Before Wei Yunlan and the others agreed, the bearded man had already started counting on his fingers the delicacies that their Mosan country usually prepared for the Moon Worship Festival.
There are small pancakes filled with mashed bean, chicken juice and diced meat, which are then wrapped in pancake batter and baked until they are golden and crispy.
Some of them are smoked over charcoal fire. The surface is black but the inside is tender and juicy, which has a unique flavor.
There are small desserts with fruit puree fillings and the Mosaic flower, which is unique to Mosaic, is added to make a purple flower shape.
There are also various dairy products such as cheese, milk tea, milk cakes, etc. made from llama milk.
The "llama" mentioned by the bearded man was the "camel" that Wei Yunlan had thought of before. It turned out that its name here was slightly different from what Wei Yunlan heard from Xue Linglong in his previous life.
However, everyone understood it better after hearing the name from the bearded man's mouth.
The bearded man's enthusiasm is really hard to resist.
Moreover, the destination of the group was originally the nearest city. The Shahe City, where the bearded man invited them, was the nearest city to here.
The next city of the same size as Shahe City is at least two or three hundred miles away from here.
Wei Yunlan exchanged glances with Zou Yun, then politely clasped his hands in return to the bearded man, gladly accepting his invitation, "Then we will respectfully obey your command."
The two teams merged into one and headed west.
On the way, Wei Yunlan discovered that although these llamas had amazing endurance and were not easily stuck in the sand, they were actually much slower than normal horses.
It is not suitable for marching and fighting, but only for transporting goods in the desert.
If we really want to open a trade route from Dayong to the northwest in the future, it would be best to replace all the horses with such llamas starting from the west end of the Yandu Gorge Mountains.
On the way, Wei Yunlan and others finally learned the origin of this "bearded man".
He was the only prince of the Mosan Kingdom, the grandson of King Shahe, and his name was Sangge.
His full beard made him look older, but in fact, his age was similar to Wei Yunlan and others. People in Mosan Country got married relatively late, and some people were not even old enough to get married.
"Don't you think that I'm already old and have many children and grandchildren?" Seeing the surprised expressions in everyone's eyes, Sange joked exaggeratedly, and then explained with a smile: "We in Mosan country have a tradition of growing beards, especially among the nobles, to appear more stable and reliable."
Wei Yunlan couldn't understand how growing a beard could make a person look steady. He only knew that according to this tradition, it would be difficult to recognize people in Mosan Kingdom's scenes such as state banquets where only nobles were present!
After all, most of everyone's face is covered by beard.
"Shahe City is in front of us. This city was founded by my grandfather, so it was named after my grandfather!" Sang Ge said proudly.
Looking in the direction of his finger, there was a towering city wall in front of me. The color of the wall was consistent with the sand that could be seen everywhere in the desert. No wonder I could only see a vague outline when I looked over here before, and couldn't see it clearly.
There are three gates under the city wall, one large and two small. The small gates on both sides are open, and the main gate in the middle is closed.
Before the group reached the city gate, soldiers came out and opened the tightly closed main city gate.
Then they stepped aside, saluted respectfully to Sangge, and waited for him to pass through the middle gate.
Wei Yunlan noticed that the language these people used when addressing Sang Ge was consistent with what Sang Ge's subordinates had said to him previously.
From the time they met until now, it seemed that Sangge was the only one who could speak a language similar to Dayong language.
Feeling puzzled, Wei Yunlan couldn't help but look around more carefully.
Passing through the city gate, exotic buildings come into view.
Completely different from the houses in Dayong, most of the buildings here have domes, and the roofs are not paved with corrugated tiles. Instead, they are covered with a layer of dark pigment of unknown origin. At first glance, it looks almost the same as sand, but slightly darker. The whole city looks like a city formed by sand.
Except for a group of buildings in the center of the city.
Wei Yunlan and his group's destination was exactly there.
"The one in front is my home, which is also the prince's palace in Shahe City." Sang Ge introduced.
The biggest difference between the Prince's Palace and other buildings in the city is that it is white.
Standing among the ochre-colored buildings, it looks particularly holy.
The team entered the palace, and the servants guarding the door saluted respectfully to Sang Ge, and the title they called was exactly the same as the one they had heard from the soldiers at the city gate before. Wei Yunlan secretly memorized the pronunciation of these words.
Sang Ge invited them all the way to the banquet hall in the palace. Next to it was a house for guests to rest. Sang Ge waved his hand and asked the servants to clean up five rooms for Wei Yunlan and his party.
In addition, people were also asked to prepare clothing from the Mosan Kingdom.
There is also a big difference from what Wei Yunlan is wearing. The fabrics used for the clothes here are obviously lighter and more breathable. But in addition to what they wear, both men and women will wear a headscarf, which is usually the same color as the clothes. For example, the servants met along the way mostly wear gray and khaki, while nobles like Sang Ge wear white. As for the hooks and patterns on it, they are different.
The clothes and headscarves that Sang Ge prepared for Wei Yunlan and his party were close to pure white in color, and could only be seen in the sunlight, and were slightly different from the pure white on Sang Ge's body.
Sangge explained that this is their tradition of hospitality and white is the most honorable color here.
Regardless of the guest's status, when entertaining the most distinguished guests in their hearts, they will use white etiquette.
Wei Yunlan and his group went into the house to change clothes.
After politely declining the maid's help, only Suihe, Zou Yun and Wei Yunlan were left in the room.
Sui He stood behind the door, listened for a moment, turned around and shook her head at Wei Yunlan, "No one is watching."
After the maids went out, they all retreated to a suitable distance, and no one deliberately kept an eye on this place.
There were no other mechanisms or places to hide people in the house. After training in the Tianshu Pavilion's craftsman department for so long, Zou Yun believed that he had some vision.
After checking it once, he curled his lips in self-mockery, "It seems that we are just being mean and judging others."
"It won't hurt to be more careful." Wei Yunlan stroked the white clothes in his hand.
"Their customs here are completely different from ours in Dayong. I didn't expect that both men and women had to wear headscarves. At first I thought that Sang Ge and the others covered their heads because the wind and sand outside the city were too strong."
After Zou Yun finished speaking, Sui He nodded and said, "No wonder many people looked at us strangely when we entered the city. It turned out to be because we didn't wear headscarves."
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