The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

Although it was late, Min Xi and his men did not eat a single bite. They not only roasted meat but also made soup. When they were cutting potatoes, Min Xi found that the potatoes they brought had sprouted, so he said to Yun Ji, "These potatoes cannot be eaten. They have sprouted. Eating them will cause poisoning. Let's plant them for the natives."

Yun Ji said, "Can they plant it?"

"Definitely not, but we have to try. Let's plant them tomorrow. If the potatoes can take root and sprout here, it will be a good deed." Min Xi said.

Yun Ji didn't have high expectations: "That depends on how these people know how to harvest and sow. We can't speak their language, and they won't know how to harvest or eat the crops we plant."

"It doesn't matter. The climate here should be pretty good, and the winters won't be too cold. Even if we don't harvest the potatoes, they won't die. They will continue to grow next spring. When we Ming people come here again in the future, maybe we can just dig up potatoes and eat them." Min Xi thought optimistically about the future.

Yun Ji raised his eyebrows: "People plant trees for future generations to enjoy the shade."

"Yes, that's what I mean! Anyway, we can't eat potatoes after they sprout, and it would be a waste to throw them away. If the natives can also find a way to eat potatoes, it will be a blessing for them."

As they were talking, the meal was ready. The meal they cooked was so delicious that the natives were attracted to it. Their cooking and eating methods also had a great impact on the natives. The food smelled especially good and looked delicious.

The natives also roast food over fire, but roasted meat is far less sweet than raw meat, so most of the time they prefer to eat raw meat directly. But why does their roasted meat smell so good?

When distributing the meat, Yun Ji saw many natives gathered around and watched, so he cut small pieces of meat and distributed them to them. After the natives ate it, they found that the taste was completely different from the meat they usually roasted, and it was much more delicious. No wonder they didn't eat raw meat.

After eating the barbecue, the people still sat around the fire and refused to leave, trying to understand how they roasted such delicious meat. However, due to the language barrier, after gesturing for a long time, neither side understood the other's meaning.

At night they slept on the floor in the natives' house. It rained again during the night, but it did not affect them and everyone slept soundly.

When I woke up the next morning, the rain had stopped, the clouds had dispersed, and it looked like the sun was about to come out.

Min Xi breathed in the fresh morning air, looked at the grass and trees covered with water droplets and the wet ground, and couldn't help but be glad that he had found a place to stay last night, otherwise he would have to sit in the rain again all night.

Yunji also got up, and the two of them left the village together, looking for a place to solve their physiological problems and where to plant potatoes. Min Xi had his eyes on a piece of land outside the village, which was not too far from the village and not blocked by too many trees. The sunlight would be good, and kangaroos would not come here, so it would not be damaged by animals.

"Let's not leave today, right?" Yun Ji asked.

"Well, let's plant the potatoes first. They came back from cutting trees yesterday. I guess they are going to build a house. Let's help them prepare the trees and cut more trees to thank them for taking us in. Otherwise, we would have been caught in the rain again last night." Min Xi said.

"it is good!"

As they walked back, they saw the adult men who had cut down trees yesterday coming out of the village, holding stone spears and sharpened branches in their hands, apparently preparing to go hunting.

Min Xi pulled Yun Ji's sleeve and said, "Seventh Brother, they seem to be going hunting. Let's go too and hunt for today's food."

"Okay, I'll go get the bow and arrows."

Min Xi quickly gestured to those people, asking them to wait and he would go with them. Those people seemed to understand what he meant and stopped. The native who had taken them in overnight yesterday and carried four trees on his back made a gesture of holding an axe and chopping a tree, and raised his thumb to show that the axe was very powerful.

Min Xi smiled and gave a thumbs up.

The native patted himself and repeated the same word: "Kum, Kum."

Min Xi repeated: "Kum?"

The other party nodded excitedly, smiled with eight teeth showing, and patted his chest vigorously. Min Xi realized that this should be his name, he pointed at himself and said: "Min, Min!"

"Min? Min!" Kum repeated his name happily.

Not long after, Yun Ji came back running with a bow and arrow on his back, followed by several naval soldiers. They had gone hunting with him.

Soon after leaving the village, we saw several adult kangaroos. When they saw people coming, they didn't panic. They lowered their heads to eat while looking at the people with vigilant eyes, ready to evacuate at any time.

Seeing this, Kum waved his hands at Min Xi and others, meaning that those kangaroos were difficult to deal with and were not their targets.

They walked a little further and found a few smaller kangaroos. Kum put his hand to his mouth as a gesture to keep quiet, then crouched down and went behind the bushes with his companions, intending to sneak past them and throw spears when they got close.

Min Xi looked at the distance of the kangaroos and said to Yun Ji in a low voice: "Seventh Brother, can we hit them at this distance?"

"Okay, I'll try." Yun Ji nodded, took off the bow from his back, drew out the arrow, bent the bow, put the arrow on it, aimed, and released the arrow.

The arrow hit a sub-adult kangaroo in the neck. The kangaroo was frightened and jumped up subconsciously, which also scared its companions and they all ran away.

Yun Ji quickly put the second arrow on the bow and shot another kangaroo. However, because it was jumping, the arrow that was originally intended to hit its neck hit its back instead.

The kangaroos over there were in a mess. Several natives who were sneaking over there couldn't help but stand up straight, looking at the kangaroos in confusion, then turned back to look at Min Xi, their faces full of anger.

Min Xi waved at them: "Kum! Come here!"

Kum walked towards Min Si angrily, yelling something, probably blaming them for scaring away the prey. Min Si raised his hand and patted his shoulder, signaling him to calm down, and then pointed to the two injured kangaroos in the distance.

Soon, the two kangaroos that were shot by arrows fell to the ground after running for a distance, because the more they struggled, the faster they bled. Kum and others looked at this scene, and their faces gradually showed surprise.

Min Xi smiled at him and said, "Let's go and pick up prey."

Min Xi and Yun Ji led the way towards the prey, and Kum and others quickly followed. Min Xi pointed at the kangaroo that was shot in the back and shouted, "Kum, that one is yours."

When Kum heard his name, he looked at Min Xi, then understood what was going on. He pointed at the kangaroo and shouted something, obviously with uncontrollable excitement. Min Xi nodded: "It's yours!"

Kumu excitedly called his companions to pick up the injured kangaroo. The kangaroo was large, and an arrow shot at it would not be enough to kill it in a short time, but the restricted movement after the injury gave them enough opportunities to kill it.

Yun Ji stepped forward and gave the kangaroo another blow, cutting the throat on its neck. The kangaroo soon stopped struggling, and the whole process was quick and neat, taking only the blink of an eye.

However, Kum and his companions seemed to be a little slow in dealing with the other injured kangaroo. They used wooden spears and stone spears to deal with the injured kangaroo, poking several holes in the kangaroo's body. It took a lot of effort to kill the kangaroo.

This was the first time they had hunted a kangaroo so quickly. In the past, it would have taken them half a day to complete the task.

Yun Ji walked over, pulled the arrow out of the kangaroo, wiped the arrowhead on the grass, and put it into the quiver.

Kumu watched Yunji's movements and knew that it was this thing that injured the kangaroo. It could shoot prey from a long distance, which was much more convenient than hunting kangaroos with spears. If they also had this thing, hunting kangaroos would be much easier.

Min Xi saw that Kum was still looking into the distance, so he pointed at the kangaroo in the distance and asked, "Kum, do you want more?"

Kum seemed to understand what Min Xi meant and nodded vigorously.

Min Xi said, "Seventh Brother, please help them hunt another kangaroo."

"You wait here for me." Yun Ji walked into the bushes with a bow. They had already alarmed the kangaroos, so they could not just approach them in a brazen manner.

Not long after, there was another commotion among the kangaroos in the distance, and another kangaroo was shot by an arrow.

Yun Ji walked out of the bushes and waved over here: "Okay, come over here."

When Min Xi, Kum and others arrived, Yun Ji had already killed the kangaroo with a dagger. Kum's eyes changed when he looked at Yun Ji, full of admiration, and his eyes frequently fell on Yun Ji's bow and arrow.

When they carried the three kangaroos back to the tribe, the whole village was in an uproar: they had never hunted three kangaroos so quickly. Although kangaroos are common here and are a common food for them, hunting a kangaroo that is almost as tall as an adult is quite difficult for them, after all, kangaroos are much stronger than humans.

Kum vividly recounted the story of Yunji shooting the kangaroo. Soon, many indigenous children came up and surrounded Yunji, wanting to touch his bow and arrow to see if it was really that magical.

Yun Ji was not stingy and showed his bow to the children. When the children tried to pull the bow, they found that they could hardly pull it. Yun Ji's bow was made of the finest paulownia wood and buffalo horn. The bow was very hard and the string was very tight. Even Min Xi could hardly pull it, let alone the children.

Even so, the children still lined up and took turns trying to pull Yunji's bow. A few young men in the village saw it and wanted to try the bow, and Yunji didn't refuse. They tried and could pull it open, but they couldn't pull it full.

When returning the bow to Yun Ji, the men and children kept gesturing and shouting something.

Min Xi guessed their thoughts and said, "Seventh brother, shoot an arrow for them to see."

Yun Ji raised his hand to draw the bow, and Min Xi said again: "Shoot the arrows."

Yun Ji shook his head helplessly and had to pull out an arrow and shoot it at a big tree not far away. He didn't use much force, but the arrow still sank into the tree trunk.

Several children cheered and ran forward, trying to pull the arrow out of the tree trunk, but they failed no matter how hard they tried.

Min Xi also went over to pull out the arrow, but failed. In the end, he used a dagger to pry out the arrowhead.

Yun Ji suddenly became the idol of all the men and children in the village.