Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 670
Qingji looked around for a week, seeing the bustling scene in the market, feeling very relieved in his heart.

During Qingji's reign, the capital was moved to Jinling. So far, it has been more than ten years.

With the strong rise of Wu State, Jinling's status as the capital also rose.

Prior to this, Jinling was just a piece of fertile land, the vast land in the south of the Yangtze River including Setsu City, with a small area of ​​cultivated land and a small population.

However, in the past ten years, Jinling has jumped up and become the political, military, economic, and cultural center of Wu State, ranking first in the south.

In every field, Jinling has surpassed Ying, the capital of Chu State.

why?
This is also due to the strong national power of Wu State and Qingji's spare no effort to develop Jinling over the years.

In Jinling at this time, there were more than 30 households with a registered population of more than [-] people.

The resident population has exceeded 60!

This does not include the standing army, but the population of Jinling.

It can be said that the current Jinling is already the world's leading metropolis, comparable to Linzi, Yingdu, Taoqiu, Xinzheng, Shangqiu and other top cities that have been famous for a long time.

Of course, compared to Linzi, the current Jinling is still slightly inferior.

The reason why Yingdu lags behind Jinling is because Qingji moved tens of thousands of nobles from Chu to Jinling to settle in Jinling at one go during the battle against Chu last year...

Even so, Jinling is also a world-famous city at this moment.

Most of the merchants who traveled to and from Jinling were from Qi, Lu, Wei, Song, Jin and other countries in the Central Plains, and even Qin merchants and Yan merchants from remote places came from afar to trade with Wu.

It takes more than ten years to build a city that is second to none in the world. The difficulty is similar to Qingji's 19 years, allowing Wu Guo to destroy Yue Yue and swallow Chu, and dominate the south...

"Rouge gouache! Excellent rouge gouache!"

When Qingji was deep in thought, Xishi and Zheng Dan had already come to a stall selling rouge and gouache, went up to try it, and were very satisfied.

This rouge gouache can be described as an "imported product".

Rouge in ancient times was also called "Yan Zhi".

It was originally a wild red and blue flower in Yanzhi Mountain in the Western Regions.

This kind of flower is different from ordinary flowers. The closer it is to dry and withered, the brighter the color and the stronger the fragrance.

The local people collect dried red and blue flowers, grind them finely, add water to make a liquid, and apply it on the face, like a red cloud, making it more charming.

Rouge was later introduced to the Central Plains. Women put on powder and then rouge when they got up in the morning to make up.

There is also a certain proportion of rouge added to the powder to make a red powder, which is the "peach blossom makeup" that is so fascinating.

After Huo Qubing, a young hussar general in the Han Dynasty captured Yanzhi Mountain in the Western Regions of the Xiongnu, the Huns couldn't help crying: I lost my knowledge of the mountain, and made my women colorless!

Of course, rouge and gouache have already existed in China, so they are not necessarily imported products...

The local rouge powder is just as good.

"My...gentleman, how about my makeup?"

Zheng Dan, who was originally wearing a little makeup, trimmed his eyebrows, put on blush, and asked Qingji.

After all, he was outside, so Zheng Dan couldn't openly call Qing Ji the "big king".

Qing Ji, who visited privately in Weifu, also disguised himself to avoid being recognized by ordinary Li Shu and causing unnecessary trouble.

"Um……"

Qingji looked Zheng Dan up and down at this moment, couldn't help laughing and said, "Adan, I still think you look better without makeup."

"I don't believe it. How can a gentleman deceive others?"

Zheng Dan smiled and said: "If there is no makeup, how can I modify the appearance of my concubine?"

"Adan, the gentleman is right."

Xi Shi who was standing on the side smiled and said: "You are a natural beauty, even without makeup!"

"Ah! Well, even you, Yiguang, are making fun of me like this!"

As the saying goes, women are the ones who please themselves.

Girls are naturally beautiful.

Don't say it's a woman, why not a man?

Everyone has the love of beauty, and the wise will not lose their ears!
"Well, this sachet is not bad, it smells like sweet-scented osmanthus."

Xi Shi saw the sachets placed on one side, the dazzling array of sachets, she couldn't help being dazzled for a while.

Qing Ji shook his head rather speechlessly, and said with a smile: "Yi Guang, the smell of this sachet is not bad. After you go back, widow... I will make a bottle of perfume for you, and the smell will definitely be much better than this sachet. "

"My lord, what is perfume?"

Xi Shi blinked and asked curiously.

"It's a magical water."

Qingji pointed at Xi Shi's forehead angrily, and said slowly.

For perfume, Qingji is not impossible to deploy.

Compared with sachets with more cumbersome processes, perfume may be more economical.

As far as Qingji knows, the main materials for making sachets are atractylodes atractylodes, kaempferen, angelica dahurica, calamus, ageratum, perrin, chuanxiong, Cyperus cyperi, mint, citron, magnolia, and mugwort leaves.

In addition, borneol is added, and medicinal materials such as styrax, yizhiren, galangal, tangerine peel, and Lingxiang can also be added appropriately.

When making perfume, the main thing is the material...

It's rare to go shopping with Qingji, Xi Shi and Zheng Dan are at the street stall, picking out a lot of rouge powder and sachets.

In addition to using it for yourself, it might as well be given to a concubine in the palace as a favor.

After leaving the powder stall, Qingji brought Xi Shi and Zheng Dan to the food stall.

The so-called "food" is actually very little.

In ancient times, the food raw materials were mostly fish and wild animals from fishing and hunting, and there were domesticated poultry and livestock, collected grasses and fruits, and grains for trial planting, which were not very abundant.

The condiment is mainly coarse salt, but also plums, bitter fruits, herbs and wild honey, and the food sources vary from place to place.

The main food source is artificially cultivated agricultural products.

At this time, due to a large amount of land reclamation, water conservancy construction, and the use of oxen and iron farm tools, the quantity and quality of agricultural products increased.

Not only the livestock and wild game are served on the plate, but the recipes of vegetables, fruits and grains are listed, and the development of aquatic resources is also paid attention to.

In many areas in the south, fish, shrimp, turtles and clams are in the same important position as pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, which is unprecedented.

Qing Ji, who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas on weekdays, decided to take Xi Shi and Zheng Dan to taste the "freshness".

"Gentlemen, you are lucky!"

The shop owner wiped the table cheerfully, and said with a smile: "This villain's signature dish is 'pheasant soup'!"

"I wonder if a gentleman knows the origin of pheasant soup?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji chuckled lightly and said, "Could it be related to Huang Keng?"

"Oh! The villain is really blind. I didn't expect that the gentleman's knowledge is so profound!"

The shopkeeper said politely: "Gentleman, to tell you the truth, the pheasant soup in our shop is authentic pheasant soup!"

"I dare not say that the taste is the best in the world, no one can match, but it is also a unique pheasant soup, an authentic and exclusive recipe!"

(End of this chapter)