Not only Xu Miaojin.
Everyone else was puzzled by Zhu Xuan's choice of oil palm and coffee beans. This country of Marin is very poor and has nothing of value. According to their profit-seeking nature as businessmen, no one would be interested in Marin.
"These are good things."
"This is called oil palm. It needs to be brought back to Panyu to be effective."
"As for this, it's called coffee."
"Hou Xian, help me bake it and grind it into powder."
Zhu Xuan said.
In this era, there are no various machines. Coffee is really hand-ground. When it comes to brewing coffee, there are no related machines. Pressing powder and the like are not possible, so it can only be brewed as instant coffee.
Inside the ship, those boilers are extremely hot.
Hou Xian took him down for roasting, and soon came back. The roasted coffee beans gave off a faint fragrance.
"It smells so good, can I eat it?" Cen Hua asked.
Little sister Hua'er is still a snack foodie.
Zhu Xuan explained: "This is not for eating, Hou Xian, grind it!"
Hou Xian ground the roasted coffee beans into powder, and Zhu Xuan asked someone to boil water, find cups, and brew several cups of coffee.
These are pure black coffee, which looks dark, almost like a decoction.
"Let me taste it first!"
Xu Miaojin was not afraid of being burned. She took a sip and suddenly frowned because it was too bitter to swallow. She shook her head and said, "My brother must be playing tricks on us. This coffee is more bitter than medicine."
Zhu Xuan smiled and said, "Of course it's bitter to drink like this. Hou Xian brought some sugar over, but it's a pity that we don't have milk on the boat."
The sugar they use is sucrose.
However, these sugars have been purified, re-filtered and made by Science Pavilion, and become white sugar, which is crystal white and very sweet, and does not have as many impurities as ordinary sugar.
Zhu Xuan can drink coffee without sugar, and he was used to drinking it like this before time travel.
They couldn't help it, so they put some sugar in it, stirred it again, and waited until the sugar melted before taking another sip.
"It feels different."
Yan Guan first said: "It has a slight fragrance."
Wu Yongfeng commented: "Compared with our tea, the flavor is different. It tastes very special and is indeed very good."
Coffee is good, but unfortunately it seems impossible to grow it in Guangdong.
Zhu Xuan plans to send some of these coffee beans to Yunnan for Mu Sheng to help plant. The rest will be used by himself to drink and refresh himself when needed.
This way of brewing coffee is actually not very tasty. After all, it is treated as instant coffee.
"Coffee has the same effect as tea."
Zhu Xuan said: "It can refresh your mind, but it will not be easy to fall asleep after drinking it."
This sentence was quickly fulfilled.
At night.
Xu Miaojin tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so she came to find Zhu Xuan. They chatted for a long time, and Zhu Xuan told her two bedtime stories before coaxing her to sleep.
But Zhu Xuan himself was not sleepy at all and was full of energy.
This is the first time for my body to drink coffee after time travel. Just one cup can keep me energetic all night long.
Hou Xian and Yan Guan must be the same, they are probably tossing and turning now, unable to sleep.
Zhu Xuan looked at Xu Miaojin who was sleeping, shook his head slightly, and went out to enjoy the sea breeze. However, when he saw Cen Hua sitting outside, he asked curiously: "Little sister Hua'er, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Cen Hua hummed unhappily: "It's not because of you that I shouldn't drink your coffee. What should I do if I can't sleep?"
When people can't sleep, it's easy to get anxious, and Cen Hua started to get anxious.
Zhu Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said: "Actually, you are too greedy. If you drink two drinks at a time, you may not be able to sleep tomorrow."
"what to do?"
Cen Hua burst into tears with a "woo" and cried: "Dad said that if you don't sleep, you will die. What should I do?"
This little girl looked old-fashioned and a bit mature, but in fact her thoughts were more inclined to the little girl. Seeing that she was crying now, who had always been strong, Zhu Xuan didn't know how to comfort her, so he gently wiped the tears from her face.
"If you feel tired, it's easy to fall asleep even if you drink coffee."
Zhu Xuan had no choice but to explain: "Are you tired now?"
Cen Hua thought for a while and finally nodded slightly.
After going to sea and arriving here, although the boat is comfortable and comfortable, it is still very easy to get tired from the fatigue of traveling and traveling. When Zhu Xuan said this, I really felt a little sleepy.
"If you're tired, just relax and you'll fall asleep."
Zhu Xuan said: "I just told Sister Miaojin a few stories. She is sleeping soundly now. Do you want to listen?"
Cen Hua pouted her mouth and said softly: "What story can you tell?"
"I'll tell you a story about a duck. A big, ugly duck."
Zhu Xuan wiped away the last tears on her face, approached her and said softly: "That duck is called the ugly duckling..."
Wait until the story is all told.
Cen Hua was very happy to hear it, especially when she heard that the ugly duckling finally turned into a swan. She said happily: "This story is quite beautiful. I didn't expect that a duck can also become a story. Your idea is very strange."
Her voice became softer and softer.
Maybe he was really tired, so he held on until he finished telling a story, then fell asleep in Zhu Xuan's arms.
Zhu Xuan leaned back on the chair without waking her up or carrying her back.
Although she finally fell asleep, the effect of the coffee was still there. If she made any small movements, it would easily wake up the little sister, making it difficult to go back to sleep.
But before he knew it, Zhu Xuan also fell asleep.
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early morning.
The sun rises.
The soldiers who kept watch at night went back to sleep, and the soldiers who got up early came to take over their shifts. When they saw Zhu Xuan, they wisely did not disturb them and deliberately avoided them, for fear of waking them up.
But the footsteps of the soldiers still woke up Cen Hua, who had a relatively light sleep.
The moment she opened her eyes, she found that she had fallen asleep in Zhu Xuan's arms. She was stunned for a while, then jumped up quickly, turned around and ran away to her room.
After she left, Zhu Xuan rubbed his eyes and stretched again.
Unexpectedly, I fell asleep with my little sister outside. Fortunately, the dew here was not heavy. When I went back to the room, I saw that Sister Miaojin was still sleeping, so I got into bed and caught up on my sleep.
They didn't get up until noon.
Hou Xian prepared lunch.
When Zhu Xuan saw them, they all had dark circles under their eyes and his mental state was not very good. He must not have slept well last night.
"I'll never drink coffee again."
Xu Miaojin said with a yawn.
Cen Hua blushed and said, "I must not drink anymore."
Thinking of what happened when she got up in the morning, she felt ashamed and embarrassed.
Zhu Xuan said: "My fault, my fault!"
After lunch, Zhu Xuan opened the navigation chart and simply marked it to determine how long it would take to reach the Cape of Good Hope.
Life at sea is very boring.
Coffee only brought part of the fun and a little trouble of not being able to sleep, and soon it became boring again.
Several days passed.
"Your Highness, the coastline seems to be coming to an end."
Li Niu ran back and said.
This end was probably the Cape of Good Hope, and Zhu Xuan walked out immediately.
