surnamed Wang

Chapter 204 Loess
Three days later, two horses pulled a carriage out of the capital.

Before setting off, Wang Gangquan specially planned a route, which runs southwest as a whole and covers many famous temples.

As for those small temples that are too expensive, he hasn't thought about it, but there is not much time left for moon cakes.

I have always only heard of living Buddhas from big temples, but rarely heard of Bodhisattvas from small temples.

Whether it's a gimmick or a rumor, everyone has no choice.

So Wang Gangquan still set his sights on large temples that were more likely.

He calculated that if he wanted to get to the most southwest Jokhang Temple, it would take at least two months just to travel, and this was even under smooth conditions.

If the road encounters conditions such as heavy rain and mudslides, it will be another matter.

However, if you are lucky, you will be able to find the right temple on the way. Maybe it won't even take two months. Everything can only depend on the little girl's luck.

The first stop of this trip is Baojian Mansion, which is known as the "Fortified City".

The Baojian Mansion was first built in the middle of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, during the heyday of the Northern Yuan regime, and its purpose was to protect the capital.

But the wall was overthrown by everyone, and the unpopular Northern Yuan court, even though it had the Baojian Mansion, which was famous for sticking to the first place, was still destroyed by the repeated attacks of the three forces.

Although Baojian City was finally broken, its unique geographical advantages and unbreakable city walls still left a deep impression on Taizu Wang Mu who participated in the siege at that time.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, Taizu ordered to strengthen Baojian City and increase troops.After several years of reconstruction, Baojian Mansion has become a well-deserved "Strong City".

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After more than a day of rushing, everyone soon arrived at Baojian Mansion.

As a necessary place to go north to the capital, the investigation of Baojian Mansion is even stricter than that of the capital. In and out of here, in addition to the need for guides, you also need to turn in your weapons.

Although Pu Wen treasured his long saber very much, he had no choice but to do as the Romans do and hand it over.

Wang Gingquan wanted a lot of chicken thieves, and hid Shuanghan in an unexpected place, thus evading interrogation.

It was getting late, and after everyone entered the city, they found an inn to stay.

When going out, they are most afraid of revealing their belongings, so they found a small inn, not because they were afraid of getting into trouble, but they were not afraid of thieves stealing, but they were afraid of thieves thinking about it.

Even if twenty or thirty scissors come at one go, they will not be afraid.It's just that the time for this trip is tight, so there is really no need to make extra troubles and cause unnecessary troubles.

"Gentlemen, do you want to stay at the top or live in a hotel?"

Seeing Wang Gingquan and the others, a junior came forward to greet them familiarly.

"Three upper rooms, you have four or five special dishes here."

"Okay, wait a moment."

The four of them chose a seat by the window in the lobby on the first floor.

Baojian Mansion is an important military base, and officers and soldiers come and go the most. In just a short while, several groups of people have already come and gone.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Pu Wen couldn't help sighing:
"The Central Plains is indeed very different from our North Turkistan."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Wang Bingquan took a sip of his tea.

"Northern Tutu is still martial arts, even in the most important places in the capital, you can see warriors with swords and guns everywhere."

"Aren't you Khans afraid of being assassinated?" Wang Gangquan asked.

The little girl Moon Cake curled her lips and said disdainfully: "My father practiced martial arts in his early years, and looking at the entire Beitu, there are only five fingers who can defeat him. These people either serve the court or are strictly monitored. Anyone who acts recklessly will be killed on the spot.”

"Oh? Then if I have a chance, I will go to your capital and see if I can kill you Khan." Wang Gangquan pretended to be serious.

"you dare!"

The little girl believed it was true, her eyebrows were furrowed, and she seemed to be desperate if she didn't agree with each other.

"Hahaha, just kidding, I see you are scared."

Seeing the little girl like this, Wang Gingquan was in a great mood for no reason, no wonder that guy Pu Wen always liked to tease her.

Perhaps knowing that she had been cheated, the little girl puffed up her cheeks and glared angrily at the guy across the table, but there was nothing she could do.

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The meals were quickly brought to the table one by one.

Baojian Mansion is only one day away from the capital, so the taste of the food is not much different, but the beggar chicken here is a must.

The practice of this kind of beggar chicken is no different from other places. It is wrapped in lotus leaves and baked with yellow mud on the outside.

The only difference is the yellow mud, which is a kind of yellow mud unique to the local mountains. The beggar chicken baked with it has no earthy smell.

Smelling the fragrant roast chicken, the few people who had been driving for a day, didn't care about what to say, and lowered their heads to eat.

After the storm passed, all four of them held their bellies, enjoying the comfort after a full meal.

"Junior Brother, do you want to go out for a stroll? Although the scenery of Baojian Mansion is not as good as the capital city, there are still some scenery worth seeing."

Pu Wen immediately recovered after hearing the words, "I wonder if there is such a scene?"

Wang Gingquan couldn't help rolling his eyes, besides visiting brothels, couldn't this guy have other hobbies?

The little girl on the side seemed to be dissatisfied with Pu Wen's behavior for a long time, and said coldly:

"Pu Baiyan, don't forget the purpose of this trip. If you are always like this, be careful. I will tell Dad later that there are just a few eunuchs missing in our Wan'an Palace."

Wan'an Palace is the imperial palace of Beitu.

Although the little girl's threat did not have much deterrent effect, Pu Wen restrained himself a bit and said seriously:
"Well, business is important, let's go out and enjoy the scenery."

Immediately, he got up first and walked out. Wang Bingquan and Yan Rongrong looked at each other and smiled, and then they also walked out.

The night ban in Baojian Mansion is extremely strict, but before the night ban, it was extremely lively.

Not far from the hotel where they lived, there is a night market street, both sides of the street are hung with lanterns, and various hawkers are setting up stalls along the street.

Wang Gangquan walked to a stall, bought a few loess-like objects, and handed them out to several people.

"What is this, it looks like mud?"

It was Pu Wen who spoke. He thought he had a certain understanding of the Central Plains culture, but this was the first time he had seen such a thing.

"This is a clod, but it's not an ordinary clod, but an edible clod."

"Edible clods?"

A few people obviously don't believe it.

Wang Gangquan smiled slightly, took a bite of the thing in his hand, and then explained the reason to them.

It is said that in the later period of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, natural disasters occurred everywhere, and the people were in dire straits. Many people had to dig grass roots and gnaw tree bark when they were hungry.

Later, the grass roots and bark were not eaten, so I started to eat Guanyin clay.

Guanyin soil is divided into red soil, black soil, and loess. Although the Guanyin soil in different places is different, the result of eating it is the same.

Because Avalokitesvara soil is difficult to digest, eating Avalokitesvara soil is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, it's just a matter of dying sooner or later.

There are exceptions to everything. The people of Baojian City discovered that the soil on the mountain here seems to be digested normally, and there is no such thing as eating dead people.

So in that era of rough clothing and food, Baojian City was one of the few places where there were no starvation everywhere.

Thanks to this magical loess, Baojian City survived the ten years of war.

After the establishment of the dynasty, although the habit of eating loess to satisfy hunger has disappeared, there are still various snacks made of loess, and the beggar chicken just now is one of them.

And the clods that everyone is holding now are not complete clods, but made of soybean powder mixed with a small amount of loess and some sugar. Although the loess can't kill people, it has no taste after all.

After hearing the words, everyone came to their senses and tentatively took a bite of the "clod" in their hands. Not to mention, it was quite delicious.

(End of this chapter)