The fleet from Fujian arrived on Jeju Island on the ninth day of March in the second year of Jingding, and the fleet saw a large area of wooden rafts before docking. In Fujian, sea drifting is not common, let alone on such a large scale. After feasting their eyes, the people on the boat immediately asked Liu Meng when they went ashore.

"Those are wooden rafts from Liaodong." Liu Meng proudly explained, "The wooden raft from the Japanese country only needs to be put 600 miles to reach Jeju Island. The wooden raft from Liaodong has to be placed for 2,000 miles. ”

Hearing that the two thousand miles away, the brothers who had just arrived in Jeju Island all showed shocked and admiring expressions on their faces. It is only a little more than 2,000 miles from Fuzhou to Jeju Island, and it takes 2,000 miles to put a wooden raft, which is indeed very unusual.

After blowing his credit, Liu Meng talked about work, "What are you going to do with those pork?" ”

The leader of the team pointed to many people behind him, "Many of the people who came this time are students who graduated from our cooking major." There is also a master to lead the team, and the pork affairs are left to them. ”

The newcomers only drink boiled water, and these guys are much better than the previous ones. They just had some stomach discomfort, went to the toilet more frequently, and were far away from vomiting and diarrhea, and recovered quickly. Seeing that these people passed the first hurdle like this, Liu Meng was very happy. Until he was taught the introductory microbiology by the ship's doctor, that is, seeing the world with a microscope......

As a melee general, Liu Meng originally didn't like long nails. Learn that you are surrounded by microbes, many of which are the source of illness. In addition to not having long nails, Liu Meng also began to wash his hands frequently. Seeing the somewhat neurotic approach of this fighter, the doctor sighed in his heart. In Quanzhou, where he saw firsthand, the cadres who had received the latest biology education were also overly frightened like Liu Meng. The doctor was not particularly worried, and by the time he left Quanzhou, most of the cadres had begun to return to normal.

The howl of the pig was quickly ended by the pig-killing knife, and the processed pork leg was salted and sent to the selected cave. It was shady and the humidity was good. The rest of the meat is made into a delicacy for everyone to enjoy. After eating the meat, the master had to regret that if the boars could be castrated earlier, the taste would definitely be much better than now.

After listening to the suggestion, Liu Meng immediately took out a small notebook and recorded it. When he was done, he asked, "What else should I pay attention to?" ”

The master frowned slightly and savored it carefully for a while before raising his head and asking, "This meat tastes so fragrant." What did your pigs eat? ”

Fujian has many people and little land, so it is not a place where you can eat meat regularly. Without investigation, there is no right to speak, Liu Meng's family is not wealthy, and the amount of meat eaten is far from enough for him to skillfully distinguish the subtle differences in the taste of meat. After tasting for a long time, Liu Meng asked the person next to him, "Did you taste anything?" ”

The people next to them looked at each other, and they didn't know what the so-called fragrance was. At this time, a young cadre sniffed the pork deeply, and then replied: "Isn't it a taste that is a bit like flour and sweeter than flour?" ”

Hearing this description, the meat master's eyes lit up, he nodded again and again, and asked eagerly, "What is that?" ”

"I'll get it!" The young man stood up and ran away without a trace.

Everyone looked at this guy's back, and Liu Meng smiled: "This kid is a fiery character, don't mind." ”

Listening to Liu Meng's round, the others retracted their expressions of jealousy. Being different on such an occasion is indeed a big show.

Since there are people who are busy, everyone continues to eat and drink, and at the same time talk about Fujian food. The brothers who just came from Fujian said that Zhao Jiaren bought grain from Liangzhejiang Road, and the food supply in Fujian was quite sufficient. Although I don't eat much pork, after having roast duck, the oil and water in my stomach gradually increase.

Halfway through the meal, the guy who went out ran back. When I got back, I took something out of my pocket. Everyone saw that it was an acorn. When you cut the acorns, you can immediately smell a fresh aroma that resembles the smell of pork. If these people were able to travel back in time, they might have a chance to eat the famous Spanish ham. That kind of pig feeds on acorns, and the meat is full of the strong aroma of acorns, which is recognized as a high-quality product.

Zhao Jiaren suggested that Liu Meng go to the Liaodong Peninsula to collect acorns because he liked the taste of the ham very much. But Zhao Jiaren is not a farmer, otherwise he would have told Liu Meng that the pigs would be castrated.

Determined the source of the aroma, the masters couldn't help but praise the natural endowment of Jeju Island. This aroma greatly increases the delicacy of pork, and if the piglets that are born seven days old can be castrated in time, the pork will be more delicious in the future.

After eating the meaty meal, the masters discussed it on their own. Pork leg is made of ham, which is easy to store. Of course, the casing should be fully utilized to make pork into a meat sausage that is easy to preserve. The pigs here are quite fat, and I don't know if the lard can be stored for a long time.

There are not only masters in catering, but also masters in leather, and they also have their own plans for the treatment of pigskin. After everyone discussed, Liu Meng was given an overall plan.

After the pig is killed, the skin is peeled, and the bristles are plucked, and the bristles and the treated pig skin can be transported back for use. Ham and marinated sausages can be shipped back to Fujian, and lard can be reprocessed. In short, dozens of items. Liu Meng didn't expect that a pig could have so many doorways, which was also unexpected.

With a plan, it can be executed. However, the shop for boiling lard was only open for the next day, and some people began to object, "Can you not let them boil lard on the edge of the city, the smell is too bad!" ”

Not only the brothers below, Liu Meng himself also felt that the taste was really unacceptable. If it is simply eaten, seasoned with peppercorns, ginger slices and garlic, the taste of pork is not unpleasant. But when a large amount of lard is boiled, those smells gather up and make the air smell much worse. In the face of so many objections, the boiling of lard had to be temporarily suspended.

But that doesn't stop the gang from going on. Changing to the beach, which did not affect everyone's downwind, these people took quicklime, mixed lard with fat and quicklime, and heated it in a large iron pot to boil. The quicklime reacts with the fat and is gradually boiled into a paste. Quicklime is a medium-high alkaline substance, but it corrodes and decomposes, and the disgusting smell begins to dissipate. Skim off the dark layer of slag floating on top of the paste, and then filter the wisps of stuff inside the paste to finally get a thick, white liquid. The paste finally didn't smell disgusting.

The litmus paper turns blue immediately when it is touched with some liquid, indicating that the liquid is alkaline. Pyrite is heated with coal and absorbed with water. Without a litmus test strip test, you can smell sour just by smelling it. The acid obtained by precipitation is mixed with an alkaline liquid, and the final thing is a semi-solid with a neutral pH.

Iron molds are already prepared in the windmills, and semi-solids are sent in for pressing. The iron mold flows out a lot of liquid under tremendous pressure, leaving an irregular cake-like substance. The cake is pressed several times to turn white, dissolved and cast into an iron mold with cotton thread in the middle. What is taken out is a candle of white color.

In this era of oil lamps for all people, stearic acid candles are well-deserved high-end goods, not only with high brightness, but also without peculiar smell. With a little bit of extracted fragrance inside, the candle can give off a wonderful fragrance.

Playing with these objects with his own hands, Liu Meng himself was stunned. He didn't expect that such a barren place on Jeju Island could produce such things. Raising his head, Liu Meng asked, "What should I do next?" ”

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