Section 773 Eating fish
A.D. 694 is the first year of the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the horse in the zodiac, and the three years of longevity of Wu Zhou, the first year of extension. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
For the people of the Wu Zhou Dynasty in the East, that is, the Tang people, the Year of the Horse, when the spirit of the dragon and horse, go to the next level and work hard to do a good job.
In the case of "Jiawu", the Tang people naturally did not know that in another parallel space, a little widow who had recognized them as the leading brother since the Tang Dynasty knocked the Tian/Chao to the ground during the Jiawu period, making the Tian/Chao embarrassed for a long time!
And in this "Jiawu" year, it is a year of shame that the embarrassed is the big food in white, and the time of humiliation begins in early spring!
Damascus, the capital of the Umayyad dynasty, is known as the garden of the earth, the paradise of the earth, where the rooms, gardens, streams, bridges, etc., flourished for a time and was extremely splendid.
The ancient Arabic book says: "If there is a paradise on earth, Damascus will be in it, and if heaven is in heaven, Damascus will be as famous as it." ”
Every traveler who arrived at it praised its name, making the old army leader Ibrahim at the eastern gate proud, and he once rejoiced again and again for the dynasty's victories.
But this morning, he watched a huge team of horses leave, his cloudy eyes stained with clear tears!
O Damascus, you have suffered great shame!
This horse caravan was filled with countless treasures that had been scavenged from all over the world by successive dynasties, and even stolen with blood and lives, such as gold and silver, as well as elaborate Damascus steel knives, etc., which were used as a ransom for Caliph Abdul Malik!
The Tang people in the East offered a price of one million taels of gold, which was equivalent to ten million taels of silver or ten million copper coins.
Wait!
The standard of goods is subject to what the Tang people say, for example, can silk be used as ransom? Can the ceramics bought from Datang at a high price be used as ransom?
The Tang people say that there is a problem with the wood, but the price is subject to the place of origin!
As a result, the silk on the market with a price of ten taels of silver is only worth one tael of silver! (It can be seen how black the hearts of the merchants of the Silk Road were)
If you don't make up enough numbers, the Tang people will not release the caliphate, and the given deadline is at the end of June, and if it is outdated, it will be sent to the Shendu Luoyang Exhibition, and the big cannibal in white wants to see his old man, you can, buy a ticket to visit, when it reaches 10 million pieces of silver, you can release his old man's freedom!
Well, if it's a public exhibition, the Great Cannibal will send Assassins...... The caliph could not commit suicide, so let others help him to free himself, lest everyone lose face.
Wei Xi's extortion of the ransom of the Great Cannibal presented a big problem to the Great Cannibal, and some of the various forces among the royal and powerful wanted to protect the caliphate, and some wanted to abolish the caliphate.
The people of the Caliphate said that he was a generation of Ming Jun, and his past achievements were commendable, and he might not be able to do better than him if he was replaced by others, so he should not be familiar with it.
The deposed caliph said that he had disgraced the great cannibals, caused millions of them to die, and what face did he have to sit back on the throne!
It's all for the sake of profit!
Most of the people who protect the caliphate have vested interests, and as soon as the new caliph comes to power, their interests cannot be guaranteed, so they must keep the caliphate.
One side wants to protect, the other party wants to abolish it, everyone has their own strength, no one can convince anyone to quarrel, and then they are ready to use the knife, this is how the political situation has changed for thousands of years,
After a few beatings, he woke up suddenly before he was beaten to death, and it turned out that there was a "melon-eating crowd" watching the play there with a small bench!
Can't let him see jokes!
During the time when Wei Xi asked the big cannibal to prepare the ransom, his troops were very honest, using the Amu Darya River as the boundary, and never attacked the big cannibal beyond the boundary, so as not to provoke the big cannibal.
But the evil intentions he harbors are clear even to the blind cannibals.
He wants to eat civil strife in white clothes!
is too ruthless, no ransom will be paid, and the result of the civil strife is that the strength of the white clothes will be lost again, and it will be easy for him to attack.
He paid a ransom, and he used it as military expenses with his backhand, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that June 31 was the day of his offensive.
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The white-clothed cannibals stopped making trouble, they swallowed a bitter fruit, and here they actively prepared, spending huge sums of money to redeem the caliphate, and there they actively prepared for war, fortified the city, stockpiled supplies and water, and trained soldiers.
The whole kingdom is mobilized to fight against the enemy and never give in!
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Compared with the bitter hatred of the great cannibals, the people are deeply resentful. Wei Xi, who has returned to the front line and is stationed on the banks of the Amu Darya, has a relaxed life, and he is fishing with Chief of Staff Jiang Zhi by the river.
The river fish in the desert Amu Darya River are very fat, and almost no one catches them, so they are big and stupid, and after a while, Wei Xi and Jiang Shi have a lot of harvest and get a lot of chubby fish.
Then Wei Xi came to a "Xinjiang-style grilled fish", cut the big fish from the back, remove the internal organs, cross two small wooden sticks from the upper and lower parts of the fish, and then use a slightly longer wooden stick to penetrate from the bottom to the top, insert the fish with the wooden sticks into the beach by the river, line up in a large row, light a charcoal fire next to the fish, and bake it for an hour.
Then sprinkle the fish with fine salt, cumin, Persian pepper, minced peppercorns (sigh to the sky, there are no chili peppers yet) and other seasonings.
Don't say anything about the gentleman's distant cooking, nor do they fake others, the two big men do it themselves, one of them is the prince, the other is the county prince, the status is not low, regardless of military affairs, not to mention that they are millions of minutes and millions, just staring closely at the fish in the coals and paying attention to the fire.
When the fish is heated, the skin is shrinking, the white and tender flesh is exposed, the fat inside is reduced, and it drip onto the grill one after another, and the aroma is spreading, attracting several guys who have not worked hard.
Yang Chengxian, Wang Xiaojie, Parrott, Shi Wanchao, Niu Liulang five guys Shi Shiran arrived.
As soon as the fish was cooked, they came uninvited, and before the owner could take the first bite, they picked it up and ate it!
I'm!
Wei Xi and Jiang Zhiqi rolled their eyes, and they had an urge to catch fire.
If this is the case, the big cannibals didn't fight for a million taels of gold, but the Tang generals fought for a few fish!
Everyone eats fish, this kind of grilled fish, the fish is grilled until it is oily (mainly because they are fat), shiny, it is attractive to look at, it tastes particularly sweet and refreshing, plus good wine, good friends, good scenery, it is really a very good mood.
They have even reached such a virtuous circle: fishing nests.
Eat the scraps and burn them in the water, and soon a flock of hungry fatty fish come and eat the processed meat of their kind, then catch it and grill it, and there is never a shortage of fish.
There are only tired mouths, and there are no fish to eat!
"Third brother, you once said that at the end of our westward journey is an ocean, called the Atlantic Ocean?" Yang Chengxian asked.
"Yes!" Wei Xi was stuffing fish meat into his mouth to give a short answer.
"And when will we reach the Atlantic?" Yang Chengxian asked again.
"Within three years, solve the white food plus Constantinople, and in the next five years, solve Europa, and we can be blessed to God!" Jiang replied on behalf of Wei Xi.
"Then in ten years, we will be able to return to our hometown and sit on the edge of Luoshui and grill fish like this." Yang Chengxian and everyone are looking forward to the authentic.
"Can't!" Wei Xi shook his head?
"Why not?" Everyone asked curiously.
"Because of the chengguan, you grill fish like this on the edge of Luoshui, which seriously pollutes the environment, and the chengguan will arrest you!" Wei Xi said solemnly.
In the midst of the laughter, a horse rushed over and sent an official document to Jiang Zhi, and after reading it, he said: "(The ransom of the caliphate) has been served!" ”