Chapter 163 Tang Qiu's deformed harvested potatoes were placed in the open air, and after being exposed to strong sunlight, the potatoes became a little wilted.Lu Xiangsheng asked, "Do potatoes also need to be dried like corn?"
”Only then did Quan Xu realize the seriousness of the problem: "Potatoes should not be exposed to the sun, and should be placed in a cool house or cellar!"
”Lu Xiangsheng asked, "How long can this be stored?"
”For potatoes, Lu Xiangsheng also likes this kind of grain very much, with a high yield and an average yield of more than 4,000 catties per mu, which can be used for cooking and eating.The mashed potatoes made by boiling potatoes, whether it is added with sugar or salt, are very delicious, the key is that it is also very full, an adult man, eating two or three catties of potatoes, is equivalent to eating a full meal.In this way, one acre of potatoes is equivalent to a year's ration for a family of three."
Fresh potatoes can be stored for 10 to 12 months, but it's not easy to preserve!"
Quan Xu pointed to the potatoes and said: "It can only be processed into potato flour, like flour, so that it can be stored for a long time, as long as the potato flour is not damp, there is no problem in preserving it for three or five years!"
”"Is it easy to process potatoes into potato flour?""
It's not too hard!"
Quan Xu thought for a while and said, "It's not too difficult. ”Quanxu asked people to wash fresh potatoes before taking them to water, and there are water presses in Quanxu's compound, so adults and children can do this work."
Be sure to wash the mud on the potatoes, otherwise it will affect the taste, and wash each potato carefully!"
While personally instructing the dealers to operate, Quan Xu must have explained the detailed precautions.The strength of the people is great, and the speed of work is also fast, and many piles of potatoes are washed, and at this time, the washed potatoes are smashed into pieces with a wooden hammer.Although the efficiency is a little worse, there is no hurry now, but Lu Xiangsheng They will not be here forever, and they will be crushers in the future, and the efficiency will be higher.Smash the potatoes into a paste, then put them in a bucket of water, stir with water to accelerate the decomposition of the starch and water of the potatoes, then clarify until the water in the bucket begins to saturate, and then filter it with a muslin cloth.The potato skins and potato residues are filtered out over and over again, so that a large amount of moist starch is obtained.Lu Xiangsheng looked at the operation of the villagers, and this was also to measure the powder rate, and everyone was 100 catties of 25 to 30 catties of wet powder.Quan Xu smiled bitterly: "The last step, in fact, is also the most difficult step, is to dehydrate, squeeze the filtered starch as much as possible, remove the water, and then pour it into a container similar to a steamer made of swarming, and send it to the drying room to dry, so that it can be stored for a long time." ”"Why can't you slice it, dry it, and grind it in a stone mill?"
Lu Xiangsheng asked with some curiosity.There is a mill in the Quanxu compound, of course, this is not a water-powered mill, but an animal-powered mill, and more than a dozen mills have been made, whether it is a cow-drawn mill or a mule-drawn mill, Quanxu is not short of livestock.Quan Xu patiently explained: "Potatoes are different from sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes can be exposed to the sun, but potatoes cannot be exposed to the sun, and they will deteriorate when they are dried. ”After calculation, one mu of potatoes, calculated according to 5,000 catties of wet potatoes, can obtain about 1,000 catties of potato starch.Lu Xiangsheng looked at the potato residue and said, "These potato residues can be fed to cattle or pigs?"
”"Actually, it's still edible!"
These potato residues are the main raw materials of a kind of junk food in later generations, that is, the main raw materials of potato chips, many people think that potato chips are potatoes cut into thin slices and then fried.In fact, it's not like that.Instead, the potatoes are pureed, filtered out of starch, and then smashed into cakes and fried.Quanxu asked people to mix potato residue with a small amount of potato flour according to the way of later generations, stir, and then put salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence and other seasonings, and fry them in oil.It didn't take long to get crispy and delicious potato chips.The taste is a little worse than that of later generations, although it is two worlds, adults are not very interested in this food, but children like it very much.Quan Xu also simply sent more than 100 catties of potato chips to Jinti Academy.Lu Xiangsheng stayed in the Quanxu compound for five days, and finally he went back satisfied.Quan Xu gave Lu Xiangsheng and all the officials a souvenir, each pulling two carts of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, after the propaganda of these officials, there will definitely be many people who want to grow potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn in the future.So far, if they want to get seeds for potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, they can only find Quanxu, who can make a lot of money through the seed trade.With the departure of the officials, Quanxu's harvest has entered the real peak.The creepers in the warehouses can be dispatched, using the creepers to plow the fields in front, while the people in the back begin to collect sweet potatoes and potatoes.In just two days, more than 30,000 acres of potatoes, more than 30,000 acres of sweet potatoes, plus corn, not only were harvested, but the land was turned over.With the guarantee of chemical fertilizers, Quanxu can farm twice a year, without fallow or one season a year.Although it was the autumn harvest time, the construction of the castle slowed down considerably, but the workshop production was not affected.During this time, the person who impressed Quanxu the most was Tang Qiu's, all along, Tang Qiu's was in Quanxu's compound, the gate was not out, the second door was not stepped, and occasionally she could be seen going to pull Tang Sixi home from school.Since being appointed by Quan Xu as the director of the Fumin Street Neighborhood Committee, Tang Qiu seems to have changed as a person, and the whole person has become energetic.Quan Xu once thought that Tang Qiu's must be the most difficult one among the seven neighborhood committee directors, after all, Tang Qiu's temperament, who is not good at words, is still a little weak, and the neighborhood committee she manages is the most complicated one.However, what Quan Xu didn't expect was.Tang Qiu's family is like a changed person, not only is he no longer submissive, but he is very sharp and decisive, and he has governed those thorny merchants and shrews on Fumin Street obediently.At this time, Tang Qiu's family was like a proud king.After eating every day, the first thing she did was to wear a red armband and start to inspect the commercial streets of Fumin, and after the inspection of the commercial streets, she continued to inspect the residential areas.Quan Xu once silently calculated that Tang Qiu's walking in such a circle was almost a distance of five or six kilometers, and she had to walk at least twice a day.In just a few days, she became familiar with the people in the jurisdiction, whose daughter-in-law is virtuous, whose man has bad habits, likes to drink, and beats his daughter-in-law, she knows it clearly.Quan Xu looked at Sanniang's face and gave Tang Qiu's family a shop, Quan Xu thought that Tang Qiu's family would rent it out to collect rent, after all, such a set of shops, the annual rent is also twenty or thirty taels of silver.Although the money is not much, it is enough for Tang Qiu and Sixi to live, and even if she wants to invite a maid, she has a good life.However, Tang Qiu did not have so many, she led a group of women in the jurisdiction to open a foot clothing store, that is, a sock shop.Whether it is a working laborer, or an ordinary soldier, the consumption of socks is still quite large, when they are poor, the common people are reluctant to wear shoes, and socks are even more extravagant.However, the problem is that they all have wages to pay, and without socks, it hurts their feet too much, which affects their earnings.Tang Qiu's foot clothing store has just begun to have more than a dozen women working, and slowly the production capacity is getting bigger and bigger, and it is known for its cheap and excellent quality.Those women who were often angry were recruited by the Tang Qiu clan and worked in the foot clothing store every day, earning more than 20 yuan.Although they don't earn much, it can greatly alleviate the financial pressure on their families, and at the same time, they can also solve family conflicts.Eighty percent of the conflicts in poor families are concentrated in firewood, rice, oil, and salt.Tang Qiu's side gradually has a few more followers, all of whom are well-known women in the Fumin community, and they have done a very good job in managing environmental sanitation and family disputes in their jurisdiction.Quan Xu was a little emotional.Tang Qiu's is actually not an ordinary woman, her husband is a dart master, and she has always been supported by her family, if her personality is weak, she really can't survive.Originally, she had lost confidence in life, and slowly, she began to degenerate."
Director Tang is early!""
Hello Director Tang!""
Director Tang has not eaten it, we have just cooked sweet potatoes at home, try it!"
…… Quan Xu saw the changes in Tang Qiu's family, and he was happy for her from the bottom of his heart.At the same time, Tang Qiu's deformation also opened a window for Quan Xu.Although he could purchase clothes, shoes and cloth from later generations, the key is that it is far inferior to purchasing equipment from later generations and using cheap labor in the Ming Dynasty.Tang Qiu saw Quan Xu and Er Niang taking a walk, and hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute: "Hello Quan Ye!"
”Quan Xu smiled: "You have done a good job recently, by the end of the year, several of our communities will be evaluated, excellent community directors, but there will be a reward of ten taels of silver!"
”Tang Qiu's gaze fell on Erniang, a little slurching."
There's something, but it's okay to say it, Erniang is not an outsider!""
Master Quan, yesterday there was a Shanxi businessman who wanted to see you, and found the old body here, you see......
"The most famous Shanxi businessman is the eight Jin merchants, so soon they are eyeing themselves?"
Quan Xu thought for a while and said, "It's okay left and right, let him come to see me!"
”Although it is still the harvest season, the problem is that Quan Xu does not have to work by himself, especially although it is a little complicated to grind potatoes into flour, but this does not affect his leisure."
Okay, the old body will arrange it immediately!"
Only at night, Quan Xu had not seen this so-called Jin merchant.He received a meeting gift from Jin Shang, and what made Quan Xu very speechless was that this meeting gift was actually a golden cash cow.Quan Xu took the cash cow and looked up and down, and finally determined, if it was fake, it was really from Quan Xu's hand, nine pieces of nine crystal crafts in the supermarket, but it was replaced with a rosewood lacquer box.