There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 337 Milk Tea
"Are you sure?"

The street was crowded with people. Su Xian walked forward slowly and asked Yan Dashan behind him softly and solemnly.

Yan Dashan had sneaked into the Liao Kingdom as an undercover agent for several years, and his words were very credible.

But the matter involved too much, and the "happiness" came so suddenly. Su Xian couldn't believe it and wanted to hear Yan Dashan say it again.

"Don't worry, sir, I'm sure of it!"

Yan Dashan's eyes were firm and he was extremely confident in this point.

"it is good!"

Su Xian nodded and said no more.

Dusk is approaching, but because Ping'an City is not closed at night, the flow of people in the streets and alleys has not decreased, and it is even more lively than during the day.

The girl in front, who was suspected to be the daughter of a royal family member of the Liao Kingdom, was still walking briskly. She seemed to be in a good mood and walked towards the area east of Ping'an City.

Although there were people protecting this girl secretly, both Yang Zhilan and Yan Dashan were in good hands. Although they had two troublemakers, Su Xian and Zhou Ji, they were never discovered.

"Most of them are restaurants and restaurants here."

"..."

Everyone followed the girl to the eastern area of ​​Ping'an City, and Zhou Ji's office whispered an introduction.

As soon as he finished speaking, the girl from Liao country in front of her turned around and walked into a restaurant.

Su Xian and others walked in slowly, pretending to be diners. The restaurant was doing very well and there were people everywhere, which greatly reduced the risk of being discovered.

The girl from Liao Kingdom seemed to be very familiar with this restaurant. She sat down at an empty table and waited for the waiter to come and entertain her.

Su Xian and others also sat down at an empty table, about one foot away from the Liao girl. If she spoke, her voice would be heard clearly.

Because of the angle, Su Xian sat next to the girl and could see her profile.

It was a thin face.

A smooth forehead, a straight nose, lip shape, and chin are also standard for beauties.

She is also a beautiful woman.

Her skin color is a bit wheatish.

It is different from Liu Huixiang's fair and delicate skin, Princess Lanling's gorgeous creaminess, Chen Keyan's delicate whitening, Tang Shuwan's delicate whiteness, and Tang Shujing's healthy whiteness.

Overall, she looks fairer, but not as completely white as Liu Huixiang and others.

But compared to Yan Dashan, who had a slightly dark complexion, this woman could be called Snow White!
Su Xian was observing carefully when the restaurant owner suddenly raised his head and looked away from the half-fiddled abacus to look at the Liao girl.

"Miss Luo!"

The shopkeeper smiled broadly and walked quickly to entertain them personally.

Just as a waiter came over, the shopkeeper took the rag that the waiter put on his shoulder and wiped the table in front of the Liao girl himself, very attentively.

The shopkeeper's attitude toward the Liao girl made Su Xian and others nod slowly.

Yan Dashan once guessed that this woman was a relative of the Liao royal family. Even if her identity was concealed, her every move must be good, and she looked like a noble person at first glance.

It's just... Yan Dashan frowned, lowered his voice and said:
"No, the royal family of Liao Kingdom is not named Luo."

"It should be a pseudonym." Su Xian guessed.

"..."

They were too close to the Liao girl, so they didn't dare to say anything. The person who secretly protected the Liao girl even sat half a foot away from them.

The shopkeeper diligently wiped the table, bowed and asked with a smile: "Miss Luo hasn't been here for a while. She wants to have something to eat. I ordered her to do it immediately."

The voice of a good girl from the Liao Kingdom was clear and sweet, but it lacked the softness of a woman and was a bit tough. Just listen to her say:
"A bowl of milk tea!"

"..."

milk tea? !
For a moment, Su Xian was in a trance and almost thought that the girl from Liao Kingdom was also a time traveler.

Milk tea, what a modern word.

In later generations, milk tea was a favorite drink among girls, and various milk tea shops were opened all over the streets. As a man, Su Xian drank it occasionally, but he couldn't say he liked it that much.

But who would have thought that in such a place and in such an era, he would hear the word "milk tea"...

After being stunned for a while, Su Xian slowly came back to his senses. Through the memory of the original owner, he discovered that milk tea actually existed in ancient times.

Compared with the milk tea of ​​later generations, the milk tea of ​​ancient times really contains both milk and tea.

Around the Tang Dynasty, drinking tea was still the way of "tea porridge", with various accessories, seasonings, etc. added to it. Some people tried to add goat milk or cow's milk.

This should be the earliest milk tea.

But this attempt failed.

It was also during the Tang Dynasty that Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, and tea was introduced to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Tibetans mixed tea, salt, and milk to form the prototype of butter tea.

It was not until the Song and Yuan Dynasties that butter tea was introduced to the northern grasslands. After improvement, it developed into a daily drink for the grassland people.

Although the Liang Dynasty that Su Xian lived in was slightly similar to the Tang Dynasty, time and space were confused. Milk tea that was supposed to be popular only during the Song and Yuan Dynasties is now available——

In the Liao Kingdom in the north, everyone, old and young, high and low, likes to drink milk tea.

As Liang and Liao countries opened border markets in Youzhou, the custom of drinking milk tea was also brought to Youzhou.

Especially in this "Ping'an City", almost every restaurant and restaurant will make milk tea.

However, the tastes of the grassland people are different from those of the Central Plains people. The popular milk tea in Youzhou is more towards the taste of the Liao people, so most of the people who drink milk tea are from the Liao people.

Leaving Youzhou City, neighboring Mozhou, and further south in Yingzhou, there was not even a restaurant that could make milk tea.

Milk tea has almost become Youzhou’s “specialty drink”.

Therefore, in Su Xian's memory obtained from the original owner, although he knew what "milk tea" was, he had never seen it or drank it, so his memory was not deep.

In addition, Su Xian has been staying in Yingzhou since traveling through time. There are no restaurants selling milk tea in Yingzhou city, so it is considered zero contact.

That's why when Su Xian first heard the word "milk tea", he became confused and almost thought that the girl from the Liao Kingdom was also a time traveler...

The trade between Liang and Liao had far-reaching influence.

In places such as Yingzhou, thanks to the "Ping'an City" and the Grand Canal, although milk tea is nowhere to be seen, one of the raw materials for making milk tea, goat milk or cow's milk, is extremely common.

According to Su Xian’s knowledge, the popular dairy products in Yingzhou and other places include the following types:
Cheese, similar to yogurt in later generations, is obtained by fermenting cow and goat milk;

Crisp, similar to butter in later generations, is extracted from cheese;

Daigo is similar to butter or condensed milk in later generations. Daigo is extracted from cake;

In addition, there are also fried condensed milk (condensed milk), milk without floating matter (skimmed milk), etc., and the variety is quite rich.

However, dairy products are actually extremely rare.

Generally speaking, people who are not wealthy and wealthy cannot enjoy it.

It was also because Yingzhou and other places took advantage of the "Ping'an City" and the Grand Canal that they were able to bring these precious dairy products into the homes of ordinary people.

In other places, such as Luoyang, the capital of China, dairy products can be regarded as luxury goods.

Even during the Song Dynasty, the imperial court set up a "dairy farm" to supply goat milk and dairy products.

……

In just a short moment, Su Xian thought of so much.

He wasn't zoning out.

Instead, he suddenly had an idea and pondered in his mind, could he pinpoint the hiding place of the [-] Liao troops through the consumption of milk tea or dairy products?

After all, that's 1 people.

The daily consumption must be quite a lot.

In order to lurk, they are most likely to give up milk tea or dairy products, but not necessarily. In short, this is a feasible clue...

Su Xian's eyes were bright, and he stared at the golden sheep-head hairpin on the head of the Liao girl. He had a hunch in his heart that the case was very likely to be solved this time.

Even if we ignore the clues about dairy products and milk tea, the girl from Liao country in front of us is also a breakthrough!

(End of this chapter)