"It's so spicy, so spicy. It's like drinking a glass of high-concentration rum. It's about to burn from your throat to your stomach." Ms. Elena sucked in the air-conditioning and started eating again.
This time I learned the lesson, I only dared to take small bites, and sipped cold water from time to time. In the end, my beautiful eyes narrowed into a line, and there was a strange light shining inside.
She actually felt that the magic power in her body was ready to activate, and her vitality had obviously increased a lot. This was by no means an illusion. She was already infinitely close to the control level, and she had meticulous control over her body and every power in her body.
She immediately understood the value contained in it. At least it would be a real help for her to further control the power of magic. "What is this? Is the output large?"
"This is prepared by grinding spicy fruits. It was brought back by a young soldier who came back from the Swamp of Despair. The current output is average, but it is enough to feed my mother. If you want to study it, you have to wait for three years. How much do you want by then?"
How many."
Sean threw a small packet of red powder to Ms. Elena, "It is used as a flavoring. Just put a little in it before the soup is cooked. Don't put too much, otherwise it will numb the tongue and significantly reduce the perception of other flavors.
"
This is the closest ingredient to chili peppers that Sean has seen in this world, but it is not a vegetable, but a fruit that grows on trees.
The finished product resembles a large green walnut, but the kernel is not edible. The kernel is bitter and numb. A little bit of it can render a person's sense of taste ineffective for two or three days. As for whether it has the possibility of being used as medicine, we will have to wait for research to find out.
Now they are treated as seeds and collected like treasures.
Even the outer skin cannot be eaten directly. The taste is very intoxicating. Whoever eats it will know.
Anyway, Sean doesn't want to try it a second time. As for dishes such as fried peppers, don't think about it. Drying it in the shade and grinding it into powder is the most correct way to eat it.
As for the pickling effect, we still need to wait until the spicy fruit trees we planted mature and have sufficient raw materials. As for organizing a large number of people to go to the Despair Swamp to pick, Sean did not even think about this, otherwise the food would not be spicy.
The result is human flesh and blood.
Sean was a true northerner in his previous life. In his life, chili peppers were optional. He could eat some if he had them, but he didn’t want them if he didn’t have them. However, his wife was a true southerner and a Sichuan hot girl.
, has the power over everyone’s food, so they can only eat spicy food, and they will get used to it as they eat.
Sean asked people to pay attention to similar ingredients, not just to satisfy his appetite, but to think of the stimulating effect of chili pepper on blood vessels, which is the source of the power of magic.
The hard work paid off, and we found similar ingredients. The capsaicin content is comparable to the top chili peppers in the previous life. The efficacy is also unexpected. You can clearly feel the capsaicin stimulating the blood and blood vessels.
As for whether this kind of stimulation can strengthen blood vessels, it remains to be studied. Sean is not going to do this work himself. He will leave it to Ms. Elena, who has more experience and a strong scientific research spirit. Maybe it will happen sooner.
When the results are achieved, you can just eat them ready-made.
Perhaps because he has stronger control over his body and is more sensitive to the changes caused by capsaicin in the body, his love for spicy food has obviously increased in this life. Ever since he got spicy fruit powder, he has never stopped eating it in his bowl.
As for the foodies who were looking at him eagerly, they were ignored by Sean. There was nothing they didn't like to eat. In their mouths, spicy fruit powder was just a simple condiment, and the quantity was not so luxurious.
"We still have to wait three years!" Ms. Elena was disappointed. Once Sean spoke, he basically couldn't run away. He could only wait for three years. She turned her beautiful eyes and spread her hands, "Bring it here."
"What are you doing?"
"Don't tell me that you didn't keep any private work, give it all to me, I have other uses."
"That's all."
"That's all? Even I dare to lie to you, so bring them all to me. You are in a period of rapid growth now, and you don't need to rely on external help. You can use them if you want. Wait three years and bring them all to me."
"You always leave some to satisfy your cravings!"
"To satisfy your greed, you have the nerve to say it. It's a waste of natural resources, and I can't leave it in your hands. Take it all."
"It's really gone this time."
"Really no more?"
"There really aren't any more."
"I just believe you once." Ms. Elena was like a female bandit, robbing Sean of all the private work he had reserved. Sean wanted to cry without tears. This is a typical treasure-offering failure.
Ms. Elena rolled her eyes and said, "No, I almost fooled you. Ralph, I think you are the most cunning boy. You wiped your mouth after eating and wanted to run away. Tell me what you think."
Ralph, who failed to escape, said shamelessly: "Madam, I misunderstood. I didn't just see that Madam likes this kind of spicy fruit powder. I went to see those gangsters. They might have some private work in their hands and they want to come out."
What you save will be wasted in their hands.”
"Stop making jokes, they will keep private jobs for things that Sean likes!" Ms. Elena glared at Ralph fiercely, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and you haven't shown any improvement in other things. You are very good at flattering others."
If it continues to develop, it will turn into a treacherous face sooner or later. If you lead Sean astray, be careful and I will kill you directly."
"It's still unknown who is leading whom. When it comes to flirting, I'm at the entry level at best. Your son is the real master. He almost couldn't find you without seeing a mutant fruit.
"
Ralph complained wildly in his heart, but he did not dare to show the slightest trace on his face. Speaking ill of her son in front of a protective and unreasonable mother was simply seeking death.
Ralph showed off his excellent face-changing skills, and his face was so bitter that it was almost dripping with juice. "I don't have any talent in this area. I am suitable for doing errands and asking for some information that is known to everyone on the road."
"Hey, when did you become so humble? The Bastille city defense map has become a well-known news to everyone! Old Burton is really getting better and better." Ms. Elena shook her fist and said,
"If you keep doing these tricks for me, believe it or not, I'll beat you so hard that your mother won't even be able to recognize you."
"If my mother were still alive, she would not recognize me long ago!"
"What?"
"Nothing, nothing."
Ralph's smile was as flattering as he could be.
"I definitely can't provide much help in the overall situation, but I'm quite good at those sneaky things. Recently, I selected suitable people from the youth army and reserves to form an intelligence department, which is responsible for the collection and transmission of intelligence.
"Knowing yourself and your enemy means you will be victorious in every battle. There are many people who know yourself and your enemy, so I will do the work of knowing your enemy."
"It's a bit clever." Compared to Marshall's long talk, Ms. Elena became more interested in Ralph's unique ideas, "Tell me about the specific ideas."
"This is not my idea, but inspired by Tang."
Ralph, who received the compliment, was not only not pleased at all, but also looked distressed.
"It's just that there are too few suitable manpower. Six to seven thousand people. So far I have only selected a dozen that I like. And if I want to do a good job, I cannot do without financial support."
"That's because you are too ambitious and want to reach the sky in one step."
Sean smiled and answered.
"My horizons are a bit high. You can't expect everyone to be like you and secretly figure out the defense map of a castle. Natural intelligence personnel have scarce resources after all. Cultivating them yourself is the formal way. As we are now
The situation is too far away to talk about an intelligence organization. With these dozen people, it is enough to set up the frame first and then cooperate with the outposts in a short time. Don't just focus on the Youth Army and Youth Army Reserves, the attached engineers.
Maybe there will be some good seeds."
"Those guys who had their backs broken?"
Although Ralph did not show obvious contempt, his contempt was self-evident.
This mentality was not serious when the number of young soldiers was relatively small. After all, the number of young soldiers was too small. If they wanted to do things, they had to rely on others. When they led the attached engineers to transform thousands of sets of infantry armor in just one week, it was considered a success.
A relatively harmonious joint cooperation.
However, with the increase in the number of the Youth Army and the large number of Youth Army reserves they brought, the relationship was far from the original harmony. After all, there were huge differences in the concepts of the two sides. In the eyes of the Youth Army, they were equated with stupid people. Every time they were called, it cost money.
A lot of effort was put into training them, but they were far less successful than the young reserve soldiers who had been trained since childhood.
Sean's brows furrowed into a knot. He had noticed this trend within the Youth Army and was trying to find a way to correct this twisted idea, but he didn't expect it to become so serious.
As one of the core figures of the Youth Army, Ralph had the idea of how bad the situation outside was. Sean stopped what he was doing and said with great seriousness.
"Don't underestimate anyone. Those who were once humble do not mean they will be humble all their lives; being stupid now does not mean they will not be smart in the future; being down now does not mean they will never be down."
"There may be someone among them who is more suitable for this job than you, but you have never given him a chance. If you want to do big things, you must have the heart to do big things, no matter what race, origin, or knowledge the other person has
, as long as they are willing to join our group, they are all our own, and we will treat them equally."
"Do you really expect the so-called Youth Army and Youth Army Reserves to come to fruition? How many people can they have in total? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand?"
"Even if there are 100,000 people, one per mile, can they cover the whole Andis Mountain? It's a joke. You guys are still trying to do big things all day long, and you don't even have the slightest bit of mind to accommodate and employ people. Even if you occupy the mountains
As a king, at best, they are just a group of bandits, just flapping around in their own one-third of an acre of land, and they cannot become dragons in the rainy world."
"From now on, I don't want to hear the term Youth Army anymore. All of them will be mixed and reorganized, their military positions will be determined, and they will be called regular military positions."
It was originally just an ordinary school test, but with Sean's harsh words, the nature completely changed, and the adaptation of the Youth Army was put on the agenda.
Ms. Elena didn't feel the slightest displeasure about this. She showed off her power by beating the drum and pouring cold water on her son, although she didn't ask Sean directly.
But judging from the answers given by Marshall and Ralph, they looked at the problem quite rationally, and were not dazzled by the concepts of victory and the bravery of young men. Although their ideas did not completely represent Sean's, they were the people around him.
The closest people, many things must influence each other.
As for Skull Crusher Mikey, she has been completely ignored by Ms. Elena, and she has no hope of hearing a satisfactory answer from him.