Suddenly I saw the green plum blossoms on the branches, and suddenly I felt that during the expedition to Zhangxiu last year, there was a lack of water on the road and the soldiers were all thirsty. I had a plan in my mind, pointed with my whip and said: There is a plum grove ahe

Suddenly I saw the green plum blossoms on the branches, and suddenly I felt that during the expedition Zhang Xiu last year, there was a lack of water on the road and the soldiers were all thirsty.

I had a plan in my mind, pointed with my whip and said: There is a plum forest ahead.

When the sergeant heard it, his mouth was full of saliva, but he was not thirsty.

When I was watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before, there was this paragraph in the middle.

Cao Cao pointed to the green plum on the tree and said to Liu Bei: On the march, the soldiers were thirsty. I pointed to the lush forest and said, there are green plums ahead. When all the officers and soldiers heard this, their mouths were full of saliva and their morale was greatly boosted.

I felt at that time that Cao Cao was very smart. Even modern people's first reaction when seeing Qingmei is to shake their heads in anguish, and even drool.

After that, the two people's "green plums boiling wine and discussing heroes" became a legend for later generations.

When I first saw it, I thought the "green plum" refers to the season, not the real plum. Thinking about it, it makes people’s mouth taste sour, so why would they use it with wine and food?

Looking through "Three Kingdoms" now, I noticed something that I didn't notice before.

Then we arrived at the small pavilion, where a bottle of wine had been set up, a plate of green plums and a bottle of boiled wine.

saw this and understood. Green plums are really used to drink wine. I don’t know how the sour taste got into my mouth.

Think again, tillers were used to make wine during the Qin and Han Dynasties. This kind of wine tastes sweet and has low alcohol content. So sour and sweet go well together, and it’s no wonder that ancient people liked to use green plums to match wine.

Now I can see it in Li Bai 's " Liang Yuan Yin ":

The jade plate with red bayberry is set for the king, and the Wu salt is like a flower and the white snow. Hold the wine with salt but drink it. Don't imitate the noble conduct of barbarians.

It’s not just drinking green plums with wine, but also adding salt to it?

Salt was a valuable thing at that time. This can be seen from the " salt and iron monopoly " in the past dynasties. Salt is the top priority of taxation.

In ancient times, salt was not affordable for ordinary people, let alone used for drinking. For Li Bai to be like this, he must have had a lot of money at that time, or maybe someone else was treating him?

said that he also served as an official in the court. However, all he did was sing praises to the Li Tang Dynasty all day long. After the gold was given and returned, he probably had enough money in his hand to drink it with salt and wine.

Of course, there is another way of saying it. "Salt" just refers to dishes. After all, in ancient times, "people ate light food", and drinking wine can be paired with delicious dishes. This is a kind of enjoyment.

So, green plums have been paired with wine since ancient times, and even now there is "green plum wine".

As for using salt with wine, the possibility is not small.

I don’t know what it’s like to eat sour plums, salt, sweet wine together in your mouth.

I shudder when I think about it.

No wonder modern people like to eat "heavy flavors", well... because that is inherited from our ancestors.

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