Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 104: A Trip to the Grassland
I don't know if it was because Xia Lin was not favored by the God of Ships or what, but the snow stopped completely early the next morning. The temperature dropped a few degrees, and then warmed up rapidly. In the afternoon, we could take off our coats, and there was only some snow on the shady ground on the road.

When getting off the boat, Xia Lin spat at the big ship: "Damn it, no respect for me."

Miss Tang, who was directing the unloading at the moment, happened to see his actions, and hurriedly walked up to him and pulled him to the side of the boat, clasped her hands together and sincerely apologized to the big ship: "Don't blame me, this young man is ignorant, I will make a golden statue of the god of the ship in the future."

After she finished speaking, she took out a set of hexagrams from her small bag, squatted on the ground and threw them on the ground. She was relieved after seeing the hexagram. Now she stood up and twisted Xia Lin's arm: "You, you, you! How can you be so disrespectful? You even spit on the God of Ship..."

"Who told them not to let us stay there to celebrate the New Year?"

Miss Tang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, but there were so many people here that she couldn't say anything. She just dragged Xia Lin away. When they arrived at the inn near the pier, she told Xia Lin the story of how the twenty-seven people who disrespected the god of the ship ended up. It wasn't until the caravan on the second leg of the journey came to look for her that she finally died.

The foreman was a little surprised when he came in and took a look at Xia Lin, but he still completed the handover formalities with Miss Tang first. At this point, Xia Lin finally understood that in winter, the northern caravans did not need to change cars when going to the south, but the southern caravans needed to change cars when going to the north. It seemed that the southern cars mainly needed to be moisture-proof because there were many waterways, while the northern cars needed to be more anti-freezing. But when going from the north to the south, because the time is short and the goods are distributed all the way, there is no need to deliberately change the box. But as soon as the southern goods land in the north, they need to cut the anti-freezing, because the whole box is damp, and if it is not replaced, it will be frozen by the cold weather.

"Huh? This young man looks familiar. Have you seen him somewhere before?"

What Xia Lin didn't expect was that the person who came here to take over with Miss Tang was actually the old He who brought him and Lao Zhang to Yangzhou, so he laughed: "Don't you remember me?"

"Old He, please don't be rude. This is Xia Daosheng, the magistrate of Fuliang County."

"Oh oh oh...please don't blame me, sir." Lao He quickly bowed and apologized to Xia Lin: "I must have recognized the wrong person."

"No." Xia Lin pulled his hand and helped him up. "Two and a half years ago in the spring, you brought two people from Luoyang to Yangzhou. Do you remember?"

After hearing this, Lao He was immediately surprised. He stared at Xia Lin with wide eyes, and then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he pointed at him and said, "You are the smooth-talking boy!"

"Old He!" Miss Tang shouted from the side, "How can you talk like that?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Xia Lin walked up to Lao He and said with a smile: "You and Miss Tang are the people who changed my destiny. I didn't expect that we would meet again after all this journey."

"Tang Bao, give Lao He a raise! Just buy out his pension, I'll pay for it!"

Miss Tang went up and twisted Bashalin's waist. Old He was a veteran in this field. He could tell at a glance that the relationship between the two was unusual. After all, he had followed the master to do business outside when he was young, and now he had watched the young lady grow up. How could he not know who the young lady was?

It was really sad. The boy who hitchhiked and told stories back then now had to call him "Sir" when they met again. Even the young lady who once agreed to give them a ride like a cat or a dog was now held in his hand and called him "Sugar Baby".

I won't waste any more time. After the arrival of the ace logistics master Lao He, the process was significantly accelerated. A total of 57 trucks of cargo unloaded from the ship. Under Lao He's operation, the formalities were quickly completed and they headed directly to the destination - Yanmen Pass.

There is no human path among the sheep and horses, and no one lives outside Yanmen Pass. This is about Yanmen Pass, which is the last pass of the northern Wei Dynasty to the outside world. The guards are strict, but Lao Guo asked Xia Lin to bring a letter to the guard Guo Ying. After asking, he found out that Guo Ying was actually his father Guo's younger brother, so when Xia Lin and his friends arrived at Yanmen Pass, he brought a bunch of things to visit his "Uncle Guo".

The items are mainly canned syrup, sweet things like peaches, plums, apricots, and some canned vegetables that were made in summer and autumn, and are still green and juicy in winter.

When General Guo of Yanmen Pass heard that it was his brother's godson who had arrived, he naturally gave him a warm welcome. He handed the letter to General Guo and then took out the gifts he had with him. Old Guo No. 2 was very happy and insisted on keeping Xia Lin here for a simple meal.

He naturally couldn't refuse the invitation from his elders, so he could only take Tang Bao to the dinner. The people who came to the dinner were all the garrisons of the border town. Looking at their appearance, Xia Lin couldn't help but be surprised: "Generals, is life hard here?"

The generals around looked at each other and laughed. General Guo laughed even louder, saying, "Since ancient times, guarding the border has always been hard. Although the court has never lacked food and clothing, the situation here is just like this. It's OK in spring and summer, but in winter, the wind is like a sharp blade. It's really hard."

Xia Lin had heard before that other checkpoints would actively let the barbarians enter, but Yanmen Pass was indeed a majestic pass that blocked the strong winds outside the Great Wall. However, the soldiers here were really miserable. Their hands and faces were covered with frostbite, and some places had already ulcerated and oozing water. Some generals even had their ears and fingers mutilated.

If even the generals are like this, what about the soldiers?

Before coming to this world, Xia Lin had a rank on his shoulder. Although he was not on the same front as those soldiers, they all called each other comrades. Now seeing these border guards in such pain, he naturally had to think of a way. Xia Lin saw it, frowned, thought for a while and said, "Generals, wait for me to get some oil from the grassland this time, and I will make frostbite ointment for you when we pass Yanmen Pass again."

"Oh?" General Guo Ying raised his eyebrows: "The price of frostbite ointment is not cheap."

"It's not worth anything at all." Xia Lin waved his hand and said, "If there is fat here, it can be from pigs, cows or sheep. Fish would be the best. I can make it for you tomorrow morning. The more fat, the higher the yield. It's not a big deal at all."

"Really?" Guo Ying looked at Xia Lin curiously: "Can you really do it?"

"Then you see, if I call Guo Dad Dad, I should call you Uncle. How can a nephew lie to an elder like you?" Xia Lin laughed, "But you need to prepare some herbs. I'll see if the caravan has any. Paraffin, Angelica dahurica, Millettia reticulata, safflower, ginger, etc. I will make a good ointment for you."

In fact, Xia Lin also brought oil, but his oil was vegetable oil. Frostbite ointment is a very strange thing. It has to be made from animal oil. It seems that it is because of vitamin E that vegetable oil does not work well.

Tang Bao was watching Xia Lin from the side and thought that this boy was a bit strange. When he was in Dantu, he would ask someone to pay nine out of ten thousand for 1.35 million yuan for only fifty taels, but here... Although frostbite ointment is not priceless, it is hard to find. Moreover, each family's ointment has a unique secret recipe, and one recipe alone may cost tens of thousands of taels.

"When the time comes, I'll leave the recipe to you and you can make it yourself."

Xia Lin didn't think there was anything special about this thing. It was just a frostbite cream. The recipe was very simple. It was nothing more than refining oil and boiling medicine, which was similar to making hot pot base.

As for the recipe - give it a try and you'll know.

Naturally, these generals were extremely happy to receive Xia Lin's promise. They went to the warehouse to count the fat overnight. They cut off the fat of pigs and sheep bit by bit and actually made seven or eight big iron pots.

Medicinal materials are naturally easy to deal with. Many southerners think that a pass is a door under a city wall, but in fact a pass is generally a city. The larger the pass, the bigger the town behind it.

The city behind Yanmen Pass is not small, and there are naturally doctors and the like inside. The medicinal materials Xia Lin wanted were soon collected. The next step was to soak the medicinal materials in water and then refine the oil.

As for oil refining... its biggest problem is the fragrance, especially in this era when oil is scarce. Once the fragrance wafts out, the people in Yanmen Pass will toss and turn in their beds in the middle of the night, and their appetite will be aroused.

Xia Lin, on the other hand, was the first to benefit from the proximity. He was squatting by the fire, watching the temperature of the oil, while eating the floating oil residue with General Guo Ying and Tang Bao.

It smells so good... If you have this with a bowl of rice and a spoonful of soy sauce, it can extend the life of a dying person by three hours.

"Uncle Guo, please prepare some rice."

Guo Ying was also a veteran. As soon as he heard Xia Lin's words, he knew what he was going to do. He quickly asked someone to get a bucket of leftover rice, and then he and Xia Lin squatted beside the stove to eat the rice mixed with lard. In the end, even Miss Tang couldn't help but eat a big bowl of it.

A bowl of rice cooked with lard in the dead of night in the cold winter makes one feel as happy as a god. Even Miss Tang, such a gentle and elegant person, burped with satisfaction in the end.

After eating, Xia Lin started to prepare the ingredients: "Uncle Guo, please don't tell anyone else about this recipe. I tell you, this recipe is worth at least tens of thousands of taels, enough to feed our family for several lifetimes."

"That's natural."

The soaked herbs were put into the big oil pan. A sizzling sound was heard, followed by a strong medicinal aroma. After all the herbs were fried, Xia Lin closed the fire door and threw out the residue. Finally, he threw in some medicines that were not resistant to high temperatures, such as raw mint, and then covered the pan and went back to their rooms to sleep.

When I got up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky. When I walked out of the door, I saw General Guo Ying and a group of other generals gathered around a pot. From time to time, someone would pick up a piece of fat that had solidified into a paste from the pot and smear some on the affected area.

"Oh! It's so comfortable! Come and try it, it's cool, smooth and comfortable!"

(End of this chapter)