Chapter 153: Serving as a God

Su Laoer, Yang Dalang and other strong laborers in the village carried tea oil, honey and vermicelli and came to the intersection with Hu Erlang, Fu Zhong and others.

There are several jars of tea oil and honey, and only a careful and strong man can pick them up. They are very valuable, so no one dares to be careless.

When we arrived at the intersection and put down our carrying poles, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as they were afraid that something might spill on the road or the jar might break.

"Burp, burp!" A convoy of cars came from a distance, pulling cages of piglets.

"Here they come, here they come!" The villagers stood up happily when they heard the piglets cry.

"Boss!" Shopkeeper Zhu greeted Hu Erlang from afar when he saw him, looking very proud.

"Thank you, Manager Zhu!" Hu Erlang smiled.

These piglets were sent from the provincial capital by the Hu family caravan.

The villagers came forward to help unload the piglets, load tea oil, honey and vermicelli into the truck and tie them up.

The two parties settled the bill for the piglets, tea oil, honey, and vermicelli. After deducting the money for the piglets, Manager Zhu still had to pay 3,200 coins.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, you go first. Mr. Hu and Mr. Fu have things to do!" Su Ying said with a smile.

Hu Erlang looked at Su Ying doubtfully and nodded to Shopkeeper Zhu.

"Yes!" I wish the shopkeeper got in the car.

"Bring more cars here tomorrow!" Su Ying said to Shopkeeper Zhu.

"Okay!" Shopkeeper Zhu took the goods and left.

The villagers carried a basket of piglets in pairs and walked back in groups of three or four.

"Father, you guys go ahead. I'll take Mr. Hu and Mr. Fu to Golden Wind Village!" Su Ying said to her father, "I'll be back tomorrow!"

"Okay, be careful on the road!" Su Bucheng nodded, knowing that his daughter was very smart and that there must be good things in Jinfeng Village.

Su Ying led a few people to another fork in the road.

"Are we going to the Li people's village?" Hu Erlang asked.

"Yes! Let's go to Jinfeng Village! Are you afraid?" Su Ying said with a smile.

"Well, if I were alone, I might be a little scared, but with you here, I'm not afraid!" Hu Erlang also smiled.

In Huanggou Village, the Li people are very familiar with Su Ying. They always ask Su Ying for advice whether they have something to do or not. Su Ying can skillfully switch between Li and Chinese to communicate.

Fu Zhong was a little worried, but he didn't show it on his face. Fu Wang's eyes showed nervousness, and he looked around from time to time on the way.

"Don't be afraid. The Li people are easy to get along with. The people in Jinfeng Village are very welcoming." Su Ying just noticed Fuwang's nervousness and said, "I'll take you there. There are good things there!"

"What good stuff?" Hu Erlang asked curiously.

"Sugarcane!" Su Ying said mysteriously.

"Sugarcane!" Hu Erlang said in surprise.

Fu Zhong was also stunned.

"Of course! It's the sugarcane harvest season now. This stuff is precious. If we take some to Jiangnan or the capital, we'll definitely get a good price!"

Yesterday, Hu Erlang brought so much cotton and cloth. It was a huge favor. The people in Huanggou Village couldn't give him anything good to repay the gift. They only had sugarcane from the Li people.

There are three theories about the origin of sugarcane.

One is that it originated in China. There is a record of the sugarcane product "Zhejiang" in "Chu Ci. Zhao Hun". There are also records in Sima Xiangru's "Zixu Fu", Liu Xiang's "Zhang Ming", Zhang Heng's "Qi Bian", Cao Pi's "Ganwu Fu", Tao Hongjing's "Ming Yi Bie Lu", Jia Sixie's "Qimin Yaoshu", etc.

The second is that it originated in India, and the third is that it originated in the New Guinea Islands in the South Pacific.

Regardless of which one it is, China is the earliest country in the world to produce sugar from sugarcane.

However, early sugarcane sugar was not solid brown sugar, but paste brown sugar, which was mainly used for medicinal purposes and sold in pharmacies. It was a precious medicine comparable to Ganoderma lucidum.

Tian Khan heard that India had advanced sugar-making technology, so he specially sent craftsmen to learn sugar-making technology.

During the Tang Dynasty, sugarcane had spread from south to north to Jiangnan, Shu and other places.

Due to the requirements of the planting environment and the blocked roads, sugarcane is mainly planted in the Lingnan area. It is a good thing that the Li people do not easily pass on to others.

Some merchants paid a large sum of money to transport the sugarcane to the capital, but only high-ranking officials and nobles could eat it.

Jinfeng Village is quite far away. It took more than an hour to walk from the fork in the road before I saw bamboo houses of various sizes.

The Li people children who were playing were the first to see a stranger coming in. They ran to the side of the road and saw that it was Su Ying.

"Aniu! Is your grandpa here?" Su Ying asked one of the little boys.

"Here!" Ah Niu answered, turned around and ran back, shouting: "Grandpa, Grandpa! I've been looking for you in Aying Village!"

Aniu ran and shouted all the way, alarming the Li people in the village. Men and women appeared out of nowhere.

"Sister!" Diexiu ran out and pulled Su Ying affectionately.

"Diexiu! How is it? Have you mastered beekeeping?" Su Ying asked.

Diexiu learned how to make vermicelli and beekeeping and returned to the village. Su Ying gave her some honey.

"Well, it's done!" Diexiu said happily, "How come you have time to come here, sister?"

"Bring guests to your place to buy sugarcane!" Su Ying replied, "Let's go to the leader's house first."

As he was speaking, Aniu came hurriedly with an old man of the Li ethnic group in his fifties, "Old Man Aying, please come in quickly, please come in quickly!"

"Grandpa, let me introduce you. This is the second son of the county magistrate, Mr. Hu Erlang! And this is Mr. Fu, a merchant from Jiangnan!" Su Ying introduced the two parties.

"Welcome, welcome!" The leader hurriedly asked his daughter-in-law to boil water and make tea to entertain the guests.

"Grandpa, I've brought two distinguished guests with me. Besides buying your vermicelli, I'd also like to buy some sugarcane. Do you have any extra in the village?"

Su Ying drank the refreshing local tea of ​​the Li people and asked the leader.

When I entered the village just now, I saw that every household had a lot of vermicelli hanging out to dry.

"Sugarcane?" The leader looked at Su Ying, then at Hu Erlang and Fu Zhong, father and son.

"Yes! Grandpa, if it's difficult, forget it. I won't force you!"

Su Ying came to the village with Diexiu, Ah Hei and others last time looking for kaolin, clay, etc. After Diexiu, Ah Hei and other Li people boasted about her, the Li people in Jinfeng Village all knew that Su Ying was a smart and capable village elder.

Su Ying saw that there were a lot of sugarcanes growing in Jinfeng Village. They were dense but very few were thick. Most of the sugarcanes grew in a rather sloppy and casual manner and were not very thick.

Although "Qimin Yaoshu" describes how to grow sugarcane, the Li people have not read this book and do not know how to plant it artificially, so it basically grows naturally.

Some Han people exiled to Lingnan planted sugarcane, but they only planted a few in front of and behind their houses to satisfy their cravings. No one was willing to use large tracts of farmland to grow sugarcane, as it was not enough to guarantee food security.

Therefore, the current sugarcane cultivation has low yield and average quality.

Su Ying felt it was a pity and talked to her grandfather, telling him that if sugarcane wanted to grow strong, it had to be planted in a proper density and the leaves had to be scraped off regularly so that the sugarcane could grow tall and strong.

This word awakened the dreamer, and the reason why the leader and others had been troubled was actually here!

They worship Su Ying like a god, no wonder she can make grass roots and tree roots into food!

Sugarcane is very precious to the Yu Li people and is not easily sold. Without the permission of the leader, it cannot be sold to outsiders. The leftover sugarcane is squeezed into juice and boiled into sugar paste to sell to pharmacies.