All the captured pirates were detained and controlled. Later, they would be convicted according to their crimes and performance. Those who had committed lighter crimes and performed well could be pardoned. Those who committed more serious crimes and performed poorly could only be killed to appease the public's anger. Those who committed more serious crimes and performed well could be given a lighter punishment. It was not even a problem to spare their lives. Ang Lee had enough authority to deal with these pirates. It all depended on Ang Lee's mood.
After attacking the pirates several times, the total number of captives had reached 400 to 500. Naturally, it was not easy to control so many people. In order to better control the occupied areas, it was necessary to send most of the captured pirates to the camp at Tianguang Port and let the officers and soldiers there take good care of them. At the same time, more officers and soldiers were transferred to the Black Dragon Sea Area to increase the strength of the officers and soldiers and make preparations to further eliminate all the pirates.
The pirates had a lot of wine in stock. However, it was not the time to celebrate. There were still so many pirates to control, so the officers and soldiers naturally could not get drunk. Every officer and soldier only prepared two bowls of wine for them to taste. Drinking too much would cause problems. However, there were a lot of meat and vegetable dishes, so they could eat more.
The early morning was the time of the day when a person had the least appetite. However, the officers and soldiers had not rested all night and consumed a lot of their physical strength. Therefore, their appetite was still relatively strong. After eating, most of the officers and soldiers went to rest, leaving only a few people on duty.
The eating and drinking lasted for more than two hours. After eating and drinking, except for 50 people who were chosen to continue patrolling the island and watching over the pirates, the rest of the officers and soldiers began to rest. After a tiring night, they were really sleepy. If they did not rest, they would not be able to bear it. It would be very harmful to their bodies.
Ang Lee did not rest. Instead, he wandered around the pirate farm. He had been here for a long time last night, but because of the lack of light, he could not see very clearly. At this time, Ang Lee did not feel sleepy. He continued to admire the crops in the field. This feeling was very good. At the same time, he also figured out the crops that he had not seen clearly last night.
"I can see it clearly during the day. The large green field is really beautiful."
Ang Lee walked to the loofah field and looked at the large tropical loofah field in front of him as he spoke happily.
At night, he could barely see the general state of the crops. Only during the day could he truly see the true state of all the crops.
This luffa field had an area of more than one mu. In order to allow the luffa vines to climb normally, a large number of bamboo poles were placed in the luffa field. The bottom of the luffa field was installed in a forked pattern, and there were many horizontal and vertical bamboo poles at the top, which connected all the shelves of the luffa field together. The horizontal and vertical bamboo poles at the top were half a meter taller than people, so people could walk normally under them. Of course, if a luffa fell, it would hit people's heads, and they would need to squat down to avoid it.
With so many horizontal and vertical bamboo poles, the luffa vines at the top could climb to their heart's content, covering the entire space at the top. Walking under the luffa vines was like walking in the shade, it felt very cool.
Because it was planted in different batches, the situation in each area was different. Some areas were already covered with a large number of luffa gourds, and it looked very pleasing. Some areas only covered the top area, and there were no luffa gourds. Some areas only had a few luffa vines at the top. Of course, there were some that had not grown to the top, and there were even luffa gourds that had just sprouted. These luffa planted in batches could supply the needs of the pirates all year round, so they never had to worry about not having enough to eat.
The luffa field was not the only shady area with luffa. The vegetable calabash field next to it could also be shady. These vegetable calabashes did not look like calabashes. They looked more like large melons, but the top was slightly smaller. If one had a rich imagination, it could also be imagined as a calabash. The vegetable calabash was much larger than the luffa, so the bamboo frame in the vegetable calabash field was much thicker than the frame in the luffa field to support the pressure of these heavier calabashes.
As for the larger melons such as watermelons, they were directly planted in the ground. There was no rack prepared for them to climb vines. Although watermelons could also grow on the rack, watermelons were heavier, and the demand for the strength of the rack was greater. Therefore, the pirates gave up and adopted the easier way of climbing vines on the ground. Even most of the watermelons in the later generations grew directly in the ground. There were very few shelves for the watermelons to climb. The cost was too high, and it was more troublesome to manage. When the watermelons grew, they needed to specially tie ropes on both sides of the watermelon vines to prevent the watermelons from falling down. One watermelon naturally did not have much pressure, but there were inevitably many watermelons growing in the watermelon field. The labor pressure was too great to handle one by one. They needed to hire additional manpower, and hiring manpower required additional money. Naturally, it was not cost-effective.
The farmland operated by the pirates was about three hundred mu, but the farmland with shelves was only thirty mu. It only accounted for one-tenth of the total farmland. Even in the vegetable category, it only occupied a small portion.
Because the growth of temperate vegetables in the tropics was not very good, all the temperate vegetables were planted on a very small scale. This was still the result of generations of selective breeding by the pirates. If the seeds of temperate plants were directly taken, at most, they could only grow a few leaves in the tropics. It was even possible that they could not germinate at all.
For the vegetables that were originally tropical, the pirates planted relatively more. These tropical vegetables were easier to take care of, and the pirates did not have to work too hard. They grew well, and it made them happy to see them grow well.
Among the tropical vegetables, there were varieties such as water spinach and tomatoes that were planted in relatively large areas. Tomatoes were a crop in America, and the output was still considerable. Water spinach was an important vegetable in the tropics.
For tomatoes, one must eat the ripe fruit. If the fruit was not ripe, it could not be eaten. It was easy to be poisoned if one ate it. This was very important. Since ancient times, cases of poisoning from eating raw tomatoes occurred almost every year. There were always people who accidentally ate unripe tomatoes, causing their bodies to pay a great price. Even losing their lives was not a rare thing. In the future, there were many ordinary people who died from eating tomatoes every year.
It was said that this was because unripe tomatoes contained poisonous solanine. Using solanine would cause symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, discomfort, vomiting, and fatigue. In serious cases, it could even endanger one's life. It was very terrible. Therefore, one must not eat unripe tomatoes. For one's own life and health, one must pay attention to it.
In addition, tomatoes were not suitable to be eaten raw, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach. If one ate raw tomatoes as a vitamin supplement, or if one ate raw tomatoes to quench one's thirst in the summer, it would be a big mistake. It would only harm one's body.
Tomatoes couldn't be eaten on an empty stomach either, because the amount of gastric acid secreted during an empty stomach would increase. Some substances contained in tomatoes would combine with gastric acid and easily form insoluble lumps. Eating tomatoes would often cause abdominal pain, stomach discomfort, and stomach swelling pain.
Also, it should not be heated at high temperature for a long time because some nutrients in tomatoes were easily decomposed by light, heat, and oxygen, losing their health benefits. When cooking, it should be avoided for a long time.
It was said that eating a small amount of fresh tomatoes every day could meet the needs of several vitamins and minerals. Tomatoes contained a nutrient called lycopene, which had the effect of inhibiting bacteria. It contained malic acid, citric acid, and sugar, which had the function of helping digestion. Tomatoes were rich in nutrients and had many functions. They were known as the magical fruit of vegetables.
Organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid in tomatoes also increased the acidity of gastric juice, helped digestion, and adjusted the function of the gastrointestinal tract. Tomatoes contained fruit acid, which could reduce the content of cholesterol and was very beneficial for hyperlipidemia. Tomatoes were rich in vitamins and other elements, and also contained various nutrients such as protein, sugar, organic acids, cellulose, and other nutrients. It was a very good vegetable.
In addition, tomatoes also had medicinal value, such as protecting the liver, nourishing the heart muscle, and reducing blood pressure. It contained moderate amounts of sugar and vitamins. It could reduce blood viscosity, protect blood vessels, and prevent high blood pressure. Eating tomatoes often had the role of auxiliary treatment for coronary heart disease and liver patients. It contained a substance called copper chloride, which had the role of auxiliary treatment for liver disease.
Tomatoes also had the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic and laxative, and helping digestion. Malic acid and citric acid could help digestion of fatty substances in the gastric juice. Eating oily food, eating tomatoes not only helped digestion, but also prevented indigestion. Tomatoes also had a diuretic effect. Eating tomatoes was good for kidney disease. On hot days, tomato slices could also be boiled into soup as tea, which had the effect of clearing heat and preventing heatstroke. The fiber it contained could increase the water in feces, and it could also be converted into substances that were easy to soften and achieve the laxative effect.
Tomatoes could also protect the health of the skin. They contained a variety of vitamins, could maintain the normal secretion of gastric juice, and promote the formation of red blood cells. The high content of vitamins could maintain the elasticity of the skin. Chopping tomatoes with a little honey could moisturize the skin and treat mangy skin.
In addition, tomatoes could also prevent rickets, night blindness, and dry eyes in children. They were rich in vitamins, could promote bone calcification, and played an important role in the formation of tooth tissue. Patients with root inflammation, dental disease, nosebleeds, and bleeding diseases ate tomatoes to help treat them.
As for the origin of tomatoes, there was no dispute in later generations. This crop originated from the central part of America. It was a wild berry that grew in the forest. Because of its beautiful color, the local aborigines thought that this fruit was poisonous. They regarded it as the fruit of the fox or as the wolf fruit. They only used it for ornamental purposes. No one dared to eat it. It was completely treated as an ornamental plant.
Later, Europeans discovered America and thought that this plant was very beautiful. He liked the tomato very much as an ornamental plant, so he brought it back to Europe as a gift of love to his lover, Queen Elizabeth, to express his love. From then on, the reputation of the tomato as the love fruit, the lover fruit, spread out. People liked to grow tomatoes at home. However, they only treated it as an ornamental plant, not to eat it.
Then, generation after generation, no one dared to eat tomatoes. Until a century later, there was a painter who painted tomatoes many times. In the face of the beautiful, lovely, and poisonous berry tomato, he could not resist its temptation, so he had the idea of tasting what it tasted like. He risked his life to eat a tomato. He felt that it was sweet, sour, and sweet. Then, lying in bed waiting for death, he was fine. So the news that tomatoes were not poisonous and could be eaten quickly spread all over the world. At this time, people knew that tomatoes could be eaten, and they could be eaten raw.
Since then, everyone peacefully enjoyed the good food brought by this brave warrior who dared to risk his life for the world. In the 18th century, a chef made delicacies with tomatoes. The delicacies were colorful and delicious, and the guests praised it endlessly. Tomatoes were finally on the table. Since then, tomatoes won the love of everyone, and were known as the red fruit, the golden apple, the ruby, and the love fruit.
Because Ang Lee had long known that tomatoes were not poisonous, after the Tang dynasty discovered America, he immediately brought back the seeds and seedlings of tomatoes and began to promote them in the Tang dynasty. Now, tomatoes had not only begun to enter the tables of the people in the Tang dynasty, but also began to grow this crop on the overseas islands.
The tomatoes planted by the pirates were more than two mu, but they were divided into five batches. Each batch was about half a mu of land. If half a mu of tomatoes ripened at the same time, the output would be enough to satisfy the three hundred pirates. There were tomatoes and eggs here. It was estimated that the pirates would be able to eat tomato scrambled eggs. This was considered a good life. Even if they didn't become thieves, it was enough for them to live. However, these pirates were greedy and didn't have enough. They actually became thieves and robbed merchants, dreaming of making a fortune.
About half a mu of tomatoes had ripened, and some of the fruits had been picked by the pirates. Last night, the soldiers of the Tang dynasty also picked a lot, but because it was too dark, many of the unripe fruits were mistakenly picked, causing a certain amount of waste.
Half a mu of tomatoes further away were also full of green fruits. These fruits were still small, but they would ripen one after another in half a month at most.
Ang Lee was very familiar with the technology of planting tomatoes. At this time, the technology of planting tomatoes all over the world came from Ang Lee's teachings. There might be some improvements, but the deviation would not be too big.
Ang Lee was very clear that tomatoes were plants that liked light and heat. Sufficient sunlight and a warm climate were the tomatoes' favorite, which could promote the growth of tomatoes.
Of course, it was not good if the weather was too hot. Too hot weather would also roast the tomatoes. Fortunately, the tropical islands were not areas with particularly hot climates, especially at night, when the weather was still very cool. The huge ocean had a strong role in regulating the temperature, so the tropical islands were not so hot. At least, it would not be so hot that it would affect the growth of many crops.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
