Chapter 1234 Sugar-Roasted Chestnuts and One Country

Qin Li was missing his home and his wife, and so were the other Tang soldiers.

All the Jiedushi were soldiers of the government, and lived with their families when they were not fighting.

Suddenly they came to the source of the Yellow River, and they could not see their families. Some of them could see that their fathers, sons, and brothers were all on the expedition.

While thinking about it, they were also thankful that they did not need to fight anymore, and no one would die if they did not fight.

"Today, the soldiers looked in good spirits. The last tribesman was settled in the city, and the rest were rotated to raise livestock outside."

Wang Junkui smiled as he watched, he did not want his own people to die.

Guo Zhiyun followed Shu Chang: "In the early stage, we suppressed the enemy, and we had few casualties. In the later stage, we won without fighting."

"I am still a little confused. How did the war go?" Zhang Zhongliang patted the snow on his hat and looked into the distance.

Zhang Xiaosong's eyes were bright. He reviewed the battles this year: "The courage to fight, the powerful weapons, and the amazing logistics."

"Yes, this logistics is indeed amazing. The Yulin Flying Cavalry insisted that they were the Yulin Flying Cavalry, and at the same time they belonged to the Bashui Corps, haha!"

Zhang Zhongliang smiled and shook his head. Can it be called a corps casually?

"Something is coming, something is being delivered, from the rear, sack after sack." The orderly ran over and shouted loudly.

"What is it?" Zhang Xiaosong saw the excitement of the orderly and knew that it was not normal food.

"Chestnuts, a lot of chestnuts. It is said that a lot of chestnuts have been left for other cities along the way, and the rest are sent here and in front."

The orderly swallowed twice.

There are no chestnuts in the position of the Longyou Jiedushi. In the past, chestnuts from other places were sent here to be cooked and sold, and the price was not low. He had eaten it twice since he was a child.

The key is that there are very few to eat each time, about a dozen. Looking at the amount sent today, it is estimated that he can eat as much as he wants.

"Where did the chestnuts come from? Could they be sent from Jingzhao Prefecture?" Guo Zhiyun felt sorry for the shipping cost. It would be much better to send rice and wheat.

"Chestnuts will fill you up. Let's go and have a look." Qin Li was also greedy. He wanted to eat.

When everyone arrived at the delivery place, they saw a horse-drawn sleigh, but this sleigh looked very strange.

"What kind of sleigh is this? Why does it look like a car?" Wang Junkui stood next to the sleigh and watched.

The deliveryman grinned: "We came from Shu, and the animals pulled the carts. When we got to the snowy place, we removed the heavy wheels and replaced them with sleds. After we got back, we installed the wheels and left someone to guard them. Li Dongzhu said before that we should add something under the wheels. We thought it would be better to remove it." "Chestnuts from Shu?" "Yes, Li Dongzhu gave us another 100,000 coins of exchange coupons, saying that the soldiers in the front should eat well. Buy chestnuts." "Is it expensive? Buying so many chestnuts will raise the local chestnut price." "How is it possible? How many people are there in you? How many pounds of chestnuts per person? How many people are there in Shu?" During the question and answer session, Qin Li opened a sack, took out a handful of chestnuts, and became happy: "Set up a big pot, our Yulin Flying Cavalry can fry chestnuts, first find small stones." "Fry after peeling the shell?" The orderly followed and picked up a chestnut to see. "After frying, peel the shells. If you want to eat directly, just eat directly. If you don't want to eat directly, stew meat? Any meat can be stewed.

Look at the chestnuts now? It seems that they need to be cut? Everyone, come and help cut them, otherwise the skin can't be peeled off."

Qin Li has experience. He observed the chestnuts and found that they couldn't be cut without a knife.

The people of the tribe came to watch. Compared with the people of Longyou Jiedushi, they were worse and had never eaten chestnuts.

Bilala picked up a few chestnuts and looked at them. He didn't understand: "Did you dig them out of the soil? They don't have handles on the tree."

"It grows on the tree, with handles and thorns on the outside. After peeling, you will get chestnuts like this. You can only eat the chestnut meat inside after peeling it again."

Qin Li gestured. There were chestnut trees in Jingzhao Prefecture, and he had peeled them.

"Is it delicious?" Bilala didn't quite understand unless he was asked to take a look at how it grew.

"You will know when you eat it after it's fried." Qin Li left and asked someone to set up a big pot and collect small stones, which had to be washed first.

It just so happens that everyone cuts the chestnuts during this process, and then pours sugar water on them.

Everyone goes their separate ways, and the tribesmen also help cut chestnuts.

An hour later, pots of sugar-fried chestnuts are ready.

Wearing gloves, use a sieve to remove the sand stuck on the chestnuts, and the shiny chestnuts are ready to eat.

"How do we exchange?" Bilala saw the tribesmen looking at him eagerly, and decided to pay with the sheep.

"What do we exchange for our own people? After you enter the city, did they ask you for things? Come on, come on, take a few to try first, and when the next batch is fried, there will be more."

Qin Li put on gloves and held a handful of them in front of a runny-nosed child, who stretched out his hand.

"Pockets of clothes, hot." Qin Li told the child what to do.

The child grabbed the hem of his robe and lifted it up, put the chestnuts in it and ran to find other friends to eat together.

The tribe that ate chestnuts for the first time was shocked by the texture and taste of the chestnuts. It turned out that there were such delicious things in the Tang Dynasty.

No wonder they always had to fight the Tang Dynasty, but now they don't have to fight, and they can eat good things.

"I've eaten canned chestnut chicken before, but this is the first time I've eaten fried chestnuts."

Guo Zhiyun had never eaten fried chestnuts before, and after eating one, he wanted to eat another one, and he was addicted.

The Yulin Flying Cavalry continued to fry with the military shovel. Judging from everyone's expressions, this batch of chestnuts could not be made into other dishes.

The tribesmen ate in small bites. Their happiness was not only the taste of the fried chestnuts, but also that they didn't have to change things anymore.

Now they belonged to the Tang people, helping to garrison on the front line and also receiving supplies.

When spring comes, you can graze wherever you want, and go into the city when you can come back at night. There are many cities, so you can go in at will.

Why fight for something that can be obtained without war?

Bilala looked at the satisfied faces of his tribesmen and came to Qin Li, who was roasting chestnuts with his bare chest.

"Brother Qin, when spring comes, can we build a city in the back? We can help. The city wall should be lower and not so thick.

We will help build it, so that we can graze on the grass and water, and we can go into the city to place the livestock, otherwise they will be taken away by something at night."

Bilala wanted to be able to find a place to stay at any time. In the past, when he was herding sheep, he couldn't go back to the tribe. People outside couldn't rest well, so there had to be someone to take turns to watch over them.

He found that the city was built quickly, so if that was the case, he would build more.

"I will write to the owner about this matter and see how the owner arranges it." Qin Li couldn't make a decision.

Building a city is fast, but burning and grinding cement are not fast. Adding the freight, how long will it take to get back the money?

He knew what Bi Lala meant. There was no need to build houses in the city. They had tents. They only needed a city wall and then locked the livestock in.

If so, a ten-foot-high city wall would be enough to prevent wolves and leopards.

Even if a leopard could jump in, it would not be able to jump out with the sheep.

There were many people herding sheep. If a leopard killed a few sheep, it would be worth the money of those sheep, not to mention that the sheep could be eaten.

Or add an eaves on one side of the wall, and use claws to pull the wall in. When you want to run, there are more eaves and you can't hold it back.

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