Chapter 113, trouble is coming
After all, in this otherworld, sugar food is a luxury that only the royal family, ministers, nobles, and even the high priests of various churches can enjoy.
The sugar crops here not only have very low yields, but most importantly, the means of producing sugar solution are extremely backward.
They usually grow a plant called the arro tree as a source of sugars.
It takes three years for the tree to be harvested, and at harvest time, they cut it down, chop up the trunk, and boil it in a pot with water.
Each trunk of an arrow tree can only boil two kilograms of brown sugar.
Only ten arrows can be planted per acre of land, which is nothing, the key is that this kind of arrows consumes a lot of soil resources, so that the land that has been planted with arrows needs to be fallow for five years before it can be replanted.
From here, you can see how high the price of this brown sugar will be.
After hearing Kurus's explanation, Jia Kedao couldn't help but pout, asking him to say that these barbarians are barbarians.
The arro tree is supposed to be a tree similar to the rubber tree, and the brown sugar boiled should probably be made from the sap of the bark of the arro tree.
You can directly use the method of tapping rubber to obtain the original solution from the Arro tree, and there is no need to cut the wood to extract the liquid at all.
In this way, the sap can be obtained continuously, as for the problem of soil fertility, don't you understand how to add some farm fertilizer?
Whenever this happens, Jia Kedao will have an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart.
No, this is the gap between civilizations.
Of course, Jia Kedao will not say this to Culus, since this dried sweet potato is so in their eyes, if there is a chance in the future, it is also good to act as a hard currency, but for now, these dried sweet potatoes still have to be added to the daily diet, so as to reduce the consumption of wheat.
When this Kurus heard that Jacodao was going to add dried sweet potatoes to his diet, instead of being grateful, he protested directly, in his opinion, how could those untouchables be qualified to eat such a delicacy, and it would be good to give them bread as it is, but it really can't, add more wheat bran and other things to the bread, and starve them to death.
For such a despicable idea of Culus, instead of blaming him, Jakdow praised him a few words, but this matter cannot be changed, after all, Jakkodao is in charge of Aoki Valley, not Kurus.
Of course, looking at Culus's somewhat depressed appearance, Jia Kedao smiled, and didn't tell him that the sweet potatoes that piled up in the warehouse after receiving the goods were the predecessors of this dried sweet potato.
Soon, at dinnertime, Jia Kedao asked several cooks to mix sweet potatoes into the noodle soup according to his own instructions.
Most of the people in the valley were puzzled when they ate this soup, it was a pleasant taste that they had never eaten before, but a guy like Kurus who had eaten brown sugar understood it in an instant.
It's sugar, and it's much lower than brown sugar in terms of sweetness, but it's still sugar.
No wonder the priests used these things as food, for the valley could produce itself.
At this thought, Cullens couldn't help but think of the image of countless gold coins in his mind, and it seemed that this place would become an extremely rich place in the future.
Not to mention the thoughts in Nakulens's mind, once they knew that this taste was the sweetness of sugar, many of the people of the valley knelt down in the direction of the statue of the land god excitedly, and recited the praise in their mouths in a vague voice.
In this regard, Jia Kedao has no regrets, these natives are like this, once they have any benefits, the first thing to thank is the gods they believe in, as for Jia Kedao, who really contributed to this, in their eyes, they just follow the will of the gods, and the credit is there, but it is not big.
However, Jia Kedao didn't care about the gratitude of these natives, but secretly rejoiced, the more devout these natives are to the land, the more incense the land can absorb, so that it will gradually become stronger.
After all, in this other world, Jia Kedao's biggest helper is this land.
After dinner, Jia Kedao did not waste time, and told Terence and the two to take care of Aoki Valley, while he took Otis to rush overnight and return to the Black Light Gate.
There are two reasons for taking Otis back, one is that Odis has not been back to Laojunguan for some time, and he is willing to go back to have a look, and the second reason is to take Otis back and let him choose a Daguan knife as a weapon, and he has to spend some time inscribed a talisman on the Daguan knife.
After all, Otis is now the number one fighter under Jia Kedao, how can he not train well.
Back to Laojunguan, I just got up early the next morning, and the old man Zheng, who was in charge of guarding the gate and sitting in the communication room, and answering the landline phone part-time, came to the door: "Lord, the gate phone is named to find you, I heard that it is from the County Religious Affairs Bureau." ”
Religious Affairs Bureau?
Jia Kedao couldn't help but be stunned, it has been almost six years since Jia Kedao was in charge of Laojunguan alone, and he has only had a few opportunities to deal with the county religious bureau.
Thinking of these exchanges with the county religious bureau, Jia Kedao was full of anger in his heart.
Laojunguan is a registered unit of the National Taoist Association, and is naturally a regular religious site, which enjoys local religious support and subsidy funds in accordance with policy regulations.
There are about 1,000 yuan a year, although this money is not much, but it is also a rare source of money for Lao Junguan, who is short of funds.
When the old master was alive, the money could be obtained every year, but when Jia Kedao took office and went to the county seat to receive this fund, he was told by the clerk that the new leader took office and all financial plans were temporarily frozen.
In this regard, Jia Kedao can understand that when the new leader takes office, he must understand the situation, and he can't let his subordinates be pitted.
But Jia Kedao went to the religious bureau several times after that, and the answers he received were different, but the essence was that he couldn't get the money.
In the end, the old man Wang, who was the gatekeeper of the Religious Affairs Bureau, hinted to Jia Kedao, Xiaodao Chief, you are too honest, if you want to get this money, how can you not confess?
Jia Kedao was stunned at the time, and in the end, he bought a few bottles of wine, a few cigarettes, and went to the new director's house.
As a result, the director greeted him with a smile and asked his wife to bring in the cigarettes and alcohol, the only problem was that when Jia Kedao left, the other party made an official tone again.
This made Jia Kedao a little confused, and he didn't receive the money after that.
Jia Kedao was also a little simpler at that time, and went to sue the director in a fit of anger.
As a result, the people had already handed over the cigarettes and alcohol.
In the end, Jia Kedao did not receive the money, but lost money.
Later, Jia Kedao understood how the cigarettes and alcohol could be seen by the other party, and the people asked his wife to bring the cigarettes and alcohol in, which was nothing more than checking whether there were red envelopes in it.