royal robes

Chapter 672

The Black Khan Clan doesn't have much to offer. In addition to the furs of natural animals, there are also some wood and herbs.The Tianshan Mountains are rich in resources, so the life of the Black Khan people is naturally good.However, the Black Khan Clan did not fully engage in diplomacy with Yizhou, which also resulted in the Black Khan Clan being unable to effectively develop the Tianshan Mountains. They still lived the most primitive life.

The Tianshan Mountains are more than 2000 miles long and wide, and the widest part is several hundred miles. Yizhou is only a part of the Tianshan Mountains.

After walking 20 miles into the Tianshan Mountains, the whole world changed.The original Yizhou was covered with yellow sand and gravel everywhere, but after arriving here, it turned out to be a grassland, a very neat and beautiful grassland.

Suddenly entering the green world from the yellow world, the first feeling is that the eyes are refreshing and comfortable, and green is more soothing to the eyes. Seeing the green grass makes people very excited. I really want to lie down and roll a few times to express my love for the green grassland. missing.

There are some larch and snowy spruce scattered on the wide green grassland, and there are some "hanabao" from a distance. This is a house commonly used by nomads. In fact, it is a tent for nomads, but it is far more suitable than tents. Living, and the inside is well-equipped, and easy to disassemble.The locals call it 'Hana'.

Zong Dao: "Finally we saw the grassland again. We haven't seen any green plants for a month. The nomads in the distance should also be hospitable. Let's stop by and ask how things are going here?"

"These nomads are all subordinate residents of the Black Khan. They pay tribute to the Black Khan every year, and the Black Khan allows these people to graze on the grassland. Although these nomads don't like this very much, the grass here is barren. Only There are countless grasses near the Tianshan Mountains that can be eaten by livestock. Therefore, the local nomads will buy grazing time from the Black Khans every once in a while. They hate the Black Khans more than we do, because the Black Khans charge a high price, but they have to give .”

Zong Xin nodded and said: "Just ask them, Xiaobai starts running."

After Xiaobai heard the master's order, he immediately ran across the grassland with four wolf claws.The fragrance of the green grass and the soft land here also make Xiaobai miss it very much, and the temperature is very comfortable. It feels very similar to the Khitan side. Running is very enjoyable, so I didn't control the speed for a while, and ran to a distance in the blink of an eye.

Jing Qiong was dumbfounded, what is so fast?I saw a white light flashing before my eyes, then disappeared, and then the white light appeared near Hanabao in the distance... What's the situation?
Everyone watched Zong Xin who was behind Xiaobai get off the wolf very gracefully, then supported Xiaobai's body with one hand, stretched his front legs, and bowed his back legs...

'vomit~~vomit~~'

Although the distance is far, everyone understands the meaning of this action, which is to vomit.Xiaobai's speed was too fast, and Zong Xin, who was sitting on his back, couldn't bear the stimulation of this speed, so he vomited out.It is conceivable that Xiao Bai's speed is so fast that even people like Zong Xin vomited.

The other people also increased their speed slightly to catch up, and the herdsmen also sensed that there was someone outside, and they came out from Ha, and the moment they came out...

"Oh my god~" He turned around in horror and returned to Ha.People who saw Xiaobai for the first time had almost the same reaction, but the people in the Central Plains knew that Xiaobai was Zongxin's wolf, but the Uighurs didn't know about it. They only knew that there was a huge white wolf outside, and the wolf wanted to eat it. human.

At this time, Xiaobai was very interested, because he saw a sheep pen full of big fat sheep.The snow-white fat sheep, like cotton candy, are so attractive that the wolf's mouth is watering.

After the others arrived, the old herdsman took a sneak peek outside and saw that someone had a wolf and a huge black cow... It felt like they raised these monsters.Since it is raising monsters, it should be a colleague, probably looking for a place where these monsters live...

This is not possible. What I fear most is meeting my peers.What if the things they raise compete with their own sheep for grass?Of course, this is only the case of ordinary colleagues. This group of colleagues is different. It is estimated that the things they raise do not eat grass. If these cows and wolves want to eat meat, what will happen to their own sheep?
"You... you... who are you? What are you going to do?"

"Don't be afraid, old people. We are just passers-by. We want to ask some questions, so we can ask for a cup of milk tea." Jing Qiong understands the people here better. In fact, the nomads are originally hospitable, but their mounts are really scary, otherwise Went out and greeted.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I understand, if you are bad people, I can't do anything as an old man. Come in, there is hot milk tea inside."

Everyone got off their mounts and entered the old man's Hana bag. The inside looked more spacious than expected. There was no serious furniture, just a few big boxes, and a fire was burning in the middle. The top of the Hana was burning smoke. With milk tea, there is a freshly smashed tea brick beside it.

In addition to the old man, his wife was also sitting in the Hanabao. The old couple have been grazing here for many years, and they can make do with it. As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, this kind of life is not bad.

The old man immediately took out a large bowl, poured a full bowl of milk tea, then took a sip by himself, and passed the milk tea to the person next to him.

Zong Xin just entered the door and saw the old man handing the tea bowl to his side, so he was not polite and directly picked up the tea bowl and drank it down.After drinking it, I wiped my mouth in satisfaction...

"It tastes good, let's have another bowl."

There were only three Uyghurs present, and all three of them were stupid... I have never seen such a situation.This is the etiquette of the Uighur people. When the guests come, they bring out a large bowl of freshly brewed milk tea, and then pass it on one by one. Just take a small sip of each one to taste the taste. There is no such ignorant person to drink it all at once. of.And the freshly brewed milk tea is very hot, isn't this person afraid of burning his tongue?

"Boil another pot again." Although the old man was a little surprised, he was not angry about it.Although the etiquette of your own nation is very important, there is no need to blame the newly arrived guests for not understanding the etiquette of your own nation.Teach it once. If he still doesn’t comply after teaching it, then it’s his fault.

The old man's wife broke the tea bricks and boiled them in blackened copper pots.After boiling, pour goat's milk and continue to boil. Finally, boil the tea leaves inside thoroughly. When pouring them into a bowl, filter out the tea leaves, and finally add some salt. This is the milk tea of ​​the Uyghur people. It is salty.

The production process is not complicated, but the price of these tea bricks and salt is actually quite high.The most basic daily necessities of the Uighurs are tea bricks, but they cannot make them independently. All tea bricks were introduced to the Uighurs through the Silk Road.But in these years when the Silk Road was cut off, how did the Uighurs obtain tea bricks?
Smart Uyghurs always think of their methods. In fact, these tea bricks are not authentic. They are made by adding all the tea powder imported by merchants from the Central Plains and adding golden flowers.Almost all the leftover materials used to make high-grade tea are thrown away, but the Uyghurs are willing to buy these low-grade raw materials, and even the rhizomes of tea trees are added together to make the unique tea bricks of the Uyghurs.

Even so, these tea powders are not so easy to come by.Although the Silk Road was cut off, Uighur specialty products could still enter the Central Plains layer by layer, and these cheap tea powder from the Central Plains could also slowly enter Uighur, but the journey had to change hands several times, and the price of course remained high.

This is the consequence of the severance of the Silk Road. If the merchants directly brought the tea bricks from the Central Plains to the Uighurs, the price would be much cheaper.But the Uighurs have become accustomed to this kind of milk tea with the flavor of golden flowers, and golden flowers are not uncommon in the local area. Even the poorest people use golden flowers to make milk tea directly.

The Uighurs love milk tea even more than food. They would rather go without food for three days than tea for one day.This is also a regional characteristic. Uighurs mainly eat meat and have few vegetables.The fat is too large and the calories are too high. Long-term consumption is not good for the body.Therefore, milk tea is needed to filter excess fat in the body and help digestion.

Therefore, high-grade tea leaves and low-grade tea powder have no advantage in removing oil. Tea powder and tea stems are very effective in eliminating oil. The Uighurs are also aware of this, so they declare to buy cheap tea powder and mix it with tea stems. Tea bricks are then sold to the people.

In the Uyghur area, it is extremely cold in winter and hot in summer. Hot milk tea can drive away the cold in winter and quench thirst in summer. Every household must be used all year round.

Because tea bricks are so important to the Uighurs, the purchase of tea powder and the production of tea bricks are almost all funded by the state, and their request is only that they do not lose money. Even if they lose money, they cannot raise the price of tea bricks, otherwise they will lead to civil unrest.This is almost a life-and-death business for the Uighurs, and no one dares to make money in this business.

In the Central Plains, salt may be the most important daily necessities, but in Uighur it must be tea.Uighurs have their own salt mines, and their population is small, so their demand for salt is not very large.But the demand for tea is too great. Milk tea is served almost all the time, and the fire at home has never stopped.

Jing Qiong patiently explained the Uighur milk tea culture and the origin of milk tea to this group of Central Plains people. The old man also gave a brief introduction. His name was Abobula.After the introduction, a new pot of milk tea was brewed.

The old man took a sip from the big bowl and handed it to Zong Xin. Zong Xin didn't drink it up this time, he took a sip like the old man, and then passed it on.

Try to abide by other people's culture and traditions when it is not troublesome, even if there is a little trouble, you need to try your best to abide by it.It's fine if you don't know it, but if you know it but don't abide by it, it is a kind of insult and contempt, which only attracts the anger of the other party.

(End of this chapter)