The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 22 The Flour Tree

"There's no reason, just to be willing to help others, especially to help a beauty like you." Xiao Che's tone was not at all formal.

The gratitude that had just risen in Su Tang's heart dissipated when he heard this foolish words, "But thank you anyway."

"You don't really intend to support the village by selling these sulfur, do you?" Xiao Che asked.

"No." Su Tang looked at the extremely vast flat land, covered with sporadic yellow sulfur, and thought that there was a lot of underground production.

"Use it to make weapons, and settle accounts with Heifengzhai." Su Tang said lightly.

Xiao Che raised his eyebrows noncommittally, "Sulphur is quite commonly used to make poison and medicine, I have never heard of it being used to make weapons."

Su Tang smiled and said nothing, she would not tell him the secret of gunpowder.

"Are you going back next?" Xiao Che asked again.

"And continue to go into the mountains to find another kind of stone." It is still short of saltpeter.

"The weather inside is abnormal, and there are wild animals in and out. Anyway, I don't have anything to do, so I will accompany you for a while." Xiao Che said nonchalantly, as if he really just happened to help when he had nothing to do.

"Thank you." Su Tang did not refuse, after all, there are more people and more security.

The group continued to set off into the deep mountains, and the temperature became hotter and hotter. Su Tang gradually discovered many plants that can only grow in the tropics.

For example, sugarcane is wild, not as sweet as modern varieties that have undergone multiple cultivation and optimization, but this means that this place is suitable for the growth of sugarcane, and we can consider using the environment here to grow some sugarcane in the future.

Sugar cane can be used to make sugar, and the bagasse after sugar extraction can also be used to make paper, which can be described as a treasure.

Most of the people here eat honey, and some rich and powerful families also eat maltose. So pure sweet white granulated sugar comes out, and I don’t know how much sensation it will cause. After all, no matter what time it is, people’s love for polysaccharides will never be erased.

There is also white and flawless paper, which is cheap and easy to use. These seemingly ordinary things in modern times will become huge business opportunities here.

But these can only be discussed in the long-term. There are not many people in Fufeng Village, and they have no self-protection ability. It is very dangerous to let some people plant sugar cane in this deep mountain and old forest, and they have to think about other methods.

There is a lot of food in the mountains and forests, but there are no large pieces of grains, and the fruits in twos and threes can't take care of all the villagers in the village.

"A large area of ​​edible plants has long been taken away by various villages. If you want to find food, you have to continue walking inside. There are more wild animals entrenched inside, and many people are unwilling to go inside." Xiao Che said casually.

The arrow in his hand was shot neatly at the tree trunk. Looking carefully, a snake with a thick arm was entangled there, and the arrow hit seven inches in the middle. It could be seen that Xiao Che's arrow skills were extremely accurate.

Su Tang glanced at the poor snake. The system had already covered her with surveillance within one kilometer of her body, and would warn of any potential danger in advance. This was also the reason why she had the confidence to enter the mountain.

The snake that died tragically was just hanging on the tree to sleep, and now it is dying like this, but since it is dead.

"Take that snake with you and eat it when you are resting. I heard that the snake meat is very tender." Su Tang said.

Wu Chong silently climbed the tree to pick the poor snake.

"We pay more attention to caves or highlands with dry terrain. Saltpeter is usually white powder or gray crystals." Su Tang said, hoping to find saltpeter here.

After continuing to walk into the mountain for two days, there was still nothing to gain. Yingyue sat in the woods rubbing her aching legs, Wu Chong and the others were grilling meat, and Xiao Che was adding firewood to the fire.

The temperature inside is getting higher and higher. It has been five days since we set off from the stockade, but we haven't found any food or saltpeter. Su Tang lowers his head and feels a little depressed. Maybe it's time to go back.

Wu Chong turned over the barbecue in his hand and said, "Master, shall we go inside?"

He knew that without saltpeter, there was no way to make the weapon Su Tang said, but there was no way to find it.

Su Tang was still a little unwilling, because he had no food and no ability to protect himself. In case of two more visits like Heifeng Village, Su Tang would have to take the villagers out of the Lingyun Mountains.

At that time, there was nothing to do with these vicious bandits.

Seeing that she just lowered her head and said nothing, Xiao Che said, "Let's go in and have a look, maybe we can find it soon."

Looking at Su Tang's actions these days, I didn't expect this delicate woman to be extremely tough.

Su Tang looked at the leaves under her feet for a moment, picked one up and held it in her hand to look at it. The shape was similar to a banana leaf. She had the honor to see it when she traveled to Yunnan before. Because of the peculiarity of this tree, she studied it specially and had some impressions. .

"We found something to eat." Su Tang got up and looked at the forest that was more than ten meters high.

This kind of tree is called Siyehei locally in Yunnan, which means a tree that can produce flour. The trunk contains a lot of starch. Whether it is pancakes or fried, the starch tastes soft and moderate and very delicious.

Even if it is directly boiled, it is very delicious. According to the local people, this starch is not only edible, but also a good medicine for diarrhea.

Wu Chong looked at Su Tang staring at a big and thick tree with shining eyes, he was unavoidably worried, and cautiously persuaded, "It doesn't matter if you can't find food, the village master, at worst, let's hunt more prey and dig more. Even wild vegetables won’t starve to death.”

"That's right, Village Master, we have never been reduced to the point of gnawing tree bark." A young man followed up.

"Village Master, why don't we go back, and we'll try to hunt some prey in the future."

They were really afraid that Su Tang would be overwhelmed and planned to take everyone to gnaw the bark. Only Yingyue followed Su Tang and looked at the trees suspiciously, knowing that it must not be as simple as gnawing the bark.

Even Xiao Che looked at Su Tang in astonishment. He didn't expect Fufeng Village to be so difficult that he could only live on bark. He tentatively said, "If it's not possible, I'll send you some food. Don't stare at the tree. I saw it."

Qingping village is not considered well-off even without its own expenses, but it is still possible to give some food to Fufeng village.

Su Tang ignored their words, and only ordered, "Wu Chong, find a tree that is smaller and easier to cut, and chop one."

Wu Chong grimaced, "Village Master, we really haven't reached the point of chewing on bark."

"Go!" Su Tang urged, she really wanted to see if there was flour in the tree.

Wu Chong had no choice but to take everyone honestly to cut down the trees, but he still couldn't figure out in his heart, besides the bark, what else could be eaten in these trees, except for the leaves?
Xiao Che, who was standing beside him with his brows raised in thought, weighed his tone again and again, and said carefully, "What are you cutting down trees for? If people eat too much bark, accidents will happen."

"You'll know later." Su Tang smiled, she was not sure whether the starch could be extracted from the tree trunk, so she didn't dare to talk too much.

(End of this chapter)