Cheng Lin and Cheng Hu are brothers. They were all Yang Fan's domestic slaves. One is nineteen years old this year, and the other is only seventeen. They had joined the cavalry six months ago.
Now the leader of their group is a Mongolian, the other two captains are Han Chinese, and most of the soldiers are Mongolian.
However, Mongolians and Han people get along very harmoniously here. Everyone is used to multi-ethnic groups living together. In Duolun City, Mongolians and Han people live together in various communities. There are also Hui Hui and other ethnic groups.
Here the Han people farm, grow vegetables, weave cloth, and make clothes and various handicraft products. The Mongols herded and hunted. The existence of both sides has enriched the other's life, and gradually no one can do without the other. The Han people learned Mongolian, and the Mongolians learned Chinese.
Communication is no longer a problem, and many people of different nationalities have become neighbors and friends. Intermarriage even began. Many people of different nationalities have become relatives.
Although the Cheng brothers came from Zunhua, they did not feel any estrangement or discomfort in the cavalry team. Just like in the old army.
After walking all day today, Cheng Lin was a little hungry at noon and wanted to drink some water and eat some fried noodles.
I took out the kettle and saw that the cold water had already frozen into ice. He had no choice but to choke on the fried noodles.
Fortunately, the fried noodles are really delicious. This is what Yang Fan made based on the fried noodles recipe of Daoxiang Village in later generations. It can be eaten with water or dry and has a good taste. Moreover, it is high in calories and nutrients.
There are a lot of good things here. Each portion of fried noodles contains 500 grams of flour, 150 grams of beef bone marrow oil, 20 grams of black sesame seeds, 20 grams of white sesame seeds, 20 grams of walnut kernels, 10 grams of melon seeds, white sugar, peanuts, mung beans, red beans and sugar-osmanthus juice. Just the right amount.
Camellia noodle is a Beijing snack with Hui flavor. It is made from cooked fried noodles mixed with beef bone marrow oil and brewed with boiling water. It is thick, lake-shaped, has a delicate texture, is sweet and has a strong aroma of butter, and is suitable for the elderly to eat. In addition to using beef bone marrow oil to make camellia noodles, you can also use butter and sesame oil. It is also delicious if it is salty, and the flavor is not inferior.
After being put into the army, it was well received.
Yang Fan originally wanted to provide instant noodles, but the cost of delivering such large quantities of instant noodles was too high. Now we can be self-sufficient in food. There is no need to deliver barreled instant noodles on a large scale. This thing is actually not cheap, and it is too much for the troops to eat in large quantities.
Then the only choice for fast convenience food is fried noodles. This thing can also be eaten as soon as it is brewed with boiling water. It can also be eaten dry without water. And this thing can be produced in Daming by itself, and all the raw materials are available.
Duolun and Xincheng established fried noodle production plants at the same time. Started frying oil tea noodles on a large scale.
On this departure, each soldier was issued a long fried noodles bag with a diameter of ten centimeters. The two ends were tied together to form a ring and hung around the neck. Each soldier contained ten kilograms of fried noodles.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Finally, it was time to camp for the night. The wind has also become lighter.
The team leader Mo Rigen (meaning archer) came over and ordered everyone to surround the city twice with twenty camels. Let the camels lie down to form a wall to keep out the wind and snow, and then spread an inch-thick wool felt on the ground in the middle. A one-meter square space flows out from the middle and is used as a fire pit.
Cheng Lin and Cheng Hu got off the camels and stretched their somewhat stiff legs. I thought to myself that this day has been really tough, and we can finally camp.
Someone first used an engineering shovel to remove the snow in the middle. Then set up the kerosene stove and start melting the ice and snow in an aluminum pot. When marching outside, it is difficult to get water. Even if there is a river in this season, it is frozen. Water can only be obtained by melting ice and snow.
The kerosene stove is very powerful and has a windproof design.
This workshop is still a listed company, and their first big order was from Ansanxi, with an order of 10,000 sets at a time. I heard that the stock price of this workshop has soared now. Ten thousand units is a big order.
I heard that in the future, various units will purchase them on a large scale, reaching the level of one for every five soldiers.
The camel blocked the wind. The kerosene stove also brought warmth. Everyone sat comfortably cross-legged on the felt.
Morigen asked everyone to put the kettles around the stove to let the ice melt. After a while, the water boiled and everyone made instant noodles. The aroma of camellia noodles spread throughout the camp.
The soldiers were all snoring and drinking the oil tea that was hot in their mouths. It feels so comfortable and my body is warmed up. Morigen took out the skewered mutton skewers from the camel's load, put them on the kerosene stove and started grilling them.
It is winter now, and the mutton skewers that have been dressed in advance can be stored for a long time. They are as cold as stones and will not deteriorate at all.
Jiya Saiyin (good luck), Bayar (joy), Baiyin (abundance), Jirigele (happiness) and others all took out stainless steel flasks and took a few sips of spirits. Mongolians love drinking, especially hard liquor.
Chen Youdao, Huang Hu, and Lu Beicheng also took out tea buckets and brewed some tea with boiling water. The Cheng brothers took out a box of canned luncheon meat from their backpacks, opened it, cut it into small pieces with the bayonet of a flintlock gun, and then roasted it by the fire.
Chen Youdao and Huang Hu were corps commanders, and eleven people made up this cavalry group.
"Commander, have you been to Mobei?" Chen Youdao asked.
"When I was young, my father took me there once. There are many deserts in Mobei and few good pastures. It is far less good than our Monan." Morigen said.
"Are the Khalkhas good at fighting?" Huang Hu asked.
"How should I put it? I think when it comes to fighting, the most powerful among the Mongols are the Chahar people. Because they have been fighting. The Khalkha people have not fought much for more than two hundred years. The good times have gone too long. No warriors will come," Mo Rigen said.
At this time, the mutton skewers made a squeaking sound, and a large amount of grease dripped on the kerosene stove. It was almost cooked.
Bayar quickly took it, turned it over, and said to Huang Hu: "Captain, do you still have chili noodles? Sprinkle some on it. Chili noodles are my favorite."
Huang Hu's wife mailed him ten pounds of chili noodles, which is good stuff. Until now, peppers were only grown in Xincheng territory. There are very few out there.
What can be shipped out are seeded chili noodles and chili oil. These things are very expensive and are an important source of income for the Yang family.
Huang Hu happily took out a packet from his camel and carefully sprinkled it on the mutton skewers. He said: "I knew your boy would ask for it from me, but I had to save some money. I brought a pound with me when I came out this time."
The lamb kebabs sprinkled with chili immediately gave off a strong aroma. On this cold winter night, eating some chili is really a treat.
Everyone immediately picked up the mutton skewers and started eating them, drinking strong wine. My whole body felt warm.
Cheng Hu asked: "How many days do we have to walk to reach Tuxie Tuhan's territory?"
Mo Zhigen calculated silently and said: "I heard that the guide-style old Bale this time will probably not take the wrong path, and he should arrive in about ten days."
