Chapter 1134 We just want to learn how to cook
You know, when Shi Quan and his men first came, the other side was still looking for food by the lake, which means that they were in great need of food. So why don't they go fishing by the lake and tell them that the Han tribe has a way to get meat from the water? That will definitely attract some people, right?
Even if they don't want to join directly, but want to learn fishing techniques from the Han tribe, they have to exchange population. He
did it as soon as he thought of it, but he had to complete the task that Ye Ying had given him first.
First, he counted the number of people. There were a total of fifty-six people in this transaction, of which only six were little boys, and the other fifty were women. There were only two adult women over the age of fifteen, and half of them were girls over the age of ten, about twenty people, and the rest were little girls.
After counting the number of people, Shi Quan arranged the next task, and the women and children who had just been exchanged to the Han tribe were nervously looking back and forth between Shi Quan and the big iron pot.
They stared at Shiquan because they saw that Shiquan was the leader of this transaction. They thought that Shiquan was the leader of this tribe or some important person. The fate of these people depended on Shiquan's mood.
They looked at the iron pot simply because they were hungry and wanted to eat. These women and children were originally vulnerable groups in the primitive tribe. They could not get much food in normal times, let alone in the winter when food was scarce.
"Come on, bring some buckets from the boat, put a wooden board on it, make a simple table, and serve each of them a bowl of porridge. Give each of them a spoon. Those who have no place to sit should wait and take turns to eat. These people are too hungry. Only one bowl per person, don't let them get sick."
"Yes!"
Shiquan's soldiers immediately took the order, brought a few buckets to make a table, and began to wash the bowls to serve porridge to these people. The reason why they put them on the table was because the bowls were too hot. Don't let them spill it if you can't hold it. It would not only waste food but also easily burn them.
The 56 people who had just been replaced were divided into two groups. More than 20 people directly formed a circle around the table, each with a bowl and a porcelain spoon. They were simply demonstrated to them once, and everyone learned how to use the spoon, which is much easier to learn than chopsticks.
A group of people began to slurp the porridge. Without being taught, some people automatically understood the skill of blowing first.
While this group of women and children were eating, Shiquan took a few soldiers of the Jinwu Guard to set up a tent by the lake. This was a marching tent with a large space.
After the tent was set up, someone set up several large pots by the lake and drew water from the lake to boil hot water to prepare for a bath for them. Although the tent was not very warm, it could at least block the wind. Otherwise, if they caught a cold after taking a bath and died, it would be too worthless.
The ground in the tent was slightly leveled, and two drainage ditches were dug to pour the bath water directly.
Shiquan also asked people to bring realgar powder and soap from the three-masted ship that was left behind. Realgar powder can kill parasites when added to bath water, and it is not as toxic as arsenic. It is more practical for these people who know nothing. Needless to say, soap was already available in the Han tribe when there was no Hanyang City. It was a byproduct of Luo Chong's production of glycerin at that time.
In addition to these, there are clothes and shoes. The shoes are old cloth shoes collected from the people of Takumi County, and there are many old clothes.
Because they originally planned to buy a few thousand people back, these supplies were prepared in sufficient quantities.
The women and children waiting for dinner on the side watched all this silently, and some people were chattering and discussing in a low voice, and no one knew what they were talking about.
Those who were eating didn't care so much. The salty and fragrant rice porridge was placed in front of them. Where could they have a mouth to talk? They all slurped their porridge.
Shi Quan ordered that they should only have one bowl each and not eat too much, but such a large bowl of porridge was enough to fill their stomachs. You know, these people usually don't get so much food.
Soon, those who finished eating porridge stood up, and Shi Quan asked people to teach them to go to the lake to wash the dishes by themselves. After washing the dishes, they began to help collect firewood and boil water. The children stayed by the pot to roast the fire, and the older girls went to carry buckets to fetch water and boil water. The women and children who were waiting for food before also got their share of meat porridge.
At the same time, the leader of the small tribe who had left with his people before, they actually didn't leave far.
Now their tribe has lost one-third of its population, and the food that was originally scarce now seems to be abundant, so they no longer continue to hunt and gather, but quietly came to the woods not far from the lake to observe the movements of the Han tribe.
The strange people from the lake, after they finished the transaction, did not seem to have any intention of leaving immediately. Instead, they built a house by the lake and put a lot of pots there to boil water. The women and children who had just been exchanged were also given food. This surprised the little leader. He didn't know where the Han tribe got so much food.
Soon, strange things happened. On the Han tribe side, the two women who had just been exchanged were brought into the house. Several soldiers carried a lot of buckets and wooden basins and other things in, explained it and came out immediately.
Then, many girls were seen coming and going to the house to deliver water. There was hot water boiled in the pot, and there was also cold water from the lake. It could be used for bathing after mixing it.
The younger girls lined up to go in, and all the animal skins they were wearing were thrown into the fire and burned. As soon as the little girls went in, the older girls helped them bathe, and the two adult women instructed them how to use realgar powder and soap throughout the process.
After a while, another soldier rowed a small boat to bring a few bags of clothes from the big ship, and the girls also sent them into the tent. When they saw the women coming out again, everyone had changed their appearance and dressed like the Han tribe.
They were wearing colorful clothes, many of which were single clothes. These were urgently collected from the people of Takumi County by the Han tribe. They couldn't get so many cotton clothes at once, but it didn't matter. The Han tribe had the most sheepskin coats.
Therefore, in addition to the clothes of the Han tribe, each girl was also given an ordinary sheepskin coat. Although it was only the most common style, it also had a lining and a surface, with wool facing inside and linen sewn on the outside, and buttons. No matter how ordinary it was, it was better than wearing animal skins directly.
The girls and little girls who had just finished taking a bath were all smiling and looking at each other's clothes and skirts, but Shiquan didn't let them idle. He immediately called everyone together and talked.
"After taking a bath, children, go to the fire and dry your hair. Older children, go chop firewood. Even women from the Han tribe have to work. Come on, don't just stand there, or you'll catch a cold and die."
Shiquan didn't care whether they could understand or not, he took a few hatchets and handed them to the girls, asked them to wear the "new clothes" to chop wood, and drove all the little girls to the fire, asked them to gather around, found a few combs, and taught them to comb each other's hair.
It was about half an afternoon, and then everyone finished washing up. All the newly bought women and children changed their clothes, put on shoes, single clothes and sheepskin coats, and changed their hairstyles.
The girls and the two adult women all had the hairstyle of women in the Han Dynasty, that is, low ponytails, all the hair was gathered behind the back, and simply tied with a headband, and that was it.
The little girls all had double buns, and each of them had two small chignons on the top of their heads, looking like Nezha.
The little boys were simpler, all of them had their hair tied on the top of their heads, and a piece of black cloth was wrapped on top.
After this, those guys who were secretly hiding in the woods and peeping were stunned for a moment. They couldn't recognize the people who left their tribe.
"Chief, are these people from our tribe? Why did they change their appearance after coming out of that house?"
The young chief was also silent for a while.
Why did they change? Didn't you all see it? They just washed and dressed up, and they became like this now.
Of course, this was not what surprised him the most. What surprised him the most was the wealth of the Han tribe.
This tribe from the lake could actually take out so many clothes at once, and treat these newly bought people so well, feeding them meat porridge, bathing them and changing clothes. The animal skins that the women originally wore were actually thrown into the fire by them. This is too wasteful.
Another question is, what exactly do these people want to do? They didn't leave after the transaction before, saying that they would wash and dress up the women. Now they are dressed up, right? So when will they leave?
Thinking of this problem, the young leader frowned again and whispered to several tribesmen around him, "Keep watching them and see when they leave."
"Okay, we got it."
Gurgle---
a sound of stomach growling sounded, and a teenager scratched his head embarrassedly and asked the leader, "Chief, when are we going to eat?"
The leader glared at him and scolded directly, "What are you eating? Didn't we just finish eating in the morning? Eat tomorrow!"
The boy had to shut up in dismay.
However, while they were starving and monitoring the Han tribe, Shiquan led people to cook dinner by the lake.
In order to show the wealth of the Han tribe to the newcomers and to show the wealth of the Han tribe to those hiding in the dark, Shiquan directly asked people to move two bags of rice from the big boat, as well as a sack of potatoes, bacon, pickled vegetables and vermicelli.
Soon, the Han tribe's simple camp by the lake became lively.
The newly joined girls and the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard learned to use clay pots to simmer rice, the children were responsible for making fire, and some girls learned to cut vegetables and cook.
Take out the pickled cabbage from the jar and cut it into sections, cut the potatoes into pieces, heat the pot and pour in oil, add star anise and dried chili peppers, then add thinly sliced bacon and stir-fry, finally add sauerkraut, add water, salt, potatoes and vermicelli, as well as long beans that are cooked and then dried, which are also commonly eaten in winter.
A large pot full of hard dishes, including meat, vegetables and vermicelli, the fragrance spreads far and wide. Next to the big iron pot, there are many small ceramic pots emitting bursts of rice fragrance. Even the girls who had just finished eating meat porridge a few hours ago couldn't help drooling at the smell of these aromas.
Although it was just a pot of randomly stewed dishes, it was also a delicacy they had never eaten before.
Even the girls at the scene couldn't help but want to eat it, not to mention the people who were monitoring here not far away.
What's even more exaggerated is that the Han tribe not only has rice and vegetables, but Shiquan also has someone cook a pot of mung bean soup for everyone to eat.
Gurgle---
a series of hungry sounds came from the woods not far away, and finally someone couldn't help but say,
"Those people don't look like bad people. Why do we have to watch here? Didn't we trade with them smoothly during the day? It should be okay for us to go over and take a look, right?"
"Yes, yes, they have so much food. Let's go and see what they eat. Maybe we can learn something."
"Yes, yes, yes, the leader exchanged two pots with them, and we don't know how to cook yet. We are going to learn how to cook, right?"
When the few people heard this excuse, they nodded happily, and their legs couldn't help but walk towards Shiquan and the others.
(End of this chapter)
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