A joke about skimming corn

Martial arts classic agricultural jokes

1, corn "the legendary swordsman" for the second time: "The peasant woman came out of the house and handed him four cooked corn cobs." Chapter 6 of The Condor Heroes: "He (Yang Guo) has been wandering in the Jianghu since he was a child, and it's really good to find something to eat. He looked around and saw a big piece of corn growing on the western hillside, so he picked five sticks. The corn is not ripe yet, but it can be eaten. " Sword stained with royal blood (1): "The old woman took out some tortillas to entertain the guests and burned a pot of hot water for them to drink. It is common sense that Zhang ate a corn tortilla, which is not native to China. Corn originated in America, and it was not introduced to Europe until Columbus came back from America in 1494, and the earliest time to be introduced to China was estimated to be in the middle of16th century (the earliest record now is the government of Pingliang, Gansu Province (1560), which was then called "Fanmai"). If Lin Pingzhi can really eat "cooked corn on the cob" in the mountainous areas of Fujian, it is estimated that it will be in 1577 at the earliest (Fujian began to plant corn this year). However, the legendary swordsman's background is uncertain, and this book is full of this specious historical background. In Sword with Royal Blood, it is still possible for Zhang to eat tortillas in Guangdong, but this is also based on an unreliable assumption: the old lady is a local rural pacesetter, and she introduced such a novel foreign variety that Zhang actually knew it was tortillas. However, if Yang Guo wants to find a cornfield on the hillside of Shaanxi, it will take at least three or four hundred years-but with a stroke of a pen, Jin Yong sent Yang Guo five sticks of corn in one breath! Of course, he is not only so kind to Yang Guo, but also so generous to Yang Guo's grandfather, which we will see below: 2. "Legend of the Condor Heroes" Peanut, Broad Bean and Pumpkin (1): "(Qu San) Slowly scald two pots of rice wine, one dish of broad beans, one dish of salted peanuts, one dish of dried bean curd and three slices of salted eggs." "Yang Tiexin see a pot of wine has been finished, it is a pot, three people will lambaste Qin Gui. The lame man brought another dish of broad beans and peanuts. ""Sometimes, the two will go to a small hotel to drink a few pots, and Qu San, the lame man, will also cook wine and bring drinks such as broad beans and peanuts. " "Dragon Eight Branches" 20 times: "(Xiao Feng) saw a lot of dry food such as cooked meat, fried rice, dates, peanuts, dried fish, and even better, there was a big jar of wine." The legendary swordsman (1): The old man said, "Yes, yes! Men want to drink, first use some beef, broad beans and peanuts. " The legendary swordsman returned for the second time: "Dr. Tea made a pot of tea and served a plate of pumpkin seeds and a plate of broad beans." The legendary swordsman replied for the 25th time: "(Ling Huchong) picked up the wine bowl and gulped it down again. There was nothing to drink in the shop, so he grabbed a few salted peanuts and threw them into his mouth. " Broad beans, peanuts and pumpkin seeds are written as common drinks here, but these three crops, like corn, are all native to China and were introduced from abroad very late. Vicia faba was introduced to China from Persia in the Yuan Dynasty (refer to the authoritative work in this field: Laufer's China Iranian Pea and Vicia faba), and it was not planted on a large scale until the Ming Dynasty. Peanuts and pumpkins are American plants, which began to spread in the old world after Columbus discovered the new world. Peanut was introduced to China much later than broad bean, and it was introduced to China around1530s, but the speed of its introduction from the coast to the inland was very slow. Until the end of Qianlong period, peanuts were still a rare feast food (see chapter 8 "Land Use and Food Production" of Population Decline in the Early Ming Dynasty by He Bingdi about the spread of American crops in China). )。 In the legendary swordsman, peanuts in the inland city of Wuhan are also described as a very common drink, even the residents of Wudang Mountain in the inland know it (the 26th disciple of wu-tang clan pretended to be an old farmer and laughed at Ling Huchong as "melon seeds peanuts"), and this situation will never be earlier than 1700. In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, in A.D. 1 199, a poor village in Lin 'an broke down, and Qu San was able to import grain (broad beans and peanuts) from Persia and America. Guo and Yang were shocked. At that time, they didn't even read the novel "Eating Goods", so they didn't care. It stands to reason that they should at least grab Qu San and drink: "Wu!" What's the retail price? "However, considering that Qu San, the lame man, is from the Peach Blossom Island with high feet and first-class martial arts knowledge, it is not surprising that he has been to America before Columbus. There may even be people who have been to America before Qu San: Xiao Yuanshan, the hero of Qidan in the Northern Song Dynasty, also brought some peanuts to his son Feng Xiao as a drink. Xiao Feng is a real carnivore in Eight Branches of Long Qie. He always cuts a few catties of beef and mutton when ordering food. It is obviously meaningful for Xiao Yuanshan to leave such precious and rare foreign food as peanuts. I, China, arrived in America earlier than Columbus. Here's one more piece of evidence.

3. Watermelon "Legend of the Condor Heroes" 23: "(Huang Rong) went to the village and bought a car full of watermelons." The fifth time of the legendary swordsman: "(Yilin) walked more than two miles and saw several acres of Gua Tian, which was full of watermelons." The word "watermelon" is not Chinese, but originated from Jurchen language (refer to Chinese loanwords Dictionary). This plant originally did not belong to China, but was produced in West Asia. It was introduced to the western regions in the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and then to the Southern Song Dynasty from the State of Jin. The extensive cultivation of watermelon will probably wait until it returned to Xinjiang during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, that is, the "watermelon" at that time in the Chen Jialuo era (refer to Huang Rong by Laufer). Watermelon is an imported seasonal fruit that has not been introduced for many years. She actually bought a batch of goods at one go. Although a girl loves fruit and has figured out that she has money, she can buy it in Niujia Village. When Huang Rong put the watermelon on his head for 24 times, Sha and others were scared away when they saw "a green ball, a green ball". Presumably, although the Ghost Gate Dragon King is knowledgeable, he doesn't know that this is the legendary watermelon. In the scene of midsummer night described in the fifth paragraph of the legendary swordsman, Hengshan County also has ordinary countryside and "several acres of Gua Tian", similar to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.