Chapter 178: Xingboke

"What can this thing do?", probably Qi Zhentao, who is also a well-organized person, did not feel like wasting time at all, but felt that it was very interesting to sort out those strange things brought back from Nanyang with Ye Tao and the others. When Ye Tao proposed to let Seven Seas Trading Company expand the scale of rubber tree cultivation in the area now controlled by Nanyang, Qi Zhentao asked.

"For the time being, it can be used to strengthen the tightness of everything, and it can be used as a cushioning material to reduce vibrations. The main reason is that the process of processing rubber is not yet mature. But with the rubber, a little modification of the thing that sprayed the fire oil, I think it wouldn't be a problem to increase the range by another fifty to a hundred paces. Ye Tao said confidently. Naturally, this was not a problem, it was just the countless ways he could come up with to use rubber that most impressed Qi Zhentao.

Indeed, even if it is only this one, Qi Zhentao feels that it is worth it. Although according to Ye Tao, the fierce fire oil is still a certain distance from the naval war artifact "Greek Fire" mentioned by Assad, it is already quite easy to use. So much so that no pirate dared to mess with a merchant ship flying the flag of the Nanami Trading Company, and no pirate or privateer fleet dared to touch the fleet of the Samir family.

Participating in the sorting of those tropical crops opened Ye Tao's eyes and found a lot of things that he found useful. For example, the coca leaf he found the day before gave him the idea of making some coke to drink, and he didn't ask how many people in this era would have the same hobby. After all, there were many people who were not used to the taste of cola in the original era, and they didn't like to drink it all their lives. But as long as he loves to drink, that's enough. But he couldn't remember how the soda filling was done after a long time. Carbonated drinks are simple to say, carbon dioxide plus water is carbonic acid, but storage and transportation are all problems, in this time and space. There is no commercial value for a long time.

Ye Tao had no choice but to give up the idea of coke. After all, for the sake of him alone, well, maybe you can add Tan Weixin, the faint feeling of nostalgia of the two people and invest considerable money, manpower and material resources to develop a set of technical systems, it is not a luxury that can be described. Fortunately, Ye Tao found solace in the buckets of sealed things: Cocoa.

This kind of thing is easy to do, Ye Tao made a large can of hot cocoa drink and distributed it to everyone, which immediately attracted a round of applause. Especially the grandchildren and grandchildren of the old man Qi who came to play, and a large number of children. I immediately fell in love with this sweet and refreshing drink. With cocoa, is chocolate still far away? However, the amount of cocoa shipped in this batch is not much after all, according to the principle of everyone who sees it, everyone tastes a little hot cocoa drink, and then Ye Tao and Old Man Qi divide the rest of the land for their respective family members. But Old Man Qi had already identified the second thing that needed to be planted.

"What does it smell like?" Finally finished sorting the unknown number of things piled up in a warehouse, Ye Tao and Old Man Qi walked into another warehouse. In the corner of the storeroom, Old Man Qi's subordinates were gesturing with a low-level steward of the Samir family while cooking something on a small stove. The mellow fragrance wafting through the air made Ye Tao think of something.

"Old man, Ye Gongzi. This is something that our own sailors brought back. It was the last time I followed the Samir family's fleet all the way to Dubai. The fruit is small and used by the locals to make something like an ointment, which is difficult to eat, but very refreshing. A middle-aged man came up and reported.

"Refreshment?" Ye Tao shook his head and asked, "Where do these beans come from?" ”

“…… A place in Isobia called Kaffadi. It seems to be. This thing can just be a little refreshing, the crew brought it back to make it a little more delicious, and the local natives don't know anything, it's too bad. The middle-aged man explained strangely.

Of course it's too bad. Ye Tao hurriedly leaned over to take a closer look at the beans that had been lightly roasted and dried to prevent the water from **. Sure enough, it's coffee beans. On a small table next to it are several local coffee products wrapped in oiled paper. When I asked, I found out that the unpalatable ointment is that the coffee beans are ground and mixed with animal fat, without any other flavoring...... Rich in fat and original flavor, coffee beans are really a good product for navigators to refresh and replenish their physical strength, and it is no wonder that such unpalatable things can be put in their mouths. Another way to eat it is to boil the coffee beans in water. The smell of boiling coffee beans goes out of the water, and that's probably how it works. But Ye Tao is insensitive to this kind of "coffee soup".

"I want these things," Ye Tao shouted loudly, "Together, help me transport these things back to the Chun Nuan Residence." By the way, Zhou Rui, bring my toolbox ......"

Ye Tao was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and soon dragged a large group of people back to Chun Nuan Ju, and worked in the well-equipped kitchen of Chun Nuanju.

Ethiopia's original coffee beans. According to a certain parlance. That's the birthplace of coffee fields. And Ye Tao once used French press and Ethiopian coffee beans to make people who are almost completely loveless about coffee obsessed with original black coffee. Ye Tao knows. In this paradoxical time and space, the shape of the continents has changed, the climate has changed, the geology and landform have changed, and even the coffee beans in the Kaffa region of Isobia are estimated to taste different. Ye Tao was not a senior coffee taster after all, and it was impossible to know which way of roasting and processing was most suitable for a coffee bean after tasting a little coffee bean, so he had to order to take out four servings and process them with light, medium, heavy and cinnamon roasting methods respectively. After a while, the tempting aroma of coffee filled the Spring Warm House.

As Ye Tao's residence, Chun Nuan Juli naturally has a small studio, and in the short time of roasting coffee beans, Ye Tao has used all kinds of simple tools and utensils in the studio to assemble a very rough drip coffee pot. As for grinding coffee beans, he can solve it in an unknown number of ways.

When Ye Tao returned to Chun Nuan Ju with a large number of people excitedly, Tan Weixin, Dai Qiuyan and Sophie and others were still chatting in the extremely comfortable quiet room of Chun Nuanju. When the Spring Warm House inevitably seemed a little noisy, several of them couldn't resist their curiosity and returned to the bright and spacious living room with huge and soft fabric sofas in the Spring Warm House. Hearing that Ye Tao was making something called "coffee", Tan Weixin smiled slightly.

It's been a few surprises these days, the hot cocoa is still in the mouth, and the coffee has arrived. Tan Weixin quietly instructed Sisi and Qiao'er to prepare milk and sugar. They even asked them to prepare some nutmeg powder, honey and the like. Then, Tan Weixin asked Sophie if she knew where the cups that Ye Tao treasured were placed?

Cup? There really is. Ye Tao once made a batch of cups that did not quite fit the tea drinking habits of this era. The cups have large handles that allow users to avoid worrying about getting burned. However, this kind of ceramic product, which Ye Tao called a mug, is destined to be popular only in a small range. For example, the interior of Ye's workshop, which is also not very particular about etiquette, and the Blood Qi Army, which is so particular that it is unwilling to pay attention to it anymore. You must know that it is one of the etiquettes to hold a hot teacup quietly when drinking tea, and go to the tea party. When serving hot tea, it is easy to expose the problems of insufficient training and lack of manners.

But mugs are still popular on a small scale, after all, this thing is really easy to use, after all, everyone likes hot tea, but no one wants to maintain the so-called etiquette all the time. And the surface of the mug is a good place for decorative design. The mugs of the Blood Qi Army, the mugs inside the Ye Workshop, and the mugs used in the Yi Zhan Building are all exactly the same size and shape, with completely different colors and decorations.

When Tan Weixin asked this little question, Sophie immediately remembered that she was in Ye Tao's carriage. In the glove box that was placed with the toolbox, there was a thick flannel bag containing four cups. Four cups that Ye Tao had never used.

The cup of that style is pure white, and the cup is decorated with a dark green and black pattern. In the middle is a black kraken, and on the outside is a green ring pattern, leaving the shape of two pentagram stars and two rows of fonts above and below. The bold font should be two words. Sophie was a Frank, and she didn't understand how Ye Tao could know the language of the Anglo-Saxons, who were farther west than the Franks and farther away from Dongping, but those two words didn't seem to Sophie to understand at all. She only remembers the spelling: "Starbucks Coffee."

It's an almost perfect afternoon, coffee, mugs, milk, honey, brown sugar, nutmeg, hand-whipped milk froth...... Aside from things like vanilla syrup, Ye Tao has almost brought Chun Nuanju's living room back to the twenty-first century. Cheesecake has long been one of the snacks prepared by the Ye family, and it has always been loved by everyone, and with the mellow taste of coffee, the cheesecake seems to taste sweeter.

Ye Tao and Tan Weixin naturally enjoyed such an afternoon very much. Holding a mug full of coffee, he buried himself in the sofa and moved his body to avoid the direct sunlight. Let the soft and delicate milk foam stay on the upper lip, and it will not be wiped off with a smile until the person next to you reminds you. This is almost Starbucks, a place that all those who have a little bit of a petty bourgeois complex in their heads can't avoid. In this afternoon, Chun Nuanju has a minimalist living room, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a group of people who have just performed a Hanfu show are resting and relaxing.

The lowly steward of the Samir family was unexpectedly brought here, and was astonished to see that the Orientals, who had become less and less mysterious in the eyes of them, had turned the extremely unpalatable invigorating ointment that they regarded as a disaster into a fragrant and mellow liquid, and into something that was perfectly acceptable to all. It's like magic.

"Xin'er. Let's chain up Starbucks, shall we? "When everybody leaves. Ye Tao whispered in Tan Weixin's ear.

“…… Don't be too spoofed. The corners of Tan Weixin's mouth twitched and said, "Coffee beans of Isobia origin." Even if it is processed locally and then shipped over, what is the cost? Even if Mr. Qi agrees to plant coffee beans in Nanyang, it will take two or three years to form a scale. Moreover, it is not cheap to ship it over. Don't you think that instead of turning Starbucks into an aristocratic luxury, we should enjoy it ourselves? …… Besides, how are you going to explain the translation of Starbucks? ”

Ye Tao said helplessly: "Okay, I think the previous reason is more convincing to me." Only a small number of people enjoy it, and it is really impossible to get this thing. …… The explanation of the translated name you said seems to me to be not a problem. Starbucks was originally a translated name, since it is a Siren pattern, wouldn't it be nice to change the translated name? For example, 'Xingboke'...... The pattern and the text match. ”

“…… You...... Alas, well. Let's keep this idea. Let's see if there are any conditions in the future. But. You can first ask the Samir family or Old Man Qi to guarantee us the supply of cocoa and coffee. Tan Weixin pursed her lips. In fact, getting a Starbucks chain out by herself also has a great temptation for her. Moreover, the inner government now even has quite a deep experience in chain store management. Although chain stores such as "Shobo-sen-sang" and "Ajisen Ramen" are not overwhelming, they have a fairly solid and stable turnover everywhere they open. It's just that Starbucks is too spoofed.

"The old man made up his mind to start his own plantation, and even the Samir family was dragged into the water. To say about the supply of these things. That's absolutely fine. Moreover, the Samir family now really regards Nanami Trading Company, Mr. Qi and me as friends, and their attitude towards doing business has changed in the past few years. Ye Tao said indifferently.

After all, the Samir family and the old man Qi are different. Although the Samir family has been operating in the South Seas for many years, they have always reached purchase agreements with local natives for spices and other things. Although they spend very little on acquisitions, they do not harvest much each year because the local indigenous cultivation is too extensive. After all, the Samir family is a family that made their way in the deserts of the Middle East, and that's how they understand farming. Moreover, all these years. As they sold Dongping's products and made a lot of profits, the problem of spice production became more and more neglected. But Old Man Qi is different, the Seven Seas Trading Company has just laid a small base in Nanyang, and after having several islands and ports for transit. There were people in the midst of the Seven Seas Trading Company who proposed to develop plantations in the area to grow spices and other cash crops. Old Man Qi immediately found a large number of old farmers with experience in reclamation, and took a group of displaced people who had lost their land to go vigorously. The amount of cloves produced by Nanami Trading's two small plantations last year really stunned a large group of senior deacons of the Samir family. And in the eyes of the Seven Seas Trading Company, this is what it should be. It turned out that the most that those natives did was to sow the seeds and then leave them alone, and the act of watching the sky and eating was too undisciplined in their opinion.

The clove trade had always been in the hands of the Sultan family, who were not very good with the Samir family, and although it could not reach the point of monopoly, the goods in the hands of the Samir family, which only occupied a little more than 10% of the total market, really did not make any waves. But Old Man Qi gave all the cloves to the Samir family at a very affordable price, so that the Samir family has vigorously launched dumping against the Sultan family since the beginning of this year, which made the Sultan family complain. Dumping backed by strong force, the construction of landmark buildings represented by bell towers and lighthouses. All of them have greatly enhanced the influence and prestige of the Samir family in the Middle East, and the continuous supply of table clock products and nautical goods has continued to widen the gap between them and other competitors, especially that they can even launch a comprehensive impact on a certain industry in a country and a certain region, what a powerful weapon......

Led by the old man Qi, the Samir family also began to try to establish various plantations in Nanyang. The Samir family has even reached a comprehensive partnership agreement with Nanami Trading Company, where they are trying to optimize the proportion of crops on the plantation so that what can be produced in a limited space can get the most out of everyone. And Old Man Qi brought a large number of things back to Dongping this time, and summoned a large number of people to identify the use value separately. It is because of this cooperation agreement.

The Samir family's partnership with Seven Seas Trading Company is all-encompassing. This time, their generosity in gifting artisans and selling artisans is proof of this. If it weren't for Qi Zhentao and Ye Tao as friends, they would not have sent Uzi steel and Damascus steel and a full set of craftsmanship to the East anyway. And in the eyes of the Samir family. It's just a belated exchange of technology. The craftsmen they sent not only learned a full set of building techniques for tower buildings, but also many techniques unique to the Ye Clan's workshop, such as the production techniques of cavalry armor and infantry heavy armor of the Blood Qi Army, ballista techniques, and preliminary technologies for fire oil and Martian bombs. When Ye Tao agreed to sell the formula of the fierce fire oil to the Samir family at a fairly "cheap" price this time, the representatives of the Samir family, including Assad, were thunderous. They know that this is not Greek fire yet, but this kind of thing that is very close to Greek fire is already enough. And from this moment on, the Samir family has begun to treat Qi Zhentao, Ye Tao and others as real brothers. And coffee and cocoa are just too small to be smaller.