There are fewer women in the courtyards over Huanxi Courtyard, and even fewer can do heavy physical work. In addition, they still have heavy farm work to do, so the sugar factory must look for people outside.
Instead of looking for people who don't know their background, it's better to choose people from Shangyangcun who have good overall character.
"Zhen Quan is right. This matter is something we have considered. Girls don't have to worry." Village Chief Xu also said.
Shen Qingqian raised her eyebrows and said, "Then this matter has been settled. I would also like to ask the village chief to count how many sugar canes there are in the village. We want to buy them in batches to prevent the sugar cane from being lost when it leaves the ground and affecting the sugar production. quality."
"It should be, it should be," the village chief nodded repeatedly, "But it's too late today, otherwise I will go to Xiaonantun to find you tomorrow?"
Shen Shan stood up and said, "Okay, let's go back first."
The two left from Shangyang Village. On the way, Shen Shan asked while driving, "Sixth sister, our sugar mill hasn't been built yet. How will we store the sugar cane after we buy it?"
Shen Qingqian has thought about this problem for a long time, "Save it in the two unoccupied rooms in the yard first. When the sugar factory starts construction, the rooms will be vacated soon."
The Wang family and the Liu family have temporarily occupied the two rooms, but they are not occupied yet. If she goes there in person, she should be able to borrow them.
"Have you decided where to build the sugar factory?" You can't always do it at home, right?
The corners of Shen Qingqian's lips raised, "You'll know in a few days."
After all, we still have to cross the road with Liang Cheng, so we have to give up some profits.
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Shen Qingqian went to find Liang Cheng early the next morning. To her surprise, Shengze was already there, looking like he hadn't slept all night.
No, is it so hard? They were discussing something big, and they didn't even sleep.
"What's the matter, girl? Well..." Liang Cheng yawned in distress and asked Shen Qingqian weakly.
Shengze looked more energetic, but the stubble on his chin had sprouted.
Shen Qingqian only glanced at it and then looked at Liang Chengdao: "I'm here to give money to uncle. It depends on whether uncle wants it or not."
"Silver?" Liang Cheng suddenly stopped feeling sleepy, "What kind of silver?"
They discussed it most of the night last night. There were too many things to do, and there was too little money in hand. They were worried about having no money, so Shen Qingqian said that she would give money. Isn't this a coincidence?
Shen Qingqian said: "I want to build a sugar factory."
"Sugar factory?" Liang Cheng's enthusiasm dropped greatly when he heard this. "As far as I know, ordinary sugar factories don't make much money either."
The gap in the silver they need is too big. If it is just the profit produced by an ordinary sugar factory, it will be too far behind.
Shen Qingqian took out the wrapped paper bag from her small cloth bag and handed it to him, "Uncle, look, what if we make candy like this?"
Liang Cheng took it, opened it, and his eyes lit up. He pointed at the sugar and asked, "You made this?"
This is the whitest candy he has ever seen!
Shen Qingqian nodded, "Yes, for every pound of sugar boiled, six to seven taels of sugar can be made."
The sugar decolorized from the yellow mud water will be layered in the tiles. The top is the cleanest white sugar, and there are darker caramels in the middle. Each layer can be sold at a different price.
Of course, the most profitable thing is sugar.
Liang Cheng didn't understand this and asked, "Just tell me how much money your sugar factory can make."
Shen Qingqian silently calculated in his mind, "If the procurement of raw materials goes well, it is easy to earn millions of taels of silver a year."
She calculated this based on earning 500 cash per kilogram of sugar.
It's definitely not possible this year, because there won't be much sugar cane harvested this year, but we can look forward to it next year.
