553 is not easy to find a profitable livelihood
He asked Alaric about the fact that he had met them at sea that day, and that he had met them on his return trip after he had sold what they usually planted by sea to a city in the south.
It was because of the sale of the harvest in the field that there was a harvest festival that day.
The people brought by Tang Ping, including Lao Cui, are good at growing food or something, but they will start planting for a while and there will be no harvest.
And there were no grain seeds or anything, so farming was given up by him.
Then there is fishing, and the people here also have fishing nets, but they are made of coarse cloth and linen, which are very perishable.
They were even dressed in tattered clothes, and as you can imagine, there were not many fishing nets.
If you sit on the beach and fish, you may not be able to catch enough fish for one person to eat, and Tang Ping gave up.
For the rest, he could take some of the things he brought with him to the neighborhood and buy them.
However, his things may seem ordinary in modern times, but in this era, they may be at the level of treasures, and if they attract the attention of the elite class here, it will also be a troublesome matter.
Just like that flashlight, Alaric specifically told Locke not to take it out at random, and to put it away at home.
Tang Ping also inquired, the situation around here is not peaceful, next to it are the territories of several nobles, and these nobles are not good-hearted people.
Many people here are only living in this seaside dock because they are exploited and oppressed by them, so it is best not to attract too much attention from each other.
Thinking about it like this, Tang Ping didn't think of any better things to do.
There is a business road dozens of miles out, is it difficult to ask Lao Cui and them to rob the road?
Dispelling this ridiculous thought, a little child ran in front of Tang Ping, holding a bunch of grapes in his hand, and ran away with a smile after handing it to Tang Ping.
Tang Ping recognized that this was Favi, who worked hardest when he was repairing the house that day, and rewarded him with a can of canned luncheon meat, which should have been Favi to thank him.
Sure enough, Favi ran to a middle-aged man, who was his father.
Father Favi shouted, "Don, thank you for the gift, and please accept our gift as well. ”
Tang Ping smiled and nodded, then looked at the grapes in his hand and suddenly moved in his heart.
He approached Alaric and asked, "Uncle Alarric, do you grow a lot of grapes here?" ”
Alaric nodded and said, "These grapes are planted in their own backyards, and they can be eaten by children when they are ripe, but because they spoil too quickly, they can only be eaten in the next few days." ”
"Then why don't you make wine?" Tang Ping asked.
On the day of the harvest festival, Alaric and the wine they took out did not know what it was made from, but it was certainly not wine, and it was very inferior.
"Wine?" Alaric smiled wryly, "Where can we make this kind of thing?" ”
Wine has a long history, and when the Roman Empire expanded, they built many vineyards along European river basins to make wine.
However, in the 4th century AD, after the decline of Roman culture and the disappearance of the empire, Europe entered the so-called "Dark Age", a period of wine that was more geographically limited than that of the Roman Empire.
Important information on viticulture and winemaking was in the hands of two branches of Christianity, the Benedictines and the Cistercians.
Wine also plays an important role in the Christian sacrament.
But civilians like Alaric did not master such winemaking techniques. Tang Ping said with a smile: "It just so happens that someone under my command can make wine, and these grapes can't be preserved for too long anyway, so why don't we make wine together?" If we succeed, we will have an extra income, and we will have money to buy some food. ”
"To tell you the truth, our food won't last long."
"You ...... Do you really make wine? Alaric was a little impressed.
This wine making technology is not accessible to everyone, if Tang Ping and they are willing to let them participate in the study, then everyone can have an extra income every year in the future, and even everyone can plant more grapes to make wine.
"Really, how about Uncle Alaric help us gather everyone's grapes?"
When Lao Cui and these drunkards were usually fine in Shanghe Village, they learned how to make wine from Xiaoluo.
Although it is still far from the top wine, it is still an authentic wine, and it is much better than the bad wine they drink at this pier.
It's just that Tang Ping and the others are afraid that it will be a little difficult to talk to the people at the dock, so they can only talk to Alaric, who has the highest prestige.
"Good!" Alaric is also a simple person, just like he said, these grapes were originally planted by everyone for the children of the family to eat.
It's not easy to sell if you want to pull it out and sell it, because everyone in the neighborhood has this kind of it.
If you can make wine, that's a good thing.
Locke was called, and he found a group of children, and soon the news spread.
Families came in frames or with wine in their clothes.
"Alaric, can these grapes really make wine?"
"I heard that wine is not cheap, and the nobles and the churches are willing to buy it."
"I've been to a tavern in the south, and a glass of wine in it can buy us food for seven or eight days."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Tang Ping stood up and said: "Don't worry, the brewing of this wine will only take about fifteen days, and if it doesn't succeed by then, I will also compensate everyone." ”
"Don, you're already very grateful if you're willing to teach us how to make wine, don't say anything about paying or not, it's originally a snack for the children, didn't you give them a lot of candy?"
"Yes, when the time comes, one person will give them a lollipop, and they will be willing, after all, they have eaten grapes for so many years, and they are tired of eating them, and no matter how many grapes there are, they can't compare to your lollipop in their eyes."
"Haha, then let's try it!" Tang Ping asked Lao Cui to collect the grapes together, and also used a scale to weigh out the grapes of each family and make a record.
When the wine is really brewed, it will naturally be distributed according to the raw materials produced by everyone.
Everyone looked at Lao Cui and them excitedly, wanting to see how this legendary wine that only the nobility and the church could afford to drink was made.
Lao Cui scratched his head a little embarrassedly and asked Tang Ping: "Childe, the first step in this wine making is to crush the grapes, are you sure to let me come?" ”
Tang Ping looked at Lao Cui and only said one word:
"Get out!"