It was very cute to tip him!
Zhao Zhen, Xu Wen, and Yang Liang were riding through the mountains when Zhao Zhen's stomach suddenly started to scratch.
He remembered that he had eaten an old bowl of soup and a plate of vine vegetables made by his mother at eight or nine o'clock in the morning. He had been tormenting himself for the whole day, and now that the sun was about to set, he had not eaten another mouthful of rice. It would be strange if his stomach was not scratched by a cat!
Zhao Zhen slowed down his horse and looked back, only to discover that his Red Hare Dragon Stallion had left Xu Wen and Yang Liang several miles behind.
"The Red Hare Dragon Colt is truly a fine horse!”Zhao Zhen said proudly," Its speed is so much faster than white horses and black horses…I really didn't expect it. No wonder the Red Hare Horse in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was so precious. It was only after riding on a Red Hare Dragon Colt that I felt the same!”
Zhao Zhen's Ferghana Horse mount was called the " Red Rabbit Dragon Stallion ". He felt that his Red Rabbit Dragon Stallion was a grade higher than the famous Red Rabbit Horse of the Three Kingdoms.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the Red Rabbit Horse was Dong Zhuo's favorite horse. In order to pull Lu Bu into the water, Dong Zhuo reluctantly gave up his favorite horse and let Li Su use the Red Rabbit Horse to lure Lu Bu.
As expected, Lu Bu, a servant of the three surnames, had no backbone. He had shamelessly killed Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo, becoming a pest of the violent officials.
Lu Bu's dog-like nature angered the people of the world, and the once arrogant Wen Hou was killed by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao got the Red Rabbit Horse and imitated Dong Zhuo to give it to Guan Yu, hoping that Guan Yu would follow in Lu Bu's footsteps.
However, Guan Yu did not obey Cao Cao's orders. That was why he had the heroic feat of killing six generals and Cai Yang on the moat of the ancient city.
The commoners were grateful for Guan Yu's loyalty and worshipped him as the Martial Saint.
Zhao Zhen scoffed at Guan Yu. Guan Yu was arrogant, condescending, and headstrong. He was the only person who had buried the Shu Han regime. He did not deserve the good name of the Martial Saint.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Zhou Cang was carrying a big knife for him was like farting in a bamboo pole.
A general had to fight on the battlefield to earn the honor of having a wife and children.
If Guan Yu let someone else carry the saber on the battlefield, Chen Xiao Er would definitely lose.
Xu Wen and Yang Liang did not follow him, so Zhao Zhen got off his horse and waited by the roadside.
A wild rabbit flashed past his eyes, and Zhao Zhen could not help but shudder. He hurriedly took off the Heaven Shaking Bow from his shoulder and nocked a Cloud Piercing Arrow to aim.
However, the wild rabbit had already fled without a trace. Zhao Zhen was not discouraged and walked lightly to search.
Xu Wen and Yang Liang caught up. When Xu Wen saw Zhao Zhen's figure, he shouted,""Brother Hongyi! If he was so hungry that he couldn't hold the fire, he might not be able to make it to Longxiao Villa in Qingyang Village!”
"Hunger is an infectious disease. I'm hungry. I didn't expect Big Brother Xu to be in the same boat as me!”Zhao Zhen answered with a bow in his hand,"Brother Yang doesn't seem to be hungry. I didn't see you shouting!"”
Yang Liang didn't say anything. He rolled down from his horse and lay on the ground in front of Zhao Zhen before saying,""My God of Jealousy, a baby who loves to cry has milk to eat. This Yang's stomach has long been unable to hold the fire, but I have been enduring it!”
"Brothers, don't be impatient. This little brother will immediately give you a meal!”As Zhao Zhen spoke, he turned the bow in his hand in a different direction and said,"Just now, I saw a rabbit flash past my eyes. By the time I drew my bow and nocked an arrow, that fellow had already run away!”
Xu Wen laughed loudly." Brother Hongyi, you're good at waiting for a rabbit, but I doubt you can shoot a rabbit!"”
"Don't always look at people through the gap in the door, okay?”Zhao Zhen said with conviction as he walked forward lightly and said,"If Toto can't shoot any prey today, I'll cut off the meat from his thigh to feed my two brothers!”
"No, no, no!" "Cutting off meat to feed your friends is just a legend. Brother Hongyi, you must not go to the extreme!" Xu Wen hurriedly said.”
Zhao Zhen sneered and did not say anything. He continued to move forward with his bow and arrow in hand.
Zhao Zhen was an expert at slaughtering pigs and gelding sheep at the space-time rift, but he had never shot an arrow before.
However, there were shooting targets in the park and amusement park on the other side of the space-time rift, and Zhao Zhen was a frequent target.
The smartness and wisdom of modern people had reached an insurmountable height. The simulated ancient battlefield was vivid, with swords flashing and arrows flying.
Zhao Zhen had created a record of 100 feathered arrows breaking 98 balloons and had once obtained a Zhuge Crossbow Machine.
Yang Liang saw Zhao Zhen walking around with a bow and arrow in his hand and sighed,""Brother Hongyi, don't worry. We'll find some walnuts and chestnuts to fill our stomachs.”
"Nothing is difficult in this world as long as you are willing to climb up!”Zhao Zhen said confidently as he turned the Sky Shaking Bow in another direction.""Duoduo must kill a prey today. Rabbits and pheasants are welcome. If a wild boar or yellow goat is caught in the muzzle of the gun, then Amitabha!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Barley not far away shaking non-stop. Zhao Zhen immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow with a whoosh.
The screams of wild beasts rang out in the mountains at dusk. Zhao Zhen ran over like a meteor and saw a cloud-piercing arrow hit the throat of a yellow goat.
The yellow goat struggled and cried, but death was approaching him step by step. In the end, a yellow goat that weighed 30 to 40 pounds became Zhao Zhen's trophy.
Zhao Zhen pulled the Cloud Piercing Arrow out of the yellow goat's throat, wiped the blood off it, and inserted it back into the quiver. He raised the yellow goat above his head and shouted excitedly,""Ahaha, we have meat to eat!”
Xu Wen and Yang Liang ran over to take a look. Seeing that Zhao Zhen had indeed shot a big yellow goat, they were flabbergasted and laughed out loud.
"I've long said that Brother Hongyi has the temperament of an emperor. I won't be thirsty or hungry if I follow him!" Xu Wen said.”
Zhao Zhen said with great interest," The 30 - 40 jin yellow goat is enough for the three of us to eat for a few days. If we can't finish it, we'll freeze it and eat it another day!”
"Brother Hongyi, you've hit a yellow sheep!" Yang Liang frowned. However, without a pot, fire, and firewood, how could they cook it? They couldn't possibly eat mutton raw like the grassland barbarians!”
Zhao Zhen waited for a while and looked at the dead yellow goat, then at Xu Wen and Yang Liang. He smiled embarrassedly and said," Without food or clothing, the enemy will send us forward. Without guns or cannons, the enemy will make…"
Zhao Zhen was singing the song " Song of the guerrillas ", which Xu Wen and Yang Liang could not understand.
After Zhao Zhen finished singing, he took off his helmet and said,"Brothers, can the helmet be a pot?”
As Zhao Zhen spoke, he took off the red tassels from his helmet. He took a nail from the saddle and wrapped it around the small hole in the red tassels. He chuckled and said,"When the Qin people fought in the past, they used helmets to bake buns. If we use the helmet to boil the mutton, we will create a famous dish--Steel Helmet Mutton!”
Xu Wen and Yang Liang were stunned by Zhao Zhen's words. Xu Wen smiled faintly and said,"Brother Hongyi, you're an immortal!"
After saying this, he paused for a moment and continued,"The problem with the pot has been solved, but it can't be done without fire…"?
"Drill wood to make fire! Go back to the primitive society!" As Zhao Zhen spoke, he took off the Zhanlu Sword from the cowhide on his waist and found a square wooden board cut from a tree root that had been struck by the mountain torrent.
Then, he cut down a small tree as thick as an arm and sharpened it.
The square wooden board was placed flat on the ground. The pointed wooden stick was pressed against the wooden board and turned. Green smoke came out from the wooden stick and a handful of firewood was placed in front of it. The weak flame was ignited.
Zhao Zhen's actions shocked Xu Wen and Yang Liang so much that their jaws almost dropped.
Xu Wen and Yang Liang's families were all floating tenant farmers. It was common for them to not have enough to eat, but they could not think of a way to make fire by drilling wood and eat cooked food. When they were really hungry, they could just go down to the river to fish and eat them raw.
There were also walnuts and chestnuts that had been left behind in the mountains for a year, as well as yams and sweet potatoes buried in the soil to satisfy their hunger.
Zhao Zhen thought of hunting ahead of time. Animal meat was naturally more nutritious than wild fruits, and it was also more satiating.
This was because Zhao Zhen was a university student in modern society. In the Song Dynasty, he was the top scholar.
Since the Northern Song Dynasty, they had been a giant in terms of economy and border defense, but a dwarf in terms of military affairs. They were often bullied by small countries around them.
Ever since Emperor Taizu founded the country, the 16 prefectures of Yanyun had been seized. The second emperor, Song Taizong, even launched two wars against Liao, but both ended in failure.
Song Taizong was almost captured alive by the Khitans. In the end, he snatched a donkey cart and escaped from the danger, saving his life.
After Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, no emperor took the initiative to start a war with neighboring countries. In the hands of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, the court was corrupt, but the angry youth Zhao Ji always wanted to complete the unfinished business of his ancestors.
Zhao Ji appointed the eunuch Tong Guan and the general Wang Hou to seize the Qingtang area, and the plateau treasure land that had traveled for 350 years became a part of the Song Dynasty.
Huizong's next target was the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
After Zhao Zhen successfully started the fire, he instructed Xu Wen to build a stove on the open space. He filled his helmet with water and placed it on the stove.
The bottom of the stove was filled with hard wood that Yang Liang had picked up, and then Zhao Zhen used the kindling to ignite the hard wood.
The fire was burning fiercely in a remote place on the northern slope of Mount Shaohua. The sound of the fire and the braying of the donkey not far away combined into a couple's music that echoed in the world.
The sun stopped at the top of the West Mountain. The round face became half and finally disappeared completely. A magnificent burning cloud appeared in the sky.
The burning clouds in the sky and the fire on the ground reflected each other, creating a colorful scene.
Yang Liang used tree branches to set up two tripods to support the ground. On the two tripods, there was a wooden stick. Zhao Zhen hung the yellow goat on the tripod.
Zhao Zhen had turned from a gelding into a butcher. Unfortunately, he did not have a sharp knife to slaughter pigs and sheep, only the Zhanlu Sword.
The sharpness of the Clear Sable Sword was even sharper than a sharp knife used to slaughter pigs and sheep.
Zhao Zhen pierced a hole in each of the yellow goat's hind legs and strung a rattan in the hole. The leg of the lamb was hung on a rack with the head hanging down.
Zhao Zhen held the Clear Sable Sword in his hand and cut a hole from top to bottom to peel off the sheepskin. The white and red mutton appeared.
Zhao Zhen stabbed the bright red and tender mutton again. He cut open the lamb's abdomen from top to bottom and took out the intestines.
As Zhao Zhen cleaned his stomach, he said to Xu Wen and Yang Liang,""Have you two brothers ever eaten roasted whole lamb in a metal bucket?”
Xu Wen squatted in front of the stove to boil water while Yang Liang helped to cut the mutton.
When the two of them heard Zhao Zhen's question, they smiled awkwardly and said slowly,"We are floating tenant farmers. It's already Amitabha if we can eat our fill, how can we eat mutton?”
Yang Liang continued Xu Wen's words." My ancestors might have eaten roasted whole sheep when they defended the border for the Great Song Dynasty. However, Liangzi's generation became floating tenant farmers. They lacked food for a few months a year. High-quality nutrients like mutton were out of the question!”
Zhao Zhen sighed." The crescent moon shines on the nine provinces. Some families are happy while others are sad." How many couples are in the same tent, how many are wandering outside?”
The mood at the scene suddenly became gloomy. Zhao Zhen gave a few pieces of mutton to Yang Liang and asked him to find a place with water to wash them. Then, he threw a piece into the pot and boiled it.
The helmet was used as a cooking pot, and he could only throw in three to four catties of raw meat at a time. After three to four catties of raw meat was cooked, it would only be about two catties of cooked meat.
Two catties of cooked meat was not enough for three people, but it could fill their stomachs.
After throwing the raw meat into the pot, Zhao Zhen cut the mutton while explaining the method of making the iron barrel barbecue to liven up the atmosphere.
Iron barrel roast mutton was to remove the internal organs of the sheep, then put a hot stone--the best red-hot stone--into the abdominal cavity of the sheep and grill it over the bonfire. This way, it would be heated both inside and outside. With seasoning, you could eat one piece and think of two pieces!
???? The best stones to roast mutton in iron buckets were pebbles from the river. The pebbles in the river were very solid after being washed by the river for thousands of years. They were not easy to break when burned in the fire. After being burned red, they were placed in the bucket layer by layer. There was very little water in the bucket. The mutton that had been skinned and dirtied was cut into pieces and placed in the bucket. Then, some salt and chopped green onions were added to cover the lid of the bucket. Then, they were placed on the fire to roast.
???? As Zhao Zhen spoke of the barbeque, saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth. He wiped it and giggled."Roast with fire outside and stone inside. How can the roasted mutton not be fragrant?”
??? Yang Liang listened to Zhao Zhen's explanation and suddenly shouted,"Brother Hongyi, the first pot of mutton will be ready soon, but without salt and seasoning, it will lose a lot of color.”
When Yang Liang said this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but think of something. He looked at Yang Liang and then at Xu Wen,""Brother Xu and Brother Yang, did you hear a donkey braying just now?”
Xu Wen and Yang Liang stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at each other.
Xu Wen stood up and said,"Just now, when the firewood was lit, it made a few sounds like a donkey braying!"”
"Fragrant Deer!" "Doesn't the deer sound like a donkey?" Yang Liang exclaimed. So the donkey's braying just now was them?”
"Hurry up and look for it. The deer's cry must be reminding us!”"Who knows, maybe the deer has sent us something!" Zhao Zhenxin said happily.”
The three of them carefully searched around the fire. Xu Wen and Yang Liang saw a lotus leaf on a big, shiny rock at the same time.
He opened the lotus leaf to take a look. There were salt, cumin, fennel, Cassia, aniseed, nutmeg, and various seasonings inside.
Zhao Zhen was moved to tears. He knelt on the ground and put his palms together."Brother Xiang Zhang, did you send the condiments? Zhao Zhen, Xu Wen, and Yang Liang are here to thank you!”
A few donkey brays responded to Zhao Zhen's words. Zhao Zhen was pleasantly surprised. He stood up and said,"Sure enough, it's the family of the fragrant deer. It seems that they have spirituality. In order to repay the kindness of saving their lives, they even thought of an unexpected way!”
"So the three horses that appeared in the wilderness were also gifts from the deer?" Xu Liang continued.”
Zhao Zhen frowned." There's nothing else to say. If it wasn't a gift from a deer, there would never be three horses on the ground…"
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