In the workshop, Xia Ye poured the harvested strawberries into a large stone pot and soaked them in salt water for half an hour to remove and kill small insects that could not be washed.

"What a waste!"

Seeing that the white salt grains were used like this, Woad licked her lips and grabbed Xia Ye's hand to prevent him from putting any more salt.

"Haha, let's go, take you to the storage room!"

There are several caves under the rock wall carved by a knife and axe, and there are already six nests of spring swallows that have made their home on them, and Xia Ye walked into the first one on the left with the woad fruit.

Tick tock!

Beads of condensed water fell from the roof of the cave, and in the secluded cavern, there was a crisp sound.

"Ahh

A cool droplet of water fell on the back of the fruit's neck, making her shiver, so cold!

Soon, a row of well-made oak barrels came into view, neatly stacked in the corners.

Xia Ye found the wooden barrel engraved with 'No. 1' and shook it, because it was sealed, he didn't know the specific situation inside, but he was ready to open the barrel, this time to participate in the blood survival trial, he had to bring some over.

"Sugar cane!"

Seeing Xia Ye digging out a bundle of sugar cane from the cellar, Woad smiled sweetly, picked up one, tore open the skin with his little white teeth, and took a big bite.

Crunch!

Juice overflows in the mouth.

It is said that it is a cellar, that is, several regular square soil pits were dug in the ground, straw mats were laid, and more than 20 clay pots the size of watermelons were piled inside.

Xia Ye took one out, pulled out the survival straight knife in the boot, removed the yellow mud used to seal it, and opened the lid.

"Wow!"

Woad exclaimed, the sugar cane in her mouth fell, and in the light of the torches, she saw that the jar was full of salt, white as snow powder.

Xia Ye dipped a little with his finger, tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, there is no moisture deterioration!"

Goo!

Woad swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, unable to take his eyes off the snow salt at all, he had grown so big, he had never seen so much salt, and the quality was still so high.

You know, not to mention a can, it's half a jar, it's enough for the tribe to wage war against the tribe that owns it.

Wait a minute!

Xiangguo subconsciously turned his head and stared at the more than twenty watermelon clay pots, his lips trembling a little: "Big brother, these ...... Won't it all...... It's snow salt, right?"

"Snow Salt, that's a good name!

Xia Ye smiled and took out another one to open it.

"Oh!"

Woad patted her small chest as flat as a fish, and breathed a sigh of relief, it's okay, it's not all, otherwise I'll be crazy with happiness!

So much white snow salt, not to mention eating, it is a pleasure to look at it every day, Xiao Lori picked up the watermelon clay pot, and was about to smell the taste of happiness up close, when she heard the second half of Xia Ye's words.

"A third of it is filled with brown sugar!"

The little hand trembled, and almost dropped the watermelon jar, what?brown sugar? Little Lori immediately rushed to the front of the jar, while baring her teeth, staring around with a fierce expression like a hound protecting food, while touching the weapon.

Xia Ye raised his hand and flicked it on the back of Xiao Xiangguo's head: "What are you doing?

"Protect the brown sugar!"

The fruit is right, the brown sugar water is the best water she has ever drunk, sweeter than honey, and the sugar gourd is the most delicious snack she has ever eaten, so brown sugar is something that needs to be guarded like life for her, and whoever wants to snatch it must step over her corpse.

"What to protect? I have already planted the sugar cane, and when the harvest is in the fall, I will continue to boil brown sugar!"

Xia Ye rubbed the hair of the little Lori, in this era, it is sad to think about it, brown sugar can become a material that makes people desperate.

"Oh!"

The fruit was still not at ease, even if he was squatting next to the jar, his eyes were still staring at the brown sugar like fine sand.

Suck it!

A smell of sugar lingered on the tip of the nose, making little Lori's saliva secrete vigorously.

"Hold it up, let's go!"

Xia Ye tidied up the cellar, his original intention was to let the little Lori hold a jar, but she had one in one hand, and carefully moved it out of the cave, afraid that one of her feet would accidentally trip and break.

"It's not that exaggerated, I'll do all these things"

Xia Ye couldn't help but laugh, it was a long way to go to an abandoned salt mine, so he made a lot of it at once, anyway, if this kind of thing is properly preserved, it can't be broken.

"Well, big brother is amazing!"

Xiang Guo praised it, and looked at Xia Ye with admiration in his eyes, but he was still careful in his movements, there was no way, the psychological gap could not be smoothed in an instant.

You know, a piece of pale yellow salt full of various impurities, small woad fruit are carefully preserved, every meal is reluctant to eat more, is a lick, now it's good, there are so many snow salt in front of you, it's a dream!

In the kitchen, Natsuno washed the strawberries that had been soaked for half an hour, cut them in half with a survival straight knife, and then threw them into a stone pot, added clear stream water and began to boil.

Once boiling, add the brown sugar, stir, and cook again.

Standing by the stove, Woad watched the strawberries churn in the stone pot and swallow his saliva.

When the strawberries are about to deform, remove from the pot, let them cool, and then put them in a washed clay pot and seal them with wet yellow mud.

The simplified version of canned strawberries get√!

"This is only delicious after it is chilled, go, put it in the stream!"

Because there are no preservatives, canned strawberries can't be stored for a few days, but it doesn't matter, anyway, this thing is to taste fresh, and the important thing is the next preserves.

"Ahh

Xiao Wo Guo immediately complied.

The production of strawberry compote is a bit time-consuming, select high-quality strawberries, after soaking, washing, removing the stem, and cutting the process, put them in a stone pot and add brown sugar, and start to stand, during which they should be turned over to make the strawberries fully stained with brown sugar.

This is called candied stains.

After more than six hours, some strawberry juice seeped out, red and beautiful.

Woad took a sip with a wooden spoon, and suddenly his sweet brows furrowed, and the whole person seemed to be thrown into a honey pot.

Pour the candied strawberries into a stone pot and heat them, take care to remove them before they are cooked, then let them cool naturally, and then let them stand, this step is called infiltrating sugar, so that the sugar can fully enter the flesh of the strawberries.

This process takes a little longer, about 12 hours, after which the strawberries are removed and the sugar solution on top is drained.

Natsuno does not have an oven, so the drying step can only rely on natural drying, which takes about a few days, and at this point, the strawberry compote is completed.

"Due to the preservative effect of the sugar solution, no preservatives are generally added, and the fruit compote can be stored for more than three months. ”

Natsuno explained.

"Uh-huh!"

Sugar solution, preservatives or something, it sounds so high-end, Xiao Xiangguo cut the bamboo slips, and carefully recorded it with a stone knife.

Taking advantage of the break in sugar seeping, Xia Ye made some more biscuits and wanted to bring them back for Xia Lingyue to taste.

Dressed in a small black bear skin, carrying a bag of raisins and a sugar cane, Xiao Xiangguo began to explore near the Peach Blossom Spring, filling in the vole hole by the way.

That night, little Lori said that she would go to the cave to keep vigil for everything, and she was worried that the snow salt and brown sugar would be stolen.

"In our tribe, these things need at least ten warriors to guard!"

Woad spread her two small hands and gestured to Natsuno.

Xia Ye said a lot of bad things, and finally persuaded the little Lori, but the next morning when I got up, I didn't see a figure, and I went to the cave to take a look, and sure enough, the little Lori was holding the stone hammer and sleeping on the top of the cellar.

"It's really not worth it!"

Xia Ye rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.

For the sake of the salt mine, it is too common for several tribes to kill each other, but the abandoned salt mine is useless, so it is thrown there, for the tribesmen, those salt blocks full of impurities will die if they eat too much, but Xia Ye is different, he will purify and filter.

Salt and iron belong to strategic materials, and if they don't have the strength, they will never be buried, otherwise Xia Ye would have been a salt merchant a long time ago.

You must know that in Chinese history, salt merchants were extremely wealthy, and selling illicit salt was a major crime of raiding families and exterminating the clan, which shows the huge profits involved.

Any salt well salt pan is an important strategic resource, which needs to be snatched and defended by various tribes with the blood and weapons of warriors, but Xia Ye does not need it, just find an abandoned salt mine to produce snow salt, and the quality is not low.

I don't dare to sell it, but I can't eat it all by myself.

Brown sugar is not a necessity of life, but in this era of scarcity of materials except honey and fruits, there is no sweet, it is used as an artificial sweet seasoning, no processing, is to drink water, that is the top luxury, so the price can be sold very high, except for nobles, ordinary people don't want to touch it.

It's a pity that Xia Ye still doesn't dare to sell it.

"Weakness is the original sin!"

Xia Ye sighed with emotion and set foot on the way home, in order not to attract the attention of others, two bronze boxes were hidden in the peach blossom garden, and all the weapons were wrapped in linen.

Summer City, slum.

Xia Qian walked out of a thatched hut while buttoning her buttons, reminiscing about the taste of Xia Ba's wife, that girl's ass is so big.

Although it is only a small tax officer, but in this slum, Xia Qian is a big nobleman that no one dares to mess with, although there is not much oil and water, but these people are too poor, especially those who have died of a man's son, and if they throw half a sorghum cake, they can sleep a widow.

Why don't you lose one? Because the remaining half of the cake can sleep on another one, Xia Qian is a person who prides himself on knowing the numbers, so he never does a loss-making business.

Turning the corner, Xia Qian's eyes lit up.

"Summer Frog!"

Xia Qian quickened his pace, Xia Frog was a little thin because of malnutrition, and there was a frog facial tattoo on her face, but in Xia Qian's vicious eyes, this girl would take care of her body, and she would definitely be a big beauty when she became an adult.

Hearing this voice, Xia Frog did not run away in fright, but stood still and held the dagger.

"What kind of eyes are you, believe it or not, I'm going to beat you to death?"

Xia Qian raised his hand and made a gesture to fight, he hated Xia Frog's attitude the most, because she was one of the few poor people in the slums who did not flatter him.

Xia Frog didn't speak, but his eyes became sharp, and the fingers holding the dagger became harder.