Chapter 920: Coffee Beans
The matter of immigration to the state has not progressed much, and a few people have signed up sporadically.
Yingzheng is also counting on the return of those who went to Israel in search of wealth to give the people motivation!
But this decent income not only did not give the people motivation, but made the people see a joke!
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, my crew has brought back a lot of seeds, please go and take a look!"
"My family too, there is coffee in the middle of the guarantee, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said!"
"Let's go to my mansion......!"
After Ying Feiyu said about the coffee earlier, the ministers have been thinking about it.
If their harvest includes coffee, they can increase their income.
After all, this thing doesn't exist in Daqin itself, and it's a rarity!
"Then let's go to Zhang Shangshu's mansion!"
As soon as the scumbag father left, Ying Feiyu was surrounded by a group of ministers, and the blockage was impenetrable.
In desperation, he picked Zhang Han's mansion.
Zhangfu is only one street away from the villa, and from the Zhangfu, you can go directly to the villa, and you don't have to run a lot of unjust roads!
"Haha, good, good!"
Zhang Han was selected, he was very happy, and his smiling facial features were tangled together.
When you arrive at the mansion, you quickly order someone to serve tea!
"Tea doesn't need it, let's hurry up and bring things up!"
Ying Feiyu waved his hand and refused.
I heard that I was going to look for coffee, and almost all the officials came.
Those who have ships want to see what the coffee looks like, and when they get home, they look for it in the things that their crew has brought back.
If you don't have a boat, it's pure to watch the excitement!
It's a novelty!
"That's good! Someone, hurry up and bring everything up! ”
Zhang Han bowed his waist and greeted his subordinates with a smile on his face.
"Yes!"
The subordinate answered and hurried to do it.
In a moment's time, I walked in with a few sacks!
"These are all brought back by the crew on the island! I opened it and saw it, and it seemed to be all seeds or something, and I was thrown aside! ”
Zhang Han said as he went to untie the rope tied to the sack.
The rope seems to be very tightly tied, and it took half a day to open the knot on it!
"Whoa......
When the rope was opened, the contents of the sack instantly flowed out.
As he said, almost all of them are seeds.
Originally, there were a lot of spices in it, and last night Zhang Han ordered all of them to pick them out.
The rest of them are going to be sent to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, so that they can help identify them and see if there is anything valuable.
If you don't have one, you're going to throw it away!
Seeing the various seeds scattered all over the place, Ying Feiyu was also big for a while.
There are all kinds of colors and different sizes in it, and it's hard to tell them apart!
"The crew said that there was still a lot of fruit on the island, but they couldn't find sugar cane that could be boiled into sugar, so they couldn't make it into cans and bring it back!"
"Yes, I also heard the crew say that there are many fruits over there that we don't have in Daqin, and the taste is very sweet!"
When they saw those dry seeds, the other officials around them also helped the crew members to defend themselves.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, take a look, is there the coffee you said here?"
Zhang Han couldn't wait to pour out all the seeds from the two sacks for Ying Feiyu to look for carefully.
Their crew was the first to hit the island, and the targets were definitely those valuable gems.
I really can't find gems, so I will pick these unknown things, and everyone can understand it!
"Good!"
Ying Feiyu nodded, crouched down, and began to search for the pile of seeds.
The coffee beans seen in later generations have undergone a series of treatments, and the ripe fruits that have just been picked from the tree should be red.
After these months, the rinds should be light brown or dark brown at this point.
Flip through the various seeds to find several small brown seeds!
A few of them were not right in appearance, and they were directly thrown back by Ying Feiyu.
The rest of the pieces are similar in shape and size to coffee beans, and can only be distinguished by the taste!
Ying Feiyu bit the first one, and it was like a kidney bean, it was really a pure seed, not a coffee bean at all.
Coffee beans are the fruit of the coffee tree, and when the outer skin and pulp are removed, what is inside is the real coffee bean, not the pure seed!
After eliminating a few more, only the last one is left in the hand, and it is also the one that most closely resembles the shape of the coffee bean!
At this time, everyone's eyes were also focused on this last grain.
If it's not right, then it proves that the Zhang Han family doesn't have it at all!
"Quack ......"
The last one was bitten open by Ying Feiyu.
The thin outer skin wraps around the thin flesh, and then inside is a small hard core.
A faint sour smell mixed with a slightly bitter smell swept through the entire mouth.
Don't look at the only one so small, but the taste is still very strong!
"Hmm!"
After tasting this familiar taste, Ying Feiyu nodded slightly, and the hard lines on her face began to soften.
"How? His Royal Highness the Prince, what kind of coffee beans are these? ”
Zhang Han's expression was not as relaxed as his, and he kept frowning, waiting for an answer.
"That's right, this is the ......!"
He spit the hard coffee beans in his mouth aside, smiled and nodded. "This is the coffee bean!"
Picked up a few identical coffee beans and handed them to the ministers around him, so that they could all recognize them.
"This ...... This is what coffee beans are? There are quite a few of my mansions! ”
"yes, when I checked the things that the crew brought back last night, I found quite a few of them, but I don't know what they are!"
"Great, haha, I have this little thing at home!"
"Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said it in time, otherwise, we would have thrown away the ...... if we couldn't keep it!"
A few small coffee beans were circulated back and forth by the ministers, and many people laughed out loud after reading them.
Go back and pick this thing out, and you can exchange it for money!
"Phew......"
Just as everyone was happy, a discordant voice came from among the ministers.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, I just tasted it, this thing means sour and bitter, and it's not very good!"
A military general flattened his mouth and looked very disgusted.
"Really? Taste ...... too! ”
Hearing this, the ministers picked out a lot of coffee beans from the seed pile and threw them into their mouths.
"Ahem...... Bah......! ”
Then, everyone's expressions were the same as the generals just now, and they all made bitter faces and spit out the coffee beans in their mouths.
Now the coffee beans have indeed been found, but this thing is very unpalatable, are you sure it can be used as a drink?
Even if it is good for the body, it is estimated that few people buy it.
When the herbs cure the disease, it's almost the same!
"His Royal Highness the Prince, this thing is too unpalatable, even if it is soaked in water to drink, it is estimated that the taste will not be much better!"
Zhang Han also tasted one, but the taste was really not good, so he didn't think about it, and spit it out directly.
It's not the same thing as tea! Although the tea has a slightly bitter taste, the aftertaste is fragrant.
Even if this thing is spit out, there is a bitter feeling in the mouth.
Even if someone else asks him for money, he won't drink it!
"How does the rice taste?"
However, Ying Feiyu smiled indifferently and did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Uh...... Delicious and fragrant! ”
Zhang Han was a little stunned by this unexpected sentence, and subconsciously replied.
"What does freshly picked rice taste like?"
Zhang Han was a little stunned by the question, looked at the ministers around him, and replied: "Hard and bitter!" ”
"That's right......!"
Ying Feiyu shrugged his shoulders, picked a coffee bean, bit it again, and explained in detail to everyone, "Don't look at this little coffee bean so bitter, but after processing, the taste will change a lot!" ”
"Oh?"
Everyone suddenly showed surprised eyes.
"Then please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to show us!"
The ministers gave up their hands one after another.
Everyone wants to see how such a sour little thing can be turned into a delicious drink!
"Good!"
Ying Feiyu thought for a moment and nodded.
Anyway, it's not too important today, and it's not bad to make a cup of coffee.
Besides, he misses that taste very much!