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 loss, 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 had a refreshing fragrance, then I wiped it with my hands and stuffed it directly into my mouth.
After chewing it for a couple of times, I felt it tasted okay, and 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 spit 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.
"In short, 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 issue, 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, 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. 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’s a bit of fate and good 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 hand and said, "There is no other 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 a pig 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, 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. It's so fun once you get used to it." Si Niang happily ate plate after plate 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's coconut oil. It's 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 Wan, the youngest daughter of Shi Xie 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. Specialty, it contains 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 now very obedient and growing coconuts. They used to always make trouble and even showed up. I raised troops to besiege the county town, but my brother was able to repulse them."
"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 unhappy about 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 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 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. They are proud of the common people of the Han Dynasty and work 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 gotten a lot better now, and there are fewer people who robbed the road. I have encountered them before, but now some villages down there are a little bit out of control." Shi Wan tilted his head and said in a confused tone, this child is really at a loss. 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 the coconut processing factory we built for them in Ninan County. They did another one, but then we stopped their supply of coconuts, and then they returned the processing plant to us." Shiwan put his finger on his 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. The two of them knew why Chen Xi wanted to drag Liu Bei over. Don't look at a processing plant, but Chen Xi seemed to be able to 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 bad place that breeds unruly people? How can he be so arrogant?
"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 apart from the sharp increase in the price of Jiaozhou, you don't have 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.
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