Chapter 738

At this time, the night is still very cool. After Xu Qing coax the little dragonfly to sleep, he and Li Changting sleep outside the space.

As the weather gets hotter and hotter, the war situation in Xiangzhou is also in a stalemate. However, Xu Qing's life is very comfortable. She has nothing to do. When she goes to the market, she finds that someone is selling coconuts.

It is said that it was transported from Xiangzhou. Later, Xu Qing and the coconut peddler learned that it was hot in the south of Xiangzhou, and there were many coconut trees, which were usually full of coconuts in summer.

It's not only Xiangzhou, but also Lanzhou, which is close to the sea. It's a pity that coconuts are too heavy to transport. Although people like to eat them, it's too far away. It's not cost-effective to transport them. That is to say, it's only near lezhou that they can be transported. No matter how far away they are, they won't be sold.

Xu Qing was very strange: "I saw that there were coconut trees in lezhou, but it didn't seem to bear fruit?"

The peddler said with a smile: "the coconut trees here don't bear fruit."

Xu Qing: "ah? Why? "

Peddler: "from lezhou to the north, the coconut trees do not bear fruit. Only a few very hot places in the South will bear fruit."

Xu Qing was silly. She also planted coconut trees in her space. She said that there had been no movement for so many years. It turned out that the climate was not suitable and it would not bear fruit.

The coconut trees and durian trees are white. The temperature in the space is not suitable for these tropical fruits at all.

Although a little disappointed, the coconuts sold here are still very cheap. They are only three Wen each. They are all big fruits. The main reason is that the freight is expensive. If you go to the place of origin, you can buy several coconuts for one Wen.

Xu Qing sometimes needs a lot of coconuts to make cakes. In fact, she doesn't lack coconuts in summer in Hezhou, but the price of a coconut is equal to a cart of coconuts here.

Every summer, the merchant ships will send the seasonal fruits from the south to the north. The south of Jizhou is close to the north. There is no shortage of all kinds of goods. As long as you have money, you can make a reservation.

Unfortunately, the shelf life of most tropical fruits is too short. Xu Qing wanted to buy a lot of them, but he couldn't find a way to preserve them.

For example, the shelf life of coconut is only about ten days, and durian is shorter. Xu Qing bought it before, so he knows. One of the reasons for the high cost is that the merchant ships need a lot of ice to refrigerate the fruits.

Xu Qing talked to Li Changting next to him about preservation. As a result, he was heard by the peddler. The peddler immediately said with a smile, "madam, you don't know. The shelf life of this coconut can't be generalized. For example, it's not easy to put the tender coconut, but the old coconut can be put for a long time. If you want to eat it for a long time, there are coconut powder sold in Xiangzhou, and the cold storage will not be bad for a year."

Xu Qing's eyes brightened: "coconut powder?"

The peddler nodded: "yes, there are coconut powder made from coconut juice and coconut pulp. People over there use it to soak for children. After all, milk is expensive. It's very cheap."

After a pause, the vendor rubbed his hands and said, "if you need me, I can bring it for you."

Xu Qing: "coconut powder is also made by local people?"

The peddler nodded: "yes, yes, they just make coconut powder. They can't sell many fresh coconuts. If they can't finish eating so many coconuts, they will rot and waste."

Xu Qing nodded with satisfaction: "OK, for the sake of what you tell me, I'll take care of all the coconuts in this car. You can help me to transport them to my home."

The peddler was stunned for a moment and was overjoyed: "ah, good!"

When the coconuts were transported to Li's house, Xu Qing only asked the peddler to move half of them down, and sent the other half to Li's house to give them to Li Chanjuan.

Finally, the vendor carefully asked Xu Qing if she wanted the coconut powder. Xu Qing said that she wanted to have a look by herself.

Looking at the big family, the peddler didn't dare to ask more. He settled the money and left happily.

When Li Chanjuan was in lezhou, she often ate coconuts in summer. She asked Xu Qing how much she bought them and said that they were expensive. If she waited another month, the coconuts would be cheap.

But now buy is in advance to taste a fresh, Xu Qing want to eat this no one said.

Coconut juice is very good. It is cool and refreshing. It has a mild taste. It's very comfortable to drink on hot days.

Xu Qing gave Xiao Liu one for each of them. Everyone had a taste. Many of them haven't eaten coconut yet.

In space.

Duanmu Xiang and Li Changting cut off the coconut meat and prepared it for Xu Qing to stew chicken.

"Do you have coconuts on the boundless Fairy Island?" Asked Xu Qing.

"No Duanmu rang, "it's not very hot over there. The climate is similar to that of Jizhou."

Xu Qing glanced at the two coconut trees outside: "why don't you pull out these two coconut trees and plant them outside? They will not grow and occupy space. Those two durian trees can look forward to it again. If they don't blossom and bear fruit in a few years, they will be pulled up. "

Duanmu ring: "I thought everything could grow in the space."

Xu Qing: "at first, I thought the same way. I grew up, but it didn't work out."

After cutting the coconut meat, Li Changting and duanmuxiang went to look at the two coconut trees. The coconut trees are higher than the house, and the roots under them must be very deep. It would take several days to dig them by manpower alone.Xu Qingzheng really wants to go to Xiangzhou to see how to make coconut powder. He is not in a hurry. In this moment and a half, he will move out of the space on the way back.

It's a pity to throw away a good tree. We'll see if we can plant it at that time. Maybe we can blossom and bear fruit in a suitable environment.

At night, the coconut stewed chicken is very delicious. Xu Qing only gave the little Dragonfly half a bowl. The coconut meat is cold, so he was afraid of children's tummy when he ate too much.

However, seeing that little dragonflies like drinking coconut milk so much, Xu Qing really hopes that these two coconut trees in the space can bear fruit.

From lezhou to Xiangzhou coconut production area, it takes about ten days by coach. This long journey makes Xu Qing very sad.

It is said that the roads here are underdeveloped, and two official roads have been built in lezhou. There is no road in Xiangzhou. Unless there is a driver who knows the way to take it, he doesn't know where to go.

The silver allocated by the imperial court to Xiangzhou was used to support soldiers and fight. As a result, the people in Xiangzhou were very poor. The government was controlled by the army instead of having money to build roads. In addition, Tiangao was far away from the emperor. In the past, it was situ Xiao's speech, not to mention now.

Situ Xiao has money to support his troops, but he doesn't know how to develop his local people's livelihood. He seems to be afraid that the people will run away with money, and they can't support him here without money.

Xu Qing and Li Changting are easy to follow. They don't take any with them. Li Changting's presence alone is equal to that of Xiao Liu and ten of them. It's more than enough to protect Xu Qing. It's inconvenient to get in and out of the space when there are too many people.

Last time I asked the peddler the way and spent a few Wen to draw a map for them.

This time, Xu Qing was comfortable. After leaving the city of lezhou, he drove to a place where there was no one to hide. Xu Qing went into the space and put his horse and car into the space together.