Chapter 327: Cool and Fragrant

Although everyone doesn't know what he wants to do, they are used to what he tells him to do, which is also the principle he has always advocated.

This is actually a problem of execution, if it is missing, then there will be a big problem with the management of the factory, and the opposite of execution is passive sabotage.

There are many people and great power, not only the three dumb people, but also the five people of Chen Danian, Fang Dajun did not participate, he was recalling some memories, and he was also thinking, if it was confirmed, it was the thing that he thought of, what should he do next, because it involves a series of problems, the most important thing is the problem of sales, and it can only be a treasure if it can be sold, otherwise no matter how good it is, it is impossible to use a lot of manpower and material resources to do it, doesn't that mean that he enjoys it alone.

Now he is thinking about how to help the Flag Commune get rid of poverty, which is also a big challenge for him, and if he can take action when Yang Mei takes office, he can definitely play a key role.

No matter how it is calculated, it is worth a vote, and when he comes back to his senses, the tea fruit is almost picked, Fang Dajun took it and looked at it, this thing is not very regular, the image is a little like the seeds that the gentleman's orchid bears after it withers, after knocking it open, there are several petals of seeds in it, just like chestnuts.

Put it in his nose and smell it, there is a clear fragrance, but it is very light, and it will be gone after a few more smells, but he is not disappointed, just like rapeseed, he can't smell it before it is pressed.

"Let's go, let's squeeze the seeds out of the oil now." Fang Dajun looked very excited.

This tree is really big, even if some seeds have not been picked yet, it still picks dozens of catties of fruit. And they put their clothes in bags.

There was something to do. Naturally, they acted. Quickly rushed back, to the oil mill, well, in fact, it is a very small workshop, only when the oil is squeezed, the vegetable oil has long been out of season, and the tung oil is still being squeezed, which is not edible.

So it was cleaned up again. Replace with clean tools.

Fang Dajun was also curious about the oil extraction process here, which is a very ancient method, which is a combination of wood and stone, and then made of oil extraction engineering.

A waterwheel, a grinding plate, a section of ancient camphor wood trough, a rice bed, a suspended stone ram...... Combined into the most primitive and oldest oil pressing machine. If you don't dry the water of Camellia oleifera seeds, there will be a lot of residue after the crude oil comes out, and the taste is quite bad. Those who don't understand can't figure it out at all, and they can't do it.

Chen Danian directly found the most oil-extracting craftsman in the commune. Because of the needs of the process, the oil is not so fast. Fang Dajun simply asked about the process of oil extraction, he is doing this, of course, it does not refer to oil extraction, but production, as long as it is the production process, there can be improvements, not that others are not good at craftsmanship, but that the ideology is inferior to him.

Among the craftsmen found, the leader is called Wang Qinian, this name Fang Dajun seems to have seen it many times, but he can't remember it for a while, it is estimated that it is a bit popular, or it has the atmosphere of the times.

Wang Qinian has been squeezing tea tree oil before, but the number of times is not much, and while introducing, he puts the hulled camellia seeds on the grinding plate and crushes them. The power of the grinding pan is driven by the waterwheel, and all the components are made of wood, and when it turns, it babbles, but now in order to hurry, directly let a few big men go up to push, the principle is similar to the grinder, it seems to be rough, but it contains great wisdom, which is the crystallization of civilization.

"After the camellia seeds are ground into powder, they should be slowly fried with a simmer, so that the oil squeezed out is fragrant, and then steamed in a rice basket, and then filled with a round iron hoop with a straw pad to make a blank cake, and the blank cake is loaded into a pressing trough chiseled from a whole wood, and a wooden wedge can be installed on the right side of the oil trough to be pressed." Wang Qinian explained in a clear manner, don't look at the people who look honest and honest, similar to ordinary croppers, but they have read books before, and their skills are also family heirlooms, and when it comes to professional work, there are a few brushes.

The main equipment of the oil mill is a huge oil trough wood, which is made of a super large fir tree, and the benefits of the fir wood will decay, and it will not be destroyed by insects and ants, and a "oil trough" about five feet long and one foot wide is chiseled out in the center of the big tree, and the oil blank cake is filled in the "oil trough". Once this preparation process is complete, the oil can be extracted.

After the preliminary work was completed, but seeing Wang Qinian holding a suspended stone hammer weighing more than 200 catties, which was suspended above the beam, and the push of the stone mill was a principle, Wang Qinian slowly hit the stone hammer into the "pile" in the oil tank, and after a while, a wisp of fine camellia oil slowly dripped down from the oil tank, and the workshop was filled with a refreshing fragrance.

It's actually simple, in fact, it's really complicated, and there is also a step omitted in the middle, that is, first take the tea fruit to the sun, this rapeseed is the same, after harvesting, you must dry the moisture inside, otherwise there is a lot of water in the fried oil, and it will take a long time to evaporate the water, and the shrinkage will be quite serious, and the oil is not so fragrant.

However, now it is just an experiment, and it can't be managed so much, and the camellia seeds turn into oil about going through six processes: spreading, peeling, grinding, stir-frying, steaming, and pressing.

"It smells so good!" Jin Chi said at this time.

It was getting late, and the sun was about to set, so there was a great delay in the oil mill, and even the commune cadres rushed over when they heard the news.

Now there is no doubt that tea oil can be eaten, because not only Wang Qinian knows about this, but some older people in the commune also know about it, but everyone has not paid attention to it, first, the oil output is too low, and second, they feel that there is no vegetable oil fragrance. This is equivalent to everyone knows that the wild fruits on the mountain are delicious, but they can't be eaten as food, and when they encounter it, they pick a few wild fruits as snacks, and if they don't encounter it, then forget it.

And because the process of squeezing tea oil is a bit cumbersome, the villagers can't pick it themselves and squeeze it, so they get this oil house, and the oil house is from the commune, so you can't give a person some tea oil privately.

Fang Dajun was a little speechless, Beidou generally uses two kinds of oil locally, one is rapeseed oil, and the other is lard. Vegetable oil is suitable for stir-frying meat, lard is suitable for stir-frying vegetarian dishes, it is a traditional custom, and I have not heard anyone say that eating too much lard has a three-high problem, which is actually related to the environment, from snacks to big, working every day, it is strange to have three highs.

At this time, the tea oil is ticking out, very slowly, and accompanied by a lot of bubbles, there is too much moisture in it, because it is directly picked, even if it is fried and steamed in the middle, it cannot be exempted, and it can only be exposed to the sun before processing.

The color of the oil is similar to rapeseed oil, the smell is of course different, this is crude oil, in fact, pure crude oil from nutrition, not as good as blended oil, but more fragrant, pure incense, which is incomparable to any blended oil, the same, also accompanied by a strong raw smell, after the pot, must be heated over high heat, until the bubbles evaporate dry, can be used for cooking, so that you can avoid the raw taste.

Blending oil doesn't matter in advance, who is still overnourished now, and the nutrients are different.

Fang Dajun squatted down at this time, put his fingers into the wooden basin, dipped a little oil foam, and then put it in his mouth, and in an instant, his eyes lit up.

It is very fragrant, fragrant, very cool, and has a cool feeling, and at the same time it is slightly sweet, but it also has a little bitter and astringent taste when it is tasted at the end, which is the raw taste, which belongs to the unique jerky of plants.

"That's it, pure wild camellia oil." Fang Dajun exclaimed, he couldn't recognize the appearance, looking at the tea tree, the tea fruit couldn't be sure, but the taste was unforgettable.

"What are you talking about, Dajun?" Jin Chi asked, crouching down.

"Hehe, I said this is camellia oil, it's very fragrant and valuable." Fang Dajun said happily.

"How much can it be worth?" Jin Chi asked again.

This question, Fang Dajun is easy to answer, but there is a scale in his heart, this oil was not very valuable at first, and it did not attract attention, but as the people's requirements for living standards are getting higher and higher, they are getting older, and there are more and more problems, and they have become picky about living ingredients.

Ordinary rapeseed oil, take a certain golden dragon rain as an example, ten catties, about seventy yuan, and seventy yuan, can only buy one pound of camellia oil, compare, you know, ten times the price difference.

Of course, at the beginning of the 20000 years, the price of this oil was only about twice that of vegetable oil, but then it climbed all the way, boiling every year, and when Fang Dajun crossed that year, in 2013, it had risen to a terrifying 70 yuan a catty, and it was in short supply, and many people wanted to buy it, but they were out of stock.

Camellia oleifera, also known as camellia tree, likes warmth and is afraid of cold, requiring an average annual temperature of 16~18 °C and an average temperature of 12~13 °C during flowering. Sudden low temperatures or late frosts can cause flower and fruit drops. It is required to have more sunlight, otherwise only branches and leaves will grow, and the fruit will be less and the oil content will be low. Sufficient water is required, and the annual precipitation is generally more than 1000 mm, but continuous rainfall during the flowering period affects pollination. It is required to be planted in places with gentle slopes and weak erosion, and the soil requirements are not very strict, which is generally suitable for deep acidic soil, and is not suitable for places with many stones and hard soil.

Such a requirement, some overlap with the golden silk nanmu, it happens that the environment of the flag is very suitable, and relying on the reservoir, the water source is not a problem, it can make the tea trees grow more lush, no wonder there are many wild varieties left, Fang Dajun's thoughts also turned. (To be continued......)