Chapter 574 Milk Powder
Abal, the chief of the Zarg clan, is exactly thirty years old this year, at the age when his physical condition is at its peak in an orc's life. He has an exaggerated physique, amazing brute strength, and wisdom or a cunning mind. A face of long brown hair almost covers his entire face. In order to look beautiful, some orcs will learn to trim their hair like humans, and some even shave off the facial hair (such orcs are like a rugged style (like barbarian humans), but Chief Abal never does this. He allows the hair on his body to grow as much as he wants, making his already strong body look even bigger because of the thick hair.
“My young eagle!” This is what Chief Abal calls Callum.
Callum just turned 26 this year. Considering his status as a captain of ten thousand men, this age is really too young, so Chief Abal always calls him an eagle.
Being too young also caused Callum to receive a lot of criticism. Many people secretly discussed whether he was the illegitimate son of the war chief, but everyone who heard it knew that it was impossible after thinking about it for a moment, because There is no such thing as illegitimate child in the orc culture. This is a vocabulary passed down from humans.
Another bad thing is that there were always people who doubted his ability at the beginning. Of course, Colum's military exploits made these people gradually shut up.
"My young eagle, come quickly!" Abal greeted him.
Following the orders of the great chief, Kelem walked around the firepit and came to the front of the chief. Only then did he realize that there was a small burning fire in front of the chief, with a clay pot on it. , some white liquid is boiling inside, and a strange guy is filling it with firewood. I don’t seem to have seen this person before. Is he the chief’s new cook?
“Look!” Abal’s gong-like voice made the tent buzz, “I said Callum will definitely win. Babaka, this idiot, thinks he can rely on The shelter in winter can evade the attack of the king's tent warriors, but my young eagles did not follow common sense and braved the cold to launch an attack. As expected, they had no defense at all and became our captives easily, hahahahahaha !”
Callum reported the results of the battle to him, “Great Chief, Chief Babaka is willing to offer his loyalty to you. As a price for his previous rudeness, he sincerely gives you five hundred slaves, including One hundred people are still the strongest warriors in their tribe.”
The chief was very happy and praised: "Callum, good job. Those soldiers must be treated well and make them people who are willing to serve us."
Callum put his hand on his chest and responded. : "Follow your orders, Great Chief."
Abal pointed to the boiling clay pot, "Callum, there is a very happy thing I want to share with you, Gro. A smart little guy in the Suo clan - the young man next to him named Aru - invented a new food that can greatly enhance the soldiers' long-distance combat capabilities."
"Oh,. What invention is it?”
Callum became interested and turned his attention to the pottery basin. He could smell the smell wafting in the air, and the milk was boiling there. He wondered why the milk had to be boiled like this. Couldn't the milk be drunk if it was heated a little? Of course, the best thing to drink for orcs was freshly squeezed milk, which contained heat as soon as it came out.
What about the new food that the chief said? Could it be that it was soaked in milk and kept boiling?
"Hahaha, I have to give it a try first." Abal laughed loudly, and all the orc leaders sitting around laughed.
It seemed that he didn’t know that he had just come back. Callum was not angry at all. He was a person who could stand jokes, so he also found a place to sit down and quietly waited for the pottery pot to contain something. What a trick.
The milk inside continued to boil, spraying white mist into the air. Gradually, there was less and less milk in the basin.
Finally, no trace of liquid was found in the plate, leaving only a layer of white substance on the inner wall.
"Great Chief?" Callum cast his doubtful eyes on Abal. "My young eagle," Abar pointed to the pottery basin, "did you see that layer of white stuff? That is the new food invented by Aru, and its name is-milk powder!"
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“Oh?” Callum looked into the basin again.
"Quick, Aru, give your milk powder to our captain of ten thousand to have a taste." Abar happily touched his hair and urged the orc named Aru.
Alu carefully scraped off the milk powder from the inner wall, put it in a bowl, came to Callum and handed it to Callum very respectfully.
"Please taste it, Master Callum."
Callum stared at the white powder in the bowl, hesitated for a second or two, then stretched out a finger and dipped some powder from the bowl. into the mouth.
As soon as this white powder called milk powder touches his tongue, his saliva instantly soaks the powder, and a rich milky fragrance instantly fills his mouth.
The taste seems pretty good!
He picked up the wooden spoon handed over by Aru, took a full spoonful, put it into his mouth, and then chewed it.
"Great Chief, is this what's in the milk?"
"Yes, according to my opinion, the essence of milk is these powders. After the water is removed with the power of fire, the essence is retained. "
"Warchief, this is a great invention." Callum became excited. Milk is an important food source for the prairie orcs. In addition to drinking it directly, they also make cheese, cream, and brew milk wine. But these things are not easy to carry, and this powder, that is, milk powder, is undoubtedly very easy to carry, and more importantly, it is especially easy to prepare. You know, if you march long distances and fight, supplies are quite troublesome. The emergence of milk powder is definitely an important contribution. Think about it, after a long march, the soldiers took out a bag of milk powder and drank it with water, and they immediately regained their strength without even getting off their horses.
This is much more convenient than leading a herd of cows or sheep to fight.
"Yes, I think so too." Abal rubbed his hair happily.
Aru smiled and said: "Great Chief, if you mix sugar powder into the milk powder, the taste will become more delicious, fragrant and sweet."
"Ah hahahaha!" Abal laughed. .
"You are really good at dreaming. Even in the human kingdom, sugar sand is a luxury product. You actually want to mix it with milk powder and eat it. But..."
The Great Chief Abal changed the topic, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Sooner or later, this dream will become a reality. Sooner or later, all the sugar sand in the human country will be ours, just like their other wealth."
(End of this chapter)