Chapter 21 The significance of the Silk Road!

Author: March

Chapter 21 The significance of the Silk Road!

Zhao Si knew that in ancient times, cattle were highly valued and the slaughter of cattle was basically strictly prohibited.

Most dynasties will issue specific legal provisions.

As a country with a farming and warfare system, the Qin Dynasty presumably had stricter protection for farming cattle, but who was Wang Li?

The third largest generation in the Qin Dynasty, Cheng Yao and the Jin family would kill two cows from time to time. Zhao Si would not believe it if the Wang family could not eat beef.

Wang Li paused, nodded with a smile and said to the servant: "Cut some more beef."

After the servants left, Zhao Si asked: "Is it against Qin law to eat beef?"

Wang Li smiled and said: "Of course it's not illegal to eat beef. There are so many cows in the world, and some of them will die from falls, old age, illness, or some accident. You can't just bury them all like people."

After that, Wang Li continued to speak: "Do you like to eat beef?"

Zhao Si nodded.

"I don't like this one. The mutton is too spicy, the dolphin is too spicy, the horse meat is too hot, the donkey and dog meat are acceptable. Although the beef is good, it's a pity that a cow dies every day? That is, when I get news, I rely on my identity to hurry up as soon as possible.

Buy some." Wang Li replied.

"If you want to eat beef in the future, don't slaughter it privately. It's against the law to kill your own cattle. Every cattle sale and purchase is recorded by the government. Even if you buy it back home, the government will send people to check the status of the cattle every year.

Even if you die, you have to notify the government immediately and record it in the book before slaughtering it. If you want to eat beef in the future, you can come to me." Wang Li leaned over and said with a smile.

The delicious taste of beef has been recognized since ancient times.

It's just that ordinary people in ancient times had a hard time eating beef. According to Wang Li, even if you have bought a farm cow and the farm cow dies unexpectedly, if you can't explain the reason, you will probably be punished.

But Wang Li also made it clear that if you want to eat beef, you can go to him.

"There are always cows that fall to death~" Zhao Si smiled.

Wang Li was stunned for a moment and then shook his head and said: "No, no, no!"

"The number of cattle farmed is recorded by the government. If any cow dies and how it died, it must be reported to the government. If a cow dies, you can buy it yourself after notifying it. For example, the best taste is when a cow is killed by a fall in its prime.

I have seen that you cannot buy cows that have died of illness, and there are many cows that have died of old age, but the taste is a bit worse and the meat is not that delicious." Wang Li explained.

How can there be so many stupid cows who fall to their deaths safely?

Most of them died of illness and old age. To put it bluntly, Wang Li took advantage of his status. In the entire Xianyang area, if anyone's cattle died, they had to report it to the government. As the largest third generation, Wang Li was naturally able to learn about the news sect at the first time.

People buy.

To put it bluntly, they have a channel advantage. Maybe the Wang family has already gotten the news and taken care of the whole thing before they start slaughtering the cattle.

"What about this cow?" Zhao Si asked.

Wang Li chuckled: "He fell to death."

…

After saying that, Wang Li smiled awkwardly and said, "My eldest father also likes to eat beef. He slaughters it at home. He received about ten kilograms yesterday and hasn't had time to eat it. Otherwise, where would the butter come from?"

Once I heard it was Wang Jian, everything was fine.

Wang Jian's status in Da Qin already belongs to the extraordinary rank.

This guy dared to march on the front line and at the same time urge Qin Shihuang to deliver the gold and silver treasures given to him by the beautiful women as soon as possible.

After the battle to destroy Chu was successful, he asked the First Emperor for hundreds of beauties. It was not a big problem to eat some beef.

Given Wang Jian's rank, if you say the cow was killed by a fall, it means it was killed by a fall.

After waiting for a while, the servant brought butter, sliced ​​beef and peppercorns.

Onions, yes.

Butter, yes.

Chili peppers, yes.

Peppercorns, yes.

Butter hot pot base, ready to be hand-kneaded.

Unfortunately, there are no woks in this era, but it doesn’t matter.

Pour out the water in the cauldron and add butter. The lumps of butter will slowly melt in the cauldron.

Add chopped green onions and sauté until fragrant. The aroma of butter and green onions is already coming to your nostrils.

After sauteing, take out the green onions and add peppercorns to sauté until fragrant. The fragrant aroma makes Zhao Si cough.

Wait for a while, add dried chili peppers, and continue cooking.

There is no wok, so frying is better said to be boiling in butter, but conditions are limited, so this is the only way.

After boiling for a moment, the aroma of chili pepper and butter was fully stimulated. Zhao Si continued to cook while coughing.

Wang Li stood aside curiously. The spicy smell that hit his face made Wang Li sneeze so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.

When the aroma is fully evaporated, add water until the cauldron is halfway through, and the water will become calm again.

"By the way, are there any cow bones?" Zhao Si asked.

If there are beef bones, you can put some beef bones in it. The more you cook the soup, the more fragrant and authentic the taste will be.

"I have fan bones, leg bones, and skull, where do I want them?" Wang Li nodded and asked.

Although he hasn't started eating yet, the aroma that hits his face has already made Wang Li unable to hold back.

Although it is relatively primitive, this is a butter hotpot! Even if it does not incorporate technology or hard work, it is still enough to shine in this era of food scarcity.

Upon hearing Wang Li's answer, Zhao Si stared.

Good guy, Wang Jian didn't send more than ten kilograms of beef here, I'm afraid he sent half a cow...

"Leg bones are enough. If there are mountain mushrooms, you can get some and cook them together. By the way, the mountain mushrooms should be common and eaten."

There were very few things that were fresh in ancient times, and mountain fungus mushrooms were one of them.

There is also soup stock, but it’s a pity that Zhao Si doesn’t know how to make soup stock.

It would be great if there was MSG, technology and ruthlessness beat everything.

This is not a joke, it is true.

The fungi are fresh, but many of them are poisonous, so Zhao Si specifically warned them just in case.

Wang Li then ordered his servants to get them. Within a moment, the cow leg bones and mountain mushrooms were placed on the table.

Zhao Si poured it all directly into the cauldron, then knelt down and sat down.

"Okay, once it's opened, you can start serving meat and vegetables." Zhao Si let out a sigh of relief.

"It's a pity that there are too few sesame seeds brought back. I have to save them for planting. If I have a plate of sesame sauce at this time, add minced garlic, some chili coriander, and some sesame oil, it will be the ultimate happiness on earth." Zhao Si said with emotion.

In this day and age, it is difficult to make a small dish.

Cilantro, garlic, scallions, sesame seeds, peanuts, chili peppers, peppers, and peanuts are not native crops of the Central Plains. (The native onions of the Central Plains are shallots)

How about saying that the Silk Road is of great significance? Without the Silk Road, how could the beauty, beauty, vastness and richness of future generations have come about?

Although Zhao Si brought back a large number of seeds, it can be said that they have everything you need, especially coriander seeds...

But now it has to be used for breeding. If it is used for eating, it may not be enough.

The hot pot without the side dishes can be said to have lost three points of flavor, but for the sake of future appetite, Zhao Si finally chose to endure it.

"Are these the new crops you brought from overseas?" Wang Li asked.

"Yes, it's a pity that we brought back too little. We only had more peppers, but if we get rid of the ones we planted, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat them for long." Zhao Si sighed with emotion.

Wang Li smelled the pungent fragrance and said with a look of greed on his face: "It's so good. The fragrance alone makes people salivate!"

Zhao Si shook his head and smiled: "Where are you?"
Chapter completed!