Chapter 163 Sugarcane Sword Master

"This Chen Shou... is really good at cursing without using dirty words."

Zhang Fei was convinced and a little moved. No wonder his second brother wanted to study by himself. His level was indeed far behind.

"Sun Quan was passed down for his military governorship, but Cao Pi was passed down for his food? Even better than his literary talent?"

Zhang Song was puzzled. What was more important than the way of civil and military affairs?

"Zi Qiao doesn't know." Liu Bei was also envious when he said this:

"Just like the university in the future, there are scientific classics in the future, which can use water power, increase farmland production, clarify all things, and know the constant of heaven."

"And scientific methods..." Liu Bei wanted to talk about the amazing scene in the future, but he felt it was too cumbersome, so he said it in one word:

"It is better than the methods of immortals."

Zhang Song was puzzled, but he saw that Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong on the other side were already staring at the light curtain carefully, and they didn't intend to miss a word.

【The literary youth Cao Pi left a lot of literary poems, so it is relatively simple to study.

For example, in "Ganwu Fu", he saw the sugar cane planted in the front yard and lamented that it flourished in midsummer and withered in autumn. Isn't it the same for us humans?

The article is well written, but to be honest, it is because sugar cane, a tropical crop, was frozen to death... If you were in the south, it would grow for you for several years without stopping.

In "Dianlun", he boasted about his swordsmanship, saying that he and his ministers drank and ate sugar cane, and when he was in a good mood, he challenged his ministers to a sword contest with sugar cane as a sword. He beat Deng Zhan, who was known for his bare hands, 3-0, so we now give him the nickname "Sugar Cane Sword Saint".

The rock honey that Cao Pi gave to Sun Quan also came from sugar cane, which was the original sugar block after sugar cane was boiled and exposed to the sun.

Sugar made from sugar cane can be said to be a stepping stone to the industrial age. Cao Pi may be the first emperor in history to come into contact with this stepping stone.

It's a pity that Cao Pi only studied literary fu and never studied the improved sugar method.

What is the use of sugar? A simple example:

During the time of Erfeng, there was a miraculous doctor named Sun Simiao. In his book Qianjin Fang, there are two prescriptions that use sugarcane as the main medicine.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, merchants from the southwest went to Tubo to do business and would carry crude sugarcane called "Wan'er Sugar" with them to relieve altitude sickness.

Erfeng can be praised for this point. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, sugarcane from India flowed into China. After Erfeng ascended the throne, he sent people to India to learn how to make sugar, but the Indians were cunning and cheated Erfeng.

It was not until Wang Xuance destroyed the country alone and captured sugar craftsmen and brought them back to the Tang Dynasty that the sugar industry in the Zhenguan period developed rapidly. A hundred years later, during the time of Emperor Xuanzong, Jianzhen crossed the sea to the east and brought the technology of sugar making with him, and he lived a simple life and enjoyed the fruits of his labor.

Sugarcane in the Tang Dynasty was basically brown sugar. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a decolorization process to turn brown sugar into purer white sugar.

The famous "Heavenly Creations" Ganshi Chapter summarizes the sugar-making process. The only problem is that the decolorization method has deviated. 】

Heavenly Creations! Kong Ming suppressed his excitement and hurriedly said to Pang Tong: "I'll be on your left, you'll be on your right," and then he buried his head in copying.

When describing the decolorization method, the light screen was even more pictured, with a cross on the left side for "yellow mud leaching method" and another simple picture on the right side with "sealing mud method" marked.

Copying them together, Kong Ming's heart was calm, and he just thought of himself as a ruthless copying machine.

【Sugar addiction is engraved in the genes of all organisms.

Looking back at modern history, the first thing we see is the Industrial Revolution, and its buds came from the slave trade. The origin of the slave trade is simple: sugar.

It's a pity that Emperor Wen of Wei, who was holding a sugarcane to fencing, would never have thought that this thing could not only be used to demonstrate swordsmanship, but also to reverse the course of history. 】

"Reverse the course of history..." Liu Bei trembled, and felt that these few short words made him feel like a mountain falling down in his face.

In a trance, one could even see a beautiful person holding a piece of sugarcane, crushed into powder by the mountain.

Then Liu Bei glanced around the hall, and finally fixed his eyes on the three people from Yizhou.

"Zi Qiao, do you know sugarcane?"

Zhang Song picked up the words he had copied and read them, nodded and said:

"There are many of these in the south, and the juice is sweet. After squeezing the juice, boil it until it becomes sticky, and after drying it, it becomes rock honey. Cao Pi's sad words are quite..."

Zhang Song laughed as he spoke. Yizhou was not unfamiliar with sugarcane. It could grow for three to five years after planting it, so why did it die in autumn?

"Rock honey is very popular in Yongliang."

Mi Zhu is familiar with this:

"Liaodong also wants this thing. People there carry this thing when they go out in the severe winter. They say that if they eat it in danger, it can stop hunger and strengthen their courage."

Almost immediately, Mi Zhu also exerted his professional instinct:

"Rock honey is suppressed for the time being. As long as the red and white cane sugar in the light curtain is made, it will probably be sold all over the world, not inferior to Shu brocade!"

Mi Zhu's eyes also lit up. He felt that if he followed the light curtain, the business would be very good!

All new things that have never been seen before, and they are all new things that no one can refuse!

"For the current major event, we should try to make this candy!"

Liu Ba interjected. He was also quite sensitive:

"If its sweet taste is ten times better than rock honey, it may be able to make a hundred times the profit!"

Kong Ming finally finished copying with Pang Tong. After reading it twice, Kong Ming pondered for a long time.

His eyes passed over the per-acre yield of sugarcane, various types of sugar, and its medicinal and emergency uses, and finally stopped at the words "slave trade".

"This recipe is enough to ensure the prosperity of the Han Dynasty for a hundred years." Kong Ming said:

"But it can also bring chaos to foreign countries for a hundred years."

Pang Tong seemed to be thinking about something, and he felt that Kong Ming was thinking about something far away that he could not see.

Zhang Fei, on the other hand, blinked and couldn't understand, so he could only discuss what he could understand with Zhao Yun:

"Zilong, I wonder how charming this Wang Xuance is?"

Zhao Yun was silent for a moment and guessed:

"Or driving tigers and devouring wolves... But no matter what, these four words can be used to explain the martial arts of the prosperous Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years."

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"Sun Simiao should be summoned to the court to treat your Majesty's head wind and dampness."

Changsun Wuji jumped out first.

Fang Xuanling agreed: "Since it has the reputation of a light curtain, everyone should take good care of their bodies."

"In the previous Sui Dynasty, Sun Simiao was summoned but refused to do so. Now we might as well move his clan to Chang'an and give him farmland to show his favor."

Du Ruhui shook his head: "What's so difficult about this? Just invite him to the Ganlu Hall to take a look at the light curtain."

Hou Jun took a look at the collection and praised:

"This method is wonderful! I heard that Sun Simiao was obsessed with medical skills and had no interest in officialdom."

"However, there is a light curtain that can reveal the medical skills of future generations. Sun... Medicine King will definitely not be able to refuse!"

Then the ministers looked at Li Shimin in the center. The Emperor of Tang pondered for a while and agreed:

"In that case, it's time to prepare an edict."

Before, he only thought that these were minor illnesses, but now Li Shimin also plans to take care of his body and fight against the ignorant foreigners around him!

Yuchi Jingde didn't understand much, he just stared at Wang Xuance's name:

"Hero! Awesome!"

Li Shimin was also a little fascinated in his heart: This was his official of the Tang Dynasty. Such meritorious deeds would surely shine through the ages. He, Li Erlang, would also have a bright face!

"I told Dai Zhou to go back and look for him. I can't say that he might be a minister of Zhenguan."

Li Shimin was in a good mood and gave the instructions casually, but then his expression dropped:

"This method of making sugar is so rare, how could you just give it to a Japanese slave?"

Although it is not stated clearly, if you put the two keywords Dongdu and Xiaoli together, you can use your toes to figure out where this Jianzhen went.

As for Jian Zhen’s identity, everyone present was not stupid, and they could guess that he was a Buddhist mage just by looking at his name.

"It should be to make friends with the local Japanese slaves."

Du Ruhui could also guess it:

"Give them kindness and let the Japanese slaves respect the monks and love the Buddha. Only in this way can they spread the Buddhist teachings."

Li Shimin snorted coldly, but he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

I just wonder if Buddhism appears too often?

But these are not important. Looking back at the bowl of candy, Li Shimin has already seen the military value in it.

"The current cane sugar edict!"

The Emperor of Tang Dynasty made up his mind.

[In addition to cosplaying the Juggernaut in his spare time, Cao Pi also transforms into a product anchor, endorsing the fruits of the north.

Anyi imperial dates, Zhending imperial pears, and Xincheng japonica rice were all personally praised by Cao Pi. By the way, he ruthlessly dissed Nanfang:

Southern longan and lychee tasteless, spicy chicken! The Kodong oranges were so sour that my teeth cracked, and they were even more spicy! Jianghuai’s Changsha rice has a false reputation and cannot compare with the fragrance of my Xincheng rice.

And what is the perfect fruit for Cao Pi? Grape.

Sweet but not trickling, crisp but not sour, cold but not cold, long and juicy.

This is Cao Pi's praise of grapes by using his literary talent.

Emperor Wen of Wei's literary collection was simply a massacre here, and he even wrote a guide to eating it:

In the late summer and early autumn, if you have a hangover all night, the dewy grapes you eat when you wake up the next morning are the most delicious, quenching your thirst and quenching your thirst.

However, it is estimated that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty did not agree with Cao Pi's words, and even sympathized with them:

You, Cao Zihuan, are not called gourmets, but you don’t know that the color of lychees changes in one day, their fragrance changes in two days, and their taste changes in three days?

The lychees you ate in the north must have been spoiled or salted. How dare you diss that lychees are not as good as grapes?

Cao Pi, who is alive in heaven, was probably unconvinced: I am in Luoyang, and you are also in Luoyang. If I can't eat, can you? What the hell...Lizhi said? Excuse me.

Which grape and lychee is the best? The person with the most say should be Yang Yuhuan.

When she was a child, her father served as the governor of Shuzhou and tasted lychees here. When she was ten years old, she went to Luoyang. .

But at this time, Concubine Yang still misses the litchi from her childhood. What should she do? Xuanzong said the problem was not big.

In order to manage such a vast territory during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, a post station was set up every 20 miles to transmit official documents and military information.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were 1,700 post stations and nearly 20,000 post stations in the territory, striving to make the center of the prosperous Tang Dynasty hear the voices of every corner of the empire.

Xuanzong moved his lips, and now the Yangba Road and Ziwu Road from Fuzhou to Chang'an are collectively called Lizhi Road.

The civil servants of the Tang Dynasty were very efficient. A person could be replaced every twenty miles and a horse could be exchanged every sixty miles. Litchi could reach Chang'an in three days.

Yang Yuhuan ate happily, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was pleased, and the staff at the station won the Holy Heart.

Everyone has a bright future.

At this time, Du Fu stood up very unpleasantly:

Galloping and offering lychees, hundreds of horses died in the mountains.

Du Mu's poems have also been passed down through the ages:

Riding on the red dust concubine smiled, no one knew it was lychee. 】

I was having dinner as a farewell party in the evening, so the second update was a little later.