Chapter 44： Crazy party

Most children of Northumberland Manor have never tasted the taste of brown sugar, which is a description that only appeared when the priest preached. Today, they were summoned outside the master's mill.

The sensible child was a little uneasy at first, because the master of the agricultural officer's face was very ugly, but soon, they found that the faces of several working serfs were all smiling, and that kind of anxiety was diluted a lot.

The master of the agricultural officer turned back to confirm the look with the lord, and then said loudly, "You little cubs, listen to me, find two thin sticks, and then form a team of four and come to me."

If it was before, this task is estimated to be difficult to complete, how can they know what to queue.

But after experiencing the lord's broth, and the array of rattan peasant soldiers in the village, the children also liked to walk in line privately, so after they found wooden sticks in the ground, they formed a smooth line of four. , Or in order of height.

The farmer's face was still so gloomy that it reminded everyone of the day when the mutton soup was issued.

"Ah ..." the farm official calmly said, "let's get started."

So the serfs took the wooden sticks in the hands of the children in the first row, smashed them in the clear water basin, and opened the earthen jar filled with sugar. The wooden sticks were twisted twice, and a stack of sugar was rolled up. This is a gift from the master. "

The child was foolish and didn't know how to act. He was the son of a serf and had never seen brown sugar, let alone sugar.

"Stupid boy, this is sugar." The serf whispered, "You haven't opened your mouth to lick it."

sugar? Is the priest master saying, is there sugar everywhere? The child subconsciously licked the sugar rolled on the wooden stick, the light brown sticky sugar paste, and the most wonderful taste of life erupted after touching the tongue: sweet.

At this moment, the child was shrouded by a huge sense of happiness. This sweetness was many times stronger than the sweetness he occasionally sucked on the grass stem. The soft and sticky texture was even more fascinating. Seeing the sugar The paste was about to drip, and the serf making sugar asked him to roll another roll.

The two wooden sticks stirred back and forth, and the sugar paste was rolled up again. Even this action was fascinating!

The child rolled tirelessly and licked it again and again.

The open space outside the mill and tangfang turned into a sea of ​​joy.

They dared to run to the master of the agricultural officer and the lord of the lord, and performed a nondescript gift, "Thank you, lord of the lord, master of the agricultural officer."

The gloomy agricultural officer was a little unnatural. It stands to reason that he should reprimand these little cubs and keep them away from him, but when they saw the smiles that they were holding out with sugar, the agricultural officer was a bit unbearable.

There may be more precious brown sugar behind it, and the reason why he is confident that he can get more from the lord master, but the agricultural officer did taste a hint of happiness from it. They used serfs as tools, but when the numb serf children's faces were filled with such a smile, how could they simply use them as tools.

"Master, can I bring the sugar back for my grandma to eat?" A child asked.

Being able to be a grandma is definitely a very hard time when everyone is short-lived. Cui Qichao nodded and said, "It's yours to give you. You can choose who you want to share with."

Basically all children, after the initial joy, chose to run home and lift the sugar high, and said to their father and mother, "This is the sugar given by the master! Try it!"

Of course their parents were taken aback. They didn't respond at the beginning. Sugar, what kind of sugar, what mucus and grass juice was used to make it?

Until you taste it, you can be sure that this should be sugar, which is even more confusing: even the serfs can get the sugar. Did the master dig the gold mine?

Holding such doubts, the family sat together and shared the wooden sticks with sugar in the children's hands, watching the children show them how to twist the sugar, the whole manor was full of joy.

It is indeed a luxury that can only be enjoyed by the noble masters. It is indeed the priest master who says that only the heaven is full of deliciousness, and a whole lick of the mouth becomes different.

It's just that no one is willing to finish eating it once, and licking it from time to time, just like chicken blood. Fortunately, this situation did not last long. In the near future, at least in Northumberland, sugar paste will not be so luxurious.

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For the remaining sugar paste, Cui Qichao left a little to Lance and the children of the servants in the castle, and the rest was donated to the church.

How did sugar come to conceal it from others, but from the priest William who lives in the manor, he will know sooner or later. Fortunately, William is basically a common interest. He was surprised that those sugar beets could make sugar, and enjoyed the sugar paste happily. Although the priests can afford honey, who doesn't want to get more sugar.

After William knew, the people in other estates gradually learned about it. It turned out that they accelerated the harvest of beets, which is the raw material for making brown sugar, not the masters who dug the gold mine.

Of course, there is a Tangfang, and it may not be very different from owning a gold mine ...

"Master is kind-hearted, no wonder he can make sugar."

"Yes, it must be because the old man is so kind, so God gave him sugar."

"Let's follow Master, and have sugar ..."

"Don't mention that before Tangfang chose candidates, I originally had the opportunity. I knew I should fight for it. I heard that people in Tangfang pulled a lot of beet residue to feed the pigs."

I did n’t know about beets before, but I still do n’t know now, but everyone has a concept. The crops that can make sugar are definitely good. Feeding pigs can also grow good and fat.

Why didn't such good things spread to them?

Tangfang is going to continue. These workers are definitely fixed and will not be changed at will. Unless the recruitment is expanded, the position may be hereditary, and their sons and grandchildren can live on the sugar-making technology.

Thinking about the conditions of the workers selection at the time, is not just being diligent and honest, this can make people regret it, but only hate that they did not perform at that time, or give Zhuangtou gifts in advance. Otherwise, they are proud of today.

Those serfs working in Tangfang, talking about how many sugar candies were together, seemed to be able to chat for a whole year.

They brought back the beet dregs, and the master also ordered that they could not feed the pigs with beet dregs. It was not good for the pigs to feed too much. There are not many Tangfang workers, and there are only one to a few pigs in the family.

In this way, the workers had to share the feed with the neighbors, and the neighbors exchanged firewood, pig manure, and water.

For a while, the village was also trading hot. If you put it before, maybe everyone has tried to cook and eat beet dregs.

...

The servants in the castle are even more joyful, they can feel the generosity of the master closer than the serfs.

As soon as the master came back, I sent you sugar paste. There are mines in the family ... No, there is no difference with Tangfang. The castle is up and down.

What is the sugar paste? With the temper of the master, he will definitely use sugar for cooking. The knights and stewards must have a share of everyone, and the rest can share some residue.

In addition to joy, everyone also has a bit of anxiety.

This is for the era when a few boxes of honey can also fight, in case people know the existence of Tangfang, what to do when they come over. Now, it is fortunate that Master trained so many peasant soldiers at that time, and it has been proved that their combat effectiveness is very good, and they can fight the regular army.

The steward was so anxious that the master should immediately send someone to encircle the Tangfang group, and those beet seeds must be locked firmly in the warehouse, so that no one would know.

"Well, what are you anxious about, serfs are taking turns training them, don't you have any idea? You can be soldiers at all critical moments." Cui Qichao said at will. Thousands of men, who can move me? "

The steward whispered, "And the church ..."

"I know, I will contact the Archbishop and send some sugar to them." Cui Qichao said that the Archbishop's status in the church has greatly increased because of the deworming method. Now he will send him brown sugar and beet sugar, to further strengthen the relationship. Can also reduce the presence of Northumberland.

And after the sugar-making method, the church could not be as good as other leaders, regardless of the existence of the archbishop and expectations of Northumberland-there are large, more beets growing in the seaside city over there They asked for beets from those cities.

There is also a problem of promotion. It is not feasible to rashly publish the new sugar law completely in the form of trade. Everyone will get lost between cash crops and food crops.

Brown sugar is so valuable. By that time, everyone will grow beets, and the food will be greatly reduced. Besides, so many possible accidents during planting, not everyone has this risk tolerance.

Things of common prosperity still have to be planned slowly. The church has a lot of arable land, brown sugar production increases, and the price will naturally fall. You can look at it more calmly. At the same time, you can also summarize the status of many plantations.

Which feudal landlord is more risk-bearing than the church?

The steward said with relief: "Master, there is one more thing. Should the farmers plant some of the beet planting next season?"

Now Northumberland grains have increased their yields because of increased arable land, reduced fallow and fertilization, and it is entirely possible to open up more beet-growing lands. Farmers also brought some beet seeds for planting, and anti-orthogonal rents had to be paid up. The rest of them can also make brown sugar in the master's Tangfang for a fee, or buy or sell it.

Of course, this is what Cui Qichao thought. The steward estimates that he only thinks about the rent collection, and he certainly wants to plant some brown sugar in his own land.

"Yes, they will be planted uniformly at that time." Cui Qichao said. He will control the proportion of food crops and cash crops.

...

Soon, the news spread throughout the manor.

In the next season, everyone can receive one-third of their own beet seeds, plant beets, and then make brown sugar in the master's Tangfang to receive their own part.

Even if the tax of the renter and the Tangfang is very high, this is also an expensive brown sugar. The farmers have been struggling for a while, and they ca n’t wait to start planting beets. It is best to grow three crops a year ...

In fact, with the climate of Northumberland, it is impossible to make three crops of sugar beet a year, and two crops, and one crop.

On this stubble, about 1 ton of brown sugar was produced for Northumberland in a short time.

Most of the saline-alkali land is used to grow brown sugar. Rao is that sugar beet production is not as good as sugar cane, and the yield is not as high as later generations. Beets of tens of acres still produce 1 ton of sugar.

Salt is already very expensive, but salt has sea salt, well salt, and mineral salt. It has more sources than sweeteners. The current sweeteners are only honey and a small amount of brown sugar imported from overseas. So sugar is more expensive than salt and is even considered a panacea.

Even if part of it was given to the church, there was enough left to make Northumberland arrogant. Cui Qichao ordered not to sell it at once, wait for the church to move first, they can slowly change some necessities such as grain, iron, salt, store more grain, and build farm tools.

So the Northumberland trade team will soon set off again, this time they are not carrying grain for exchange, but jars of brown sugar.

Raymond was the leader again, and his hands were shaking when he took over the task. Is there any difference between holding a cart of sugar and a cart of gold in this era? Even if there is, it is more expensive.

"It's okay, don't be nervous." Cui Qichao comforted. "Again, protect yourself first. You can bring back the right people when you see the right people, such as blacksmiths."

This time the trade team set off a larger number of people, and some peasant soldiers were added to it, in order to properly protect these valuable sugar bowls.

There is nothing wrong with internal safety. The Cavaliers' picking is in Northumberland. They only hope that the next year's picking will also plant many beets and harvest more brown sugar.

On the one hand, the farmers were stared at by the knights. On the other hand, they and their families could grow beets in the future, and the grain yields increased. Wouldn't it be more beautiful than stealing sugar alone to escape?

It is even more daunting to think about the kind of punishment that the guy who stole the manure of the old man before.

Before the trade team set off, Northumberland held a "full sugar feast" that was unprecedented on this continent.

Their lord master, who loves to enjoy, created a fairyland on earth.

He squandered brown sugar, and on the long table were brown sugar bread, brown sugar boiled apples, brown sugar roasted meat, brown sugar oatmeal cookies, brown sugar almond tea, brown sugar pumpkin soup, brown sugar boiled eggs ... and more.

Even the brown crosses, lions, swords, flowers and other patterns carved out were compacted with brown sugar and placed on a plate as a decoration, which was extravagant.

While preparing the banquet, the stewards, along with the screams of the kitchen staff, were in their throats.

This is crazy! !!

Even if the manager knows how much sugar is in the master's warehouse, the long-term concept has made them feel dizzy for a while when facing such usage.

Even the most ridiculous king could not think of such a method. Every dish is full of brown sugar, instead of picking it up carefully and putting it into food and tea.

The chef's hands shook while she was making. She washed her hands cleanly and did not have the courage to add a lot of sugar. It was Cui Qichao who patted her wrists that she poured the brown sugar into the flour. Then she screamed.

After finishing all the dishes, the chef said with two hands, "I, I think my hands are particularly expensive now ..."

No one can object, really, it is too expensive because it is full of rich brown sugar flavor. Even the whole kitchen is permeated with sweetness, making people feel like wonderland.

The cook can even use the fingers to coax the children at home to sleep, letting them **** the aftertaste on their fingers.

...

At the start of the banquet, the knights, attendants, and the peasant soldiers of the trade team who were specially invited to come here were all stunned, suspecting that they were dreaming.

What wonderful dream is this scene?

The wheat used to make bread is sieved very cleanly, plus brown sugar, it appears brown, and the sweet taste can be smelled from far away, and each mouthful is full of sweetness.

Tea, soup, and meat. Every food is full of brown sugar. The braised pork is sweet and rotten. The pumpkin meat in the brown sugar pumpkin soup is cooked to perfection, sweet and glutinous. The warm sweets are satisfying. The brown sugar decoration on the table was loved by everyone.

They frantically tasted these foods, and thought that even heaven was nothing like that, and their Northumberland was just a paradise on earth.

For peasant soldiers who have not eaten sweeteners for the first half of their lives, it is almost the first time that they have eaten brown sugar, and they know the specific concepts of the words "satisfied" and "齁".

In fact, the sugar in each dish is generous but not excessive, making them taste very good, but who calls it a "whole sugar" feast, there is no other taste.

When you eat the whole sugar feast and eat all the sweetness in your mouth, even the tea that was originally tired is sweet, you only realize that you will miss those inedible oatmeal ... This is simply incredible .

It was also at this time, the Lord Lord timely brought the barley tea up. At this time, no one had tasted this kind of taste. The barley was fried and crushed, filtered, and brewed into tea. The taste of the tea is a bit bitter, but it's just right for those who eat too much sugar to drink it. Not only relieve tiredness, but also adjust their gastrointestinal stomach.

The diners who seemed to be in the magic just now drank the barley tea straight. At this time, they saw that the master was still sitting calmly on the top, with normal white bread and meat in front of them, and barley tea. The only thing that was stained with brown sugar was Brown sugar oatmeal cookies.

Lance's diet is also normal, but he is holding a sword-shaped sugar, which is full of flavor and content.

Raymond's head was crooked, and he couldn't care a little about the nobleman's etiquette. He felt in his heart that the master's self-control was too strong. On the one hand, he arrogantly treated everyone, even to the point of being unreal. On the other hand, the master himself only enjoyed brown sugar The biscuits are made of oats. Just now I just watched everyone carnival.

Although Lord Baron is not keen on force, Raymond admires him so much that he understands the dreams of people's hearts, but he is not lost.

——I can only say that Raymond thinks too much. Even if Cui Qichao lacks sugar and salt for a few years, he will only consume the right amount of sugar, and he wo n’t be mad to eat earthen brown sugar.

People in the trading team, who did not want to eat on the road, add some brown sugar in it, this is an unspoken thing, not to mention that the master never treats everyone with his diet.

Who knows that this whole sugar banquet came down. Everyone felt that there was no appetite for brown sugar in at least a month. They may be the first people in the Middle Ages to eat sugar and hurt.

Injury is hurt, and satisfaction is still very much. This meal is enough for them to recite for ten or twenty years. This is not the time when the brown sugar is abundant and the price is lowered, a brown sugar banquet, they are the most identified people.

Unfortunately, in the world outside the territory, even if the details are not exaggerated, many people are unwilling to believe, or directly treat it as a legend.

Only those led by Northumberland would be convinced of this and would describe in their minds what the scene was like.

The rest of the food at the full sugar banquet was packed and distributed to the family by the banquet. At the same time, after the trade team left, the banquet was spread through the mouth of their family and the servants of the castle.

That residue is the only evidence left, and it is hard to imagine how a crazy banquet can make the farmers and soldiers eat sugar and drink wheat water, which is barley tea to ease the sweetness in the mouth. taste.

...

Cui Qichao asked the cook to make some nut candy cookies and take them back as a snack. He came from an era where everything was available. A piece of candy cake can be eaten for a long time with barley tea.

The three had a keen interest in cloth-covered sugar cakes, especially big whites and big oranges. As cats born in the Middle Ages, they were not particularly keen on sugar, but were interested in all food.

"Sit down." Because various nuts were placed inside, and many nuts were harmful to the cat's body, Cui Qichao only ordered them to sit well, and did not intend to eat them.

Cui Qichao took a small bit and bit it, saying: "This is not suitable for you. I will let the kitchen cook some salmon meat."

Xiaobai's head dangled, staring at Cui Qichao, with a dark smile in his heart, suddenly picking up his clothes and standing up, pretending to look for sugar, whine and bit his mouth. Watch it to scare Cui Qichao.

Unfortunately, when Cui Qichao was rarely dysfunctional, he saw Xiaobai come up, but he didn't dodge at all times, but opened his mouth expressionlessly, exposing the piece of sugar cake.

Xiaobai only hesitated.

Cui Qichao: "If you want to bite, I will also bite your head."

noob:"…………"

What is the trick of using poison to attack poison, Cui Qichao is crazy? ?

Besides, it bites a sugar cookie, why should it bit its head? Isn't it reasonable? ?

It was also at this time that it could see clearly that Cui Qichao had two sharp teeth, like tiger teeth, but far from being so playful.

One cat opened his mouth, staring at each other.

Da Bai and Da Tang had their eyes widened and their necks stretched, watching the scene in shock.

Cui Qichao washed his cat's hands when he touched it. It touched his nose with it. Does he really dare to scratch his head?

It's hard to say, Cui Qichao is stubborn, just in case he's really sick and stabbed his cat's head ...

After careful consideration, Xiaobai rolled his tongue around his mouth casually, closed the mouth with his own hands, and lowered his front paws.

Cui Qichao shut up when he saw this, touched Xiaobai's head twice, and looked at the hand: "Is Xiaobai eating salt, it's a bit shaved and wants to be bald."

noob:"………………"

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