Two days before Mother's Day, the Gonghuo Tribe, the Five Ghost Tribe, the Yu Gong Tribe, the Youqing Tribe, and the Pi Tribe arrived one after another.
These teams all held flags and shouted loudly, either riding on rafts or riding horses with baskets on their backs, swarming in from both sides of the Wulong River in the southeast, southwest and southwest, making the simple piers on Bawu Avenue and the mouth of the Bazu Valley full of people all day long.
It was very lively there.
As the alliance tribes participating in the conference arrived in groups, the Ba people's festive atmosphere became more and more lively.
On the river beach in the valley, flags with different totems painted on them were neatly placed on the piles of rocks and fluttering in the wind. Densely packed tents were planted on the river beach like mushrooms in the mountains in summer. People came and went, and the noise was loud.
Xu Chen and the Ba people have long been accustomed to this kind of scene.
Since the first Mother's Day was organized, this year is already the third time.
And the time is already the fifth year after Xu Chen traveled through time.
Five years is not a long time, nor is it a short time. For Xu Chen, it is not considered a success. It is still far away from his mansion, Simmons, and it is still far away from the hegemony of Wangtu in the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties. Therefore, at best, it can be regarded as satisfaction.
Just enough for food and clothing.
But for all the other tribes participating in the conference, the changes in the past few years have been earth-shaking, making people feel dizzy and like a dream.
And whether it’s the Mother’s Day in the spring or the Witchcraft Festival in the fall, every time you come, the Ba people will inevitably experience huge changes and bring countless surprises that they have never experienced before.
For example, this year, one more tribe is participating in Mother's Day. A shaman tribe called the Pi tribe in the upper reaches of the Jicang River has surrendered to His Majesty the Witch King and accepted the inheritance of the great shaman's faith.
This news is no longer news, because the Pi tribe was conquered in October last winter, and now it is March. The hunters who came to supervise the road construction and the Ba tribe caravans who went to the Mongolian Gonghuo tribe to transport salt, pottery and metal had already taken this information.
Message delivered to all tribes.
In addition, the Ba people also built the Eye of the Gods Altar. Such a mysterious and luxurious sacrificial place with the power of the gods immediately shocked all tribes.
After the renovation and expansion of the Temple of the Ancient Mother, not only can it accommodate more people to participate in the ceremony, but the renovated statue of the Ancient Mother and the temple are also more luxurious, elegant, solemn and solemn, making people feel awe.
The addition of new members to the alliance is naturally worthy of celebration and joy.
The worship of gods is also a reverence that comes from the bottom of one's heart.
But there is another new thing that appears in the Ba tribe, which really makes all the tribes excited to the point of explosion.
Regardless of whether they were earlier or later, before all the Daba tribes could settle down, they immediately heard about a magical thing called stone mill and various fresh delicacies called buns, steamed buns, dumplings, noodles and tofu.
These news spread from the mouths of the tribes who arrived in advance, with saliva flying in the air, and the description was so surprising and joyful that people were salivating at the same time.
So the witches and clan chiefs of all tribes hurriedly went to see the great witch and the witch king, and then they saw the legendary stone mill. It was really magical. The wheat beans were poured in, and the stone was pushed in a strange-looking posture.
By rotating the grinder, you can quickly obtain wheat and bean flour as fine as yellow sand.
The Ba people use this flour to make a variety of novel, soft, delicious and delicious foods.
In order to welcome the shamans and clan chiefs of each tribe, the Ba people have already prepared enough flour a few days in advance. Therefore, the kitchen has been burning all day long these days, and a large group of women are busy making various pasta delicacies for all the shamans who come to visit.
Provide tastings with tribal leaders and others.
After witnessing the magical effects of stone mills and various pastry and soy milk delicacies, several alliance wizards and leaders of all tribes were deeply impressed by Xu Chen's whimsical ideas and methods of making delicious food, and they all expressed their intention to go back.
Next year we will increase land reclamation and farming area, and we will be able to eat such sweet and soft pasta and soy products every day. These foods are much more delicious than barbecued meat, especially for those who are old and have weak teeth.
For the loose groups, the needs are even more urgent.
In order to meet the needs of various tribes for delicious food, Xu Chen also announced the method of obtaining stone mills.
Specifically, the conditions are the same as those of the six Bameng tribes. They either buy or pay tuition to learn how to make. In order to solve the problem of long-distance transportation, Xu Chen will set up a stone mill construction workshop in the trading area built by the Gonghuo tribe. There are already several stone mills there.
A stonemason and carpenter is teaching his skills to tribes such as the Gonghuo Tribe and the Yugong Tribe. In this way, tribes near the Gonghuo Basin can directly go to the workshop to buy or learn.
This arrangement made all the tribes in the Gonghuo League overjoyed, and some tribes began to place orders or expressed their willingness to pay the grinding tax to learn how to make stone mills.
The bustling Ba ethnic compound is overcrowded all day long. People coming in and out almost squeeze the courtyard door. The grinding shed is surrounded by water from morning to night, and the inside of the compound is floating all day long.
There was a strong aroma of pasta and soy milk, which only made those who couldn't squeeze into the compound look around outside the gate, swallowing saliva, and kept squeezing in.
The gods are sincere and respectable, and the price of love is higher. If it is for delicious food, both can be thrown away.
For these barbaric primitive humans, whether they are worshiping gods or coming here specifically to participate in marriage alliances, it is ultimately for the sake of tribe strength and population reproduction, but if they want to survive, eating well is the best way.
With the emergence of stone mills and the birth of a large number of novel and delicious foods, wheat and beans, two grains that could only be regarded as auxiliary foods in the past, were finally transformed into the most delicious foods, just like turning stone into gold.
Therefore, people from all the tribes have almost forgotten the real purpose of coming to the Ba tribe. They have been surrounded in the Ba tribe compound all day long, watching fascinatedly how to grind noodles, and eagerly following a group of Ba tribe women to learn how to make various kinds of noodles.
Grow delicious pastries.
In order to entertain several witches, Xu Chen even cooked himself, using a flat copper pot to fry a fragrant onion-flavored duck egg pancake for everyone.
Although it was just a piece of food that was the most common and cheap in street stalls in later generations, it completely conquered several of the highest spiritual leaders who led the development of human civilization. They all held the food in their hands with tears in their eyes and wanted to bite it down.
Although their status is respected, their daily food and drink are not much different from those of ordinary tribesmen. At most, they are fed. No matter how poor the tribe is, they will not be hungry, but the witch group will definitely not go hungry. As for delicious food, that is impossible.
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But since the Ba people invented making pottery, the way of making food has begun to change dramatically, from roasting to boiling, and now the Ba people have invented two magical methods: steaming and frying.
Compared with the sweet and soft steamed buns, the pancakes have a unique flavor, with a hint of the fireworks of traditional grilled food. They are rich and delicious, making them even more addictive.
However, pancakes look simple, but it is not easy to eat them.
First, you need a stone mill to grind the beans into flour.
Secondly, you need to have a pan. Of course, a pottery slab should also work, but the effect will definitely be much worse.
There are also duck eggs.
The most important thing is to have lard and salt, two common cooking ingredients.
These things may seem commonplace, but in today's barbaric primitive era, almost all other tribes except the Ba tribe could not get together.
If there was no stone mill, even if Xu Chen wanted to take a bite, it would be an absolute luxury.
This Mother's Day meeting, the seven witches gathered together.
This was the most attended witch gathering.
In addition to the twin little witch sisters, the Yu Gong Clan, the Five Ghost Clan, the Gonghuo Clan, and the Youqiong Clan's great witches were all present. This year, there was also a Pi Clan great witch who was attending the meeting for the first time, and the people he brought were not counted.
There were many, about forty young men and women in total.
Although she also wore a large witch dress and cloak tailor-made for her by the Ba people, and looked no different from other witches that the Ba people were already familiar with, she was actually very nervous and frightened.
She never thought that one day she would gather with so many shamans from strange tribes, not only to exchange various knowledge and the development of the tribes, but also to sit together and eat such magical and delicious food.
In fact, the young witch is already familiar with the delicacies of the Ba tribe. After all, she stayed here from October last year to the end of January. She and several tribal leaders have already eaten a lot of the barbecue stews and fruit wine pickles of the Ba tribe, and even just arrived.
She had a sumptuous pig-killing feast, the taste of which she and all the tribesmen who came would remember for a lifetime.
But this time I came, there were so many amazing delicacies popping up.
Whether it's steamed buns or noodle pancakes, they are all foods that people will never forget after eating them once.
She sat among a group of shamans who were eating delicious food and chatting excitedly, her eyes always falling on Xu Chen.
It was this young and magical leader who led a group of knights into their territory that had been isolated from the world for generations, and led the Pi tribe into this super alliance. He not only taught the tribe various production and living skills, but also taught them how to learn.
He has learned magical writings from gods and all kinds of unheard of magical knowledge.
He is the messenger of the gods who brings hope to the Pi tribe, and he also ignites the blazing fire of lust for her late at night.
Ever since that night, she could no longer get rid of the young shadow of the Witch King and those rough, soul-eating hands. As soon as she thought about it, she would have an uncontrollable throbbing in her soul, wanting to fight with the Witch King.
King mates.
And this uncontrollable desire, she always believed was the guidance of the gods.
I don't know if other witches will be like me.
The young witch of the Pi tribe slowly ate the pancakes, her body trembling slightly under her cloak. She secretly observed every witch around her, and found that the twin little witches were sitting next to Xu Chen, one on the left and the other on the right. Their movements were gentle and affectionate, especially
The great witch couldn't help but glance at Xu Chen every time he said a word, with incomparable respect in his eyes, and looked more gentle than any woman treating men.
Then the young witch's heart slowly sank, and she felt an unspeakable loss and fear.