I was blown away by the longing for the live broadcast of the sea

Chapter 653 Watcher of the Caribbean~
Lin Yang went on to say: "Because of the advantages of geography and climate, Barbados is one of the largest sugarcane plantations in South America and its surrounding areas. The population of a fourth-tier small city in China is not as good as that.”

As Lin Yang said.

As early as the period of great voyages, Western countries began to rely on sails to 'enclose land'.

In everyone's impression, the countries that have been demolished will generally be reduced to plantations with backward industries, providing raw materials for production to Western countries.

Coffee, sugar, and bananas, these agricultural products often account for a large proportion of a country's industrial income.

However, the extremely small country of Barbados is an exception.

Yueer said with a smile: "In a country with a population of only about 30, it is not easy for them to achieve a literacy rate of 97 percent."

Perhaps, it is precisely because of Lin Yang and Yue'er's science popularization that the millions of water friends in the live broadcast room are full of expectations for this small island country that will be docked soon.

Immediately afterwards, before the yacht was about to dock in the port of Bridgetown, Barbados.

Yue'er briefly reported the general information about the port to Lin Yang, the 'captain'.

At the same time, it can also let the water friends in the live broadcast room know more about the ports that will be called next.

"Bridgeton Port in Barbados has ship repair, fuel supply, fresh water supply, medical treatment, traction and supply functions, but it does not have sewage discharge facilities."

She then said to the roommates in the live broadcast room: "If you are interested in yachting in Barbados by yourself, the ship needs to report and notify 24 hours before arriving at the port."

no doubt.

Her words left thousands of water friends speechless
"I've never been so speechless qaq in my life, I don't have any money to buy air tickets, and I drive a yacht by myself, woo woo woo"

"Sister Yueer, you are joking with us. Even if you give me a yacht for free, even if it is the smallest tonnage, I can't afford to fill it up."

"Brothers, please put 'Only you will' on the public screen!"

"Let's not talk about refueling, I may not even be able to pay the cost of berthing at the port."

"You have to look at the essence through the appearance, sister Yue'er is in the atmosphere! It's a disguised form to encourage everyone to work hard to make money!"

While the sand sculpture netizens were discussing, Lin Yang was coordinating with the port dock to confirm the specific docking location.

Yueer went on to say: "Bridgetown Port in Barbados has a maximum draft of 9.6 meters, a water body specific gravity of 1025, a current tidal range of 0.8 meters, Dongfeng Level 6.12.16, and a high-frequency communication channel of [-]."

She cleared her throat and continued: "As for other information such as shipping speed and freighter information, we don't need to know too much. After all, we are not here to solicit goods for trade."

"Then we only need to dock at the port smoothly, and we can stay on this pleasant island for two more days."

Previously.

Although Lin Yang didn't use a drone, the sea eagle Dabai's head-mounted camera cameo as an aerial photographer. Even if there may be a local drone ban, it can't control Dabai.

in short.

The small abaca hemp braided helmet that was configured for Dabai at the beginning can be said to have come in handy in the subsequent voyage.

And careful viewers will naturally find that on this small island, lush sugarcane forests can be seen everywhere.

Therefore, Barbados' ability to become the world's largest sugar producer is inseparable from their unique geographical advantages.

"I think, on such a small island, it's impossible to find rare animals and plants."

"Even if the anchor rests here for a few days, he should pay more attention to understanding the local culture and customs."

"In any case, I am very happy to be able to 'travel in the cloud', and the most important thing is that it does not cost money!"

As discussed by some water friends, it is obvious that everyone is very curious and looking forward to understanding the cultural customs of this small island country.

Barbados is located at 13° 6' north latitude and 38° 0' west longitude, not far from the equator.

Because of its unique geographical advantages, the annual sunshine time can reach 3000 hours, so this small island country is also known as the 'sunshine rich man'.

Lin Yang said with a smile: "Don't underestimate these sugar canes, they are inseparable from the 'soft gold at sea' of the age of great voyages!"

At this moment, the doubts in the hearts of millions of water friends in the live broadcast room are roughly the same.

What is the soft gold in the sea that the anchor mentioned?What's the deal with sugar cane?
At this moment, even Yue'er who was on the side seemed not quite able to understand what he meant.

She blinked her eyes and thought about it, then snapped her fingers and said, "I see! Sugarcane can be used to make sugar, and it should be a relatively luxurious thing in the age of great voyages!"

Perhaps, in this girl's opinion, sucrose should be the so-called soft gold at sea in Lin Yang's mouth.

Her statement also aroused strong agreement from some water friends!

"I think Miss Yue'er's analysis is reliable. Even when I was young, sugar was a relatively scarce commodity."

"When you mention sugar cane, you think of sugar making. I don't think things are that simple."

"I agree with what my brother said earlier. Although things like sucrose are indeed more popular, they are far from the definition of 'gold'!"

"I remember that it was written in the information I read before that sugar and desserts are symbolic things for European nobles. I think it will be sugar!"

however.

Just as the water friends were discussing, Lin Yang shook his head unexpectedly, and said with a smile:

"If you look at the original form of this thing, it would be more appropriate to call it 'oil'."

The audience in the live broadcast room was confused again, and Yue'er beside her was also blinking her beautiful eyes, with question marks all over her face.

Lin Yang didn't continue to play tricks, he continued: "Actually, what I'm talking about is an accidental by-product of the sugar cane sugar production process."

"Early Westerners brought sugarcane to tropical island countries for planting, not to mention that many places in Europe do not have so much land, neither the climate nor the rainfall are suitable for growing sugarcane."

Western entrepreneurs brought sugar cane to Africa and the Caribbean islands, and then established a flourishing sugar industry.

In the early sugar cane manufacturing process, non-sugar impurities would cause some sugar to produce a black sticky substance like asphalt oil.

And this waste, which was almost useless at the time, was called 'molasses'.

According to some records at that time, for every catty of sucrose produced, 0.5 catty of molasses would be produced.

These wastes are neither edible nor can be buried on site to be used as fertilizer.

Therefore, local sugarcane farmers feed these molasses wastes to hired workers and livestock, and even dump them directly into the vast sea, just because they have no use value.

And by accident, the employees discovered that this garbage-like molasses waste, after natural fermentation, actually produced a peculiar-tasting alcoholic drink!
Lin Yang continued: "This alcoholic drink is 'rum', one of the eight major spirits in the world today."

Yueer snapped her fingers and said, "The birth process of rum is similar to that of cat poop coffee."

This is true.

When Lin Yang and the others passed through Southeast Asia, they had popularized the discovery process of cat poop coffee with the water friends in the live broadcast room.

The same things that were considered waste were also discovered by the employees at the bottom.

Because of this, the water friends were relieved.

Lin Yang's so-called 'soft gold from the sea' just now is not sucrose made from sugar cane, but 'rum' discovered by accident during the sugar production process!
As Lin Yang popularized, rum was born in the context of sugarcane planting and sugar refining.

So far, Barbados, the next island country to stop, still continues the production of sugar cane planting, sugar refining, and rum brewing.

Moreover, in addition to tourism income, these industries support most of Barbados' economic sources.

Yue'er squinted her eyes and said to Lin Yang with a smile, "Since this is the case, when we dock, brother Yang, shall we have a glass of rum?"

"You pay the bill, and I'll come." Lin Yang responded with a smile.

Hearing the conversation between the two, the audience in the live broadcast room was delighted.

"Hey guys, LOL's line made you finish qaq."

"Is there a date for a fight? I'm a wine barrel thief, let's have a glass of rum bar!"

"I often heard about rum before, but I never drank it, so I don't know the story behind it."

"The reason why I like watching Lin Shen's live broadcast is that on the one hand, I can see all kinds of incredible discoveries, and on the other hand, I can learn about different customs and a lot of unknown knowledge!"

"Get a cold knowledge every day! (The useless knowledge has increased)"

This is true.

As some viewers in the live broadcast room said, in the previous live broadcast of Lin Yang's sea voyage, most people knew too much uncommon knowledge, including St. Helena coffee, the birth of cat poop coffee, rum How it was invented etc.

Even though these little knowledge may not be used in a lifetime, it is precisely because of these trivial knowledge blind spots that more people have filled in more knowledge of the world in their limited lives.

Yue'er narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "The next stop is Barbados, we don't need to sail, so we won't drink and drive if we have two glasses of wine."

She then added: "Tips for friendship, no matter whether you are driving a boat, driving a car, or flying an airplane, you are not allowed to drink alcohol~"

Actually.

Yue'er and Lin Yang had the same original intention. After all, there are tens of millions of viewers in the live broadcast room. As semi-public figures that everyone likes, they naturally have to play a correct guiding role.

In short, no alcohol is allowed while driving any vehicle.

Lin Yang said with a smile: "However, in the period of great voyages, after the birth of rum, whether it is a sailor on a regular ocean-going ship or a pirate on an irregular plundering ship, for things like rum, you can It’s hard to put it down.”

In the age of great voyages several centuries ago, whether pirates, merchant sailors, or even naval officers and soldiers were bound to be tortured by rough seas during their ocean voyages.

Because of the underdeveloped hardware facilities and the harsh climate environment, in the relatively cramped cabin space, not to mention the need to withstand the wind and waves, it also needs to face the dilemma of food corruption and lack of fresh water resources.

In order to ensure the food supply for ocean voyages, the food that has been marinated with a lot of salt, as well as the hard dry black bread, can be preserved for a long time.

Even if the mouth of these things makes people feel sick, after eating for a long time, it is almost suspicious of life.

Because there is no fresh water purification equipment at all, drinking water has been stored for a long time, and green algae will grow in the cabin, which will deteriorate and breed bacteria and germs.

Ocean-going diseases such as dysentery are caused by drinking this unclean water.

Lin Yang went on to say: "Under such an era background, distilled liquor has become the savior of ocean-going sailors."

Adding spirits to fresh water can not only sterilize bacteria, but also improve the taste, and the problem of long-term storage is also easily solved.

Most of all, it's dull and tedious during the rambling voyage.

A bottle of spirits can bring you short-term happiness and forget your longing for your hometown.

Yue'er listened very intently, she murmured softly: "It turns out that the sailors in the past liked to drink, and it has something to do with the conditions in many backgrounds!"

Lin Yang nodded, and then said: "Actually, before the appearance of rum, the distilled spirits market was dominated by French brandy."

"However, the production of brandy is limited, the transportation distance is long, and the price is very high. It is almost like an ocean-going luxury. Langmuji has completely broken this situation. One liter of rum can be brewed with 1.5 liters of molasses, and molasses A waste product of the sugar industry, which made rum a meteoric rise at a low price and a favorite among players."

however.

Just when Lin Yang and Yue'er were chatting with the water friends in the live broadcast room.

On the beach of the port not far away in the camera, an old man over 6 years old is waving at the two of them.

Under the setting sun, the sixty-year-old man showed his white teeth.

The audience in the live broadcast room were very curious, who is this old man?

Could it be that Lin Yang and Sister Yue'er are also fans in a foreign country?
Obviously, not only the attentive viewers in the live broadcast room, but also Lin Yang and Yue'er noticed the old man waving at them not far away.

"Good guy! Look at this old man's posture, I'm afraid he recognized the anchor and Sister Yueer?"

"Is this strange? After all, our anchor still has a lot of fans abroad."

"There is a drawing board in front of the old man. Is he a painter?"

"The beach in Barbados at sunset is really beautiful! It turns out that there are not only the shadows of the coconut groves in the Maldives, but the water is clear and the sand is white. I feel that this place is not inferior to a resort like Hawaii!"

"I feel that the people here are very friendly, maybe because the tourism industry is relatively developed."

This is true.

As some water friends said, regardless of whether the local folk customs are simple or not.

But if you want to rely on tourism for food, any tourist from afar is a customer, at least on the surface, it needs to be warmer.

Yue'er blinked her eyes, and said puzzledly: "Brother Yang, do you know him? Obviously not."

The reason why this girl is so sure is because Lin Yang has already written the answer on her face.

Between Longguo and Barbados, Lin Yang has never been here before, let alone on this Caribbean island.

Lin Yang shrugged and said with a smile, "Maybe it's just to say hello."

Although this is what he said, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the old man in his 6s is obviously not just saying hello to Lin Yang.

The two looked at each other.

Yue'er said again: "Could it be that you want to seek our help? It's unlikely, there are still many people on the beach at the port."

Lin Yang seemed to understand something, he smiled and said, "I probably know what's going on, after the yacht berths, we'll go find the old man."

Although he said so, most of the tens of millions of water friends in the live broadcast room were at a loss.

About half an hour later, the yacht successfully entered the Bridgetown port in Barbados.

After going through simple formalities and confirmations, Lin Yang and Yue'er walked towards the beach where the 6-year-old painter was.

At this time, the setting sun was about to set, and the afterglow stretched the figures of the two on the coast for a long, long time.

Swish! ! !
Even though the white sand beach sounds soft, the old man who was sitting in front of the drawing board before, saw Lin Yang and Yue'er, stood up and waved with a friendly smile.

"Hi, travelers from the East, I have a present for you." The old man spoke in English.

Also, this is the common language of Barbados, so there will not be too many barriers in terms of communication.

After some pleasantries and conversations.

Lin Yang and Yue'er learned that the 6-year-old man's name was White Glens, and they had never seen the video of Lin Yang and Yue'er before.

Therefore, he is not an overseas fan as some fans think.

Before that, Grandma Nick was Lin Yang's ten-year-old fan in Hanas Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia.

So it is not impossible to meet older water friends overseas, but White Glens is not.
Yue'er scratched her head and muttered, "A gift? What gift?"

Lin Yang replied with a smile: "Grandpa White, although I don't know what you are going to give us, I still want to thank you."

While the three were talking and laughing, Grandpa White turned the drawing board in another direction.

On the drawing board, above the sea, under the setting sun, a yacht approaching the port of Barbados.

On the deck of the yacht, there were Lin Yang and Yue'er looking towards the Caribbean Sea.

There is no doubt that this is a very special Barbados meeting that both of them like very much!

Afterwards, Grandpa White removed the painting that had just been completed from the drawing board.

"When I see the flag on your yacht, I know that you are travelers from Dragon Kingdom. The painting is not good. I hope you don't dislike it. You are welcome to Barbados. I hope you will like it here."

Lin Yang and Yue'er took the painting at the same time, Lin Yang smiled and said, "Thank you for the gift, my friends and I like it very much."

Yue'er nodded again and again and said: "Yes, I like it very much too, this is a very special gift!"

Grandpa White suppressed a smile and said, "It's the best thing if you like it."

(End of this chapter)