Chen Xi actually didn't know much about what this thing was, but Chen Xi knew that the stem of this thing had a sweet taste, which was actually enough.
When I didn't come to Jiaozhou before, I didn't know much about the environment here. After I came here, I found that this kind of thing grows all over the mountains and plains. What else can I say? The free sugary straw is of course used to make wine.
Even if I don’t know what the heck this thing is or what it’s called, as long as it’s edible and has a sweet taste, it can be used to make wine. Even if it can’t be used to make sugar, it can be used to make wine.
It’s not a bad thing, these days, alcohol is also a component of people’s happiness.
As for whether the brew tastes good or not, it doesn't matter. The sweet wine can be used as a flavoring if it doesn't work. As for the price, the grass in Jiaozhou costs a hell of a lot of money. Just cut it. It's all over the mountains and plains.
What you get back is just a small amount of money.
"Can this thing make wine?" Liu Bei looked at the two-meter-high pole in front of him with a strange look and was a little thicker than his thumb. He casually broke one off, and then naturally smelled a smell of plant juice from the stem.
It has a refreshing fragrance, then I wipe it with my hands and put it directly into my mouth.
After chewing it twice, I found it tasted okay, but then I spit out a bunch of dregs.
"It's okay. It's easier to chew than sugar cane, but there's too much dregs, not much juice, and the taste isn't very sweet." Liu Bei spat out a mouthful of dregs and then said to Chen Xi.
"Okay, if you can taste the sweetness, that's great." Chen Xi smiled, accustomed to Liu Bei's down-to-earth behavior.
"Actually, I have to say that this thing is sweeter than many northern fruits." Liu Bei suddenly commented, this is not nonsense, this thing is actually quite good.
Chen Xi scratched his head, how should he explain that this thing is sucrose, while the mainstream fruit in the north is glucose. The sweetness of the two is different. In terms of sugar content, they are two different things.
"Anyway, this thing can make wine. In fact, I have always felt that sugary things can make wine. It just depends on how you make it." Chen Xi said with a smile, "As for the degree of concentration, we will consider it later. If it doesn't work, you can press it down."
The dregs of the juice can be used as fire starter and then distilled, and the plant ashes can also be used as fertilizer, which is quite good."
Liu Bei nodded silently. This is indeed Chen Xi's habit of not letting go of even the scum, but it's pretty good to think about it.
"Go back and send a letter to Chang'an and ask them to send a group of professional brewers over there. They have brewed a lot of things over the years. Come here to study and study. When we get Jiaozhou settled, they should also make the wine.
Come out." Chen Xi said calmly.
He originally planned to process coarse grains and fisheries, but now that there are better options, he might as well move the processing of coarse grains and fisheries to other places first. After all, these days, these things have to be calculated.
"You didn't bring such a person with you?" Liu Bei Shao said with some doubts.
"I told you that I originally planned to engage in grain processing or fishery processing. I never thought there was such a thing here. I only saw it after I came here." Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said, "No need to fertilize, no need."
Irrigate, sow a handful of seeds and leave, and when the time comes to harvest, you can squeeze the juice and use it to make wine. In this case, why do anything else.
"This kind of thing has lower investment cost than the previous two, requires lower technology, and can withstand more manpower. Of course I choose this one." Chen Xi said with a smile, "Adapting measures to local conditions is the most suitable. Although Jiaozhou
It has a bit of destiny and favorable geographical location."
"Destiny and geographical advantage?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi in confusion.
"We won't discuss this anymore. Just remember that this area will develop rapidly." Chen Xi waved his hands and said, "There is no way. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have occupied all of Southeast Asia. With the geographical advantage of Jiaozhou, what else is there to talk about? Even if it is
Even pigs can be blown away!
"Yeah." Liu Bei didn't ask any more questions. Chen Xi would handle this kind of thing very well.
At the same time, several other carriages are happily eating various Jiaozhou-specific snacks. If the coconut snacks, coconut cakes, coconut cakes and so on in other places are full of sincerity, then these here
Things, they all want you to be unable to see their true form.
There is no way there is the only super-large coconut processing factory in Han Dynasty here, which mainly produces various coconut processed products, such as coconut paste, shredded coconut, coconut milk, coconut sugar, coconut milk, and all the sugary things that Chen Xi often gets confused.
You can drink coconut wine, and of course there are strange things like buttons and charcoal, but charcoal is only used by locals for barbecues, and Bingzhou anthracite is used in the north.
Therefore, the dim sum made here, with the grated coconut and shredded coconut sprinkled on it, seems to be free of charge. In fact, if you really want to say it, it does not cost much.
"Jiaozhou is actually quite good. The food is a bit strange in the first year of school, but it's so fun once you get used to it." Si Niang happily ate platefuls of snacks in the carriage.
"There are so many shredded coconuts in the Central Plains that they should be worth five baht each." Liu Tong said with emotion, "People here feel like they are living off this, and there are weird things like shredded coconut cakes. I can't taste it."
When you look at the rice flavor, you can only taste the sweetness of coconut, and why do people here have so much oil?"
"Because it is coconut oil. It is a new product produced by a large processing factory here, but the output is only enough for Jiaozhou itself. Chen Hou is really, really admirable." Shi Xie's youngest daughter Shi Wan, who shipped it, was so excited that her eyes widened.
Guang said to Liu Tong.
To be honest, Liu Tong knew from the moment this girl got on the bus to act as their guide that this girl had bad intentions and wanted to take advantage of Chen Xi. Zhen Mi just smiled gently, come on, try it, you must be able to impress my husband.
, I give you the title of the second most beautiful woman in the world for free.
"Okay, can this thing still squeeze oil?" Liu Tong looked at Shiwan in confusion and asked. Shiwan nodded repeatedly, then looked around and found a jar of soil that was sealed and given to Liu Tong and others.
The specialty is the so-called coconut oil.
"In short, we in Jiaozhou can live on coconuts." Shi Wan said excitedly, "The people in Jiuzhen County and Rinan County are also very obedient and are growing coconuts. They used to make trouble and even showed up.
I once raised troops to besiege the county town, but my brother repelled them all."
"Well, the environment here was really bad before, but now it seems to be okay." Liu Tong did not delve into the meaning of the previous rebellion. This guy's attitude was very clear. Ten years ago, twenty years ago
If any of you feel uncomfortable with what happened, go find my father underground. Don't come to me. I don't know. I'm just a princess. Princess, do you understand?
"Yeah, yeah, we are also building roads here now. Although there are always some idiots who say that our road construction destroys their feng shui, or sacrifices, etc., but we have knocked them over one by one. In the past few years, we have knocked down
There are many such idiots, and now all counties in Jiaozhou have opened roads." Shiwan said very proudly, in her opinion, her father did a really good job.
Although Shiwan didn't understand what her father meant by bringing her here as a guide, it didn't stop Shiwan from admiring her father. When my father came, Jiaozhou was in chaos, and even the local people didn't know that he was.
The common people of the Han Dynasty are now registered, taking pride in being Han people, and working hard to move closer to Han culture.
"Knock it over?" Wu Yuan, who was lying at the window of the carriage, looked out. Well, she already understood what the so-called knocking thing meant. The traces on the road showed that when Shi Xie strangled the local chief, it was also a bloody method.
"It's much better now, and there are fewer people who rob the road. I've encountered them before, but now there are some villages down there that I can't control." Shi Wan tilted his head and said in a confused tone, this kid is really at a disadvantage.
Shi Xie has enough brains, and with his political acumen, he doesn't even know that he is being played to death.
"What happened in the village below?" Liu Tong said with a smile, reaching out to push the tea tray in front of him to Si Niang, his expression still so gentle.
"Some local tribes always steal things from our processing factories. The most egregious one last time was in Ninan County. The coconut processing factory we built for them was vacated by them, and then it was emptied by their tribes.
They did another one, but then we stopped their supply of coconuts, and then they returned the processing plant to us." Shiwan put her finger on her chin and explained with a somewhat reminiscence look.
Wu Yuan and Zhen Mi looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths twitched vaguely. They both knew why Chen Xi wanted to drag Liu Bei over. Don't look at a processing plant, it seemed that Chen Xi could do it casually.
It looks the same, but in reality, a processing plant that can house thousands of people is worth over 100 million yuan in the eyes of Wu Yuan and others.
Should we say that it is a poor place and a harsh place where unruly people come from? How can he be so cruel?
"In fact, in the early days, people stole coconut products. But later Chen Hou found out about this and distributed enough coconut processed products to the people every month. This is why there are so many such things on the market.
." Shiwan said with a smile.
Chen Xi also had a headache at the time, which was why Shi Xie later consciously reduced his salary. Since you have taken the product and I will send you the product, we can just lower the salary.
In addition, Chen Xi has blocked the channels, so it is of little significance for the people of Jiaozhou to sell them sporadically. Finally, after strengthening management, stealing is solved, because it can't be sold for money. It is true that except for the sharp increase in the price of Jiaozhou, you don't have it.
I can't transport it out, so I can only make some cakes and the like.
As a result, Jiaozhou has an extremely wide variety of coconut snacks, because tens of thousands of people get their share of coconut processed products from the factory every month.
