Chapter 1294 Jiaozhou pepper plantation ushered in the first bumper harvest
Chapter 1294 Jiaozhou pepper plantation ushered in its first harvest (please subscribe and vote)
The glutinous sorghum here will be fermented into world-famous fine wines.
Now that I am here, I can slap my hand and realize that all the sorghum in this production area belongs to me. Tsk tsk...
Cheng Chubi felt that his current momentum was definitely extremely arrogant.
No matter which tarthouse boss is in the future, even the boss of Moutai Distillery would not dare to do this.
But soon, reality hit Cheng Sanlang hard, and Cheng Sanlang soon met the old farmer who was invited with a huge sum of money.
A veteran driver who has specialized in growing sorghum for more than 30 years, this northern man in his early fifties first saluted Cheng Chubi.
When he heard that Cheng Sanlang was asking about the situation of these sorghums, the old man surnamed Wu looked at the sorghum road here with disgust on his face.
"Mr. Cheng, I'm not an old man, so I'll tell you the truth. In my opinion, these sorghums don't count as food at all."
"Look at this pole. It's so tall and thin. Look at the ears on it. I have more than thirty years of experience growing sorghum."
"With this kind of sorghum, if you can harvest more than sixty kilograms of sorghum from one acre of land, then you should be happy."
Old man Wu saluted Cheng Chubi with a serious expression on his face.
"How dare the old man deceive the high-ranking officials? We have to follow the old man's wishes. The high-ranking officials can buy good sorghum seeds and plant them here."
"Those sorghums are much better than these sorghums that are only suitable for making brooms."
"..." Cheng Chubi felt like he was being despised. Although it didn't hurt much, it was very humiliating.
Unexpectedly, in later generations, these local specialty glutinous sorghums would not be available to outsiders even if they wanted to buy them.
Listening to the old man's tone of voice, it would be more profitable to harvest sorghum instead of growing it and weaving it into brooms.
At any rate, Cheng Chubi also knew that the yield of sorghum produced by Renhuai in later generations was not low, and it could be several hundred kilograms.
Thinking of the grand occasion of the benevolent sorghum of later generations, Cheng Chubi gritted his teeth and shook his head resolutely.
"No, Old Man Wu, just follow Cheng's method.
The most important task for you, Old Man Wu, and your relatives is to help me prepare sorghum and help me pick out the largest and heaviest sorghum ears to save seeds."
"With successive generations of breeding, the quality of the sorghum obtained will become better and better, and the yield will also become higher and higher."
"Don't worry, officer. I just kindly remind you, old man. Since the officer is not happy, I will obey the officer's orders."
Cheng Chubi patted the old man Wu on the shoulder, and after a few words of comfort, he followed Zheguang and continued walking along the wide concrete straight road.
We arrived at Shunzhou City, which stands on the east bank of Anle River in a land of about 600 meters.
Compared with Changning Prefecture City, the situation in Shunzhou Prefecture City is not much better.
Anyway, many Jizhous in Luzhou are similar. The city walls are all built with stones, and they are not high. The layout inside is also messy.
Fortunately, after getting money, Shunzhou City also began to undergo renovations.
Although it still doesn't look like the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, at least within the city, there are no piles of animal excrement covering the streets.
In every state and city, there are people who are responsible for cleaning, and then hoarding these animal excrements for fermentation.
This is the best fertilizer in this era. If you want to increase your yield and increase your income, you can only rely on this stuff.
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Cheng Chubi and Zhe Guang first visited the elementary school and adult literacy schools in the city.
He also asked about the income of the Shunzhou people this year, and had a good meal at Zheguang's governor's mansion.
Then he and Fang Jun left the governor's office and rushed to the Shunzhou branch of the Luzhou branch of the Han and Tang Dynasty Commercial Bank in the city.
Dear guests, you have read it correctly. This is the name of the Han and Tang Trading Company located in Shunzhou.
This is to make it easier for people to clearly know which local branch of the Han and Tang Commercial Banks this is.
Although banks have not yet taken shape in this era, it does not prevent Cheng Chubi from using the bank naming system of later generations.
Cheng Chubi carefully inquired about the money and grain here, especially the situation of grain storage.
After all, I had already made a sure deal with that person by patting my chest, and got two kilos of food per acre of land.
At present, almost eight or nine thousand acres of sorghum have been planted on both sides of the Chishui River. If sufficient amounts of grain cannot be produced by then.
It's strange that these beasts don't make a fuss.
Cheng Chubi personally went to the backyard warehouse of the Han and Tang Dynasty trading houses and carefully inspected the tall grain storage granaries.
Although twenty thousand dan is not much, it is still a lot. Naturally, you have to keep it under your nose to feel at ease.
After wandering for a long time, Cheng Chubi and Fang Jun left the Han and Tang Trading House and headed to a courtyard not far outside Shunzhou City.
That's where the winery will be in the future, and now many people are busy working there.
Looking at the factory area, Cheng Chubi felt more and more proud.
"Brother Chu Bi, you have put so much effort into making wine here. Is the wine here really better than that in other places?"
"But little brother, I just tasted the rice wine they brewed. Haha...it doesn't even have the aroma of the glutinous rice wine produced in Luzhou."
"Haha... you will know later that Luzhou's wine cannot compete with Renhuai's wine..."
Cheng Chubi gave Fang Jun a big slap and waved his hand gracefully, as if he had already foreseen more than 1,400 years in the future.
The fine wines of the Luzhou family were defeated by the fierce attack of the Renhuai family and looked languid.
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At this moment, countless workers are working hard on the huge mountain ridge purchased and sold by the Han and Tang dynasties.
He picked the bunches of pepper that were already showing a beautiful red color and threw them into the bamboo basket on his back.
Cheng An and other managers from the Han and Tang Dynasty merchant houses were gathered here, admiring the harvest scene in front of them.
This is already the twelfth day of picking. In two days, all the nearly 10,000 acres of pepper garden will be harvested.
Cheng An and others did not stay here longer, but in a short time, they bypassed the pepper forest that was still being harvested and continued moving forward.
After walking not far, you can see a cluster of buildings there and workers busy there.
Ethan was gesticulating in Guanzhong Mandarin, which he was already very fluent in.
And here, the white pepper that has been harvested is now put in bamboo baskets and placed in the small river that is not too wide.
Washed there by running water, this is the way to make white pepper, which is to soak the ripe fruit ears in running water for about ten days.
Until the pulp is rotten, then start washing. As for how to wash, haha...
At this moment, a group of people were stepping on the big wooden barrel repeatedly with their big feet. This step took at least two sticks of incense.
Then rinse it with water to remove the peel, pulp, stems and other residues until it is clean.