Chapter 1491 Although the kipper is beautiful, do what you can
Chapter 1491: Although pickled fish is beautiful, do it within your ability
During this period, Yi Xiaotian was certainly not idle.
All the way through Zigui and then to Yong'an, Liu Bei's army set up many checkpoints along the way.
Judging from the degree of defense on both sides, Liu Bei and the others obviously no longer regard Jiangdong as their enemy...
This is also easy to understand. Jiangdong spent two or three months with Liu Bei's land and sea army on a front line of nearly a thousand miles along the river.
No matter how wealthy Jiangdong was before, this series of battles has exhausted Jiangdong's reserves over the years.
What's more, Jiangdong had just experienced a civil strife before the decisive battle with them. The combination of the two had nothing to fear from Jiangdong.
Instead, they took advantage of the situation and invaded Yizhou. According to the various signs Liu Bei showed in the past, this is what they are most likely to do.
And along the way, judging from the strict defense Yi Xiaotian himself received, this matter was almost confirmed.
The only thing Yi Xiaotian was not sure about was when the opponent would send troops, in what way, and to what extent Yizhou was currently taking precautions against Liu Bei.
After so many considerations, in the end it was not as good as Yi Xiaotian's personal visit.
After all, his family members are still in Yizhou.
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After landing, I was not as restrained as I was in Jiangdong.
No one here is searching for the whereabouts of him, Zhao Yun and others, so it is much easier to collect intelligence.
Yi Xiaotian took Zhao Yun, Fan and Cao Ang ashore together and found a small teahouse to rest before entering the city.
By the way, I started chatting with the teahouse owner:
"Does the store know what changes have occurred in Yizhou recently?"
"Variety?"
The owner is a middle-aged man with a strong build. He seems to be doing some farm work on weekdays. This teahouse is just a casual one.
Hearing Yi Xiaotian's question, he looked at Yi Xiaotian. Although there was still some confusion in his eyes, he didn't hide it:
"I don't know what you want to ask, sir... Of course the most concerning thing in Yizhou these days is food."
"To put it simply, Mr. Zhou Mu has realized what he is doing. He is more or less concerned about the food problem of the common people - wasn't there a lot of commotion in Chengdu some time ago? There was no one to look after the upstream, and the fields downstream were deserted. There was so much noise in Chengdu.
The fertile fields were once left without food."
Yi Xiaotian frowned, as if he didn't quite understand the food shortage in Chengdu.
The store owner looked a little disbelieving, and laughed when he said it:
"Let's just say, Mr. Zhou Mu is indeed a talented person who can make Chengdu suffer from food shortage."
"I dare not say the specific things, but I heard that a group of capable people came to Mr. Zhou Mu. They not only persuaded him to focus on solving problems like ours, but also helped those who suffered deeply.
The common people provided a lot of irrigation tools."
"It just happened not long ago. I heard that Lizhuang has already used it. What...what kind of car is it called?"
Of course, Zhao Yun, Fan, Cao Ang and others had no idea what the store owner was talking about, but Yi Xiaotian just listened to these few words and instantly understood the reason.
"You mean the car rolled over?"
"Ah, yes, yes! It's called a rollover! You said that thing is really magical. Regardless of whether it is pedaled or hand-cranked, as long as it is placed in the right place, it can lift water that is difficult to lift from a low place to the field.
If we had this thing in the past, farming would have been much easier."
The store owner clapped his hands repeatedly, admiring the irrigation tool called a rollover, while looking at Yi Xiaotian with some confusion:
"Hey, let me tell you... Is this young man interested in farming?"
"Ah, I am somewhat interested."
Yi Xiaotian smiled and nodded. Of course he would not tell the other person that the cartwheel was a new irrigation tool that was made after he enlightened someone.
But just hearing these words, Yi Xiaotian was already very satisfied.
Zhao Yun seemed to see what Yi Xiaotian was thinking, and leaned aside and asked softly:
"Sir... but have you found out about the people in the villa?"
"That's right, and it sounds like Zhaoji and the others are operating very smoothly. They've already connected with Liu Zhang. So we don't need to go anywhere else. We can go directly to Chengdu at the next stop."
Immediately, he finalized his next action plan. Under the questioning gaze of the store owner, Yi Xiaotian took out a few pieces of broken silver and slapped it on the table, then led everyone towards Yong'an County.
The shopkeeper picked up the broken silver on the table and it took him a while to realize that, let alone eating a bowl of tea, there was no problem in buying his small shop... Of course he wanted to call out the young man, who was so unconscionable.
He didn't dare to talk about the money, but he was so windy when he walked, and he disappeared in a moment. After thinking over and over again, he thought it was a lucky day and hurriedly put the money away.
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What I have to say is that after staying in Jiangdong for a long time, Yi Xiaotian was really not used to it when he came to Shu.
The first thing is to eat...
Although he knew that people in Sichuan and Sichuan like to eat spicy food in his previous life, he thought that it would be thousands of years before chili peppers were introduced into the country. Before that, people in Sichuan and Shu could not also like to eat spicy food, right?
I thought this habit was formed later, but I didn't expect that I choked on my first meal.
Pickled fish…
I heard from the waiter in the restaurant that if you don't eat pickled fish when you come to Yong'an, your visit to this world will be in vain.
But when the pickled fish was served, the pungent taste that hit his forehead made Yi Xiaotian wake up immediately.
There were four people at the table staring at each other with different expressions, but no one dared to move their chopsticks.
Or until Fan asked:
"Sir, why don't you use your chopsticks?
Although this pickled fish doesn’t look very good, I heard it’s extremely delicious——”
"Ah! No, no, everyone, hurry up and eat. Is there anything to be afraid of? Haha..."
Yi Xiaotian smiles but doesn't smile. He is most afraid of spicy food, but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be any red or green embellishment on the surface of this misty rain. Where does it come from such a pungent smell?
Maybe it's an illusion?
Yi Xiaotian stood up, used his chopsticks and knife to pick up a piece of dry, hard and crispy fish, and put it into his mouth without thinking.
result……
Well...it turned out that this was the only chopstick that everyone used on this pickled fish today.
I don’t know how Yi Xiaotian recovered later. After eating this mouthful of pickled fish, Yi Xiaotian was so spicy that he started sweating on his forehead. He didn’t eat any more food and wine that came later.
After asking, I found out... people from Sichuan and Sichuan certainly don't know what chili peppers are now.
However, the climate in Shu has always been dank and damp, so in order to dispel the dampness, there is never a shortage of spicy seasonings.
The pickled fish in front of them was a spicy food made from dogwood and pepper.