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Chapter 327: Cool and Fragrant

Although everyone doesn’t know what he is going to do, they are already used to his instructions to do things. This is also the principle he has always advocated. If you don’t understand, you can ask. But more often, it is best to complete the assigned tasks first and then slowly understand.

This is actually a matter of execution. If it is missing, then there will be big problems with the management of the factory, and the opposition to execution is passive slack work.

There are many people and great power. Not only are there three mutes, but also Chen Danian and five others. Fang Dajun did not participate. He was recalling some memories and was thinking about what to plan if it was confirmed, it was the thing he thought of. Because it involved a series of problems, the most important thing was sales issues. Only when it could be sold was the treasure. Otherwise, no matter how good the thing was, it would not be possible to use a lot of manpower and material resources to do it. Isn’t that equivalent to enjoying it alone?

What we are considering now is how to help Caiqi Commune get rid of poverty, which is also a big challenge for him. When Yang Mei took office, if he could take action, it would definitely play a key role.

No matter how you calculate it, it is worth a vote. When he came to his senses, the tea fruit was almost picked. Fang Dajun took it and looked at it. This thing was not very regular and vivid, a bit like the seeds produced by the Clivia after it withered. After it was knocked open, there were several seeds inside, just like chestnuts.

I put it between my nose and smelled it. There was a clear fragrance, but it was very light. I could not stop after smelling it for a few more times. But he was not disappointed, just like rapeseed, and I couldn't smell it before I started to squeeze it.

"Let's go, squeeze out these seeds now." Fang Dajun seemed very excited.

This tree is really big. Even though some of the seeds on it have not been picked, they still picked dozens of kilograms of fruit. Everyone used clothes as bags to pack them.

When I have something to do, I naturally take action. I rushed back quickly and arrived at the oil mill. Well, it was actually a very small workshop that could only be used when squeezing oil. The vegetable oil has long passed, and the tung seed oil is still being squeezed, which is not edible.

So I cleaned it up again and replaced it with clean tools.

Fang Dajun was also curious about the oil pressing process here. This is a very ancient method. It is an oil pressing project that combines wood and stone and then makes it.

A waterwheel, a millstone, an ancient camphor wood trough, a rice bed, and a hanging stone hammer... combines it into the most primitive and oldest oil pressing machine. It is a bit cumbersome, and it is a raw oil that is squeezed out in this way. If the moisture of the oil tea seeds is not dried, there will be a lot of residue after the raw oil comes out, and the taste is quite bad. People who don’t understand it will not be able to figure it out at all and cannot do it.

Chen Danian directly found the most oil-reducing craftsman in the commune. Because of the process, the oil pressing is not so fast. Fang Dajun simply asked about the process of oil pressing. He was in this industry, of course, not oil pressing, but production. As long as it is the production process, there will be improvements. It is not that others are not good at craftsmanship, but that they are not as good as him in their ideas.

Among the craftsmen I found, the leader was Wang Qinian. Fang Dajun seemed to have seen this name many times, but he couldn't remember it for a while. It was probably a bit popular or had the atmosphere of the times.

Wang Qinian had squeezed tea tree oil before he was experienced, but he didn't have many times. While introducing it, he put the shelled tea seeds on the mill. The power of the mill is driven by a water truck, and all the components are made of wood. When rotating, it makes a sound. However, in order to hurry, I directly let several big men go up and push it. The principle is similar to that of the mill. It seems rough, but it contains great wisdom. This is the crystallization of civilization.

"After grinding the oil tea seeds into powder, they should be fried slowly over low heat, so that the oil squeezed will taste fragrant. Then steam it in a rice cooker, then fill it with a straw mat to make a cake. The cake is put into a pressing groove made of a whole wood, and install a wooden wedge on the right side of the oil trough to start pressing." Wang Qinian explained clearly, although people look honest and honest, they are similar to ordinary farmers, but they have read books before and their skills are also family traditions. When it comes to professional work, they have a lot of brushes.

The main equipment of the oil pressing workshop is a huge oil trough wood, which is made of a super large fir tree. The benefits of the fir will decay and will not be destroyed by insects and ants. A "oil trough" about five feet long and one foot wide is chiseled in the center of the big wood, and the oil cake is filled in the "oil trough". After completing these preparation processes, oil pressing can be started.

After the preliminary work was completed, Wang Qinian saw that he was holding a hanging stone weighing more than 200 kilograms and hitting the hammer, which was suspended on the beam of the house, and the same principle as the pushing hand of the stone mill. Wang Qinian slowly hit the hammer and hit the "enter the pile" in the oil trough. After a while, thin strands of camellia oil slowly dripped from the oil trough, and a refreshing fragrance filled the workshop.

It is actually simple, but it is really complicated. There is also a step omitted in the middle, which is to expose the tea fruit to the sun first. The rapeseed is the same. After harvesting, the water inside must be dried, otherwise the fried oil will contain a lot of water. It takes a long time to boil the water before evaporating the water. The shrinkage will be quite serious and the oil will not be so fragrant.

But now I’m just doing experiments and can’t control that much. The oil tea seeds turn into oil probably have to go through six steps: drying, peeling, crushing, stir-frying, steaming, and pressing.

"It smells so good!" Jin Chi said at this time.

The sky gradually became late, the sun was about to set, and it was really delayed in the oil mill, and even the commune cadres rushed over after hearing the news.

There is no doubt that tea oil can be eaten now, because not only Wang Qinian knows this, but some older people in the commune also know it, but no one has noticed it. One is that the oil output is too low, and the other is that it does not have the aroma of vegetable oil. This is equivalent to everyone knowing that the wild fruits on the mountain are delicious, but they cannot be eaten as food. If you encounter them, pick a few wild fruits as snacks. If you don’t encounter them, then forget it.

Because the process of squeezing tea oil is a bit complicated, the villagers can't pick it themselves and want to squeeze it. They got the oil room, which is from the commune, so they can't squeeze some tea oil for one person privately.

Fang Dajunpo was speechless. Beidou usually uses two types of oils, one is rapeseed oil and the other is lard. Rapeseed oil is suitable for stir-frying meat, and lard is suitable for stir-frying vegetarian dishes. It is a traditional custom. I haven’t heard anyone say that eating too much lard has three highs. This is actually related to the environment. It’s strange that you can have three highs since you have eaten it since you are a child and work every day.

At this time, the tea oil ticks out, very slowly, and accompanied by many bubbles, there is too much moisture in it because it is picked directly. Even if it is fried and steamed in the middle, it cannot be avoided. It can only be exposed to the sun before processing.

The color of the oil is similar to rapeseed oil, and the smell is of course different. This is raw oil. In fact, pure raw oil is not as good as blending oil in terms of nutrition, but it is more fragrant. It is pure aroma that is incomparable to any blending oil. Similarly, it is accompanied by a strong raw smell. After putting it in the pot, it must be heated over high heat until the bubbles evaporate dry before it can be used for cooking, so that the raw smell can be avoided.

If you don’t care about the blending oil beforehand, who is still overnutrition now? It’s the opposite?

Fang Dajun squatted down at this time, put his fingers into the wooden basin, and dripped them a little oily, then put them in his mouth. In an instant, his eyes lit up.

It is very fragrant, very cool, and has a cool feeling, and a little sweet, but it tastes a little bitter and astringent when you taste it at the end. This is the raw taste, which is a unique astringent taste of plants.

"It's this thing, pure wild camellia oil." Fang Dajun exclaimed. He couldn't recognize the appearance. He could not see the tea tree and the tea fruits could not be sure, but he couldn't forget the taste.

"Dajun, what are you talking about?" Jin Chi squatted down and asked.

"Haha, I said this is camellia oil, which is very fragrant and valuable." Fang Dajun said happily.

"How valuable can it be?" Jin Chi asked again.

Fang Dajun answered this question, but he had a scale in his mind. The oil was not very valuable at the beginning and did not pay attention to it. However, as people's requirements for living standards became higher and higher, and they became more and more flawed, and they became more and more picky about food ingredients.

For ordinary rapeseed oil, take a certain Golden Dragon Rain as an example, it costs about 70 yuan for ten kilograms, and 70 yuan, you can only buy one kilogram of camellia oil. Just compare it and you will know that the price difference is ten times.

Of course, at the beginning of the 2000th year, the price of this oil was only about twice that of rapeseed oil, but then it rose all the way, boiling every year. By the time Fang Dajun traveled through the journey, by 2013, it had risen to a terrifying 70 yuan per catty, and it was in short supply. Many people wanted to buy it, but there was no stock.

Oil tea, also known as camellia trees like warmth and are afraid of cold. They require an average annual temperature of 16 to 18c, and an average temperature of 12 to 13c during the flowering period. Sudden low temperature or night frost will cause falling flowers and fruits. They require sufficient sunlight, otherwise they will only grow branches and leaves, with fewer fruits and low oil content. They require sufficient moisture, and the annual precipitation is generally above 1,000 mm, but continuous rainfall during the flowering period affects pollination. It is required to plant in places with gentle slopes and weak erosion. The soil requirements are not very strict. It is generally suitable for acidic soil with deep soil layers, but not in places with many stones and hard soil.

Some of these requirements overlap with the golden nanmu, and the environment where the flag is planted is very suitable. Moreover, relying on the reservoir, the water source is not a problem, which can make the tea trees grow more lush. No wonder many wild species can be left behind, and Fang Dajun's thoughts have also changed. (To be continued...)
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