After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather comes late in autumn.
The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring flows over the rocks.
The bamboo noises return to Huan Nu, and the lotus leaves move off the fishing boat.
Break free to Chun-fang, Sun-self to stay.
The Miao Village in the early morning is undoubtedly the place that best interprets the poem "Dwelling in the Mountains in the Twilight of Autumn" by the poet Wang Wei!
After walking out of the room and standing on the slightly slippery bamboo building, Xiao Han looked at the peaceful and peaceful village in front of him and stretched out slowly. The golden sunlight shone through the gaps in the woods, making his whole body warm.
Elegant and extremely comfortable.
"Xiao Hou is awake?"
Gupu, the commander-in-chief of the Miao village, came from far away from the village. He was slightly startled when he saw Xiao Han, and then greeted him with a strange look on his face.
"Haha, good morning, Commander-in-Chief!" Xiao Han grinned and retracted his hand to return a salute to Gupu. He didn't seem to notice anything wrong.
"Good morning, good morning!" Pupu's smile was a little forced. He took a few steps forward again until he came to the bamboo tower. Then he looked up at Xiao Han with a complicated expression and said: "Haha, Xiao Hou is really good at using tricks! I admire you! I don't know.
Will Xiao Hou teach us the art of making sugar today?"
"Huh?" Xiao Han frowned slightly when he heard this.
No matter how slow his reaction was at this time, he still felt that something was wrong with Gupu, but he couldn't explain why it was wrong. Could it be because it rained so hard last night that this guy had water in his brain?
"Hahaha, that's natural! How can a man go back on his words when he says something?"
I really don’t understand why Gupu looks like this this morning, but Xiao Han is not a person who likes to ask questions, so he just thought about it in his heart for a moment, then simply gave up, laughed and walked down the bamboo building.
He held Gupu's shoulders and walked forward.
"Let's go! Let's start now while the weather is nice! I wonder if you have got all the things I want?"
Qipu was hugged by Xiao Han's arm warmly, and his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was not used to this, but in the end, he still endured it.
"Those things are all ready-made. If Xiao Hou wants them, I will ask them to get them immediately!"
"Yeah! Okay! Don't forget to ask them to get another grouse and a pot. If there are fresh mushrooms, you can also get some!"
"Oh? Why is that? Could it be that these things are also used in sugar making?"
"Ahem, this is not for making sugar, it is for treating our hunger! Remember, the mushrooms must be non-poisonous! If you accidentally poison me, you will never be able to make even one ounce of sugar in your life..."
"..."
As the saying goes, only when you are full can you have the strength to work! Xiao Han believes this! The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, not to mention that I am a nobleman who has come to lead you to a well-off life. I will eat your mushroom chicken.
What is it?
As a result, a strange scene occurred in the Miao village.
In the middle of the village, two animals, Xiao Han and Liu Hongji, were holding a pot and eating with their mouths full of oil. While eating, they did not forget to wave their chopsticks and direct the Miao men to do their busy work!
"Who is that! Oops! What can such a small broken stone grinder be used for? Is there a larger one? No more! If it is gone, why don't you quickly find a mason to make it!
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Do you understand? Don’t understand? If you don’t understand, ask your family leader!”
"Who is that! Put the pot up! Hurry up! By the way, remember not to light the fire first! The pot will burn out soon. Let's see if your commander-in-chief doesn't whip you!"
"Also, these mushrooms are very fresh. Are they available? It weighs ten pounds! What? I can't eat it? I can't pack it if I can't eat it!"
"Sister Chu, look at him!"
Not far away, Xun'er stared at the middle of the village and shouted, Xiao Han gritted his teeth with hatred! He almost rushed up and put the hot pot on his head!
"Hey..." Looking at Xun'er beside her, Miss Chu could only sigh helplessly.
In fact, even she didn't know how overnight, Xiao Han suddenly became Gupu's guest, and made the entire Miao village obey his words! If this continues, her original idea will soon turn into a
A ridiculous joke.
You must know that she originally brought Xiao Han here just to show him the power of the Miao family! But she never expected that the power did not see him, but everyone was lost together!
This is just like the intermediaries in later generations. After working hard for so long, just before the deal was completed, both the client and the buyer skipped the order, bypassed her, and hooked up directly! How could this make her angry!
Of course, besides being angry, Miss Chu also felt a deep sadness in her heart.
Today, the Qin government is incompetent and the Jiao government is incompetent!
If she also loses the good card of the Miao family, she really doesn't know what value she has to Xiao Han!
Perhaps, until the end, her only value is this beautiful body.
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Behind them, the two women were either angry or sad, but in front, countless Miao boys were working enthusiastically. Stacks of sugar cane were tied up with ropes and dragged back directly without even using animals.
As for the stone mill? It was definitely too late to make that thing now. Xiao Han had no choice but to use the smaller stone mill as a demonstration, and planned to make changes in the future after getting the regulations.
Sugar making
This is a very ancient craft. Thanks to human beings' innate love for sweets, sugar making has appeared in history books very early.
As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were records about malt sugar. The "Book of Songs·Daya" wrote: "The original Zhou Dynasty is fertile, and the pandan is as sweet as glutinous rice." This means that the land in Zhou Dynasty is rich and fertile, even viola and chicory.
The wild vegetables are as sweet as caramel.
In "The Rites of Zhou·Tianguan·Yi Yi", "sweet honey is sweet" is listed as the representative of "sweet" among the five flavors.
However, the sugar mentioned here is all malt sugar, which is made from grain malt.
You must know that during this period, most people could not even afford to eat. Every year, many people starved to death due to insufficient food, let alone sugar production. Therefore, it can be seen that sugar is precious!
Later, in the "Chu Ci: Zhaohun" written during the Warring States Period, it was written: "There are some turtles and cannons, some of which are pulp."
The "昘" mentioned here refers to sugar cane, and "昘昘昘" refers to sugar cane juice. This record shows that during the Warring States Period, China could already carry out primitive processing of sugar cane and boil it into a thick pulp for sweetening
, but people at that time did not know how to process it into sugar.
The sugar mentioned at this time still exists in the form of thick syrup. It is not easy to taste, store or transport.
It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that people used special methods to crystallize syrup to form brown sugar similar to brown sugar. Although it was rough and tasted bitter and sour, relatively speaking, this was already an amazing invention.
