[Infrastructure] After being mistaken for a god

Tu sighed: "Ku, I understand what you mean."

"Back then, Wizard Dan regarded Yi Nan as a god, in fact, to convince others, so that more people believe that planting those seeds can feed more people."

"But although wizard Dan has his own goals, he never said that Yi Nan is not a real god!" Tu Yuyi persuaded diligently.

Ku turned his back to Yi Nan and the others, and that back was like a mountain.He just shook his head and said, "I don't care if Yi Nan is the real God or not, but I can't figure it out more and more recently. Everyone has put in so much labor, and everyone is working harder than before, but the days are not obvious. better..."

Yi Nan who was listening quietly: ...!

——That is, you haven’t really started the agricultural revolution yet!

Ku's tone was still serious: "Nowadays, the old and the young have to go to the fields every day, but the harvest is only so small. The brave have to hunt and protect the weak at the same time... I don't think that according to the wizard Dan’s way can lead the tribe to go long and far.”

"The Kashan tribe who came here today is an example...they were dismissive of farming back then, and they are living well now?"

Tu sighed again: "Ku, didn't you also say back then that if there were no such planted peas and wheat, the elderly with disabilities in the tribe, the injured brave... you might have to leave them behind?"

"The same is true for Kashan. Today, Dan got God's advice and injured their brave man. This brave man was brought back to Kashan. His people probably wouldn't let him survive tonight. But Kashan himself gave up the injured man. The brave, but will put this grudge on our heads." Tu obviously never forgot this problem.

"Wizard Dan, it was precisely for these people who might be abandoned, the elderly, the weak, and the injured... that he vigorously promoted the farming of the tribe."

Ku was silent for a while, before saying, "What you said makes sense..."

"But I... still have doubts!" ​​Ku dropped a sentence, turned his body slightly in the direction of Yinan, then turned his head and walked away, followed by Tu who sighed.

Yi Nan held Meow in his arms, and led the boy Dan out from behind the tree.She thought for a while, and said to Dan: "Now, not only you, but even I have a better understanding of your great-grandfather, the wizard Dan—"

Wizard Dan, the first human being she saw after coming to ancient times, was actually such a smart person!

That night, when Yinan was resting alone, she recalled the five-year-old boy she met 100 years ago—a person in ancient times who knew how to use "faith" to push the entire tribe to reach a consensus.

The reason why human beings are different from other creatures on this earth is precisely because human beings know how to use "consensus" to allow thousands of people to work together to do the same thing, thus condensing huge energy - despite this "consensus" "Consensus" may be unproven, or even fictional.

In this sense, Wizard Dan is indeed a great person.

Unexpectedly, she missed such a great man after taking a nap - Yi Nan learned a lesson now, and never dared to turn on the so-called "sleep mode" on the watch when she was resting.

After falling asleep she dreamed of Daniel.The scientific research madman was knocking on the blackboard with a pointer in his hand.

"Archaeological evidence has proved that between 8000 and 6000 BC, the human way of life gradually shifted from gathering and hunting to planting and domestication."

"Perhaps at that time our ancestors accidentally noticed that the seeds of plants were scattered in the soil, and new seedlings would grow in the land after a while. So they began to actively bury the plant seeds in the land, and thus gained reward."

"However, after the start of the agricultural revolution, the labor paid by human beings is several times that of the original, and the choice of food is much less than that of hunting and gathering before. Due to the sudden increase in labor and the changed way of life, human beings have produced various All kinds of diseases, such as herniated disc, arthritis, toothache①..."

"In short, people work harder, but their lives may not be as good as before."

"Then the question arises—what caused our ancestors to abandon their hunting life and turn to farming?"

"Discovering the mysteries of farming is not difficult at all. Any Homo sapiens with a quick brain can figure out that the key is to actively give up the original way of life."

Daniel's pointer hit the blackboard heavily, but a pair of amber eyes stared at Yi Nan so tightly that everything disappeared in the dream, only his impressive eyes were still in front of Yi Nan , watching her quietly...

——Inan, this is the problem you want to solve!

Yi Nan woke up suddenly.

She didn't want to stand by like this again.

She knew what she had to do.

Early the next morning, Yi Nan found Huan and asked, "Can I ask you for some flour?"

Huan replied fearfully: "God, you must not say that!" She hurriedly led Yinan to their barn, pointed to the wheat piled on the ground and said, "God, how much do you want, we will grind it for you!"

As for the "god" of the same gender, Huan's trust in Yinan is obviously much higher than that of her husband.

Yi Nan saw that the barn was low-lying, and the wheat grains were piled up in the dark and damp corners of the barn, which were prone to mildew and rodent infestation.She couldn't help frowning—but there was no rush. The first thing she wanted to do was to let the people of the unknown tribe taste the wheat products that were more delicious than pancakes and easier to chew.

Flour is made by grinding wheat grains bit by bit between two stones.While observing the whole process, Yinan secretly made a note in his heart: If you can't build a windmill or water mill soon, then at least teach these villagers how to use a stone mill.

After grinding out the flour, Yi Nan asked her little follower Dan to fetch clean water, and she added it into the flour, kneaded it into a dough, and then covered it with large leaves.

"It's up to you to raise it." Yi Nan called Dan over and entrusted Dan with the dough.

The boy Dan opened his mouth wide, unable to speak: Well, can this dough be raised?

"Keep an eye on it and keep your eyes on it, so that it can grow up smoothly."

Dan: "...grow up?"

Yi Nan nodded, and he wanted to laugh a little: "Yes, grow up. You watch it patiently for me, every hour... Well, check it every once in a while until it looks a little white and a little fat , there are bubbles on the surface... just come and call me, then it will grow up."

After Yi Nan finished speaking, he left the tribal camp, leaving the boy Dan to raise the dough in a daze.

She deliberately gave Dan a seemingly absurd task to test Dan's patience and whether he really had enough trust and "piousness" in himself.

But if it is said that Dan is "breeding", it is not wrong.It's just that what Dan raises is not dough, but yeast.

Yeast, as an ancient fungus, is ubiquitous on this earth. During the short time of Yinan's kneading, there should be yeast in the dough.

What yeast needs is the sugar contained in the flour, water, and the right temperature.The Mesopotamian plain has a warm climate, so the yeast should be able to replicate and reproduce itself soon, allowing the dough to "grow" fat and white.

This will result in a fluffy loaf in no time.

Yi Nan left the tribe and traveled around for a day, roughly figuring out what kind of terrain the tribe is surrounded by and what kind of resources it has.When she returned to the tribal camp, she saw the boy Danzhen standing in front of the dough.

When Dan saw Yi Nan, his face was full of excitement, and he waved at Yi Nan: "Yinan, my God, it has grown up, it has really grown up!"

Yi Nan took a look, and sure enough, the dough under the leaves turned white, and there were bubbles on the surface in one or two places.

"Very good, you have raised it a little bit." Yi Nan praised Dan, and the boy was also very proud, puffing up his chest.

Yi Nan divided the dough into two halves, leaving the part with air bubbles, and took the part without air bubbles to Huan to make tonight's pancakes.She took half of the amount of flour and water from Huan, kneaded it together with the dough with air bubbles, and handed it to Dan: "Keep raising!"

Dan: ...?

"Let it stay in a warm place at night!" Yinan instructed.

Dan looked at Yinan's beautiful and bright face, and foolishly agreed, "Okay..."

That night, when Dan went to sleep, he held the dough wrapped in leaves.

The next day, the dough continued to grow.Yi Nan still left the half with more air bubbles, and added half of the flour and water.

Dan straightened his eyes: "Do you want to continue raising?"

Yi Nan: "Yes!"

Dan: ...!

On the afternoon of the third day, Yi Nan picked up half of the white and fat dough, took it to Huan, and asked her to add it to the dough used to make cakes tonight.

In the evening, the whole tribe tasted a novel pasta.

The surface of this kind of pasta is the same as that of pancakes, with a hard and crisp shell baked on a hot slate, but the inside is fluffy and soft, and the taste is far from the original pancakes.As soon as the pasta is torn open, the steam mixed with the aroma of wheat immediately hits the face, and you can see that there are large and small air holes in this food-it is completely different from the previous pancakes.

Everyone tasted this novel food called "bread" with surprise.

Even Ku has to admit that the texture of this food is much better than the dead-face pancakes, and it doesn't grind your teeth.

Huan carefully peeled off the crisp crust on the bottom of the bread and handed it to the elders in the tribe.The old man ate effortlessly and repeatedly praised Huan's cooking skills.

Huan blushed: "It's not me, it's God..."

Only then did people realize that this was the guidance of the goddess Inan.

—As expected of a god.

All reverent eyes were cast on Yi Nan, but everyone didn't know that Yi Nan was looking at the "bread" and thinking:

It's a pity that tomatoes are still far away in South America on the other side of the ocean. Otherwise, with these: flour, water, yeast, plus tomatoes and various spices and seasonings, it's safe to bake a pizza!

The author has something to say: Yi Nan from a big foodie country: But even if I don’t have tomatoes, I can still make roujiamo!

Note time:

①The views in this paragraph refer to Chapter 5 of the second part of "A Brief History of Mankind" (not a quote);

② For the method of making bread with bare hands (discovering and cultivating yeast), refer to Chapter 10 of "Guide to the Invention of Everything";

The author Jun now has some friends who like to "raise" the yeast by themselves. It is said that the yeast can be raised continuously, and from time to time, a ball can be pulled out to make bread and steamed buns.The "old dough" or "old noodles" used in some places are actually very similar to the dough raised by Dan.