A folk song is popular in Chang'an City, called "Disequality". "Poor Persia, sick doctors, thin men wrestle sumo wrestles, and fat brides."

Literally, Persians are rich and cannot be poor; doctors are not sick; sumo wrestlers are not thin; new wives have to do housework, and no obese. So it is disproportionate.

The Persians here generally refer to the great cannibals, Persians, Turks and other merchants from the Silk Road, collectively called Persians, also called Hu Shangs.

There is a street in the western city of Chang'an called Persian Mansion, which is the gathering place for Hu merchants. The most famous Hu merchants in it are called Abdullah Hamid, who is a serious Persian man who mainly sells high-end luxury goods such as big food, gold and silver utensils, ivory, rhino horns, etc. from Persia and other places. He bought tea, porcelain, silk and other items from the Tang Dynasty and went back to sell them.

Hamid is 18 years old this year, tall, tall, deep-eyed, with a mustache, and handsome. He was born with a noble family. His grandfather was the prime minister of the Persian Sassanid Dynasty. He could have been in politics based on his ancestors' status, but he was generous and did not like to be restrained by nature. He would rather be an idle rich man, so he chose to do business and came to Chang'an.

Hamid has a hobby, likes food, wine and beauties, and is also a foodie. Recently, Hamid discovered bread and cakes that appeared on the market, which aroused his interest. He sent people to buy fresh bread and cakes every day to supplement food.

On that day, Hamid sat on the precious Persian carpet, and was enjoying food under the service of two Western Orioles. The servant came in and said, "Master, the shopkeeper of the Magpie Trading Company is here to visit."

Hamid knew a little about Magpie Trading. In addition to bread and cakes, they also sold brick tea. Hamid was still very impressed by the shopkeeper of Magpie Trading who could invent these things. I heard that the shopkeeper was visiting and wanted to meet him.

The man was hospitality, and Hamid personally went to the door of the guest room to greet him. Zhou Qian appeared in a crimson dress.

The colors of clothes in the Tang Dynasty were strictly regulated, including royal ochre yellow, officials of third rank or above, crimson red, and blue under seventh rank or below. Officials' families can wear clothes of the same color as those of officials.

People wear white, which is called white. Those who are cheap refer to slaves and criminals, wearing black. Merchants usually wear white.

Although Zhou Qian was just a eunuch, the master behind him was so tough. He was outside, so for the convenience of his actions, he specially wore crimson clothes.

Hamid saw that the visitor was a relative of the officials. Although he was of noble origin, this place was in the Tang Dynasty after all, and officials could not offend them casually. Therefore, he formally saluted Zhou Qian.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qian did not return the gift, but just flashed his body to the side and bowed to the back.

When Hamid saw two young men in blue robes came behind him.

Hamid was a little curious. The color of Zhou Qian's clothes was obviously higher than the latter. Why was he so respectful to them?

Hamid was very smart and immediately thought of the word "small private visit". He also respectfully saluted the people.

The people who came were very polite and saluted Hamid with the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty.

Hamid said in a half-baked Chinese: "Dear distinguished guest, who are you?"

Zhou Qian said, "Hamid, right? This is His Highness, King Qi, and this is the son of the uncle Yin family."

Hamid heard this and saluted the people again.

After returning the gift, Li You said, "Mr. Hamid, please forgive me for being here for your visit."

Hamid smiled and said, "Your Highness and Mr. Yin are visiting, and the shop is full of glory and glory, and it is a great honor."

When Li You saw Hamid's talented and generous manners, he felt a good impression in his heart and said, "Mr. Hamid, I heard that you have a lot of Persian food here. Today I was a little greedy, so I came to bother you, don't mind."

When Hamid saw Li You being polite, he also liked it in his heart and said, "Your Highness likes delicious food, I have heard it for a long time. The fragrance of musk cannot be hidden. Your Highness and I are the same friends, and I am honored to invite you to visit." After that, he asked Li You and others to sit in it, and at the same time ordered the servants to prepare the dishes.

Li You sat on the floor on the Persian carpet like Hamid and said, "Mr. Hamid, what do you think of Chang'an's food?"

Hamid said: "Life is a school, and the warehouse of wisdom is full of proverbs. The food culture of the Tang Dynasty is profound and profound, and I deeply admire it."

The Persians like to say proverbs when speaking, just like those who like to say it in the Tang Dynasty.

Li You didn't like this tone and said, "Mr. Hamid, let's not talk about those sour scholars. They speak directly. Don't speak proverbs, I won't say anything, what about that?"

Hamid laughed and said, "Good, I'm happy to my temper." After that, his originally straight back collapsed.

He clapped his hands and said, "Take all these down and replace them with new ones."

Several low-cut orioles with arms exposed came over and put some Persian fruits, including pistachios, dates, cherries, melons and grapes.

Hamid said: "First of all, I am a sectarian and have no taboos. I am frankly speaking, the diet in Chang'an is relatively single and the taste is average. However, there has been a big change recently. It is said that it was developed by Your Highness, you."

Zhou Qian interrupted and said, "That's right, my prince is the number one foodie in the Tang Dynasty, and there are so many delicious foods in the royal palace."

Li You smiled and said, "Zhou Qian, how many times have I told you? Be low-key and don't let Mr. Hamid laugh at me."

Yin Guanghao was not interested in their topics, but just focused on dealing with the cherry in front of him.

Hamid asked, "Your Highness, what kind of sweet is the bread and cake you made?"

When Li You heard this, he knew that this guy had a good taste and had the potential to be a foodie. He smiled and said, "Mr. Hamid, hey, it's so awkward. Do you think this is OK? I call you Lao Ha, can you call me Lao Li?"

"Old Ha, Lao Li? Haha, interesting, okay." Hamid smiled.

Li You started talking about sugar and exchanged interesting stories about food with Hamid.

Hamid was really a foodie. When talking about these things, his eyes shone brightly and he kept explaining Persian food, saying that he wanted to invite Li You to taste them one by one. Li You was also excited and spoke in a whispery way.

Yin Guanghao saw the two foodies with similar tastes dancing and moved their butts aside so that they would not be drowned by their spit.

Soon, the wine and food came. There were grilled lamb chops, Cherokapobu, Fisinjiang, Obuguste, etc., as well as essential naan. The wine was Sanlejuice, and Gaochang wine. Hamid was a particular person, and the food utensils were all gold and silver utensils.

The dishes tasted really good. Li You was more interested in grilled lamb chops. He tasted it and praised: "Okay, the heat is good, and the ingredients are exquisite. It would be great if you add cumin."

Hamid asked, “What is cumin?”

Li You remembered the cumin barbecue and saliva began to flow down. He said, "Cuman is the king of seasoning. If you use cumin on the barbecue, the taste will be tsk."

When Hamid saw Li You's expression, his taste buds began to swell. He asked, "Where is this cumin?"

Cumin is mainly distributed in Central Asia in India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, China's Xinjiang and Russia. It is also distributed near the Persian capital of Taixifeng (32 kilometers southeast of Baghdad).

Li You said: "There is something near Taixifeng." He introduced the information related to cumin in detail and drew the shape and appearance of the cumin plant.

Harold asked, “Has anyone ever seen this plant?”

The sluts who were serving beside him all came up to look at the pictures. One slut said, "Master, I have seen it. This kind of weed is common on the mountains of my hometown when I was a child."

Li You said: "Old Ha, you send someone to find cumin. Let's say that, no matter how much you get, I will buy it at a price of 3 times higher than pepper."

Seeing that Li You attaches so much importance to this cumin, Hamid immediately said, "Old Li, don't worry, I will send someone to find this cumin immediately."

"Okay, okay." Li You said happily.

The more Li You and Hamid talked, they felt more and more happy, and they felt that they met too late and felt sympathetic. He and Hamid talked until the closing of the West Market, and left without feeling satisfied. Before leaving, they said, "Old Ha, if you have time, come to our house to taste the food. No need to inform us, you can do it anytime."

Hamid was very happy that he met the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty and lived a better life in Chang'an in the future.

On the way back, Li You said to Yin Guanghao: "There are many good things in Persia and the market is also very large. Our business will go to Persia in the future."
Chapter completed!