Winemaking is a matter for craftsmen, and Liu Dalu doesn't know much about it, so he won't get too involved.

However, the use of grapes is not only to make wine, in the development of grape use, Liu Dalu obviously has more say, because only he knows how to eat grapes.

For example, raisins.

Grapes are not durable to be stored for a long time, especially in this era of inconvenient transportation, fresh grapes can not be stored for a few days, if you want more people to eat grapes, know that there are grapes in Qingping County, and it is imperative to make raisins.

In addition to some things that must be attended by adults, the Dragon King still likes to play with the children, while playing, while letting the children do things, the Dragon King thinks it is very interesting, just like making raisins now, Liu Dalu is ready to get it with the children, of course, there will definitely be a few adults mixed in it, like Tie Ling, Wang Yong and Tie Datou.

"Lamb."

"Huh?"

"You go and gather the children, let's pick grapes and make raisins today."

"Basilisk, what are raisins?"

"Drying grapes is raisins, can this task be completed?"

The lamb straightened out his small chest: "The lamb can." ”

"Okay, then let's go and gather my friends."

As soon as the little sheep slipped away, Tie Ling and the others smiled bitterly on the side, and asked again: "Dragon King, how many raisins do you want to make?" ”

"Let's do it first, by the way, you go and vacate the dam, the grapes will be dried in a large area, and the children will pick the grapes."

"Is there anything else?"

"No, it's very simple, it's to pick the grapes and dry them, the raisins can be stored for a long time, and when they are made into raisins, they can be used as snacks to be sold in the surrounding counties."

"Understood."

"It's been a few days, why didn't Shi Wen come? Could it be that the grapes haven't been sold out yet? ”

Tie Ling had no source either, and they all said they didn't know.

The Dragon King just said it casually, two or three hundred catties of grapes, and he didn't pay attention to it yet.

In Tiejiabao, of course, the name of the Dragon King is good, and the eldest sister Zhang Xiaoyang quickly gathered her friends, and she pressed a large area and made a lot of noise.

"Master Dragon King, shall we still go hunting birds today?"

Because the grapes are ripe, attracting a lot of birds, the dragon king organized several bird hunting activities, although the birds did not catch a few, but the children are still in high spirits, and they are not tired of it.

"No, today we make a snack, this kind of snack is called raisins, that is, the grapes are picked and dried, so that everyone can eat delicious grapes every day in the future."

Then Liu Dalu told these children what to do, just picking grapes, which was very simple, and there was no need to say more.

Under the leadership of Liu Dalu, the children are very happy, a bunch of grapes are picked, often the largest will be eaten by the children secretly, from time to time the children will go to chase a bird to play or something, have a lot of fun.

The grapes are sent to the dam to dry, and with the current weather, they can be dried in ten days and half a month, and then they can be sold.

In addition to raisins, eating leftover grape skins is also a good thing, as it is a source of lilac pigment.

Boil the grape skin with vinegar for a few minutes, drain the water, the water will turn lavender, which can be used to soak clothes, generally will not fade, if you boil for a period of time, make it into a mud paste, you can use it to make pigments, and add a little beeswax, you can make rouge and lipstick, but it is estimated that no one will use these in this era, too non-mainstream...

Vinegar is also relatively expensive in the Eastern Han Dynasty, unless necessary, Liu Dalu will not be so neat, but even if it is not used to make pigments and rouge, grape skins can also be soaked in the ground and used as fertilizer.

.........

Just when Tiejiabao was making wine and making raisins, in Mingfeng County, the shopkeeper Shi Wenshi was very helpless and angry.

He had no choice but not because the grapes could not be sold, but because the sales were so good that he sold them the day after they were shipped, which proved that the grapes were extremely popular.

But the more popular the grapes, the more attention they will be.

Grapes were indeed a rather rare fruit in this era, which was generally enjoyed only by the upper classes, and ordinary people only heard of its name and did not see it.

As the so-called upward and downward effect, the upper class people think it is good, the lower class people generally imitate it, grapes are liked by the upper class people, and the business sense of the businessmen is the most sensitive.

In the past few days, people have come to Shi Wen's house every day, knocking on Shi Wen's side, asking where the grapes are coming from, in addition to some businessmen, there are even some big families in Mingfeng County, which makes Shi Wen annoyed, but there are too many people, and he doesn't dare to turn his face.

Recently, Shi Wen didn't dare to go out, so he closed his door to thank customers, thinking that he would wait for a while before the limelight passed.

But this kind of closed-door greeting has no effect at all for some big people, such as now, one of his businessman friends has brought him a big man, and this big man must be personally received by Shi Wen.

This big man's surname is Zhen, and this surname alone makes Shi Wen feel like thunder.

Shi Wen opened a wine shop, and he must have to deal with wine in normal times, but now the wine is mostly rice wine, brewed with grain, and the big man surnamed Zhen in front of him is buying and selling grain at home.

The main territory of the Zhen family is not in Jiaozhou, but in the Central Plains, but even so, as one of the four famous commercial families, the Zhen family is also an existence that Shi Wen must look up to.

This child of the Zhen family is not as arrogant as some people, and his attitude is very kind, but he pointed out the predicament that Shi Wen is facing now, in general, Shi Wen's strength is insufficient and he can't control the field.

And this is only the first time, if there is a next time, Shi Wen should experience the cruelty of the world, and there are many people in Mingfeng County who have the ability to do such a thing.

This child of the Zhen family also told Shi Wen that the best way now is to find a big man to protect him immediately, let the big man eat meat, and he can also pick up some soup to drink by the way.

This is the reason why Shi Wen is angry, he is not young, so he knows that this kind of thing will really happen.

But Shi Wen was not reconciled, so he let go and said coldly: "You should have guessed where the grapes came from, right?" ”

Seeing the faces of the Zhen family, and thinking about the faces of those people in the past few days, Shi Wen felt a kind of happiness in his heart: "There is no place where grapes are planted nearby, so that's right, it is Qingping County, where there is a snake demon, I saw a snake demon last time, but I dare to go, do you dare to go?" I can get grapes and even wine from the basilisk, but you can't, because the basilisk won't eat me, but others. ”

Shi Wenxin said, scare me, you only dare to scare me, why don't you see you to scare the snake demon, one or two, isn't it quite capable?