Da Qin: Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism

In the Korean General's Mansion, Ji Wuye was lying on a soft couch, with a group of his concubines waiting beside him. Some were feeding him wine, while others were holding delicate pastries and passing them to Ji Wuye's mouth.

If there is a modern person who has a deep study of historical food here, he will definitely be surprised that those pastries are definitely not available in this pre-Qin period, at least they did not appear until the Tang Dynasty.

These pastries include but are not limited to: Guifeihong, cherry glutinous rice, jade-shaped noodles, silver pie, Wufu cake, Jushengu and so on.

Noodles probably only became popular in the Han Dynasty. In this pre-Qin period, people's staple food was mainly millet.

As for the wheat crop, it was considered food for slaves because it was too rough to be eaten.

Around the time of the Tang Dynasty, the technology of making sugar from Tianzhu was introduced to the Central Plains, which led to a major change in food and the emergence of various snacks.

It's just that there is Ying Wei, a time traveler who can still recall all his memories and has read many time travel books. He directly made the food advance eight hundred years.

If a person travels through eight hundred years of time and tastes delicacies that can only be tasted eight hundred years later, what will be the consequences?

The result was like Ji Wuye, who kept mouthing, urging the concubines to feed the cakes into his mouth.

These pastries were either sweet or salty, and some even added fruit puree. The taste stimulated the taste buds and made Ji Wuye want to stop.

People compete for power, and one of their goals is to obtain material enjoyment.

However, material enjoyment is subject to the constraints of the times. Just like the First Emperor, even if he were to dominate the world, he could not compare to a modern ordinary person in terms of material enjoyment.

The same is true for Ji Wuye. Forty-two years of his life, he served as the general of South Korea and held a high position. In this era, all the delicacies and beauties he could enjoy were given to him.

But even so, when he ate this dessert that spanned eight hundred years, he had the urge to cry. He felt that his life for the past forty years had been in vain. This is called life, and this is called enjoyment..

Sugar already contains a lot of calories, and sweetness stimulates the secretion of dopamine and stabilizes people's mood. All these factors combined make people instinctively pursue sweetness in their DNA.

Ji Wuye didn't understand it in the past. After all, before the advent of sugar, people in the pre-Qin period could only eat maltose, and there was no flour, so they couldn't make cakes.

But now Ji Wuye understands what is sweet and what is delicious.

Ji Wuye's concubines also swallowed their saliva. They had all tasted these desserts, but if Ji Wuye disagreed, they would not dare to eat them secretly. After all, these desserts were worth gold!

At Ji Wuye's lower body, the Jade Tiger had a flattering smile. As Ji Wuye's most capable subordinate and the richest man in South Korea, the Jade Tiger could certainly taste these desserts.

But compared to tasting these delicacies, Emerald Tiger can see the huge business opportunities in these things!

"Tiger, what do you think about this?"

After Ji Wuye swallowed the sweet cake in his mouth, he was finally full and looked at the Emerald Tiger and asked.

The Emerald Tiger bent down and said:"……General, in my opinion, this is really profitable!"

"The general does not know that the sugar and flour sold by Chang'an Jun are almost as valuable as gold. They are simply exchanged for gold at a one-to-one ratio."

"But even so, the nobles of Korea are also flocking to them. Even the king of Korea took out thousands of gold from the treasury to order these delicious things from Lord Chang'an."

"Even the King of Han requested that these pastries be served at his birthday banquet this year."

"Those things that Chang'an Jun named sugar and flour, although I don't know the production process and how difficult it is, it must be a huge profit!"

Jade Tiger thought about the profits that these monopolized sugar and flour could bring, and he felt like he was about to faint even just thinking about it. He was jealous, so jealous!

Especially since Chang'an Jun simply gave no one a chance to survive. , he not only sells sugar and flour, but also provides the chefs with the making methods of these pastries for free.

When these pastries made by the chefs are served to the tables of the powerful, in exchange for almost the entire life and diet of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms Changes in habits.

With these basic dishes of delicious pastries, the nobles will ask chefs to innovate, so that in a short period of time, various pastries with national characteristics have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Some chefs even changed industries directly. He became a pastry chef.

If Chang'an Jun doesn't give away the making methods of these pastries for free, then people will study the combination of sugar, flour and other raw materials. I don't know how long it will take to develop these snacks.

But Chang'an Jun is insidious and cunning. , directly giving away the production method for free, so that the dignitaries will never forget it after eating it.

Sugar and flour are monopolized by Chang'an Jun. According to him, the output is too small, so the price can be compared with gold.

Other countries I don’t know, but Emerald Tiger knows that among the nobles in Korea nowadays, if you haven’t eaten these pastries, it means that your status is not high and your family has no money. You are embarrassed to serve these snacks to others.

Under this kind of hunger marketing, the nobles are even more crazy. Even now, even when the King of Han gives some rewards, there are cakes in them.

Ji Wuye's face is not good-looking, where is he? He didn't know that this was a profit and wealth that would frighten anyone.

He had already seen the madness of the nobles in South Korea, and it must not be much different in other countries.

At Ji Wuye's level, he already had it All material things have no pursuit of this worldly enjoyment.

But this sudden dimensionality reduction blow from a dessert completely stunned him.

I have worked so hard to climb up and accumulated wealth. In addition to enjoying the beauty of power, isn't it? For material happiness.

Otherwise, you can’t spend the money, and it’s just decoration.

But at the same time, Ji Wuye is also jealous of the income that these bring to Ying Wei. He is basically using his own efforts to rob Qi The wealth of the country's nobles!

"Tiger, have you investigated how these things are made?"

Ji Wuye was unwilling to give in. He knew that Jade Tiger loved money more than himself, so he must be prepared in advance.

Jade Tiger smiled bitterly and said:"……General, not to mention me, the wealthy merchants and nobles from other countries will definitely be able to see the huge profits in them after tasting the deliciousness of these pastries."

"They will definitely investigate, but this matter is really difficult"

"According to my understanding, the sugar and flour were all made in Chang'an, the southern suburb of Xianyang in the State of Qin, which was also the fiefdom of Chang'an Lord."

"The place has been made into a whole by Chang'an Jun. It is simply a piece of iron and steel. It is difficult for outsiders to infiltrate."

"In particular, the people who make these flours and sugars are all locals of Chang'an, and they are all fiefdom subjects of Chang'an Lord."

"We also tried to secretly capture some of the citizens to see if we could find out how these things are made."

"But the people in charge didn't even know the words, let alone any knowledge. They were only doing one of the processes and didn't know what they were doing."

The Jade Tiger is so embarrassed. Facing these illiterate people, you can't even ask anything.

And Ying Wei has already expected this, so in his territory, the production process of these things is a streamlined division of labor..

In addition, because they are all their own people, their home is on the land of Yingwei, so they are naturally quite repulsive to outsiders. Yingwei also pays very high wages to the people, so they are even more united.

Because those people are united. You know, if you want to maintain your high income, you must protect the property and interests of Lord Chang'an.

The land of Chang'an is considered a part of Xianyang, and you can't send troops to seize Xianyang from other countries, right? That's not asking for death!

Although Ying Wei also knows, Whether it is the production of sugar or flour, there is no high technical content, and there are no technical barriers. Sooner or later, others will know it.

Even if outsiders don't know, one day Ying Wei will teach the technology of grinding flour to everyone in the world. , allowing the people at the bottom to have more food choices, this is a blessing to the world.

But that is ultimately a matter of the future. At least before the unification of the six countries, the countries should not want to know the secrets.

And Ying Weizheng is going to take advantage of now , plundering the wealth of the nobles of the seven countries!

Ji Wuye knew that it was impossible for him to ask Chang'an Lord to use those technologies. It would be fine if he replaced him, and he could also use force.

But facing Chang'an of Qin State Jun, how do you push? Are you going to push the Qin army at the border?

But let’s not talk about other countries, but this is South Korea after all. Even if you can’t get the biggest benefit, you still have to drink the soup.

Ji Wuye’s eyes were gloomy, He looked at the Emerald Tiger and said:"……Tiger, go see Lord Chang'an and tell him that you need to pay taxes if you want to sell these sugar and flour."

"If Chang'an doesn't want to pay taxes, that's fine too……"

Jade Tiger immediately understood what Ji Wuye meant, which was to cooperate with them. They wanted Chang'an Lord to share part of the profits in exchange for the right to sell at will in South Korea.

They can even help Changanjun open up all links in South Korea, making his sales more comfortable.

This is the use of power, and policies and taxes are all means.

At this time, Night Crow, the killer of hundreds of birds, entered the hall, bowed his head and saluted:"……General, the Marquis has returned to Xinzheng and is about to visit me at home! When Ji

Wuye heard this, his eyes lit up and he laughed:"……The Marquis is finally back. Hurry, go hold a banquet for the Marquis and serve all the pastries from this general!"

Ji Wuye kicked away the beautiful concubine beside him and said loudly

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At Ying Wei's mansion in South Korea, Zi Nu is reporting the income to Ying Wei. Even Zi Nu, who has a steady personality, has both hands trembling at this time.

She has never seen such a money grab in her life!.