North and South groceries

In fact, Luo Yong's health has improved a lot in the past two years. At least when he was in Chang'an City, there were many people who were weaker than him. It's just that after coming to the Hexi Corridor, the environment around him has become very different.

To the men in these tribes, those young gentlemen in Chang'an City are simply a bunch of weak chickens.

Although in Luo Yong's view, most of the young gentlemen cultivated under the elite education model are not too weak, at least they can ride horses, they are many times stronger than those nerds in later generations.

Luo Yong feels that he is now many times stronger than those nerds in later generations.

But if you compare yourself to others, you will die, and if you compare goods, you will have to throw them away.

"It's cold in winter, why doesn't Saburo stay with us for a few more days?"

On this day, when Luo Yong and the others were getting ready to go, a Han son-in-law of the tribal leader and his old man came out to persuade them to stay.

"Don't dare to delay the date of taking office." Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin worked together to carry a sack of luggage onto five pairs of backs.

The snow on this section of the road is too thick, and the donkey cart is very difficult to drive on the snow. The five pairs and the other donkey are a bit too much. After that, they have to abandon the cart and walk. As for the luggage, we will share a share with the two The donkey walks on its back.

Traveling in this windy and snowy day is a very difficult task even for nomads like them, let alone the few Central Plains people in front of them.

The leader of this tribe was also very generous. Seeing that it was not possible to retain him, he asked someone to take a horse from his stable and gave it to Luo Yong. Luo Yong was very happy, but he didn't take the other party for nothing. After flipping through it, he took out a bag of tea and gave it to the other party.

In this era, tea is still relatively rare and rare. Although people in the Central Plains pay attention to the way of cooking tea, they add a lot of miscellaneous things to their tea. Some people will add some crushed tea leaves, and some people don’t even add tea leaves at all. .

At this time in the western region, people did not have the habit of drinking tea.

The climate was relatively humid in this era. In the Hexi Corridor, in addition to the pastoral areas, you can occasionally see some farming areas. In addition, you can also collect some wild fruits and vegetables on the hillsides and grasslands. People graze, collect, and cultivate. In exchange for the items you need from the market, life is like this year after year, except for not being rich enough, there seems to be no shortage.

"This is tea, which can be boiled with snow water or boiled with other things. Eating it can make people more energetic and healthy." Luo Yong said to the Han son-in-law and his father-in-law speak.

This Han son-in-law was not from a noble family, and he didn't understand the tea ceremony, but he heard it mentioned by some merchants before, and he knew that it was a precious thing, so he told them what he knew, and what Luo Yong told them, It was also translated to his leader Lao Zhangren.

The old man, the leader, heard that this bag of tea was such a noble existence, and he was very satisfied with Luo Yong's gift in return.

The income of their clan has been pretty good in the past two years. As the leader, his life is naturally getting richer day by day. Now he has no shortage of food and clothing. The next step is to improve the quality of life.

For Luo Yong and the others, during the few months of traveling, there is no need to think about the quality of life. It is considered good to be able to walk to Guazhou alive.

Most of the horses bought from the tribal leader were used by Luo Yong, because apart from Luo Yong, Qiao Junlin and Apu were all in good physical condition in their group of five.

Five pairs of them walked on the snow-covered road with their luggage on their backs, and they were also humming with exhaustion.Looking up at the road ahead again, the sky and the earth are vast, and this road is so long that it seems that it will never end...

"I've been walking for half a day, stop and rest for a while." Luo Yong saw that the two donkeys seemed to be extremely tired, and the horse sitting under him was also panting from exhaustion, so he spoke loudly to the people in front of him. Qiao Junlin said.

But as soon as he said these words, he found that he was so cold that even his voice was trembling, and he felt a little bit ashamed for a moment.

"Yeah." Qiao Junlin didn't think too much, looked left and right, found a leeward place not far from the roadside, and led a few people there to rest.

Although they didn't plan to stay here for a long time, Qiao Junlin and the others took the trouble to unload the things on the backs of the two donkeys. There is still a long way to go, and they can't be damaged now. If one is missing Animals, the road ahead will become more difficult.

Fortunately, although this place is barren, it is not the kind of place where there is no grass. If you search around, you can still collect some dry branches and spend some time to light the fire. Roasting on the side of the pile, and drinking a few mouthfuls of hot water, it can be more or less relieved.

Qiao Junlin took out a few sesame seed cakes from their luggage, roasted them on the fire, and then roasted a few slices of lamb leg brought from the tribe in front, and spread some sauce on them, sandwiched Among the biscuits, the first one was given to Luo.

Luo Yong is also welcome, he is the weakest in this group of people, trying to adjust his physical condition, trying not to cause trouble to others is the only thing he can do at present, taking care of others is not necessary for the time being think.

While Luo Yong and the others were gnawing dry food around the fire in this icy and snowy land, the people of the tribe behind them were peacefully staying in warm woolen felt tents, wearing more comfortable clothes than in previous years. Soft and comfortable clothes, and more food than in previous years.

Their leader was studying the way to eat the bag of tea in his tent at this time, and his half-baked Han son-in-law obviously couldn't give him any good advice, so the leader decided to explore the way to eat the tea by himself.

Although Na Luo Sanlang also told him that it can be boiled and drunk directly with snow water, but he thinks that way of eating it is too reckless. Such a precious tea should naturally be boiled with the best ingredients.

What, you said that the pure natural and pollution-free snow water in the seventh century is very precious?

The leader obviously didn't think so. He used all kinds of good ingredients he could get to cook with the tea, and he was only willing to put one or two pieces of tea in each time.

According to his method of cooking, of course, he did not produce any tea taste after cooking again and again, until one day, he used a few tea leaves to cook together with goat's milk. Perhaps it was because of the previous failure that made him a little frustrated, so he let go of the tea this time. There are also several times more tea leaves than usual - about seven or eight pieces.

"Oh my god! Do you smell the aroma of the tea leaves?" The pot of milk tea has not been brewed yet, the scent wafting out has already made the leader very excited.

"So this is how the tea is eaten!" His family members in the tent were also very surprised.

After the pot of milk tea was cooked, the leader personally distributed it to the crowd, first divided the goat's milk, poured half a bowl of goat's milk into each pottery bowl, and then distributed the tea leaves, one piece for each person, and finally there was not enough to share. The youngest children in the family were not assigned.

After sharing the milk tea, the whole family gathered together and drank it. First, they drank the goat milk one by one, then picked up the tea leaves and put them in their mouths, chewed them bit by bit, and swallowed them down...

Anyway, at least they know how to use tea leaves to make milk tea, although the way to eat this milk tea is a bit weird.

Compared with a new food recently developed by those Central Plains people, this strange thing is actually nothing.

The last time Luo used the "Chili Edible Handbook" they published and sold, it was very popular in Chang'an City at that time, and many people bought it and shipped it to other places.

In the "Handbook of Chili Edibles", there is an article about using chili peppers in sauce. As a result, many people did not understand it after buying it. They are illiterate, so there is no way. It was they who researched the chili wine. It is only because the picture of making sauce and wine looks so similar.

"Chili wine! Chili wine! The most popular chili wine in Chang'an City this year! Take a sip to warm you up!"

In winter, there are hawkers selling chili wine in the streets and alleys. Not to mention, there are quite a lot of people who buy it. I heard that it is popular from Chang'an City. Regardless of whether it is good or not, there are many people who follow suit.

Fortunately, the wine these days is all brewed with koji, not the high-grade baijiu of the later generations. Most of the wine at this time is relatively mild, and the alcohol content is not very high. Even if you soak it in chili and drink it, nothing serious will happen. ...

"Ah Wu, look at how much money I earned today?"

The chili wine is easy to sell, and the peddler who sells the wine has earned money. He is very happy when he returns home. He and his wife are counting the copper coins they earned today. Several children are running around, and the whole family is like a festival. of.

"Thanks to your brother and this booklet we brought."

"I heard that they are sold out in Chang'an City."

"It is said that this chili is easy to buy, but the booklet is difficult to buy."

"My elder brother said that he went there several times in succession before he finally managed to buy these two books."

The elder brother of this woman named Ah Wu was working as a porter this autumn and went to Chang'an City, just in time for the north and south grocers to sell chili seeds and "Chili Edible Handbook".

Ah Wu's elder brother is also a man who dares to think and do things. Without saying a word, he spent the porter's money he earned so hard to buy all the chili seeds and dried chili back home. He kept one for himself, and gave the other to his sister and brother-in-law, and even gave them a part of the dried chili and chili seeds.

Ah Wu and his wife were also daring to think and do. They pondered over the pamphlet for several days, and then applied what they learned, making chili wine from the dried chili they got from their elder brother.

It was the first time I sold it today, and the business was very good.

"We'll plant those chili seeds in spring next year!"

"It was planted in the vegetable patch in the courtyard!"

"From now on, you will grow peppers to make wine at home, and I will take care of it and sell them!"

"Ok!"