No one knew how long the cave was. After all, no one had been here before. However, Ang Lee and his group had only entered two hundred steps before they found a large number of precious gems. This made everyone extremely happy, especially the Zhan clansmen, who were indescribably happy. There were so many treasures here. Even if Ang Lee and his group wanted to take some, they would not be able to take too much. After all, these were all heavy stones. How could it be so easy to carry them? Moreover, the people of the Zhan clan had lived here for generations. It could be said that the pavilion closest to the water enjoyed the moonlight first. In the future, they could pick up as much as they wanted and sell it for money. This would immediately improve the backward and poor appearance of the Zhan clan.
Whether Ang Lee asked them to protect the natural gems here or not, it could not stop the Zhan clansmen from selling these stones for money. After all, Ang Lee had seen how poor the Zhan clansmen were. It was obviously extremely difficult to persuade such poor people to give up the opportunity to improve their living conditions.
If it was in the future, this place could be developed into a tourist attraction. At that time, they could make a lot of money just by collecting tickets. However, this era was the Tang dynasty. It was obviously very inappropriate to convert it into a tourist attraction by collecting tickets. There was no such thing in that era. Moreover, the Western Detention Area was not very rich. The richest area in the Tang dynasty was near the capital. Only there were countless rich people who had the spare money to enjoy themselves. The Western Detention Area obviously did not have this condition.
In addition, there was a saying that a gentleman's wealth was his own ruin. If outsiders saw so many valuable stones here, would they not fight for them? When groups of tyrants came to fight for these stones, the local Zhan clansmen would not have the strength to resist. At that time, they would at most be laborers who dug out stones for others. After all, the law of the Tang dynasty was also relative to strength. People without strength did not have to hope that the law could protect them. It was simply wishful thinking. As long as someone with strength said a word, these stones would no longer belong to the Zhan clansmen. Therefore, it was better to dig out these stones and sell them for money before they were crazily snatched by others. This way, they could still make a lot of money.
Of course, Ang Lee could also be regarded as a powerful person. However, Ang Lee's performance these days was enough to prove that he would not have any ideas about these stones. After all, Ang Lee was really not short of money. He would not care about these colorful stones at all. He would not take them for himself. At most, he would just take some.
A bonfire was quickly lit. The flame was more than two feet high, illuminating a large area around. At the same time, it also brought a trace of warmth. At least, this color could make people feel warm and not so cold.
Ang Lee sat on a portable folding stool, which was invented by Ang Lee himself. When he went out, he would always bring one with him so that he could rest at any time. The rest of the people could only squat. The ground was a little damp. If they sat, they would feel very cold, so they could only squat.
Because it was relatively cold, everyone sat around the bonfire. There were a few people holding torches around them, but how could the temperature of a single torch compare to that of a bonfire? Therefore, only Li An and a few people who were sitting around the bonfire could feel the warmth. The rest of the people couldn't feel much warmth, but having torches around them was better than nothing. The color of the flames could still make people feel a little warm in their hearts.
Ang Lee was a little hungry, and there was a bonfire in front of him. As such, he could take the opportunity to roast meat because Ang Lee knew that these guards must have half-cooked venison and wild goat meat. Ang Lee was still very clear about these guys.
"This official is hungry. Take out all the meat you have hidden!"
Ang Lee said and asked Chen Long to prepare some bamboo sticks.
When they came in, they prepared a lot of burning things. Naturally, there were also wooden sticks and bamboo sticks needed for torches. They only needed to chop the bamboo sticks to get the bamboo sticks they wanted. This was not difficult. For Chen Long, it was a piece of cake.
Soon, the guards took out the venison and wild goat meat. No one dared to hide it. Chen Long also quickly made hundreds of bamboo sticks and handed them to Ang Lee.
Ang Lee asked the guards to cut the half-cooked meat into thin slices and skewer them on the bamboo sticks. Then, like roasting mutton skewers, these half-cooked meat were roasted and some necessary seasonings were added.
The half-cooked mutton skewers were barely edible, but the taste was slightly fishy and not particularly delicious. Only the fully cooked meat was the most delicious. As for the half-cooked meat, as long as there were no special circumstances, Ang Lee would not eat it.
However, some guards always liked to eat these half-cooked things for some reason. This made Ang Lee a little confused. Was this half-cooked meat really that delicious?
Thinking about it carefully, in the shops in the future, there would also be half-cooked food, such as medium-well steak and so on. This was enough to show that there were still many people who liked to eat half-cooked meat. Some people even liked to eat raw sashimi. Some of the pork in the future could also be eaten raw, and the taste was not bad.
These half-cooked meat were basically half-cooked to medium-well. They were sold in the shops in the future. These guards should like this, but Ang Lee did not like this. Ang Lee had always liked to eat well-cooked meat. In his previous life, he ate medium-well teppanyaki beef once and had diarrhea for a few days. After that, he never dared to eat half-cooked meat again. Even if it was the coveted sashimi, Ang Lee would never touch it to avoid diarrhea again.
The half-cooked meat was roasted by the bonfire. These half-cooked meat were directly roasted to be fully cooked. Some of them were even burnt and blackened. However, a little blackening would not affect the taste too much. It would also have a very fragrant and crispy feeling. The meat that Ang Lee roasted was also sprinkled with spices, so naturally, the fragrance was overflowing.
"Come, don't be polite. Everyone has a share."
Ang Lee was very friendly and distributed the meat to everyone. As long as it was someone who entered the cave, everyone could get a few pieces.
"It tastes good, right?"
Ang Lee said proudly.
"It's delicious."
The Zhan Clan's culture was not high. They were more direct and did not have much literary talent. When conversing with Ang Lee, there was no need for literary talent. As long as the meaning was expressed correctly, it would be fine.
"Our clan's barbecue meat is always roasted whole on the rack. Being sliced and roasted on the fire like this, I have never seen it before."
One of the Zhan Clan members said.
Obviously, he had not experienced this kind of eating method. After all, directly roasting the whole meat was relatively easy. Slicing the meat was particularly troublesome. Naturally, it would consume more physical strength and energy. For the people of the Zhan Clan who were not very cultured, directly roasting the whole meat was, of course, more convenient. Who would have the time to slice the meat and prepare so many bamboo skewers? For them, it was too troublesome.
Generally, the pursuit of eating method could completely reflect the intelligence and civilization level of a race. The more perfect a race's pursuit of eating was, the higher their intelligence and civilization level. On the contrary, a race that was very casual about eating generally had lower intelligence and civilization level. For example, wild beasts would be directly caught and eaten without any processing.
Take the Tang dynasty as an example. In the whole world, the people of the Tang dynasty who pursued the most meticulous way of eating were naturally the people of the Tang dynasty. And the Tang dynasty happened to be the most civilized empire. The intelligence of the people of the Tang dynasty was also the highest among all the people. The nomadic people in the north generally roasted whole sheep directly. It was very simple and crude. Their intelligence was not high, and their civilization level was naturally very low.
Some people may have doubts. What did the pursuit of eating method have to do with the intelligence and civilization level of a race? How could it be related?
In fact, it was really very simple. The pursuit of eating method also reflected the intelligence and civilization level of a race. To put it in perspective, when humans had not learned to use fire, it was very difficult to obtain prey. It was good enough to have a full stomach. In this case, after obtaining prey, they had to eat it quickly. There was no time to think about other things.
After learning to use fire, humans found that barbecued meat was easier to absorb, so they began to eat cooked food. Then, with the improvement of productivity, humans had more free time. Some people even didn't need to work anymore. Then, they had time to study better ways of eating. While studying eating methods, they could also exercise their intelligence. After the improvement of human intelligence, the civilization level of the whole race naturally increased. Therefore, it was said that the more civilized a race was, the better they were at eating. Those who ate simple and crude ways were all very backward races.
For example, the African continent of later generations had a simple and crude way of eating. Therefore, that place had never been able to give birth to a powerful dynasty. It had always been a very barren and backward area. This was also a fact. The Hua Xia people had liked to study eating and drinking since ancient times. They studied eating and drinking very thoroughly and had all kinds of strange ways of eating. In this way, the intelligence of the Hua Xia people was also well trained, and they became the smartest people in the world.
Although the people of the Zhan Clan were also the people of the Tang Dynasty, after all, they were the people of the Jiimi District who had just joined the Tang Dynasty. Their intelligence and civilization were naturally at the bottom level in the Tang Dynasty. They were also very poor and naturally did not have enough strength and energy to study eating and drinking. Their civilization level was much lower than the average level of the Tang Dynasty.
"This is called meat skewers. It's a very common way of eating in the Tang Dynasty."
Li An said in a very friendly manner.
"Meat skewers. Skewers of meat. Isn't this meat skewers? This way of eating is rare, but it tastes very good."
A member of the Zhan Clan said.
Chen Long said, "This is called meat skewers. If it's mutton, it's called mutton skewers. If it's venison, it's called venison skewers. If it's rat meat, it's called rat skewers."
"Rat meat skewers. Can rat meat be eaten?"
A member of the Zhan Clan asked curiously.
Although the Zhan Clan was very poor, they had benefited from the gifts of the mountains. Even in the most difficult times, they could still eat half full. They did not need to eat rats, which were likely to be infected with the plague. In the hearts of the Zhan Clan, rats were a very terrible animal. They could not be eaten casually. Eating them could easily cause a plague.
Chen Long said with a smile, "Rat meat can't be eaten? That's a big joke. As long as you starve for three days, no, seven or eight days, the soil will probably be delicious in your mouth. Hahaha! "
Ang Lee said with a smile, "Don't listen to him. He likes to scare people. Although rat meat can be eaten, it's really dangerous. If you eat rat meat, there's a certain chance of getting the plague. That's very scary. Many people will die. So, as long as you're not starving to death, don't try to eat rat meat. Even if you want to eat grass, it's best not to eat rat meat."
Obviously, Ang Lee was most worried about the plague. In the Tang Dynasty, once the plague happened, it would be fatal. It was not a big deal for a few people to starve to death, but once the plague happened, too many people would die. That would be a very terrible thing. In Europe later, there was a plague that killed tens of millions of people. It was the Black Death, and the Black Death was the plague. That terrible plague directly took away one-third of Europe's population. The loss was imaginable, and it was terrible just thinking about it.
Of course, the occurrence of the plague was not necessarily caused by people eating rats. It could also be that rats ate human food, which caused the food to be contaminated with the plague. Humans did not understand this and ate food contaminated by rats. As a result, they were infected with the plague and spread it among the human population, causing more people to be infected with the plague.
Of course, the plague did not only exist in Europe. The people of Hua Xia were often affected by the plague. There were so many large and small epidemics in history, and many of them were caused by the plague. It could be seen that the plague was a great threat to all ethnic groups.
The most hateful thing was that some unscrupulous people in later generations actually used dangerous rat meat to pass off as fresh mutton. They made mutton skewers and sold them. The people who ate the skewers thought they were eating mutton skewers, but in fact, they were eating rat skewers. These rat skewers were very likely to contain the plague, and it was also very likely to cause an epidemic. It was not enough to pity these unscrupulous traders by killing them.
"Not only is it best not to eat rat meat, but it's also best not to eat food that has been touched by rats. It's better to throw it away than eat it because it's too dangerous to eat these things. It's not a joke if you get the plague."
Ang Lee opened his mouth and said.
Although this was a warning, for people who were afraid of being poor, it was very difficult for them to give up on food. Even if half of the food was eaten by rats, they could not bear to throw away the remaining half. This was a kind of reflexive stupidity. They would rather take the risk of catching the plague than throw away their food. This kind of stubbornness made people helpless, but it was also very difficult to change. It was not something that could be changed with just a few words from others.
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