Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 738 Brave New World 3
"What are they doing!?"

After spending two days doing a preliminary investigation of the open-pit iron mine, Yao Chonggu returned home with hundreds of kilograms of ore samples satisfied.He had also been in the iron ore business before and was no stranger to this industry. He concluded at a glance that he had found an iron ore with huge reserves and high quality. What he saw in front of him was just the tip of the iceberg. He really wanted to dig it. He was afraid that it would take him 200 years to dig, but this alone would be enough to compensate him for the hard work of this ocean trip!He was in a very good mood, and the soldiers of the Heluo New Army were also in high spirits. Everyone returned to the seaside talking and laughing.

Then their bright mood was replaced by consternation:
A group of aborigines, wrapped in clothes made of the cloth they sent, covered their bodies with flour, and were lying on the firepit, blowing and blowing, making thick smoke billow... This is also a common thing, how can there be no smoke when burning a fire ?Everyone expressed calmness.But the problem is that looking at the pile of flour that is constantly smoking on top of the dry wood, everyone said that they couldn't calm down——what a god damn dog, this is the best flour, even if you don't like it The pasta can be returned to us, why should Mao waste food like this!Huang Donglai said a little annoyed: "These guys really don't care about food, what a good flour, let them ruin it like this, if I knew it would be like this, I wouldn't have given it to them!"

Yao Chonggu said: "I just want to know what they are doing!"

At this time, there was a roar in the fire pit, and a ball of flames shot up... With the efforts of the natives, the pile of flour finally burned, and it burned quite vigorously.A group of native people clapped their hands, sang and danced around the fire, enjoying themselves as if they had won a battle.Some people brought a bunch of ingredients and started a barbecue...Grandma, they actually used flour as fuel!
The expedition members looked at each other, completely speechless.

Seeing the return of the expedition, there was a confusion among the group of natives—of course, it was not panic, on the contrary, they seemed very happy.Under the command of an old man, a few young and strong boys opened a haystack a few times, picked out fruits they didn't know where they picked from, and ran over with a bunch of happy ones, surrounding the expedition team. Whispering.They speak very fast, and their pronunciation is a bit weird. No one can understand what they are talking about, but taking this opportunity, the expedition team still has a clear look at the appearance of these indigenous people. Most of them use animal skins and a kind of bark The body is wrapped in an unusually rough cloth made of fibers, and the skin is yellow, but the skin color is much darker than that of East Asians, presumably thanks to the poisonous sunshine in Australia; the hair is black or brown, and the Asian features are still quite obvious , Compared with the blond Europeans, the appearance of these natives is more acceptable.The natives handed a bunch of fresh fruits in front of them, talking hurriedly, a girl pointed to the cloth on her body and gestured quickly, and several little ghosts also ran over with a bunch of wild grapes to hand them over. Give it to the expedition team, and then conjuring out a smashed tin can or a few pieces of paper wrapped in candy, chirping and gesticulating, the meaning couldn't be more clear: they want to exchange wild grapes for candy or canned food!

These natives are quite fat!
After finally figuring out what the natives meant, Yao Chonggu said helplessly, "We don't have anything on hand to exchange with you. Wait, let's go back to the boat to get some things first!"

The natives held them tight and kept stuffing fruits into their arms, insisting on exchange.Yao Chonggu was holding a lot of oranges, and his hands were all empty. He had no choice but to put down the oranges first, and then took out a knife and handed it to the indigenous young man who enjoyed stuffing the fruit the most.The kid took the knife made of fine steel with a suspicious look on his face. Apparently he had never seen a knife made of metal since he was a child and didn't know what it was.Seeing this, Yao Chonggu casually dragged a small animal from the fire pit, slashed it with a knife, sliced ​​open the skin easily and happily, and cut off a large piece of meat.The natives let out a burst of exclamation, and the young man who had obtained the knife quickly grabbed the knife, ran to the side and danced to the side, cutting whatever he caught with the knife, laughing loudly and louder, making everyone extremely envious.Now everyone stopped and pointed at the daggers worn by the expedition team——Change this, change this!

Of course you can't change this, this is equipment for expeditions, it's life-saving!But because of the language barrier, they really didn't know how to persuade these overly curious natives, and they were in a hurry.Yao Chonggu tried his best to deal with these indigenous people. To Huang Dong, "Hurry up and send two people to row back to bring some things over, otherwise we will even let them take off our trousers!"

This is definitely not alarmist talk. These indigenous people are too curious. In their eyes, everything on the expedition team is so exquisite and magical, even the pants are no exception. Curiosity, it is very possible to be stripped of your pants!Huang Donglai knew how powerful he was, and led two people to break away from the heavy siege of the aborigines, and ran to the beach with fruits and ore samples on their backs to move rescuers.

After rowing away from the beach, I realized that the sea is also very lively...God knows where so many aborigines appeared, each of them dressed up like a big rooster with brightly colored feathers, and their faces were painted colorfully. He rushed over with a canoe and surrounded the fleet!Some of them brought a boatload of coconuts, some a lot of figs, oranges, some weird fruit that looked like a peeled pineapple, and a wild fruit that tasted like chewing butter. If you eat it at first, you may not be used to it, but the more you eat, the more delicious it will be.Some of the fiercer ones put a seal that was hunted from nowhere, or the fur of some wild animals on board. These canoes carrying strange cargo surrounded the expedition fleet, and the entire sea area It's as lively as a market... In fact, it's really similar to a market. These indigenous people are clamoring for cloth, canned food, candy, and... Anyway, they want everything, a boatload of figs for a piece of cloth They all do it!

Huang Donglai was speechless: "My dear, where did these guys come from? How come they couldn't even see their hair when they first came here?" He shook his head, feeling incredible.But it is a good thing to have people after all, which means that those soldiers who are planned to stay in Australia and establish a stronghold will not be lonely.

Seeing Huang Donglai come back, several captains breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted: "Boss Huang, you are back! These natives came out of nowhere and surrounded us tightly, and they wanted to exchange things with us. How can this be good?"

Valois said: "You Chinese are merciful. In fact, as long as you fire a few shots, they will roll as far as you can. How can it be so troublesome!"

Huang Donglai glared at him: "If you have no grievances or enmity, why shoot at them!" Looking at the densely packed canoe, he felt a headache, thought for a while, and said, "Let's find a way to bring the boat to the shore. , and then unload some goods and exchange them with them at the seaside.”

This is a good idea, and these days the sailors have figured out the channel and found a natural harbor where the big ship can dock. Under the command of these sailors, the big ship pulled up the anchor, carefully sailed into the natural harbor, and then started unloading .The natives followed in canoes and danced with excitement when they saw the cargo being unloaded from the boat. They hurriedly unloaded their own boats and prepared to trade.

Seeing this scene, Yao Chonggu felt another headache.There are some cloth, sugar and other goods on his boat, which were originally intended to be traded. The problem is that these natives don't look like they are rich. If you trade with them, you will have to pay for it!Considering the establishment of a stronghold in Australia and the need for these aborigines, he decided to be generous and ordered to accept the fruits, fresh meat, and furs from these aborigines, and then used cotton cloth, white sugar, canned food, and candies Something like a giveaway.The aborigines who received the gifts were all overjoyed, and those who hadn’t had their turn were impatient, clamoring loudly to leave some for them——The number of these good things is limited, and according to this momentum, many people must not have their turn. It's impossible if you don't rush.

Huang Donglai whispered to Yao Chonggu: "White sugar is very popular! If this goes on like this, they will replace it all, and we will have nothing to eat on the way back!"

Yao Chonggu said, "Get some flour!"

Several barrels of flour were immediately unloaded.

The impatient native grabbed the flour and stuffed it into his mouth, his expression suddenly became very strange.The group of natives who have rich experience in burning flour as coal gestured to them, explained the magical effect of this thing, and pointed to the still burning firepit——this thing burns very well!Judging by their confused looks, they have never seen flour at all, so don't expect them to understand the purpose of flour.There was no way, the expedition team had no choice but to work hard to the end, remove the kitchen utensils from the ship, build a simple stove, light a fire, boil water, and knead noodles...

Two or three hundred indigenous people watched without blinking...

While the chef was busy making noodles, some sailors who had learned cooking skills had already brought in some sea fish and delicious shellfish, cleaned them, chopped them up, stir-fried them in a pot, and then added water to start the soup.The chubby chef made the dough, then brought a few bamboo tubes with a diameter of [-] centimeters and many holes drilled in the bottom, pressed the dough into it, and pressed it down with a mallet, allowing the powerful soldiers to hold it, and then He picked up a hammer and smashed it against the mallet, squeezing the dough inside. Then, the noodles drilled out of the small holes at the bottom and fell into the pot... There was no way. All the New Army soldiers liked to eat noodles, and the Cantonese chefs were not good at rolling noodles, so they had to use this stupid method.Using this method, even a fool can make noodles of uniform thickness, but it is too laborious. After a pot of noodles is ready, the chef is exhausted, wiping his sweat with his apron, and swallowing those noodles in annoyance. The salivating native shouted: "Do you see clearly? Flour is used to make pasta, not to be burned as coal!"

The aborigines stared straight at the boiling broth and noodles in the pot, without listening to a word... Even if they did, they still couldn't understand it!
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After tasting noodles, pancakes, gnocchi and other pasta, the lovely aboriginal people finally figured out the use of flour, and the creative chiefs of the aboriginal people who used flour as coal for burning suddenly roared and picked up their crutches Going to beat up a smart-looking lad -- needless to say, it was the lad who came up with the lousy idea of ​​using flour as coal.Prodigal son, I can't beat you to death!

After tasting fried oil, fried fish, stewed fish, sweet and sour fish, braised fish, squirrel fish and other delicacies, the aborigines finally figured out the purpose of the pot.They wanted to get an iron pot no matter what, so Yao Chonggu agreed, it's just an iron pot, it's a trivial matter.

Then he saw the aborigines smashing the iron pot open in front of him, and each tribe divided it up one by one, and happily set it on the stone to make a small fire, imitating the appearance of being obstinate, and using the small piece of broken pot Fry the fish...

Yao Chonggu's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted!

After another meal of fish that was similar to charcoal, the aborigines were not without frustration to find that they did not seem to have mastered the real usage of the iron pot. Using the same cooking utensils and the same ingredients, the taste of the food was not the same as that of the expedition team. planetary.This Yao Chonggu really has no other choice, there are only a few pots, if they are given to the aborigines, they will not be able to cook.He took the opportunity to throw out a proposal: he needs some guides to explore the depths of the Australian coast!
After understanding what he meant, many aborigines immediately raised their hands... It's good to follow the Chinese, and you can have delicious food. Who wouldn't want to be such a good job?

It can be seen that the charm of food is really irresistible!

(End of this chapter)