Vol 4 Chapter 56: Eastern Zhou cuisine

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The cabin was opened again, and there were dense vines and thorns outside. It was airtight and dark. 2500 years ago, the top of Cuiwei Mountain was still a dense virgin forest. They fell into the depths of the dense forest. This was expected.
Liu Yanzhi took out the laser cutter and removed all the plants that blocked the hatch. It really was another world outside, with towering giant trees, deep humus, and sultry hot and humid air, just like being in a subtropical jungle, while Cuiwei Mountain is actually Located in a temperate zone.
This time, the team is strong and still led by the patriotic party. The team members include Liu Yanzhi, Ji Yuqian, Guan Lu, and two accompanying guards Liu Handong and Lei Meng. The personnel reached the upper limit of the cabin, and a large number of materials and equipment occupy the remaining space. As for food and drinking water, very few carry.
The six people stepped out of the cabin one after another, with their feet in the humus soil, feeling that it was difficult to pull their feet. Various bushes and vines in the jungle grew unscrupulously, and there was no way out.
"When we fought Vietnam in 1979, our army's interspersed squad took this path. The blame had to be able to reach the destination according to the scheduled plan. The staff of the regiment only knew how to measure the map with a ruler, and didn't know what the jungle looked like." Lei Meng said with emotion.
The Cuiwei Mountain in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was inaccessible and completely undeveloped. The road downhill was difficult to walk. Fortunately, Lei Meng took out a diesel-powered chain saw to open the road in front. He literally cut a channel with a chain saw, and green plant juice was everywhere. Splashing, the small animals were startled by the roar of the chain saw and fled, and a nameless bird soared into the sky.
This is the hardest time going down the mountain. As the saying goes, a good beginning is half the battle. The descent is so difficult, and the journey to find Laozi will not be too smooth.
This way is not a way. Liu Yan soared into the air. In fact, it was not so easy for him to take off. He could only climb up the tree. On the way, he encountered a curious monkey and a nest of chicks. He stood on a tree. The top of the giant tree surrounded by people looks out in all directions. At this time, the Huaijiang River is much wider than the Huaijiang River in memory, but the route of travel is different. In the past two thousand five hundred years, the river has changed its course several times before it took shape.
Looking far away, there is a town on the Huai River. The Zhou Dynasty was still in a slavery society, and its population density and economic development were far inferior to those of the Song and Ming dynasties that they had visited. However, the habit of human civilization choosing to live by the river has never changed. Yes, the town in the distance is the most primitive version of the Omi metropolis with tall buildings a few years later.
Liu Yanzhi was looking for a way down the mountain with relatively sparse plants. Suddenly he felt a pair of eyes looking at him nearby, but he observed it carefully, but found nothing. Maybe he was nervous. He determined the route and went down and chose to travel again. In the direction, the crossing team spent a lot of effort and finally came to the foot of the mountain.
The bottom of the mountain is still in a primitive state. There is no cropland in the woods, grasslands, and swamps. You can vaguely see the figures of elk and hares. There are white cranes flying by in the clouds, like a fairyland on earth.
There are no villages within ten miles of a radius. If you want to take a break, you can only go to the town that Liu Yanzhi discovered. The long road, you can only rely on two legs to trek. When the six people are hiking, they don’t feel tired. There are many wild animals on the road, even There is also a lonely South China tiger, seeing their crowds and avoiding them far away.
When it was getting dark, they finally came to the predecessor of Omi, an unknown town. The rice paddies crisscrossed around the town, which is the legendary mine field system. The fields planted are not familiar rice seedlings, nor corn sorghum, but The crop that has long been eliminated, millet.
It is said to be a town because it is larger than the village and has a market. All the houses are made of adobe. The roof is covered with thatch and the shape is simple. There is no stone slab on the road, but there are drainage ditches on the roadside. The citizens found that outsiders are coming. , One after another stood outside the house and looked at them curiously. Similarly, the traversers were also looking at the ancestors of ancient times.
The citizens were wearing clothes made by Gebu, and many were barefoot and shirtless. They had clear eyes and were generally short in height. Lei Meng was like a in front of them. Seeing the gorgeously dressed outsiders, the citizens showed admiration and nominated an elderly person to negotiate with them.
The problem is that the language of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is completely different from the Chinese of the 21st century. The two sides cannot communicate normally. Even people who have studied ancient Chinese like the Dang Paiguo talk like ducks and can't touch the doorway. Fortunately, he can Writing, the writing in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is relatively mature, but like Europe, the writings of the various princes are different. The Omi area should belong to Cai Guo. The party patriot has studied the related oracle bone inscriptions and wrote a large seal on the sand with a branch. The reader knows it and arranges food and drink for them.
"How did you fool others?" Liu Yan asked directly.
"I said that we are messengers from the State of Chu to visit King Zhou in Luoyi." Dang Aiguo said, "White lies are afraid of scaring people. In this era, people's information is extremely blocked, and there are not many who like to lie, so Everything I say is established."
The six people entered the town, followed by a group of onlookers, and a few dogs running around excitedly. The elder invited them into the largest yard in the town, set up a table, and sat on the ground. These days I want to sit on a chair. Impossible. Before the Han Dynasty, people were all kneeling, let alone the Zhou Dynasty.
It didn’t take much time. The food was served. The food utensils were made of all-colored clay pots. The wine glasses were also made of clay, but covered with a layer of enamel, which was more exquisite than ordinary pottery. There was a pair of tableware in front of no one. How long is the ruler, the spoon is wooden, and there is a fork with a wooden handle ground from animal bones.
Looking at the dishes in the pottery bowl, each one is suspicious. You can't tell what the ingredients are, only a pot of raw-cut fish that has not been cooked.
The elders warmly invited them to go down the chopsticks, and the surrounding people were also enthusiastically waiting to see the reaction of the guests after eating the delicious food. The hospitality was difficult, so Liu Yan was very cruel. The most suspicious pot of dark and slimy stuff, put it in your mouth and taste.
Everyone cast inquiring gazes, and Liu Yanzhi nodded solemnly: "Yes."
In addition to Guan Lu, the others also picked up their chopsticks and dipped them to taste. The taste was weird, sour and bitter, but not as unbearable as canned Swedish herring. Dang Aiguo smiled and drew a few words in the sand tray. Complimenting the deliciousness, the crowd also showed knowing smiles when they saw the guests happily eating.
"This is meat sauce made by ants." Dang Aiguo said, "The ancients had a very rich source of food, and Zhou people especially liked to eat sauce. Confucius once said, "You must not eat sauce or not," which shows that sauce has a large proportion in food. "
In addition to the sauce made by ants, these weird dishes also include fish roe sauce~EbookFREE.me~ shrimp paste, dog meat sauce, the staple food is a soup made of millet, seasoned with coarse salt and plum juice, and of course drinks are indispensable In these days, there is no high-quality liquor, but only sour drinks made from grains, and they are so cloudy, like rotten rice soup.
The elders repeatedly toasted to inviting drinks, and the travellers were thin-skinned, they could only hold pottery cups and drank the rancid rice soup.
When the wine was hot, the elder finally mentioned the business. He took a branch to write and draw on the sand table. With the help of babbling language, Dang Aiguo finally understood: "They said there was an evil dragon in the river. We surrendered."
"I want us to die for a meal. It's not worthwhile." Lei Meng said, "What if it's a Raptors like Xiao Zhou again."
The patriotism of the party thinks about this principle. They are here to find Lao Tzu, not to fight monsters and upgrades, but looking at the hopeful eyes of the elders, they can’t bear to refuse. After all, they can’t help but ask the elders to deal with evil The dragon is drawn.
The elder called out a young man from the crowd and gave a few instructions. The young man picked up a branch and placed a few strokes on the sand table. Everyone looked at it and looked at each other.
It was clearly a long-necked dragon living in the Cretaceous period.