Chapter 607: Yemeni
The area they arrived was actually Yemen. In the travel notes written by reporter Yao Wenqi, they complained: “This place is barren, and the beaches on the seaside stretch into an endless desert with oasis in between. We buy opals, large pearls and coral trees there. Almost nothing is produced!"
The locals are friendly, and they have seen ocean-going ships coming and going. The fleet smoothly replenishes fresh water, and then buys sheep, vegetables and fruits for the tooth sacrifice, then buys flour and milk, adds sugar and salt to make hard biscuits.
The Chinese have always been cautious. The officers and soldiers would feel uncomfortable if they didn't fill up their warehouses.
The hospitable Lord Nejabi had filled the granaries of their three battleships with flatbread, dried meat, dried fruit, and jam since the beginning of the voyage in the Basein region. The flatbread they sent was actually naan, because Milk is added to the noodles, and the naan is really fragrant.
The production of 馕 doesn't use the face sticks, but mainly relies on throwing. The naan maker whirled and threw a small pie up and down, and it quickly became a thick pie with a thin edge in the middle. A large pit two to three meters deep was dug in the ground, and a fire was built in it, and the capsule was stuck on the four walls for roasting. Then use a long wooden clip to clip it out. The naan just out of the oven is so white to eat, milky, fragrant, tender on the outside and tender on the inside. The officers and soldiers unanimously thanked Lord Nejabi.
There are also the naan with lamb, and the naan with milk is the food of the best people, the ordinary Asan has no chance to eat it.
After being consumed, there was a shortage of granary. The officers and soldiers devoted a day to making biscuits collectively, buying cattle, and slaughtering them to make beef jerky!
In such ghost places, the weather was hot again, and the soldiers who landed went ashore and turned around before returning to the ship to play cards.
Reporter Yao Wenqi and naturalist Tao Yuanzao were very interested. They always wanted to explore a new place when they arrived. Under the protection of two soldiers, they landed and wandered around.
The ancient city they entered seemed to be called "Jila". It was located in a mountainous and hilly area. The weather was very dry. The locals used mud to build houses. Looking at the past, there was a lot of dust. The rich painted the outside of the house with paint, but Under the strong local sunlight and dryness, the color will quickly fade and it is even more ugly.
I don’t know how long the houses are. Like building blocks, they are randomly piled into the ancient city, turning the crisscross narrow streets and alleys into the most complicated maze.
They only dared to walk on the road, not into the alleys.
Walking into the bazaar in the ancient city, the bazaar is not small, but there are a lot of things for sale, including clothes, food, and craft items... The four people walked among the crowds of colorful men and women wrapped in black gauze. Slowly move forward.
As a traveler, I have to taste local food wherever I go, mainly flatbread, roast lamb, and pilaf, which is not very good.
There is a stall set up by the third brother in the market. Opals, big pearls and coral trees are bought there. They are very cheap. The price of pearls with big fingers is equivalent to one-fifth of the domestic price.
There is not much to buy here. Yao Wenqi and Tao Yuanzao bought a white Arabic robe, a short knife and a belt. The black fabric is used as the base, and the upper is knitted with gold and silver silk, which is gorgeous and gorgeous.
But after they changed their clothes and wore them for less than ten minutes, they were surprised that the faces of the locals around them were bad, and they pointed them.
"No!" Tao Yuanzao woke up suddenly, immediately found a place with Yao Wenqi, and changed that outfit.
It turns out that their costumes belong to the upper class in the local area, and they are not something that ordinary people can wear. They don't recognize you!
No problem, I won’t buy it for nothing, after passing this village to the store and then changing it again, we are the upper-class Arab nobles!
But when I think about it, those shopkeepers who sell robes, belts and short knives to the Chinese do not make a noise when they watch them go in and change clothes.
Chinese goods are indeed ubiquitous. The market sells refined white salt, sugar and toffee from the southeast province, as well as bright silks!
The price is expensive and it is the first-class goods.
Obviously, if it wasn't for the red hair fan or the Chinese, it had already arrived here.
But the famous cigarettes, tea and rum are not seen. It is important to know that sugar, tobacco, alcohol and tea are popular in many places. Everywhere you go, you can always see them. They are big-selling commodities.
As for the local area, alcohol is forbidden due to religious reasons. It is normal to have no rum. Our cigarettes and tea are defeated?
They quickly discovered the reason. The locals were chewing on a plant that resembled mugwort. The merchants put them in bundles, wrapped them in taro leaves, and hung them at the entrance of the store.
This is Arabic tea, also called Kat, contains excitatory substances and can be chewed and eaten.
Carter is picked every morning and transported to the market in the morning to sell. The locals chew Carter in his mouth from lunch after lunch. Carter does not swallow into his stomach, but stores it in his mouth, often with a bulging cheek. Everyone is like this, very interesting.
After eating Carter, the local people's faces were full of excitement, satisfaction, and happiness. At the same time, people are reluctant to work and lie on the ground to entertain themselves.
With the understanding of Yao Wenqi and Tao Yuanzao, the locals had chewed the shoots and leaves of Carter grass long ago to fight hunger and fatigue. They can even eat it as a meal~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Chew Carter from noon to night No need to eat.
Caterpillar is traditionally a social medicine. Nowadays, people still use the best room in the home as a caterpillar room, where they chew catter's grass with relatives and friends, gossiping and chatting.
If the locals ask you to chew Carter, they are worthy of you and treat you as a VIP.
Two Chinese people tasted it curiously. Chewing on Caterpillar grass makes people feel clear and energetic, and feel that there is nothing impossible in the world. Yao Wenqi yelled excitedly: "I am the king of the world!"
But when the power of the medicine receded, the chewer felt frustrated, and understood that he was daydreaming, the logic was confused, and he didn't want to do anything.
The two of them conducted a special survey on Caterpillar with great interest and found that it is very popular. The locals grow it to enjoy it even without growing crops, and it uses a lot of irrigation water. This is a desert area. !
After they went back, they filed this investigation with Officer Hong Xi. Officer Hong Xi immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to be prohibited from buying carter and food. Dismissed from the military for the second time!
expelled from the military!
The officers who came to the meeting were all taken aback by the courage of official Hong Xi. Official Hong Xi pointed out with them: "You can call Carter a drug/product. Leaders don't like people taking drugs!"
"Eating Carter makes it hard to quit after being addicted. People are destroyed and the whole nation is destroyed. Those of us in charge of the military will never allow our nation to sink!" He said sharply.
Everyone was awe-inspiring, and quickly went back to convey the spirit of the meeting instructions to the officers and soldiers, and resolutely did not touch that stuff.
The ship walked along the Yemeni seashore and entered the Red Sea!
