Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 714
Chapter One and Twenty Seven

"Just right, I'm researching something delicious, you can pay me back!"

Chen Ying rolled up his sleeves and just started to work.

Minaval stepped forward and said, "General Protector, can I help you with anything?"

With free labor, there is no use for nothing.

Therefore, Chen Ying smashed the eggs into a bowl, took two chopsticks, and asked Minaval to stir the eggs.

For such a simple job, it was natural that Minaval couldn't help it.At the beginning, Minaval thought it was very funny, but soon Minaval could not laugh because Chen Ying used all the prepared ingredients, eggs, milk, honey, oil, flour, etc. stirring.

Until Chen Ying went back to the house and took a nap, and when he returned, Minaval's arm felt like it wasn't his own.Chen Ying saw that the fresh yeast prepared earlier was almost done, so he asked Minaval to stop stirring.

Minaval complained: "This is too difficult!"

"As the saying goes, good things take time, so is delicious food!" Chen Ying smiled and said, "Delicious food is naturally not easy to make, so today I will ask you to make something that is both beautiful and delicious.

Anyway, being idle in winter is also idle, so Chen Ying wanted to make cakes for future generations.In fact, this is not because Chen Yingyou likes to eat this kind of food so much, but to make Tang people change their current eating habits.There are no steamed buns in the Tang Dynasty. There are two ways to eat wheat. It is boiled like rice into barley rice, or boiled into thinner barley porridge. There is too little flour.The point is that in this era, making flour is not easy.

However, chestnuts and valleys are not suitable for growing in the Western Regions. Instead, wheat and soybeans are the most suitable for growing. Of course, there are also corns. However, Chen Ying does not have corn seeds yet. I hope Zhang Zhongjian can successfully reach the Americas, and the corn, sweet potatoes, Bring back the potatoes and peppers.

Of course, the most important thing for Chen Ying is to make pasta in different ways, so that wheat becomes the staple food of all the people in the Western Regions.Once people in the Western Regions liked eating pasta, they had to give up nomadic pastoralism, settle down, and become an arable farming nation, becoming a common state and county in the Central Plains.

Fresh yeast is actually very simple. It is made by mixing flour with water, kneading it into dough, and fermenting naturally.With these things, the basis for making future generations of cakes is in place.

Minaval was so tired that she couldn't lift her arms, and Chen Ying didn't have the slightest sympathy for her.She was asked to light the fire again. At this time, Minaval's face was full of displeasure.

Chen Ying pouted and said, "If you don't want to learn, forget it!"

Minaval silently hypnotized herself.

"Men conquer the world, women conquer men. You, Chen Ying, are the man I want to conquer!"

So Minaval changed her fair face and turned into a tabby cat, obediently sitting in front of the stove to light the fire.

Chen should put the dough cake with yeast in the steamer.

Until the steam rose, Chen Ying waited and looked at Minaval and said with a smile: "It's enough to burn for another half an hour!"

Chen Ying looked at Minaval with a smile.

In Minaval's eyes, Chen Ying has a lustful heart but no courage, and Chen Ying is also a "wife control inflammation" at home.However, in Chen Ying's eyes, he secretly murmured: "Xiao Mian, let me see how long you have to wait!"

These two people, whose goals are not pure, are intriguing with each other.

With the smell of cake filling the air, Minaval couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Although I haven't seen what this thing looks like, I feel delicious when I smell the aroma.

Chen Ying thought more far-reaching.

Food is the most important thing for the people, as long as the common people in the world can have enough to eat, as long as they are not exploited too much, the common people will naturally not care who is the emperor on their heads.

In this world, all troubles come from the stomach, and the hunger and fullness of the stomach determine people's thinking, and also determine whether there is war or peace.If everyone had enough to eat, no one would be foolish enough to start a war.

Being able to eat well, and possessing a powerful deterrent of force, governing the Western Regions is not as difficult as imagined. The people of the Western Regions have a very deep understanding of force. When Chen Ying defeated Tong Yehu Khan, no one dared to oppose it clearly. Although there are some ambitious people who want to be a chicken thief, they will stage a magnificent coup while Chen Ying is not in the Western Regions.

However, with the disappearance of Gaochang Kingdom and more than 100 tribes of different sizes, and with the escape of 10 people from Tuyuhun, but only 5000 people escaped, at this time, Chen Ying's words are the supreme edict in the Western Regions.

Even if Chen Ying was busy making delicious food in the Protectorate of the Western Regions, even if the Mo Dao Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army of the Tang Dynasty were bragging and chatting on the warm fire pit, at this time, no one dared to talk about rebellion.

For a people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions who are used to handing over a quarter of their total property, Chen Ying, who collects ten taxes, is simply a saint.

In this era, the transmission of news always lags behind. Chen Ying needs to know the news from Chang'an. In midsummer, it is a little faster, and it takes about three months. Once the ice and snow cover, Chen Ying will be completely isolated from Chang'an. .

Unless the ice and snow first thaw at the end of March next year and the roads begin to be cleared, Chen Ying's contact with Chang'an will be able to reopen the roads.In the Western Regions, it is very difficult to make a feasible plan in advance. The correct way to lead is to take one step at a time. If you want to plan another step, it is often useless.

If Chen Ying wanted to become king in the Western Regions, it would take half a year for the Li Tang court to know the news. Given the mobilization speed of the Li Tang court, Chen Ying would have at least a year or even longer to prepare.However, Chen Ying was not stupid enough to seek his own death at this time.

Following the defeat of the Eastern Turks by the Li and Tang courts, and the sweeping of the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Tubo, in November of the fourth year of Wude, Li Jing crossed the Nanling Mountains and arrived in Guizhou (now part of Guangxi). Everywhere, all look forward to the wind.The great leaders Feng An, Li Guangdu, and Ning Changzhen all sent their children to see them and express their obedience.So he went down to 96 states, and gained more than [-] households.Since then, "Lingnan Xiping".

Li Yuan issued an imperial edict to work hard, and was appointed as the pacification ambassador of Lingnan Road and the chief inspector of Guizhou.

After completing the basic unification, at this time, the military strength of Datang has been greatly improved.Li Xiaogong and Li Jing alone have more than [-] Conquering South Army, Li Shimin has [-] Bingzhou Army, Li Shentong has more than [-] Shandong Army, and Luo Yi has more than [-] Youzhou Army.

What's more, Li Tang also has the most elite sixteen guards in Guanzhong with an army of nearly 20.At this time, Li Tang's military department had no less than 50 troops on its books.With the great stability of the world, it is inevitable that the horses will be released to Nanshan and the soldiers will be put into the warehouse. Once Chen Ying rebels in the Western Regions, he will face the attack of more than [-] troops from the Li and Tang courts.

Regardless of Chen Ying's Xiaocavalry Army or Modao Army, these armies have absolute advantages over ordinary cavalry, but once they face the combined army of infantry, carts, long bows, and short bows like the Central Datang, they lose all their advantages.

What's more, at this time, Chen Ying, the governor of the Western Regions, commanded the Modao, Xiaoqi Army, and Yueqi Army, and controlled the military of the [-] states of Xizhou Road. It can make the government and the public shake a few times.Although Chen Ying's reputation has risen, his power has just established, and his foundation is not stable, but he relies on Li Jiancheng, and no one in the temple dares to underestimate him.

Until Zhou Qing cautiously reminded Chen Yingdao: "It's time for the chief guardian!"

"Is it time?" Chen Ying held a stack of sackcloth on his hands, lifted the steamer, and took the steamer down. Once the steamer was opened, a disc-shaped pastry appeared in the steamer. It looked very delicate.

Like a little tabby cat, Minaval, whose face was full of filth, immediately leaned over and looked at the smog. A unique cake scent came to his nostrils. It was fragrant but not greasy, and it smelled very good.

Minaval made a cooing sound from his throat, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Chen Ying ignored her and took the cake out of the steamer.

Just when Minavale reached out to grab the cake, Chen Ying pointed to Minavale's face covered in ashes and said, "Go and wash your face, it's so ugly!"

Minaval walked to the water basin in doubt, and looked at herself covered in dirt in the water basin, her voice suddenly raised an octave: "Ah..."

Jacqueline hurriedly rushed to the kitchen, a sharp business stab appeared in her hand, Ashi Nasimo stood in front of Jacqueline, and pointed the iron tire bow in her hand at Jacqueline.

However, Chen Ying didn't seem to see the confrontation between the two, he took down the cake and cut off a piece of the cake with a diameter of more than three feet from the side.

However, holding a wooden board, this triangular cake is placed on the wooden board, and then with a dagger, it is slightly modified to form a heart shape.

Chen Ying then took out the butter bucket, spread a layer of cream on top of the cake, and then took some fresh fruits and put them on the cream for decoration.

When Minaval came out after washing his face, he saw that a heart-shaped cake pierced by an arrow was ready. What made Chen Ying feel most regretful was that there were no strawberries or blueberries at this time, otherwise Decorate with some seasonal fruits, it will be more chic.

Minaval seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness before, and followed, looking at Chen Ying curiously, "What is this? Is it for me?"

Chen Ying nodded and said: "That's right, let's eat, do you want to see how delicious it is?"

Minaval jumped up all of a sudden: "Eat? How can such a beautiful thing be eaten?"

Chen Ying shrugged and smiled, "As you wish!"

Minaval raised his arm and found that his arm was numb and weak. After all, he had mixed [-] catties of oil, more than [-] catties of flour, and [-] catties of eggs. This amount of labor might not be bearable for an adult man, let alone rice Naval is a woman.

Minerval pointed at the cake and said, "Jacqueline take it back!"

Jacqueline walked over with a blushing face, picked up the cake and walked inside.

Chen Ying looked at Ashina Simo and asked curiously: "What's wrong with her? Why doesn't she seem happy?"

Zhou Qing said with a smirk: "The two of them fought just now, and Jacqueline didn't take advantage."

Chen Ying pointed to another cake and said, "You guys have a look, how about it!"

Hearing this, Zhou Qing hurried forward and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of cake and stuff it into his mouth.The sweet and greasy feeling, not only that, but the oiliness brought by the cream, especially stimulates the taste buds, and the courgette and cantaloupe are also filling his taste buds at the moment.

It was especially the first time for Zhou Qing to taste it, and this feeling was magnified ten times in an instant.This rather greasy cream is easy to get greasy, but it can be mixed with the cake. The softness of the cake, especially the comfortable and soft one, gave Zhou Qing a kind of softness compared with the usual stiff pastries. Totally different feeling.

Ashina Simo also took a large piece of cake and ate it into his mouth in twos and threes.

Chen Ying looked at Ashina gobbling it up, and asked curiously, "How does it taste?"

Ashina Simo shook his head: "It's not that good!"

Chen Ying asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Ashina Simo said dissatisfied: "No, such a big piece, if you eat it in your mouth, you won't be hungry at all!"

Talking about it, Ashina Simo gestured to the bigger piece of cake and said: "Eat all of that piece, it's not worth two catties of mutton..."

Chen Ying's face darkened in an instant: "Go away..."

(End of this chapter)