Northern Dynasties

As night fell, the campfire was full of fire, and the sergeants were in groups, each guarding a stove, cooking the game ingredients hunted during the day.

The milky white soup is boiling and rolling, sprinkled with a handful of salt, and the wild Polygonum, which is taken from the wild and washed with water, and a large bowl of broth with meat and bones. Although the taste is not very good, But it is also full of flavor, and most of the fatigue of running around for a whole day is dispelled at this moment.

The whole day's hunting was more than enough to satisfy more than [-] people in the camp.

In midsummer, the food is not resistant to storage, and there are special campers and cooks to deal with the remaining prey. The furry hides are steamed and dried, and then sent back to the base camp for further processing. The meat is cut into thin strips or large pieces, and smoked with pine smoke Smoked and dried to make dried meat.

Some ingredients with good meat quality need to be processed more finely, and some seasoning spices are added to make meat floss that is easier to store and has a richer texture and taste.

This is a very novel and unique dietary practice at present. The meat floss produced cannot be supplied to the military, but must be trafficked to the lower reaches of Luoshui River for sale.

The tyrants and officials there are quite fond of it, and the exquisitely made meat floss can often be sold for dozens of times the price of ordinary dried meat. Since the beginning of summer, it has become one of the pillar industries in northern Shaanxi, in exchange for a large number of Shaanxi. Supplies that Beijing cannot produce by itself but is in urgent need of.

After several times of urging by Li Mu, Li Tai left his small tent after writing the letter.

The smell of meat from the camp came rushing to his face, refreshing, and Li Tai couldn't help but twitch his index finger. He remembered Li Mu's confident expression during the day that he would use the tiger to cook a delicious meal for him, and he was quite looking forward to it.

As soon as he walked out of the camp here, Li Mu impatiently pulled him to sit down by the campfire, and placed a huge tiger head on the eucalyptus in front of him, and said with an envious smile: "This beast It was Boshan that you hunted with your own hands. Such a mighty and brave deed needs something to commemorate, so I deliberately left this tiger head, and in the future, I will find a craftsman to make it carefully, so that it can be passed down to future generations, so that the younger generation will feel nostalgic when they see it. , remember the heroic appearance of the ancestors, and maintain a brave and strong family tradition!"

Li Tai was also greatly moved when he heard this.Although he doesn't even have a wife now, let alone offspring, it doesn't hinder his imagination.When I really grow up in the future, I will conquer the Southern Dynasty and pass this tiger head together with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. Thinking about it makes people feel passionate.

He took a closer look at the tiger's head, and then put it away in a wooden box.

At this time, the tiger rack that has been roasted for a long time was also served on a large lacquer plate.The thick and huge skeleton is placed on the lacquer plate, which can still give a glimpse of how mighty and majestic it was in life, but now it has been reduced to a meal on the plate.

Li Mu personally cut off the barbecued meat on the skeleton with a knife, and soon cut a plate full, and served it on Li Taian with his own hands.

Li Tai was not too polite, he grabbed the meat cutting knife and poked a piece into his mouth. He will never have the chance to eat this kind of food in future generations, and he is also full of curiosity about the taste of tiger meat, let alone hunting and killing it himself. That taste must be more sweet and delicious.

But as soon as the tiger meat was chewed, his expression froze immediately, he quickly spat it out and held it in his hand, and then carefully looked at it under the light of the campfire, he was sure it was barbecue, but the taste was indescribable, chewing in his mouth The taste is dry and tough, and the dry rubber crust is generally tasteless.

"Why, it doesn't taste good? After I entered the camp, I roasted it with fine fire for two hours. If I put any delicious seasonings on it, I'm afraid it will spoil your hard work, Boshan!"

After seeing this, Li Mu also became a little unconfident, grabbed a piece and threw it into his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls, then spit it out, and then said embarrassingly: "Tiger meat is not a good food. , far less fat and tender than cattle and sheep. I have worked hard, but I don’t think I have gained much. Alas, it is also a problem with fire. After all, cooking in the countryside is too simple..."

Yes, there are problems with everything, but your craftsmanship is fine.It also depends on how old you are and don't want to do it, otherwise I really want to beat you up too, and spoil my things!

The taste of tiger meat is indeed not great, there is not much fat, and the texture is rough and tough. In addition, Li Mu can't treat it properly, and the small fire and slow roasting have dried the little fat and moisture, which is as hard as a molar stick.

Li Tai raised his hand to greet everyone to come in, each took a piece and used it to grind his teeth, and he didn't want to waste the rest, so he asked people to pack it up and put it in a casserole to simmer carefully. Naturally, he couldn't eat it tonight, so he could only use cooking and barbecue venison extra meal.

Li Mu failed to show his skills, and although he still said he was strong, he probably felt guilty in his heart, so he sat at the same table with Li Tai, and specially divided the barbecue for him.

Halfway through the meal, there was a loud withering sound in the camp again. Li Tai remembered that there was a visitor from the previous episode. He picked up a piece of cake to wipe the grease on his hands, and asked while gnawing on the cake: " Where are the guests placed just now? Let's invite them to meet each other."

Not long after, the officers led more than a dozen strong soldiers to the campfire, and only released their leader, a short, middle-aged man, in front of them.

"Liu Chang'an, the garrison master of Yuxi Fort, a subordinate of Yuyin County, pays homage to Commander Li!"

The middle-aged man walked to the front, and when his eyes fell on the huge tiger skeleton, his eyes froze for a moment, and when he realized it, he hurriedly kowtowed again.

"Liu Chang'an? What is the relationship between Liu Kang, the withered tycoon, and you?"

Li Tai put down the half-eaten bread, looked at the middle-aged man, and saw that although he was dressed in Chinese robes and held courteously, his voice, appearance and appearance were slightly different from those of a real Han.And this person is indeed not a powerful Han, but the chief of Jihu in the territory of Kuyin.

After hearing the words, Liu Chang'an paused and said, "It's an honor that the name of my father's hometown is known to the governor. How dare you be proud of it in front of the governor. It's just that in the village of Xiushan, there are occasional deeds of helping the poor and the poor, and the villagers praise them..."

"Helping the poor, this is not boasting. I have heard about your father's fame and deeds. He even dared to take in Hao Ren, the chieftain of the black water bandits who fled in chaos last year. It's no wonder that the villagers who had to judge right and wrong spread rumors about your family. Fame!"

When Li Tai heard this, he sneered. In the battle of Baiyu Mountain last year, the three states joined forces to suppress the Heishui Hu tribe, killing and capturing more than ten thousand Jihu tribes. The fiercest Hu chief Hao Renwang.

When the new year was approaching last year, Li Tai was driven by Daxingtai to the upper reaches of the Luoshui River to garrison. When he carefully sorted out the personnel affairs in this area, he accidentally learned that King Hao Ren was hiding in the Liu family of Huaiyinhu.

It's just that Li Tai has too many things to deal with after returning to this territory, and after Huili Town returned to the government, even though his cousin Cui Yu took over as the governor of Beihua Prefecture, the armed forces in Beihua Prefecture are dominated by the state, county and township regiments. However, self-defense is acceptable, but the ability to attack externally has dropped sharply, so Li Taicai has not yet taken any substantive action against the Hus in Withered Yin.

After all, Yuwentai also clearly limited his activities within the territory of Dongxia Prefecture. If his buttocks are still hot and he wants to wander elsewhere to find trouble, it would really be a bit embarrassing for the boss.

Moreover, withered Yinhu is also different from Heishuihu, who is poor and tyrannical, and his own family has a great career. As Li Dao said before, each of them is rich and princely, and has a lot of united front value.

At least since the Great Reunification, the group of Hu in Withered Yin has not launched any turmoil to provoke the authority of the Tyrant, and many Hu chiefs have accepted the official positions of prisons granted by the Tyrant.

For example, Liu Kang, the father of Hu Chieftain Liu Changan, once served as the governor of Withering Yin in the early years of Datong. In fact, there was no Withering County in the official administrative establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty, at least not now.

In order to avoid intensifying conflicts and causing disturbances among the tribes of Withered Yin and Hu, Li Tai also adopted an attitude of restraint and wooing.After entering the country, he sent a message to the tribes of Hu Yinhu to invite some Hu chieftains to discuss the construction of a Buddhist temple in the name of building a Liu Shifo temple in Luochuan.

With this excuse to show goodwill, the Hu chiefs of the withered Yin Hu tribe also welcomed Li Tai's arrival, and the framework of the Luochuan Temple was gradually built under the efforts of the Hu tribe.It was during the process of interacting with Zhuhu that Li Tai learned the news that King Hao Ren was still born in the Liu clan.

He didn't choose to launch an immediate attack, but in the name of building a temple, he summoned Liu Kang, the chieftain of Hu. He had already sent someone to summon him in April, and now it was already the beginning of July, so Liu Kang sent a son to see him. It shows that he is arrogant.

But it also shows that Li Tai's various tasks have been so effective in the past few months after entering the country, that the originally arrogant and rude chieftain of the Hu tribe felt the pressure and did not dare to be arrogant anymore. On the way, he sent his son to chase after him.

When Liu Chang'an heard this, he nodded again and again: "This is really wronged. I don't know where the villain made such evil words to frame him. How dare our department... I beg the governor to listen to someone's self-defense. Since the governor entered the country, he has asked all the departments , Don’t be mean and far-sighted, more able to uphold the righteousness and enlightenment, personally take on the role of serving the Buddha and worshiping the Lord, and building a dojo for preaching the scriptures, the people of our ministry also deeply feel the greatness of the governor’s benevolence and righteousness!”

Liu Shifo was originally a Samana virtuous who was widely believed among Jihu. Although the destruction of prostitutes by the court before the court did not seriously affect the northern states where Jihu is densely distributed, some well-informed Jihu felt deeply humiliated and indignant after hearing the news. .

Li Tai once severely punished the Heishuihu clan, and was considered a very vicious person among the Jihu clan, but now he openly supported the belief of the Jihu people, and even took the initiative to propose building a big temple for Master Liu.

This kind of enthusiastic maintenance of Jihu's beliefs also quickly reversed his reputation among the Jihu tribes.

Even this kind of Xi Dynasty warrior who tortured Hu for pleasure could be enlightened and repented by Master Buddha, which shows the profound and great power of Master Liu's Dharma. There are even rumors among some tribes that Master Liu couldn't bear to see his family members being tortured and killed, so he went down to the mortal world to kill this man. The devil who is keen on killing beards enlightened him and took him into the role of a vajra general who protects the Dharma.

Therefore, the construction of the great temple has not been completed yet, but in the eyes of some Hu publics, Li Tai has already exaggerated the sacred brilliance of Master Liu, and they are quite superstitious about it.

Although the Liu family is located among the mountains in the dark western region, and is not under the attack of the Luochuan defense soldiers, but with the formation of this custom, some Hu tribes learned that the Liu family actually sheltered and learned from the Buddha. Queen Hao Ren, who was an enemy, also gradually kept her distance.

After noticing this change in atmosphere, the chief Liu Kang sent his son to visit the governor after several considerations. By the way, he had a peek at how powerful he was, and then considered how to get along with him.