Qin Hu

Chapter 146 Hey!I will cry if I continue……

Zhao Zihu didn't let Zou Yao stay in a daze, scooped some refined salt out of a bamboo tube, and handed it to the other party.

Zou Yao took the bamboo tube and said apologetically, "It's a joke. Let's take a look at this salt first..."

Seeing Shi Lu on the side, he wanted to laugh, because the brother's reaction at this time was exactly the same as his before.

Xu Qing, Zou Yao was so excited that his lips trembled, and said: "This, such a good salt, is it really all for us? No, no, no. We can't be too greedy..."

"Respected guest! You can tell me what the price of this salt is? Let's exchange it with pearls and jade." In fact, he still doesn't know the real value of this refined salt.

But Zhao Zihu waved his hand lightly and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious! You can take the things and use them first. Later, a certain has another good thing, and I want to ask the King to take care of it!"

This is quite appetizing...

Zou thought to himself.

We are just being polite!
From our previous point of view, this refined salt is just a rare thing that can be played with, and it is of little use to the mountain people in Liaoli.

But the more he thought about it, the more curious he was about what was hidden in the other big box.

Living in the mountains and forests, although they can often hunt, due to the large population, most of the meat is in short supply. In order to come in handy at critical moments, they are basically made into bacon.

It's rare to entertain distinguished guests and have a good time eating. Under the urging of Zou Yao again, the mountain people of course hurriedly prepared to kill chickens and cook sheep, not to mention how lively the scene was.

And Xiangliyue, Pang Qing'er and others wandered among them, helping the mountain folk to smear refined salt and seasoning specially made by Zhao Zihu.

When Zou Yao first saw these things, he frowned a little uncomfortablely. How could any guest rush to help prepare the food?It's obvious that our owner's cooking is unpalatable...

He has a calm temperament and is not good at making crimes on the spot, so he can only hold back his depression and force himself to laugh, eat wine and fried beans with Zhao Zihu, and secretly wink at his old brother Lu frequently.

"What kind of distinguished guest is this?I don't understand the rituals of the host and guest at all.It's too much to lose face!If it wasn't for the sake of saving your life, we would have kicked him out long ago.Hurry up and persuade...」

Zou Yao didn't expect that this brother who was so nice to him that he could almost wear a pair of pants would have sold him out a long time ago, and he would even deliberately pretend that he didn't understand the meaning of his eyes.

Facing Zou Yao who was pouring wine for himself and winking at the same time, Shi Lu acted as a tough guy this time, and asked directly: "Brother! What do you want to say? Say it clearly. The owner of Chaohu is not an outsider!"

"None! Full drink, honored guests are also full drink." Zou shook that annoyance!Throwing the bamboo ladle into the wine urn with a little force, he smiled faintly on the surface, but in his heart he had the urge to slap his brother's ears.

And the distinguished guest who called himself "Tide Tiger" immediately asked, "Is the king really all right?" This was very frustrating. Zou Yao wanted to ask back, "Your opinion is not", but he had to wave his hands in embarrassment. laugh.

You, a businessman and human spirit with "six eyes and eight ears", can't see why we are depressed?
Zou Yao didn't believe it to death. After all, he felt that there was something wrong with the merchant in front of him!Although slightly fat and slightly dark, he really looks like someone who has been exposed to wind and sun at sea for many years, and he is somewhat pampered.

But the eyebrows and sideburns are a little too immature, right?

Two mustaches, more like glued on...

Those two female relatives, and the rest of the ten people, we can see that there is no problem.

This doubt only floated up in Zou Yao's mind, and then fell slowly, without causing any waves for the time being.And soon, he fell into the "true fragrance law".

Zou Yao felt strange watching Chao Hu recruit Chao Yue and Chao Qing, two female relatives, to sit beside him, and asked himself to give him two food tables.

Immediately afterwards, a series of delicacies in tall bamboo tubes were brought up. He greeted everyone and broke the lids of the bamboo tubes first...

Immediately, he couldn't help but twitched his nose twice, and in the next second, even his eyes were straightened. It was so fragrant, and the rich salty fragrance tangled his nostrils.

There is also a pungent smell that stimulates the taste buds and even reaches the sky, causing the mouth to secrete saliva so quickly that even the tongue can't help sticking out.

Zou Yao's concentration was strong enough, and the other mountain people all stuck out their tongues, licked their mouths, and sucked their saliva in a "sigh, swish, swish".

The mountain people don’t care about their image, especially those Alai and A Tie, who broke open the bamboo tube violently, grabbed mutton and chicken to eat with their hands, sweated profusely, and grinned like a monkey. Scratch cheeks.

Zou Yao looked at the stewed mutton in the bamboo tube, except for the aroma, it was no different from what he had eaten before, so he didn't hesitate anymore, he took it up and drank the soup, and he almost swallowed his tongue on the spot with just one sip.

what's going on?
Obviously the meat is still the same meat...

Water is also that water...

Even the utensils for serving food are no different.

Just because of the added salt...

Dust some powder...

It becomes so delicious?

Eyes wide open, Zou Yao didn't want to believe it, and looked at the tidal tiger. He took another bamboo tube to eat the chicken. The chicken was even more delicious, and it also inspired the sweetness that should have existed, but could not be tasted before.

Coarse salt was used in the past, and it was more refreshing with bitterness!

It's not that the food in the past was unpalatable, it's just that the taste is extremely unfriendly to Zou Yao.

It's a bit boring to eat once...

But now, it's full of endless aftertaste!
He didn't care about the reaction of Gui Ke and Lu, and started to eat the delicacies in the bamboo tube, until he ate all the bamboo tubes and burped.

"Such a delicacy, you should share it with Ah Zhu... No! No, no, these foods can become like this, all depend on the refined salt and other powders! Honorable guest, are you right?"

Zou Yao followed the trend and looked at Chao Hu to ask a question, but suddenly his breath became stagnant. Without it, the honored guest, the two female relatives, and Lu were still chewing and swallowing slowly.His throat squirmed, and he wanted to eat a few more cups.

But due to his identity, he could only squeeze his lips tightly, and secretly licked it again with his tongue. After a while, he noticed that eyes were focused on his face, and then coughed and asked in an embarrassed voice: "My honored guest! Why is this so?"

"It's nothing special! Your Majesty, let's use an analogy! This salt is just like the jade ring on your waist. There is a difference between beautiful jade and inferior jade. Beautiful jade is not only pleasing to the eye, but also nourishing when worn for a long time!"

Zhao Zihu smiled, and bowed to Zou Yao in respect.business?Of course, if he picks it up well, he won't be so stupid as to say how bad or poisonous the rough salt used by Dongou people is.

However, as soon as these words came out, not to mention Zou shook, even Shi Lu also thought of it, and looked at the wolf-eating mountain people around him.

On the big ship before, the Great Qin Young Master did not explain this to Shi Lu.

Only then did Shi Lu realize that in this poor mountain valley, not only did everyone not have enough food and poor food, but they also suffered from food poisoning and problems.

"Dare to ask, honorable guest! Do you have more refined salt? How much more?" As I said before, Zou Yao is a person who loves the people very much.

He believes that if there is only one box of refined salt, or even several times, then it is not equal to nothing, and we have to stop cooking.

If this salt energy is continuously supplied, it will cost more than Dongou's self-produced...

Even Qin's price is one or two times higher, which we can afford.

As for the issue of funds, Zou Yao has no such worries at all...

The land of Baiyue is rich in ivory, beautiful jade, and good materials, which are loved by the nobles of the Great Qin Dynasty. Selling them secretly is also a way to make money.

These merchants eat the world, so they don't recognize Daqin's money...

In fact, if we hadn't known that the Qin law was too strict, we and A Zhu would not have wanted to hide in this deep mountain and old forest at all.

Why!I will cry if I continue……

Zhao Zihu didn't know what Zou Yao was thinking at this time, if he knew, he would definitely laugh at himself, why bother so much.

If you know Zou Yao is so soft, he will directly show his cards, showing that Daqin is gradually changing, and getting better and better...

But Zhao Zihu can only answer now: "What is the output of this refined salt? It's hard to say. But if the king really needs it, I can guarantee that I can sell you [-] catties every three months!"

On the other side of Yantai, the average daily output is now [-] catties.

However, this is the initial stage, and it will definitely be higher in the future...

Moreover, after subjugating Baiyue, the coastal areas will be messed with.

"Hiss! Eighteen thousand catties of refined salt every three months. Are you serious?" Zou shook his head and gasped.

Can't help him not being shocked!

My Eastern Ou has more people than Fujian and Yue, and there are more than [-] people in total, and no more than [-]% of them can really eat coarse salt...

This [-]% is not free to eat salt every day, most of them boil a fish, and then use the slightly salty fish soup to mix rice, even if it is a meal.

Not to mention [-] jin of refined salt, even [-] jin of refined salt per month is very important to Zou Yao, so he was busy asking about the salt price.

Zou Yao was even more astonished to see the Chaohu proprietor frankly gesturing and citing the price of refined salt. It was actually only [-] times the price of Daqin salt.

He was so overjoyed that he almost wanted to get up and grab someone, and immediately went to buy salt. He could take out this [-] catties of funds right now.

Zhao Zihu pressed his hands falsely, telling Zou Yao not to worry, and pointed to the second big box under the stage, the best show is yet to come.

OK!We can afford to wait...

Zou Yao's actions can only be turned into pretending to move his buttocks, and the curiosity in his heart is more like a cat's paw scratching, what is the second box.

Could there be anything more attractive than refined salt?
Shi Lu felt that Zou Yao was looking at him again and asked, he twitched his mustache, nodded and smiled.

Brother Xian!You just wait...

At night, everything will feel like a dream!

In this way, everyone has their own minds, eats, drinks, and sings and dances to add to the fun, and there are thrilling races such as climbing the knife mountain and crossing the sea of ​​fire.

The happy time is like flowing water, and it is evening in the blink of an eye. The sky in the mountain forest is getting darker, and the mountain people are about to light the torches as usual, and then build a bonfire in the center of the square.

But Zhao Zihu stood up suddenly, raised his hand and said, "Wait! Your Majesty. This is a good time for me to show the second box of goods..."

Zou shook his head and jumped suddenly, thinking to himself, "It's finally here", taking advantage of the situation, he stared closely at the big box under the stage.

The box was opened immediately, and there were rolls of things wrapped in thick cloth, about as long as an adult's palm.

Zou Yao didn't ask any more questions, but quietly watched the man grab one of the rolls and spread out the thick cloth as if he was afraid of missing any details.

The dark brown and powdered cylindrical thing was immediately exposed, and there was a length of cotton rope like a wick on the top, which made him look very puzzled.

The man then took out a fire pocket, blew on it, and lit it on the cotton rope, a ball of flames rose up, and then under the dim sky, a palm-sized area was blurred.

"what?"

Zou Yao and most of the mountain people had just made an unexpected sound, but the mountain wind swept past without showing any face.

As soon as the candle was extinguished, Zou shook his eyes, smiled disappointedly, and turned to look at the owner of Chaohu who was almost shrouded in shadow: "My respected guest! Is this a joke?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Zhao Zihu had expected such a situation, his expression was calm, and he nodded against Shilu.

Shi Lu said to Zou Yao: "Brother Xian! Doesn't every household here have to hang a lantern with an oil lamp at night? Ask someone to take one and give it to that brother."

"Oh?"

Zou Yao was skeptical, so he called Alai and told him to bring the lantern.

"It's for you! Don't make a fool of yourself again."

Alai shoved the lantern unceremoniously, but uttered words of concern.

The boatman holding the candle thought it was amused, took the lantern, grinned kindly, turned his back, and started operating as Mr. Zihu had told him before.

Moments later, the sailor turned his head again, holding a lantern with a bright candle in his hand. Although the candle was slightly trembling under the blowing of the mountain wind, it was not in danger of being extinguished.

The light from the candle directly shone on Alai's sallow face, making his complexion even paler.He opened his mouth in disbelief: "You, where did you get the oil lamp? Why is it so bright?"

"I didn't have an oil lamp in my hand just now, I just lit a candle!" The sailor was still smiling, his brows were raised, and he was extremely proud.

On the stage, Zou Yao's expression collapsed when he saw this, and he pointed with a trembling finger: "What is that? What did the other generation say that was?"

"Candle!!"

Zhao Zihu replied.

"Wax, candles?"

Zou Yao murmured, this time looking at his old brother Lu.

Shi Lu smiled affirmatively.

"Get, get it up! Alai."

After a while, Zou Yao asked Alai to lift the lantern high, while he held it gently as if he had found a treasure, and touched it again and again. He already realized that the candle was good.

True.

This candle is extremely unstable in the wild, and it will be extinguished when it is blown by the wind, and it is not so strong if it is covered in a lantern...

But if this kind of lantern is used in the house, then don't mention how great it is!

Choose a suitable location, hang it on the roof, the light will spread out, and the room will be bright...

More importantly, there is not much soybean oil available in Baiyue.

This kind of thing is abundant in the Central Plains.

As a result, the entire Baiyue night, not to mention the outdoors, even the house is always dark and blind.

As for the torches, they were actually made out of rags, broken leaves, and bark with a bit of grease.

Therefore, it is conceivable that for the chiefs of Zou Yao and Wu Zhu, who were used to living in Chu State in the early years...

How deadly is the candle thing.

(End of this chapter)