Chapter 270: Immortal Mountain and Long Island, an act of kindness to the poor
Quan Cong looked at the turbulent sea and said: "I think that when Lu Boyan and Governor Lu jointly attacked Cao Xiu, we relied on this ordinary porridge as military ration to survive!"
In the first year of Huangwu (222 years), Cao Xiu of the Wei army led the boat army out of the cave. Sun Quan sent Lu Fan to supervise Xu Sheng, Quan Cong, Sun Shao and other generals to lead the boat army to resist the enemy.
After that, Zang Ba of the Wei army attacked Xu Ling several times with light ships, so Quan Cong often brought armored soldiers to wait on him.
Soon, thousands of enemy troops came out of the river. Quan Cong and Xu Sheng defeated them, killed Wei general Yin Lu and took his leader. Quan Cong moved to Suinan general and was granted the title of Marquis of Qian Tang.
In the seventh year of Huang Wu (228 years), Sun Quan went to Wancheng and sent Quan Cong and the auxiliary general Lu Xun to attack Cao Xiu and defeated Cao Xiu in Shiting.
At that time, the mountain people in Danyang, Wu and Kuaiji became bandits and conquered the subordinate counties. Quan Cong ruled Fuchun, and Sun Quan divided the dangerous areas of the three counties into Dong'an County, with Quan Cong as the governor.
When Quan Cong arrived, he clearly understood the rewards and punishments, and lured and surrendered. In a few years, he captured more than ten thousand people. Sun Quan then summoned Quan Cong back to Niuzhu and dismissed Dong'an County.
Quan Ji cupped his fists and said, "What my father said is that this handful of rice and half a pot of water play a huge role in wartime. Even on weekdays, countless people use it to survive."
The several types of grains commonly eaten by our ancestors were broomcorn millet, millet, millet, and rice. No matter what kind of grains they were, the first method after shelling was roasting with fire, and the second method was using stone burnt (sound fán), and the method of making porridge was the third type.
, it is also heated on fire, but it must be placed in a container and added with water to soften it.
A handful of rice, half a pot of water, and cooking smoke can rise without the need for oil or salt. The grains diluted with water disperse the starch and sugar contained in them throughout the pot, which can sustain the basic needs of the most people with minimal resources and cooking costs.
Survival. Porridge is therefore closely related to hunger and even poverty.
In ancient times, famines were common, and the people at the bottom of the family often had half a year's grain of bran vegetables to feed themselves all year round, and they drank gruel to survive. Eating porridge represented poverty in the family.
In the process of cooking porridge, the ratio of water to rice determines whether the final product is rice or porridge.
Someone once said: "If you can see water but not rice, it is not porridge; if you can see rice but not water, it is not porridge. The water and rice must be harmonious and soft and greasy, and then it is called porridge."
There is no porridge without water, but since you need to add enough water, there are requirements for the depth of the container. Anyone who has been in the kitchen knows that a container that is too shallow often cannot withstand the liquid when cooking soup-like foods.
Boiling overflow.
Therefore, tracing the origin of porridge to the Huangdi era, it would be better to say that the container suitable for cooking porridge was born in the Huangdi era.
Scholars of the Han Dynasty believed that Huangdi invented cooking utensils such as the "kettle" and "zèng", so they also attributed the invention of porridge to him.
In fact, since the Neolithic Age, in addition to the "ding" and "cauldron" pottery suitable for "adding water for cooking", there are also "Li (sound li)", "戽 (sound hu)", "Gui", etc. that appeared in the middle and late period.
Among them, the word "鬲" means a three-legged pot, which happens to be the lower part of the traditional Chinese character "鬻" for "porridge"; the upper half of the character "鬻" and the "bow" on both sides of the character "rice" describe
The steam that rises when rice is cooked.
Quan Cong stroked his beard and said with emotion: "This bowl of porridge also reminds me of when I was young. Your Majesty's father ordered me to transport some rice to Wu for trade, but I saw that the poor people in the city had nothing to eat.
So I gave all the grain to their father and was very angry, but fortunately he didn't punish me in the end."
In the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Liu Bei appointed Sun Quan as the general of chariots and cavalry. Sun Quan appointed Quanrou as his chief minister and later as the prefect of Guiyang.
Quanrou once sent Quan Cong to transport thousands of dendrobium grains to Wu for trading.
But when Quan Cong arrived, he scattered rice to help the poor and returned with an empty boat.
Quanrou was furious when he heard this, and Quan Cong paused and said: "I think the matter of harvesting rice is not urgent, and the scholar-bureaucrats are in danger, so I will use rice to support him instead of reporting to my father first." Quan Rou said.
Softness is also surprising in its ambition.
At that time, the scholars of Zhongzhou fled to the south, and hundreds of them lived under the guidance of Quan Cong. Quan Cong spent all his family wealth to provide relief, and the rich and poor shared weal and woe, so he became famous far and wide. Later Sun Quan regarded Quan Cong as the powerful captain.
Thousands of troops were given and ordered to conquer the mountains.
Quan Ji cupped his fists and said: "Father, it's no wonder that the people of Wu praised you for your demeanor as Lord Mengchang during the Warring States Period! You are even more popular among the people than Lord Mengchang. After all, Lord Mengchang supported his retainers who were useful to him, while you supported
They are ordinary poor people."
Mengchang Jun Tian Wen was in Xue Yi, soliciting guests from various vassal states and people who had committed crimes and fled. Many people joined Tian Wen.
Tian Wen was willing to give up his family fortune and give them generous treatment, so all the wise men in the world admired him.
He has thousands of diners, and all are treated the same as Tian Wen, regardless of high or low.
Whenever Tian Wen receives guests and sits and talks with them, he always arranges an attendant behind the screen to record the conversation between Tian Wen and the guests, as well as the residence of the guests' relatives.
As soon as the guests left, Tian Wen sent an envoy to the guests' relatives' homes to comfort them and offer them gifts.
One time, Tian Wen entertained guests for dinner, and someone blocked the light. The guest was very annoyed, thinking that the quality of the food must not be equal, so he put down his bowls and chopsticks and was about to say goodbye.
Tian Wen immediately stood up and personally carried his own food to compare with his. The guest was so ashamed that he cut his neck to express his apology. However, his "generosity" was only for the guests, but for the poor, he was "generous".
The wine and meat stink, and the roads are frozen to death.”
Quan Cong waved his hands and said with a smile: "Hey, as a father, I can't compare to Meng Changjun, the young master of Qi State. He can have so much money and food to support thousands of customers, but he can still help the poor with some rice from time to time."
Quan Cong said again: "We have reached Dengzhou Dayang now, right? We will probably be able to land in no more than ten days at most."
Quanxu came out of the cabin and clasped his fists and said: "Da Sima, now our army has sailed to the Miaodao Islands. In a while, we will be able to see Daxie Island, Wuhu Island and other islands."
Miaodao Islands, also known as "Changshan Islands", is the general name of the 32 islands here. The main islands are: Nanchangshan Island in the south, Beichangshan Island, Daheishan Island, Xiaoheishan Island, Miaodao (traditionally known as
South Five Islands) and Tuoji Island, Daqin Island, Xiaoqin Island, Nanhuangcheng Island, Beihuangcheng Island (traditionally called Beiwu Islands) and other uninhabited islands in the north. Among them: the largest island is Nanchangshan
Island, the smallest island is Xiaoshan Island.
From the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to later generations, the Miaodao Islands were one of the two shortcuts from the Central Plains to Liaodong.
Quan Cong thought for a while and said: "I just read some records about this archipelago. It is said that Changdao is known as the Sea Mountain and the Three Immortal Mountains, but there are probably no immortals or elixirs on it."
Changdao is known as the Three Sacred Mountains of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Abbot Sea. The ancients have long had a poem about "I once accompanied the immortals in Penghu". The legendary Penglai Fairy Island refers to Changdao. Changdao is located in the water, surrounded by blue waves, with beautiful mountains and clear waters.