Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1127 Canned Food
This was an era when fruits were scarce but canned fruits were extremely abundant. Almost every county in the fruit-producing areas had its own canning processing factory.

For example, Jiachuan Cannery produces canned sugar water including canned oranges, canned lychees, and canned white fungus.

In fact, people in Jiachuan generally don’t eat canned food very much. When there is not enough time to celebrate the New Year, there will be a final dessert at the New Year’s dinner - rock sugar and white fungus soup. People in Jiachuan will pour a can into it, and after they have a refrigerator, they will also put in ice cubes. , have a cold and sweet experience at the end of the Chinese New Year dinner.

When Father Xu saw Zhou Zhi walking out of the canteen with a satisfied look on his face and holding a pile of cans, he couldn't help laughing: "Why did you buy these things? What's the point of this thing?!"

The cans in Zhou Zhi’s arms are all specialties from Northern Xinjiang, including canned pears, canned grapes, and even funnier, canned diced tomatoes produced by the Corps!
Zhou Zhi is very ashamed. His current behavior is just like people from Hainan who see someone buying canned pineapples in Hainan and people from Jiachuan who see someone buying canned tangerines in Jiachuan. They feel incredible.

During the season when Jiachuan red tangerines are in abundance, they only cost a dime a pound. The farmer uncle carried a hundred jins of red tangerines into the city. Even if he sold them all, he would only get ten yuan. The round trip ticket would cost another ten yuan. Not only can you earn nothing from a meal of bean curd rice and a hundred pounds of oranges, but you may even have to pay for a few more.

So everyone just didn't bother to sell them, and just let them hang on the trees. They looked pretty red.

When people passing by or naughty children want to pick, the owner often provides them with a bag and helps them pick a big bag for them to eat on the way.

Jiachuan people who are used to this kind of market situation, if they see someone spending money to buy canned red tangerines, their expression will probably be similar to Uncle Xu's current appearance.

Sun Gong hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "We in northern Xinjiang have fewer fruits and vegetables in winter. We can't compare with those in Sichuan. People from the south are particularly uncomfortable coming here. It's good to buy these. We ignored them before."

"But isn't that the diced tomatoes produced by the Corps..." Xu's father said.

"Is there something wrong with the diced tomatoes produced by the Corps?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"No, of course it's no problem." Xu's father quickly explained: "I recently exported a batch to Europe."

"What Lao Xu means is that basically no one buys this thing here." Sun Gong said with a smile: "In the summer, the Corps used a big truck to pull it to the vegetable market, and it fell to the ground with a crash. The large area was full of tomatoes. , two cents per kilogram, you have to pay two cents, and no one cares if it’s two kilograms.”

"There are also grapes." Xu's father also laughed: "I also buy canned grapes. Who in Urumqi doesn't have a few rural relatives, and which relative doesn't have vineyards and melon fields?"

Zhou Zhi was also happy. The situation was exactly as he had guessed: "The main reason is that I have never seen grape tomatoes canned and I want to try them."

"How about replacing the grapes with fragrant pears." Sun Gong said, "The grapes will not taste good when they are canned."

"No need to change, I'll buy two more elbows!" As he spoke, Xia Mili ran towards the canteen.

After buying the cans, everyone got back on the road, and there was still the last 560 kilometers to go.

This section of the road is the old line of the famous Niya Silk Road. There are several important oases along the way, each oasis is a village.

One of the very famous ones is called Yatungus Village.

Without the newly built Tarim Desert Highway, this village would probably not be known to the public today.

This is a real-life "Peach Blossom Land" in northern Xinjiang.Before the road was built, the people living here had almost no contact with the outside world. They had to rely on camels and horses to get to the nearest county town, Minfeng. It took three to five days to ride a camel. Many Yatungus people had never left the desert in their lives.

They herded sheep in the Populus euphratica forest, hunted wild sheep in the desert, and raised camels and horses. They exchanged sheepskins and wool for daily necessities, adhering to their homes and beliefs with hardship and perseverance.

"It is said that when this village was discovered, the people in the village didn't know that there was New China outside, and they thought it was in the Qing Dynasty." Da Bawang stayed in Yatongus Village for a while because Zhou Zhi wanted to take some photos of Populus euphratica in the desert.

"The melons here are pretty good in the summer." Sun Gong said, "I have been here many years ago. Before the desert highway was built, we had to take the western route, which was a long way around."

It's similar to what's going around now, Zhou Zhi complained while pressing the shutter button.

After driving more than 1000 kilometers from the capital, we still have about [-] kilometers to reach our destination, another city in the autonomous region.

Do you dare to believe this in Bashu?Jiachuan is the border of Bashu, and it is only 350 kilometers to the capital of Shu!
After putting away a few pieces of "specimen ingredients" of jelly sugar, everyone went on the road. After passing Aguston, the road ahead became easier to walk.

The ease of walking does not mean that the road has become better, but that there are more people and cars on the road. There are also some ethnic minority fellows driving large carriages on the road. It is no longer as desolate as the desert road in the morning.

Every fifty kilometers, you will encounter a county town, Minfeng, Yutian, Cele.

This area was very prosperous in ancient times. There once was an ancient country - Jingjue Ancient Country. Near MF County, there are the ruins of the Andil Ancient City, the ruins of the Xiayangtak Ancient City, and the ruins of the Tanglan Ancient City.

"In the country of Jingjue, the king governs the city of Jingjue. He goes to Chang'an for eight thousand and 820 miles, with 480 households, three thousand and 360 mouths, and 500 victorious soldiers. There is a captain of Jingjue, one general on the left and right, and one post commander. To the north is the capital guard office. Two thousand seven hundred and twenty three miles, it reaches the garrison state in the south for four days, travels through the empty land, and reaches the west of the country for 720 miles."

This is the ancient Silk Road. In the near future, the tombs of two generations of King Jingjue will be excavated and rich burial objects will be discovered.Among them are high-end and exquisite Chinese-style five-color brocades from the royal workshops of the Central Plains.

There are also texts on the brocade, one is "Long live the king and his wife, and they are good for the descendants", and the other one is very famous in later generations - the "Five stars come out of the East to benefit China", which is simply doubtful. Maybe there really is God’s will in the dark.

The name of the Niya dynasty comes from the Niya River. This name is still used today, but it is used for agricultural products-two local specialties-Niya black chicken and Niya sheep.

30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. The once prosperous ancient city declined due to the drying up of the rivers. When the rivers became dry in spring, flooded in summer, dried up in autumn, and dried up in winter, the new name "Minfeng" entrusted hope and beauty. The county seat has now become a poor county in the country.

Also belonging to poor counties are Yutian and Cele along the way.

When Big Overlord entered HT City, Xia Milili found a BJ Cherokee with license plate number 0002 parked under the sign at the intersection that said "Open Hotan Welcomes You".

Seeing the Overlord approaching, the Cherokee blew its horn lightly.

"Uncle Ayiguli's driver is waiting for us here." Xia Mili turned to everyone and smiled.

(End of this chapter)