I sold snacks in ancient times

In the evening, they rode to the Xia Xing Tavern in the county town.The business is deserted, and there are only four or five tables of people sitting in the house, which must be related to the recent turmoil.

And they're all women.They must be young ladies or wives of rich people, dressed in extraordinary clothes, with gorgeous looks, and they are serving vegetables around the fire boiler.

That is, recently, the hot pot at Xia Xing Tavern has gradually developed into a popular food in Da Yin.After hearing that this is a way of eating for the nobles brought from the capital, wealthy families in lower-level counties adopted it as a custom, and came to eat every two days.

The waiter in this store also knows Qi Yongfan, when Fang saw them at the door, he hurried out to help lead the horse, and said courteously: "It's cold outside, you guys, hurry up and rest, I have my care over here." on."

Qi Yongfan and Yin Xu had been here a few times, and immediately nodded slightly and pushed the door open.There was a warm charcoal fire in the house, and the heat blowing in from their faces instantly relieved their freezing pain.

Youruto looked around, feeling quite novel, and whispered: "The service here is really good."

Obviously he didn't know that Qi Yongfan was the owner of this store.

They sat down near the fire, and the waiter quickly brought out the hot pot, with chili peppers and other things floating on the hot red soup, which was very tempting.Just smelling this smell makes one's index finger move.

Then there are plates of beef rolls, vegetables, potato chips and other food.The hot pot base here is not produced by the RV, but made by Wang Kui after reorganization and processing.Although the taste is not as delicious as industrially produced ones, it is healthier and fresher. It tastes salty and spicy enough, but it has a special taste.

Hisohito looked at all this in front of him, dumbfounded, "There is still such a way to eat food?"

In fact, this way of eating in a pot around the fire is very popular in the grasslands of the Western Regions. After all, they were born in the borderlands and have wild personalities.However, it has not yet been implemented in the Great Yin, let alone spread to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Qi Yongfan rolled up his sleeves, poured in two dishes in one go, and said with a smile: "Of course, the taste is not bad. If you want, you can put some of your favorite food in and cook it. After it is cooked, dip it in sauce and eat."

He and Yin Xu hadn't eaten hot pot for quite some time, so they enjoyed it immediately.How can there be no seafood in the coastal area, and with the shrimp skewers and crabs cut in half, the soup base becomes more refreshing.

Youren imitated their appearance and ate a piece of meat, the taste buds in his mouth almost made him swallow his tongue.He couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if this way of eating can be promoted in Ryukyu. The common people must like it very much."

It's just that the taste of Ryukyu is lighter, and you may not be able to adapt to this spicy feeling.

"Of course, if you and I cooperate, maybe we can open a branch of Xiaxing Tavern in Ryukyu." Qi Yongfan laughed.

"Branch?" Youren asked doubtfully, "What does this tavern have to do with you?"

Qi Yongfan: "I opened this store."

Yuren: "..."

Qi Yongfan added: "And there are dozens of branches in Dayin."

Youren pondered that the name of this store was indeed familiar, he seemed to have seen it when he was visiting other places a few days ago.

The three of them ate and chatted, and drank a few glasses of wine, enjoying themselves.Youren talked about what happened these days, after he sought help from the government, he really received attention.He is the prince of Ryukyu, which in a sense is equivalent to an important diplomatic link.

It is said that the prefect who received him also wrote a letter to report to the emperor, approved 1000 taels of sponsorship funds for him, and prepared a ship to send him back to China.

Qi Yongfan was amazed when he heard that.At this time, Da Yin has been reduced to such a situation, and he still doesn't forget to slap his swollen face to pretend to be fat.

It's just that Youren didn't want to go back to the country, he bribed the border officials, and he took a merchant ship to follow the aliens to the western continent early in the morning.

"It's good to be young." Qi Yongfan said with emotion: "If I were a few years younger, I would definitely go out on adventures like you and travel around the world."

Yin Xu glanced at him and said, "I remember you're not that old, are you?"

Qi Yongfan stopped talking immediately, in modern times he has not yet graduated from college at his age.It's just that I have experienced too many things, so that the mentality of the whole person seems old.

Yuren is indeed younger than them.He is only 17 years old this year, just at the age when he is curious about everything in the world and full of energy.

Qi Yongfan thought for a while, and said: "You still have to be careful when you go out alone, not to mention that you don't speak the language of Westerners, how will you communicate when the time comes?"

Youren said disapprovingly: "It takes more than a month just to take the boat, and I can learn from those foreigners."

In fact, in this era, the risk of tourism is still quite large.The sea is dangerous, and if there is a typhoon or tsunami, the crew members will surely die.

Qi Yongfan thought that it was English. Although he didn't go to college, he could still speak a few simple daily communication languages, and taught it to Youren by the way.He also taught Youruhito to pay attention to the technological level of Western countries, and remember to write letters and communicate with each other after returning home.

According to the process of historical records, the steam engine should have been born in Britain at this time.

If Great Yin no longer closed its doors to the outside world, but actively opened up to the outside world, it would surely usher in a brighter future.

After eating hot pot, Yuren said goodbye to them.He planned to live in an inn in the county town, while Qi Yongfan and Yin Xu had to ride back to Laoshan Mountain on horseback.

Walking out of the wooden door of the tavern, the cold wind blows in, and the sky is already dark.Two lanterns hung on the side of the road, casting an orange light and shadow under the snow.

Youren got on the horse, pinched the horse's belly, turned around and said with a smile: "Goodbye!"

Qi Yongfan took Yin Xu's cold hand and put it into his arms as usual.He looked at Youren's leaving back and said, "It's time for us to go home."

"Yes." Yin Xu said, "Let's go home."

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The following winter will not be so leisurely.

Qi Yongfan and Yin Xu were busy collecting snacks, unpacking them, and putting them into cloth bags.They ordered a batch of such bags with people in the county, and they can be recycled after careful storage as rations for soldiers.

Qi Yongfan made it look like a spring outing, they don't have to be stingy with the unlimited snacks in the caravan.

In each bag, put three pieces of chocolate, one bag of potato chips, three bags of instant noodles, a large piece of beef jerky, a small bag of peanuts, and a bag of dried fruit... All in all, it looks extremely rich, but it is actually nutritionally balanced.

A cloth bag can be used as a day's rations for soldiers, and it is estimated that there will be a lot left.

They first assembled a few boxes of instant noodles and sent them to Shunfeng Express to deliver them to the wilderness training base of Yin Xu's private soldiers.After such tossing, Yin Xu has not much money left.Coupled with the soaring food prices now, there is no market for the price.Qi Yongfan extended a helping hand generously, and a large amount of food and drinks were brought in almost every other day.

According to people's reports, because of these food, those private soldiers lived extraordinarily happily, and devoted more energy to training, and their loyalty to Yin Xu continued to soar.

Snacks are addictive.What's more, these ancient people who have never eaten anything good since childhood would be grateful to have a cold steamed bun on the battlefield, not to mention that they can still eat hot instant noodles now.Add some high-calorie snacks to replenish energy anytime, anywhere.

In today's famine season, most people are skinny and skinny.Only this group of soldiers under Yin Xu's hands, all of them were glib, and they gained several catties on the contrary.

So some rumors gradually spread out.Legend has it that there is a mysterious cottage in Yuechuan County, where the thieves can drink and eat meat every day, and live happily ever after.What's even weirder is that the government couldn't send anyone to find them at all.

Gradually, many young and strong men who did not join the army came here admiringly, and joined the team of private soldiers who enjoyed good food and drink.

It's just that if you eat too well, you will inevitably breed a group of slobs.Under such circumstances, Qi Yongfan made use of his only military knowledge, which is the memory of military training in high school, and customized a series of military training plans.The height is extremely strong, and the soldiers were trained to death, but they enjoyed it.

Before this, no one had dared to train troops like this.It's really a half-sized guy who can eat too much, and with such ruthless training, any man can eat half a cow in one meal.

Who made them rich and well-fed, and the quality of the food was exceptionally high, which was very attractive.

The soldiers exercise crazily every day, just to be able to eat hot instant noodles and delicious snacks.

Qi Yongfan also took out some cherished snacks such as Lao Li's big chicken drumsticks as rewards.Whoever works out the best and has the most energy every day will get these rare treats.

Then those soldiers went crazy...

Yin Xu once received more than a dozen letters in one day. Obviously, their military training plan worked.It was even a little scary, Ye Zi even said, if you continue to practice like this, you don't know what kind of terrifying army you will develop.

In this era, fame and wealth are not enough to attract people.Most of the soldiers are poor people. People from the north have experienced the cruel reality of cannibalism. A bowl of porridge at home is shabby for a dozen or so members of the family to share...

All they strive for is to have enough to eat.

Finally, most of the winter is over.After another disastrous defeat in the First World War in Koryo, those retired soldiers returned to their hometown in dismay.Most of them had wounds, not wounds from swords and guns on the battlefield, but frostbite.

This winter is too difficult, the New Year is not good, the previous taxes are heavy, and every household has not much rations left, which has become the last straw that overwhelms the camel.

According to the past developments, if so many young and middle-aged men gather together, a peasant uprising will definitely be launched.

But this year is different.I don't know when it started, these returning soldiers gradually disappeared.However, their families can have a full stomach, and there is a steady stream of food delivered to the door by Shunfeng Express.

At first glance, Dayin is calm, like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.The winter wind is biting, whizzing past.The nobles were drunk and dreaming, and the new emperor breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was over and they would soon usher in spring.

But they were wrong, very wrong.

Some dark tide is surging, like the coming spring, about to break through the ground.