Chapter 66: The Whisperer of the Wind, Legend of the Celestial Dynasty (Part 2)
Later generations once an Indian museum director said: Bison is a refrigerator with hooves. It can be seen that the weight of buffalo in Indian lives.
Bisons, before being hunted by continental colonists and US troops, were the main source of Indian living supplies. Indian tribes could use various parts of the bison's body to make their food, clothes, shields, weapons, and even glue.
The Indian soldiers' dismantling the bisons naturally had reached a point of perfection. Soon, they split the bisons into pieces, and the bones and furs had also been broken into balls. Everyone had a small part of it and soon returned to the horse's back.
There was no river here, so naturally there was no way to cook. However, they ran forward for a while and soon saw a small river, and there was a large forest next to the river.
It was getting dark, and it seemed that I could only live here today. Zhao Mingfeng was ordered and everyone quickly rode their horses to the junction of the woods and the river.
When everyone came here, they all turned over and got off the horse. The warriors of the Seattle tribe and the Jinyiwei masters were busy together, preparing to have a sumptuous buffalo feast.
The warriors of the Seattle Tribe are preparing to make roast beef, which is a delicacy they often cook when camping out.
The so-called roast beef is naturally not the fine beef skewers that were found in the late-night snack stalls in later generations. There is no such thing as a badge now.
Their division of labor was clear, and some people took beef and beef bones to wait in the river to clean;
Some people sat on the grass to process the washed beef, roughly cutting the tenderest beef on the thigh into thin strips about three fingers wide and half fingers thick;
Some people went into the woods to pick up dry firewood and cut branches, and were very busy.
Soon, the slices of meat were cut, and the dry firewood and branches were piled up. They gathered together and skewed the beef on the peeled and sharpened branches.
After wearing the meat slices, someone started to make a fire. Originally, this link was time-consuming because there was no fire in the wild, so they had to drill wood to make fire.
It's not that trouble now. They have the latest kerosene lighter from the Ming Dynasty. They just scratch the flames wherever they want, which is very convenient.
After the branches were lit, many people grilled the meat skewers on the fire, while some took out salt and dried powder like cumin or black pepper to sprinkle it on the meat skewers. Soon, the temporary camp was filled with the aroma of barbecue, which was mouth-watering.
The Jinyiwei who accompanied him made beef bone soup. They specially brought two big pots weighing about ten pounds and tied them to the horse's back. They made samples for the visiting tribes, and also for the convenience of making soup on the road.
This soup is much simpler than barbecue. Four people carried two pots to wash it in the river water, and then scooped a pot of clean water. The soup was ready.
The two of them found some big stones and put them on it casually, and the temporary stove was also ready.
Then I brought two bundles of firewood directly from the Seattle warrior, put the pot on the stove, and heated it a little below, and the soup was almost done.
Finally, cut the remaining meat bones from the cut barbecue from the joints, throw them into the pot, and then add some spices, salt and soup stocks from the Ming Dynasty to the pot, and it is almost done.
Next, just add some firewood from time to time and keep cooking.
As the sun sets, the entire camp is filled with the aroma of roast beef and beef bone soup. Hundreds of people form a large circle and two large pots are surrounded in the middle to prepare for dinner.
The warriors of the Seattle Tribe began to distribute roast beef, and each of them had four or five skewers, and that skewer was at least about one pound.
The Jinyiwei put a few iron spoons into the pot, then gave each person a bowl, then took out the fine wine in cowhide bags, and poured a large bowl for each person.
When Zhao Mingfeng poured the bowls in everyone's hands with fine wine, he raised them and shouted: "Damn."
Then I sipped in a sip of wine and barbecue, and tasted happily.
This is a custom with the Ming style. After being together for so long, the warriors of the Seattle tribe have long been used to it.
They followed Zhao Mingfeng to raise the bowl and shouted: "Don't."
Then there was a sip of wine and barbecue, which tasted so deliciously.
It is famous for Indians to love drinking. According to legend, the main body of the Indians were the Yin people who moved from the Shang Dynasty, so their greetings were: Indians.
And this "Indian" is actually a Western transliteration, and it should actually be pronounced as "Yin Di'an". Their greetings actually represent nostalgia for their hometown.
Perhaps, their habit of drinking was brought from the Shang Dynasty. You should know that people in the Shang Dynasty were also famous for drinking. The famous King Zhou of Shang once built a wine pond and a meat forest, which shows how obsessed people at that time were with wine.
Of course, these are just legends, and the authenticity remains to be verified, but the Indians love to drink alcohol. After a few sips of wine, their faces flushed with excitement.
After eating the barbecue and drinking the perfect wine, I scooped a bowl of fragrant beef bone soup in the wine bowl. The taste was so beautiful.
This dinner lasted for a long time. After eating meat and drinking wine, I had a bowl of beef soup. Those who were not full picked up the bones and meat sticks in the pot and chewed hard. Those who were full danced around the bonfire. This kind of life was even better than a god.
Of course, this is just the idea of the young warriors in the Seattle tribe. Zhao Mingfeng's idea is different from theirs.
Looking at the young man dancing wildly in front of him, he smiled and beat the beats with the others, but he was lamenting the fate of these people in his mind.
From his interactions with these people, they are hospitality, kind-hearted, love nature, and pursue a simple and free life.
However, they were destined to say goodbye to such a life because their weapons were too backward.
There is no such weapon as spear and hunting bow, not even a big sword. Not to mention the Ming Empire, there is no resistance to the European powers.
Even if they are not ruled by the Ming Empire, they will face the ending of being enslaved or even massacred by the European powers.
They should really thank the emperor. If the emperor hadn't thought of coming to the North American continent to curb the development of the anti-Habsburg powers, perhaps in a few decades, they would have faced the danger of being extinct.
The European powers were not as kind as the Ming Empire. They came just to plunder, plunder land and resources. The conflict between the Indians and them was irreconcilable, and only one side was expelled or destroyed.
The Ming Empire was different. The Ming Dynasty did not lack land or resources, and there was no need for extremely vicious plunders like the continental powers.
As the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty came to save them, and this is true. The Ming Dynasty really wanted to turn them into people.
The young people were crazy for a while and finally got tired. They took out the cloth blanket from their backpacks and wrapped them on their bodies, lay around the fire, and fell asleep.
Of course, this cloth blanket was also provided by the Ming Dynasty. If there was no such thing, they would probably go directly to the grass and could sleep.
Zhao Mingfeng smiled and shook his head. Although it was impossible for enemies to appear in this place, there were also many wild animals, and these people were too careless.
He glanced at the surrounding environment slightly, then called the Jinyiwei who was accompanying him, arranged for a turn to be on duty, and then wrapped himself in a blanket and fell asleep.
Chapter completed!