Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 9 Watermelon, Cold Melon

That night, everyone chose a valley to spend the night.

"Mr. Zhang, will you sleep in your car tonight or live with us?" Liu Zhonglu asked before getting out of the car.

He was scared last night, but after getting along with him during the day, Liu Zhonglu found that this man named Zhang Yong was quite easy to get along with, so he wanted to invite Mr. Zhang to live next to him.After all, there are still many dangers on the grassland, especially at night, but there are many beasts.

Everyone gathered together and lit a bonfire, so the beasts would not dare to come.

"I'll drive the car next to the general. I'd better sleep in the car!" Zhang Yong said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, Qiu Zhenren actually sleeps in the carriage. I will let a few Mongolian soldiers sleep next to your carriage. If there are any jackals, tigers and leopards attacking, let them protect you." Liu Zhonglu said.

Arrange a few Mongolian soldiers to sleep next to your car, haha!It's called protection, but it also means it's partly monitoring me!

"Thank you so much, General Liu. There are several Mongolian soldiers sleeping next to me, and I feel a lot more at ease." Zhang Yong said.

Liu Zhonglu nodded, got off the car and went to arrange accommodation for tonight, asking the herdsmen to bring out two goats and slaughter them directly for food.

Zhang Yong cut open several leftover mineral water bottles in the car with scissors, then filled half of them with soil, put the dried feces into them, and then planted pepper seeds inside.

These pepper seeds have been soaked by Zhang Yong with wet wipes before, and now is the right time for planting.

As for the remaining tomato seeds and cucumber seeds, they have not been dried yet and need to wait for a few more days.

After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yong picked up the big green watermelon in the car and got out of the car.

"Everyone, come and have a taste. This is the watermelon I brought from the God." Zhang Yong said.

"Is this a cold melon? It's quite big." One of Qiu Chuji's disciples said when he saw the big green-skinned watermelon in Zhang Yong's hand.

This thing is also available in the Central Plains, but not many are grown. However, its taste is not very good. The melon seeds inside are very large and the pulp is sour and bitter. Generally, few people eat it, and even if it does, it is only for livestock.

"Ahem! We won't eat Mr. Zhang's cold melon. It doesn't taste very good and is even a little bitter. Let's eat some roast mutton! I appreciate Mr. Zhang's kindness." Liu Zhonglu said.

What are you doing?This thing is used to feed livestock, how can it be eaten by people?The taste of cold melon is really not that good!

"Hahaha! This is called watermelon, not cold melon. After I kill it, you will know how delicious it is after you taste it. I guess everyone should be able to get one. You can eat it. At that time, you need to spit out the black melon seeds, do not bite them into pieces, and then give them to me. These melon seeds are very useful." Zhang Yong said.

Well, in ancient times, especially around the 13th century, watermelons had not been completely cultivated and could not be compared with modern watermelons. Modern watermelons have more water and extremely sweet flesh, but the watermelons at this time tasted terrible. pole.

Everyone looked at each other, watermelon?

It's obviously cold melon, okay?Although it looks bigger than an ordinary cold melon, how much better can it taste?

Zhang Yong smiled, took out his multifunctional knife and cut it open, revealing the red flesh inside.

"This color does not seem to be a cold melon. The flesh of the cold melon is a bit whitish, not so red, and the seeds are white. This seed is actually black." A Taoist priest who had seen the cold melon before said.

"It looks similar on the outside, but it's definitely not a cold melon on the inside."

"Hahaha! But we have the eyes to see Mount Tai. How can the things that Mr. Zhang brought out from the cave of the gods be ordinary? We are lucky today." Liu Zhonglu said.

As expected, it was something brought out from the God's Cave. It was indeed different from ordinary objects. He had indeed looked down upon him just now. If it was really not delicious, he would not take it out and share it with everyone.Zhang Yong quickly cut the watermelon, but it was only enough for a dozen Taoist priests. Liu Zhonglu and himself had one piece, and the remaining Mongolian soldiers could only divide one piece among three people.

Everyone picked up the watermelon and took a bite. The sweet taste and rich juice of the watermelon exploded in everyone's mouths.

A new and wonderful experience, everyone couldn't believe that there was such a delicious thing in the world.

"This, this smell."

"It's so delicious, just like eating fresh fairy fruit."

"It's delicious, very sweet." Changchun master Qiu Chuji and more than a dozen of his disciples said with admiration after taking a bite.

The taste is indeed not like the cold melon from the Central Plains.

"My dear, this, this is indeed not a cold melon. This, this is so sweet, and it has a lot of water. It's really delicious." After just one bite, Liu Zhonglu praised it.

The taste was indeed delicious. In terms of sweetness, it could only be matched by the melons from the Western Regions that he had eaten before?

How awesome!In the Central Plains, it is so unpalatable that cold melons, which can only be fed to livestock, taste so delicious.

The taste of watermelon instantly conquered everyone present.

"This was cultivated by a man of God. Please give the seeds to me without damaging them, spit them out carefully, so that you can plant them in the future, and let Dahan have a taste when we get to the westward camp." Zhang Yong said.

Just kidding, this is the best watermelon cultivated in modern times. It is incomparable to the watermelon in ancient times. The taste of watermelon is ranked among the best even among modern fruits.

Only in our great country, everyone can eat the watermelon at will. People in other countries can only cut it into pieces with a knife and eat it among the family. Especially the athletes from a certain kimchi country ate all the watermelon at the sports meeting. .

Everyone nodded, carefully ate the melon pulp, spit out the black melon seeds, rinsed them with the water they carried, and handed them to Zhang Yong.

During this period, one of Qiu Chuji's disciples wanted to hide two seeds secretly, but the Changchun master discovered it, scolded him, and returned the seeds to Zhang Yong.

As for the Mongolian soldiers, under the supervision of Liu Zhonglu, no one dared to taste the watermelon seeds privately, and they all handed them over honestly.

"Sir, this food is very delicious. Why don't you offer it to the Khan?" Liu Zhonglu asked.

"This thing can only be stored for a month, and the taste will deteriorate over time. After I plant it and grow new watermelons, please sweat it and taste it." Zhang Yong said.

Just kidding, the shelf life of watermelon is not that long, and with the seeds, you don’t have to worry about eating them in the future.

After eating the watermelon, everyone roasted the slaughtered mutton. Each person got a piece of mutton and drank some sour and hard dry cheese.

After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they returned to their tents to rest and get up early tomorrow morning to start their journey.

Zhang Yong wrapped all the watermelon seeds he collected in toilet paper, and carefully spread them in front of the car window. After the water dried, he collected them and found a suitable place to plant them.

Modernly cultivated watermelons are also very strong and resistant to rough skin, and can be grown in many places.

(End of this chapter)