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Chapter 166 Very Good Beef Business

The yak meat produced in Tuyuhun is very good. It takes a long time for this kind of cattle to grow from a calf to a big one.

Therefore, Yunchu likes to eat this long-cooked, tough beef. Using this stuff to make beef soup is the best in the world.

How to cook a pot of clear and bright beef soup, Yunchu couldn't help it.

In the morning, he was dealing with the affairs of Guangfufang, so he started to cook beef soup for Naha. Today is the child's birthday.

Naha also knows that today is her birthday, but her mother can't remember, or all Serb women can't remember their child's birthday.

To be precise, they can't even remember who the father of the child is, let alone each child's birthday.

Naha was born on the fourth day of May. Yunchu remembered it very well. His understanding of time surpassed many people, almost everyone, even Li Chunfeng who talked about Zichou Yinmao all day long. , not as good as him.

As long as he can understand the names and names of the sun, moon and stars in ancient times, he has studied astronomy and calendar with Liu Kai for more than two years, plus his own knowledge of stars, astronomy within the range that Tang people can understand, No secrets from him.

Ten years ago, May was one of the most critical months in the 19th year of Zhenguan.

Just this May, there is an extremely powerful and rare Blood Moon Eclipse, the opening of the Pleiadian Portal.

That is, in this May, the army led by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty to conquer Goguryeo captured the two big cities of Gaimu and Liaodong in the Northeast Plain and Changbai Mountains respectively, and seven other cities surrendered.

On May 26, the Battle of Zhubi Mountain basically defeated Goguryeo's last rescue army of about 15, and killed countless enemies, so that Bai Yue was also dyed red by the powerful blood from Zhubi Mountain.

On that day, Selema asked Yunchu to think of another way on the pretext that Naha didn't like drinking her milk.

Looking at Naha who was crying and refusing to drink goat milk, Yunchu had no choice but to use himself as a bait to attract a huge pack of wolves, and raided a Huihe tribe that specially raised cattle for the Khan.

When the wolves and the tribal warriors were fighting inextricably, and the herd was scattered, he quietly stole a milking cow.It was this cow that allowed Naha to survive her first year with the highest mortality rate.

When Naha can eat meat, her first meat meal is beef, not the meat of the cow, but the meat of a cow that fell to death. The cow only stayed in Yunchu's hands for nine months. It was taken away by the tribal leader at that time.

Of course, the cow that was eaten was also brought to the edge of a high cliff by Yunchu before it slipped and fell to death.

From then on, whenever it was Naha's birthday, Yunchu would always make a delicious beef meal for her.

After soaking for a day and a night, the dark red beef tendon was placed on the table. Yunchu gently beat it with a wooden stick. After the fibers of the beef were hammered, he wrapped it tightly with sackcloth. This is Naha. favorite part.

The beef brisket, which was full of light yellow fat, was cut into large pieces by Yunchu, pressed with a clean green brick and continued to soak in the water until it was ready to cook. The bad taste is absorbed.

Throw large pieces of ginger and whole scallions into a pot of cold water, add a lot of rice wine, pour the wrapped beef tendons and brisket into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and after half an hour, remove the meat Take it out, dry it, pour out the original soup, and reheat the boiled beef.

Whenever it was Naha's birthday, the child seemed very inactive. Even when Yunchu was cooking beef soup, the child still hugged Yunchu's waist and put his face on his back. refused to let go.

Yunchu wrapped some medicinal materials into the sackcloth, threw them into the pot, and then turned off the heat in the stove a little, so that the soup in the pot was slightly bubbling.

"I like beef." Naha behind Yunchu whispered.

"I know you like beef." Yunchu's answer was not nutritious at all.

"I don't really like Thelema at all."

"No, you actually like Selema very much."

"Brother, do you think she is still alive?"

"It's hard to say, she might die of illness, she might be bitten to death by wolves while herding sheep, she might even be killed by someone, or she might be robbed and sold far away. Ability to protect Selema."

"Yeah, yeah, Jaska is so stupid, he's not even as smart as a marmot, let alone the two of us."

"It's natural."

"Tell you a secret, Mother Cui has never let me tell it."

Hearing Naha's words, Yunchu immediately shivered and said, "Since it's a secret, don't tell it."

"Nurse Cui's Zazai is bigger than Selema's. It used to be not as big as Selema's, but then it became bigger than Selema's for some reason. Mine is very small, only a little bit."

Yun Chu stiffened and said nothing.

"Why doesn't Naha let me into the kitchen?" Yu Xiurong asked Cui Shi.

"Every year when Naha celebrates her birthday, the two brothers and sisters will cook a delicious meal, and no one else is allowed to enter."

"Why is this? Many people are waiting to celebrate Naha's birthday."

"This is different, don't look at Mr. Lang and Mrs. Naha, who are laughing and joking all day long, as if they are heartless, but the old man thinks that Mr. Lang and Naha are not doing well in the Western Regions.

It's just that Mr. Lang is too powerful and protects Naha very well, but life is difficult, and it is difficult, there will always be many shortcomings. "

Yu Xiurong looked at the kitchen and said, "I'll go in and have a look, whether it's good or bad, I should have a share."

After speaking, Yu Xiurong stepped into the kitchen, and soon, the kitchen became lively.

After thinking about it, Cui went into the kitchen.

After the two came in, the atmosphere became joyful, and the topic changed a lot.

"There are a lot of cattle from Tuyuhun, and a strong cow is only [-] yuan, which is the same as the price of yellow cattle and calves."

Cui is the most sensitive to prices, smelling the smell of beef cooking in the pot, he immediately reported the price of the cattle.

"The price of an adult cattle is still 1 yuan, which is basically the same as the price of one mu of land.

Mr. Lang, is there any way we can train the long-haired cattle in Tuyuhun to be able to plow the land, so that we can make a lot of money. "

"Don't think about it, long-haired cattle can only stay in cold places. Now, in Guanzhong, if the long hair is not shaved, those cattle will not survive for a few days.

The reason why the ox can plow the land is because he learned from the old ox. If you want the yak to help you plow the land, this is impossible, because it does not know how to plow the land itself. "

"So, how did the first ox learn to plow the fields?"

Yun Chu glanced at Yu Xiurong who was asking the question and said with a smile: "The ox, the buffalo has changed from a bison to a ox that can plow the fields. It took the ancestors at least a thousand years to teach the ox to plow the field.

People nowadays don't have that patience anymore, they are willing to spend so much time plowing the fields, and they always feel that they have worked hard, but they can't enjoy the results, and they are panicked. "

"If everyone feels panicked, where will good things come out in the future?"

"That's right, that's why the words 'people's hearts are not old' appear."

"Brother, let's bring back some yaks. They don't know how to plow the fields, but their meat is delicious."

"Okay, then bring back some more yaks. I'll make you some yak jerky to eat. That's a good thing to grind your teeth in your spare time."

So, before the whole family ate beef noodles, they had already decided to buy a hundred yaks and make them into jerky. In Datang, snacks are expensive and should make a lot of money.

Naha got a large bowl of beef noodles, which were long noodles pulled from a single piece of noodles, and a lot of sliced ​​beef tendon meat was placed on it. After sprinkled with coriander, Naha lay down on the table and ate it. That noodle, in the middle, she didn't intend to bite off.

Liu Yi was wearing a light blue flowing silk shirt, but the two big characters "green salt" were embroidered on the back of the silk shirt, which completely ruined the elegant feeling.

Green salt is a special product of Tuyuhun. It is said that there is a very large saltwater lake. Every time when the sun is fierce, the people of Tuyuhun will take sheepskin bags to the lake to pick up green salt.

This kind of salt is naturally condensed, and its color is comparable to that of the Great Lakes, so it is called green salt.

But this thing is not edible salt, because most people can't afford it at all. Luxurious people use green salt to rinse their mouths. Over time, this kind of salt has become a sanitary product instead of a food product because of the price.

It can be seen from the gown that Liu Yi is wearing that this kind of salt is really expensive.

The silk shirt on his body is a Tuyuhun merchant, thanking him for introducing Chang Yunchu in Jinchangfang to meet him.

One hundred cows and four hundred guan are a big business, which cannot be ignored by these Tuyuhun people.

The Tuyuhun people didn't wear fur jackets, and they didn't have any unacceptable smell on them. On the contrary, they were heavily transformed from Tang Dynasty. Not only could they speak fluent Chang'an dialect, but their clothes and etiquette were no different from those of Tang people.

"I heard that you Tuyuhun people have been fighting against Tubo people all these years. How is the battle going? Have you won?"

"Respected chief, how can the warriors of Tuyuhun be able to conquer and fight well? How can they be compared to those wild captives who came down from the mountains? Every year, we Tuyuhun people will harvest a lot of wild captives' heads and make wine from the wild captives' skulls. Today, such wine vessels are very popular in my Tuyuhun country.

If the young Lichang also likes the wine bowl made from the skull of Yelu, he will send it to the Lichang after returning home. "

Yun Chu smiled and stroked his chest in gratitude, and ordered Cui to serve tea to the guests.

The three Tuyuhun people tasted the tea from Yun's family and exchanged glances. One of the older Tuyuhun merchants asked, "Do you have a lot of tea like this?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "Because they are too precious, there are not many."

"If you exchange green salt, is it feasible to exchange one catty for one catty?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "It's not feasible. In addition, my Tang Dynasty implemented the "Salt Discussion Law". If you want to sell salt, you must buy it from the government. Private sellers will be imprisoned for four years."

"Then, how about using cattle in exchange?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "Are you satisfied with the price of a catty of tea and a cow?"

The Tuyuhun businessman was not angry, but shook his head and said, "Not satisfied."

Yun Chu sighed and said, "Your army has been retreating steadily, so you have to bring these yaks raised on the plateau to Chang'an for sale.

At this time, why do you still hold on? The sun is scorching in Chang'an these days, and those yaks who couldn't stand the hot and humid weather should have died a lot, right? "

(End of this chapter)