Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

The Su Shan family's Hui ink workshop is located in She County. It takes more than three hours to get there from Huizhou City.

That is to say, if we set out after breakfast, we would arrive at the destination in the afternoon. We would even have to eat lunch on the way.

I am destined to not be able to make it back today, so I have to stay in She County for one night and then go directly to Li’s Xuan Paper Workshop from She County tomorrow.

Therefore, this time not only Su Shan will go, but Li Qing will also go together.

Jiang Yin had breakfast in the house and went out. Yan Ge'er had already harnessed the carriage and was waiting at the door with Wang Heng.

However, just as she and Xiao Luo got on the carriage, they heard a voice saying "Wait a minute".

The corners of Jiang Yin's mouth twitched slightly. He knew it was Li Ji's voice as soon as he heard it.

She reluctantly lifted the carriage curtain and asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"

She really didn't want to have anything to do with Li Ji during such troubled times, so why not just let them be strangers?

Li Ji touched his nose and said, "Are you going back to Yazhou? You can wait for a few days, and we can go back together."

He paused and explained, "The journey back is long and not as safe as I thought."

He secretly felt regretful. If he had known that expressing his feelings would drive Jiang Yin away from him, he would not have said it so early.

Jiang Yin glanced at him and said with a complicated expression: "You misunderstood. I won't go back for the time being. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

After she finished speaking, she lowered the curtain and told Yan Ge'er to set off for the agreed place outside the city gate.

She was relieved that Li Ji didn't chase her.

Xiao Luo couldn't help but whispered, "Does Mr. Li seem to be pleased with his wife?"

That night she felt something was wrong, and that Mr. Li must be coveting her wife.

However, she didn't quite understand what her wife was thinking.

Jiang Yin raised his hand and tapped her forehead, saying angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Stop thinking about these weird things."

"I'm not talking nonsense." Xiao Luo covered her forehead and said, "I just think that if he helps, my wife will definitely feel a lot more relaxed."

It's too hard for my wife to support Jiang family alone. Li Ji is rich, powerful and handsome, and he is worthy of my wife.

"It's better to rely on yourself than on others." Jiang Yin said unhappily, "It's not a good thing to rely on others for your life and property."

Just like in her previous life, even if she could save her life, she would have to rely on others for the rest of her life.

She has to support Jiang's company on her own, and she needs to borrow help from others, but she won't sacrifice herself.

Xiao Luo stuck out her tongue and said, "I understand."

No matter what decision her wife makes, she agrees with it.

The carriage soon arrived outside the city gate, and Su Shan and Li Qing were already waiting outside the city.

There were two of them each in a carriage, with a driver and a guard, and no one else.

The three of them did not waste any time, exchanged greetings, and then got on the carriage to She County.

On the way, the three of them rode as fast as they could, wanting to get to She County as soon as possible.

It was almost noon when they found a forest to rest and eat some dry food.

We are all grown men, so just eat whatever you want. When we get to the place, we can eat something more delicious.

However, Jiang Yin didn't want to eat dry food.

This time she came out not only to observe the production process of Hui ink and Xuan paper, but also to have an outing.

So she asked Wang Heng and Yan Ge'er to go hunting and collect firewood, preparing to eat some game.

Su Shan and Li Qing became interested and asked their men to go hunting and collecting firewood.

The few of them quickly collected firewood and shot three rabbits and two chickens.

Su Shan and Li Qing thought they had survival experience, so they each picked up a skinned rabbit and prepared to roast it directly over the fire.

Jiang Yin quickly stopped him and said, "Wait, you can't just grill it like this."

Su Shan tilted his head in confusion and asked, "What do you mean, Brother Zhang? How else can we roast it if not this way?"

Li Qing also looked at her, not knowing why she stopped them.

Jiang Yin gave them a look and said, "Haven't you heard that no rabbit can leave Bashu?"

"Why?" Su Shan blinked, with some confusion in his eyes.

Jiang Yin raised an eyebrow and said, "Because they were all eaten."

Su Shan choked and said unhappily, "Brother Zhang, stop keeping us in suspense. How do you think we should roast this rabbit?"

In his limited memory, he had always grilled wild game like this. At most, he would add some salt to it.

Li Qing, however, said thoughtfully, "I heard that people in Shu like spicy and strong flavors."

"That's right, Brother Li is right." Jiang Yin took the package from Xiao Luo with a smile, took out a few bottles and jars from it and said, "There are also etiquettes for eating barbecue.

Although the conditions are limited, we can still restore some of the unique flavors of Shu."

As he spoke, he began to fiddle with the rabbit in front of him.

The rabbit, which had already been skinned, was now lying on a large leaf, waiting for Jiang Yin to arrange its final destination.

She raised her knife and cut the rabbit countless times. Then she started to smear the contents of bottles and jars on the rabbit.

Code the ingredients but it is the essence, the most important step, which determines whether the final baked product will taste good or not.

Su Shan stared at it intently and said to Jiang Yin, "I didn't expect Brother Zhang to carry seasonings with him. These are unique to Shu. Besides salt?"

He fanned himself, then quickly turned around and sneezed loudly: "What is this? Why is it so pungent?"

Even though the smell of the seasoning was pungent, Su Shan was still very curious.

"It's ground ginger and dogwood." Li Qing took over the conversation and rolled his eyes at Su Shan, "You've never eaten pork, but you've seen a pig run?"

Although most of them don't like spicy food, it doesn't mean there are no such dishes.

However, since they are all far away from the kitchen, they naturally know very few seasonings.

"You're the only one who knows." Su Shan responded with a roll of his eyes, then turned his head and asked Jiang Yin, "Besides salt, what's the other ingredient?"

"It's peppercorns, they're numbing and very satisfying to eat." Jiang Yin explained, "You can also try it. If you can't handle spicy food, you can put less.

Make a few more cuts on the rabbit meat, and make the cuts deeper so that the seasoning can be spread on it and roasted for a better flavor.”

No matter whether Su Shan and Li Qing want to barbecue like her, she will do it according to her own preferences.

I've been eating too light food these days, so I really miss this bite.

Fortunately, Si Niang can cook, otherwise she would go crazy if she stayed here for too long.

Hearing this, Su Shan and Li Qing looked at each other and finally decided to follow Jiang Yin's method and try barbecue, which they had never tried before.

Each of the three of them roasted a rabbit, and during this time the others went to hunt some game. Thanks to Jiang Yin, they all used her seasoning.

Now everyone has one in their hands, and everyone is guarding their own game.

In a short while, the whole forest was filled with the fragrance. Not only did the people who smelled it want to eat it, but the people who roasted it wanted to eat it even more.

As soon as the barbecue was cooked, everyone couldn't wait to start eating the meat, regardless of the heat.