Since the beginning of winter, there have been three rounds of snow, but the situation in the mountains is actually much better than in the city.
There are geothermal hot springs at the source of the Emerald Lake. When Fang Fang and his team arrived, the water surface had not yet frozen, and there were still some dark green spots on the lake beach.
The camp is permanent. The thick meadow is opened to reveal the stone foundation, a layer of moss and a layer of wooden boards. Apart from the initial lesson from the cold winter, once the tent is erected, it is enjoyment for Equation.
With reindeer moss as a bed, fur as a cushion, and an everlasting charcoal fire burning, life was much more comfortable than in the small houses in the city.
When you feel sleepy or tired, you can take a dip in the ground spring near the camp.
I really don’t know how this camp was chosen, whether it was for winter hunting or vacation.
The real situation should be that the equation is responsible for the vacation, and the people below are responsible for the winter hunting.
The Li Yannian brothers selected twenty-seven people, seven of whom were from the Jurchen tribe. They all had excellent water qualities. When half of the liquor they brought went to them, they no longer complained about being tired. They spent more than two hours in the water a day, and in less than one Xundong Pearl has already mined three, covering all the costs of the trip. The next step is pure profit.
The remaining twenty people were divided into four teams and three shifts were reversed.
During the day, one shift patrols, two shifts collect, and the remaining shift rests.
The animals near the camp seem to have become accustomed to human behavior. There are not as many prey as expected, and most of the resources are consumed in reserves, mostly mountain products, chaga, and forest ginseng. Each one is valuable, and the quantity is also larger. It is divided according to head. So far, one person can get three taels of silver.
Everything is just the beginning. According to Li Yannian's estimate, when they finally leave, not counting the four people in the equation, each of the remaining people can take away as little as a dozen taels of silver, or as much as twenty or thirty taels.
Fang Fang looked down upon this, but for the civilian soldiers who were neither above nor below, with the supplement of this money, they could maintain the lowest level of dignity in the coming year and wait for possible opportunities.
"Looking at the weather, the fourth snow is probably coming!"
After walking out of the tent, looking at the gloomy sky in the distance, Fang Fang stepped on the snow and walked towards a tent in the distance.
More than 80 kilograms of birch sap has been collected, and more than 20 kilograms have been collected from maple trees. Basically, everything that can be collected nearby has been collected. There is no way...the timing is wrong, and the sap is absorbed by the trees themselves. I want to collect it on a large scale. We can only wait until next year when the snow melts.
But progress is okay.
After slow cooking at a correct low temperature, the bitter taste mentioned by Xiaohu is gone.
The ratio has also found a middle value. After leaving one pound out of eight pounds, the sweetness can be obtained, which can meet the needs of ordinary people for sweetness and meet the cost requirements.
This ratio was not expected at the beginning of the equation. After all, in his memory, the northerners were sugar-eating and had a great demand for sugar. But he forgot one thing. In later generations, the sugar-eating in the north was due to the explosive growth of sugar production and the convenience of obtaining sweet taste. Down.
Nowadays, among the human beings in the world of Kyushu, let alone sugar-eating, a hundred people were caught on the road, less than 30 people had eaten maltose, and less than five had eaten gray sugar. As for the rarer honey, even if the people at the bottom get it, they will often get it. The first time I changed it into money, it was a sin to even take a bite.
In this case, the person is extremely sensitive to sweetness.
He still remembers the scene a few days ago when he let people taste the birch sap, and the pure juice showed a sense of satisfaction.
As long as it can fool your taste buds, what else do you need for a bicycle?
The first step is completed, and the second step is to mix maple trees with birch trees. Compared with the birch trees planted by the Kulun people, there are more maple trees growing naturally in the Wu Dynasty.
Not mainly maples, mainly because of the trouble.
Birch sap can be collected from the beginning of spring to the beginning of winter. For a birch tree that is more than fifteen years old, it can be collected three or four times a year. It does not exceed more than ten kilograms at a time without damaging the birch tree itself.
But maple trees are not good. In addition to the limited collection month, it is also related to the ambient temperature and does not meet the requirements for mass production.
In addition, the slow cooking step is more troublesome with maple syrup.
This is why maple syrup is less available and more expensive in later generations.
"Maple syrup, got it out?"
As soon as the curtain was lifted, a sweet smell penetrated the nose. Fang Fang asked the little tiger squatting beside the fire pit.
"Come on, come on, in another hour at most, I should be able to meet your requirements, sir!" Xiaohu stood up with a blush on his face.
The days of watching fire are uncomfortable, and repeating the same thing is even more irritating. But after the finished product came out, the smile on Xiaohu's face never dissipated.
"Don't worry, maple syrup is harder to get than birch syrup. Just get it out and a few problems can be solved later. By the way, is there anyone else?"
Ever since the first pot of maple syrup was boiled, there have been many people visiting this tent. The real woman who asked for liquor at the beginning wanted to exchange the liquor she got for syrup. After the day's work was done, she couldn't wait to stay here. For nothing else, just for a sweet bite.
"Earlier, there was smoke coming out of the mountain to the east. Yan Ting rushed there with the off-duty people. They won't know the specific situation until they know!"
Accidents always happen, and the same goes for winter hunting.
The smoke is a signal. If you see a station nearby, whether for self-protection or morality, you will send someone over to take a look.
"Is nothing going to happen?"
Fang Fang frowned, and the loose string in his heart suddenly tightened.
In the wild, who can say for sure?
"No!" Xiaohu shook his head, "If something happens, there's no way we won't notice it. It's probably just to show off!"
"This mountain range has been known to us for hundreds of years. We know everything in it. Hunting in winter is boring and work is boring. Generally, after six or seven days, when you can't stand the loneliness, you will start to do things. Some are... It’s just to cause trouble, and some of them are just lucky enough to hunt rare animals like tigers and wolves, and use the smoke to invite people over to show off, and hold a banquet or something!”
"If something big happens, it won't be one fire, but several fires at the same time!"
"After all, there is still food in the mountains today!"
After listening to the explanation, Fang Fang gradually relaxed, "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. No matter what kind of news we bring back, we should be more prepared in the past few days!"
He was deceived by the comfort he felt these days. Now that his guard was raised, it was best not to let it go again.
"That's for sure. No matter what happens, if we add three more people starting tonight, there will be fewer people needed during the day anyway!"
The fourth blizzard is coming. After this snow, the snow will be one foot deeper. It is impossible to go far in the forest patrol, so it is better to strengthen the precautions at night.
"As long as you know it, I'll watch the fire. You should rest!"
The step has reached the last part. Xiaohu must have stayed up for half the night. He must rest when he should, otherwise something big will happen.
"Then I'll go and sleep for the night first. If anything happens, sir, call me!"
After saying that, Xiaohu didn't pay the bill, just unwrapped a roll of fur, and lay down as soon as the fur was wrapped.
