It was Zhang Hong who was the first to pick it up and taste it. He carefully poured it into the bowl without pouring too much and drank it in one gulp.
Then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sweet!"
Of course it is sweet, but the sweetness at this time is actually very different from the sweetness in later generations. However, for people of this era, it is still a taste that is extremely difficult to taste.
If you want to eat sweets, the most convenient way is to find three places. The first is the fruit tree, the second is the bee nest, and the third is the bear den.
The first two may not be so easy to find, but as long as you find the third one, you can basically find the first two, and you don't have to worry about being chased by bees. Therefore, many "bear-slaying warriors" appeared in ancient times.
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Not only do you want to kill the big bear, but you also want to seize his honey and steal his fruits.
Compared with the Southwest Hospitable Bear Cave that everyone passed by before, it can be seen that the Hospitable Bear is indeed very poor. There is only water and no honey at home, but now it has moved...
"what is this?"
Zhang Hong felt as if there were ten civets scratching him in his heart, while Juzai patted the clay pot: "This is sugarcane pulp, also called Zhuzhe."
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, malt sugar was produced, and the main raw material was wheat. During the period from Emperor Ku to Yao, wheat spread from Asia Minor to the Central Plains, and was quickly cultivated in the north. By the time of the Western Zhou Dynasty, wheat was already very common.
Cereals even once took the place of a certain unlucky guy among the five grains....
"Zhou Yuan is sweet and sweet, and the pansy tea is sweet" is an ancient poem in the Book of Songs.
In the south, it was difficult to grow wheat and a variety of rice, so the clever Chu people found a thing called "Zhu Zhe", which is wild sugar cane. And because there was no human cultivation, the sugar cane at this time was sweet.
The smell is not that big...
However, after the juice is squeezed, the sugarcane pulp actually tastes pretty good, and the nobles of the Chu State like it. From this time on, sugarcane cultivation began in the Chu region, but not much was cultivated. After all, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, grains were the only
It is fundamental. Of course, most of the fields must be used to grow grains. It is impossible to leave too much arable land for sugar cane. Another point is that sugar cane is too easy to obtain.
Therefore, the act of planting sugar cane is only done by a small number of people.
There is a saying in Chuci's "Zhaohun": "The turtles, turtles, cannons, and lambs have some pulp."
The real white sugar did not appear until the Tang Dynasty, and it was turbid. Refined white sugar did not come until the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, rich people had to use two cups of butter and white sugar to boil milk for drinking.
In fact, the lives of the people during the Warring States Period were, in many cases, even worse than those of the Three Dynasties period. This only refers to common people and even slaves, not to the class above scholars.
Advanced developments all belong to the upper class. For example, plows and oxen plows obviously appeared very early. However, at the end of the Warring States Period, Zhao State even stated that the important factor why Zhao could not defeat Qin was that Qin State vigorously and extensively promoted oxen plows.
Tools, but Zhao Guo couldn't do it...
An important reason is privatization and class distinction. A large amount of wealth and resources are concentrated in the hands of the nobles. What is distributed to the lowly people is only the most basic survival standard. The nobles will not let others share resources with them. As for their
What kind of interests are the little heads calculating? That's another story.
In the Three Generations period, because the world was a common one, the resources of the leader and the resources of the clansmen were not much different, and everyone had a positive hope of working together. Therefore, the ancient songs at this time can obviously reflect many things.
Take the scene shown in "Song of Attacking the Soil". By the Xia, Shang and early Zhou dynasties, basically not many civilians could have such a leisurely and comfortable time. This is also an important reason why Confucius and others praised the ancient sage kings.
"Sugar cane is a common thing in the south, but the dry taste is not too sweet (in this era), so after being squeezed into juice, it is what you taste now, although it is worse than stone honey, ah, that's it
The kind with joints that look like bamboo..."
Before Yu Zai could finish her words, she was immediately interrupted by Zhang Hong!
"Very good, already very good! I know what plant you are talking about! It turns out to be white? Ah!"
Zhang Hong burst out laughing: "Each place has different names for these plants and trees. The sugar cane you mentioned, Zhuzhe, is what we call white here [Bayi Chinese Network]?!"
"There is a kind of tree in Lunzhe Mountain in the south. It looks like a walnut tree and has red texture. The juice that flows out is sweet. People will not feel hungry after eating it and can also relieve fatigue. It is called
white?."
Yu Zai was also stunned for a moment. The south is indeed where sugar cane grows. But upon hearing this, it turns out that there are also large tracts of sugar cane forests growing in the further south.
Zhang Hong was already eager to give it a try. He had already planned to cut down the mountains and cut sugar cane if he left and returned to the South China Sea. However, his idea was just a thought. After all, the Akafang clan seemed to have something better to offer.
There was not much sugarcane syrup, and several people tasted it and agreed that it was good. At this time, everyone was staring at the last clay pot.
It's like a mysterious lottery. There are good things in the front, so the last one won't bring you down, right?
The expectations are already high.
Tofu, fried soybean skin, and sugarcane pulp not only mobilized everyone's enthusiasm for grain cultivation, but also made everyone understand new sugar source plants. It is conceivable that from now on, sugar cane will definitely start to be planted.
Rather than risking being stung to death by fighting swarms of bees or becoming a bear slayer, isn't it easier to get syrup by chopping immobile sugar canes?
Yu Zai didn't keep everyone waiting any longer, and opened the last clay pot.
The black liquid sits quietly in it.
"vinegar?"
The people around looked at each other in confusion, but someone’s nose twitched: “That’s not right, this doesn’t smell like vinegar.”
"It's soy sauce."
"Soy sauce? Not meat sauce?"
Vinegar and soy sauce have been brewed before. After three years of work, after the operation of a few friends in the mill, vinegar and soy sauce have become the most popular agricultural products of the Akagata family. What is the so-called "soy sauce" this time?
"The raw material of this thing is still bean sprouts!"
As Yuzai spoke, he was even more emotional: "Come on, let's have a taste. Zhang Hong can cut a piece of tofu and dip it in it."
So Zhang Hong followed what Yu Zai said. When he put the steamed tofu dipped in soy sauce into his mouth, he froze on the spot for a while, and then let out an earth-shattering roar!
"This, this is the natural law of the world!"
You, salt, sauce and vinegar are now all in full swing, and the hot southern life is about to turn a new page!
Times and years have slowly entered the next small stage, which is the "copper cooking period" of food development!