Seeing the passionate expressions of the girls, Yang Qian was a little dumbfounded. Damn it, I asked you to discuss it, but I didn't ask you to make a decision.
No! ! !
Yang Gan, who felt that his money and food were a bit unsafe, immediately turned his attention to the potato issue.
Pulling Zhang Yumeng out from among the women, he asked in a low voice.
"Let me ask you, is there any way to extend the shelf life of potatoes?"
Zhang Yumeng's mind hasn't turned around yet.
"What? You want the wall to be higher?"
"Fart, I'm talking about potatoes, potatoes!"
"Oh, oh~~!"
Zhang Yumeng was stunned for ten seconds before coming back to his senses.
"Do potatoes need to be stored for a long time? It's impossible. The storage time of potatoes is related to its storage method. Different storage methods will naturally have different storage times."
"If stored at room temperature, it will generally not deteriorate in about 15 to 20 days."
"If you put it in the refrigerator and keep it cold, it usually lasts about ten days."
"It can be stored in a vacuum for 3 to 5 months. It can be stored in a cellar for 2 to 3 months."
Zhang Yumeng paused.
"I feel like a vacuum of three to five months won't be able to meet your requirements, right?"
Yang Gan curled his lips.
"It's useful for three to five months. It can be stored for at least several years or even ten years. This way I can compress the food and free up more space!"
Zhang Yumeng sneered and spread his hands.
"Sorry, I can't do it~~~!"
"It's impossible for potatoes to be stored for that long unless they are made into starch, but even if they are made into starch, it will only last about two years. Of course, if your storage environment is better, five or six years will be no problem."
Yang Qian immediately grabbed Zhang Yumeng's shoulders, his eyes bursting with fire.
"Ah? Starch, hey, I'm such a pig brain, tell me how to do it?"
Zhang Yumeng shrank back, feeling a little confused.
"Brother, look at what time it is today, how about it~~~ Ming? Anyway, Shang Guo's affairs are almost settled. From now on, you will just go to work and be a mascot, right?"
"Hehe, I feel like you are the mascot!"
Put your mind on tomorrow, and you won't be in a hurry anyway. When there are too many potatoes and corn, it is not easy to save, and you will be able to feed the livestock on the spot.
It didn't take long for the girls to leave with satisfaction.
The next day.
Yang Qian spent a whole morning finishing his daily homework and leaving all official duties to the staff department. In the end, he just needed approval.
I have to say that Qingqing's move was really bad. She felt like she had been beaten into Chaoshan beef balls.
After eating the morning meal and taking a nap, Yang Qian felt a little unable to bear it any longer and directly announced that starting from today, the family would follow a three-meal system.
It’s not easy for anyone to say.
After taking a nap, Yang Gan immediately sent someone to prepare one hundred kilograms of potatoes. Why one hundred kilograms? Yang Gan also wanted to see how many kilograms of starch he could produce.
Although the food will be less, it is better than expired food.
Maybe we can use this to export grain in the future.
After the servant brought one hundred kilograms of potatoes, he ordered his servants to wash them immediately.
The amount was relatively large, so Yang Qian stopped doing it himself, and Zhang Yumeng started to direct from the side.
In fact, making starch from potatoes is very simple.
First clean the soil from the potatoes.
Cut the cleaned potatoes into small pieces. As for the potato skins, you can peel them off or not. Yang Qian thinks that it will definitely be a large-scale operation in the future. It is too troublesome to bring a peeler outside, so he just chooses not to peel it.
Then put the cut potato pieces into the meat grinder. Yang Gan doesn't have that kind of thing here, but he brings a meat grinder with meat filling. Although it is different, from the inside, it can also break the fiber of the potatoes. Crush it.
Under people's control, potatoes in small cubes
, under the rotation of the meat grinder, it immediately turned into mashed potatoes and fell out of the outlet.
Zhang Yumeng said that the wall breaking machine is not difficult. There are similar machines in the factory, but if it is to be produced on a large scale, the machine must be at least as big as a wooden barrel. Otherwise, how much can a wall breaking machine cut at one time?
Pour all the twisted mashed potatoes into gauze and filter, then put all the potato residue into gauze and knead it to wash out the starch inside.
When the water becomes thicker, classify the starch water and rinse again until the potato residue is washed and the water is clear and can no longer be washed out.
After five hours of settling time, pour out the starch water in the container. The starch will accumulate at the bottom of the container. It cannot be poured out at this time and needs to be dug out with tools.
At this time, the starch is still yellow in color. Pour in water and turn the starch into starch liquid.
Stir well and then let it sit for two hours. After it settles, pour out the water again, add water and let it settle.
After repeating this step four times, the potato starch will be precipitated and the color will be as white as snow.
Dig out the potato starch, crush it, find a place to spread it, and dry it. After two or three days, use a rolling pin to powder the starch, put it into a large can, and seal it for storage.
After two or three days of experiments, Yang Qian came to the conclusion that the flour extraction rate of potatoes is about 15%. I don’t know if it is related to the craftsmanship, but this is the result when it comes to his place.
That is, one hundred pounds of potatoes, and finally 15 pounds of potato starch.
After boiling this stuff with water, you can make jelly, vermicelli, and vermicelli.
Although the flour extraction rate is relatively low, it is still better than expired potatoes.
The method is much the same for cornstarch.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yumeng felt that this thing could be operated purely mechanically in several steps, and it was not difficult to operate.
If starch can really be produced on a large scale, the food will not be wasted. The most important thing is that the corn dregs and potato dregs are still edible. Even if they are tasteless and have thick fiber, they can still be fed to livestock.
The two crops are simply arranged clearly so that not a single bit is wasted.
After compiling the production process into a book, Yang Qian immediately called Mu Qing.
This matter must be handled well. The potatoes grown in the land in Liaodong in the future will be calculated in hundreds or tens of millions of dan.
If they are not transported to the places in need across the country within a short period of time, the potatoes will have to expire. Not only will they lose a large amount of food, but they will even have to deal with this batch of sprouted potatoes, which is worth millions of kilo.
That's a big loss to my grandma's family.
Compared with potatoes, the shelf life of corn is also very impressive. Although it has a shelf life of six months to twelve months after being dried and threshed.
But it is unstable. Once it is mixed with mold, it will become damaged in large parts.
You must know that the granary is very huge. If there are broken corn kernels in the middle, you may not check it for several months. When you open it when needed, the warehouse will be full of broken corn kernels. That would be funny.
It is better to make corn starch directly, and the residue can be fed to livestock, which indirectly can be regarded as making feed for the animal husbandry industry.
Take a pot and boil water, use a special funnel to squeeze the potato starch into strips and put it into the boiling water. When the shape is set, take it out and cool it in cold water. That is QQ spring vermicelli.
Just add a spoonful of sauce and your mouth will be full of oil.
This kind of thing is not only suitable for ordinary household food, but also suitable for commercial and military use.
In this way, the shortcomings of high yields of potatoes and corn are solved.
I saw that transportation is still inconvenient.
Thinking of this, Yang Qian's second talent belonging to the Central Plains people was about to be activated.
Apart from farming, what do the people of the Central Plains do best?
That is infrastructure.
It is not the magnificence of the construction that leads to the title of infrastructure madman, but some infrastructure projects are beyond the scope of what human beings can bear, so they are called miracles.
Great Wall.
Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Dujiangyan.
For example, Dujiangyan is no longer an infrastructure in the traditional sense. It has completely changed the natural landform. In ancient times, it was a miracle like a miraculous workmanship.
Now that Shangguo has been occupied, commissions will also be raised for the infrastructure construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In the future, wherever there is a shortage of food in the country, other abundant food can be transported in a very short time.
Whether it's transporting food or troops, it's a must.
The most important thing is the station of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. What a coincidence, in this world it starts in Yuntong County and runs through the entire Shangguo.
It will also reach Huai'an, Guangling, Zhenjiang, Piling, Wuzhou, Huzhou and Qiantang in Xingguo.
If the north and the south are connected and cultural exchanges occur, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal alone is enough to carry a civilization, and it is not too much to regard it as a bright pearl.
He immediately ordered that if the potatoes and corn could not be eaten, except for the sown ones and some stocks, all the rest would be made into starch.
On this day, Yang Qian worked hard to finalize his exercise plan.
Looking at Qingqing, his face was filled with sadness.
"Tell me, what's the standard for a good first step?"
Qingqing smiled.
"It's very simple. Just beat all the bones in your body, increase your weight by more than two layers, and stretch the muscles all over your body until they are as tough as a bow string."
"Of course, as you said, everyone has individual differences. After some people exercise well, they may not gain much weight, or even lose weight, but the weight of their bones will increase."
"Some people are too old when they break through, and their muscles have long lost their toughness, and they cannot be as tough as a string. This depends on their talent."
"After mastering it, five horses can't separate its body, a chariot can crush its legs, and it can tear apart a tiger and a leopard alive."
The corners of Yang Qian's mouth twitched fiercely.
This special meow is too exaggerated. Wait, suddenly, Yang Gan was stunned, and immediately he thought of someone.
Li Cunxiao, according to legend, this man was born with supernatural power, and even five horses could not separate him from him. Could it be that he was a master of the second step of Qi training, Dzogchen, or even the third step of Qi training.
Damn it, Yang Qian suddenly felt like he knew some historical secrets.
A person who has reached the third step of Qi training and is also born with supernatural power is like a steamroller on the battlefield. He is pushed all the way. If he really wants to run, there is no reason why he can't escape unless he is surrounded by others.
"Wait a minute, I can tear a tiger and leopard alive now."
Qingqing rolled her eyes.
"You are bullying the tiger and leopard. You are wearing the strongest armor and the second step of Qi training, and you are tearing the tiger and leopard alive with your own body."
