also cough from time to time when I eat wheat rice!"

Qin Wangzheng's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity, and he said, "Oh?"

Qin Wangzheng had never eaten wheat rice before, so he ignored this matter.

After all, rice is the staple food.

And wheat rice is just a non-staple food.

Wheat was also grown in this era, and it was not until thousands of years later that wheat became popular in the north.

In the pre-Qin period, people in the north grew millet and people in the south grew rice.

Rice is mainly corn and rice.

However, few people eat wheat rice because it makes their throats irritated after eating it, so northerners almost don’t eat it.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng was not very clear about this, but it could not stop Qin Wangzheng's murderous intentions.

I saw the King of Qin flicking his sleeves and robes, and said with cold eyes: "There is no trash!"

He was about to scold them and behead them, but was stopped by the young slave.

I saw Xiao Zhinu shaking his head, as if he was admonishing Qin Wangzheng not to kill him.

Subsequently
The little childish slave took out a grain of wheat.

Even when steamed, it is slightly stiff.

And the little childish slave held the rice grains in his hands and trampled them vigorously.

Slowly, the wheat grains turned into wheat flour.

This scene.
It was deeply engraved in Taiguan Ling's mind.

The eunuch's eyes widened and his eyes were bright, and he looked at the scene in front of him with a look of surprise.

Taiguan Ling thought that his old eyes had faded away.

Even if he can't grind wheat grains into powder, why can a frog do it?

In the pre-Qin Dynasty, rice or corn was ground into powder instead of by hand, but by stone mill.

But few people would think of grinding wheat into powder.

After all, only staple foods are ground into powder.

And the grain of wheat is so big, if it is ground into powder, wouldn't it be able to be eaten as rice?

Taiguan Ling felt a sudden realization.

Grinding wheat grains into powder, why didn't I think of it?

But Xiaozhinu's next series of actions made him even more astonished.

I saw the little child pick up the bronze lacquerware, pour the wheat flour into it, then add an appropriate amount of warm water and stir it with chopsticks.
The series of movements were so smooth that Taiguan Ling could not help but admire him.

The little childish slave is indeed a divine beast of the emperor, with extraordinary intelligence.

After Xiao Zhinu soaked the water and wheat flour, Xiao Zhinu picked up the bronze lacquerware and let Qin Wangzheng taste it.

Qin Wangzheng looked at the yellow clear soup and swallowed.

A natural sense of resistance arose in my heart.

But the little childish slave will not harm himself!

then
Qin Wangzheng drank the barley soup in front of him.

I didn't expect it to be surprisingly delicious.

It tastes much better than porridge cooked with corn and rice.

It’s not an exaggeration to describe it as sweet and delicious.

So, inspired by Xiao Zhinu, wheat rice porridge was born in the Qin State in the pre-Qin period.

Taiguan Ling was inspired by this and found out that this is how wheat is eaten and drank!

After receiving the order from Qin Wangzheng, I will have a sip of sweet barley porridge tonight.

kitchen.

The kitchen is divided into an outside kitchen and a kitchen.

The outer kitchen is full of pots and jars, knives for cutting vegetables and food, kettles and tripods for cooking.

There are five or six stoves in the stove room, and everyone is busy.

Dozens of chefs are busy.

The first in command of these cooks is Taiguan Ling, and the second in command is Taiguan Cheng.

In the kitchen, some chefs are washing food, some chefs are cutting vegetables and meat with knives, and some chefs are cooking rice.

Taiguan Ling received the order from Qin Wangzheng, so he wanted to eat a mouthful of delicious wheat and rice porridge at night.

After Taiguan Ling came to the kitchen, he called out dozens of cooks.

The eunuch ordered the chef to give orders one by one. In addition to the same dinner as before, this time there was something different - wheat rice porridge.

Everyone was confused and couldn't imagine what wheat rice porridge was?
Is it just making porridge with wheat rice?
But this kind of wheat porridge is not delicious, and it will also irritate the throat and cause bursts of coughing!

But Taiguan Ling shook his head.

This time the wheat rice is ground into powder using a stone mill, and then the wheat rice flour is put into water.

Everyone was still confused, but the Taiguan Ling insisted on this, so he could only pretend reluctantly.

Some people even whispered that the eunuch made trouble for no reason.

After the wheat porridge was made, everyone tasted it one after another, and immediately felt that it was delicious.

Changing from the negligence of the past, he felt that the barley porridge was indeed delicious, and the Taiguan Order did not lie to them.

After cooking dinner for King Qin, the chefs also went home to cook a bowl of barley porridge.

After all, no one can resist the temptation of delicious food.

In the evening, the Taiguan ordered the delicious barley porridge to Qin Wangzheng's table.

Qin Wangzheng was full of praise after eating. He thought the wheat rice porridge was sweet and delicious.

just
Wheat is less.

After all, people in the north are now growing millet, and people in the south are growing rice.

And wheat doesn't like moisture, nor does it like heat.
How can this be good?

at last
The little childish slave still set off.

[Ding, the little slave is going to travel, please ask the host to prepare his luggage! 】

After sorting everything out, Xiao Zhinu set off with his luggage on his back.

This time, he set out precisely because of the wheat issue.

(End of this chapter)