Chapter 033: Innocent Heart
Zhou Shixian held Princess Zhaoren's little hand, followed Zhuzi from behind, walked all the way to the front of the convoy, and found Ruichang.
"Mr. Rui Qian," he said with a wry smile, "I can't do anything this time, I have to ask you."
Rui often saw the prince-consort bringing Princess Zhaoren to visit, and he didn't know what was going on. After Zhou Shixian whispered a few words in his ear, he suddenly realized and smiled and said, "Go and do it immediately!"
After saying that, he first took a small thorn and placed it on the ground, asked the princess to sit down, and then someone made a small fire in the open space. He put a small copper marching pot on the fire. He took the bamboo tube containing water and entered the pot with half a pot of clean water.
Princess Zhaoren saw this attitude and knew that this time it was definitely not eating pancakes or cooking pickles. So she swallowed a mouthful of water and looked at Zhou Shixian with hope.
"Don't worry, you'll know later." Zhou Shixian said with a smile.
Ruichang walked to the big cart that was equipped with military supplies, muttered a few words to Ruan Ming's captain who was in charge of military supplies, and then climbed into the big cart. After a while, he came down with a heavy leather pocket and walked all the way to Zhou Shixian and Princess.
"Your Highness, look, this is a good thing." Rui Chang opened the leather rope tied with his pocket, grabbed a handful of black-brown pieces from it, spread them in his palm, and showed them to Princess Zhaoren with a smile.
"What is this?"
Princess Zhaoren's eyes shone, and her two small hands grabbed Rui Chang's big hands and pulled them in front of her. She lowered her head and smelled the shredded pieces, opened her mouth and wanted to eat them.
"Hey, hey, Your Highness! Your Highness!" Rui Chang hurriedly retracted his hand, "I can't eat it now, so I have to cook it first."
After saying that, put all the chopped powders in the palm of your hand into a small copper pot, add a little salt, and cook and stir while using a spoon next to the pot.
Not long after, the fragrance came out. The small handful of chopped powder was boiled with boiling water and quickly swelled up and gradually turned into a small pot of paste.
"It's beef!" Princess Zhaoren shouted happily, and her mouth watered.
"Yes, Your Highness is so smart. This is our Mongolian beef soup. You can eat it if you cool down a little."
This was the only "delicious" thing Zhou Shixian could find for Princess Zhaoren. When he thought about the green flower crown and the precious pebbles, he couldn't help but smile in his heart - this six-year-old guy was not easy, and in order to eat this bite, he probably took out the treasure at the bottom of the box.
This is the "special food" that Sanqian Camp did not collect at night. It takes about 200 kilograms of meat from a newly killed cow, dry it for a year, and air-dried it into beef strips. Then repeatedly beat it and crush it, and you can get more than ten kilograms of meat floss. It is packed into the bladder of the prepared cow and becomes the best choice for cavalry to replenish their physical strength during long-distance raids or high-intensity reconnaissance and combat.
Nowadays, cattle and sheep are not easy to obtain, so this cannot be used as staple food. It is just reserved for emergency situations. I didn’t expect that I would use it to dispose of the little girl Zhaoren today, and it happened to be used.
Zhou Shixian looked at Princess Zhaoren again and saw that the small half pot of beef paste had been eaten up. She was reluctant to use a spoon to scrape the bottom and wall of the small copper pot.
"Is it delicious?" Zhou Shixian asked in a warm voice. After all, he was the emperor's son. Seeing her appearance, she really couldn't bear it.
"It's really delicious," Princess Zhaoren raised her head and said pitifully, "It's a pity that I've finished it all, and neither my mother nor my sister have tasted it yet."
Zhou Shi felt soft and was about to say, "You should take some back, but suddenly he saw the bead standing behind the princess, shaking his head slightly at him."
He was slightly stunned, then suddenly realized, thinking with amusement and tears: "This little girl almost said to her if she was not careful," and immediately gave up her thoughts.
Besides, this kind of meat floss looks less, but it actually swells immediately after absorbing water. There were examples of soldiers who didn’t understand picking up this thing on the battlefield, eating a meal, and then swelling to death after drinking water.
"This is military ration. Only after they eat it will they have the strength to go to the battlefield," Zhou Shixian pointed to the Mongolian cavalry in front of him and said to the princess with scrupulous temptation, "If we encounter an enemy, it depends entirely on them to resist and report the news. If we eat up all their military rations, then no one can resist the enemy when the time comes."
Princess Zhaoren could understand this and knew that her little trick could not deceive Zhou Shixian. However, she was drunk today and was worried tomorrow. So she patted her belly and pulled the bead's hand, and turned around step by step.
Rui Chang, who was standing beside him, was very disgusted. The Mongolians were generous by nature. He felt that the prince-consort was not a way to treat guests, so he whispered: "Prince Consort, we don't lack this. Why don't I buy a pack and ask the prince-consort to send it over?"
Zhou Shixian shook his head and said simply: "You should look up to your holy will."
Rui Chang didn't know what the Emperor Long lived to mean, but he always felt grateful to the queen for the kindness of his bracelets and felt that the princesses were very pitiful. Although he didn't say anything, he kept this in his heart.
After the meal, I packed up and stopped. Those who should get on the bus got on the bus and those who should get on the horse got on the horse. The whole army drove away from the temporary station that had been stranded for most of the day, and went to Ruichang's "The post station opened by the prince-consort's family" - Zhou's post.
Along the way, I didn’t encounter any more harassment. Half of the journey was over in one hour. Zhou Shixian looked at the sky and could go to the place steadily before it was dark.
Then he saw Rui Chang riding on the horse, holding his hands in his arms, and strolling around looking around. When he came to him, he gently knocked the horse's belly with his heels. The horse obediently turned into a journey with Zhou Shixian.
Zhou Shixian thought to himself that the Mongols' riding skills were really natural, just like they were growing on horseback. I used my hands and feet, but I could not compare to Ruichang who held his hands.
He guessed that Rui Chang was here to do something, squinted at him, and snorted: "You are sneaky, what do you want to do?"
Rui Chang pulled out his hand and handed it to him with a small jar, smiling and saying nothing.
Zhou Shixian took it and found that it was a small pot that is common in the army. It was wrapped with woven bamboo strips on the outside, so it was difficult to break and could be used to drink soup and water.
When I opened the lid again, I found that it was cheese inside. It was obvious that the outer skin was cut off with a sharp knife, and only the milky yellow cheese heart was selected, and carefully cut it into dozens of thin hard strips, which were smooth and crystal clear, and the shape was like the chewing gum of later generations.
"Just treat me as a snack, I won't say anything." Rui Chang finished speaking in a low voice and left.
Zhou Shi smiled and knew that Rui Chang was like this. He was so innocent. He didn't blame him much. He had to drive his horse to walk next to the queen's cart. He hesitated for a moment and shouted softly: "Beads, beads."
With a sound of brushing, the big eyes behind the tarp appeared, and he looked at him vigilantly: "What are you asking Zhuzi to do?"
Zhou Shixian picked up a piece of cheese, held it in front of the big-eyed girl, smiling without saying a word.
The expression of big eyes changed from guard to surprise, from surprise to surprise, and finally turned into a crescent moon, which made Zhou Shixian very moved.
In the end, the beads brought the clay pot in and the convoy continued to move forward.
After walking for about half an hour, I just turned over a small hill. Under the sunset, a large-scale inn was located not far away, clearly visible.
Chapter completed!