When was the earliest commercial relationship between Rigar and Crescent Continent? You may have to consult the million-volume collection of Tiange Academy in Xinjing to find out.
The obstruction of the ocean has caused many problems in transportation. Although on paper, there are the northern route including Suomir, the eastern route in Otolo and the southern channel route closest to the waterway, but all three have their own problems. location.
Both the Suomir northern route and the Otolo ocean route are also perilous, so their transportation capacity is extremely limited and unstable. The southern route, located between the end of the Palosia Plateau and the southern mountains, is the narrowest area of the entire Rigal continent. Because ships cannot pass directly, it needs to be transported by land to the other side of the canyon. It only had a small scale a century ago.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the "Raman poison" that has set fire to the entire Rigal world has never been able to deeply affect this country.
The Lamanite influence on the Kehe people's way of life may have been far deeper and wider than they thought - as with many things, this is only known when you take a closer look at civilian life.
The Ashigaru people are accustomed to using garlic, although they don't use a lot of it. It is a rare ingredient with a strong smell in the Crescent Continent and can be found everywhere.
The history of garlic use in Crescent Continent is so long that people have no resistance to it. It's even been codified in the pharmacopoeia, and people here were early to discover the many benefits of this food.
——So when they didn’t know how to handle some of the ingredients they bought, but the missionaries from Laman and his team skillfully seasoned them with garlic, the onlookers and people had an incredible feeling.
Garlic originates from the east coast of Morbigas.
An ancient Laman proverb says:
“Ubialiyum, Ibirahman (Wherever the smell of garlic smells, that’s Raman).”
The word Aliyum still refers to garlic in the Lamani language.
This ancient ingredient has a very long history of use in Laman in the past, Padrosi today, and even the entire east coast. However, because it has an equally long history in Crescent Continent, people actually have a feeling of "How can these outsiders do it?" Also know how to use the emotion of "garlic".
A tradition that you have become accustomed to and think is native to this land actually originates from a foreign land. It is obviously impossible for something like this not to impact the values and pride of the noble warriors.
But interestingly, other ingredients as ancient as garlic were not widely spread across this land - and this is what they use in this meal today.
Cereal porridge made with garlic, barley and broad beans.
The reason for cooking this meal is very simple. As exotic crops, the latter two are grown in small quantities in Crescent Continent but are not well received by Kazuo. Although the Qingtian family could not recognize these crops, they still bought a few sacks because of the low price. And just as they expected, the Rigal members in the team recognized what they were.
While the price of rice has soared to 2,000 cents per dou, and even the price of yellow rice has skyrocketed due to scarcity and poor harvests in summer, barley and broad beans only cost 15 and 20 cents per dou respectively. It's like a free price.
But even so, the hungry civilians and refugees turned a blind eye. The price of yellow rice, which is much higher than that of these exotic crops, is bought bit by bit with gritted teeth. Even though more than half of the goods are missing from the container, no one touches these items at all.
The reason is very simple, and it is not unique to New Moon Continent.
You can see why when you look at the missionaries who are full of expectations and even cook by themselves. They have become much thinner since arriving in Crescent Continent.
They are people who have been tamed by their respective cultures. The more deeply rooted they are in the original culture, the less capable they are of accepting new things. In the hearts of ordinary people, these things should not be eaten by people, even if it looks like grain, or because it looks like grain.
Comparing the skyrocketing prices of Xinyuezhou's original grains and the hostility towards merchants brought about by high prices, in this case, these things are so cheap that they seem to be given away for free. The emotion that arises in their hearts will not be "What a bargain!" but "This must be a scam."
——And these two are indeed used more for feeding livestock in Crescent Continent and even in Rigal today.
Barley is one of the few crops that can grow in spring and winter and has a wide range of growth, but it is not really delicious.
Although broad beans are more widely used, they are mainly used as feed for household fish farming. In a few areas, it is baked as a snack, but due to various reasons such as problems when eaten raw, it is still not as popular as the various beans native to Crescent Continent.
The Japanese shunned him, but the Lamanites regarded him as a treasure—although not necessarily.
Although their performance in the Crescent Continent was somewhat outclassed by their peers and their presence was weak, the missionaries were actually famous in Rigal for their perseverance and ability to endure hardships.
The dish they cooked was almost the food of the lower class people in Padrosi. Although it was not a poor class, it would not be eaten by citizens with a slightly better income.
One of the reasons why they are so happy is that the life of missionaries is relatively difficult, and they have never been used to the food in Crescent Continent, so it is rare for them to have something they are familiar with that they can use.
The barley and broad beans are soaked in advance at night. Due to the low temperature, the skins of the broad beans become easier to peel in the morning.
Then preheat the iron pot and bring the water to a boil, then add the barley, cover the pot and cook for half an hour. When it is almost cooked, add the peeled broad beans, salt and minced garlic.
Then stir occasionally until the juice becomes thick and thick, and a pot of barley and broad bean porridge with no additional flavor except salt and garlic is cooked.
Ideally, this dish would also be added with vegetable oil, fried onions and some fruit vinegar to add some sourness and sweetness, but these things are extremely rare in Crescent Continent. Because they bought everything and couldn’t dislike it after cooking it, everyone ate the grain porridge cooked by the missionaries.
People's reactions were quite subtle, with some resistance but no obvious frowns like when eating animal waste and other food. Because this kind of food is actually closer to Xinyuezhou catering.
But it does taste a lot more boring than most people expect.
Barley and broad beans themselves have a very bland taste, unlike rice which overflows with aroma once cooked. Lamanite recipes also added larger amounts of minced garlic for this reason. However, the addition of salt should be done sparingly, because such cereal porridge can easily become too salty when the juice is collected.
The soft texture, garlic flavor and salty taste are not delicious, but they don't make people obviously reject it. Cereal foods always have this characteristic, unlike Crescent Continent’s soy products and Rigal’s dairy products, which always require courage to eat for the first time.
An occasional meal is acceptable for most of the group, but eating like this every day is not acceptable. Although for the lower-class civilians on the East Coast, this is really what they eat almost every day.
The development of agriculture and the reclamation of farmland for large-scale planting have given many countries the ability to support a large population, but more than 90% of these people live purely on grains.
If you can add some broad beans to it, it is already considered the life of the common class, and the food eaten by the lower class Padrosi slaves and common people is even worse.
They have no garlic, no broad beans, no oil, and even barley grains cannot be used in large quantities. What the church gave alms in the slums and the slave owners fed their slaves was a cereal paste cooked with inferior flour, barley grains and salt. The cereal provided them with the strength they needed to work, and nothing else. Other things.
As long as there is grain, salt and water, people can move and work.
People who can't stand this kind of life constitute the best source of low-level adventurers and mercenaries. Even if they are precarious, the life of adventurers allows them to eat serious bread and meat, and even occasionally have a fresh meal. feast.
Even the lowest level adventurers can still live better than more than 70% of civilians.
This is the only reason many people join this industry, without any lofty ideals or pursuit of fame. I just want to have some money to eat better.
"It's too monotonous." The white-haired girl muttered after eating about half a bowl.
Although food needs to be saved, they still have some luxury at the moment. The smoked pork saved from previous hunting was also rubbed with some salt when smoked. The wild boar in Crescent Continent does not have much body fat, but this makes its belly meat an excellent smoking material. The fat and lean meat is cut into pieces. Because it is smoked and preserved, there is no need to add too much salt. After being cut into thin slices, it is quite suitable for eating with grain porridge.
Seeing this scene, the Kazuto samurai also ordered the ashigaru to take out the pickled vegetables they had purchased before and slice them together. Although they had a strong garlic flavor, they quickly finished the meal as an ordinary porridge side dish.
"It seems feasible and nothing is wasted." Narumi sighed. When the pot bottomed out, everyone was quite satisfied with their meal, and there was still a lot of broad beans and barley left. If all this money were spent to buy a bag of yellow rice, it would only last three to five days for a group of people. But if it were used to buy this kind of rations that no one wanted, it would be enough to last more than a month. Including other rations and hunting, their current supplies are enough to last about three months.
Within these three months, they must at least find a way to reach Fuso.
As the main production base of military equipment in the Crescent Continent and the residence of the ghost tribe, this may be the only place where their team, which has ghost tribe members and witch members, can get proper supplies, maintenance and a certain degree of support.
Although considering the route, they probably still need to pass through some inhabited places.
No matter how capable the people from the Land and Resources Bureau are, they will never build national roads on land that no one passes through. The old roads and auxiliary roads they can use are usually only in less densely populated areas.
It's a completely deserted mountain forest. It's okay to travel in the short term, but in the long term it's almost like opening up a new road. The resources and time consumed are unimaginable.
Even if a person is walking with supplies on his back, it is not considered hard to walk more than ten or twenty kilometers a day. But if you have to move forward while cutting through thorns and thorns in the dense forest, then it may take half a month to advance these ten or twenty kilometers.
It is always easier and more efficient to follow the roads that have been paved by the predecessors, but for this reason, they always need to face the problems of chasing soldiers, encounters with other people, and the problem of hunting being less intensive due to human activities.
"Before I leave, I want to go into the mountain to see it again." Lulu, who was disturbed by the ashigaru yesterday and failed to hunt, said.
After several people who had already decided to accompany them, including Mira, Ling and Galeva, also spoke, an unexpected person also spoke.
"I want to go too, I want to move around."
The person who spoke out was Yajiro's sister, another member of the last descendant of the Qingtian family. Since the merger, she has almost only stuck to her brother and the housekeeper at home, and has never communicated with anyone other than acquaintances, so this time she spoke up was very surprising.
"You are still young." The young master turned around to dissuade him, but the other party was obviously determined.
"Then bring the guards." Narumi, who used to be rational in the past, also said the same. Mira frowned, and Lulu wanted to throw away the hunting bow.
"We want to go hunting, not outing." The Luoan girl said bluntly, but the eldest daughter of the Qingtian family glanced at her, turned her head and acted coquettishly towards her brother.
"I'm out of breath and want to relax."
"They can all go, why can't I?"
Because he was not present when the family was destroyed and the bumpy journey also caused his sister to suffer a lot, Yajiro, who felt guilty, finally had to agree.
So after breakfast, they had to leave the camp in an apparently overly bloated team.
