Chapter 1483: Aboriginal Goodies: Sniffing

Seeing Li Yi and others eating, the natives actually became greedy. How did they find that the food they usually eat is so delicious?

The leader had eaten it before and admitted that the same food was indeed different from his own when made by those who said they were from the Tang Dynasty.

They were all spicy food, but theirs had other flavors. How was it made?

When processing the meat, some things were added. Why?

The leader had a hundred thousand reasons that he wanted to ask clearly, but unfortunately, language communication was still difficult.

The little girl ate half full and took the tablet to learn from the leader. Both sides wanted to speak the other's language fluently.

It was dark and a little cold in the area, but the natives were reluctant to leave.

They took their own straw mats and hunting furs to the campfire.

Then they arranged for someone to add firewood to the fire before they fell asleep peacefully.

Li Yi asked for a pile of dried corn and went back to the boat to rest together.

Before dawn, he got up, ground the corn into flour, and put it in a few large pots to cook slowly.

Then use a dough mixer to mix cornmeal with a little white flour and bean flour, and put water in other steamers to boil.

When the time is almost up, he wakes up the palace maids and eunuchs to help make steamed bread.

"While kneading, use your thumb to make a hole in it. It should be deeper, otherwise it will not be easy to cook. This hole can also be used to put pickles. When eating, take it upside down."

Teach them how to do it. Li Yi cut the pickles and pickles into pieces, rinse them with water and they are done.

As the sun rises, everyone takes a bath and gets off the boat.

The Indians also get up, find a place to go to the toilet, and prepare to cook.

Seeing that the boat is still there, they feel relieved. They haven't discussed things yet, so don't leave.

Li Yi brought porridge down, as well as a spoon, kelp and green onion cold dishes.

The natives are happy because they don't have to cook by themselves.

"Take the steamed bread like this, put the pickles in the back, drink the porridge, and bite it." Li Yi picked up a steamed bread to demonstrate.

Everyone took a look and knew how to do it. It's simple.

"Li Lang, corn is really delicious. Bring it back for the people of the Tang Dynasty to grow."

Princess Yongmu likes the texture and taste of cornmeal steamed bread.

"The equipment I use can grind the flour very finely, but the people of the Tang Dynasty can't do that. Besides, it contains white flour and bean flour, otherwise it will be like eating dregs."

Li Yi doesn't think cornmeal is delicious. He drinks cornmeal directly, which makes him feel sour.

"It's better than being hungry. Let people eat first. The extra corn can be fed to livestock and pigs, and we can eat braised pork." Princess Yongmu is concerned about the yield per mu.

The corn cultivated by Indians from generation to generation has a high yield per mu, higher than wheat and rice.

The Indians are the best at planting, but they are relatively poor at domestication, especially eating meat. The tribes here don't see alpacas.

They don't domesticate wild boars into domestic pigs, nor do they raise chickens, ducks and geese. They go hunting when they want to eat.

Li Yi estimates that it is related to grain production. Alpacas eat grass, pigs and poultry eat corn, and the natives themselves don't have enough to eat.

Although the Indians grow corn, sweet potatoes, yams, and potatoes, they are still short of food, which is similar to the people in many places in the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty is obviously more civilized than the Indians. When encountering natural disasters, don’t they have to flee? Starving people are everywhere, and they exchange their children for food.

However, if the same corn and potatoes are brought to the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty will have a better life.

"Wow wow wow..." The leader struggled to pick up the scallion and kelp shreds with chopsticks and stuffed them into his mouth. After swallowing, he said to Li Yi.

"Scallion, right?" Li Yi easily picked out a scallion shred from those shreds.

The leader nodded, yes, this is it, where did you get it?

"Tablet." Li Yi stretched out his hand, and the little girl handed over the tablet on the table in front of him.

Li Yi demonstrated to the leader how to plant and harvest scallions. In the first year of planting, there were no seeds. In the second year, he continued to plant, and after winter, there were seeds.

What kind of scallions should be planted and harvested in spring, and how to arrange in summer and autumn.

The leader frowned and looked at it three times, pointing at the scallion seeds and looking at Li Yi.

He learned to plant, but he didn't have seeds.

Li Yi nodded, give it, you can't just take your seeds, and it's inconvenient for people who come later to bring green onions on the boat, so give ginger and garlic as well.

You grow them, and our people come to eat them.

There are many things that can be traded, so there is no need to use green onions, ginger and garlic. .

The key is not trading, trade is a stepping stone, and then we have to teach the locals how to work better.

Then return the population and territory to the Tang Dynasty and accept the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

If it is done well, there is no need for war. As long as the technology of the Tang Dynasty develops fast enough, others will naturally be willing to become Tang people.

The leader had no idea what this kind-hearted person was thinking. When he saw that he could grow delicious green onions, he shouted to his people.

Many natives shouted excitedly, and for a while, the rice was several times more fragrant than before.

The leader looked at Li Yi, turned around and ran away. Not long after he came back, he had a small pottery jar in his hand.

He took out some dry yellow leaves from the pottery jar and put them aside, then picked up a burning stick from the bonfire where he had deliberately left a fire.

He put the fire in and smoke came out. He put his nose to the jar and took a deep breath, his face full of intoxication.

After two puffs, he put some more leaves in it and handed it to Li Yi.

Li Yi: "..."

"I quit, I quit. Did you smoke this cigarette? If you don't smoke well, it will be bitter, irritating, and smelly."

Li Yi muttered and took it helplessly. He knew that this was the highest courtesy of the other party, smoking.

He took a light puff and felt a little confused. He hadn't smoked for a long time. The key point was that this cigarette was not easy to smoke.

He used to smoke dry tobacco, all of which were Fenghuang sun-dried tobacco, from Fenghuang County, Hunan, which was called Weiyang County in the Tang Dynasty.

However, when he smoked, he could not smoke Fenghuang sun-dried tobacco from Fenghuang County, but only from the neighboring counties, which were the same.

The tobacco grown in Fenghuang County was provided to the tobacco factory, which was strictly managed and not allowed to flow out. Occasionally, some were sold secretly, but they could not reach his hands.

Good Fenghuang sun-dried tobacco is not bitter, not smelly, and does not irritate the throat.

The tobacco processed by the natives now is too difficult to smoke, not mellow at all, and the drying and fermentation are not done well at all.

After taking a puff, Li Yi went back and stopped smoking, choking, and the smoke was broken.

"Li Lang, what is this?" Princess Yongmu was curious, smoking, is it fragrant?

"It's similar to opium, it can be used as medicine, but it is addictive, so it is not allowed to appear in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yi had already decided not to let the people of the Tang Dynasty touch it, and the people who came here were not allowed to smoke it again, so he talked to the natives.

"What about medicinal use?" The little girl was quite concerned when she heard that it could be used as medicine.

"Medicinal use is basically external application. I'm worried that someone will smoke it, and then more people will smoke it, and everyone will smoke in the future."

Li Yi thought about the contents of the medical book and said a prescription.

"I know, it's in Master's medical book, so that's it. Master, we don't let others grow it, we grow it ourselves, and sell it to pharmacies everywhere.

You don't allow people to eat opium, arsenic is still medicine, and ordinary people don't eat it for fun."

The little girl advised, take it back and limit its use. If you don't say it's good to smoke, who would smoke it?

"Let's see." Li Yi still couldn't make a decision for a while.

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