I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 530 [2 More] 530

Although not sure, but in order not to miss it, Liu Tan still ordered all the nearby fruits to be harvested.

Those fruits need to be shelled, and if there are too many, it will take a long time. However, the amount they found is only a small bag. Liu Tan estimates that it will be enough for Liu Che to eat for two or three days at most, if it is really rice.

After returning, he had someone steam the processed fruits in a pot. Of course, he didn’t steam them too much, and he didn’t taste them rashly after steaming them. Instead, he gave them to the chickens to eat a little. A native tasted it, no problem, and then let his own people try it.

In the end, everyone was fine, and Liu Tan was sure that it was indeed rice.

He drained some of the rice and planned to use it as seeds. Although he didn’t know if it could be planted, he had to at least try, or he could get some if he passed by Lingnan when he returned, but he didn’t know if the varieties there were the same as here. Same.

Because the rice collected was limited, Liu Tan was very "stingy" and got Liu Che a pineapple rice made of rice. As for the others, they also had pineapple rice, but the pineapple rice was made of yellow rice.

When you are away from home, meals are always simple.

When the ship was still drifting at sea, even Liu Che's menu was reduced a lot. The fear was that they would run out of supplies before they found land.

And even at sea, it’s not easy to catch seafood. They don’t have such a long fishing line, and if they want to fish, they have to put a small boat down, but the small boat is not safe enough at sea, so unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not Let the boat go fishing.

So even if Liu Tan only made two dishes this time, it's still pretty good at Liu Che's place.

Even when Liu Che smelled the fragrance of coconut chicken and pineapple rice, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's better to have a talk before we can eat something decent."

Seeing Bu Fan's frightened expression, Liu Tan couldn't help laughing and said, "From Erchen's point of view, the previous dishes are quite decent, so I just want Erchen to cook new dishes?"

Liu Che pretended to be serious and said, "Since you know, why did you do two?"

Liu Tan raised his head and said, "What should I do if I eat so much accumulated food at night?"

The emperor and his son were joking there, and the rest of the people were hard at work. It is rumored in Chang'an that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm is the person who holds the recipes of the fairy world. Did you eat?

But in any case, it is recognized that the dishes produced by the King of the Northern Realm are absolutely first-rate, but it is a pity that there are too few people who eat them, and they have to follow His Majesty the emperor every time to have the honor to taste them.

However, the number of people that His Majesty brought with him was not fixed every time. They said they were unlucky, but it was really bad. After so many years, no one had drifted to other islands with His Majesty the Emperor.

But if you are lucky, at least you can eat the new dishes of His Royal Highness the King of the North.

Others don't care that the emperor and his son get along like this, but Liu Fuling is really on pins and needles right now.

He originally thought he could bear it, but now he finds out that he can't. Now he doesn't expect Liu Che to only see him in his eyes. Anyway, even when he was the most favored back then, Liu Che still had one eye for Prince Liu Shi. of.

But the problem is... now he is completely ignored.

If it wasn't for the fact that his sitting position hadn't changed, he would have wondered if he had been given up.

But at this time, the position did not change but became a torment. He always felt that other people seemed to be laughing at him, but after he glanced around, he found that no one paid attention to him, and he became angry again—the emperor could ignore him, and Liu Tan could ignore him. Ignore him, are these people ignoring him now?

You must know that there are people from him here!

Liu Che didn't know that he had a son who was trying to fill his brain with joy. He took a bite of the coconut chicken. The refreshing coconut milk combined with some other ingredients made this dish very delicious.

Compared with the sweetness and deliciousness of coconut chicken, pineapple rice is very special, with the sweet and sour taste of pineapple and the unique smoked taste of bacon.

Liu Che took a sip and asked, "Did you find the rice?"

Liu Tan was a little surprised: "Father knows about rice?"

Liu Che looked at him very dissatisfied: "Why don't I know about rice? I know it as soon as I eat it."

Liu Tan has always been the same, this thing should be a precious thing that has never been heard of by ordinary people, but although it is also precious to Liu Che, it is not completely untouchable.

But... no, with Liu Che's financial resources, it's no problem to raise a paddy field for things like rice. Why hasn't he seen it before?

Just when Liu Tan was puzzled, he suddenly heard Liu Che say, "I didn't think it was delicious when I ate it before, but I didn't expect Tan'er to find a way."

Only then did Liu Tan realize that he co-authored it because he doesn't like rice?

However, it is not surprising that people of an era have taste preferences of an era, and they are used to eating yellow rice, so they may not find rice particularly delicious.

Especially the rice at this time has not been improved, and the taste is not as good as that of later generations. It is normal for Liu Che not to like to eat it. What's more, most of the current rice should be double-cropping rice. After all, it seems that the Central Plains has never heard of rice. Although the season rice grows fast, it does not taste very good.

The land in the northern border country should be considered suitable for growing rice. If it can be planted, it should taste good.

Thinking of this, Liu Tan said with a smile: "There are too many things that can be made and eaten, but unfortunately there are too few, and the rest may not be enough for other things."

As soon as Liu Che heard that there was something delicious, he immediately said, "Then send someone to look for it."

Liu Tan: ...

Who doesn't want to go back now?

Probably because his helpless eyes were too obvious, Liu Che resolutely changed his words and said, "Let's go back."

After all, it is inconvenient to be here. His son has started to simplify the things he cooks for him. In order to eat more delicious food, it is better to go back quickly.

Of course, how much gold can be dug before going back, let’s take it home first—Liu Che originally thought that the boat couldn’t hold that much, but when he saw the boat his son made, he decided to bring back a little gold .

And Liu Tan, who pointed out the gold mine, still tenaciously worked out his sugar workshop.

It's just that this time he learned the lesson and asked Mrs. Wei to choose a place to build.

After it was built, the first thing he had to do was sanitation, and then he would test how to make sucrose.

The simplest and stupid way is to boil, boil away all the water, and the rest is sucrose and other ingredients, and then try to peel off the other ingredients.

The step of stripping can be omitted, as long as the sucrose can be produced, everything can be processed after returning home.

And here...there are many trees. Before Liu Che asked people to cut down a lot of trees for firewood. Liu Tan took a look and found that Liu Che was really impressive everywhere.

There is no need to burn firewood for heating in this place. The biggest use of firewood is for cooking. However, the amount of dry firewood they have obtained now can probably stay in this poor place for another two months.

So Liu Tan entered the mode of not being distressed by the cubs, and started to boil sugar with these firewood. The boiled sugar was red, and it looked like stone honey.

Liu Tan has never survived sugar before, so I don't know how the output rate is now, but it's a bit low for him to see for himself.

But compared to the current price of sugar, it is still much cheaper.

After all, they used to rely entirely on imports of stone honey, and they were not imported directly. They were a bit far away from India—the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of later generations now belongs to the Xiqiang, and it is not yet the territory of the Han. The stone honey you buy is either bought from other countries, which is equivalent to an extra middleman, and they are the only source of goods, so the price is not exorbitant?

In comparison, even if the sugar cane yield is not high, it is cheaper than this!

Liu Tan did the math, and felt that basically everything he wanted was in the south, but that was not yet the territory of the big man.

Then how could he mention to Liu Che that he had not suspected that the emperor was going to open up the territory if he brought down the south?

Of course, the most important thing is that his fief is too far from the south, even if he is defeated, he will not get any benefits, so it seems too suspicious to make such a move.

Because of this, when Liu Tan finally left, he looked at the island with some reluctance.

Liu Che stood on the deck in high spirits. His previous ship was so damaged that he couldn't see it. Of course, even in its complete form, it couldn't compare to Liu Tannong's new ship.

Feeling the stability and speed of this new boat, Liu Che even felt that with such a boat, he could go out to sea for a walk at any time.

Liu Tan didn't know what Liu Che was thinking, but if he knew, he would probably be able to jump up.

He just looked at his father and asked, "Is it really okay to keep so many people here?"

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Are you worried that someone will become king?"

Liu Tan shook his head: "No, I'm just worried that they will be assimilated by the local aborigines."

Liu Che: ...

You have been worried for too long, right?The main reason is that they will send people over immediately after they go back. After all, there is such a big gold mine there, Liu Tan is so reluctant to part with Liu Che.

Liu Che watched the small island gradually move away, and after a while, he found that the natives had gathered around the temporary port they made, waving at them, as if reluctant to leave.

Liu Che was very surprised: "What are they doing?"

Liu Tan leaned on the fence and said, "Probably because you can't bear to part with us?"

Seeing Liu Tan's actions, Liu Che felt terrified, afraid that his son would accidentally fall into the sea, so he couldn't help but reach out and grab Liu Tan's collar to drag him back and said, "Stand up for me, What does it look like?"

Liu Tan had no choice but to stand up straight and said, "I heard from Wei Buyi that these natives seem to want to go with us."

Liu Che was completely lost: "What did you do to them?"