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第一百五十四节 东方亮,西方也亮

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自从张骞凿空西域,中国和欧洲的陆地贸易开辟了丝绸之路之后,大黄就由商队经丝绸之路运往西亚与欧洲大陆,骆驼商队从中国运输干大黄,越过高山来到中亚的布哈拉,然后通过黑海来到欧洲。因为通过小亚细亚到达欧洲,因此后来得名土耳其大黄。大黄在丝绸之路贸易中一度是相当重要的商品,

在以后的日子里,中亚商人经营着这条经过波斯和其它中东地区的繁荣的大黄贸易线。到了明朝,形成了两条从中国出发的大黄贸易线:一条走海路经印度,另一条穿过戈壁沙漠、西伯利亚来到莫斯科。葡萄牙人经营的澳门转口贸易商品中,大黄也占相当大的比例。

大黄很早就是波斯和阿拉伯医生的宠爱。中世纪以来大黄贸易曾在丝绸之路上繁荣兴旺了一千来年。大黄能够健胃解毒,以肉奶为主食的民族,在还不知食茶以前就全靠中国的大黄,把它视为包治百病的灵丹妙药。因此大黄在一千多年时间里,一直是中亚、西亚乃至欧洲最紧俏的商品之一。由于阿拉伯人的影响,大黄广泛地应用于欧洲的药物中。通过掌握剂量和使用方法的不同,它既能作为治疗便秘的泻药,又能作为治疗痢疾、腹泻的收敛剂,还能用作治疗烧伤、疖子、痈的药物。

后来欧洲人还培育出了食用大黄,可以用在各种点心和菜肴中,甚至作为水果食用。不过直到今天,药物用大黄依然只有中国才能种植。大黄在欧洲人心目中的地位之高,以至在全世界的很多地方都有大黄节日。这种药物在国外受到如此的欢迎,大概是大黄的原产地中国很难想象的。

“乖乖,我就以为它是一泻药,没想到外国人当它是宝贝。”张信看了电报之后对郭逸说,“赶快派人去市面上买大黄吧,这玩意还能当出口商品呢。”

郭逸赶紧派人去市面上打听大黄的消息,发觉大黄早就有专门有字号经营出口买卖。大黄在中国主要出在青海和甘肃,以礼县为集散地,广东这边出口澳门葡萄牙人的生意都是由一家由礼县人经营的“铨水号”货栈垄断经营的。

虽然发觉这条发财门路被人抢了先机有些败兴,但是做大黄酒绝对是个冷门,张信叫人偷偷从各处药铺收进了大量的大黄,连夜清洗吹干。

中国传统的药草酒基本都采用的是浸泡式,但是张信决定和做杜松子酒一样,采用酒精蒸馏法。把切碎的大黄放在蒸馏架上,将酒液的蒸汽通过蒸馏架,最后通过蛇形冷凝管回收,最后就蒸馏出一种颜色微微发黄,气味芬芳的液体。最后,根据薛子良的建议,在酒液中适量的添加了少量熔化的白糖液。使得口感略甜――这下就不折不扣成了大黄甜酒了。

至于蒸馏之后的大黄残渣,张信叫人全部晒干密封收存起来――他打算把这个做袋泡大黄茶的原料――既然红茶末子能做出让中国小资视为“时尚”的袋泡红茶,那么同样性质的大黄茶也可以让欧洲人趋之若鹜。

瓷酒瓶上贴纸标签不大好看,派遣站的几个人讨论下来,由严茂达设计,到牙雕店里订做一批古色古香的小象牙挂牌,用五彩锦绳串着挂在瓶子上,牙牌上是传统图案,商标是“大唐公主”。这个恶俗的名字让大家一致对张信表示藐视,张信说:

“你要说一高雅的,比如啥洛神之类的,外国人听得明白吗?你看法国那一水的名酒,不是拿破仑就是路易十三的,不更俗?我还没叫它康熙、雍正、乾隆呢。”

“别,你还是你的大唐公主吧。”郭逸笑着说,“只要不是啥兰贵人之类就好。”

“兰贵人?这点子也不错,不过洋人闹不清中国的老婆等级制度,辨不出这味,要不以后在内销品牌上用,还可以来个系列品牌。”

大唐公主和国士无双酒正在紧张的加工中,沈范招来的匠人也都到了。宝恒祥倒的时候,虽然老板开发了工钱,但是工匠平日里待遇微薄,没多少积蓄,过完年都为着前途担忧的时候,沈范的及时招揽不啻于是及时雨,对这家新东家都很感激。严茂达又对众人抚慰一番,表示待遇从优,大家可以继续安心工作。当下每人又发了二百钱作为新年的利市。接着他拿出自己绘制的首饰图册,要匠人们发表一下看法。

出乎他的意料,匠人们对严茂达画出来的多数现代首饰持有反对的意见――他们认为这些首饰好看是好看,但是质量太过轻薄,份量不足恐怕难以讨好。严茂达费了半天的气力也没说服他们,看来彼此的观念还需要一定的磨合。

匠人们虽然不认同严掌柜的设计,但是毕竟他是老板,老板愿意怎么干是老板的权力,大家跟着干就是。原本还有匠人怕东家这么折腾迟早要关张,等看到了紫珍斋的货样之后,匠人们的共识是:有这么好的秘法玻璃器,严掌柜爱怎么折腾都没问题啦。

还有人对玻璃器提出了一些额外的加工建议,比如有个叫朱盛仪的首饰匠就提出,可以把一部分的玻璃杯子的手柄、杯缘镶上金银边,还可以加些小巧的花饰,做得更华丽些。严茂达对这样的建议也不以为然――在他看来这是种破坏玻璃器美感的庸俗行为,但是他还是对此表示了赞赏――创造力要鼓励,而不是因为和自己观点不同就扼杀,再者,他们的审美观应该比自己更适应这个时空。

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