Wolf King

Chapter 243 The Chapter of the Lion Clan

The golden plain is close to the sea, the altitude is neither high nor low, and it is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone. The four seasons are distinct, and the rain and heat are at the same time. With the physical condition of the orcs (it is not so easy to freeze to death when it snows), it is easy to survive without much effort. Good place.

In terms of natural conditions and living environment, it is really a grassland that becomes a restricted area for life once winter comes...

But the golden plain where the Lions sit has never developed a prosperous commercial port city like the human kingdom. The reason is similar to the peninsula next door that originally belonged to the Snakes - the population is not large enough (about [-]), agriculture, handicrafts The number of buyers and the economic benefits generated cannot support a seaport that must rely on throughput for profit.

Maritime merchants traveled thousands of miles to deliver goods in the hope of selling them to the locals, and colonists came across the sea in the hope of finding cheap land and cheap labor to run plantations locally. In the end, they all wanted to benefit from the locals... As a result, your land is big, your population is small, and you are so arrogant that you can't beat outsiders, you are lazy, and you can't hire people to work at all.

There is no more urgent pressure to survive, nor a large amount of capital circulation, which is the main reason for the overall harmony of the Lion Clan... The gap between the rich and the poor cannot be widened, the top cannot afford luxury and the bottom cannot starve to death, and internal and external conflicts in society are difficult to breed. The whole group is filled with the breath of salted fish.

The above is Xiao Yun's analysis of the Lion Clan's territory.

Primo thinks it makes perfect sense.

Because this is so obvious, anyone who has been to the Lion City will be impressed—entering the urban area, every block in every block that can be exposed to the sun must have lions, big or small, lying there .

Needless to say, there are idlers wandering around everywhere, and the shops facing the street on both sides of the street are all closed before the sun goes down.

There are still spider webs hanging on the corners of the gates of some shops...

It was supposed to be the time for people to finish get off work and leave work, relieve the hard work of the day, and the whole city become lively and cheerful, but this place just has a smell of salted fish inside and out...

Not to mention wool, even Rosemary, who is recognized as one of the salted fish kings of the Huoyanbu, was shocked by the city's lazy and laissez-faire atmosphere.

When the six-legged lizard walked through two blocks and passed the garden in the middle of the street as a partition between the blocks, it finally saw a person who was "doing things" seriously:

A group of energetic, blond short-haired, vigorous and handsome lion men (the average appearance of the lion tribe is quite high) rushed into the grass, got into the bushes, or climbed onto the bungalows. The big long-haired cat was found and dragged away roughly...

Some procrastinated and cursed: "Where did the cub go? What, you don't know? You haven't been anywhere all day?"

"If you don't harvest soybeans tomorrow, just wait for me to die!"

"Listen, this is the very, very, very last warning. If you don't fix the hole in the roof tomorrow but run out to bask in the sun, you won't be able to go home!!"

Wool & Rosemary on the back of a six-legged lizard: "..."

Primo was very calm, and he could explain to the two of them indifferently: "The males of the lion tribe hardly work, and rely entirely on the females to support their families. Those with short hair are females."

Unlike the male and female of the snow wolf clan, which are extremely difficult to distinguish, the lion clan is still very easy to distinguish. Although female lions do not have the "feminine beauty" that meets human aesthetics, they are smaller in size (compared to males) and have a stronger physique. Slender and highly recognizable, there will be no situation where grass breaks into the men's bathroom without being noticed.

In the pain of having a refreshed worldview on Wool's face, the six-legged lizard came to a big house with a yard.

The gates are open for the lions to come and go freely. Their houses and yards are quite large and the gates are quite wide. A six-legged lizard with a width of three meters and a height of more than one meter and a load of goods can get in directly.

Sitting on the lizard and entering the courtyard, Primo lifted the hem of his robe and jumped to the ground, shouting into the big house with the half-closed door: "Xiu! Are you at home!"

There was no movement in the house, Primo waited for a while, told Wool and Rosemary not to run around, and went into the house by himself.

He came out after a while, and sat casually on the stone pier in the yard: "Wait a while, Xiu and the others probably dragged people away."

Wool & Rosemary: "..."

Thinking of what they saw just now, the two didn't question Primo's wrong word at all.

"Huh? They?" Rosemary noticed something was wrong.

Primo nodded: "The lion clan is polygamous, and it is difficult to support a family with only one wife."

Wool & Rosemary: "...!!"

Primo looked at Rosemary and said calmly: "Don't rush to envy, the females of the lion clan get together to form a family, and then select qualified males to enter the family as joint husbands. If the male makes the females dissatisfied, They will drive him away and choose another husband."

"The broken houses we saw when we entered the city lived in unselected lions." Primo chuckled, "It is much more difficult to please several partners than to please only one."

Rosemary's aroused envy immediately dissipated completely. It seems that it is not easy to be a salted fish and eat soft food...

No matter how hard you want to rely on your skills, two fists are no match for four hands, right?

Primo didn't have a good face towards Rosemary, who was so focused on idle food, he called Mao Mao to sit beside him, put his arms around the little girl's shoulders and told him solemnly: "Wait a while and act according to my wink, don't think too much, according to Ayun Just tell me what to do."

"Well, I know, don't worry." Wool straightened his back and nodded seriously, "I will remember what Ah Yun said."

After waiting for a while, several people walked in from the open courtyard door.

A beautiful man with short blond hair at the head... Uh, a lion female, with a cub in her left and right hands, looked up and saw a six-legged lizard in her yard. When she turned her eyes and saw Primo, she laughed: " Hi Primo, are you here again this year?"

"Hi, Xiu." Primo stood up with a smile, "Of course, I'm an honest businessman."

Xiu shoved the two lion cubs in his hand to the female who came in behind her: "Teach these two brats a lesson." Then he rushed to the third female who entered the door, dragging a long-haired male with drooping eyebrows in her hand. Shout, "Shut him in the room first."

"Okay." The second wife and the third wife were very obedient and acted according to their words.

Mrs. Xiu brought Primo and the two little followers into the living room, grabbed a few fruits and threw them to Wool, who was younger at first glance. She didn't care about Rosemary, and then she sat in front of Primo: " The barbecue sauce you brought last year ran out quickly, did you bring it this year too, did the price increase?"

"How could it be? Although I am a human race, I am not the kind of profiteer who makes black-hearted money." Primo smiled brightly, his fake mustache trembling, "This time I not only brought barbecue sauce, And brought even better goodies…”

As he spoke, Primo took out a small paper bag from his pocket, and after opening it, there was a small pile of extremely finely ground earth-red powder, and he said with a smile on his face, "This is what I made on the grasslands of the Northern Continent." Good product, thirteen-flavored chili powder refined from a variety of spices." He casually took a green papaya from the fruit placed in front of Mao, cut off a piece with a knife, dipped some powder and handed it to the other party, " Try it, just a little bit of anything can make a big difference in taste.”

The owner's wife, Xiu, didn't suspect the businessman played by Primo at all, and threw it into her mouth after receiving it.

On Earth, Thirteen Fragrance didn't win Laoganma head-on in the end, and lost so much that she lost her helmet and armor.

Regardless of whether the thirteen incense on the earth is good or not, it is only said that this kind of spices with various flavors are refined and made into powdery seasonings that are easy to use. How many bottles and jars of seasoning will you always have ready?

After watching the teaching video of Master Wang Gang, there are now many people looking for a certain seasoning...

Besides, Xiao Yun lived in the countryside when he was a child, and he is very aware of the lack of taste stimulation in the mouths of people in areas where supplies are scarce - Li Kui's sentence "Fade out to the birds" is the best explanation.

So he doesn't care about the "advanced taste" of the comprehensive seasoning powder at all, he just pursues spicy and fresh~!

Star anise pepper, fennel, cumin, cinnamon and a little monosodium glutamate are beaten into a fine powder, and then a large amount of dried chili that is ground into powder is added. Various taste stimuli are mixed together to form "thirteen spices chili powder", which cannot be defeated. The taste buds of intelligent creatures in this world, Xiao Yun is willing to write his name upside down~!

Xiu's eyes lit up when the papaya dipped in some thirteen-spice chili powder, slightly green and slightly bitter, touched his tongue.

Most of the fruits in this world have only undergone simple domestication, and the races in most areas do not have the conditions to cultivate fruits patiently and meticulously like the forest elves. Except for a few berries, most of the fruits taste very ordinary.

To use an analogy... Let modern people eat watermelons with white flesh much more than red flesh in the Tang Dynasty, and there are almost no watermelons that can eat happily...

So the wool didn't touch the fruit served by the host at all, and it really didn't look delicious.

But it's such a bland and unpalatable green papaya, seasoned with thirteen-spiced chili powder, it's like a different species in the mouth of the locals!

Just how important taste stimulation is to intelligent creatures living in areas where materials are scarce can be seen from the popularity of those wines with rough brewing techniques in ancient times!

"How do you sell this?" Xiu swallowed the green papaya, stopped looking at Primo, and stared straight at the small pile of earth-red powder in the small paper bag, as if he wanted to stretch out his little hand. Come.

Primo cunningly... smiled, and was not in a hurry to negotiate the price, but continued to brag: "This thirteen-spice chili powder can be eaten in many ways, add some green onion, pour some hot oil into it It’s just the most delicious oily and spicy sauce, it can be dipped in anything, everything is delicious, adding a little bit to anything can greatly enhance the taste—”

With a "bang", Xiu slapped the heavy solid wood table, and said impatiently, "Tell me the price!"

"Ten silver coins a catty." Primo replied in seconds.

Rosemary & Wool stared blankly at Primo.

This guy is really ashamed to say that he is not a profiteer - the price the tribe gave you is obviously three silver coins a catty!

The most expensive MSG is the least added, and the relatively large amount of cinnamon, fennel, cumin, pepper, and pepper noodles is all produced by the tribe, and the cost is about one silver coin per catty.

Because the sauce market for forest elves, dark elves, and snow elves was saturated, and the dwarf kingdom was busy fighting again, Xiao Yun shipped part of it to Isaac’s knight leader at a price of four silver coins a catty, and the remaining few thousand catties were Three silver coins per catty were counted to Primo.

Primo's activities in the Beastman Empire had "spy funds" allocated by the tribe, but they were willing to take the opportunity to earn a little money to cultivate their sentiments, so Xiao Yun had no reason to stop them.

This price made the home master hesitate, frowning and thinking about his family.

Primo took out a package wrapped in oily paper from his backpack and put it on the table: "Here is a catty. Thirteen-flavored chili powder is light in weight, and there is so much in a catty. Save a little, and it can last for a month." .”

Gritting his teeth, Xiu patted the table again: "Ten catties!"

Primo smiled and waved his hand to his little follower, Rosemary, and Rosemary went out the door silently, and took a bag out of the big package on the back of the six-legged lizard...

A bag of spices costs one gold coin, which is priceless. Even in the Lion City, only "big families" like Xiu can afford it.

After paying the money, he locked ten catties of thirteen-flavored chili noodles into the cabinet, Xiu sat back with a relaxed expression, and poured Primo a glass of water.

It's only now that Primo has been treated as a tea reception...the Lion Clan really don't pay much attention to politeness.

"I bought thirteen-spice chili powder, but I can't afford barbecue sauce. It's too expensive." Xiu said regretfully.

Primo smiled and started after-sales service: "It's not cheap, but it's worth the money. Besides, with Shisanxiang, homemade barbecue sauce is not a problem. Doesn't the seaside here have a shell that is very expensive?" Ugly sea oysters (oysters)? Pry out the sea oyster meat in the shell, clean it, and boil it vigorously until there is only brown thick juice left at the bottom of the pot. Filter out the residue, it is an extremely delicious seasoning .”

"Thirteen-spice chili powder is poured into the hot oil and dripped with oyster sauce, which is the most delicious barbecue sauce."

Sea oysters are not an uncommon species in coastal areas with a warm climate.It’s just that the lion tribe thinks this thing is too troublesome, so they don’t catch it very much. Hearing Primo’s words, Xiu was stunned for a while, and said in disbelief, “You mean that thing that grows in the mud? Delicious?”

"Yes, I heard this by accident on the grasslands of the Northern Continent." Primo boasted without blinking his eyes, "It's not as warm as the Eastern Continent, and there are no sea oysters by the sea, so I envy the warmth In areas with sea water, I heard that those grassland people have always regretted that there is no oyster sauce to use."

The coastline of the prairie belongs to the low-temperature sea area. If you want to rely on the sea to eat the sea and make oyster sauce, you can't count on it.

I didn’t write the practice of oyster sauce in the travel notes of “Gourmet Hunter”, because I didn’t want to create a quarrel with the sea people—many subtropical and tropical coastlines are also the habitat of the sea people. With the low productivity of the world’s spices (refer to A series of disputes surrounding the Spice Islands in the Age of Discovery on Earth), if there is a wave of snatching warm waters, the Sea Clan will have to turn against the Snow Wolf Clan.

But Xiao Yun needs these orcs in the Far East to pay attention to their coastline... Although the number of orcs in the Far East can't form an inner land that can support a large harbor, they just ignore the coastline and let the ships of the Lamia Chamber of Commerce It's too annoying to dock and transfer to Bradrick's next door to do business~!

Especially the lion tribe, which has the southernmost coastline in the Far East, try to lure these lions to the seaside to squat, and when the fleet of Lamia Chamber of Commerce comes and goes freely, will these big cats be moved and collect the tolls? ?

As long as he can deceive his opponent, Xiao Yun is not afraid to use any non-war methods!

Xiu was dubious: "Really, there are no sea oysters in the grasslands of the Northern Continent. How do they know this?"

"Because there are snow werewolves in the grassland tribe!" Primo laughed, and turned the topic to the real core, "I have traveled to so many places, and the snow wolf tribe is the race that is best at finding delicious food I have seen. Didn’t you lions also try to grow peppers and breed rabbits in the past two years because you like to eat cold rabbits? There are so many delicious things there, knowing that sea oysters can make extremely delicious seasonings is nothing. "

Seeing that Xiu seemed to be moved, Primo pretended to suddenly come back to his senses, annoyed: "Oh, look at my mouth, I can say anything when I am proud." He looked at the wool with a guilty conscience, "Good wool, I am not You deliberately want to tell the secrets of your snow werewolves, so don't sue your clansmen."

Wool: "Uh..."

Cooperating with acting skills is a bit beyond her ability, so she simply showed the signature reaction of the Snow Wolf Clan: a look of bewilderment.

"Are you a snow werewolf?" Xiu Li immediately looked at the wool with piercing eyes.

"Hey, I have a good relationship with the Snow Wolf Clan. Their young people are secretly following me out to see the world. Seeing our friendship, Xiu, don't tell me." Primo said flatteringly. .

"Of course not." Xiu immediately assured, his eyes still fixed on the wool, "Is what Primo said true? Those sea oysters that grow in the mud can really be boiled into delicious seasoning?"

"Uh...yes." Wool shyly said, "I heard from Ayun that it seems to be a practice passed down from St. Bridge. When I went ashore here, I couldn't help being curious and fished some , boiled a small can of oyster sauce."

Primo faithfully played the role of a wretched, treacherous and treacherous businessman. He put his arms around Wool's shoulders and said obsequiously, "Good Wool, why don't you show off your skills and let the owner taste how delicious the sea oyster seasoning is."

"Okay." Wool said innocently, "Xiu, can I use your kitchen?"

"Of course, of course!" Xiu got up in a hurry, changed his previous cold-faced image, and walked out affectionately pulling the wool...

In the Fire Department, Wool's cooking skills can be regarded as a dark chef level, because this very tricky little girl wants to try frying and roasting; if she is out of the Fire Department, let her control the abuse of "ingredients" , then she is really qualified to enter the little king's palace to cook for the king.

As a "big family" in the local area, the Xiu family with three capable female heads of household is relatively well-off, and the storage room behind the kitchen is full of various seasonal ingredients.The wool that has never been picky about the ingredients (...) is picked up and pulled out, and this is where it starts to show its skills.

First take out the bag of wheat flour, sieve the remaining wheat bran with gauze, combine and wake up the noodles.

While waking up the noodles, I instructed the host to pull out the shallots and come back, chop and mix the stuffing.

Cut the rested dough into even small pieces, quickly roll it into skins, wrap them into long dumplings with thin skins and big fillings (do not pursue good looks, only pursue quickness), arrange them on the gauze-lined partitions and steam them in a pot (there is no steamer at home) ).

Take out half of the steamed square dumplings, and fry the skin with water and oil until golden brown...

While the dumplings were being steamed, the fragrance attracted the other two lionesses in Xiu's house, and they stood at the kitchen door to look in.

When the dumplings are fried in oil, the smell is even stronger, the male lion locked in the room for reflection, and the two cubs who have just been spanked hard appear neatly...

After making two kinds of steamed and fried square dumplings, Wool took two small bowls to make two bowls of different dipping sauces:

The steamed dumplings are dipped in an oil dish that has been poured with hot oil, scallions, and a few drops of oyster sauce.

The fried dumplings are dipped in a dry dish without oil.

When eating, you must eat vegetables of the same weight. This is a rigid rule of the Ministry of Fire, so you can’t just eat dumplings. Wool will take out the vegetables from the storage room of the host’s house, and boil the greens and radishes that you don’t know. Take out a large pot, and the dipping material is thirteen-spice chili powder mixed with vegetable water, green onion, and a little oyster sauce.

Three kinds of extremely rough food were put on the table, and the lion family, who didn't care about hospitality etiquette at all, didn't invite guests to the table at all. The whole family swarmed up and ate by themselves...

Wool who has been busy for a long time & Rosemary who is also hungry: "..."

Primo was very calm, pulled a chair and sat beside him, took out the pancakes he baked in the morning from his backpack, and handed them to them: "Let's eat this, it's not fashionable for the Lion Clan to let guests eat for dinner."

Wool silently took the pancakes and gnawed dryly—the orcs in the Far East are so rude, even the cooks don't know how to respect them!

In 10 minutes, the wind and the clouds wiped out the food that Mao even counted as the serving size of the guests. The home master wiped his mouth and grabbed Mao's hand: "Is the snow wolf clan intermarrying?"

The gender was not asked, that is to say, the head wife thinks it doesn't matter whether the wool is male or female.

The male lion, who was paralyzed by the stomach after eating, stood on end with golden hair all over his head, and looked over in horror.

Wool & Rosemary: "..."

"——I don't think so." Primo, who was quite used to the Lion Clan's style, cracked his face.

The lion, who was so nervous that his stomach hurt, clutched his chest and collapsed back with a look of ecstasy.

Xiu was very sorry, but he didn't force it. Instead, he said, "I thought the thirteen-flavored chili powder was already very delicious, but I didn't expect that the oil added with sea oysters would be even more delicious. Our lion clan uses the technology of your snow wolf clan to boil sea oyster sauce, Do you snow wolves mind? If so, what request do you snow wolves have?"

Wool didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, and looked at Primo in surprise.

Primo was also a little surprised.

To be honest, he doesn't expect much from the Lion Clan's integrity. This group of guys who smell like salted fish really have such a sense of indecency in every strand of their hair.

Never expected that they actually have morals~!

But think about it, there are even troupes that copy dramas such as "Cinderella", "The Daughter of the Sea" and "Sheriff Holmes" on the Bear Clan, but there is no such thing on the Lion Clan... In this way, the Lion Clan Although a salty fish, he is also a big cat with great ideals and pursuits, and he disdains to do things like stealing other people's "things".