Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 328 Fruit, Resentment
The dream is full, but the reality is very skinny.

Thinking about the fruits in his dream, and then looking at the fruits around him, Jin Yu's heart is full of resentment.

Although there is the Grand Canal dug by his own brand and cheap father-in-law (Yang Ying's biological father) who spent a lot of money and money, the traffic to and from Chang'an is much smoother than going to the Western Regions, but it is also not easy to eat lychees.The lychees must first be transported by land from southern Fujian to Kuaiji, then by water to Luoyang via Yuhang, and finally by land to Chang'an.

Bai Juyi once said: If (lychee) leaves the original branch, the color will change in one day, the fragrance will change in two days, the taste will change in three days, and the color and fragrance will disappear in four or five days. The reason is simple and everyone understands it. In order to eat lychees, Cixi, the prodigal lady, had people cut down lychee branches, plant them in wooden barrels, and transport them to Beijing along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal without stopping to eat fresh ones. Ordinary people just rested Well, after all, not everyone has the cheek to embezzle military expenditures for their own birthday.

If you want to find a fruit with a sweeter taste than lychee these days, you can also find it. Sugarcane, the famous raw material for sugar production.The sugar-making process is not well developed these days, because the sugar cane has slag, and all the brown sugar produced is rough, which is called "ancient brown sugar" in the words of later generations.An immature technology, mixed with a little hormone, becomes a good thing, and it is still the kind that can cure all diseases... Sigh, there are fools all the time, and it is not a patent of a certain era.

Sugarcane is also produced in Lingnan and is not resistant to storage. It can be stored at room temperature for up to a week. If it takes longer, it will become moldy and quite toxic. If you eat it, you will report it to the underworld.

Yang Ying was so focused on the game that she didn't say anything more. Jin Yu looked at her slender circles, dots, and rubs that pointed to spirituality from the side. His thoughts were flying, and he remembered a poem called "Youth Tour? Feeling Old":
"The knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the slender fingers break the new orange. The brocade tent is warm at the beginning, the beast smell is constant, and they sit opposite each other and tune the sheng. Ask in a low voice: Who are you going to sleep? It's three o'clock in the city. The horse is slippery and frosty, It's better to stop, because there are few people going."

It is about Song Huizong (that is, the emperor who is proficient in poetry, poetry, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and is very good at handwriting), Zhou Yanbang and the famous prostitute Li Shishi when they were playing in a love triangle. In the clip, Jin Yu likes to make up this kind of tune very much, more than once: Li Shishi peeled oranges for Zhou Yanbang to eat, and after eating, he invited Zhou Yanbang to bed and played with musical instruments on the grounds that the bed was warm, the incense was wafting, and the smell was fragrant (I don’t know. I thought Zhou Yanbang was a tuner), and when he arrived, he asked softly, "It's already midnight, where are you going to live? It's frosty and the road is slippery at this point, why don't you go?" Zhou But Bang Yan said: It is because there are few people that he left (stealing the emperor's outer courtyard, for fear of meeting acquaintances, don't leave in the middle of the night, should he leave early in the morning? That's what cheaters do).

What does this word mean?It shows that Li Shishi is very professional. He is not only considerate in serving, but also accompanies young artists to discuss art issues in a simple way. At the end, he tries his best to ask the guests whether to add the clock (I am wet, and you still plan to leave? Is it a man? Is it a man?)

Uh, it seems a bit crooked, let's start again.

What does this word mean?It was [-] years when Li Shishi became famous, and at this time the Slender Gold Emperor was nearly [-] years old, and Zhou Bangyan was in his [-]s, which shows that men are very handsome!Specialize!one!No matter what age I like girls who are [-] years old...

Uh, it seems to be a little crooked again, under Yang Ying's teasing, Jin Yu's train of thought is very unstable, trying to pull his thoughts to the fruit.

What does this word mean?How to eat oranges of course!

Scissors that are as bright as water (I can’t figure out why I use scissors to cut oranges, maybe because the oranges are too small), Wu Yan, who is whiter than snow, and slender fingers pick up the freshly cut orange petals, dip some salt into their mouths , Hey, that taste, when you close your eyes hard, the corners of your eyebrows and nose can be wrinkled, the taste is so ecstasy!

For sweetness, add some salt!That's right, this is the correct way to eat oranges before they are improved!Oranges have a long history. They are born and bred in the country. They taste sour and refreshing. They can catch up with lemons. They really can’t be eaten without salt...

In fact, more people use oranges as spices. They usually smoke their clothes or something. When they are buried, they are buried next to the coffin, which can play a role in removing odors (the morgue takes a long time, so don’t use some spices to cover it up.) After all, not everyone can compare with Qin Shihuang. A cart full of salted fish covered his body with an unfilial son, and Qin Shihuang did the same. If he knew in advance, he would have to cut it first.)

Although Jin Yu has never seen how nobles are buried these days, it does not prevent him from seeing the reports of Mawangdui in the past few years. There are orange seeds next to the coffin (the skin and flesh have long since disappeared, so there are only seeds).

Yang Ying's technique became more and more proficient, and she felt a sense of accomplishment when she saw Jin Yu's saber-rattling.Jin Yu doesn't speak any words, instead he speaks with facts, and if he comes and doesn't reciprocate, he will be indecent, so often, he will be indecent...

Jin Yu twisted the pacifier in his hand, but he was living with various fruits like a slide show in his mind.

Persimmon, this is cheap, belongs to the type of fruit that the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade.There are persimmon trees on the surrounding hills, which can’t be sold for a high price, and no one guards them. Anyone can pick them.Although ripe persimmons are sweet, they have an astringent taste. When made into persimmons, there will be a layer of icing sugar after the frost, which has a slight sweet taste, but you can’t eat too much. If it works, there will also be a feeling of being stabbed, bursting with pain... Jin Yu doesn't want to experience it, so he has always kept this thing at a respectful distance.

There is no fresh-keeping cold storage these days, and fresh-keeping technology is backward. If you want to eat something fruity in winter, you can only choose preserved fruit.However, preserved fruits these days are rarely pickled with sugar. The sugar-making process is not up to standard, and the probability of deterioration after pickling with sugar is still high. Therefore, most preserved fruits on the market are pickled with salt. In order to make the shelf life of preserved fruits longer If it lasts longer, then add more salt, so there will be preserved fruits that are salty and slightly sweet... Whenever someone presents preserved fruits to him, Jin Yu is firm and insensitive to this thing, saying that his stomach can't stand it, so he still doesn't like it. have eaten.

Of course, there is one preserved fruit that he is more willing to eat, and that is raisins.What specialties can the Western Regions have?That is to say, raisins are the most popular among the people of Tang Dynasty. Not to mention sweet, they are also durable.Hu merchants sent camels to Chang'an, so there was no need to worry about not being able to sell them.

Mei, what is the name of a special product in Chang'an in later generations?You can play it, it's sweet and sour, it's appetizing.Jin Yu felt that his resentment was too deep, and he was already a bit of a demon, so let's get the brace in front of him twice first!
(End of this chapter)